Daming Military Empire

Chapter 164 Expeditionary Legion
The establishment of the navy did not happen overnight. Zhu Cijiong just greeted Zheng Zhilong today and asked him to hand over the naval power he had promised. As for the specific establishment of the navy, it will be a matter of years to come.

Zhu Cijiong's main purpose today is to arrange the dispatch of troops to India. He continued: "Well, let's talk about these after the New Year. I want to send an expeditionary army to Goa in a few days to help Earl Shivela resist the Mughal Empire. How many troops can your fleet transport at one time?"

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help getting excited when he heard the words, the emperor is planning to go to that place, which will undoubtedly be of great help to his business in Nanyang, he hastened to make up his mind, and then said excitedly: "Your Majesty, if You are going to send a legion there, and the minister gathered all the ships and managed to do it. But that is not very safe, after all, some small and medium-sized ships cannot withstand too much wind and waves at sea. If you want to be safe One point, we must use big ships, in that case, we can only transport 5 to [-] horses."

Send the whole legion there?This is not necessary. Zhu Cijiong doesn’t want to confront the Mughal Empire yet. To put it bluntly, a few years ago, when Ming Dynasty didn’t have new muskets and cannons, it might not be as powerful as the current Mughal Empire. Now Even with muskets and artillery, it is a bit unrealistic for a legion to overthrow a powerful empire.

Besides, muskets and cannons consume ammunition. His sea power is basically empty now, and he can only rely on Zheng Zhilong's fleet to transport troops and ammunition.It’s hard to say about transporting ammunition. Don’t look at Zheng Zhilong’s coaxing that the Dutch are afraid of him. It’s not a huge benefit. They don’t need to mobilize an army to fight him. Let them know how many 10 you are transporting. Tens of thousands of weapons and ammunition, you see if they come to grab it!
Zhu Cijiong's idea is to send people to help Shivela stand firm first, and then find the best time to clean up the Mughal Empire and snatch the colonies when the sea power is strong.So he said straightforwardly: "You don't need a reorganized army, 5 to [-] horses are almost enough, you should send someone to notify immediately, and let all the big ships under your command gather to Weixingang, Tianjin from the second day of the junior high school. Send an army of fifty thousand to Goa to support Count Shivela."

Zheng Zhilong heard the words and said with a naive smile: "Hehehe, that's not necessary. The big ship basically brought all the ministers, and it stopped at Tianjin Weixin Port. After all, the sea is not very safe now, and there are many people who want to trouble the ministers. That’s why Wei Chen has to bring tens of thousands of horses with him every time he travels, so he can rest assured.”

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but rolled his eyes when he heard that, okay, you Zheng Zhilong, how dare you walk around my capital with tens of thousands of people quietly.However, it just happened to come, and I sent it up by myself, so don’t go back, he immediately said: "Well, just in time, I will also be preparing to practice the navy after the next year, and these you brought must be experienced sea soldiers. Just stay in Tianjin Weixin City and set up camp, and you can bring some cronies and followers back, anyway, you will have my army to protect you when the time comes, so you don't have to worry about safety."

Zheng Zhilong is also very bachelor, since he has agreed to hand over the military power, he is no longer twitchy, and he agrees straightforwardly. Zhu Cijiong is so happy for a while, he even ran over with Zheng Zhilong to tease the children.

In order to praise Zheng Zhilong for handing over his military power, Zhu Cijiong deliberately teased him: "Xiao Qizaemon, when you grow up, I will recruit an army for you and form a shogunate to unify Japan, okay?"

Xiao Qizaemon was naturally very interested, he patted his little hands and said in a childlike voice: "Okay, okay, I want to be the Shogun of the Shogunate, and I want to unify Japan."

Everyone naturally burst into laughter, but Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he almost spilled the wine in excitement.My youngest son is childish, so what he said is naturally not credible, but what the other child said is not necessarily a joke, because, you have no jokes!

Happy days always pass quickly, and the new year is over in a blink of an eye. On the second day of the first lunar month, Zhu Cijiong summoned Qin Liangyu, Sun Yuanhua, and Song Yingxing to discuss sending troops overseas.No way, he can wait here, but he can't wait at Shivira's. If you don't send reinforcements there as soon as possible, if you lose the city of Mysore by then, you will be in big trouble. You must know that attacking a city is better than defending it. It's more than twice as difficult.

It was said to be a discussion, but in fact Zhu Cijiong had already finalized the case, and calling them here was just a matter of arranging the dispatch of troops.

First of all, [-] Musketeers and [-] Artillery Soldiers from the First Corps of the Imperial Guards were transferred to form the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army. The admiral, Tongzhi, led [-] soldiers from the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army to Goa to support the ally Count Shivela.Over there, Luo Siwei didn't have to come back for the time being, and was directly promoted to the rank of deputy general of the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army, with the rank of commander in chief.

