Daming Military Empire

Chapter 171 Colonial Expansion
Zhu Cijiong is vigorously promoting the development of Ming Dynasty's economy, preparing to monopolize the market in the Portuguese colonies in South Asia, so how is the expansion of the colonies of our two Earls Shivela and Conded?If they only had Goa and Mysore, then our Emperor Chongzheng spent so much effort to develop the economy and produced a lot of cheap goods with nowhere to sell, it would be a bit like shooting mosquitoes with an anti-aircraft gun, embarrassing!

Fortunately, Shivela and Conded are still quite active in colonial expansion. After tasting the huge sweetness in Mysore, they directly entered a state of madness. Portugal has been ruled for more than 50 years. It can be said that they have been Now they have never tasted the real sweetness of colonization. Money, land, beauties, slaves, these things that only their predecessors or their predecessors could unscrupulously plunder, now they are also at their fingertips, how can all this not make them crazy.

No, just after repelling Aurangzeb's 20 army, they repaired a little and then began to advance south.

The south of Mysore is not the territory of the Mughal Empire. At this time, there are two indigenous kingdoms smaller than Mysore. The vassal states of the Mughal Empire, they only paid tribute to the Mughal Empire, and they were not included in the territory of the Mughal Empire.

Naturally, the Mughal Empire wouldn’t care about these two kingdoms, but they can’t care anymore if they want to. With the Ming Expeditionary Corps guarding Mysore and Aurangzeb’s silence, how dare they control these two small countries? matter.

Since these two kingdoms are weaker than Mysore, Shivela and Kundede decided to split up, Kundede went to fight the Kingdom of Ghatakang, and Shivela dealt with the Kingdom of Birjar.

To say that the strength of these two kingdoms is indeed not as good as Mysore, but they have learned the lessons of the Mysore Kingdom, and they chose to hide all the troops in the city, close the gates, and defend the city!

Now Shivira and Kong Dede are more uncomfortable. The explosive power of artillery in this period is not great, and the lethality is mainly by smashing. It is very difficult for people hiding on the city wall to hit them, and they do not know how to use barrage attacks. , I had no choice but to rush hard with my scalp covered, and the result can be imagined.

The fight must have been defeated. Both of these two indigenous kingdoms have only more than 2 indigenous troops. They can be said to be vulnerable to the [-] Portuguese troops equipped with advanced fuzzy guns. A certain amount of casualties were caused, and Shivela and Conded's troops both injured hundreds and killed dozens of people.

That's okay, Shivira and Conded were very angry. After breaking the city, they ordered everyone, regardless of princes and nobles or ordinary people, to be arrested and used as slaves. All gold, silver and treasures were robbed. , the capitals of the two kingdoms continued to suffer tragedies and howls.

Don't talk about savagery, the early colonists were so barbaric, they were considered civilized among the early colonists, in general this situation is definitely a massacre for the natives, maybe Shivela and Conded were both influenced by Ming Dynasty, Perhaps they thought it would be better to kill them than to catch them as slaves. In short, the lives of the people in the capitals of the two countries were saved.

It can be said that the luck of Shivela and Conded was not good this time. First, the tenacious resistance of the natives of the two countries made them distraught. In the end, the statistics of the robbery income made them almost crazy. To 100 million taels, what's even more hateful is that these two damn indigenous countries don't even have gold mines!

Although they seized two pieces of land about the size of the Mysore state kingdom, the direct income did not even reach a fraction of that of Mysore. How could this satisfy these two hungry wolves? What should we do?Naturally, continue to grab!
There is another country south of the Mughal Empire and east of the line of Mysore. Both Shivela and Conded can be sure that this country is definitely richer than the indigenous kingdom of Mysore, because its land area is almost 30 square meters km, and the population is nearly 300 million, so it's no wonder they're not rich!
However, this country is not an indigenous kingdom, but a feudal dynasty similar in nature to the Mughal Empire, and there are many troops, at least [-]. What is even more frightening is that the country's army is very powerful. After fighting for decades, the Mughal Empire has been helpless against them!

This country is the Qutb Shahi Dynasty, a feudal dynasty that only existed for more than 100 years in history. Although they were annexed by the Mughal Empire in the end, they did have more than [-] troops at this time. There is no way to take them.

Shivira and Kong Dede didn't want to fight such a country at the beginning. After all, it was a bit too powerful. Even if it could be defeated, it would definitely suffer heavy casualties.However, the Kingdom of Gundam Kang and the Kingdom of Birjar are too poor, and the little money they robbed is not enough to fill their teeth. With their desires hard to fill, they don't care whether the other party is strong or not, no matter how powerful they are, they will grab it!

2 people are not enough to attack the Qutb Shahi Dynasty, what should we do?Ask for help from the Ming Empire Expeditionary Force?It's good that someone can help you stand up to the army of the Mughal Empire, but if you ask someone to help you attack the colonies, even a thick-skinned person like Shivira can't say this.

