Muhammad Sha was a young monarch. It was not his turn to the throne of the empire. Because Jahan II died of illness, the Mughal Empire had no direct heir. As his cousin, Muhammad Sha was promoted to the emperor of the Mughal Empire.

When he succeeded to the throne, Muhammad Sha was a 17-year-old boy, and the power in the court was held in the hands of the Said brothers who supported him. A few years ago, Muhammad Sha poisoned the Said brothers with unnamed means with the help of his ministers, thus gaining the power of the empire.

From the young succession to the throne to killing powerful ministers and then to the rule of the world, from this point of view, Muhammad Sha seemed to have some means, even somewhat similar to Kangxi back then, but in fact, this young emperor was not a wise ruler. Muhammad Sha was stubborn, moody, short-sighted and arrogant, and the complete decline of the Mughal Empire in history also began with him.

When the Qing army came to India from Central Asia and had just appeared in the early days of the north, Mohammed Sha was disdainful of the origin of the Qing army. He even felt that this was just a tribe that flew from the north to India. Compared with the powerful Mughal Empire, the Qing army was simply vulnerable.

When the Qing army was put on the southward journey to Punjab, a minister once warned Muhammad Sha to pay attention to this army, but Muhammad Sha ignored it at all and directly issued an order to drive away the Qing army to the Punjab governor and continued to indulge in the pleasures of the harem.

When the Punjab War came, the Qing army directly defeated the Indian army in the north and took Punjab in one fell swoop. Mohammed Sha was frightened. He quickly summoned his ministers to discuss negotiations with the Qing army in the north. That's right! It was to negotiate instead of mobilizing troops from all over the country to regain Punjab immediately. In addition, it was also based on the dream that the Qing army would stop after taking Punjab.

No one can understand what Mohammed Sha's brain circuit is going on. Logically speaking, the northern Punjab was defeated by the enemy, and India's army in the north was almost wiped out. Under the fierce situation of the Qing army, any king would prepare for a full-scale war, and at the same time block the border and closely monitor the next trends of the Qing army.

But Muhammad Sha was fine. He only sent a few ministers to negotiate with the Qing army in the north. The purpose of the negotiation was to ced Punjab to preserve the rule of the central and southern Mughal Empire. In addition, he did not even issue an order to summon the army, and dreamed of using this method to hinder the Qing army's pace of going south.

But Muhammad Sha never expected that the people he sent had just set out from Delhi, the bad news of the Qing army going south came from the north. Not only that, in addition to the Qing army in the north, there were also Qing troops in the east, and in just a few days the Qing army approached south with an unstoppable attitude.

It was only then that Muhammad Sha began to panic. He hurriedly asked the ministers to inform the governors of the provinces to assemble troops to Delhi to stop the Qing army from moving south.

In response, the ministers dissuaded Mohammed Shah to move the capital immediately. The central region of India was a plain area, and the terrain was smooth and the army was marching. According to the current news, the Qing army was moving south very fast, and it would not take long to attack Delhi directly.

In this case, it is unwise for the Muhammad Shah and the Mughal royal family to continue to stay in Delhi, and the best way is to immediately evade its edge to the south while waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.

But when this suggestion was put forward, Muhammad Shah was hesitant to give up Delhi's suggestion. In his opinion, Delhi, as the capital of the Mughal Empire, would have a great impact on the entire empire and would also shake his rule.

If you stay in Delhi, the Qing army might not be so fast to move south, or there would be many Indian troops from Delhi to the north, which could resist and buy time for themselves. In addition, if the reinforcements mobilized from various provinces could arrive before the enemy could reach Delhi, they would not have to leave Delhi and resist the Qing army's attack.

In addition to these, there were people he sent out for negotiations. Perhaps these ministers with high hopes could bring him good news. Even if they were directly ceding Punjab, it would be no big deal. It would be enough for Muhammad Sha to let the other party retreat.

