Daming Military Empire

Chapter 160 Early Colonization
The early colonial expansion did not focus on using the colonies as commodity sales markets and raw material origins as later, but naked robbery and plundering, such as Spain’s crazy killing and plundering of the Inca Empire, Portugal’s predatory mining of African gold, There is no doubt that the slave trade that followed was extremely cruel.

Portugal has restrained itself in recent decades, not to say that they do not want to rob and plunder, but that their homeland is occupied by Spain, and it is difficult for private individuals to organize large-scale armed forces to defeat feudal lords and plunder without the support of the state. their wealth.

Kong Dede has long been coveted by the Mughal Empire, but he has more than 2000 men, and only more than 1000 matchlock guns plus a dozen cannons that can only be fixed on the city wall and cannot be moved at all. The Wo'er Empire has hundreds of thousands of troops, more than 2000 people against hundreds of thousands, no matter how greedy he is, he will never make fun of his own life.

But now it’s different, his former younger brother Shivira did not know what kind of shit luck he had, but he actually gained the trust of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, and let him act as an agent for the luxury sales of the Royal Western Trading Company of the Ming Dynasty, for a year or two , Shivira has changed from a down-and-out nobleman to the most dazzling upstart in the Portuguese aristocratic circle, and now he has even bought tens of thousands of flintlock guns from the Ming Empire, as well as a hundred cannons that can be pulled by mules and horses , And organized [-] private armed forces, with so many weapons and so many troops, his ambitions for the Mughal Empire expanded again.

Now that Shivela's 1 horses have been practiced almost, he discussed with Shivera and set the first target as the kingdom of Mysore.

This Mysore state kingdom is actually a vassal state of the Mughal Empire. It is the actual ruler of Karnataka now. It has [-] to [-] indigenous armed forces. The capital is Mysore, not far from Goa. .

The colonial expansion of this period did not have those detours behind, and the tactics of Konde and Shivela were also very simple. They sent troops straight to the city of Mysore, and directly captured the king of the Mysore kingdom. If he was willing to surrender, Then use it as a puppet to rule the entire Mysore state kingdom, if he does not submit, then kill him first, and then rule the Mysore state kingdom by force, kill whoever dares to refuse, until everyone dies until you give in!
After a simple and rough plan, Kong Dede and Shivela led their army to set off. There were a total of [-] Musketeers and [-] knights under Kong Dede, [-] Musketeers and [-] Musketeers under Shivela. There are also two hundred 'military advisers' led by Luo Siwei in the artillery. Since this is the first battle of the recruits, Shi Weila still gave the command to Luo Siwei, and he just studied on the sidelines.

They led the army so blatantly to the city of Mysore, and the king of the Mysore state kingdom naturally received the news very quickly. While organizing an army to intercept it, he sent someone to ask for help from the governor of the Deccan, Aurangzeb.

It is really hard to tell whether Kundede and Shivira were unlucky or lucky. Let’s say they are lucky. This period was when the Mughal Empire was at its strongest. Their emperor Shah Jahan can be said to be Mughal The greatest emperor in the history of the empire, with nearly a million soldiers!Few people may know the story of this emperor, but the Taj Mahal he built for his second wife is world-famous.

Call them unfortunate. At this time, Shah Jahan, the emperor of the Mughal Empire, was fighting with people everywhere. After defeating the Deccan principalities, he went to fight against the Kingdom of Ahmednagar and annexed Ahmednagar. Er began to compete with the Safavid dynasty of Iran for Afghanistan again, and now he is having a great time fighting with the Safavid dynasty, and he has no time to manage the kingdom of Mysore.

Therefore, at the very beginning, Kong Dede and Shivira should be considered lucky. It was not the hundreds of thousands of Mughal empire troops that stopped them, but the [-] indigenous armed forces of the Mysore state kingdom.

The so-called indigenous armed forces are hunting bows, hatchets, axes, big sticks and wooden shields. It is conceivable that such people will end up with the advanced combination of flintlock guns and cannons.

Luo Siwei was a little nervous when he reported that there were tens of thousands of indigenous troops rushing towards them. He thought that they were "indigenous troops" like the Houjin cavalry, and no matter how bad they were, they should be as good as the Mongolian cavalry Bar.If he was leading more than 1 elites from the First Legion of the Imperial Guard, he would certainly not be afraid. The problem is that he is leading new recruits who have only been trained for more than a month!
On the contrary, Conde and Shivera are not afraid at all. You must know that the most popular classic story in the colonial world is the Spanish illiterate adventurer Francisco Pizarro and his friend the robber Almagro and The villain priest Luke led an expedition team of less than 200 people, defeated the [-] indigenous army of the Inca Empire in one fell swoop, and captured their emperor, and finally miraculously occupied the Inca Empire with a population of nearly ten million!
If you say that the Mughal Empire is definitely not an indigenous country, but this Mysore kingdom is definitely an indigenous country. Such a country sends tens of thousands of indigenous troops to stop their tens of thousands of troops. You say Kunde and Shivela Will you be afraid?They have already investigated it. The Mysore state kingdom has a total of [-] indigenous troops. What if they all come?Just got them all in one pot!

Luo Siwei has never heard of Pizarro's story, so he still attaches great importance to the tens of thousands of indigenous troops. He arranged [-] musketeers in the front to form a five-row attack array, and then arranged them on the left and right. He arranged two thousand musketeers in ten dense defensive arrays, and arranged one hundred cannons behind the five thousand musketeers in ten rows, preparing to form a protective barrage two hundred to three hundred steps ahead of the musketeers array. .

