After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, Du Yinxi added: "In addition, Weichen believes that information transmission is also a top priority. In terms of laying wires, cable and telephone companies should give priority to Dongwu, Tibet and Luntai.
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Emperor Chongzhen listened to what they said, and I added one word at a time, without saying much.
These two are the ministers with the most experience in leading troops. What they mentioned are the key factors for the expeditionary force to go abroad.
After they finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen still tried to squeeze them dry and continued to ask: "Is there anything more?"
Sun Chuanting thought for a moment and realized that there was indeed such a thing, and then continued: "It is not necessary to requisition all the food and grass supplies required by the expeditionary force from China. At least part of the food and grass supplies can be solved locally. However, gunpowder and other military supplies can only be obtained domestically.
, and the proportion of firearms in the imperial court's officers and soldiers is very large, so we still have to pay attention to this aspect and not affect the frontline war!"
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The plan for conquering the Mughal Empire and the strategy for conquering distant countries in the future became clearer during this discussion.
After finally sorting it out, Emperor Chongzhen contacted Liu Weichao again to see what Liu Weichao's opinion was.
Liu Wei was unable to refute what Sun Chuanting and Du Yinxi mentioned, but he also made some additions.
For example, he suggested that the focus should be on the navy. After all, in the future, Western colonists would focus on colonizing from the sea, and they would also colonize many countries.
With history to refer to, Emperor Chongzhen was convinced and asked Liu Weichao to add information about the mountains, rivers and hydrology of the Mughal Empire, and then sent the final plan to the front line.
In addition, the personnel were also adjusted accordingly: Du Yinxi was appointed as the commander of the navy and army of the South Route of the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force, and rushed to Dongwuawa to take charge; Ma Shiying was appointed as the governor of Luntai, commanding the Ming Dynasty West Route Expeditionary Force; Li Yan was appointed as the governor of Tibet, commanding the Tibetan side.
Expeditionary Force.
The navy of your country Zeng Ying, the navy of Yang Zhan on the Annan side, and the navy of Zheng Zhibao in Nanyang all passed through the Strait of Malacca and headed for Daeguang Port in Dongwu, using that place as their base to participate.
Expeditionary operations.
At the same time, the Department of Political Affairs immediately began to publicize that the Mughal Empire invaded the Ming Dynasty Dongwu, committed murder and arson, and committed all kinds of evil. The court complied with the destiny and vowed to destroy the Mughal Empire. Those who dare to offend the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are. This is definitely not empty talk!
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While the Ming Dynasty was dispatching troops and generals to prepare to destroy the Mughal Empire, the Mughal Empire was also busy.
Shah Jahan's second son, Shah Shuja, rushed to Bengal. Under the influence of the remaining Toungoo dynasty, he met with the king of the Arakan dynasty and signed an agreement to jointly attack the Dongwu Ming army and drive the Ming Empire out of Dongwu.
My covenant.
Previously, the Ming army forcefully wiped out the Dongwu dynasty and frightened the Arakan dynasty.
This historical period was considered the most powerful period of the Arakan Dynasty. Of course, their king was not willing to be eliminated by the Ming Empire. However, after the Ming Empire occupied Dongwu, it did not attack westward, but turned its focus to the east, allowing Arakan to
The king of the dynasty breathed a sigh of relief.
However, it is inevitable to be worried all the time.
The strength of the Arakan dynasty mainly lies in its navy. Land warfare is not good. If the Ming army comes over, the Arakan side will not be sure.
When I was worried, I heard that the army of the Mughal Empire invaded Dongwu.
The strength of the Er Empire, or they also wanted to drive back the power of the Ming Empire, both had a very strong will.
Therefore, the two sides hit it off immediately and formed an alliance.
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In mid-March of the 24th year of Chongzhen, Yunnan Governor Yang Weizhi led his troops to the city of Ava.
In Ava City, Mu Tianbo who is sitting here is worried!
It was not that he was worried that the city of Ava could not be defended, on the contrary, it was because his soldiers were asking for battle every day, which annoyed him.
"My lord, the Mughal Empire's armies outside the city are just a pile of mud. If you lead your own troops, you can beat their shit. Please allow me to go to war!"
"Commander, I am willing to lead my troops to defeat the enemy. If I can't do it, I am willing to issue a military order!"
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Facing these invitations to fight and looking at the Mughal Empire troops outside the city, Mu Tianbo didn't know that if he sent troops to counterattack, he would definitely be able to defeat these enemies.
In particular, the Mughal Empire's army outside the city actually divided its troops and went to other places. There were only half of the troops outside the city, about 25,000, and most of them were infantry. They didn't even have uniforms.
