The control of the Strait of Malacca originally belonged to Portugal, and it was obtained after countless battles with the local indigenous people. However, it was taken away by the Dutch. Then, as soon as the Ming Dynasty navy arrived, the Dutch fled after hearing the news, and the Strait of Malacca
The control of the country fell into the hands of the Ming army, and it was no longer Portugal's.
Colombo, an important stronghold between the West and the Far East, also belonged to Portugal. After many battles with the local indigenous people, they finally captured and built the place. As a result, it was taken away by the Dutch. Then, the Ming Navy
When the war arrived, the Dutch fled after hearing the news again, and Colombo now belonged to the Ming Dynasty again!
There is also Goa, which is probably about the same. It was originally the most important stronghold of the Portuguese here, but it has fallen into the hands of the Dutch. Now, the Ming Navy will set out to attack Goa again. If there are no accidents, it will probably be discovered again.
The army captured it from the Dutch and then became the Ming army's!
In this situation, the Portuguese had some ideas. After the Ming army captured the Dutch, they tried to communicate with the Ming army to see if they could return it to Portugal!
However, the Ming army responded: This is the territory that the Ming Dynasty seized from the Dutch, and it is not the territory of your Portuguese vassal state. Why should the suzerain country work for the vassal state?
If Lisbon was captured by the Dutch, then the Ming Dynasty sent troops to capture Lisbon, then there is still the possibility of returning Portugal to you. As for other things, are you really overthinking it?
The Portuguese side also wanted to make a few excuses, saying that Portugal also fought with the Ming army and had a share of the credit for retaking the Strait of Malacca. In this regard, the Ming side responded: conscripting vassal states to fight originally belongs to the vassal states.
If you fulfill your obligations, giving you the power to trade is already giving you face. Do you want more?
If you are not convinced, you can rebel against the Ming Dynasty and seize the territory from the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty loses, it will naturally belong to Portugal!
What else could Du Chen do after receiving such a reply?
The resentment in his heart could only be to hate those Dutch people!
We obviously can't defend these places, but we still want to snatch them from the hands of the Portuguese. What's the matter?
Otherwise, these places would still belong to Portugal!
Ah, Goa will belong to the Ming Dynasty again! What a damn guinea pig!
Du Chu was resentful in his heart, but he didn't dare to have any small thoughts about the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Goa. After all, it was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. He could still do business with the Ming Dynasty and make money. If he secretly caused trouble, he would be punished.
If you discover it, then there is nothing!
For Ming Dynasty, today’s Portugal is dispensable!
The goods and specialties made locally in the Ming Dynasty are actually not worried about sales now. So many vassal countries are rushing to get them.
In the future, when the demand for these commodities from these Ming vassal states is saturated, won't there be new Ming vassal states?
Or by that time, the whole world will probably be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty!
Now Portugal can only make a lot of money by grabbing goods from the Ming Dynasty and selling them to Europe.
Thinking of this, Du Chen couldn't help but turn his head and look at the muskets and cannons on the ship, and he couldn't help but sigh again.
In the past, only in the early days of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's firearms, including muskets and artillery, had to be purchased from the Portuguese. The Portuguese instructors hired at the time to teach firearms firing and train the new army were absolutely high-paying
, but what about now?
Thinking of this, Du Chen couldn't help but shake his head, with a wry smile on his face.
Now the muskets and artillery on the three sailing warships he went out with the army were all purchased from the Ming Dynasty!
This kind of rifled flintlock guns and artillery have a really far range, much higher than their European muskets and artillery, and their firing rate is even higher. They are simply artifacts!
Originally, after Du Chu saw the Shenwei series of muskets and artillery from the Ming army, he was a little cautious and thought about buying less and then copying the rest himself.
He once thought there was no problem with this!
After all, the original firearms of the Ming Dynasty had to be purchased from the Portuguese! Now they suddenly invented a new firearm. As long as the Portuguese know the special features of this new firearm, they will definitely be able to imitate it.
What the apprentice can do, the master can’t do?
As a result, what Du Chu never expected was that the Portuguese could indeed build such rifled firearms. However, the crux of the problem was that the cost of the rifled guns and rifled cannons they built themselves was much higher. The price Daming sold them for! Moreover, the quality of firearms from Daming is even better!
In this case, only a fool would make it himself!
Buying the Ming Dynasty's Shenwei firearms at the same cost, not only can you buy more, but you can also quickly equip an army. Who wouldn't choose such a multiple-choice question?
The apprentice can really outperform the master!
Du Chu planned to buy more Ming Dynasty firearms and transport them back to the country after the Ming Dynasty's recruitment was completed. This way, the local combat power would be greatly improved, and at least it would be more confident to deal with the Spanish invasion.
