Although Chen Defang's tone of speaking was polite, she still regarded herself as the leader of the Tianzhu. Shi Tianze, Li Tingzhi and Lu Wenhuan beside him frowned without saying a word.

The so-called Eight-Nation Alliance is said to be the Eight Kingdoms, but in fact, the real power of the four countries are the Ying, Song, Su, and Lu. Among them, the Great Britain in Tianzhu was the strongest, not only captured Bangladesh, but also expanded westward along the Ganges River. Now a new large stronghold has been established in the Huafa City in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges River. Chen Huaiqing also made a serious case to realize the truth in Buddha Jiaya near Huashi City, and was about to command Buddhism in the name of the Great Baotian Sheng Dharma King.

And now, Prince Ying, Chen Defang, seems to have the idea of ​​occupying Delhi again... The father and son have a really big appetite!

It was not the first day that Shi Tianze, Li Tingzhi and Lu Wenhuan arrived in India. They had long studied the geography and history of India. There seemed to be no unification in India, and it was a drama of heroes competing for hegemony. However, due to the strange caste system of Brahminism, the power of the heroes in India was limited. No one could bring out enough force to unify India, and the vast majority of the population was not in the army. The heroes' army naturally had few people. If they wanted to suppress the entire India, they were a little helpless.

And in the past battles in the history of Tianzhu, whoever ruled the entire Ganges basin would undoubtedly be the overlord of Tianzhu!

Now Bangladesh in the lower reaches of the Ganges has been controlled by Great Britain, and Fahrenheit in the middle reaches of the Ganges is another center of Great Britain. If Delhi is taken down, Great Britain will control the entire Ganges basin!

To the north of Da Ying, France, which is close to the Uszang area of ​​Da Ming, Guge and Sakya Lamas, are weak countries with little strength. The country is controlled by a group of lamas and is not Han people. What other ways to do it besides relying on Da Ying? If the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdoms invaded the Eight Kingdoms, four countries will surrender to Da Ying. In addition, Da Ying himself, who controls the Ganges Basin.

Didn’t this Tianzhu become the world of Great Britain?

Now that Chen Dexing is still here, Daying naturally dares not act rashly. But what about Chen Dexing a hundred years later? He holds the Ganges in one hand and Buddhism in the other. Isn’t the territory of India still allowed Daying to be king?

Seeing Shi Tianze, Li Tingzhi and Lu Wenhuan did not say anything. Chen Defang still smiled, "When we defeat the main force of Delhi Sultan, we can advance troops in different directions. The Indus River Basin northwest of India has always been rich and has a lot of food, not under both sides of the Ganges. It can be the foundation of the State of Song, and Li Fugong can lead troops to the northwest. In addition, Great Britain to the two sides of the Yamuna River, the plains west of the State of Song can be returned to the State of Song."

The Indus River Basin is the territory of Pakistan in later generations. Although it is not as warm and humid as the Ganges River Basin, the land is very fertile. The granary of India and Pakistan in later generations is the Punjab region. This land was all allocated to the Song State by Chen Defang. Among them is Lahore, the second capital of the Delhi Sultanate.

Li Tingzhi smiled slightly when he heard this, and did not comment. Of course, the territory drawn by Chen Defang was good, but the problem was that there were all the people of the Tianfang Cult there! It was close to Afghanistan and Persia ruled by the Mongols. If the Song State was established there, it would be afraid that it would be warned for years in the future and would never be able to participate in the disputes in Tianzhu again.

Chen Defang turned his gaze to Shi Tianze and Lu Wenhuan again, and said with a smile: "The southwest of Delhi, to the sea, can be used as the territory of the Soviet Union."

This land is probably Rajasthan and Gujarat in later India, which is actually quite good. It is now rich and has a large area. It also has a very good estuary.

Shi Tianze also smiled and didn't say anything. It would be a loss if he could get this territory. It seems that Chen Huaiqing and Chen Defang wanted to suppress the three Uszang-like feudal states, including Ladakh, Guge and Sakyafa, and blacken the territory they deserved...

"As for the State of Lu, you can establish a country on the west coast of the Indian Peninsula." Chen Defang said. "The territory that belongs to the Sultanate of Delhi belongs to the State of Lu, and the State of Lu can continue to go south and occupy the land of the Brahmin states."

