Chapter 1341 The Twelve Eighth Incident
The city of Novab Ganje in Bangladesh is located on the Ganges River, on the border between Bangladesh and the Mughal Empire.
Because he is on the front line, Shahshuja has stationed heavy troops here, and the 30,000 elite soldiers funded and trained by Gan Chao are all stationed here.
To the west of Novabganje City is the city of Mongier controlled by the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire also stationed heavily in this place.
After the two sides signed a peace agreement four years ago, although there was no war again, the situation was still tense and full of gunpowder.
At this time, the Mughal Empire was stronger than Bangladesh, but the Bangladesh army often provoked and instead was eager to provoke wars.
The Mughal Empire was much larger than that of Bangladesh. Once the Eastern Reform was completed in the military, Shahshuja would have no chance.
Therefore, as the weak side, Shahshuja hopes that the two sides will fight to bring Gan Chao into the water.
Aurangzeb's provocation against Shahshuja strictly ordered the front-line troops to remain restrained, try to avoid conflicts with the Bangladesh army, and do not actively attack the Bangladesh army, so as not to give Gan Chao an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of the Mughal Empire again.
Now the Mughal Empire's cadre movement is in full swing. Aurangzeb does not want the war to disrupt his reforms, and is more afraid of joining the Korean War, so he wants to maintain peace.
He was preparing to wait for the Mughal Empire to complete the Easternization, and then wait for an opportunity to recover the lost territory and reunify the Indian region.
Therefore, although Shahshuja always wanted to provoke a war, the war never started due to the restraint of the Mughal army.
On the 12th year of Wu in the Great Qianlong period, on the eighth night of the twelfth lunar month, Novabu Ganjie City was silent.
Under the cover of night, a group of troops wearing Mughal Empire uniforms quietly came outside the city and placed more than a dozen bodies under the city.
These corpses were all executed prisoners, but were dressed in military uniforms of the Mughal Empire.
"Centurion, we have already handled it. Are we going to retreat?" asked a soldier.
"It's not possible!" The officer in charge said in a deep voice: "Everyone shoots into the sky immediately to make the noise bigger!"
When the soldiers heard the order, they followed the officer's order and shot into the sky.
The "bang bang bang" gunshots broke the tranquility of the night. The Bangladeshi troops in the city gathered urgently and hurriedly climbed the city wall and shot outside the city.
When the people in the city heard the movement, they suddenly became nervous. Many people heard the sound of gunfire outside the city. They thought that the war had broken out, so they quickly packed up their belongings and prepared to flee overnight to go to the Kolkada Kanjung area to avoid the war.
At this time, amid the sound of gunfire, merchants from all over the city were already in riots.
A fully armed Bangladeshi army ran over to protect the areas where merchants lived.
Novab Ganje City is located on the Ganges River and is an important trade transfer station. A large number of merchants from Ganges, Luzon, Western countries, and Vietnamese trade in the city.
The gunshots made the merchants nervous in an instant. Merchants from all over the world gathered together to ask what happened and ask both sides to protect their interests.
At this time, the city guard Rabbi, the commander of the ten thousand men, came to the mall with the army and said to many merchants: "Everyone, the Mughal army has attacked us, but please rest assured that we will definitely repel them and protect the rights and interests of all countries!"
When merchants from all countries heard that the Mughal Empire's army launched an attack, they were secretly shocked. Fortunately, Bangladesh had stationed heavy troops in the city, and the promise of the ten thousand men's rabbi made everyone feel at ease.
The intermittent gunfire sounded all night, and gradually stopped at dawn, and the troops attacking the city retreated in a hurry.
The rabbi, the commander of the ten thousand men, immediately announced that the elite Bangladesh army had defeated the Mughal army's invasion and sent troops outside the city to check. The soldiers soon found more than a dozen bodies in Mughal imperial uniforms lying on the ground.
The rabbi immediately ordered his subordinates to collect the bodies and place them on the banks of the Ganges to display them to the military and civilians in the city, as well as merchants from all over the world.
At this time, Bangladeshi soldiers holding muskets stood on the scene to maintain order, blocking the onlookers and merchants from all over the world, leaving them to look at the bodies from afar, and not allowing everyone to get close.
Captain Wan took a group of officers and checked the bodies. He immediately faced the crowd, shouting indignation, "Damn Aurangzeb launched a shameless sneak attack on us. He tore up peace. We must fight back!"
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Inside the Bangladesh Palace.
Shahshujahan received an urgent report from the head of the Wanhu family, and immediately summoned civil and military officials to discuss.
Prime Minister Tar had already been intimidated with his subordinates. When he heard that the Mughal army was provoking, all the officials were immediately indignant.
"Khan! Aurangzebu launched a surprise attack, which is equivalent to trampling on the contract, and we must fight back!" Tarr spoke first, setting the tone for the matter.
Many officials agreed, but some people still asked: "Da Khan, should Da Qian notify this matter?"
Shahshuja looked at Tarr, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"
Taer said: "This matter is indeed to be informed by Daqian. However, the soldiers are very fast, and the enemy has launched an attack. I think we cannot sit still and wait for death. When we inform Daqian, we should order the army to fight back immediately!"
Shahshujia nodded, "Ben Khan felt that the Prime Minister's words were reasonable! Since this was the case, Ben Khan immediately ordered the front-line army to start a war against Aurangzebu, resolutely counterattack the enemy and defeat their conspiracy. At the same time, he would tell Ambassador Daqian to explain the whole matter to Daqian, inform Daqian Aurangzebu that Aurangzebu broke the contract, and Ben Khan had to launch a counterattack!"
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Mughal Empire, Mongier City.
A team of cavalry rushed to the city gate, and the leader shouted loudly: "Open the city gate quickly, the military situation is urgent!"
After the soldiers on the city identified their identities, they immediately opened the city gate and the cavalry rushed into the city.
In the city's governor's residence, Governor Bihar Kaduoqi put on his clothes and hurried to the lobby. When he saw several subordinates, he immediately asked, "What's going on?"
"Governor General, something is not good! The army of Bangladesh crossed the border, and the front-line troops asked for instructions, should we fight or not!" a ten thousand men asked anxiously.
Ka Duoqi frowned, "Damn Shahshuja, he has repeatedly provoked, but this time he actually sent troops across the border. It's really outrageous!"
"Governor, Shahshuja is so arrogant! We must teach him a lesson!" The officers were filled with righteous indignation.
Ka Duoqi paced back and forth, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "No! This is Shahshuja's conspiracy! He wanted to force us to fire the first shot, and then slander us for provoking the war, so that Qianchao will join the war! Therefore, we must not fall into the trap!"
The officers were angry when they heard the words, feeling extremely shameful and frustrated, "Sir, can you let them cross the border and provoke?"
Kaduoqi said with a black face: "Send the order and withdraw the army. No one is allowed to fire the first shot. All departments must keep their restraint! I will report to the emperor immediately and inform all countries of Shahshuja's actions, let all countries condemn him and force him to withdraw his troops!"
Chapter completed!