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Chapter 46 Diverse Punjab (3) Jiuzhou Brigade (Part 2)

 Before, everyone's eyes were attracted to the mud, and Yanagawa Shizuki led two battalions to cross this place and then marched extremely slowly. Rajasingh thought he had some special moves, and even forgot about other directions.

This made it possible for the two groups of Ajia Junichiro from behind to encircle from both sides.

And it was too late when Rajasingh found out that it was inappropriate.

When Yanagawa Shizuna's gunshots rang out, it was when Junichiro Agaya's two regiments launched an attack from their wings!

Rajasingh still has eight or nine thousand people, the main archers, and the muskets are all heading towards the mud. Although Ajia Junichiro came from the two wings and was still three or four miles away from them, it was a dry wilderness. The distance between three or four miles was enough for the cavalry to breathe. Rajasingh just wanted to turn the direction and it was too late!

It is said that Ajia's brigade is brave, because the empire's requirements for the two newly absorbed casualties of Japanese brigades are not that strict.

Since the two brigades (Kyushu Brigade and Ryukyu Brigade) fought, although firearms have been greatly advantageous, they have actually lost about one regiment of troops, but they have only been supplemented by Japanese immigrants in recent years.

The Sikhs are best at the combination of shields and short swords, which is somewhat similar to the Roman corps in their previous lives, or were they left to them by Alexander in the past?

Sikh boys have practiced the combination of short swords and shields since childhood. For them, the techniques of these two combinations are innate, and they have experience in forming large formations to fight, just like the chasic saber is like an arm-to-arm finger.

But the biggest enemy of this combination is the cavalry.

In the past, when Sikhs dealt with the Mughal cavalry, they often used a combination of elephant soldiers, archers and musketeers to resist the initial rapid attack of the Mughals, and then counterattacked with their own cavalry. This caused the Mughals and the British to suffer a lot.

But their decline was inevitable. Without the intervention of the Truchens, the British regiment of infantry with cannons and flintlocks could easily destroy them. In the end, they became the red-headed Ah San all over Asia.

Despite this, Rajasingh still asked his archers and musketeers to reach the two wings as much as possible. When they barely formed a formation, Ajia Junichiro's two regiments were only a few dozen meters away from them!

"Bang..."

"Swish..."

Rajasingh obviously didn't have many flintlock rifles in his hand, and the large number of them were still meshes, and more were bows and arrows. When they fired the first arrow and the first shot, two regiments of Ajia Junichiro had already hit hard!

The tall Varima, whose average shoulder height is about 1.5 meters tall, began to roam freely in the Sikh infantry formation.

The horses of some cavalry in the front were also knocked down by the Sikh bows and muskets. If they were ordinary Truchens, they would have to leave their fate.

But it's different for Ajialu.

They are Japanese ronin, and what they are best at is not sabers, but samurai!

After the knight immediately fell, he would roll on the spot and then pull out the samurai sword behind him!

At this time, with the impact of the cavalry, the Sikh formation was in chaos. These warriors fought with the sparse Sikh sword and shield soldiers inside at the risk of being trampled by war horses!

On the front, Yanagawa Shizunobu shot forward with his rifle while slowly speeding up. Although it was muddy, the Sikhs obviously did not place obstacles inside. The soil under the silt one foot deep could still withstand the weight of horses, otherwise they would not have driven the war elephants from the beginning.

Their shooting immediately made the Rajasingh cavalry at the forefront a little at a loss. First, they didn't want to go deep into the mud and fight the enemy. Second, the dense and extremely long-range rifles on the opposite side have made their formations also messy!

When approaching the enemy cavalry for about a hundred meters, Yanagawa Shizuna's cavalry began to run quickly!

Rajasingh, who was located between the cavalry formation and the infantry formation, couldn't help but feel disappointed when he saw this.

Although I was a little reluctant, I obviously knew deep down that I had lost.

"I still have at least 30,000 khasars in Punjab. I will leave the green mountains without worrying about the lack of firewood. Let's retreat"

So, he took his own disciples and about 300 elite Casars to run away.

The battlefield is too big, and the Truqin army has only 3,000 people, and it is obvious that it is impossible to take care of the entire battlefield. This gives Rajasingh an opportunity. They dodge around the chaotic battlefield, and soon find a gap, and then drill through it.

Although Rajasingh ran away, the battle was not over. The decades of training and teachings of Sikh masters infused Kasar have actually made Kasar a well-trained team of jihadists, who can tolerate a huge casualty ratio.

But the short swords and shields in their hands really cannot pose any threat to the tall Mawarima. Ajia Brigade can knock them into pieces without using pistols and sabers. When the sword and shield soldiers lose their advantage in formation, what is waiting for them is obviously a unilateral massacre.

