Daming Military Empire

Chapter 391 Attacking Goa
It is said that the Mughal Empire was in chaos because of the food crisis. Will they be collapsed by the peasant uprising like the Ming Dynasty in the Chongzhen Dynasty?
This is naturally impossible. As mentioned earlier, Shah Jahan’s reign was the most powerful period of the Mughal Empire, and the number of troops reached a terrifying [-]. It is natural to deal with small rioters.

At the beginning of the turmoil, the peasant uprising had not yet formed a large scale, and it was easy to extinguish it. Shah Jahan just sent the third prince Aurangzeb to lead 20 ordinary troops to sweep across the way, and almost cleaned up the rioters everywhere. It seems that this turmoil is not enough to shake the rule of the Mughal Empire.

Everyone may be wondering, why is the third prince Aurangzeb always leading the army?

Here we have to talk about the administrative system of the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire followed the management method of the Mongolian tribes to a certain extent, and implemented paramilitary management. The officials of the entire empire were divided into 33 levels. Government officials who serve in military service have a rank, that is, Mansab, and the officials who get this rank are called Mansabdar. "However, there is one point that the rank of more than [-] is limited to members of the royal family.

That is to say, apart from Shah Jahan, there are only a few princes who can be the commander in chief. Shah Jahan's favorite is his eldest son Dara Shik, and the main force is usually composed of him. Or the commander-in-chief Dara Shik, and among the other princes, only Aurangzeb has the most military talent, so the general army has more than [-] troops, and the commander is basically Aurangzeb.

There is no big problem with this system itself. Anyway, those above the commander-in-chief are all members of the royal family. A bloody struggle for imperial power.

For example, Aurangzeb killed all his brothers in history, put his father Shah Jahan under house arrest, proclaimed himself Khan, and ascended to the throne, but now Aurangzeb has almost no hope of competing for the Khan throne. The empire rose strongly because of Zhu Cijiong's arrival, and it has already pointed the finger at the Mughal Empire. Whether this sweat can survive is a question, so why fight for it.

Of course, these are all things for later, let’s skip them for the time being. It is said that Shah Jahan sent the third prince Aurangzeb to lead an army of 20 to sweep all the way. Seeing that the turmoil was about to be settled, a huge crisis came quietly Fighting and fighting, Shah Jahan found that the army's food and grass were almost unsustainable!
It's also the fault of these lords and nobles in power, including himself, who are too greedy for money. They desperately searched, desperately searched, and sold almost all the food that could be found. Now come to collect Where to collect military rations?

Of course, Shah Jahan was not a fool. The main reason why he didn’t care about the food issue at the beginning was that the Mughal Empire hadn’t been blocked yet, so he couldn’t prove that he could buy food. Are you afraid you won't be able to buy it?But now that he has money, he really can't buy food!
The Netherlands, Britain and France could indeed mobilize a lot of grain to sell to him, but the sea route had been blocked by the Ming Empire, and merchant ships from the Netherlands, Britain and France could never reach the Mughal Empire, so he had no hope of buying grain from the sea.

The sea route is impassable, so come by land, but, looking around, he really has nowhere to buy food!

To the south are Goa and Mysore occupied by Portugal and Ming Dynasty. It is a dream to want them to sell grain. Zhu Cijiong wants to cut off his grain, so how could he sell it to him.

Also don’t think about the east side, the Bengal province of the Mughal Empire is further east to the Donghu Empire, which is already the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to sell grain to them.

Don't even think about it in the west, it's the Persian Empire that has been fighting with them for decades, it's already good if you don't come and beat them up, and sell them grain, don't even dream of doing it.

As for the north, under the conditions at that time, the high mountains with a height of several thousand meters were an insurmountable moat, and people could not cross it, unless it was a god.

The way to buy food in the southeast and northwest, including by sea, has been cut off. What should we do?

Shah Jahan didn't despair, he set his goal in the south, of course, he didn't want to buy food from Portugal and the Ming Empire, but went directly to grab it!

The city of Goa is full of grain, which he knew a few months ago. He also knew that almost all the grain of the Mughal Empire was bought by Portugal and the Ming Empire, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time. What's the matter, since he ascended the Khan throne, the Mughal Empire has not been short of it. They made it clear that they wanted to give him money, so why did he refuse?
The reason why he never attacked Goa and Mysore was not that he was afraid of Portugal and the Ming Empire. He believed that the troops stationed in Goa and Mysore could still be defeated by the main force of the Mughal Empire. , However, that would have to pay a huge price. In order to recover the three insignificant states, they would maim their main force, as long as they were not fools, they would not do so.

He has been waiting for the opportunity, maybe Portugal and the Ming Empire will have conflicts because of the distribution of interests, maybe the Ming Empire will rob Portugal’s colonies in turn, maybe the Ming Empire’s troops will withdraw suddenly, etc., these are all possible, as long as Goa If there is an abnormal situation with Mysore, he will rush forward without hesitation and overthrow both Portugal and the Ming Empire. At that time, he will not suffer heavy losses.

Of course, this is all because he doesn't know how strong the relationship between the Ming Empire and Portugal is. If he knows that both countries are good, he won't be delusional.

However, now, no matter what he thinks, he has to attack Goa, because the food crisis is imminent. The food of 60 troops is not a small amount. He couldn't let him think about the serious problem.

At this time, the secret agent of Mysore sent a piece of great news. The army of the Ming Empire actually retreated. Not a single one was left. Now there are only one or two thousand Portuguese defenders left in Mysore!

Soon, news came from Goa Port that all the troops of the Ming Empire were indeed taken away by warships, not one left!
Then there is nothing to hesitate. Taking Goa not only solves the food crisis, but in turn, taking Mysore, Dakan and Birjar will unify the entire South Asian subcontinent. This is the emperor of the Mughal Empire Great work that has never been done!
Therefore, Shah Jahan ordered the eldest prince Dara Shik to lead an army of 20 to go straight to Goa without hesitation!

(End of this chapter)