On the battlefield, crisp gunshots continued to sound.
While the guns were firing, smoke filled the entire battlefield like a cloud.
Projectiles flew back and forth between the arrays on both sides, and people kept falling to the ground wherever they passed.
Projectiles can easily penetrate the human body, leaving bloody holes.
With the development of firearms, the role of the stomach is really constantly weakening.
The armor of the Ming army has been simplified to the point where it only consists of a helmet and a breastplate. As for the full set of heavy armor, it has become a ritual weapon that only appears on certain occasions.
As time goes by, the number of casualties on both sides continues to increase!
Gradually, the distance between the arrays on both sides is getting closer and closer, and the hit rate of musket shooting is increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A breeze blew, blowing away the smoke from the battlefield.
After the smoke cleared, Wu Yingqi suddenly discovered that the Mughal formation on the opposite side was in chaos.
After several rounds of gunfire, the third brother soldier of the Mughal Empire couldn't bear the casualties and seemed to collapse.
Especially the soldiers in the front row were already in a mess.
Some of the musketeers in the front row were reloading, some were shrinking back, and some were even turning around and preparing to escape.
The array soon became chaotic,
Seeing this scene, Wu Yingqi knew that the opportunity had come.
"Give the order, aim the artillery at the enemy's wavering array, fire three rounds rapidly, and defeat them."
"The cavalry is ready to attack. After the artillery bombardment, the cavalry immediately pounces on them to expand the victory."
Along with the roar of artillery, countless cannonballs fell on the infantry array of the Mughal Empire.
Their front row array is getting more and more shaken!
At this moment, accompanied by a roar, groups of Guanning cavalry ran out from the flanks of their own formation and headed straight towards the wavering Mughal array.
The general of the Mughal Empire on the opposite side ordered his own cavalry to attack.
The cavalry from both sides clashed on the battlefield, with groups of elite cavalry surging like waves, but the Mughal Empire's cavalry was clearly at a disadvantage.
Soon the Guan Ning Army cavalry defeated the blocking Mughal Empire cavalry, and then continued to attack its front row array.
"kill!"
With deafening shouts of death, the front row of the Mughal Empire was penetrated.
A large number of soldiers collapsed the moment they saw the cavalry charging.
They dropped their muskets and ran away.
Then, the cavalry of Guan Ning Army chased these defeated troops and swept through several formations one after another, achieving great results.
It was not until the Mughal Empire's cavalry rushed forward to block the attack again that the Guan Ning Army's cavalry slowly retreated.
Seeing this scene, Wu Yingqi was not disappointed, but ordered his side to continue advancing.
After the artillery bombardment, the infantry charged, and after the infantry charged, the artillery bombarded.
The cavalry roams the battlefield, always ready to increase one's own strength advantage in a certain aspect in order to expand the results of the battle.
The tactics used by Wu Yingqi are very simple, and it can even be said that there are basically no bells and whistles.
However, the problem is that the opponent just can't hold it.
"kill!"
"Trapped!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"..."
The fierce fighting lasted all day, until dusk, when countless corpses lay on the battlefield.
The smell of blood and gunpowder smoke filled the air.
The Mughal Empire could no longer withstand the casualties and collapsed, and their defeated troops were scattered all over the mountains and plains.
As well as the cavalry of the Guan Ning Army who were pursuing and expanding their victory.
Wu Yingqi looked at the scene on the battlefield, took a deep breath, and said.
"With this victory, our country of Tianzhu has gained a firm foothold!"
As soon as Wu Yingqi said this, all the generals around him spoke in agreement.
"What the king said is true!"
"The Mughal Empire is nothing more than a country dog in front of my country."
"After this battle, our army will advance to the walls of Delhi."
"..."
Wu Yingqi nodded and said.
"That's a good statement!"
"Lahore is indeed not qualified to be the capital of my country. Delhi is the most suitable."
Thinking of this, Wu Yingqi ordered his troops to march towards the city of Delhi after cleaning up the battlefield.
Wu Yingqi personally led his troops to besiege the city of Delhi, and then faced the defenders and foreign reinforcements in the city of Delhi, implementing the tactic of encirclement and reinforcements.
The defenders in Delhi watched helplessly as the reinforcements that came to rescue were defeated one by one. Most of their morale collapsed and they didn't know what to do.
Moreover, as time passed, Wu Yingqi also ordered a general attack on Delhi City.
