Wang Fang personally went to the port to greet Wang Yuan. He was fully equipped with armor and surrounded by soldiers.
Wang Yuan saw a scar on his face, glanced at the troops behind him, nodded and said: "It seems that this place is not very peaceful, and the bones are harder than those of the country in the south."
Wang Fang replied: "In Gujarat, the closer you are to the sea, the more obedient you are, and the deeper you go inland, the more martial you are. It took four years for my son to conquer Malwa and Khandesh.
They always surrendered and rebelled again. As a last resort, I married four wives, all of whom were princesses from the so-called feudal kingdom."
"Hahahaha, this is a good idea." Wang Yuan laughed.
There are also many Rajputs in the north and east of Gujarat. These guys have much harder bones than other Indians.
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Historically, the Mughal Emperor Akbar had to adopt three methods at the same time in order to conquer the Rajput kingdom: first, religious tolerance; second, marrying the princess; third, massacre of the rebels.
As a result, some Rajputs chose to surrender, and the subsequent Mughal emperors also had Rajput blood flowing in their bodies.
Another part of the Rajputs persisted in resisting to the end and joined Sikhism in large numbers, bringing a martial spirit to Sikhism.
Wang Fang invited Wang Yuan into the carriage and introduced the situation along the way: "Although Gujarat was a sultanate before, a large number of princely states believed in Hinduism. At first, I was tough, but there were too few Han people, which irritated the Green religion and Hinduism.
The nobles joined forces to rebel. Now they are fighting against one another, killing the nobles of the green religion, and dividing their lands among the Han immigrants and Hindu nobles. In this way, the princes from all over the country finally surrendered, and no longer surrendered but rebelled again."
Wang Yuan nodded in approval: "To govern a country, one should combine strength and softness."
Wang Fang said: "This place is different from South India. The folk customs are extremely fierce. We cannot only treat Han people preferentially. We must treat Hindus equally. If we really want to turn our backs, we have to wait until enough Han immigrants immigrate, otherwise it will inevitably trigger rebellions everywhere."
Wang Yuan said: "Then let's figure it out slowly."
Wang Fang added: "The Rajputs next door are more difficult to deal with. The Rajputs are not a country, but an alliance of Rajputs composed of countless princely states. This country has many cavalry and its people are extremely fierce. The Mughals
The founding emperor had nothing to do about this, and now Sher Shah of the Sur dynasty has been killed in battle. We should ally with the Rajputs and promise to treat Hindus equally, so that we can better send troops to the Sur dynasty."
"Do they agree to form an alliance?" Wang Yuan asked.
Wang Fang replied: "Some princely states are willing, and some princely states are still waiting. Rana Singh, the king of Mewar princely state, is willing to summon the army to send troops together."
Mewar is the most powerful princely state in the Rajput region, and it is also a princely state that has been at war with the Mughals for hundreds of years. It was not until the British withdrew and India was established that this princely state surrendered its army, but
He still retained the title of prince until the 21st century.
More than 20 years ago, Babur, the founding Mughal emperor, went out to conquer the Rajput region.
The 120 Rajput princes elected Rana Sanga, King of Mewar, as the leader of the alliance, and the "Battle of Kannu" broke out between the two sides.
Mughal Empire: The main force is more than 20,000, the total force is more than 40,000, and it has a large number of muskets and artillery purchased from Persia.
Rajput Alliance: 80,000 main cavalry, 500 war elephants, total strength 114,000.
At the beginning of the battle, 50 Mughal cannons fired concentratedly, causing the Rajput cavalry and war elephants to panic.
Immediately afterwards, the Rajput cavalry launched a charge, but the Mughal army had already dug trenches. The 80,000 cavalry circled back and charged from all sides. However, they were waited upon by rounds of volleys of guns, muskets, and compound bows, and they were completely beaten.
Confused.
The Rajput coalition was defeated.
