550 [I am not the king of the subjugated country, you and others are all ministers of the subjugated
The Kingdom of Vijayanagar is called "The Kingdom of Ananda in the West" in the "History of the Ming Dynasty". Isn't it so awesome all of a sudden?
Its founding process is suitable for being made into a movie because it is very legendary.
However, it is said that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Hindu countries were wiped out by the Green Religion one after another, leaving only a few small countries remaining.
Two princes who lived among the people, worshiped a Hindu hermit as their teacher, led the oppressed Hindus, and launched a war against the Green Religion. During the process, both brothers were captured and even converted to the Green Religion. After suffering hardships, they started fighting again.
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Finally, with the support of a large number of believers, the two princes rebuilt the Hindu country. After that, they fought in the north and south, and almost unified south India. They eradicated the influence of local states, strengthened the centralized system, and announced a policy of religious equality, where all religions can be free.
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After nearly a hundred years of prosperity, there were three faint kings in succession, ministers usurped the throne, and dynasties changed.
The new dynasty came to power improperly, local warlords emerged in droves, political conflicts intensified, and the country was divided into seven. The six small countries that were separated all turned into enemies and surrounded the Hindu state of Vijayanagar.
Let's put it this way, except for the Vijayanagar Kingdom, the entire Indian region now belongs to the Green Sect.
Twenty years ago, Krishna Deva Raya began to rule personally. This young king turned out to be a hero. He actively engaged in trade, moderated religion, centralized power, swept away the domestic decline, and restored Bahmani Sultan in the north.
country, using force to make it a vassal country of its own.
The navy of the Ming Dynasty dared to send troops brazenly, not only because of the severe drought in eight provinces, but also because the hero died of illness.
How can a heroic leader truly revive a country that has been weak and corrupted for hundreds of years? Maybe, but twenty years is too short, and the heroic leader died too early, dying suddenly in his thirties.
The internal conflicts that were forcibly suppressed suddenly intensified when the hero died.
The ministers were busy eliminating dissidents, and the new king was also trying hard to seize power. The local lords did not listen to the central government's orders. Some people even called for a "Qingjun side", claiming that the previous king died in an unexplained death, and called on the local lords to unite to avenge the hero.
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After landing, 3,000 soldiers of the Ming Navy and 12,000 troops of the Tianzhu Cotton Union were overwhelmingly powerful, capturing seventeen cities in one go.
You can imagine it as the Indian version of the "Japanese pirates" invasion. The country's main forces are all stationed on the northern border, and the southern region has been singing and dancing. Suddenly, the Ming bandits came from the sea and attacked their rich but weak south.
The new monarch in the central government has succeeded to the throne, and the emperor is busy holding "big ceremonial discussions" with his courtiers. A severe drought has just occurred on the northern border, and the main troops there are engaged in pay riots.
A true replica of the Jiajing Dynasty!
But the Ming invaders were not Japanese pirates fighting independently. They had large cannons and ships at sea, and a landing force of up to 15,000 people. They were divided into three groups and directly killed the southern part of the Vijayanagar Kingdom.
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We really fought through it, landing from the eastern coast and fighting all the way to the western coast.
Kannanur Port.
A group of Portuguese colonial soldiers looked at the Ming Dynasty army stupidly. They were a little confused as to why they came overland from the west.
"Ready to fight!"
The Portuguese defenders in the castle shouted and ran to the fighting position in panic.
Manzheng's son, Manyong, was the commander of the southern army. He had 5,000 soldiers and 8,000 Indian auxiliary soldiers recruited locally. They were called auxiliary soldiers, but they were actually untouchable Indians who were captured to transport supplies. Apart from their bad brains,
However, these untouchables are quite obedient, and they won't think about running away if they are given food to eat.
The gate of the castle opened, and a Portuguese officer rode out with a retinue and rushed to the Daming Navy formation: "This is the Portuguese castle. Please abide by the Malacca Agreement and evacuate Cannanor immediately!"
Man Yong is young and energetic, and his mind is full of muscles. He is too lazy to reason with the other party: "Either fight or get out! What is the Malacca Agreement? Malacca is almost gone!"
The country of Malacca is indeed almost gone.
Its capital, Malacca, is isolated by the sea, making it difficult to control the rear. Ming immigrants continued to encroach on the land and planted tobacco and grain everywhere. Its companion capital, Johor, became the residence of the eunuch Zhu Ying a few years ago, and people from the south were everywhere nearby.
Immigrants seeking gold.
However, he was still guilty of possessing the jade. The city of Malacca was in a special location, and Manzheng and Ning Botao had always wanted to remove it.
The young king of Malacca was also well aware of his situation and was planning to abandon Malacca and Johor and move the capital to Sumatra across the strait.