Muhammad Sha’s operation is puzzling, and his ideas are even more difficult to understand. No one understands how he considers this issue. Or Muhammad Sha is like a camel burying his head in the sand when danger comes, as if he cannot see the danger, and the danger does not exist.

From this point of view, Muhammad Sha was somewhat like Emperor Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. The same was true for Emperor Chongzhen back then. He had a way to move south to move the capital, but he just refused to run away from the capital, which eventually led to the demise of the former Ming Dynasty.

The situation became more and more tense. Facing the attack of the Qing army, the Mughal Empire did not mobilize a full-scale war at all, and the battles of the troops placed in the north were worrying.

Kant's three armies were unstoppable. In just over a dozen days, he defeated the Mughal Empire's army in the north. The northern army of the Mughal Empire was defeated like a mountain. When the northern army was defeated by the Qing army, the road to Delhi was unobstructed. Kant was a man who fought an old war. How could he give up this great opportunity? He immediately led the central army to march straight in, and his speed surprised the Mughal Empire.

It took Kant less than a month from sending troops to attacking Delhi, including the time to defeat the northern army of the Mughal Empire.

Even Kant himself was a little unimaginable for such a war. Although he knew that the Mughal Empire's army was vulnerable, it was too easy to fight, right? It was not vulnerable. It was simply like to touch it and it broke.

In mid-December, Kant's middle army reached Delhi. At this time, Delhi was already panicked. When Muhammad Sha was still struggling to give up Delhi's idea, the Qing army surrounded Delhi at a speed that made him stunned.

At this time, it was too late to run away. The entire Delhi was surrounded by the Qing army, and the reinforcements from various provinces knew where they were now, and perhaps they had not even had time to send troops out.

After surrounding Delhi, Kant sent people to persuade Delhi to surrender. When Muhammad Sha received the letter of surrender, his face was defeated and his hands were trembling so that he could not hold the letter at all, and he kept trembling.

In particular, Kant directly told Muhammad Sha that if he did not surrender, the Qing army would attack Delhi, and then the entire Delhi would fall into a sea of ​​fire. When the Qing army captured Delhi, the Qing army would launch a three-day rush to Delhi. The Qing army would not seal the sword within these three days. Delhi's subjects, including Muhammad Sha, had their own life and death in a moment.

Faced with such a terrifying threat, how could Mohammed Sha withstand it? He seemed to have seen the scene of Delhi turning into a sea of ​​fire in his horrified eyes, and even the horror of his being dismembered by swords.

Although there were still ministers and troops in the court who insisted on resisting, the frightened Muhammad Sha who had just hesitated for a night, and Muhammad Sha, who had not slept with dark eyes the next night, made the decision to surrender.

December 27, 19th year of Yongye, this is a day worth remembering.

On the morning of that day, the city gate of Delhi opened from the inside, and the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Sha took all the civil and military officials out of the city to surrender.

When Kant, who was riding a tall horse with a proud ambition, came, Mohamed Sha knelt on the ground like a humble servant, and walked forward with his knees bent, using his back to Kant as a stool for dismounting.

After Kant got off the horse, Mohamed Sha was even more arrogant and kissed Kant's boots respectfully. He used praise to praise Kant's great achievements. He was willing to be Kant's most loyal servant and only asked Kant to leave a life.

Faced with such an emperor, Kant was speechless. He had never seen such an emperor who was afraid of death and shameless. However, if you think about it carefully, this is not a bad thing. As the emperor of the Mughal Empire, Muhammad Sha was of some use. His surrender could easily allow the Qing Dynasty to annex the entire Mughal Empire, and keeping his life would be more conducive to the rule and win over the local area.

In order to appease Muhammad Sha, Kant helped him up from the ground with a pleasant look, patted his shoulder affectionately and said a few words, and then someone led him into Delhi with a swagger.

At this time, Muhammad Sha finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he couldn't understand what Kant was saying, one thing he understood was that at least he had saved his life, which was enough for Muhammad Sha now.
Chapter completed!