March 22, 1796 AD.
early morning.
The sun shines on the Indian subcontinent from south to north, and the continent beneath the majestic plateaus is the same as at all times in history.
Chaos, disorder.
Foreign invaders come and go.
After you sing, I will appear.
But the situation is different now.
This time it was three forces that invaded this land at the same time.
They are the Ming, Qing and British kingdoms.
And among these three parties.
Although the coalition forces of the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty are not the largest in strength, the Ming Empire behind them is so huge and powerful, and the key is that it is still so close to this area.
They could easily obtain supplies and even military reinforcements through the Indian Ocean, which was controlled by the Ming Empire. In fact, the mainstream of immigrants during the Ming Dynasty was to create the Northeast and Southeast Asia.
But going to India is actually a way.
The coalition of Indian princes in the Ming Dynasty were the local snakes of the major sects in the two rivers. They made a fortune in India, so they naturally wanted to return to their hometowns to kill people.
Moreover, the boat tickets are free, and the people recruited are also going to India to become masters.
If it wasn't really too far away and my ability to reach far was limited, I might have been scrambled to become a master in India.
Of course.
The princes also know it.
There can't be too many masters.
Although India is a place where untouchables are everywhere.
But when there are too many masters, there are not enough untouchables.
Therefore, recruiting people has to be difficult, and it is impossible to absorb the excess population of the Ming and Han Dynasty on a large scale like Nanyang and Northeast China.
But even so.
The Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty are still the strongest forces in this "Indian Three Kingdoms Killing".
As for the Qing and British forces, they had to help Mughal Cao Cao Wazir Gazi resist the Ming Dynasty's coalition of Indian princes, just like Sun and Liu of the Three Kingdoms united against Cao Cao.
"This place doesn't look like Chibi either."
Delengtai led the troops to first occupy the hills on both sides of the valley.
But when you see this and the terrain.
He frowned.
There is no iron chain across the river, and there is no possibility of east wind blowing. The Ming army is also infantry, so it is impossible to board the ship.
What a fucking battle in Chibi.
"Master, do we really want to fight Ming Gouzi here? If the British don't come, the Mughals may not be able to withstand it, and the British won't have the idea of consuming us, right?"
Next to Delengtai was a Han general who joined the banner, named Zeng Sheng. He participated in Qianlong's Coat Army. He followed Lebao all the way to the Western Regions, and now he has arrived in India. He joined the banner and divided a lot of money. Indian coating.
And the territory in the Indus Valley is very good.
Xinqi like Zeng Sheng really doesn't want to continue fighting against Ming Dynasty.
Hatred of country and family?
What kind of hatred can they have against the country and the family?
If not all the bannermen were almost dead, could they be allowed to carry the flag?
Back then, I even had to fight for a spot as a wrapper.
Delengtai shook his head and said: "Zeng Sheng, if the people on the other side were Emperor Zhu's regular Ming army, I would not fight them, but they are Ming Gouzi's vassal army. These vassal armies are going to be in India." If we don't fight with those who compete for food, all the glory and wealth will be in vain."
Delengtai knew that many of the New Bannermen under his command were war-weary, especially when they heard that they were fighting against the Ming Dynasty.
There was nothing he could do about it.
Who made the Qing Dynasty disappear now?
If you want the people under your command to work hard, there must be benefits.
Distribution of land.
The coating needs to be given.
Indian women also have to choose whatever they want.
Only in this way can we win over people.
otherwise.
These 300,000 people are the Lebao Group that colonizes the Han people in the Western Regions. I am afraid that they will fall apart if they don't need others to fight against them.
Right now.
Sparse gunshots echoed in the valley.
"The Ming Dog is here!" Delengtai took a deep breath.
"Kill!!"
The horses' hooves were on the ground, and a group of dragoons charged forward on horseback. They were wearing black military uniforms trimmed with red, and the flag they held was the Great Ming Riyue Flag in the upper left corner, with a dragon and phoenix written in the middle of the Chinese character "英".
This is the vassal army of the Ming Dynasty Ying Fan.
The British Duke of the Ming Dynasty was sitting on an Indian folding horse, holding a telescope and staring at the battle situation in the distance.
The low hills on both sides of the valley have been occupied by the Qingmo coalition forces who arrived in advance.
But it seems that there was no time to build fortifications.
There are no trees on these hills, and even the grass is sparse.
This is the northwestern edge of the Deccan Plateau.
The Deccan Plateau is located in the central and southern parts of the South Asian subcontinent. Its landscape is completely different from the plains in the Ganges and Indus river basins. The plateau is covered with basalt rocks. There are no tall trees. The main plants are shrubs and grasslands.
