Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 904
The control of the Strait of Malacca originally belonged to Portugal, and it took countless battles with the local aborigines to get it, but it was taken away by the Dutch.Then, as soon as the Ming navy arrived, the Dutch fled after hearing the news, and the control of the Strait of Malacca 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 belongs to Portugal. It fought many battles with the local natives, and finally won and built it. As a result, it was taken away by the Dutch.Then, as soon as the Ming Navy arrived, the Dutch fled again upon hearing the news, and Colombo now belongs to the Ming Kingdom again!

There is also Goa, which is probably the same. It was originally the most important stronghold of the Portuguese here, but it has fallen into the hands of the Dutch.And now, the Ming Navy will go to Goa again. If there is no accident, it is estimated that it will be taken from the Dutch by the Ming Army again, and then it will become the Ming Army!

In this case, the Portuguese had no idea. After the Ming army shot the Dutch, they tried to communicate with the Ming army to see if they could return it to Portugal!

However, the reply from the Ming army: This is the territory that Ming seized from the Dutch, and it is not the territory of your Portuguese vassal state. Why should the suzerain state work for the vassal state?
If it is said that Lisbon was taken by the Dutch, then Daming sent troops to take down Lisbon, and there is a possibility of returning Portugal to you. As for the others, I really think too much, right?
On the Portuguese side, I would like to justify a few words, saying that Portugal also fought with the Ming army, and also contributed to the recapture of the Strait of Malacca.To this, Daming’s reply is: Conscripting vassal states to fight wars is originally an obligation of vassal states. Giving you the right to trade is already giving you face. Do you want more?
If you are not convinced, you can rebel against Da Ming and grab the territory from Da Ming. If Da Ming loses, it will naturally belong to you Portugal!
After receiving such an answer, what else could Du Zhen do?
The resentment in his heart can only be hated by those Dutchmen!

Obviously they can't hold these places, but they still want to snatch them from the Portuguese. As for it?
Otherwise, these places would still belong to Portugal!

Ah, Goa will belong to Daming again!What a damn guinea pig!
Du Zhen felt resentful in his heart, but he didn't dare to have any serious thoughts about Daming's conquest of Goa, secretly making trouble or something.After all, it belongs to the vassal state of Daming now, and it can still do business with Daming, which is also a lot of money.If the troubles are discovered once they are discovered, there will be nothing left!
For Daming, today's Portugal is dispensable!
The goods and specialties made in Ming Dynasty are actually not worried about selling now, so many vassal states are rushing to get them.

In the future, when the demand for these commodities is saturated in these vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, won't there be new vassal states of the Ming Dynasty?

Or by that time, the whole world will probably be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty!
Now Portugal can only grab goods from Daming mainland and sell them to Europe in order to make a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Du Zhen couldn't help turning his head to look at the guns and artillery on the ship, and couldn't help but feel emotional again.

In the past, it was only in the early days of the Chongzhen Dynasty that Daming's firearms, including muskets and cannons, were all purchased from the Portuguese.The Portuguese instructors hired at the beginning to teach firearms firing and train the new army were absolutely high salaries, but what about now?

Thinking of this, Du Zhen shook his head involuntarily, with a wry smile on his face.

Now the muskets and cannons on the three sailing warships he set off with the army were all purchased from the Ming Dynasty!
This kind of rifled flintlock and artillery has a really long range, much higher than their European muskets and artillery, and the shooting progress is still high, it is simply a magic weapon!
Originally, after seeing this kind of Shenwei series of firearms and artillery from the Ming army, Du Zhen was still a little cautious, thinking of buying less and imitating the rest by himself.

In this regard, he once thought there was no problem!

After all, Daming's original firearms had to be purchased from the Portuguese!Now they have 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 it?
As a result, what Du Zhen never imagined was that the Portuguese could indeed build such rifled firearms, but the crux of the problem was that the cost of the rifled guns and rifled guns they made by themselves was much higher The price that Daming sold them!Moreover, the quality of firearms on Daming's side is even better!
In this way, fools will go to make their own!
Buying Daming's Shenwei firearms, for the same cost, not only can you buy more, but you can also quickly equip the army. Who wouldn't choose such a multiple-choice question?

Apprentice, really can beat the master!

Du Zhen planned to buy more firearms from Ming Dynasty and ship them back to the country after the conscripting of the Ming Dynasty was over. This way, the local combat power would be greatly improved, and at least they would have more confidence in dealing with the Spanish aggression.