The sound of shelling resounded through the wilderness, and shells poured towards the city of Delhi as if they were free of charge.
Delhi's city defenses were quickly broken down, and several gaps were made in the city walls.
Wu Yingqi commanded the army to pour into the city through the gap, and Aurangzeb ordered the army to block it.
The soldiers and horses of both sides fought fiercely at the gap, and blood and life continued to bloom, and then quickly disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"kill!"
"Trapped!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"..."
Amidst the bursts of shouting, countless corpses filled the gap.
Almost piled up into a hill.
Finally, under Wu Yingqi's order, the Tianzhu army rushed into the city of Delhi.
Ever since the Tianzhu army entered the city, the resistance of the Mughal Empire soldiers melted away as quickly as ice melting away.
Aurangzeb led his troops to withdraw to South India, preparing to rebuild the city of Delhi in South India and continue to resist.
Wu Yingqi ordered his troops to pursue him, but in the end he still failed to catch up with the defeated Mughal army.
…
After Wu Yingqi won a great victory, he ordered his capital to be moved from Lahore to Delhi.
Then preparations were made to effectively rule the Ganges plain.
At the same time, the pursuers of the Tianzhu Army were still chasing the remnants of the Mughal Empire all the way south.
Sweeping through many towns, defeating countless enemies, the momentum is fierce.
Due to the existence of military deterrence, Wu Yingqi successfully established a foothold in Delhi City.
For the convenience of governance, he basically did not touch the interests of local interest groups.
Instead, they simply chose to use the tax package system locally.
That is to say, the local government has to pay Wu Yingqi a tax every year. Other than that, the local government decides all matters on its own.
Wu Yingqi’s move may be reversing the course of history!
However, this also allowed Wu Yingqi's rule in the Ganges River Basin to quickly stabilize.
Local high-caste people, as well as landlord monks, have chosen to cooperate with Wu Yingqi's ruling group.
Anyway, for them, it doesn't matter who they pay taxes to.
As long as their interests are not affected, they can accept a new big daddy above their heads.
Because, in a sense, the Mughal Empire was actually just an outsider.
The real masters of India were not the Mughal Empire, but these high-caste landowners and monks.
…
Compared with Wu Yingqi's extensive governance methods, Wu Yingxiong carried out reforms within the Zhou Kingdom.
We conducted household registration and land inventory.
Then, he began to prepare to use local resources to develop industry and commerce.
Wu Yingxiong's land is very suitable for growing cotton and developing textiles.
After the development of industry and commerce, Wu Yingxiong began to study the compulsory education system of the Ming Dynasty.
However, Wu Yingxiong's compulsory education was only for the descendants of the Han, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur and other ruling classes in the Zhou Dynasty.
Those third brothers should just be obedient serfs!
Wu Yingxiong wants to ensure that fresh blood is continuously injected into his ruling group and to cultivate talents for the development of his country.
In order to achieve effective rule over the country, rather than gain the right to rule through compromise with interest groups.
The difference in governance methods between Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi represents two completely different directions of national development.
Wu Yingqi focused his country's future on foreign expansion.
I hope to take over the entire India in a short period of time and use this to make my country stronger and more prosperous.
Therefore, he had to compromise with the local vested interests and gain their support by conceding benefits to the vested interests.
So that you can expand further!
But Wu Yingxiong is different.
Wu Yingxiong knew that his military capabilities were relatively weak, so he had no plans to use troops for external expansion.
His ability is focused on politics, so he is prepared to work hard in politics to ensure the stability of his rule.
The only external threat Wu Yingxiong faces now is the Persian Empire to the west.
However, the pressure on the Persian side was shared by the Ming Dynasty's garrison in Suiye City. Therefore, Wu Yingxiong had the leisure to manage internal affairs.
…
In the winter of the 19th year of the Ming Dynasty's restoration.
After Zhu Hongyu confirmed that his prince was quite good at handling government affairs, he directly ordered him to supervise the country. Then he took his wives, concubines, and children to the south to spend the winter.
The first choice is Hainan Island!
Zhu Caikun stood on the platform of the train station outside Nanjing, watching helplessly as his father, mother, younger brothers and sisters boarded the train together and went out to travel, leaving him alone to supervise the country and look after the family, standing messy in the wind
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Suddenly, he had a feeling of being abandoned, and his heart was very heavy.