On the bare hills.
The troops of the Qing Mo coalition could see clearly.
On the left are troops dressed in white or black. The formation is a bit messy and the equipment is also messy.
Flintlock muskets, shotguns, muskets, bows and arrows, and artillery are all crudely made front-loaded short-barreled cannons.
On the other side is Le Bao's army.
What surprised Sun Shiyi.
The Western Qing army was actually very well-equipped.
They were all flintlock muskets, and hundreds of long-barreled artillery pieces.
In addition, there were vague cavalry activities not far away.
Sun Shiyi made a rough estimate.
The total strength of the Qing-Mo Allied Forces is approximately 50,000.
Even if they hide an ambush on the reverse slope of the hill.
The maximum number of troops will not exceed 70,000.
not to mention.
Most of these troops were weak Mughal soldiers.
The strongest Mughals were probably the Uzbek cavalry mercenaries hidden in the hills.
And next to Sun Shiyi.
The troops of Ying Fan and Wu Fan in the brigade are being repaired.
According to the Indian enfeoffment plan.
The Ganges Plain is the fertile land of the South Asian subcontinent.
so.
Whoever wants the territory of the Ganges Plain will have to fight to the death.
Ying Fan and Wu Fan were the two strongest vassals and had the highest status, so they did not want territory in the south.
In addition to the plateau, the south consists of sparse coastal plains.
Too thin.
How can it be compared with the Ganges plain.
Therefore, the main force of this offensive against the Ganges Plain was the troops of Ying Fan and Wu Fan.
This time the British Empire planned to dispatch 10,000 capital, plus 20,000 Indian indigenous soldiers.
Wu Fan is also preparing to dispatch so many troops.
Form an army of 60,000.
The first arrivals now are one Chinese brigade from each of the two vassals and two Indian indigenous brigades.
Now after arriving, both Chinese and Indians are a little tired.
Resting and recuperating.
After the large group of people arrived.
The sentries from both sides were already in contact on the front line.
Muskets fired at each other, and the light cavalry continued to charge and kill.
The battlefield was very lively.
However, the casualties were not large.
Both sides are testing each other.
When Sun Shiyi heard that Lebao led 300,000 people from the Western Regions into northwest India, his jaw dropped. When could the Eight Banners be so able to escape?
This is a journey of several thousand miles.
More than 300,000 people have traveled this far.
This fighting power cannot be underestimated.
"My lord, how are you? Have you paid attention?"
At this time, it was Wu Hou Qian Dazhao who rode over.
Sun Shiyi smiled: "But a group of rabble is no match for us. The only trouble is that they occupy a favorable terrain and are condescending. It is estimated that they will not be able to come down from the mountain."
"It's natural."
The sound of horse hooves came.
It turned out that Yang Yuchun, chief of staff of the Allied Forces Staff Department, and his deputy Yang Fang came on horseback.
"The Duke of the State and the Marquis of Wu can now dispatch a large number of skirmishers and push the enemy back!!"
Yang Yuchun is now a marquis, but he has no capital and cannot establish a vassal in India. He can only help fight the war. Moreover, his leading troops in India can be regarded as military merit. He will definitely be of great use when he returns to the Ming Dynasty in the future.
"Attack now?" Sun Shiyi was stunned. His army was still being repaired.
"From which direction?"
"Center! Feint attack on the left, and arrange artillery bombardment on the right. Concentrate all the musketeers to the center, and the artillery to the right. Just send an indigenous brigade to the left to play musketry with them. Use Indians in the front row of the center. The brigade fired muskets at them, covered the Chinese brigade to the front of the formation, and then directly launched a bayonet assault to block their cavalry in the valley!"
"What?" Sun Shiyi and Qian Dazhao were stunned. This was too risky.
Sun Shiyi frowned: "Yang Hou, is this too risky? There is an Indian brigade on the left. I'm afraid they won't be able to suppress them if they rush down."
Yang Yuchun sneered and said: "My lord, you think too highly of those Eight Banners soldiers. Not to mention that they are lost dogs now. Even in Beijing, they are not the ones who dare to fight with us on the bayonet. Moreover, the Qing-Mo coalition forces, They are not all eating well, I am afraid they are all thinking of conserving their strength and consuming the friendly forces. The British have not arrived yet, so they are just thinking of letting the Eight Banners attack first."
"The key to this battle is the middle route. Defeat the enemy in front of you, then you can reach Agoura City. If you capture Agoura City, everyone will be alive!"
Sun Shiyi nodded slightly.
"Let Ayu's brigade go to the left!"
