New Shun 1730

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the defeat of Bengal was certain.

Although this was a battle involving tens of thousands of people, including the immobile right-wing able-bodied soldiers and the left-wing cavalry who could influence the situation but were waiting to counterattack, the number was even more than 50,000.

Although from seven o'clock in the morning to now, a total of sixty or seventy people died on both sides, and the number of casualties on both sides was half and half.

Although sixty or seventy people were far from collapse compared to the total scale of more than 50,000 people, even according to the standards of the feudal era, they were not enough.

However, around two o'clock in the afternoon, Niu Er and other officers on the Dashun side who had received professional education and participated in actual combat had already determined that Bengal had lost.

Fighting is a very boring human activity, and the rules of the battlefield can be summarized. Of course, if there is a tactical genius who can keenly discover the opportunity, the situation can be reversed. But the premise is that this tactical genius has a reserve force that can quickly maneuver on the battlefield. Otherwise, no matter how talented he is, he will be useless without soldiers and unable to execute.

Niu Er and others did not know what the situation of the cavalry on the left wing was, but they were probably capable of attacking.

Excluding the cavalry on the left wing, the troops on the right wing had absolutely no offensive capabilities.

The only troops with real offensive capabilities in Siraj's hands were the three to five thousand people in his hands and under the control of his confidants.

At ten o'clock in the morning, after confirming that his second uncle Jafar had rebelled, according to Niu Er's idea, it was time to adjust the deployment and prepare to escape.

But Siraj was desperate and still dreaming that if he destroyed the East India Company, Jafar would change his mind and make up for his mistakes. It was obvious that he was too young, grew up in a honey pot, had not been beaten in the era of feudal separatism, and had not experienced real political struggles. He was extremely naive.

If Siraj did not retreat and had to fight, he would definitely lose.

In the eyes of Yu Dashun's people, Siraj's troops could only be regarded as having offensive capabilities, not like the group of strong soldiers on the right wing who could only form a formation and stay there without moving.

However, the training level, sustained combat capability, formation maintenance, morale level, etc., are all not good enough.

At ten o'clock, they started to take the initiative to launch an attack, and the East India Company on the opposite side had a great defensive advantage.

At two o'clock, Siraj's side actually didn't have many casualties, but the troops could no longer maintain their physical strength, morale, spirit, formation, etc.

The cooperation between cavalry and infantry is a textbook negative example. The cavalry actually rushed straight into the flintlock formation with howitzers and formation defense.

The infantry couldn't keep up.

The artillery was all 28-pound and 36-pound cannons, with insufficient gunners and no regimental artillery support at all.

If this could break through the British defense, it is estimated that the textbooks of the Dashun Military Academy could be rewritten.

In Niu Er's opinion, the current situation depends on whether the British army launches a counterattack.

If the British army launches a counterattack, it will prove one thing: Jafar on the left wing is not as simple as a rebellion, but has communicated with the British army in advance.

Because if they didn't communicate, the British army would never dare to launch a counterattack. Once they started, the flanks would be rushed by the cavalry and they would be finished.

Rebellion and collusion are not the same thing.

2:45 pm.

After defending the attack of the poorly coordinated Bengali army again, the British army launched a counterattack.

This time, the British troops covering the flanks also directly switched to an offensive formation, completely abandoned the flank cover, and counterattacked across the board.

When Niu Er saw the British troops covering the flanks move, he knew in his heart that the Bengal flanks were all ghosts.

The British dared to move the troops covering the flanks directly, which was clear that the flanks were very safe. Jafar was not rebelling at all, but purely colluding with the enemy.

So he nodded to Zhang Sanbiao next to him, and Zhang Sanbiao also understood the moment he saw the British flanks unfold the offensive formation and start counterattacking.

He immediately came to the guards brought over and blew the whistle.

"Assemble! Form a team!"

The Dashun soldiers, who had been allowed to rest on the ground since noon, quickly stood up and sorted out their equipment.

However, the subsequent order was not to prepare for battle, but the officer shouted: "Put on your backpacks! Put on your backpacks!"

The soldiers hurriedly picked up all the backpacks that had been placed on the ground before, and each team began to sort out each other's backpacks.

Putting down the backpack means preparing for battle.

Putting on the backpack means retreating, marching, or returning to the camp.

A few minutes later, the backpacks were sorted out, the formation was reorganized, and the horses were harnessed to the carriage next to them.

At this time, Siraj could only watch helplessly as his soldiers, who had been exhausted for a whole morning, had low morale and exhausted their physical strength, turned into a rout in this failed attack and the British army's full-line counterattack.

The battle was mediocre, and up to now, the losses on both sides were still less than 100.

But this kind of army of private soldiers, able-bodied soldiers, elite cavalry, and elite servants of feudal princes and nobles, once they lost their morale and physical strength, would directly evolve into a rout.

Although the "guards" on the Dashun side only have about a hundred people, and a small number of ceremonial cavalry only have about a hundred and fifty people, they actually have the ability to directly defeat the British army on the opposite side before.

