After using artillery fire to clear the ground, the Ming army launched a massive counterattack.
Under the counterattack of the Ming army, the remaining Mughal army of more than 300,000 and the common people composed of more than 1 million low-caste untouchables were completely defeated. They only regretted that their parents had lost two legs.
After retreating for almost a hundred miles, Aurunzeb finally dared to stop and collect the defeated soldiers.
As a result, out of the 500,000 troops and more than 1 million civilians who went out for the expedition, only 200,000 troops and more than 500,000 low-caste untouchables were collected, and more than 100 bronze cannons were lost.
Seeing the defeated troops with low morale, Aurunzeb felt sad.
However, Aurunzeb never imagined that his misfortune had just begun.
A shocking news soon spread to the army. Just as he was leading the army north to attack Shabaiwa, another Ming Dynasty army had actually captured Delhi.
His father, the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, was actually captured!
Hearing this news, Aurunzeb was really surprised and happy. What surprised him was the powerful combat capability of the Ming army. What he was happy about was that Shahja Khan became a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty, and he could naturally succeed to the throne as emperor.
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As a result, Aurunzeb announced his succession in a small town called Lahar, seven hundred miles northwest of Delhi, and officially became the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire.
After inheriting the throne, Aurunzeb sent envoys to issue edicts to the governors of various provinces of the Mughal Empire and the princely states that submitted to the Mughal Empire, and mobilized large armies to serve the king.
However, just after Aurunzeb's envoy left, a scout reported that two Ming armies were rapidly approaching Lahar from the north and south directions, and the Ming army pursuers in the direction of Peshawar were less than twenty miles away.
It turned out that two other Ming armies marching day and night along the way had already outflanked them.
Because there were radio stations for communication, the three Ming armies cooperated very well, leaving almost no chance for the Mughal army. The Mughal army tried to break through many times, but all were repelled by the Ming army.
Seeing the Ming army's encirclement shrinking, Aurunzeb finally panicked.
On a dark and stormy night, Aurunzeb abandoned Lahar's hundreds of thousands of troops and more than half a million civilians, and fled with only a few dozen personal followers, and fled directly to Gujra in the southwest.
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Goa, Governor's Palace.
Alfonso has been very scared recently.
Because during this period, Alfonso received a number of disturbing and even frightening news one after another.
What frightened Alfonso the most was that the Dutch expedition fleet was actually defeated. More than fifty sailing battleships and more than two hundred armed merchant ships were completely wiped out, and not even one of them escaped.
To be honest, Alfonso couldn't believe it when he first heard the news.
Alfonso still remembers the suffocating feeling of oppression when the Dutch expedition fleet passed by Goa to ask for military supplies.
At that time, Alfonso was really worried that the Dutch would attack Goa directly.
Fortunately, the Dutch only asked them for supplies such as fresh water and fruit trees.
However, such a huge fleet was actually completely wiped out by the Ming Dynasty navy.
What does this mean? This can only show that the strength of the Ming Dynasty's navy is far superior to that of the Netherlands!
The Dutch expedition fleet was enough to make the whole of Europe tremble, and the Ming Dynasty's navy was far more powerful than the Dutch navy. How powerful would it be?
What would happen once the Ming Dynasty's navy appeared in Europe?
Combined with the many messages that Eastern missionaries brought back from the Ming Dynasty in the past few years, Alfonso's impression of the Ming Dynasty gradually became comprehensive and profound.
There is no need to doubt that Ming Dynasty is growing into a powerful empire with no blind spots in the army and navy!
Oh no, no, no, the Ming Dynasty even had an air force. The priest from Macau once visited Goa when he returned to Lisbon to report on his work. He told him that the Ming Dynasty had an air force and a flying chariot.
In short, the Ming Empire is rising into an unprecedentedly powerful empire.
Moreover, the Ming Empire also showed unprecedented aggression and was launching a full-scale invasion against the surrounding Japan, North Korea, and many island countries in Southeast Asia.
The Ming Empire even extended its tentacles to Central Asia.
This cannot fail to mention some other news that Alfonso has received recently.
One piece of news is that the Ming army has defeated the four major khanates in Central Asia and massacred millions of people.
Another news is that a Ming army has invaded the Mughal Empire and has fought many battles with the Mughal army in Peshawar and Delhi, and seems to have defeated the Mughal army.
Once the Mughal Empire was defeated, Alfonso had to worry about what would happen next?
Will the Ming Empire use force to force the Mughal Empire to take back Goa and expel the Portuguese?
Of course, the above news is not what worries Alfonso the most. What worries Alfonso the most is that the Ming Empire was so bold as to tamper with Christian teachings.
About half a year ago, Macau Bishop Bamido sent disturbing news to Goa.