Talk back to the present.
The Portuguese castle in Cannanor was built more than ten years ago. Not only is it extremely strong, but it can also house 1,200 people.
Seeing that war could not be avoided, the Portuguese officer stopped talking and returned to the castle to prepare for war.
"Major General, there is no need to attack this castle," Lieutenant General Chen Baitang advised. "This castle is heavily guarded. Even if we can capture it, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. We should go north as soon as possible to join the central and northern armies. I'm afraid if we go too slowly,
I will miss the decisive battle."
Man Yong seemed to have obsessive-compulsive disorder and muttered: "We have taken over all the territory in the south. There is only one port in front of us. If we don't conquer it, we will be in trouble."
Chen Baitang said: "After destroying the Ananda Kingdom, it will not be too late to return to drive away the Portuguese. Major General, a decisive battle is urgent."
The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Navy thought that the Vijayanagar Kingdom and the Ananda Kingdom in the West were too hard to pronounce, so they simply called it "Ananda Kingdom".
Man Yong stood there with his hands on his hips for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Withdraw the troops, go to the north, and let these red-haired ghosts live a few more days!"
Although it is spring at this time, it is the hot season in India. The weather was pleasant when the troops were first sent out, but the temperature has increased sharply since then.
Man Yong led his troops all the way north, burning, killing and looting along the way, especially Kshatriyas and Brahmins. Because they did not carry enough military rations, they had to fight to feed the big families. In order to prevent these high castes from causing trouble, they simply killed them all after looting.
Lose!
And colluding with upper castes and enslaving lower castes and untouchables is the routine of Western colonists.
In the early days, there were few Western colonists, so they used their usual tactics to instigate the lower castes to rebel against the upper castes. They gradually realized that something was wrong. These low castes could not hold up the wall, and they had no spirit of resistance in their bones. Well, since the lower castes are all lying down
If it's a draw, then fight with the upper caste. Once defeated, use the upper caste as a dog, and then use the dog to herd the lambs of the lower caste.
The Ming Navy doesn't care about so many people. They have dozens of shareholders behind them and can organize countless immigrants every year.
The upper castes must be killed, their land taken away, and then distributed to shareholders to grow cotton. If the upper castes are not killed, where will the cotton fields of the shareholders come from?
Everything is for shareholders!
With 1,500 cavalry, Babur was able to sweep across northern India and establish the Mughal Empire.
Now the Ming Dynasty has 15,000 soldiers, armed with guns and cannons. It is too easy to sweep across South India, as long as they don't provoke Bengal in the northeast.
Even though the capital of Bangladesh was captured by the Mughals last year, their economy, population, and culture are there. Historically, Bangladesh will continue to counterattack for more than ten years, killing most of the Mughal territory.
, Bengal even has the momentum to unify northern India.
It was getting hotter and hotter. By the time Man Yong joined the other two armies, the temperature on the Deccan Plateau was already close to 35 degrees.
It was also hot and humid, and non-combat attrition increased rapidly.
In two or three months, the southern territory of the Vijayanagar Kingdom was lost, and the new king was still arguing with the ministers. Their main troops were all on the northern border. They were short of food due to last year's drought, and they were determined not to get food and pay.
Go back to King Qin.
Seeing that the enemy had joined forces and marched straight towards the royal city, the king and ministers finally panicked and quickly promised the border troops that they would receive double wages as long as they arrived in the capital.
The royal city was called "Vijayana" and was located near Bellary in later India. It was surrounded by plateau terrain and there was a large low-lying plain in the middle. The royal city was built on the plain.
This is a huge city with a population of at least five to six million.
The local troops had watched the show earlier, but now they came in a hurry. When the border troops had not returned, the king temporarily recruited troops, and together with the local troops who came from King Qin, a hundred thousand troops gathered at one time.
Then, the ministers quarreled again.
One group said that they would occupy the city and defend it, waiting for the main force of the border troops to rush to help; the other group said that they would go out of the city and fight. We have an army of 100,000 people, how can we be afraid of more than 10,000 people on the other side?
The two sides quarreled and even resorted to violence. They started fighting in the royal city. The young king, who had only succeeded to the throne for less than half a year, was so frightened that he did not dare to leave the palace.
Historically, this young king died under mysterious circumstances in his twenties, and his son was supported by his ministers and became a puppet for his whole life.
The warring faction quickly won the victory, physically annihilating the defenders, and then placed the king under house arrest.
In order to enhance their own prestige and divert internal conflicts, the leaders of the war faction were extremely powerful. Not only did they lead an army of 100,000 people out of the city for a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty Navy, but they also forcibly brought the king into the army to watch the battle.