Although the Mughal Emperor Babur was victorious and fearful, he ordered a palace to be built on the battlefield. He did not dare to conquer the Rajputs, but ran west to fight the Afghans.
Rana Sangha, who led the coalition forces to fight against the Mughals, is dead, and now his son Rana Singh is in power. This guy is also very ferocious, Sher Shah was killed by him, and he is willing to join forces with Wang Fang
Counterattack against the Sur dynasty.
When Wang Yuan came to the Governor's Palace of Gujarat, he first met the students and his family's children, and then met his four daughters-in-law (Wang Fang's four foreign wives).
Then he reviewed the troops.
There are 2,000 Han musketeers, 5,000 brother musketeers, and 8,000 Gujjar cavalry.
It was actually a full cavalry lineup!
Wang Fang has occupied the two most important horse breeding lands in India, but horses can also be raised in the Rajput region. These three horse breeding lands are considered the essence of the entire India. Other places can only produce sporadic horses, and a large number of cavalry can only be raised.
Can outsource war horses.
Wang Yuan stared at the phalanx of 5,000 cavalry, frowned and said, "Brother cavalry?"
Wang Fang explained with a smile: "Because there were too few Han people, the children used the income from trade to adopt a large number of low-caste and untouchable children. Children aged eight to twelve were selected, taught them to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, and handed them over to
Thanks to our cavalry and archery skills, we have finally built up a 5,000-strong foreign cavalry force. These cavalrymen are all adopted sons of our father, and we are considered brothers, so we call them 'brother cavalry'."
Wang Yuan has long known about these actions, and he has been controlling the finances of Gujarat.
However, this kind of "adopted son cavalry" or "brother cavalry" is not in line with Wang Yuan's purpose of building an army, and their designations must be changed in the future.
"Come forward!" Wang Fang waved.
5,000 brother cavalrymen dismounted, walked forward in unison, knelt down to Wang Yuan and shouted: "Father!"
These 5,000 godsons who met for the first time all have darker skin color, and the highest caste is only Shudra. Most of them are war orphans. They have learned Chinese and Chinese characters, and have been riding and shooting for several years. The oldest one is only eighteen years old now.
The youngest is only fifteen years old.
In their understanding, the Mughal army destroyed their homes and killed their relatives. Wang Fang was their rescuer and nurturer, and Wang Yuan was their nominal father.
Wang Yuan raised his hand and said: "Get up."
The 5,000 godsons immediately stood up and returned to their horses in unison.
Wang Fang explained: "The size of the brother cavalry has always been maintained at 5,000. Over the years, we have suffered more than 800 casualties in battles. If there are casualties, we will replenish them."
Wang Yuan curled his lips and said: "In other words, I have many adopted children?"
Wang Fang said: "There are still more than 2,000 children, all under the age of 15. In addition, the children have also adopted some babies, who are only a few years old now. These babies are fed by Han women and have spoken Chinese since they were young.
, they will look the same as the Han people. I made this decision because there are frequent wars here, and the Han immigrants need to live and reproduce. After all, they have finally immigrated here, so we can't just drag them all to fight, right?"
Wang Yuan nodded in agreement, but he was also determined to speed up immigration in Gujarat.
Wang Fang said: "Your Majesty, please order the expedition!"
Wang Yuan asked: "No need for infantry?"
Wang Fang said: "No need. We have prepared food and grass in our territory. Just go into the enemy's territory and grab it directly. Sher Shah's reform has touched too many noble interests. As long as we win the battle, all the princes in the north will
They will inevitably surrender, as they have long been dissatisfied with the rule of the Sur Dynasty."
"Okay, then let's go to war." Wang Yuan nodded.
Including the king's personal cavalry he brought with him, Wang Yuan actually had more than 16,000 cavalry in this expedition.
No wonder it is difficult to conquer here and next door. The whole cavalry team comes and goes like the wind. If you meet a commander with enough brains, you can make fools of enemies ten times your size.