With more than a thousand warships, is there such a huge fleet?
Even the prince of the Mughal Empire, the third prince who was famous for leading troops, was shocked by the news brought back by the Dutch at this moment.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Mughal Empire did not have many warships at all! Also, the Dutch fleet that cooperated with it actually only had less than twenty ships.
In addition, the Portuguese he drove away from Goa only had a dozen warships in total.
All of these are really dwarfed by the number of warships in the Ming Empire!
Kui Yi was not shocked by the number of Ming warships, because he had already known before that the Ming Empire would definitely be able to provide so many battlefields.
What shocked him was that the Ming Empire was really lingering, and it even expanded westward on a large scale. Just as he was doing it, he occupied the Dhaka and Chittagong areas.
This news was obtained from the Arab merchants who left Chittagong. After the Dutch in Colombo learned about the situation, they immediately spread the news to Goa. As a result, as soon as Kui was gone, he followed the pace of the coalition's conquest. Otherwise,
, the message will be received earlier.
At this moment, Kui Yi really wanted to scold his mother.
He captured Colombo from the Portuguese, but before he could manage it properly, the Ming Dynasty navy came.
He had an intuition that the Ming Dynasty's navy would definitely not be limited to Dhaka and Chittagong, but would continue to move westward, which also meant that Colombo would be impossible to hold.
The Ming Navy has a steady stream of warships. As far as is known, there are more than a thousand ships. Once Colombo is besieged, it will be difficult to escape unless they withdraw before the Ming army attacks.
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Damn it! This captured nest has not even been warmed yet, and it is about to be abandoned again!
With this thought in his mind, Kui Yi raised his head and looked at Aurangzeb. His heart moved, and he felt somewhat comforted.
Now that Goa is in the hands of the Netherlands, it can rely on the powerful Mughal Empire. In this case, there is no need to worry about the numerical advantage of the Ming army!
So, he quickly said to Aurangzeb: "Your Highness, I am going to vigorously build Goa and build it into the largest trading point of our Netherlands in the Far East, so that we can make money together. Please also ask Your Highness to send a large army."
How about being stationed here in Goa?"
When Aurangzeb heard what he said, he came back to his senses and immediately asked with some confusion: "Does the Ming Dynasty really have so many warships?"
"Of course!" After hearing this, Kui immediately replied, "It is because the Ming Dynasty has so many warships, like locusts, that we have to withdraw from Nanyang. After all, we have few people and cannot afford to waste time with them!"
After hearing this, Aurangzeb comforted him and said: "Don't worry, when I become emperor and you are in Goa, I will send a large army to station in Goa. If the Ming army really comes to attack Goa, let them
They knew that the Mughal Empire was also a powerful country!"
According to later statistics, in 1700, the population of the Mughal Empire was about 150 million. In terms of population alone, the populations of China and the Mughal Empire were almost the same.
However, during the reign of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, they were aggressively militarizing and expanding their army crazily. The main ruling forces of the Mughal Empire were military aristocrats, and the burden on farmers was huge. Due to this land, compared with China,
It is said that the product was richer, so it could withstand Shah Jahan's aggressive militarism, and it finally collapsed during the Aurangzeb period. And this was done by Aurangzeb himself, otherwise it would not have collapsed!
At this time, after hearing Aurangzeb's promise, Kui suddenly wanted him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor as soon as possible more than Aurangzeb himself! After all, he didn't know when the Ming army would continue to move west?
So, when he was about to speak, he saw Aurangzeb's personal guards burst into the room and reported to him: "An imperial edict has arrived!"
There is no doubt that this was Shah Jahan's intention not to let Aurangzeb take full advantage of his power, but it came too late.
After receiving the decree, Aurangzeb immediately understood the true meaning of his father Khan's decree and couldn't help but feel very angry.
What he didn't expect was that Shah Jahan sent more than one order to recall him. Later, he sent him successive orders in a hurry, and the wording became more and more severe.
Finally, Aurangzeb couldn't bear it anymore and went crazy!
His father Khan's intention to suppress him was also clearly revealed!
Aurangzeb, who originally had rebellious intentions, made up his mind and would never surrender!
The matter of usurping the throne has a family tradition, and Aurangzeb is considered to be proficient in it.
On the one hand, he immediately sent his close men to Agra, used the wealth he had just destroyed the country to bribe officials in the DPRK, and spread the news: that the second prince in the east, Shah Jahan, had lost his city and territory, but Shah Jahan did not punish him. In fact, Shah Jahan did not punish him.
It loses the dignity of the Great Khan.
The Ming Dynasty has annexed one country after another, and now it has reached the doorstep of the Mughal Empire. However, the court still does not pay attention to it and does not immediately mobilize troops. Do they have to wait for the entire eastern part to fall?