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In early February of the 25th year of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, the mighty Mughal Empire's army marched eastward. Naturally, the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force in Bhagalpur received the news as soon as possible.
Known as a million-strong army, it sounds really scary!
After all, on the Ming Army side, the total number of sailors and land troops on the warships totaled only 60,000 to 70,000. The gap in strength was extremely huge!
However, whether it was Mu Tianbo, Li Ruolian, or other generals such as He Yilong, they were all very excited after hearing the news, and they clearly welcomed the arrival of the enemy!
That's right, what the Ming Expeditionary Army fears most is actually the Mughal Empire's army fighting guerrilla warfare and not fighting head-on with the Ming Army. In that case, after all, this land is too big and the expeditionary army does not have many troops. It was occupied here by the Mughal Empire army.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty's supplies had basically been concentrated in Bhagalpur, and the troops scattered everywhere began to gather directly in Bhagalpur to prepare for a big battle.
However, what they didn't expect was that after the news came back to Dhaka, Yang Zhan's navy just arrived in Dhaka. Governor Yang Weizhi was a little worried, so he sent Yang Zhan to lead a total of two small and medium-sized warships under his command. More than a hundred ships and 20,000 soldiers rushed along the Ganges to Bhagalpur for support.
Yang Zhan was very happy about this, and said to Mu Tianbo who greeted him: "Haha, after coming all the way, I finally didn't miss a chance to have a big banquet. All the hard work on the road was worth it!"
After hearing this, Mu Tianbo also smiled and said: "It's true that arriving early is better than arriving by chance. Look at us, how long have we been here and we haven't fought in a decent battle. Fortunately for you, you caught up with the big battle as soon as you got here! However, I guess some people may not be able to catch up!"
"Who?" Yang Zhan was a little gloating and asked immediately.
After hearing this, Mu Tianbo looked to the northwest, thought for a moment, and after a little hesitation, he whispered: "Governor of Qinghai-Tibet!"
"Huh?" Yang Zhan couldn't help but be a little surprised after hearing this.
Mu Tianbo knew that he probably didn't know about this strategic plan, so he explained in a low voice: "We have agreed to attack near the capital of the Mughal Empire in early March this year, and attack us from both front and rear. But now, the Mughal Empire
All the troops are coming to us!"
After hearing this, Yang Zhan was still a little surprised, so he asked doubtfully: "As far as the general knows, it's really ice and snow over there now. Can they come over?"
"Haha!" After hearing this, Mu Tianbo immediately smiled and said, "I came down early, controlled Nibala, and hid over there. As you think, the Mughals probably wouldn't have thought that it would be impossible to escape from it at this time.
They came down from Tibet, but as a result, our troops came down, which had the effect of taking them by surprise and attacking them unprepared!"
After hearing this, Yang Zhan couldn't help but nodded, but immediately asked: "How many troops are there? If there are too many, the news will inevitably be leaked, right?"
"Only about 20,000!" Mu Tianbo listened and answered him, "You have just arrived and you don't know the interior of the Mughal Empire. It is simply wonderful. Who cares about some abnormalities on the border when fighting for the throne!"
At this point, he felt that he had almost said it, so he said to Yang Zhan: "As for the navy, I leave it to you! We will defend first and then counterattack, and strive to defeat the Mughal Empire in one battle and make a great contribution.
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Aurangzeb had no idea what the problems would be in the north of the Mughal Empire, but he still paid more attention to the enemy in person, even if he was crushed by force.
In other words, his ability to lead troops in battle is indeed better than that of his two brothers. The army was still marching, so he sent out various scouts first to spy on the Ming army.
Soon, the news that Yang Zhan's troops had arrived for reinforcements was naturally on his mind.
Aurangzeb was not surprised when he heard the news. After all, he had brought an army of one million people here, and he would only be surprised if the army did not flee or receive reinforcements.
The Ming army came for reinforcements, which actually suited his purpose. It would be best to destroy the Ming army that invaded the Mughal Empire in one battle, so that he could go and destroy the two brothers who proclaimed themselves emperors, and truly unify the country.
, to be a veritable Mughal Emperor!
Finally, in mid-February of the 25th year of Chongzhen, Aurangzeb led his army to Asansol, which is closest to Bhagalpur. This small city was suddenly turned into a barracks.
Inside and outside the city, there are densely packed military camps.
Including the rivers, they were all boats collected by Aurangzeb along the way. After all, transporting supplies by water was the most economical way.
The cavalry of the Mughal Empire began to appear in Bhagalpur, and an unprecedented battle began!