The missionary sent to the Ming Empire, Bomig, was not even a missionary as a regional bishop. Without being officially appointed by the Portuguese Cardinal or the Pope, he arrogantly called himself a cardinal! And he was very concerned about Christianity. A large number of changes were made to the doctrine, the biggest of which was the change of Christianity from monotheism to polytheism.
Bamiduo even sent a tampered Bible. In the Bible compiled by Bu Mige, God is just one of the many gods in this world, and his status is even lower than that of the Jade Emperor, Yuanshi Tianzun and even Tathagata Buddha. During the meeting, the Jade Emperor was on the throne, and God could only be divided into two groups with the Jade Emperor, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tathagata Buddha and the King of Hell. Bu Mi Ge and the missionaries under him were simply treasonous.
But Alfonso had to admit that Boymig's tampering was very powerful.
The most powerful thing about Kamig's tampering is that it started a model of coexistence with the secular kingship.
Before the tampering of Boymage, religious divine power and secular royal power were naturally opposed. However, after this tampering of Boymig, the two were perfectly integrated and even unified. That is, the political power belonged to the secular king or emperor, and the divine power belonged to the secular king or emperor. Church, there will be no conflict between the two from now on. Although this weakens the authority of the church, it will undoubtedly enhance its vitality, because the tampered Christianity will not only gain support from the people at the bottom, but kings and even emperors from all over the country will also support it without reservation. .
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Alfonso can even foresee that the "New Christianity" after tampering with Boymig will be introduced to Europe in reverse, and will eventually replace the existing Christianity, secular religion is terrible.
So Alfonso picked up the quill and started writing a letter, His Majesty the Pope Alexander VII:
Your most humble servant, Lord Alfonso, Governor of Goa, Kingdom of Portugal, sits at the table with an extremely heavy heart and writes this letter to you. The missionary sent by the church to the Ming Dynasty in the East, a missionary named Bumiege He did something treasonous and outrageous to both God and man. He and his lackeys tampered with the Bible and the supreme Christian doctrine...
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"A, a sneeze! A sneeze, a sneeze!"
Bomig sneezed three times, touched his nose and said: "My God, it must be the bishop of some district who is cursing me behind my back. These fools without vision will never see the meaning of my reform of Christianity." What, they only know how to cling to conservative and backward Christian teachings and will never look forward."
While he was talking, a disciple came in excitedly and reported: "Cardinal, we have started to build ten more churches in Nanzhi and Beizhi. This is already the twenty-sixth church built this year. In the entire Ming Dynasty, The number of our Christian churches has reached more than 100. Although it is not comparable to the number of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, it is already commendable that we have made such great progress in just two years."
"Very good." Bu Mig couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.
According to the current development momentum, sooner or later Christianity will develop into the three major religions alongside Buddhism and Taoism, and sooner or later it will be introduced to Europe in the opposite direction, replacing the conservative and backward old Christianity.
Monotheism is destined to be eliminated by the times.
Only polytheism can conform to the development of the times.
Thinking of this, Bu Mige felt grateful from the bottom of his heart for Chongzhen's advice to him.
If not for Emperor Chongzhen’s enlightenment and sudden enlightenment, how could New Christianity be what it is today?
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In Goa, Alfonso continued writing his letters.
"The traitor Bomig and his lackeys were tempted by the devil, Satan, to do such a treasonous act that outraged both gods and men. However, Your Majesty the Pope, I am afraid we have to admit that we were seduced by the traitor and his lackeys. The pseudo-Christianity that they have tampered with is very deceptive and confusing.”
"In the Eastern Ming Dynasty, tens of millions of people have converted to pseudo-Christianity."
"What's even more worrying is that pseudo-Christianity has received full support from the Ming Dynasty, because the tampered pseudo-Christianity has been separated from the secular royal power and has no binding force on the secular monarchy. It has become the most perfect auxiliary tool and can be easily used.
The good ones help the secular monarchy resolve the complaints from the people at the bottom."
"So we cannot but worry that one day false Christianity will replace holy Christianity."
"Therefore, with great eagerness, I would like to make my most sincere suggestions to you. I hope that in the name of the Holy See, you can issue an initiative to all European countries, even Ottoman Turki and Tsarist Russia, to form an Eastern Expedition coalition as soon as possible and fight with all your strength.
Stop the Ming Empire's Western Expedition, which is in full swing, and at the same time stop the spread of Christian false religion."
After writing the letter, Alfonso stuffed the letter into the envelope, sealed it with fire paint, and handed it to the adjutant.
As soon as the adjutant left, another guard came in and reported: "My Lord Governor, the Mughal Emperor Aurunzeb sent an envoy, saying that he has important matters to discuss with you in person."
"Aurunzeb? He seems to be the crown prince, right?"
