Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1182
By [-] o'clock in the afternoon, Bangladesh's defeat in this battle was set.

Although this is a battle of tens of thousands of people on the field, including the strong soldiers on the right wing who can't move, and the cavalry on the left wing who can control the battle but wait for a counterattack, there are even more than 5 people.

Although from seven o'clock in the morning to the present, the two sides together have killed a total of 70 people, and the number of casualties on both sides is half and half.

Although 70 people are far away from collapse compared to the total size of more than 5 people, even according to the standards of the feudal era, it is not enough.

However, around two o'clock in the afternoon, Niu Er and other Dashun officers who had received a professional education and participated in actual combat had already confirmed that Bengal was defeated.

Fighting a war is a very boring human activity, and the laws of the battlefield can be summed up.Of course, if you have a tactical genius, you can keenly spot fighters, and you can turn the tide of battle.But the premise is that this tactical genius has a reserve team that can quickly maneuver on the battlefield. Otherwise, no matter how talented he is, he will be useless if he has no soldiers in his hands and cannot execute it.

Niu Er and the others don't know what the condition of the cavalry on the left wing is, but it is estimated that most of them are capable of attacking.

Excluding the cavalry on the left, the troops on the right have absolutely no offensive capabilities.

The only troops in Siraj's hands that are truly capable of attacking are the 5000 in his hands and confidants.

At ten o'clock in the morning, after confirming that his second uncle Jafar had turned his back on him, according to Niu Er's assumption, it was time to directly adjust the deployment and prepare to run away.

But Siraj made a desperate bet, and is still dreaming of destroying the East India Company by himself, and Jafar will change his mind and make up for his mistakes. At first glance, he is too young, grew up in a honey pot, and has not experienced the separatist era. He was beaten severely, and he had never experienced a real political struggle, so he was extremely naive.

Siraj doesn't retreat, if he insists on fighting, he will definitely lose.

Siraj's troops, in the eyes of the people on Dashun's side, can only be regarded as capable of attacking, and they will not be like the group of strong soldiers on the right wing who can only form a formation and stay there without moving.

The level of trainability, long-term combat capability, formation maintenance, morale level, etc. are not good.

At ten o'clock, they made a desperate bet and launched an offensive. The East India Company on the opposite side had a great defensive advantage.

At two o'clock, Siraj's side didn't actually die a few people, but the troops could no longer maintain their physical strength, morale, spirit, formation, etc.

The cooperation of cavalry and infantry is even more a negative teaching material that can be used in textbooks.The cavalry went straight to the flintlock formation defended by howitzers and formations.

The infantry couldn't keep up.

The artillery is full of 28-pound and 36-pound cannons. There are not enough gunners, and there is no regiment artillery to support the advance.

If this can break through the defense of the British army, it is estimated that the textbooks of Dashun Military Academy can be completely rewritten.

In Niu Er's view, the current situation depends on whether the British army launches a counterattack.

If the British army launches a counterattack, it will prove one thing: Jafar on the left is not as simple as a simple rebellion, but has communicated with the British army in advance.

Because if there is no ventilation, the British army will never dare to launch a counterattack.Once it moves, the flank is rushed by the cavalry, and it will be over immediately.

Rebellion and collaborating with the enemy are not the same thing.

45:[-] p.m.

After the British army once again defended against the coordinated and messy attack of the Bangladeshi army, it launched a counterattack.

This time, the British army covering the flanks also directly switched to an offensive formation, completely abandoning the flank cover and counterattacking across the board.

When Niu Er saw the movement of the British troops covering the flanks, he understood in his heart that the flanks of the Bengalis were full of ghosts.

The British even dared to move the troops covering the flanks directly. It was clear that the flanks were very safe, and Jafar was not rebellious at all, but purely collaborating with the enemy.

So he nodded to Zhang Sanbiao who was next to him. Zhang Sanbiao also understood the moment he saw the British army's flanks spread out their offensive formation and began to counterattack.

Immediately came to the guards brought over and blew the whistle.

"Assemble! The whole team!"

The Dashun soldiers who had been allowed to rest on the ground since noon quickly stood up and sorted out their equipment.

However, the subsequent order was not to prepare for battle, but was shouted by the officer: "Pick up your backpack! Pick up your backpack!"

The soldiers hurriedly picked up all the backpacks that had been placed on the ground before, and each team began to arrange the backpacks for each other.

Putting down the backpack means preparing for battle.

Picking up a backpack means retreating, marching, or returning to camp.

A few minutes later, the backpacks were sorted out, the formation was reorganized, and the carriage next to it had harnessed the horses.

At this time, Siraj could only watch helplessly as his own soldiers, who had been boiled all morning, had low morale and exhausted physical strength, turned into a rout after the failure of this attack and the British counterattack across the board.

The battle was lackluster, and until now, the losses on both sides have still not exceeded a hundred.

But this kind of army of feudal princes' private soldiers, strong soldiers, elite cavalry, and elite servants around them will directly evolve into a rout once they lose their morale and physical strength.