Should we continue to buy weapons from Ming Dynasty and then continue to recruit troops from China?Kong Dede and Shivira did not have this idea. The recruited soldiers have to be paid, and buying weapons also costs a lot of money. Their investment is already large enough. If they continue to invest, the cost will be too high. After all Their immediate goal is the Qutb Shahi Dynasty, and it is not worthwhile to devote all their efforts.

then what should we do?In fact, there is still a way, and that is to send invitations to nearby Portuguese adventurers, asking them to attack the Qutb Shahi Dynasty together. If they are defeated, they will definitely pay dividends according to their heads, but it doesn’t matter, they all have 2 horses It definitely takes up the majority, and they will never throw away the allocated land, and they will have to leave people to garrison it. This is tantamount to strengthening the defense of the colony in a different direction, so why not do it.

What Conded and Shivela didn't expect was that after the invitation was sent out, almost all the Portuguese adventurers near the Indian Ocean came. After all, when Spain and Portugal 'divided the world', Portugal divided the Eastern Hemisphere, so Portugal near the Indian Ocean There are as many teams of adventurers as an ox hair, and tens of thousands of people gathered in the end!
This is not surprising. After all, Portugal also has a population of millions. In addition, the mainland is occupied by Spain, and those who have a way have come out to grab money. The 1 people are still small. In Brazil, the largest overseas colony of Portugal There are at least [-] Portuguese adventurers!
The reason why these adventurers all ran over was also thanks to Spain. Portugal has no regular army now, so these overseas adventurers have no support at all. They can only rely on their own strength to snatch the colony. If they are lucky, they may even meet a Rubbish indigenous countries, turn their faces directly into robbers, and if they are unlucky, they can only rent a small place along the coast to do business.Shi Weila was like this in Macau back then, would he still dare to be a bandit in a country as powerful as Ming Dynasty?Of course, he can only be a businessman honestly. If he hadn’t been lucky enough to meet Zhu Cijiong, who came through time and was ambitious to break into the great powers and compete with the great powers for the powerful monarch of the colony, then he would be a down-and-out noble in his life. up.

This was the fate of Shivela during the Chongzhen Dynasty. He was the governor of Macau for a few years in obscurity, started a small business, made a little money, and then returned to Portugal to die in obscurity.

Without the support of the country, these adventurers basically can only play the role of businessmen honestly, do a little business, and make a little money. Now suddenly a big boss summons them to become robbers and grab money. Of course, there are a lot of responders. Who wants to start a small business, how much money can be earned in a lifetime, and how quickly the money comes!
The 1 people is a little too much, but it is not beyond the tolerance of Kong Dede and Shi Weila. Since people are here, they can't be driven away, so let's rectify and prepare for the fight.

According to the statistics of Kong Dede and Shivira, not all of them have muskets, and some people use cold weapons, and only about half of them have muskets, and they are all matchlock guns. The speed and range of fire are similar to those in their hands. The flintlock guns are incomparable, but this is just right, if you have short hands, then go forward, and they can just save a few casualties.

These adventurers can't help it. They have also seen the guy in his hand. The rate of fire and the attack distance are indeed much better than theirs. If they don't rush forward, why should they let him rush forward?People invite them to come here for their help, not for them to follow behind to pick up cheap, if they dare to follow behind to pick up cheap, then they still want to share the money, what a fart for you!

With the addition of these 1 people, it is no problem to fight against the Qutb Shahi Dynasty. They have few muskets, but they still have a lot of armor. In Europe today, the smelting technology is so developed, you can’t afford a gun Still can't afford armor?
With these people in the front, the army of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty will be miserable. They are fighting in the field, and they are almost killed by muskets and artillery before they rush to them. It is useless to rush to them. Not a few, there were armored soldiers in front of them, and someone behind them stabbed randomly with a bayonet gun. Basically, they were stabbed into a hornet's nest before killing anyone.

The siege battle was even worse. When there were no melee infantry, Shivira and Conded had to let their soldiers climb the wall with muskets on their backs. After firing a shot, the muskets could only be used as short guns. possible.It's different now. With this group of people rushing forward, they follow behind to fire their guns and change bullets. They are very comfortable and will not cause any casualties at all.

Facing advanced muskets and cannons, and facing [-] wolf-like colonists, the Qutb Shahi dynasty did not last long. After more than a month, their capital Hyderabad was conquered.

After conquering such a large feudal dynasty, Shivira and Kong Dede naturally made a lot of money, and those adventurers also made a lot of money. After they had money, they all set their sights on the new flintlock gun.

Good stuff!I don't know where I bought it. If you can have such advanced weapons, is it difficult to grab a colony?

(End of this chapter)