The Lu family was assigned to the territory on the western coast of the Deccan Plateau. Mumbai and Goa were there in later generations, which was also considered a good territory. Moreover, the territory was nearby the small country of India, which was not strong and was easy to destroy.

Lu Wenhuan coughed, and looked at Shi Tianze, and the two of them immediately had a sense of harmony. They were no better than Li Tingzhi. Their master was Zhao Lin'er, who was Chen Dexing's beloved concubine. The future king of Song State was also Chen Dexing's son... In the future, Tianzhu. If there were no accidents, it would be the situation where the British and Song dynasties competed for hegemony.

No matter how hard Su and Lu are, they are still two strong men. If they really dare to become bigger, Chen Dexing would not agree to the first one! Since that is the case, why not show the attitude of only Chen Defang's leader?

Although Old Chen and Xiao Chen seem to be having conflicts recently, Chen Defang is a mother of Chen Dexing after all. His status as a prince is difficult to shake even Chen Huaiqing. If Delhi City can be captured, there will probably be Li Shimin in the Great Britain of India.

However, this seems to be a bad thing for Su and Lu, right?

The two reached an agreement and bowed to Chen Defang at the same time, admitting that the other party was his boss.

Chen Defang looked at Li Tingzhi with a smile again. Li Tingzhi frowned and said, "There are only elites of the Eighth Brigades in the Song Dynasty, so I'm afraid I can't pacify the northwest part of India?"

After hearing Li Tingzhi's words, Chen Dexing just smiled slightly, "That's easy to deal with. When the army of the Sultan of Delhi is broken, I will bring my own troops and help the Song Dynasty pacify the northwest of India."

Li Tingzhi bowed and bowed this time, "In this way, the 30,000 soldiers of the State of Song obeyed the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince."

It turns out that although the Song Lord was Zhao Lin'er, Chen Dexing did not give much assistance to the State of Song. The current Song army is more than 30,000 people under Li Tingzhi. It is divided into eight brigades, and Lu Xiufu led a brigade to be stationed at the mouth of the Indus River. The remaining seven brigades were led by Li Tingzhi.

Shi Tianze's Soviet army and Lu Wenhuan's Lu army were about the same number as the Song army. However, the Soviet army was a long-term warrior, and its combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the Song army. The Lu family army was probably the weakest among the four families of the Ying, Song, Su and Lu. However, it was enough to completely defeat the three small countries of Uszang and the three Foqi soldiers.

In addition, Chen Defang had eight brigades (seven infantry brigades and one artillery brigade) British troops and 12,000 British navy (all black master soldiers). The total number was close to 50,000. In addition, the number of people sent by the French and Sanfoqi of Ladakh, Guge, and Sakha was not large, and the combat effectiveness was negligible, totaling 150,000 soldiers.

On February 3, 2018, the seventh year of Tiandao, a dull and long horn sounded outside the camp of the Sultanate Army of Delhi. Rows of silver-shining steel-armored soldiers stretched out less than four or five miles away. They listed square formations, each with various 10,000-character flags flying. From a distance, there was a great momentum of war flags.

The artillery was dragged out one by one and lined up in front of the array. After a rough count, there were no less than a hundred. There were also some things that seemed to be marching pots. They were also pulled by chariots and then disappeared into the infantry array.

Jiastin Baleban felt heavy in his heart and asked the general sent by Kublai Khan with trepidation: "What is the chance of victory?"

Boyan put down the telescope and frowned and said, "Hell..."

Boyan once followed Hulagu's western expedition and stayed in Persia for many years and could speak Persian. Therefore, he was sent by Kublai Khan to the Sultanate of Delhi with a group of firearms to help the Sultan of Delhi form a firearm army.

Five thousand medron guns and thirty cannons. This is the largest number that Kublai Khan can do. However, Boyan still believes that relying on these advanced firearms, the Delhi Sultanate should be able to support India for several years.

In the previous battle of the Ganges River, the powerful firepower of the British gunboats had left a deep impression on Boyan. Now, through the telescope, I saw countless steel armored soldiers, and the number of musketeers and cannons was probably far more than the total number of Mongolian troops, which made him feel very bad.

Several Ming vassal states already had so many muskets and cannons. I really can't imagine what the army of the Ming country had become?

"If I only look at their weapons, I think..."