In addition, Agra has also begun to praise the great deeds of the third prince Aurangzeb, expelling the Portuguese and conquering several countries in the south. The Mughal Empire has a third prince, who is Optimus Prime!
On the other hand, Aurangzeb immediately returned to Beijing. Along the way, he promoted his victory with great fanfare. All kinds of trophies were displayed in conspicuous places, so that everyone along the way knew that he, the third prince, was wise and powerful.
Unparalleled achievements!
However, Aurangzeb himself continued to write memorials to Shah Jahan, expressing his obedience. Whatever Shah Jahan said, that was what he said, covering up his murderous intention.
Under his momentum, Shah Jahan and the eldest prince Dara Shuko were under great pressure.
For the loss of cities and land in the east, those who should bear responsibility and those who should be punished were not punished. The Ming army occupied the territory of the Mughal Empire, but the court did not pay attention to it and allowed the Ming army to occupy it without counterattack!
In the south, there were consecutive battles and victories, conquering one country after another, but the court wanted to suppress the three princes who had made contributions to the country. If the court did not know the rewards and punishments, why would the army officers and soldiers fight for the country in the future?
The reputation of Shah Jahan, the ruler of the world, was greatly damaged. In the end, Shah Jahan had to adjust his previous countermeasures: he sent a decree to Dara Shuko, asking him to lead his troops eastward and conquer the east.
In the war, even if the Ming army in Dhaka cannot be eliminated, it must be driven out.
The eldest prince is the one who will inherit the throne. His reputation cannot be compared with that of the third prince. He needs this achievement to prove himself!
The domestic situation in the Mughal Empire suddenly became complicated.
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On the Dhaka side, unexpectedly, the Mughal Empire's army did not come to counterattack, which allowed the Ming army to speed up the process of building the Dhaka and Chittagong areas.
By this time, Du Yinxi had arrived in Yunnan and served as the governor of South Asia, taking charge of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Dongwu, and major military and political affairs in the Mughal Empire.
And Yang Weizhi, the governor of Yunnan and in charge of Dongwu, has arrived in Dhaka, brought with him the civil servants for local governance, ended the previous military control, and everything has entered the normal track.
People from Jinyiwei and Dongchang have also entered Dhaka in large numbers to train some local people who have become Ming people, and let them disperse along the Ganges into the Mughal Empire to promote Ming policies here.
Generally speaking, it is still the same as the domestic one: overthrow the local powerful people, wealthy households, that is, the owners of the local means of production, and deprive them of their means of production, such as land, houses, etc. Then part of it is given to Mozambique.
The people at the bottom of the Wol Empire won the hearts and minds of the people and were able to gain a foothold in this foreign country.
In the Mughal Empire, at least half of the land belonged to the Mughal Emperor. The remaining half was basically owned by military nobles and local powerful people. Ordinary people were no more than serfs.
This set of policies is, to say the least, very effective.
In Dhaka and Chittagong, those who were dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty were worked to death in prisoner camps. Of course, the official statement was that it was just reform through labor. Most of the people at the bottom wholeheartedly supported the Ming Dynasty because they were captured by the Ming Dynasty.
subsequent beneficiaries.
In addition, there is another point that is also very important.
Most of the people in the Mughal Empire were superstitious. The arrival of the Ming army and the disappearance of the plague god shocked them intuitively. Later, they slowly learned that there were real miracles in the Ming Dynasty. The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty
They all appeared in public.
With both material and spiritual focus, if the Mughal Empire army dares to fight, they will definitely take up arms and fight the Mughal Empire Army!
The same is true. Many local people are very active in recruiting factory guards, because once they perform meritorious service, they will be allocated land and houses, and may even go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty for pilgrimage. This is their motivation.
By the beginning of August in the 24th year of Chongzhen, a large number of local people had already gone up the Ganges River to build momentum for the Ming army. At the same time, news about the Mughal Empire was also sent back.
It was also because of the support of the local indigenous people that the spies sent by Shashuja and the Governor of Bengal from the Mughal Empire would still be discovered by the local indigenous people even if they bypassed the patrols that would not be carried out on the night of dawn.
From the Ming Dynasty government, in exchange for rewards.
It can be said that at this time in ancient times, the Ming Dynasty was the most useful to people's hearts.
Most ancient people looked down on the people at the bottom, treating them like pigs and dogs. Not to mention that the Mughal Empire already had a caste tradition, and they didn't care about the feelings of the people at the bottom. Otherwise, Shah Jahan wouldn't have gone militarily.
In the future, there will be a lot of construction work.
If the Mughal Empire had counterattacked immediately after losing Dhaka, the Ming Expeditionary Army would not have had time to do so many things. But because of their domestic political situation, the Ming Expeditionary Army was finally able to complete these things.
Once the rainy season is over, it is time for the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Army to attack.