As for Kong Dede's more than 1000 horsemen, he politely invited them to the back of the formation, in the name of protecting the rear, but in fact he was afraid that they would add chaos to the front.

After the formation was arranged, Luo Siwei took out the military binoculars and stared closely at the front.

Seeing his nervous expression, Kong Dede couldn't help but chattered to Shiwila in Portuguese: "Shiwila, is the general of the Ming Empire reliable? Look at his nervous appearance, there are only [-] indigenous troops, what are you afraid of? "

Shivira was a little unhappy when he heard the words. He thought he was also an official of Ming Dynasty, and he dared to slander the generals of the first-level army of Ming Dynasty in front of him. If Kong Dede was not his big brother, he probably would have the desire to beat people up, but Even his eldest brother can't slander his Ming general.

Shivira straightened his face, and said angrily: "Kon Dede, you are insulting the general of the first-level legion of the great Ming Empire, do you know that? He will be afraid, you have never seen their rebels, more than 50 50, a total of more than 50, you know, that is not an indigenous army, it is a regular army with cannons. Do you know that there are more than [-] regular troops? Even if Spain gathers all the troops, it may not be able to fight. In the end, they were easily defeated by their six legions!"

Seeing that his old friend was angry, Kong Dede quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Shivela, I'm just kidding, don't be angry, look, the indigenous army is here, let's watch the performance of this great first-class general of the Ming Empire Bar."

Hearing this, Shivira raised his binoculars, and the indigenous army appeared two miles away, a large black area, because his binoculars had a small focal length, so they couldn't see very clearly.

They can't see clearly, but it doesn't mean that Luo Siwei can't see clearly. He has the most advanced military telescope of Ming Dynasty in his hand, and he can see clearly from three miles away, not to mention that the enemy has approached nearly two miles away.

However, when he saw the army on the opposite side clearly, he couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded. Who are these people? Killer!
Facing such a backward army, barrage would be a waste, he shouted directly: "All guns should be put on matchlocks."

The artillery flag behind immediately repeated in broken Chinese: "Fire rope, fire rope, fire rope"

He ordered according to the artillery's loading rhythm: "Load gunpowder.", "Load shotgun."

After all the teams reported that the loading was complete, he ordered again: "Ready to adjust."

When the adjusters were in place, he issued a series of orders: "All the brigades are facing forward, the angle of the first brigade is [-], the angle of the second brigade is [-], and the angle of the third brigade is [-]."

Anyone who can understand the parameters will know that he wants to use ten rows of artillery to completely cover the area 150 to [-] steps in front of the Musketeers.

The indigenous army of the Kingdom of Mysore is rapidly approaching here. According to their experience, it is enough to stop at a distance of about 120 steps, because even the archers of the Mughal Empire can only shoot a hundred steps away. One step is their recognized safe distance.

Seeing the enemy approaching quickly, Luo Siwei silently calculated the distance, 250 steps, 240 steps, 230 steps until [-] steps, he did not order to shoot or fire, and the recruits under him did not know that the enemy had entered the shooting range Within, how far is one mile, who can see for sure, anyway, they will not shoot unless the general gives an order.

190 steps, 180 steps, Luo Siwei continued to count, when the indigenous army on the opposite side approached 170 steps, he immediately shouted: "Fire all the artillery."

"Boom boom boom" When the indigenous army had just reached the 150-step distance, a hundred cannons roared in unison, and a large cloud of shotguns covered the opposite indigenous army like a dark cloud. Luo Siwei immediately ordered: "The front row of musketeers divided Rapid fire, ten rounds."

"Papa, papa..." As soon as he gave the order, the five rows of musketeers in front immediately began to shoot uninterruptedly, and the bullets flew towards the native army on the opposite side like raindrops.

This is simply a one-sided massacre. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Mysore thought that 120 paces was still a safe distance, so they were unprepared at 150 paces. They were marching in a hurry to prepare for the formation, and the result was a dark cloud as a hood. When they came down, thousands of people were directly killed and injured, and then there was a continuous rain of bullets. The soldiers in front fell down row by row like cutting wheat. After ten rounds of bullet rain, more than half of the [-] army fell down. The front half of the place was almost turned into a sea of ​​blood, and countless soldiers were lying on the ground moaning in pain. The scene was like purgatory.

Although Daming was a state of etiquette, he did not show mercy to the enemy. Seeing that the enemy was really vulnerable, Luo Siwei immediately ordered: "All musketeers put on their bayonets, charge forward, surround the enemy, and kill those who resist. Forgiveness, those who escape will be killed without mercy."

After giving the order, he said to Kong Dede next to him: "Count Conde, please ask your hundred cavalry to block the enemy's retreat, and don't let them run away."

Conded was stunned at this time, this rate of fire, this accuracy, how can it be recruited, the most elite troops of the Spanish Empire are no more than this; and this range, this lethality, is simply too terrifying, the European continent The most advanced muskets and artillery are probably not so terrifying!
Seeing his stunned expression, Shivira couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and said triumphantly: "Count Conded, General Luo asked your cavalry to block the enemy's retreat. Why are you in a daze?"

Only then did Kong Dede react, and quickly pointed to the front and said: "Quick, quick, the cavalry go up and stop them."

(End of this chapter)