The weapons and equipment of the Eight-Nation Alliance far exceeded Boyan's expectations, which made him feel that the situation of the Great Mongolian Kingdom just improved was about to take another sharp turn.

Boyan frowned and said, "Your Majesty the Sultan is best to retreat, you can't win this battle!"

If the Delhi Sultan army had twice as many as the army, maybe it could win, but now...Boyan shook his head secretly. Looking at the opponent's troops and equipment, he knew that it was not weaker than the strong brigade of the Great Mongolian army, rather than the completely outdated army like the Delhi Sultanate, which could deal with. Although they had five thousand muskets and thirty cannons, the training, organization and tactics of the troops were not achieved overnight. Now the real battles among the Delhi Sultanate were the Ikta Knights and the Gulam Guards.

"What!? Retreat!?"

Giastin Baleban almost roared: "We... I am the Sultan of Delhi, how can we retreat from Delhi! And Delhi is surrounded by the homes of the Tianfang scholars. As the Sultan, I must protect them, how can we leave without fighting?"

When Boyan heard this, his eyes swept to the generals behind Giastin and the Sultan of Balesbane. They all looked as if they could not suppress their anger and wanted to fight.

"Sultan is right, you can't retreat!"

"We must never give up Delhi! Delhi is our home! It was given to us by the True God!"

"They are not very powerful. The number of cavalry is very small, they are just infantry. Does this scare you Mongols?"

"That's right, you Mongols don't believe in the true god, so they were defeated. If we have the true god's blessing, we will definitely win!"

A group of sultan generals were yelling. Bangladesh and the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges River were not the basic structure of the Delhi Sultanate. The fiefs of the forty families and the two thousand Ikta were not there. However, Delhi has always been the ruling center of the Delhi Sultanate, and the surrounding land belonged to the forty families and two thousand Ikta. Moreover, Delhi is almost the watershed between the Indian Tianfang Cult and the Brahman forces. To the west of Delhi, the ranks of the Tianfang Cult are growing, and Brahmanism is declining. To the east of Delhi, there are not many Tianfang Cultists, and the influence of Brahmanism is still huge.

If you give up Delhi, then the territory of the large area of ​​the Tianfang scholars in the southwest and northwest of Delhi will lose its barrier and will be ravaged by the iron hooves of Buddhists. This is difficult for some Delhi Sultan generals who are quite devout to the Tianfang scholar. It is hard to underestimate the piety of these slave-born generals to the true god, and the greatness of the true god, which has been fully proved by the legendary life of slaves to the general!

Of course, Jiastin Baleban, who can become a Sultan, is not so stupid, but he cannot violate the wishes of most people. Otherwise, it is hard to say whether he can retreat to Lahore alive!

The Delhi Sultan was originally a slave platform who came to power, and that those who win the morale of the army will win the world...

"That's right! We must abandon Delhi without fighting!" Giastin Baleban said loudly, "But the enemy in front of us is huge in number and well-equipped in weapons, we cannot take it lightly."

Countless thoughts flashed in an instant. Giastin Baleban knew that he could only fight a battle with his teeth. However, he did not have any chance of winning, just as his generals analyzed. The opponent was mainly infantry and the number of cavalry was very small. There were many cavalry on his side, with 6,000 Iqta Knights, all well-equipped heavy cavalry. The Gulam Guards had 24,000, which were also heavy cavalry, and were more elite than Iqta Knights. The soldiers of the Gulam Guards were all boys (slaves) bought from Persia, Afghanistan and the Mesopotamian Basin. These boys had to undergo extremely rigorous training from the age of thirteen and could only become qualified Gulam warriors in their early twenties.

Of course, both the Ikta Knights and the Gulam Guards have several times more minions than their own, but these minions usually do not participate in the battle.

In addition to these 30,000 heavy cavalry that can be compared with the Europa knights, Giastin Baleban also has an infantry with a population of more than 60,000, half of which are soldiers hired from Persia and Afghanistan, and the remaining half are composed of local Indian Tianfang scholars. This infantry was trained by Mongolian officers brought by Boyan, and the cannons and grenade guns brought by Boyan were also given to this newly formed infantry unit.

"Sultan can allow the new army to rely on the camp to defend, and the cavalry quietly exit the camp, cross the Yamuna River from the floating bridge, and then detour behind the enemy, and take advantage of the night to attack, and perhaps a big victory."
Chapter completed!