Then, he ordered Song Yingxing to prepare [-] Type [-] flintlock guns and [-] Type [-] howitzers, all equipped with a base number of ammunition, which would be taken by the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army to Kong Dede.

Finally, Zhu Cijiong inquired about the inventory of bullets and shells, and then ordered all the soldiers of the expeditionary army to collect ten bases of bullets and shells and take them to Goa. It will be a protracted colonial war. Take as much as you want.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, everything was ready, and Zhu Cijiong personally accompanied the army to Dongdaying, which is Tianjin Weixin City. Since the name of the city was too long, Zhu Cijiong simply named it Dongdaying, echoing Zunhua Beidaying.

This time, we will not only send the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army to the expedition, but also send Zhennan King Zheng Zhilong back to Jinling, so even the empress dowagers of the two palaces came with them. Xiao Qizaemon cried so loudly, they were all in their thirties, the life in the palace was really boring, it was hard to have such a cute child to play with, and it ended up playing for two The day is leaving, how can they be willing.

The Tian Chuan family was also reluctant to part with Zheng Chenggong, and the two mothers and sons hugged each other and cried, but Zheng Zhilong was bored by staying on the side, so he had to call Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Cai and other trusted generals. Go to the side for a good education, what is it to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, what is to be brave to kill the enemy, what is to protect success, all the trusted generals are there like a row of quails, nodding constantly, the picture is called a Weird.

Zhu Cijiong didn't have time to appreciate this picture. He was calling Hou Shilu, the commander of the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army, to give him detailed instructions.

It is naturally inevitable to pay attention to maintaining the image of Ming Dynasty. The expeditionary army must first ensure that it is ideologically correct. He has ordered Wu Meicun to print more than 5 copies of the pamphlet he issued last time. One piece, Daming is not a den of robbers and bandits, colonization is the general trend, you have to do it, if you don’t go, others will go.But colonization does not mean returning to the original animal nature, at least human nature is still to be talked about. He doesn't want to think that after thousands of years, when people mention Daming, there are many people who don't want those bandits, those bandits, and those inhuman animals. Face, acts unscrupulously, but Daming wants face.

Of course, he not only explained these things, the expeditionary army also had to ensure the correctness of the strategy. Now is not the best time to attack the Mughal Empire. Mysore City, keep Karnataka, first keep Daming's iron ore supply.

As for Kong Dede and Shivira, he also asked Hou Shilu to bring an oral agreement, which roughly means that the south of Goa belongs to Portugal, and the north of Goa belongs to Ming. For the time being, Da Ming will not attack north, and they can develop south. , to occupy the entire southern half, and Da Ming will help him defend the front line of Mysore.

After all, the southern half is a vassal state of the Mughal Empire, not their homeland, and they will not use the power of the whole country to fight desperately if they only attack the south.If Kong Dede and Shivira were greedy and insisted on fighting north, causing the Mughal Empire to go all out, then I'm sorry, Daming will not accompany them, and they can only withdraw their troops.

The reason why Zhu Cijiong chose the more difficult north is his consideration, because the north of the Mughal Empire borders the south of the Ming Empire, his east is basically the vassal state of the Ming Empire, and the west is the Mongolian Yuan The country established by the descendants, that is to say, as long as the Ming Dynasty defeated all the remnants of the Mongolian and Yuan forces, it could surround the Mughal Empire on three or even four sides, making them hard to defend against.

Moreover, after defeating the Mughal Empire, it is equivalent to connecting South Asia into a large area, all of which are under the rule of Ming Dynasty, so it is much easier to defend.If the east is one and the west is one, it will be impossible to defend, and because of the geographical distance, they will never return to their hearts, and they will still fight for independence in the end, which will be tantamount to wasting decades or even hundreds of years of hard work.

As for why not fight the Mughal Empire now, there is no navy, and the inconvenience of ammunition transportation is one aspect. More importantly, the current Mughal Empire is too strong, and the colonial countries in the later period know to only bully those indigenous countries or already A powerful country that has declined or even torn apart has never really caught a strong country.

Like the Ottoman Turkish Empire, it was right next to the big powers. During the colonial period from the [-]th century to the [-]th century, which big powers dared to attack him? Defeat him, but so what, try your best to fight a powerful country, beat yourself five tuberculosis and seven wounds, and then be bullied by a weaker country?
The so-called taking advantage of your illness will kill you. When you are strong, although I am stronger than you, but if the two strong collide and win in the end, I will definitely be covered with bruises. At that time, surrounded by a group of strong men, can I save my life? I don't know yet.

Portugal and Spain are an obvious example. They were the first two countries to colonize, and logically speaking, they should be the two most powerful countries. What happened?Portugal can be said to have a big eye and a small belly, and it directly exploded itself. Spain is also disregarding its strength.
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