Chapter 309: Kshatriya Warriors
Just when the Mughal army was pursuing the victory, a scout cavalry suddenly rode back at a gallop and reported: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's not good, there are Mongolian cavalry thirty miles away!" A large area of black pressing, there are at least 30,000 cavalry and 30,000 camel soldiers! ā
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"Mongols? What are the Mongols here for? Bahadur Shah was taken aback, knowing that the Mughal Empire was originally founded by the Turkic Mongols, Timur established the Timurid Empire, and later after the division of the Timurid Empire, Timur's descendants invaded India, ascended the throne in Delhi, became the Emperor of Hindustani, and established the Mughal Empire.
The Dzungar Mongols had a great reputation in Central Asia, the Turks in Central Asia knew that the Mongols were brave and good at war, and the Mughal Empire in South Asia also knew the great name of the Dzungar Mongols.
Amir said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the Dzungar Mongols dominate the territory of the Turks, and the khanates of the Turks are all vassal states of the Mongols, are the Mongols coming to call for battle against us?" ā
"Do the Mongols really dare to fight us? The two powerhouses competed, and the strength of both sides was damaged, so they could only cheapen the Turks for nothing! If the Mongols really want to fight, we are not afraid! However, at this time, our army has been chasing the Turks for a long time, and the people are sleepy and lacking horses, so it is better to set up camp first and rest, and do not clash with the Mongols for the time being! Bahadur Shah said.
The horn sounded, the soldiers who gave the order waved the banner, and the Mughal army, which was pursuing the Turks, heard the order, immediately stopped the pursuit, stopped advancing on the spot, and quickly moved closer to the direction of the Chinese army's banner behind.
After all, the Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb was at the peak of the empire, and the Indian army under the Mughal dynasty at this time was an elite force. There is a lion-like emperor who can be trained even by the most incompetent Hindustani.
Because of the caste system, the Hindustani lack a spirit of resistance. But then again, the Kshatriyas, who are in the second rank of Hinduism, are originally very good mercenaries, and whoever gives them money, they will give their lives, whether it is the Mughal Empire of the Heavenly Sect or the colonists of the British East India Company, the Kshatriyas can serve as soldiers for them.
However, in real history, because of Gandhi's non-violent non-cooperation movement, India was obtained through begging and imprisonment, and the independent country in this way was a joke after all.
The non-violent non-cooperation movement had deprived the Kshatriya class of India, and on the face of it, Gandhi's approach was utterly stupid. But Gandhi was a politician with brains after all, was he really so mentally retarded? Nature is impossible. The reason for the non-violent non-resistance movement was that although the Gandhi family belonged to the third caste, the Vaishyas, his family was given the surname by the Brahmins and was already a nobleman. Gandhi's students and supporters were also of high castes such as Brahmins and Kshatriyas, such as Nehru.
Gandhi and his supporters knew that if an uprising was launched to drive out the British colonists, it would be a revolutionary movement that would bring more low-caste people into the army. When a person of the lower castes has made meritorious contributions to the army, he will inevitably become a Kshatriya. If there were Kshatriyas, then the caste system would have died out; If he is not given Kshatriya status, it will provoke a revolt from the low-caste soldiers, and eventually the caste system will come to an end.
So, in order to preserve the caste system, Gandhi and his supporters adopted a non-violent non-cooperation movement.
The Indian soldiers of this era were a group of mercenary warriors under the rule of a powerful emperor, and they were excellent in terms of combat effectiveness and military discipline. The Mughal Empire cannot be underestimated, they were able to conquer Afghanistan. Even the later British colonizers would have had their heads bled in Afghanistan.
The Mughal army assembled on the spot, formed formations, and made a defensive posture. Then the auxiliaries, consisting of Turkic captives, Afghans and Persians, immediately began to set up camp.
"It seems that the Mughal army's reaction speed is still very fast, they are disciplined and well-trained, we suddenly killed, not only did they not panic, but immediately formed a formation to defend, and then built a large camp, there is still a set." Li Laiheng pointed to the formation of the Mughal army in front of him and said.
Galdan nodded: "After all, it was a powerful empire, and now the Mughal Empire is in full swing, and they have the warriors hired by the Tianzhu Kshatriyas, as well as the sophisticated weapons purchased from the Taisi people. ā
The Mughal Empire only gradually weakened after the death of Emperor Aurangzeb. Because of years of war, the national strength has been exhausted. Coupled with the Sikh and Hindu uprisings, and foreign Western colonists, the empire eventually came to an end, and the subcontinent became a British colony. And the Mughal Empire in this era was still very strong.
"The Mughal has an army of more than 100,000 people, as well as artillery and war elephants, and our army is only 60,000 people, there is no heavy artillery, and there are no war elephants. Especially their war elephants, we don't have heavy artillery, how to deal with them? Shang Zhixin said worriedly.
"We can bombard the Mughal elephants with small cannons, and the war elephants are afraid of fire, and if they heat up the shells and smash them, or smash a few flowering shells, the elephants will be frightened and turn around and trample their own infantry and cavalry!" Lee Kwang-di is confident.
Li Laiheng shook his head and said, "But they have heavy artillery with a range that surpasses ours, and the number of artillery pieces far exceeds ours. As soon as the battle broke out, they first suppressed our artillery with artillery, then concentrated artillery to bombard our infantry, and finally charged with a herd of war elephants. ā
"But we have the advantage in terms of muskets!" Li Guangdi sneered, "We desperately sacrificed a group of stragglers and dragoons and rushed over to shoot their artillery!" As long as their cannons are dumbfounded, why fear their war elephants? ā
Galdan nodded slightly, feeling that what Li Guang said was very reasonable, so he asked, "When are we going to attack?" ā
"The enemy is encamped, and we lack heavy artillery, and it is not worth the loss to attack their strong barracks. Or send a challenge book, and promise to start a field battle on the grassland early tomorrow morning. Li Guangdi replied.
"Will they abandon their camp and come out to fight us in the field?" Li Laiheng asked puzzled.
"Draw a few pigs and send them over, and the enemy will be furious." A sinister smile appeared on Lee Kwang-di's face.