***

The sea sits on the back of the elephant with a parasol on its head, and the elephant walks unhurriedly, very smoothly, and it is comfortable to sit on it.

The mountain jungle is lush and verdant. Sunlight shines down from the high canopy of trees, creating colorful spots of light.

Tens of thousands of Indian soldiers, with dark skin, turbans wrapped around their heads on hot days, weapons of all kinds, most of them barefoot, marching at a very fast speed, the sound of footsteps startled the birds in the mountains.

Hai Rufeng pointed to the soldiers below, smiled and asked Shamansha, "Princess, I'm a little puzzled, do you see if they feel a little top-heavy. Say you lack cloth, you have a lot of cloth wrapped around your heads, say you don't lack cloth, all barefoot, not even a pair of cloth shoes"

Shamansha never dreamed that Hai Rufeng, who had never spoken much, would suddenly ask such a question, which made her very stunned, and her sexy mouth was half open, but she didn't know how to answer.

She is hot in the village and has a sultry body, probably because she has half the blood of the Persians, and her skin is much whiter than that of ordinary Indians, delicate and soft, and her eyes are large and deep under the light veil.

Because she not only knows Chinese, but also understands the dialects of the surrounding countries, she is much more interested than the translator brought by Hai Rufeng, so she is responsible for translating the order with Hai Rufeng.

Hai Rufeng's gaze swept over her towering chest inadvertently, and he looked at it, he was very calm, and he would never dodge, as if he was looking at his own woman. At least that's how it feels to Samanza.

When she was in Cuttac, when Hai Rufeng said that he had a request, Shamansha thought that he was going to exchange her for the terms of sending troops, and she felt deeply humiliated at that time, but she was forced and wanted to return to the Cuttak area, and Shamansha was ready to humiliately agree to his terms.

But in the end, Hai Rufeng's condition was not for her. Rather, it is the command of the great army.

At that moment, Samansha didn't know why, there was a trace of loss, she originally wanted her for the sake of Otessa, but in the end, it was just her wishful thinking.

"Admiral Hai, this time Aurangzeb has an army of 50,000 coming, is Admiral Hai really sure of victory?" Samansha felt she had to find a topic.

"Princess. In fact, the so-called grasp is never reliable. ”

"So what's reliable?"

"When the other enemy lies down and we stand."

"So, Admiral Hai is no longer sure of victory?" Shamansha was suddenly a little nervous, and Hai Rufeng looked relaxed, but they couldn't afford to lose.

After Aurangzeb defeated Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, he was pressing on Bergel, the temporary capital of Otessa.

And Otessa's main force, plus the reinforcements that its three countries can draw, are all here. If the battle is lost again, Otesa is finished.

Hai Rufeng smiled and said nothing, but his eyes made Shamansha feel inexplicably relieved, this smile. It represents a kind of self-confidence.

The whole of Otessa, except for the alluvial plains around the Cuttak area, is mostly a cluster of mountains and peaks. To march in such a place, it is thanks to sitting on the back of an elephant, otherwise it is thin enough.

This time the sea is like a wind to bring two hundred marines. Led by Liao Shangzhi, the deputy commander, they sat on the backs of dozens of elephants, each with a wooden frame on its back, which could seat several people.

Every time Samansha saw the mottled and ghost-like faces of the Marines, she felt a little sullen in her heart, so she tried not to look at it.

The army marched west along the mountain road, and when it stopped to rest at noon, messengers rushed in front of them, reporting something like cannons.

After hearing this, Shamansha hurriedly said to Hai Rufeng: "Admiral Hai, it's not good, the defenders of Mosa Ridge have been defeated, and Aurangzeb's army has come over. ”

"What's going on? Motosa Ridge is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it sent a thousand earthquakes and thunders to pass, why was it suddenly defeated? ”

"It's because our soldiers didn't dare to use the earth-shattering thunder, and in the chaos, they blew up their own people."

The reason Shamansha said made Hai Rufeng speechless, and he really couldn't help Ah San.

Previously, they sold 2,000 earth-shattering thunderbolts to four small countries such as Otesa for five taels of silver, counting on them to resist Aurangzeb's army. Ten instructors were also sent to teach soldiers from several small countries how to use it.

Before the war, one by one, the soldiers of several small countries were barely able to do it.

As a result, when it came to wartime, everyone threw the earth-shaking thunder together, the atmosphere was tense, and the people in front of them threw it out and exploded, and the sound shook like thunder, which frightened the soldiers who were lighting the fuse behind their hands to become weak, and under the shock, many earth-shaking thunderbolts fell into their own battle formations.

