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Chapter 1401 After the Battle
Hundreds of cavalry guards protected the Mughal emperor and fled for hundreds of miles overnight along the Ganges River. The troops were all soldiers, and it was not until late at night that the troops who had not closed their eyes for more than 24 hours were able to rest.

The next day, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan began to gather the remnants of the defeated generals, and less than [-] people gathered around him.

Excluding the 15000 Bangladeshi troops that Qasim took away, he should have 55000 people!However, there are less than [-] people left around him now. Many princes and soldiers were captured by Kassim during the infighting, and most of the soldiers and princes fled without knowing where they went.

This is not the only bad news that made him feel bad. Soon Shah Jahan received a report from the logistics officer who guarded the grain. The fortress, the food, grass and gunpowder that were originally supplied to the 7 troops in Plassey Village belong to the Bangladeshi army!
Because of this action, Kasim's strength has greatly increased, and his ascension to the throne of the King of Bengal is already a certainty!

"If Kasim, the damn guy, is caught by me, I will torture him to death with the cruelest punishment!" Shah Jahan resented the Bengal governor who betrayed him more than the East India Company and the expeditionary force!

Even if he loses to the expeditionary army, as long as his army is still there, the expeditionary army will not get much benefit. The Mughal Empire is still that powerful empire.

However, now the governor of Bangladesh has betrayed the empire, and the imperial treasure house with a vast plain located in the lower reaches of the Ganges River has become independent from the empire. It is undoubtedly a huge loss for the Mughal Empire, and even other provincial governors and princes will follow suit. Break away from the Mughal Empire!
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince seems to have been captured by the enemy in the chaos..."

Shah Jahan was even more annoyed when he heard that his son had also become a prisoner.

The granary was attacked, and the troops guarding the granary suffered heavy losses. Shah Jahan recruited another group of people in the next few days, with about 2 available soldiers and 3 civilians.When he went down the Ganges, his troops were 7 horses and 8 civilians, and his losses were not small.

Among them, the loss in the battle may be only about a thousand people. However, the betrayal of the Bangladesh army caused his subordinates to die in Plassey Village more than 3000 people, and more people were captured and fled.For these classical troops, just a loss of one or two tenths is enough to make them all collapse.

Shah Jahan managed to gather a group of troops, but he faced the disadvantage of lack of food, gunpowder, bows and arrows, and fluctuating military morale.

The expeditionary force and the Bengal army who betrayed him did not seem to intend to let Shah Jahan go. They began to pursue Shah Jahan along the Ganges, and Kassim even sent cavalry to pursue him to capture this high-ranking Mughal emperor.

Fortunately, the Ganges fleet appeared at this time and took Shah Jahan and his troops away in time, so they escaped the pursuit of the expeditionary army and the Bangladeshi army.

Speaking of which, the Ganges fleet originally planned to continue to complete the task assigned to them by Shah Jahan to encircle Calcutta Fort from the water, but the officers of the fleet became more and more uneasy as they thought about it. They always felt that they were going to die, so they turned back to the Ganges halfway. Intending to plead guilty to Shah Jahan.As a result, the fleet rescued Shah Jahan by mistake.

"The last general was bombarded by the opponent's large sailing warship at the mouth of the Ganges. The opponent's ships had more than 30 ships, and each ship had dozens of heavy guns. We fought desperately and lost. The opponent blocked the mouth of the Ganges, and we had to withdraw. Please forgive me, His Majesty the Emperor!" The generals of the Ganges fleet knelt down in front of Shah Jahan.

In order to escape the crime, he exaggerated ten times the three galleons of the Nanyang fleet encountered at the mouth of the Ganges, saying that they were 3 galleons.

Unexpectedly, his excuses made Shah Jahan, who was in a hurry, take it seriously: "The East India Company is so powerful. It seems that I really underestimated them. No wonder there was such a big defeat!"

The general of the Ganges fleet wiped a cold sweat secretly, and it is estimated that Shah Jahan will not punish him.

"We will return to Agra, and after we have regained our military strength, we will march into Bangladesh to deal with traitors and Chinese people!" Shah Jahan stood up to encourage many princes when their morale was low.

But he didn't think that he would never have the chance to attack Bangladesh again.

Depressed, Shah Jahan retreated to Agra, the imperial capital, with a group of defeated soldiers, announcing the victory of the expeditionary force and the Bangladeshi army.

The ending of this great battle seemed a bit weird. Not many people would have thought that the Governor of Bangladesh, Kasim, would betray the empire. The Mughal emperor not only lost the war, but also lost the province of Bengal.Kasim seems to have become the biggest winner. He annexed most of the troops and supplies brought by Shah Jahan, and became the most powerful man in Bangladesh, deterring all the princes in Bangladesh!

The victorious Qasim and the expeditionary army saw that they could not continue to add Shah Jahan, so they returned to their respective territories.

As the price for the East India Company to support him as the king of Bengal, Kassim also went to Calcutta Fort to sign a series of treaties with the East India Company.This is the necessary price for Kasim to become the king of Bengal, and this price is the spoils of war between the expeditionary army and the Mughal army-trade privileges in the Bengal area.

Qin Zuoming, Wu Yi, Chen Bangyan and others returned to Calcutta Fort and roughly counted the number of people lost. Only a few dozen people were killed, and many of them were casualties caused by enemy artillery during the test.

This is not like a tragic battle that should have been. It is more like a battle with great disparity in strength. Except for the 15000 Bengal army who was waiting and watching, the 3500-man expeditionary army overturned the frontal 55000 Mughal army with negligible losses. !
"We should be thankful that the heavy rain and the betrayal of the Bangladeshi army minimized our losses..." Qin Zuoming felt incredible after counting the number of people.

In the worst scenario considered by Qin Zuoming, the 3500-man expeditionary force may have to lose more than 1000 men to win or retreat. However, the heavy rain and betrayal allowed the expeditionary force to win the battle without paying any price. Shah Jahan had Qasim's Bengali cavalry volunteering, what can they say?

A few days after the expeditionary force returned to Calcutta Fort, the main force of the Nanyang Fleet led by Deng Qianlong arrived at Calcutta Fort from Surat.After they heard about the epic battle between Qin Zuoming's small expeditionary force and the Mughal army, they all regretted that they had not arrived in Calcutta earlier, so they could go ashore to participate in the battle together.

"The employees of the East India Company who moved from Surat will be handed over to you. The Surat port is estimated to have been destroyed by us. Our Nanyang fleet has been away from Nanyang for too long, and we must return to Nanyang to guard it. It is a pity that we are still there. Without the fleet in the Indian Ocean, sailing ships are not enough.” Knowing that he did not arrive in time, Deng Qianlong could not help complaining that there were too few warships, and the Nanyang Fleet was unable to control such a vast sea area as the Nanyang and Indian Oceans with more than ten ships.

(End of this chapter)