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Also, half of the weapons in their hands are cold weapons, and half are the most rubbish matchlock guns. Looking at them standing guard, lining up, etc., they don't even look like one. Mu Tianbo is sure that they don't even use the imperial officers and soldiers, just the old ones.
As long as the bandits are here, they can defeat this Mughal Empire army.
However, even though he knew that the Mughal Empire army outside the city could be defeated, Mu Tianbo could not order a counterattack.
Others don't know, only he, the commander-in-chief, knows that the imperial court's intention is to let the Mughal Empire's army harm the Dongwu people first, and let the Dongwu people know that if they don't have powerful imperial officers and soldiers to protect them, their lives will be miserable.
Very miserable.
The previous capture of Dongwu was to show them power, and then we had to show them kindness, both kindness and power, to completely regain these Dongwu people.
Originally, if it were in China, this would not be the case. Just like in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, giving them land, reducing taxes, etc., would also be a favor.
But this place has not been ruled by the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and if there is no sense of identification with the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to be polite and use other methods to show kindness.
However, these methods cannot be disclosed. Likewise, Ma Xianglin and Mu Tianbo only knew about the entire Dongwu side. Now, only Mu Tianbo knows about it and must not explain it to his men.
As a result, Mu Tianbo's men kept asking him for a fight, but Mu Tianbo had to veto the request again and again.
Later, there were already people discussing in private that the commander-in-chief was really too cautious. There were even some people with bad mouths who commented privately that the Duke's courage was back to his ancestors.
This made Mu Tianbo very angry, but he had no choice.
Mu Tianbo himself felt depressed because he refused to fight even though he could obviously win.
On this day, Mu Tianbo suddenly received a report that many Ming warships were found on the Jinsha River, which meant that reinforcements from Yunnan had arrived.
Upon hearing the news, Mu Tianbo was overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief. Without saying a word, he immediately drew his sword and roared: "Gather the troops and kill them!"
His men had been waiting for this day for a long time. When they heard that the coach finally ordered a counterattack, they all responded loudly and excitedly, and hurriedly prepared to go out of the city to fight.
However, before they walked out of the lobby, the excited Mu Tianbo remembered something and shouted loudly again: "Stop!"
When his generals heard this, their hearts suddenly trembled, wondering if the Duke had changed his mind again?
Looking at his generals, all of whom turned to look at him with ugly expressions, Mu Tianbo quickly added: "Counterattack is counterattack. If you can't help it, don't kill it. The imperial court still wants to take prisoners to build roads and bridges! If there are no prisoners to do it,
This job, I will send you to build roads and bridges later!"
Upon hearing that this was the case, his generals immediately responded with a bang, and then hurriedly left. If they were late, their military merits would be robbed by the reinforcements.
Outside the city, the soldiers of the Mughal Empire army who stayed in the main camp and surrounded the city of Ava were frightened when they saw the Ming army's warships on the river overwhelmingly coming down from the upper reaches.
After all, the army led by the Governor of Bengal was only a local army of the Mughal Empire. Their light infantry were recruited temporarily and were not from the standing army. The Governor's cronies were all sent out to plunder and gain profits, leaving behind
Most of the people in Daying are miscellaneous.
When I saw the Ming army warships, I was basically frightened.
At this time, the Ming troops in Ava City were all rushing out to kill them. Even the Mughal Empire's imperial army would have to flee for their lives when encountering this scene, let alone these local armies.
It collapsed immediately.
How arrogant you were before, how fast you run away now!
The cavalry in the city of Ava were the first to break through the Mughal army's camp and rampage to clean up the fleeing enemies.
When the Ming army on the warship landed on land and prepared to attack, they found that the Ming army in Ava City was already escorting groups of enemy prisoners and cleaning the battlefield.
The friendly forces were so fast that they were stunned. Are you sure that reinforcements are needed?
Mu Tianbo was finally proud that he no longer had to be told to be "cautious" by his subordinates in private. After meeting Yang Weizhi, the governor of Yunnan and in charge of Dong Wu, he informed Dong Wu of the general situation.
Subsequently, the Ming army almost non-stop, immediately launched a sweep against the Mughal Empire troops scattered in Dongwu territory.
The reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty numbered 50,000, and together with the local troops from Ava, the number reached 60,000.
The soldiers of the front foot Mughal Empire army, after mopping up the local tribes, returned with a full load and before leaving the stronghold, they encountered the Red God of Death. Needless to say what happened.
Everywhere to the west of Dongwu, the red shadows of the Ming army were everywhere, just like adults bullying children, using the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves, they directly swept away the Mughal Empire army that invaded Dongwu this time.
Except for a small number of cavalry and the Governor of Bengal who fled back to the Mughal Empire, all the other invaders who invaded Dongwu stayed in Dongwu and were either killed or captured to avenge the tribes on Dongwu.