As a result, the enemy did not bomb a few, but many of his own people were killed, and the shape was so chaotic that the Mosa Ridge, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, was broken by Aurangzeb lightly.

Fortunately, the 100 rockets sold to them were still in their army, and Hai Rufeng made up for it, and immediately ordered the 100 rockets to be taken back and handed over to the marines for use.

The generals of the four small countries who accompanied them did not dare to have any objections, and in this way, they spent a full 120,000 taels of silver to buy 100 rockets, and the result was still back in the hands of the Qin army.

Hai Rufeng frowned and asked, "How far is Aurangzeb's army from here?" ”

"There's still fifty miles or so to go."

In other words, it was still a day's journey, and it was careless, and Hai Rufeng immediately recruited the commanders of Chettisgar, Calkend, Simon, and Otesa to renegotiate the battle plan.

"What other favorable terrain is nearby?"

After Shamansha translated the question of Hai Rufeng, Otessa commander Brunan said: "Just ten miles ahead, there is a Fo Guang Mountain, which is conducive to resistance."

It's just ten miles away, and Hai Rufeng can't believe what India Ah San said, but he can't give his life to these fools, and he asked Liao Shangzhi to send marines to personally reconnoiter the terrain. On the one hand, let Brunan draw the topography of Fo Guang Shan.

***

Fifty miles to the west, on the Mosa Ridge, Aurangzeb stood on the top of the hill with a long white feather and stared eastward, his eyes full of determination and coldness.

At the foot of the Mosa Ridge, an army of nearly 50,000 Mughals is marching through the valley with great momentum.

The infidels they had captured had been slaughtered, and the grass by the roadside was strewn with corpses, and the bloody wind was pervasive, and the scattered battle flags were trampled by.

His general, Dini, walked up to Aurangzeb with a sky-shaking thunder and reported: "Your Royal Highness, it is this kind of weapon, which has been confirmed from the mouths of the captives, this firearm is called the sky-shaking thunder, which was provided by the Qin army to the four countries of Otessa, Chetisgar, Charkend, and Ximeng. Just light the fuse with fire, throw it hard, and it will explode"

Aurangzeb's men stared nervously at what was in Diney's hand, fearing it would explode suddenly.

Aurangzeb did not have the slightest fear on his face, stepped forward to take the earth-shattering thunder, and examined it carefully.

From this, it can be concluded that the Qin people have already intervened in this war, at least they have provided weapons to Otesa and other countries.

Aurangzeb was very angry about this.

Qin forbade Islam, which he hated very much, and now he helped Otesa and other countries to fight against his army, Aurangzeb secretly decided that when he took Ketak, he would never let go of a Qin person.

In Aurangzeb's army there were a thousand smoothbore guns supplied by the British. There are also ten artillery pieces, which are being towed by elephants.

The elephant is infinitely powerful, dragging a cannon forward, giving people a feeling of ease, so that the advance speed of tens of thousands of troops is not affected much by ten guns.

The confidant Huque suggested to Aurangzeb: "Your Royal Highness, it is not appropriate for Otesa and other countries to use this kind of firearms, anyway, because of the big defeat, they will definitely not dare to use it again, but I estimate that the Qin people have been involved, and they will definitely consider that once Otesa and other countries are defeated, it will be unfavorable to them, so the Qin people are likely to directly participate in the war, we should inquire about it first." ”

Aurangzeb said coldly: "They are already my Mughal enemies. ”

"Report, Your Royal Highness the Prince, 10,000 enemy troops have appeared in Fo Guang Mountain in front, and they are building fortifications to use the mountain to block our army, including hundreds of soldiers of the Qin State"

The message of the meticulous work is like a confirmation of Aurangzeb's words.

Huck hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness, I heard that the people of the Qin Kingdom have a very powerful weapon, if they directly participate in the war, we must be prepared." ”

"I've got that in mind." Aurangzeb replied indifferently, as if he was confident.

Subsequently, he ordered nearly 50,000 troops to speed up and advance to Fo Guang Mountain, and tens of thousands of troops were like long dragons in the mountains, marching forward with the might of great victory. Thousands of war elephants are sandwiched in the ranks, like a giant.

The two armies have not yet officially met, and each other's sentinels have already launched a life-and-death hunt in the mountains

On Foguang Ridge, Hai Rufeng personally commanded 10,000 coalition troops, urgently built fortifications, deployed troops, and the first battle with the Mughal Dynasty in which the Qin army participated, was about to break out

(To be continued......)