Ayu is his top Indian general and the most capable Indian brigade.
The main reason is that the hard-core people in this brigade do not look like locals from India. Instead, they look like they come from Myanmar. There is a difference in appearance from the Chinese, but the difference is not big.
So it can still scare people.
At least from afar.
The yellow soldier Asan of this brigade looks like a real Ming army
"Deploy another Chinese brigade to guard the artillery position on the right. Place three Indian greens and one Chinese brigade in the middle. A total of 20,000 muskets!"
Yang Yuchun burst out laughing.
"Fifteen thousand flintlock muskets and five thousand rifled muskets. I want to see who among the Xiqing and Mughals is willing to come forward and die first."
Fergana Basin.
Zhenxicheng, Pingxi Palace.
Two flies flew past the gate tower of Zhenxi City, looking down from a high altitude.
Zhenxicheng is located in the center of the basin, with two rivers winding through it, like a jade belt, leading to a long and narrow valley plain. It is truly the most excellent place for farming.
Standing on the tower of Pingxi Prince's Mansion, leaning on the railing and overlooking the distance.
In the distance of the endless plain is the Gobi Desert, which is covered with yellow sand.
Qi Lin, the Pingxi King of the Ming Dynasty, looked at a group of camels coming from the Western Region Province, with a slight movement in the corner of his eyes.
Now the King of Pingxi has completely withdrawn from the Central Plains and Han Dynasty and came to the Fernanna Basin promised by Emperor Zhu to make it home.
Because Lebao's army was raging in Central Asia, especially the fertile Fergana Basin was completely plundered.
The people have almost disappeared, and there is not much indigenous population at all.
Therefore, the Pingxi Fan, which has more than 500,000 soldiers and civilians under its command, wants to thrive in the Fergana Basin and control such a large territory. The population is indeed a bit small.
Fortunately, the current population structure of Pingxi Fan is very young, and they are all men and women in their prime of life - it is impossible for the elderly to follow them and travel thousands of miles.
And what gives Qi Lin the most headache now.
There are too many men and too few women.
If we don’t solve the problem of Yang’s prosperity and Yin’s decline.
This generation of Pingxi clan men are getting old. Whether they can hold on to this rich basin in the future is a big problem.
so.
For Qi Lin, when he arrived in the Fergana Basin, he established the Pingxi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty.
It’s far from the time to lie down.
Woman, woman, woman!
This is the most worrying issue for Qi Lin and the top leaders of Xifan.
Without enough wombs, how can one give birth to enough children? The men of the Pingxi clan who will succeed this generation in ten or twenty years will guard this basic base that can allow their descendants to reproduce for generations to come.
"Your Majesty, there is going to be a war in India in the south. We might as well go and get in touch with Lebao." Zhang Hanchao suggested, standing next to Qi Lin.
"Contact with Lebao?!" Qi Lin was surprised. "Is it possible?"
Le Bao is a remnant of the Qing Dynasty. If he comes into contact with Le Bao, the court may find out.
"No, how can the imperial court care about things thousands of miles away? Moreover, we are not in alliance with Lebao. I heard that the territory Lebao occupies is densely populated and there must be many women. We can trade with him and exchange camels and war horses. Woman!" Zhang Hanchao said.
"There are white and black Indian women, but in fact the black ones are not particularly black. If they are of the same race as our people, I am afraid that after a few generations, they will be no different from the Han people, not to mention whether they are Han people or not. See if you can learn Chinese and write Chinese characters." Zhang Hanchao said.
"This place is too rich. Our generation can hold it. If the population of the next generation is not large enough, we may not be able to hold it. There have been so many ethnic groups that have occupied this place in history, but not many can occupy it for a long time. We are now carrying Rely on the Ming Dynasty, and as long as the Ming Dynasty continues to decline, we can occupy this place for a long time! This is a territory that can be passed down to generations of descendants. What our generation has to do is to have babies, and work hard to have babies!"
Zhang Hanchao knew very well that to occupy the Fergana Basin for a long time, the most basic thing is to have a large enough population to withstand threats from all directions.
"And if our population is large enough, we can continue to expand westward!"
Zhang Hanchao said.
"Expanding westward? What's to the west?"
"Although most of places like Persia and Arabia are deserts, they can still breed a lot of people along a few large rivers."
Zhang Hanchao is now thinking about going to the Middle East to farm.
but.
After more than a hundred years.
After Pingxi Fan occupied most of the oil-producing areas, the people of Pingxi became extremely wealthy.
later generations.
Describe a person who is rich.
They all say "as rich as a rich man in Pingxi".
(End of chapter)