However, while he was heartbroken, he also felt a little happy.
At least for now, his father is willing to let him inherit the throne.
Otherwise, he would not leave all government affairs to himself, and would not worry about using the opportunity of supervising the country to form a party and cultivate party members for personal gain.
However, with so many government affairs coming at him, Zhu Caikun really felt a lot of pressure.
Although he had already been dealing with government affairs before, after all, his father was in the capital at that time, and he could ask questions at any time if he didn't understand.
Now that his father leaves the capital, Zhu Caikun is really not used to it.
However, there is nothing you can do if you don't adapt. The emperor has left, and he, the supervisor, can only take over.
If an outsider looks at it, Zhu Hongyu has handed over all the government affairs of such a huge country to a child who has just grown up.
This behavior is very irresponsible!
However, this is not the case.
Because the political system of the Ming Dynasty is now very complete, the cabinet, the Secretariat, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies cross-process memorials.
Among them, the cabinet is responsible for specific processing and execution, the secretariat is responsible for deliberation, and the ceremonial supervisor is more representative of the imperial power.
With these three parties present, all the Crown Prince has to do is control the rhythm of government affairs and be a living seal.
It can even be said that based on the current political system of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the emperor being an adult with normal thoughts and sound mind, even a baby can still operate smoothly.
Zhu Hongyu never expected his descendants to be geniuses.
All he can hope for is the system.
Because he knows that handling government affairs through a sound system is far more reliable than placing hope on the monarch alone.
Besides, even if there is something going on in the DPRK, the Supervisor and the Cabinet Ministers will not be able to make up their minds.
Can't we still ask the emperor by telegram?
There is a telegraph in Ming Dynasty now!
Messages were conveyed through telegraphs very quickly and without delay.
…
Zhu Hongyu took his chariot, wife, concubines and children and took the train all the way south.
They first stopped in Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places.
Zhu Hongyu led a team to inspect local industrial development, infrastructure, etc., and met with officials and gentry representatives.
Then another banquet was held to set the direction for local development.
After completing these things, Yu Jia continued his journey and headed south along the coast. Zhu Hongyu inspected all the important cities in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.
Zhu Hongyu said he was going on a trip, but where could he really go?
To be precise, the inspection area is pretty much the same.
After Zhu Hongyu personally inspected the development status of Guangzhou Customs and Special Economic Development Zone in Guangzhou, he boarded the ship from the Guangzhou pier and prepared to go to Qiongzhou.
The ship that their group was going to take was the latest iron-clad steam battleship developed by the Ming Dynasty.
The wood used in shipbuilding is the best oak, and all important parts are reinforced with steel components. The all-steel armor shell, streamlined hull, and watertight compartment design...
With a displacement of more than 4,200 tons, it abandoned the design of sails and masts and used two large steam units and propellers as power sources. It has a maximum speed of 21 knots and an effective range of 300 nautical miles.
The ship is equipped with seventeen forts and one hundred and thirty artillery pieces, all of which are the latest breech-loaded artillery pieces.
The caliber of the main gun reached an astonishing 210 mm.
In addition, there are fifty rotating machine guns designed to be installed on both sides of the ship's side to deal with enemies who want to fight alongside the ship.
Such an armored warship can be said to be one of the most advanced and powerful warships in the world.
Such a warship can be said to be epoch-making to a certain extent.
The emergence of such a warship will completely change the rules of future naval battles.
The Navy is even planning to name this warship the "Unsinkable Dragon King" because in their opinion, this warship will be a warship that can never be sunk.
However, this proposal was rejected by Zhu Hongyu.
Damn it, unsinkable, undefeated, such a name is fucking unlucky. If it were really named like this, then Zhu Hongyu would not dare to board the ship.
For example, the Titanic was said to be an unsinkable steel giant, but then it sank.
In her young days, the battleship Yamato was known as the world's most powerful battleship and had the myth of being undefeated. However, it also sank.
From this we can see how unlucky such a name or nickname is.
In the end, Zhu Hongyu personally made the decision to name the battleship Luzon.
Because, in his view, the current Ming Dynasty started in Luzon and then developed all the way to its current scale.
He hoped that this warship, which he named Luzon, would also inspire the Ming Dynasty's navy to continue to develop and strive for a brighter future...
It is also to further promote the existence of Ming Dynasty in Nanyang!