The battle lasted for half a day, and when the sun was about to set, the battle was finally over.

At this time, the Toure behind also arrived.

The camp on the north side of Multan City, Toure Grand Prix.

"Your Highness, our army lost about one battalion of troops in this battle. Most of them were trampled to death by horses when they fell down, or were killed by Sikhs after being injured"

"More than 300 horses have also been lost"

"Based on the interrogation of the prisoners and counting the enemy's bodies, our army killed about 5,000 Sikh infantry in this battle and captured more than 3,000 prisoners, most of whom were injured"

"The cavalry killed more than 500 people, and all the elephant soldiers were wiped out, but its leader Rajasingh ran away"

Toure nodded.

"Don't keep the prisoners, let them dig a big hole in some place, bury the bodies, and then push them into the big hole."

"Yes"

"Remember to dig the big pit deeper. The weather is hot, don't get caught in the plague"

"I understand, then next..."

"Of course, I took down Multan. Although the Sikhs occupied the entire Punjab, this city is still a place dominated by Islam. I believe they have also seen the battle in the daytime. Wait a minute. If they are eye-catching, the city gate will be opened tomorrow morning to welcome us in"

"Queen Durga's troops should have arrived, and they are much more familiar with this place than us. In the future, they will do things like dealing with prisoners of war, burying bodies, and persuading the surrender of the city."

"Yes"

....

As Toure expected, the next morning, the Islamic and Hindu nobles in the city killed the Sikh officials and a small number of soldiers who remained in the city after a coup, and then opened the door.

In the former Casar chief’s residence, Toure held a meeting.

"First, send someone to explain this to Alam II immediately and let him muster up the courage to continue attacking westward"

"Second, rest here for three days, and then head towards Lahore"

However, before the third day, a shocking news came from Hyderabad.

"Your Highness!"

The one who came was Huslen, the reconnaissance battalion commander of the Huriji Brigade who stayed in Larkana.

"The Baloch people are here again!"

"Oh?", Toure's first reaction was the Baloch people south of Kandahar. Although he eliminated the East Baloch people centered on Quetta, there were still a large number of Baloch people south of Kandahar.

“It is not the Baloch people near Kandahar, but the Xi Baloch people!”

"Ah?" Toure couldn't help but gasp. He knew that the Sibaluch people nowadays were led by Mahmoud, the Governor of Herat. It only means one thing that they can come here through Kandahar.

Mahmood's southern army captured Kandahar!

"So quickly", Toure stood up and walked up in the room.

After a while, he suddenly turned around, "What is the specific situation?"

"According to our investigation, the Balochi army has arrived in Quetta in the north, Huzdal in the middle, and Hupu City, which is only one mountain from Karachi, is approaching!"

"Although there have not been a large number of entry into the oasis, there have been sporadic Balochi light cavalry coming in, and they are robbing in the countryside"

Toure nodded, "I don't know how the fourth brother is doing. Also, since Mahmoud has taken Kandahar, he will definitely bypass Kabul to attack Jalalabad and Peshawar to cut off the road for Timur Khan to escape west"

"By the way, Kandahar, Ghazni, and Kabul are famous cities in Afghanistan. They are all stone walls, tall and strong. Ibn has at least 10,000 elite troops stationed in Kandahar City. There are also another 10,000 Dulani tribal cavalry around them at any time. The cavalry of the Beilu Branch are all light cavalry and are not good at attacking the toughest. How can they easily take it?"

Huslen said: "Most of the Gilzai people who stayed in Ghazni have been rebelled."

"Oh?"

"Your Highness, in the past, Kabul was occupied by another large tribe in Pashtun. After Timur Khan came to power, he wanted to move the capital there. The Girzai people had to give up Kabul and move some of the Girzai people to the north"

"But some were left in the local area. The Ministry of Justice estimated that Mahmood was progressing rapidly. Not only did he take over Charikar in the north of Kabul City, Bamiyan in the west, and Jalalabad in the east, which made the Girzai people in Ghazni in the south think that Timur Khan in Kabul City was out of the way, so he defected to Mahmood."

"Bamiyan?"

Toure suddenly thought of something, "Bamiyan is mainly composed of Hazara people. If the father and the fourth brother want to implement the Afghan strategy, they must make a fuss there. If Mahmoud conquered Bamiyan, wouldn't it mean that the fourth brother is not going well?"

"It's a pity that this time I marched into the Indus River Basin, only one division was brought, plus Ajia Brigade, and only four brigades. I have to face the Sikhs and have no spare time to support the fourth brother"

Then he said, "You go back first, and say I will no longer go north. Let Dengduke and Huriji increase the attack on the Baloch people who have entered the oasis, so that they can get out of trouble, and at the same time, let Karachi send two more brigades here."

“Yes!”
Chapter completed!
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