Chapter 722: Famed After a Single Battle

Gujarat Fortress.

It has fallen.

Following closely, Gujarat City encountered a fierce assault from the Six-Nation Allied Forces!

An unstoppable, fierce assault!

These cities in Central Asia are different from the cities of Longyan. Longyan cities all have moats, but due to the terrain and environment of Central Asia, cities here can only be built on relatively flat ground. Therefore, for a city, the only thing that can provide defense is a fortress!

Once a fortress is broken, the city is essentially left undefended.

Balaji was already out of options.

Just at this moment.

News came from the Bukhara Khanate.

Aurangzeb is dead.

The whole country is in mourning; for the crumbling, twilight-years Mughal Empire, this is absolutely not good news. Of course, for the entire Central Asian theater of war, it is likewise not good news. This man, who fought for his entire life and finally, at the end of his life, single-handedly ignited this six-nation war in Central Asia, was originally the spiritual leader of this great war; the other countries were all looking to him.

As it turned out.

He died miserably halfway through.

Suddenly, the war situation within Bukhara fell into chaos.

The top general loyal to Aurangzeb, taking the 80,000 remaining Mughal troops, defected on the spot, citing the protection of the homeland as a reason to withdraw from the battlefield. With this, the Six-Nation Allied Forces were stunned. They had lost 80,000 troops out of thin air! How were they, who had already penetrated deep into the Bukhara Khanate alone, supposed to fight?

Aziz of Bukhara was instantly excited.

What is this?

It is like sweet rain after a long drought!

It is a narrow escape from death!

Who could have imagined that at this critical moment, this war maniac Aurangzeb would just die?

Attack!

With one order.

The Bukhara army of Aziz finally changed their turtle-like posture and began their counterattack. This counterattack was massive and sudden. All at once, the war situation changed drastically again. The Six-Nation Allied Forces, not having reacted at the start, were directly beaten into a steady retreat by this Bukhara army that had been waiting at ease.

The troops of the Six-Nation Allied Forces fled in panic.

Suddenly, everyone was bewildered.

"Trash!"

"They are all a bunch of trash!"

Omar had already begun to jump with anxiety: "Did they not just lose one Aurangzeb? Hmm? They don't know how to fight anymore? Trash, they are all a bunch of trash!"

The people in the military conference room also looked at each other in dismay.

Even Qin Zhangfeng could not help but furrow his brows deeply.

Did he really have to go there himself to take charge of the overall situation?

The defeat was like a collapsing mountain.

If the Six-Nation Allied Forces were driven out by this Bukhara, then these months of war would have been in vain! So many people, the troops and supplies invested by six countries, were countless; this was not fighting a war, this was burning money! But looking at Bukhara, they paid the least... they were fighting on their own soil, not like the others who had to make long-distance raids.

"What can we do now?"

"This Mughal Empire is really..."

"This..."

A group of people panicked.

Just a few days ago, they were discussing how to divide the cake, and in the blink of an eye, they were on the verge of losing?

At this time, Qin Zhangfeng stood up and said calmly: "Omar, send another 100,000 troops north to Bukhara!"

"The Kokand Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, and the Savi Dynasty shall each send 30,000 troops to reinforce Bukhara!"

"You must hold on; before the outcome of the battle at Mumbai Port is decided, no withdrawal is allowed!"

"Yes!"

Omar was absolutely obedient to Qin Zhangfeng's orders.

Mumbai Port.

At this time, the most critical battlefield was still at Mumbai Port.

All the pressure suddenly fell onto Zhai Shiqing.

With the sudden death of Aurangzeb, the entire Mughal Empire fell into turmoil. Governors everywhere rose in rebellion. Countless forces, represented by Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism, began to war against each other. This Balaji was indeed a figure of note. The Northern Alliance, with the Maratha as its core, was officially established.

When Zhai Shiqing led her troops to attack Gujarat, the Northern Alliance army began to provide support one after another.

Of course.

At this time, the situation in the Mughal Empire was too complex.

The governors within the country would not allow the rise of the Maratha regime, so in the shadows, there were also the Rohilkhand and Oudh people from Delhi eyeing them covetously.

When the Central Asian war situation fell into chaos, the situation in the Mughal Empire was actually even more chaotic.

Fortunately.

At this time, news came that due to storms at sea, the journey of the Ottoman army had been delayed by three days.

Three days of time was incomparably precious to them.

The troops of both sides continued to confront each other at Gujarat.

At this time.

Zhai Shiqing led 100,000 troops.

Balaji led 150,000 troops.

However, the Six-Nation Allied Forces on Zhai Shiqing's side had the advantage in weaponry and equipment, and the Red Barbarian Cannons equipped in the army were more numerous than those on the Gujarat side. Zhai Shiqing, at this moment, displayed her excellent leadership talent; under her command, the 100,000 people were as responsive as her own arms.

Under the bombardment of the Red Barbarian Cannons, she first dispatched the siege troops to coordinate with the cannons in destroying the city gates.

The Cavalry provided support on the flanks, while the Archers were likewise responsible for covering fire to draw the enemy's attention.

War is an art.

This young "lad," who had previously captured the attention of all the generals with an extremely simple and brutal method, now displayed an art of war, along with a calmness and composure, that left these battlefield veterans feeling utterly shocked.

Operations that dazzled everyone, and military orders that were methodical and orderly.

On the first day, the Gujarat city gates were breached.

Both sides began a battle on the plains.

On the second day, Zhai Shiqing feigned a shortage of Cannonballs, and the sky-filling artillery fire ceased for half a day.

Balaji was ecstatic, and with Delhi suffering repeated setbacks, he felt he should seize the opportunity to end the battle quickly. He immediately decided to dispatch an army of one hundred thousand to launch a full-scale attack against the Six-Nation Allied Forces. At first, the Six-Nation Allied Forces retreated steadily, and Balaji believed the time was ripe, so he continued the pursuit. He did not expect, however, that the decline of the Six-Nation Allied Forces was merely a lure to draw him deep into a trap.

As the Six-Nation Allied Forces fought while retreating, the Maratha army fell into an encirclement.

Countless Red Barbarian Cannons began to fly over as if they cost nothing.

It is said that on this day, the plain where the Maratha army was located was blasted nearly a meter lower by the Cannonballs!

The army of one hundred thousand was completely wiped out!

This battle shocked the entire Central Asia!

No one had expected it.

Balaji, this old bird of the battlefield who could go toe-to-toe with Aurangzeb, had actually lost to a fledgling young man from Longyan!

Moreover, this battle also meant that the newly established Maratha hegemony had fallen. This campaign, later known as the "Gujelate Battle," effectively destroyed the only force capable of organized resistance against foreign invaders in India.

From then on.

The Mughal Empire, the great power that once swept across the Indian Continent, officially collapsed, and the whole of India entered a stage of raging war, gradually being encroached upon by the Putu Kingdom.

Zhai Shiqing.

Became famous in a single battle.