Empire of India: Rise of the Ruthless Prince

This made the average age of the Royal Army go down by a lot. The physicality of the soldiers improved under the Prussian training method passed down to Rajagopala.

Venkata was leading the army towards the border, where they were scheduled to meet the royal commander of the Yadava army.

He knew about Bhishma, a man of similar stature to Rajagopala. He was a fierce warrior in his prime.

Venkata saw a group in the distance with a Yadava flag. He figured it was Bhishma and approached.

"Greetings to the Royal Commander." He said it with a curt bow.

The old man chuckled and gripped his shoulder.

"Don\'t be so formal. We are going to work on something favorable for both of us."

He glanced at the Vajra sena and his expression changed to doubt. "Isn\'t this too low to take over the other regions?"

"Oh.. Don\'t worry, I have already sent two divisions to the other regions. I came towards this region with the other commander to meet you." He admitted.

"I see, you guys work so fast." Bhishma exclaimed.

"It\'s all thanks to His Majesty\'s."

"I see…" He looked confused for a second. "Anyway, moving on to the topic. We have already arranged the supplies. We can supply our small squads throughout your campaigns in all regions bordering the Yadavas." .net

"What about the other regions?."

"Don\'t worry about the other regions. We have already sent the supplies deep into Qutb Sultanate. There is a bigger squad undertaking it. So the supplies will be distributed through the secret channels inside the Sultanate."

Venkata was surprised by his ingenuity. He already prepared for the hardest part of the request. Supplying the farthest ends of the Qutb sultanate was a big task.

"I guess that\'s done." Venkata said with a smile.

"Thank you for the help."

He extended his hand to the old man. The old man returned the gesture and shook his hand.

"The pleasure is ours."

Venkata glanced at the army.

"Soldiers, March!! We shall take over the Sultanate," he roared.

The soldiers returned the roar with an even louder roar that made the ground tremble. They marched off in neat formations.

Bhishma was astonished by the discipline of the Imperial army.

"How do they even train these sorts of soldiers?" He muttered in disbelief.

The Division One split and began to head to the regions.

Venkata was leading the charge to Mandu.

Bhaskara was leading a brigade to Handia and the other two commanders were marching towards Illchpur and Mahadeo.

Illchpur and Mahadeo were quickly taken over by the army, as their garrisons were already destroyed by the rebels.

The rebels moved to the other regions to kill the garrisons. So the regions weren\'t as rebel-infested as they had initially thought. This made it so easy for the army to march and claim the land.

There was no resistance from the people in the region as well. They were fed up with the rule of the Sultanate and didn\'t resist the army taking over.

The Imperial army was instructed strictly not to harm any citizens during the takeover. This would create unrest in the long run.

Instead, they used some of their supplies to feed the people in the area. The war had depleted resources and grains in the region. The use of grains to feed the people even a bit would have good effects as the populace would feel more connected and assimilate faster in the future.

Meanwhile, in the region of Handia, Bhaskara Shetty was marching towards the gate of the city.

It was apparently taken over by the rebels and they were holed up inside the city.

Bhaskara didn\'t want unnecessary bloodshed so he sent a messenger to the city.

The rebels called Mukesh, who was looking over the city under the command of Kashyap. He was informed that the Empire would be taking over the cities as the supervisor had instructed.

He witnessed the power of the supervisor firsthand. So he knew that putting up a resistance would just get them massacred.

Mukesh did the rational thing and opened the gates for the Imperial army to take over the city.

"You did the right thing!!." exclaimed Bhaskara Shetty, shaking the hand of Mukesh.

Venkata was right outside the gate of a city in the Mandu region of the Qutb sultanate. He was informed that the rebel leader was holed up in this city.

He sent a messenger to convince them to surrender themselves to the Imperial army. They got a favourable response and the gates opened up for the takeover.

Venkata was meeting with the rebel leader and the vice leader for some talks.

He went to the private inn where they were supposed to meet.

Venkata saw two young men who were the leaders of the rebel group.

"Good job. We will be taking over from here," said Venkata.

"I see, so the Empire is really taking over like the supervisor said!" exclaimed one of them.

"Supervisor? Who is that?"

"Huh? You didn\'t know about it? It was a masked man."

He gasped aloud

Venkata had recently learned about the existence of Yamaduts as he was promoted to lead the Vajra sena. He didn\'t expect them to work with the rebels to instigate a planned rebellion in the Sultanate.

"I see…" He began. "Don\'t say this openly. They are known to have eyes everywhere," warned Venkata.

Both of them shuddered, remembering the strength of the masked man.

"Yes, my lips are sealed," said the leader of the rebels.

Within a few days, the Vajra sena, under the command of Venkata, had taken over major regions in the Sultanate.

The conquest of the sultanate officially began.