The Mughal army suffered a crushing defeat at Agulla.
The coalition forces of the Ming and Indian vassals occupied Agula and obtained the key node to the Ganges River.
But it's a pity.
Agula suffered serious damage, and all the residents ran away. The entire city was still burning when Sun Shiyi led the army.
"It seems that it will take some time to recover, and to enter the Ganges, we need to rely on the inland river navy, and we have to transport shipbuilding materials all the way from the mountain road. I'm afraid it will take a lot of time."
Sun Shiyi frowned.
The counselor Pan Shien beside him smiled.
"Master, don't forget, why are we fighting life and death here in India? What does the emperor care about most?"
Sun Shiyi waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "What else does the emperor care about? What he cares about is the market here in India and control of the Indian coast."
Although the Ming Dynasty now has a large population, and with the improvement of infrastructure and the emergence of a large number of urban classes, the "domestic market" of the Ming Dynasty is very large.
But this is the case with industrialization, which naturally requires a large market.
otherwise
The first economic crisis of the Ming Dynasty came.
Before the overproduction of industrial products in the Ming Dynasty, the greatest concern of the Ming Dynasty was to seize as much of the densely populated areas as possible, dump the Ming Dynasty's industrial products, and provide a steady stream of raw materials for the Ming Dynasty's industrialization process.
Economic crises are bound to happen.
This is the fate of capitalism.
But Emperor Zhu did not want to encounter an economic crisis while the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty was still in full swing.
In fact, Emperor Zhu was a little dissatisfied with Sun Shiyi's choice to grow up obscenely in southern India.
His original idea was to hope that Sun Shiyi would land at the mouth of the Ganges River, and then attack directly northwest of the Ganges River King to occupy the Ganges River Basin - this place is not as densely populated as Jiangnan! And there are many old and wealthy Indian states.
They are really rich - the inheritance goes back a long time, some can be traced back for thousands of years, and they are very rich. Who knows how much gold is hidden in the warehouses of these rich people?
As everyone knows.
Indian people like to collect gold very much.
"You mean to write to the emperor and ask him to send troops to help?"
Sun Shiyi was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "How can a man as talented as the emperor come to this muddy pit of India by himself?"
"Instead of sending an army, we just asked the Indian Ocean Fleet to send small ironclad ships to control the Ganges waterway!"
Pan Shien said.
Early April 1796 AD.
A battle taking place in the south of the Mughal Empire decided the winner in a short period of time.
Tens of thousands of Qing Mo coalition troops were defeated near Akara.
According to the news coming out after the war.
The Mughal consul Wazir Ghazi's army collapsed, and his whereabouts were unknown during the collapse, and he was probably dead.
The last Green Cult warriors the Mughals could fight were wiped out.
And just when people in Delhi were panicking.
The Mughal ally, the army of the Western Qing Dynasty, led a large army and forcibly entered the empty city of Delhi.
After taking control of the Mughal emperors.
They looted the city, took away countless wealth, and left.
The entire Mughal Empire has ceased to exist in name only.
“The Mughals are dead?!”
At the Government House in Calcutta, Richard Wellesley was shocked when he received the news.
Originally, they were planning to join forces between the Western Qing Dynasty and the Mughals, but the Ming-Yin vassal army had to cross the plateau and had not many troops. This battle would take several months anyway.
Who admits it.
From the time when the two sides came into contact on March 22 to April 3, in just a dozen days, the tens of thousands of Mughal troops were gone.
What made the British Governor of India, Richard Wellesley, even more furious.
The Xiqing army was so shameless.
They didn't fire a single shot on the battlefield, and ran away first when they saw the situation was going badly.
Then he took advantage of the emptiness in Delhi and looted the city of Delhi!
That is to say
The Mughal Empire was not actually destroyed by the Ming army.
But it was destroyed by Xiqing!
This is shameless, unethical, and unethical.
The Britons were so angry.
It turns out that the people who have always done this kind of thing are British.
The results of it?
As a result, the Western Qing Dynasty, which was allied with Britain, turned out to be even more shameless! Not to mention martial arts!
"Your Majesty the Governor, now Agula has been occupied by the Ming people. They will use Agula as a starting point and expand along the Ganges River. Maybe not long after, they will conquer the city with all their strength."
"The army is approaching the city? Which city?"
"Of course Calcutta! My brother, by then you will be Britain's last Indian governor, and Britain will lose all its Indian colonies!" Arthur Wellesley said.
Britain will lose all its Indian colonies!
How terrible!
If this happens, his future will be ruined.
He will definitely become a joke, a sinner, and a laughingstock in British political circles.
This situation must never happen!
"What are we going to do now? To be honest, I don't trust the Qing people anymore. They are just a group of bandits and villains!"
Richard cursed fiercely.
Villains more hateful than the British are rare.
Arthur Wellesley shook his head and said: "These Qing people have all experienced the civil war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. Their fighting power may be stronger than we expected, and it is understandable that they will do this. of."
Is this understandable?
Understand their looting?
"My brother, wouldn't you be tempted in that situation? The Mughals are finished. If they don't take away the wealth of Delhi, the wealth of Delhi will fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty! These Wealth is much better in the hands of Qing people than in the hands of Ming people."
Arthur Wellesley spread his hands and said. He picked up the tea cup and continued to stare at the map of the Ganges River Basin with a frown.
But Richard Wellesley nodded when he heard this.
"That's right. The Mughals are over. It's natural for our allies to take away this wealth." He rolled his eyes and immediately called his attendants over and ordered: "Write a letter to the Governor of the Western Qing Dynasty, His Excellency Lebao. Said. Britain recognized the Qing’s right to rule the remaining territories of the Mughal Empire.”
"My brother, the Ming and Qing people are not that stupid. They will not abandon our territory in the Mughal Empire and fight for it." Arthur said.
Richard shrugged, "It's just a test, what if these Chinese are so greedy?"
"How's it going? Did you find a way?"
Richard Wellesley said.
Arthur raised his head when he heard this and said: "There is only one way!"
He pointed to Agura on the map.
"Concentrate all our forces and storm Agula to defeat the Ming people before they have a firm foothold!!"
(End of chapter)
