Chapter 1130: Princely States

Calcutta.

While the Western Lands were plunged into fear due to the war in Tianzhu.

Qin Shan and Guan Tong welcomed the armies of the princely state kings.

Following the orders of the Emperor Zhao Xu, they did not choose to defeat them one by one, but instead waited quietly in Calcutta for their arrival.

Because, he intended to use this war to declare to the entire Tianzhu that the era of British rule over Tianzhu had passed.

From now on, Tianzhu would be taken over by Da Song.

"What a bunch of rabble; I can't even bear to strike, it makes us look like we're bullying them," said Guan Tong amidst the vast fields on the outskirts of Calcutta.

Sixty thousand Da Song troops were facing off against the swarming Coalition of princely states.

Looking at the princely state soldiers, Guan Tong found the situation somewhat ridiculous.

Qin Shan could not help but laugh either.

They occupied Calcutta first not only because it was the location of the British Governor's Mansion.

Another reason was that this was the British industrial hub in Tianzhu.

All the factories built by the British in Tianzhu were in this city.

Including the British firearms and Artillery factories.

After taking this place, no princely state could ever again use the factories here to obtain firearms and Artillery.

At the same time, because the British came to Tianzhu for the purpose of colonization.

They had only armed one princely state in the Calcutta region, and used this princely state to help them rule the many other princely states.

Therefore, most Tianzhu princely states were at a very primitive stage, even inferior to the former feudal system of Da Song.

Consequently, their armies naturally could not be very sophisticated.

Now, Qin Shan and Guan Tong were facing exactly such a Coalition of princely states that was even more backward than the former feudal armies of Da Song.

They only had a few thousand Flintlocks, and most wore worn-out Armor, carrying swords, shields, and bows and arrows.

The only thing that was shocking was their numbers and the numerous Elephant Cavalry.

After arriving in Calcutta, as many as six hundred thousand princely state soldiers surrounded Calcutta on all four sides.

It seemed the goal was to cut off all supplies to Calcutta and let the Da Song army collapse without a fight.

Facing this situation, Qin Shan and Guan Tong both chose to sally out of the city to fight.

Although it was sixty thousand against six hundred thousand, the advantage lay with the Da Song army.

"Reluctance aside, when we fight, tell the soldiers they must strike to kill; only by scaring the princely state kings once can we avoid more trouble in the future," Qin Shan said to Guan Tong.

As the saying goes, benevolence does not command an army; a general who cannot be ruthless at a critical moment is not fit to be a general.

He knew that Guan Tong was just joking earlier, and in reality, he was also prepared to strike to kill.

Furthermore, they were also fighting this battle for the Tianzhu people inside Calcutta to see.

After some time of understanding, they discovered that Tianzhu was a strange place.

There existed a thing here known as caste.

According to rank, it was divided into four levels: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.

Among them, the Kshatriya were the highest, and the Shudra were the lowest.

This caste was equivalent to nobility in Tianzhu.

And the Tianzhu people below the four castes were known as Untouchables.

That is to say, the outcasts.

However, this was not the strangest part; what shocked them most was that the Tianzhu people lacked the spirit of "Are kings and nobles born with more noble blood?"

The bottom caste layers had never risen up to resist the rule of the high castes, content to be their servants.

The British perhaps also utilized this characteristic, so they actively courted these high castes.

When they stormed into Calcutta, they found that the number of high-caste Tianzhu people in Calcutta was numerous.

At this moment, they were also watching the battle.

Precisely because of this, Qin Shan also intended to give them a show of force.

Let these high-caste Tianzhu people witness the terror of the Da Song army, so they would honestly serve them.

And once the high-caste Tianzhu people served Da Song just as they had served the British, the lower-class Tianzhu people would have no choice but to honestly submit to Da Song.

"That is for certain; the best I can do for them is to send them to the Western Heaven," Guan Tong grinned.

After saying this, he spurred his horse and headed toward the south.

He and Qin Shan were each responsible for one direction.

At the same time.

Seeing the Da Song army march out of the city and form ranks, the princely state kings, after communicating, decided to launch an attack on the Da Song army.

Before long, the formations of the princely state armies on all four sides shifted, and Stone Throwers were exposed, pushed to a position four hundred meters from the Da Song army.

Then, elephants carrying soldiers appeared at the front of the ranks.

The tusks of these elephants were all tied with sharp blades.

If the elephants were allowed to charge into the ranks, it would still be very dangerous.

And on the side of the Da Song army.

The soldiers formed up according to orders, lining up along the city wall in a tight Large Horizontal Formation.

Each horizontal formation had three ranks, with soldiers shoulder to shoulder.

The front rank of soldiers lay down, the second rank half-squatted, and the third rank stood.

The Qin-series Rifles in their hands were all aimed at the Tianzhu soldiers three hundred meters away.

To deal with such a dense army of cold weapons, a tight formation was the most appropriate.

And in the intervals of the line formation were the Machine Gun Teams.

They likewise had their bullets loaded, waiting for orders.

The Artillerymen had constructed positions within the city of Calcutta.

On the city walls, soldiers held Telescopes to keep watch, specifically providing artillery coordinates for them.

Both sides were prepared.

At this moment, Qin Shan noticed the Tianzhu Stone Throwers beginning to stir, so he immediately ordered an artillery strike.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

In an instant, bursts of roaring sounds came from the direction of Calcutta, like rolling thunder in the sky.

Tracing perfect curves through the sky, the Cannonballs immediately exploded amidst the Tianzhu army.

The positions of the Tianzhu Stone Throwers, in particular, received focused attention.

In a flash, Tianzhu soldiers were sent flying by the shockwaves of the Cannonballs, and even more soldiers were killed or wounded by flying shrapnel.

The Stone Throwers caught in the blast of the Cannonballs were instantly torn to pieces.

"Tat-tat-tat..."

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Just as the Artillery bombarded the princely state army, the sounds of Qin-series Rifles and Machine Guns rang out.

The Tianzhu soldiers at the front fell in rows, like wheat being harvested by a sickle.

In a short time, they suffered heavy casualties.

These princely state soldiers who had come from afar had at most dealt with old-fashioned Flintlocks; how could they have ever seen such ferocious firepower?

Seeing their companions die at an astonishing speed, fear immediately took control of their bodies, and they turned and ran for their lives.

And those mighty elephants, startled by the loud noises, also began to flee, constantly trampling the princely state soldiers and exacerbating the chaos.

"Gun Cavalry, charge!"

Qin Shan seemed to have long anticipated the collapse of the princely state army, calmly issuing order after order.

In his view, although the Tianzhu caste system maintained the stability of Tianzhu society.

It had one fatal characteristic.

That is, the officers in the Tianzhu army were often from the four major castes, but the soldiers were mostly composed of untouchable outcasts.

These outcasts were servants to the four major castes, but the outcasts had no loyalty to the high-caste nobles.

Especially the princely state soldiers, who were essentially forced to fight by the high-caste nobles holding them by the neck.

Therefore, once the battle turned unfavorable, they would collapse very rapidly.

While Qin Shan was deep in thought, the Gun Cavalry had already struck out from all sides.

Cavalry Sabers were raised, reaping the lives of one Tianzhu soldier after another.

And the Tianzhu nobles watching the battle from the city walls felt a chill in their hearts.

They finally understood that the Song People were even more ferocious than the British, and impossible to resist!

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