When Siraj's confidants launched the last attack just now, if the troops on the Dashun side marched quickly in a column and deployed on the flank, they could directly cooperate with the "house cavalry" of Bengal to tear open the flank of the British army.

Dupleix's judgment was indeed correct. A small number of elite new-age infantrymen, in this bizarre battle situation, a few hundred can determine the outcome of the war.

But Dashun remains motionless so far.

Even if, Siraj said, he has millions of gold and silver coins in his treasury; even if Siraj offers people like Dashun a high price of one million rupees.

It is even obvious that the East India Company will make a lot of money this time. It is estimated that most of the money from the treasury will be taken away by the East India Company.

That doesn't matter.

The most efficient robbery is always taxation without people's livelihood obligations and low-price acquisition and robbery under the control of commercial capital.

Stealing the treasury is inefficient robbery and the rank is too low.

Since Dashun dares to send out these people, it is enough to prove that the superiors believe that they will not lose the big for the small.

Now, Jafar's cavalry on the left wing, which had rested for most of the day, finally started to move, but the direction of movement was not from the British, but directly towards their friendly forces.

Seeing that the situation was over, Siraj no longer bothered to curse Jafar for his betrayal, but was ready to run away.

Defeat is decided.

But before running away, Niu Er rushed to Siraj and imparted a little historical experience.

"You have no soldiers. If you run away, you will die."

"Even if Jafar is unable to kill you directly due to your status, there are still at least six ways for you to die."

"For example, if a group of 'soldiers' covet your belongings and kill you, Jafar will then execute those soldiers."

"For example, he wanted to transfer you to a place of exile or the palace, but during the transfer, the ship accidentally sank and you and your whole family were drowned."

"For example, you were under house arrest, but one day you suddenly fell ill and died..."

Dashun has quite a lot of historical experience. Niu Er casually listed six ways to die, analyzed the specific operations of these ways, and imparted some life experience to this young man.

Siraj had only seen his grandfather speak his mind and be supported by everyone, but he did not know how his grandfather had humblely worked as a military registrant to become a military governor, and was the first self-reliant military governor in the Mughal Empire. Is it difficult to start a business?

How could he know that in troubled times, his bloodline could only make his death more dignified than those of people in troubled times?

Feudal rulers all over the world do this kind of thing in the same way. Historically, Siraj's entire family, including his family members, children, heirs, and mothers, were indeed "overturned and sunk in the river." As for whether the boat accidentally broke down or leaked, this is...

After hearing these strange ways of death, and then seeing the scene of overwhelming defeat, Siraj's legs felt a little weak, he couldn't help but swallow, and his breathing became a little short.

The faster you breathe, the more you feel like you can't breathe, and the faster you breathe.

Niu Er slowly added to the fire.

"I heard that your scriptures say: The Lord created life and death to test which of you has the most perfect work. Do not commit suicide. Whoever violates this strict prohibition for excess and unrighteousness, the Lord will throw into hell... …”

"This, one of the seventy-two disciples of your saint, that one...the one nicknamed Cat Lover, didn't he also write something similar to the Analects of Confucius?"

"It also records the words of your saints. Your saints said: Suicide in any form is suicide. People who commit suicide by jumping off a cliff will jump into Hell forever. People who commit suicide by taking poison will remain in Hell forever. He who takes poison in his hand and takes it with an iron weapon will spend eternity in the Hell Fire..."

"Then you say, now that you are defeated and you know that you will die if you flee in the rebel army, does this count as suicide?"

"It's like saying, I don't want to commit suicide, I just want to stab myself in the heart and cut my throat with a knife, so does this count as suicide?"

He has been working in Java for many years and has interacted with this group of believers a lot. Even if he has never eaten pork, he has seen pigs running around. After communicating more, some things still come out of his mouth.

Although, in fact, Niu Er understands quite well that most people in power are farts on things like religion, hadith, and saints.

The more powerful you are, the less you believe.

So at this time, bringing these things out is not to convince him.

Siraj, who was a little confused, asked: "Where is my destiny?"

Niu Er only smiled and asked the attendant to take out two things from his backpack.

A blue right-sided military uniform.

A razor.

Then he pointed to the military uniform on the right fold and the razor placed on the clothes, and said: "Your destiny lies in it."

Siraj looked at the razor in astonishment, and then at the smiling Niu Er, as if he was looking at a demon.

Don't commit suicide, this is the teaching of the saints.

Not shaving is also a sage's instruction.

Therefore, the statement just now that running away is death and tantamount to suicide is bullshit.

Suicide is against menstruation, and shaving is also against menstruation.

Since they are all against the scriptures, it has nothing to do with the hadith now. It is only related to life and death, revenge, power...these worldly things.

Destiny lies not in that razor, but in that handsome military uniform.

But to accept this fate, you must shave your beard.

Dashun also grows a beard, but not like this.