"The enemy began to retreat, it seems that they were afraid of being beaten." Qin Zuoming and other defenders saw the Bangladesh Turkish army that was slowly retreating.

"How many people do you guess you destroyed in the raid?" Chen Bangyan asked.

"There are about a hundred people, but the losses caused by their own killing are even greater. They should just retreat temporarily and will not give up their determination to siege us. We should collect food at this time to prepare for being siege."

The offensive of the Bangladesh Turkish army was temporarily curbed. Although Shashuja wanted to regain his face, many Turkish princes and soldiers lost their courage to fight. Although Shashuja severely whipped and delayed, they would find it difficult to effectively attack the bastion organization in Kolkata for a while.

"In view of your heroic performance, the three of you were temporarily promoted to low-level entrusted non-commissioned officers. After formally reporting to the higher authorities, the military pay was twice that of ordinary soldiers, and each brought a squad of soldiers."

Three Tumen soldiers stood in front of more than 400 surviving Tumen mercenaries and were promoted by Qin Zuoming himself, which made other Tumen mercenaries jealous.

They are people of the lower castes of Bangladesh. They can hardly see any promotion paths to change their destiny in the local area, and they can climb to the direction of non-commissioned officers among the mercenaries!

These people were like seeds pressed by stones. The arrival of the new master made them see a crack. At least they could bring a few people as a non-commissioned officer, and their military pay was much higher than the income of poor peasants.

Among the three of them, Qin Zuoming is more optimistic about Asan.

In Qin Zuoming's view, the first thing to be a servant soldier who made him feel qualified is to obey discipline, the second thing to be able to understand Chinese, and other conditions such as caste are secondary.

"Come on, do it well, you will have the chance to become senior non-commissioned officers and warrant officers in the future." Qin Zuoming said standing in front of them.

"For the Great China!" Three Tubon soldiers who were promoted to low-level non-commissioned officers shouted the inculcated slogans, burst into tears.

They are already very satisfied with their current situation by being able to mix from poor peasants and refugees of low castes into low-level military officers!

There was a commotion among more than 400 other Tumen mercenaries, and they also wanted to be valued by their new masters and become "people-man" who can have their subordinates.

Qin Zuoming looked at the Indian mercenaries with satisfaction and showed off their fighting spirit.

Perhaps the quality of this group of soldiers is far inferior to that of the vassal army recruited from Japan, but the strategy of using carrots and sticks to make them more morale and can still have a certain combat effectiveness.

Moreover, this group of soldiers is very cheap and does not require pensions. Even if the military pay of low-level non-commissioned officers is twice that of ordinary mercenaries, it is only one-fifth of the military pay of ordinary Chinese soldiers.

"If we could foresee that the Bangladesh deputy king besieged our bastion, we should recruit more mercenaries. If we give me another 2,000 mercenaries, we can even defeat them head-on in the field." Qin Zuoming said.

After he discovered that this group of trained Tumen mercenaries were more combat-effective than the army of the Mughal princes, his tactics became more radical.

The Kolkata Fort was besieged by Tumen's army, which means that the business of the East India Company and Chinese merchants here was suspended due to the war, and every day they were besieged would suffer losses.

If he could defeat the coalition forces of the Bengal princes in the field, Qin Zuoming would go out of the city without hesitation to fight the other side.

Qin Zuoming took advantage of this time to re-strength the Kolkata Fort, while Chen Bangyan took two ships to collect food along the river. Even when the war began, he had money to buy food from nearby river basins.

The castle is generally built by the river. If it is not completely blocked from water and land, it is basically impossible to siege and can only attack.

The second prince Shashujia looked furious. His decision to withdraw his troops for three miles made the Bengal princes lose the courage to fight.

Originally, Shashuja planned to launch a strong attack on Kolkata Castle after three days of preparation, but the timid Bengal princes were still not ready to attack the city after five days of hard work.

"Two days, I will give you two more days. You must be prepared to attack the city and obey my orders! If there are still people who refuse to be prepared to attack the city in two days, he will be executed!" Shashujia summoned the Tumen princes and princes of Bangladesh and urged them to prepare again.

The princes and princes of Bangladesh all looked bitter. They really didn't want to attack the strong castle for Shashujia's ambitions.

Especially the heavy fog raid carried out by Qin Zuoming made them all soldiers and they couldn't sleep peacefully every night. Hundreds of defenders took the initiative to go out of the city to fight against the battle, causing more than 2,000 casualties to the siege!

"Your Highness, the other party just built a fortress by the river to do business with our merchants. They abide by the agreement to pay taxes to us, and did not reveal the intention of invading our territory. There is really no need for us to make a big fight." A prince said hesitantly.

"They obviously deployed a large number of troops and artillery in the fortress. This time they were able to fight against our army, which shows that they have the ability to interfere in our Bangladesh province. They are still accumulating strength. If we do not destroy their fortress in time, more and more troops will appear in Bangladesh in the future!" Shashujia said in a deep voice.

After being led by Qin Zuoming to a class with the raid team, Shashujia was furious and realized the threat from Kolkata Fort to him, the deputy king of Bangladesh!

He was enfeoffed to the wealthy Bangladesh province, which was his basic foundation. Whether it was to regain his lost face or to drive away the East India Company that threatened the Bangladesh province, he could not tolerate the existence of Kolkata Castle!

"Who is willing to serve as a pioneer in attacking the castle of the East India Company?" Shashujia looked around the many princes.

The Bengal princes all bowed their heads to avoid Shashujia's sight. They could not disobey the orders of the second prince, but they did not want to be cannon fodder to test the firepower of the fortress. They were all feudal lords, with their own territory and soldiers. If they suffered heavy losses in the siege, they would not be tough in speaking among the many princes in the future.

"Qasim, as the governor of the Bangladesh province, you have the obligation to lead by example. I order you and your son to lead 10,000 people to use excavation tunnels, and be sure to open a gap! I will hand over 10 bronze cannons to you!" Shashujia looked at the Bangladesh Governor.

The Bangladesh Governor Qasim looked a little bad, but the one who ordered him was the second prince of the Empire. He had to surrender: "The subordinates will try their best to surround them, just like we drove the Portuguese away from Bangladesh."

"It's not to drive them away, but to capture them all and execute them." Shashujia could not tolerate failure.
Chapter completed!