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At the beginning of February in the 25th year of Chongzhen, the mighty Mughal Empire army marched eastward. With such a big news, the Ming Expeditionary Army located in Bagalpur naturally got the news at the first time.

Known as an army of one million, it sounds really scary!

After all, on the side of the Ming army, the total number of sailors and army on the warships was only 7 to [-], and the gap in troop strength was extremely huge!

However, no matter whether it was Mu Tianbo, Li Ruolian, or He Yilong and other general soldiers, after hearing the news, they were all very excited, and it was obvious that they welcomed the enemy's arrival!
That's right, what the Ming Expeditionary Army was most afraid of was actually the Mughal Empire's army fighting guerrilla warfare, and not fighting head-on with the Ming Army. In that case, after all, the land is too big, and the expeditionary army doesn't have many troops, so they really have to It was consumed here by the Mughal Empire army.

At this time, Daming's materials had basically been concentrated in Bagalpur, and the troops scattered everywhere began to concentrate directly in Bagalpur, preparing for a big battle.

However, what they didn't expect was that after the news came back to Dhaka, the navy under Yang Zhan just arrived in Dhaka.Governor Yang Weizhi was a little worried, so he sent Yang Zhan to lead more than 200 small and medium-sized warships under his command, and [-] soldiers, to Bhagalpur along the Ganges River for support.

Yang Zhan was very happy about this, and said to Mu Tianbo who greeted him: "Hehe, I have come all the way, and finally I didn't miss a chance for a big feast. The hard work on the road is worth it!"

After hearing this, Mu Tianbo also smiled and said, "It's better to come early than to come at a good time. Look at us, how long we have been here, and we haven't fought a decent battle. Fortunately, you just caught up with the big battle when you arrived here! But I guess, some people probably can't catch up!"

"Who?" Yang Zhan gloated and asked immediately.

After hearing this, Mu Tianbo looked to the northwest, thought for a while, and after a little hesitation, he still whispered: "Governor of Qinghai-Tibet!"

"Huh?" Yang Zhan couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard this.

Mu Tianbo knew that he probably didn't know about this strategic deployment, so he explained in a low voice: "The appointment was made to attack the vicinity of the capital of the Mughal Empire at the beginning of March this year, and attack us back and forth. 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 suspiciously: "According to what the general knows, it's really icy and snowy over there now, can they come over?"

"Hehe!" Mu Tianbo laughed immediately after hearing this, "I came down early, controlled Nibhara, and hid over there. As you imagined, the Mughals probably would not have thought that it was impossible to get out of here at this time." They came down from Tibet, but our army came down anyway, and it has the effect of taking them by surprise!"

After hearing this, Yang Zhan couldn't help but nodded, but immediately asked again: "How many troops are there? There are too many troops. I'm afraid it will inevitably leak the news?"

"It's only about [-]!" Mu Tianbo replied after hearing this, "You just came here, and you don't know the interior of the Mughal Empire. It's simply wonderful. Who would care about a little abnormal situation at the border!"

Speaking of this, he felt that he had said the same thing, so he said to Yang Zhan: "The navy side, I will leave it to you! Let's defend first and then counterattack. We will fight for the Mughal Empire and make a great contribution." !"

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On Aurangzeb's side, he didn't know what problems there would be in the north of the Mughal Empire, but he still paid more attention to the enemy in front of him, even if he was crushed by troops.

In other words, his ability to lead troops and fight is indeed stronger than his two elder brothers.While the army was still marching, he sent out various scouts to spy on the Ming army.

Soon, the news that Yang Zhan's troops came to reinforce him was naturally on his desk.

Hearing this news, Aurangzeb was not surprised.After all, he led an army of one million over, and he would be surprised only if it was explained that the army did not flee and there were no reinforcements.

It is actually in line with his intention that the Ming army came to reinforce him. It is best to destroy the Ming army that invaded the Mughal Empire in one battle, so that he can withdraw to destroy the two brothers who proclaimed themselves emperors and truly unify the country. , Be a veritable emperor of the Mughal Empire!
Finally, in mid-February of the 25th year of Chongzhen, Aurangzeb led the army to Asansol, which is the closest to Bagalpur.This small city was suddenly turned into a barracks.

In and out of the city, there are densely packed, all barracks.

Including the river, there are all boats collected by Aurangzeb along the way.After all, transporting materials by water is the most economical way.

The cavalry of the Mughal Empire began to appear in Bagalpur, and an unprecedented battle kicked off!
(End of this chapter)