Don't look at the "Guards" on Dashun's side, there are only one hundred and ten people, plus a small number of ceremonial cavalry, it is only one hundred and five, but in fact, before just now, they really had the ability to directly defeat the British army on the opposite side .

When Siraj's confidantes launched the last attack just now, if Dashun's troops marched quickly in columns and spread out on the flanks, they could directly cooperate with the Bengal "family cavalry" and tear the British flanks.

Duplex's judgment was really correct.A small number of elite new-age infantry, in such a strange battle situation, a few hundred people can determine the outcome of the war.

But Dashun has not moved at all.

Even if, Siraj said, there are millions of gold and silver coins in his treasury; even if Siraj offered Dashun and others a high price of 100 million rupees.

Even, it is obvious that the East India Company will make a lot of money this time, and it is estimated that most of the money in the treasury will be taken away by the East India Company.

That doesn't matter.

The most efficient robbery is always the taxation without the obligation of people's livelihood, and the robbery of low-priced acquisitions under the control of commercial capital.

Robbing the treasury is an inefficient robbery, and the rank is too low.

Since Dashun dared to send these people out, it was enough to prove that the higher-ups believed that they would not lose the big because of small things.

Now, Jafar's cavalry on the left flank, which had been resting for most of the day, finally moved, but the direction of movement was not the British, but directly swept towards their friendly forces.

Seeing that the situation was over, Siraj no longer cared about cursing Jafar for his betrayal, but was about to run away.

The defeat is set.

But before running away, Niu Er rushed to Siraj and taught him a little historical experience.

"You have no soldiers, running is death."

"Even if it's inconvenient for Jafar to kill you directly because of your identity, you still have at least six ways to die."

"For example, a group of 'soldiers' covet your belongings and kill you, and Jafar will execute those soldiers."

"For example, he wanted to transfer you to a place of exile or the court, but during the transfer, the ship sank accidentally, and you and your whole family were drowned."

"For example, you were under house arrest, but one day you suddenly fell ill and died..."

Dashun's historical experience is quite rich. Niu Er casually listed six ways to die, and analyzed the specific operations of these ways to die, imparting some life experience to this young man.

Siraj had only seen his grandfather say one thing and be supported by everyone, but how did he know how his grandfather humbled from being a military chief to a military governor, and was the first independent military governor of the Mughal Empire? Is it difficult to start a business?

How can he know that in the troubled times, his blood can only make his death a little more dignified than those in the troubled times?
This kind of thing is played by feudal rulers all over the world.In history, Siraj's family, women, children, heirs, mothers, etc. are indeed "captured and sunk in the river".As for whether the boat was accidentally broken or leaked accidentally, this is...

Hearing these strange ways of death, and watching the scene of the collapse of the army, Siraj's legs were a little weak, he couldn't help swallowing, and his breathing was a little short.

The faster the breathing, the more it feels like you can't breathe, and the faster you breathe.

Niu Er took his time and added fuel to the fire.

"I heard that your scriptures say: The Lord created life and death to test which of you has the most perfect work. Don't commit suicide. Whoever violates this strict prohibition because of excess and injustice, the Lord will throw him into Hell... ..."

"Here, one of the 72 disciples of your sage, that... the one nicknamed Cat Lover, didn't he also write something similar to the Analects?"

"It does not also record the words of your sages. Your sages said: Suicide in any form is suicide. Those who commit suicide by jumping off a cliff will jump into Hell forever. Those who commit suicide by taking poison will be in Hell forever." Take the poison in your hand. Those who commit suicide with an iron weapon will stab themselves in the belly with an iron weapon forever in Hell..."

"Then tell me, you are defeated now, and you know that fleeing in the chaos is death, so is this considered suicide?"

"It's like saying, I don't want to commit suicide, I just want to stab my heart and cut my throat with a knife, so is this considered suicide?"

He has been working in Java for many years, and he has dealt with this group of believers a lot. Even if he has never eaten pork, he has seen pigs run away. He has communicated more, and some things still come out of his mouth.

Although, in fact, Niu Er understands quite well that most people in power are farting when it comes to things like religion, hadith, and saintly words.

The more power you have, the less you believe.

So at this time, bringing out these things is not to persuade him.

A little dazed, Siraj asked, "Where is my destiny?"

Niu Er only smiled, and asked his attendants to take out two things from the backpack.

A blue right lapel military uniform.

a razor.

Then he pointed to the military uniform on the right lapel and the razor on the clothes, and said, "Your destiny lies in it."

Siraj looked at the razor in astonishment, and then at the smiling Niu Er, as if looking at a demon.

Not to commit suicide is the teaching of the sages.

Not being able to shave is also a sage's instruction.

Therefore, what I said just now that fleeing is death and tantamount to suicide is bullshit.

Suicide is illegal, as is shaving.

Since they are all violations, it has nothing to do with the hadith now, but only with life and death, revenge, power... these secular things.

Destiny is not on that razor, but on that Dashun military uniform.

But to accept this fate, you must shave your beard.

Dashun also grew a beard, but not like this.

(End of this chapter)