Chapter 552 The Mongolian loving father Kangxi is here (please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiangjun

Shaista Khan immediately ordered a retreat, and the army retreated for more than ten miles before stopping.

After counting the number of people, there were only about 80,000 left in the 200,000-strong army!

Some were killed by the Ming army on the battlefield, but most of them fled and did not return to the army, becoming defeated troops.

The Ming army immediately launched a counterattack against the Mughal army under Wang Xianwu's order.

The Ming National Defense Force, Guards and servants from various countries stepped out of the trenches and used horses to carry mortars to pursue the Mughals.

Shaista was about to set up camp and planned to mobilize a large number of troops from the rear.

It turned out that the Ming army had launched a pursuit, and they quickly ordered to retreat.

Fortunately, the Ming army was not very mobile and its pursuit speed was not very fast.

However, those cities that Shaista reoccupied immediately fled after the Ming army counterattacked.

The people of Tianzhu in the city were as happy as if they were celebrating a festival, and welcomed the Ming army into the city.

After the Ming Dynasty troops occupied these cities, they were very disciplined and did not harm ordinary Tianzhu people.

On the other hand, the Mughals who reoccupied these cities took advantage of the chaos to rob and rape women, causing widespread complaints.

Although the people of Tianzhu are Buddhists and can be ravaged by you, they all have a strong balance in their hearts, right?

You can tell good or bad at a glance.

Shaista's army was driven more than fifty kilometers away by the Ming army. Only then did the Ming army begin to shrink to avoid going too deep into the enemy's territory and being surrounded.

Let’s digest the territory first and sort out the logistics. The most important thing in Ming Dynasty’s war is logistics. If the supplies are not in place, the situation will be dangerous!

More importantly, it is estimated that Kangxi is also attacking. Once Kangxi attacks, the Mughals will not care about the head and tail. Whether it is fighting or asking the Mughals to cede territory and pay compensation, it is easy to say!

As Wang Xianwu expected, the same thing was happening in the far northwest, but the Qing Dynasty was not as civilized as the Ming Dynasty.

In Kabul, under the threat of Prince Kang's gunfire, the Pashtun herdsmen leaders carefully slaughtered sheep and cattle so that these "king masters" who had come from afar could have a good meal.

The Pashtun herdsmen of Afghanistan, who had been ruled by the Mughals for more than half a century, finally got the "King Master" they had been waiting for day and night.

It's just that there are too many "king masters".

Even if we kill all the cattle and sheep in small Kabul, we can't afford to support so many great Qing lords!

But soon, the Pashtuns discovered that they no longer had to worry about their livestock.

Because of this, they were quickly captured by the Qing army, and all their people and livestock were packed away.

With Longkodo's own hands, the Qing Dynasty hung a well-preserved Yellow Dragon flag on the roof of the Leh Palace, and also had a huge photo of Mongolia's loving father Kangxi hung up!

"This place is the territory of the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia, and you are all protected by the Khan of Heaven."

Kangxi's first-class bodyguard Longkodo patrolled around with his own soldiers, and asked an interpreter to shout, "But you have been bullied by the Mughals for a long time, how can you give up like this? Now, on behalf of Tian Khan, I am here to lead you.

Wait, kill the mountains, attack the Mughals, and snatch back your own cattle, sheep, and livestock with your own hands. As for this place, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty will come to take it over in the future. Don't worry! Take it away!"

In this way, about 60,000 Pashtun herdsmen, under the Qing's muskets and bayonets, followed the army with their livestock and continued westward.

With the help of these local people, the Qing Dynasty moved very quickly this time.

About two weeks later, the Khyber Pass was in sight.

The Khyber Pass is the largest and most important pass in the "Kill the Indians" range.

The Tianzhu subcontinent is actually an extremely closed place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Compared with the long border between China and the northern nomads, there are wars and battlefields everywhere.

There are high mountains in the north and northwest of the Indian subcontinent as natural barriers, while the southwest and southeast are all covered by the sea. If foreign enemies want to invade India, the only breakthrough is the Khyber Pass, which is no more than 600 meters at its narrowest point.

If any dynasty in Chinese history were here, even the Song Dynasty, wouldn't they have to devote all their efforts to building fortresses and walls at this mountain pass to block this opening?

But the third brother's brain circuit is so amazing.

I just don’t practice it.

I'm just playing.

If you dare to conquer, I will surrender!

Directly north of Tianzhu are guarded by the Himalayas and Karakoram Mountains, which are so high!

Moreover, to the north of these two mountains is still a snowy plateau with overlapping mountains. Walking on it will make you out of breath, let alone climbing over the mountains and ridges into Tianzhu.

During the Tang Dynasty, when the weather was warm, the population on the snow-covered plateau was relatively large, with a large Tubo and Tianzhu from time to time.

But since the weather has gotten colder and the Little Ice Age has happened, this has not been the case.

The northeastern part of Tianzhu, Myanmar, and the border areas of Arakan also have naturally dangerous mountains and mountains. Moreover, not only is the terrain difficult, but it is also a place of miasma.

If we don't take the waterway of the Bay of Bengal, but cross the mountains and ridges to enter India, the disease alone will kill 70% or more of the invaders. How can the remaining people be in the mood to invade?

This is why Zhu Kezang wanted to attack the Mughals by water and cross the mountains and ridges next to Burma. It would be too costly!

As a result, the two only attack routes were seized by the two old enemies Zhu Kezang and Kangxi.

The Khyber Valley, where Kangxi's army passed, was not a remote, barren country.

To the west of the valley is Kabul, the territory established by Prince Kang.

In later generations, it was a less developed city, but in the long history, Kabul was more prosperous than London, Paris, and New York at the same time for most of the time!

To the east of the Khyber Valley is the Gandhara Basin, which is the base camp of the Gandhara kingdom famous for its Greco-Buddhist art. Its richness is evident.

Now in the 17th century, although the Gandhara Kingdom has long since disappeared.

But thanks to the Tianzhu-Central Asia trade route and the agriculture of the Gandhara Basin, the Gandhara Basin is still very fertile, and there is also a large city, Peshawar, whose prosperity is at least equivalent to that of a second-tier European city.

Moreover, the city of Peshawar is very close to the Khyber Pass and is almost blocked outside the Khyber Pass. It can completely become part of the defense system of the Khyber Pass and provide strong logistical support to the troops stationed at the Khyber Pass.

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As the political, economic and cultural center of the region, Peshawar has had trade relations with neighboring countries since ancient times. The great ancient Chinese travelers Faxian and Xuanzang both visited this place.

However, in later generations, the city was known as the "City of Terror".

The first target of Kangxi's army was it!

Kangxi Khan really couldn't sit still. Although the leaders of Bukhara, Khiva, and the local Afghan chiefs all patted their chests and assured him that it would be absolutely fine to wait until the army rested in Kabul before marching, but he couldn't do anything.

Not willing to wait any longer.
Chapter completed!