The War Ends

The Sikh artillery bombardment caused obvious chaos for the British, but fortunately, Henry Hardinge had seen worse situations than this before.

Although the British India army suffered from low morale and lax discipline, there was no major issue as long as they were merely defending the city.

Of course, this was inseparable from the fact that Sir Henry Hardinge had been on the front lines boosting morale, as well as the dark, gaping muzzles held by the execution squads.

Four hours after the war began, the Sikh army ceased fire first; this, of course, was not because it was time for a lunch break.

Rather, the special envoy (overseer) of Empress Jind Kaur felt that fighting in this manner was too wasteful of money. The two armies led by Tej Singh and Lal Singh had brought nearly four hundred cannons, and every shot fired was money burning.

Ever since the passing of Ghilant Singh, the fiscal revenue of the Sikh Empire had plummeted.

This was not because the Guru had favored the late emperor, but because these descendants were truly incompetent, squandering the foundation laid by their predecessors over fifty years in less than five.

(The Guru is a deity within the Sikh religious system.)

By 1845, the Sikh Empire's fiscal revenue had fallen to less than 10 million rupees, and the national treasury could not even scrape together three hundred thousand.

However, compared to stopping the bombardment, the Sikh army's next move could be called "wise."

The two men, Tej Singh and Lal Singh, understood war in a way that could be described in three words: "A-move blindly."

In truth, the ensuing battle looked quite grand in terms of spectacle, with the Sikh army covering the mountains and plains as they charged toward the British fortress, which had already