Since Gao pragmatically mentioned the topic of "imperial power has no eternity" and then discussed in detail why Akbar wanted to engage in sectarian tolerance, the three members of the Gao family wisely focused their attention on Focus on the current situation in India and be in tune with the head of the family.
This time, Gao Guoyan rarely interrupted: "I remember that when the Secretary-General was still there a few days ago, the Secretariat gave me a statement, which roughly explained the current financial system of the Mughal Empire in India... With all due respect, these Mongols have made almost no progress in hundreds of years."
"Oh, how do you say this?"
Gao pragmatically has been very busy recently, but he didn't know that Liu Xin had sent Gao Guoyan instructions about the financial system of the Mughal Empire when he was there. But he wasn't surprised, because the stall was now too big and he couldn't do many things himself.
For example, if the secretariat sends a note to Gao Guoyan, as long as the secretariat believes that the issue is a financial-related issue, it will send a note to Gao Guoyan, who is in charge of Jinghua's finances, without having to inform Gao Pragmatic himself separately. . Unless the Secretariat believes that this is a comprehensive issue of major importance, it needs to be reported to a high-level pragmatic decision.
As soon as Gao Guoyan heard Gao Pragmatic's words, he understood that this statement was sent to him alone to understand the situation in India, but Gao Pragmatic did not know about it. Therefore, Gao Guoyan simply explained: "That Chen roughly talked about some compiled information, and there were a few pieces of information that impressed me deeply.
For example, intelligence from the Ministry of Interior and the Secretariat showed that although the army controlled by Akbar was very large, there was no logistical organization. When the army marched, mobile workshops and shops would follow the military camp, and the army's supplies were provided by these huge markets that followed the army. "
Gao Pragmatic was stunned and frowned: "Is the news accurate?"
Gao Guoyan couldn't answer this question and turned to look at Gao Qi. Gao Qi immediately nodded and said: "Don't worry, fourth uncle, the news is true. This information was obtained by our agents among the Nanyang merchants. They have all been traveling in Nanyang as merchants all year round. In recent years, they have been sent to India. He also went deep into the interior of India to find out a lot of news.
According to Fourth Uncle's past requests, these information did not come from a single source, but were accepted and recognized by the Secretariat after several or more pieces of information were mutually verified, so we can completely believe that it is accurate. "
"Very good, you did a good job." Gao Pragmatic praised first, and then said thoughtfully: "If this is the case, it can be seen that these armies of Mongolian descent have quickly become Indianized since they entered India. In other words, although they are now It is still in the expansion period, but its actual combat effectiveness must have declined."
None of the three of them knew what Gao Pragmatic meant by the Indianization of the Mongolian army, and why "the actual combat effectiveness must have declined" once it was Indianized. But in any case, his reaction meant that he basically agreed with Gao Guoyan. View. Of course, the focus of the two people is obviously different.
Gao Guoyan said: "Although I don't understand military affairs, one thing you can imagine is that when an army like this goes into battle, at least it cannot be as fast as it can be. It can only push forward all the way."
Gao Pingshi raised his eyebrows slightly and chuckled: "Actually, I quite like pushing flat all the way."
When he said this, Gao Guoyan couldn't help but be speechless. Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic laughed and added: "However, there is a prerequisite for pushing forward all the way, and that is - our side has a crushing victory over the enemy in terms of military strength and logistical support.
In this case, pushing all the way is the safest way of playing. The essence is to force the opponent to compete with you, and relying on your strong national strength, you can naturally win the battle without any suspense. "
Gao Guoyan nodded and said: "What you mean is that the Mughals now have a crushing strength advantage over other small countries in India, so they abandoned the original Mongolian style of play and began to rely on national strength to equalize Pushed?"
"Of course. This is exactly why Akbar wanted to integrate sects - otherwise, he would not be able to take advantage of the power that this new empire could provide him."
Gao Pragmatic nodded in approval, but quickly smiled and said: "But on the other hand, if Akbar has become accustomed to this fighting method, but forgets the Mongolian fighting methods of his grandfather's era, it will be a big problem for us. So happy."
"Why?" Gao Guoyan was a little confused: "Didn't you just say that you also like to push all the way? If we push all the way, it means we are fighting from southern Xinjiang to India. From a logistical point of view, this is a long way. It would be more advantageous for them to fight on their own."
It is true that fighting is not Gao Guoyan's major, but he has been in charge of finances over the years. He knows very well how much money Jinghua has spent on previous battles, and the financial and logistical pressure each battle has endured, so he said it as soon as he opened his mouth. Logistical considerations.
However, Gao Pingshi just smiled and seemed not to answer the question personally. Instead, he turned his attention to Huang Zhiting, who had not spoken for a long time.
Huang Zhiting felt Gao Zhiting's pragmatic eyes and knew that the master wanted to answer by himself, so she smiled slightly and said: "Three uncles don't know something. The master's command of the army may be said to be 90% right and 100% strange. If you want me to command this A battle would probably require a long period of preparation in southern Xinjiang, and then it would be overwhelmingly overwhelming, forcing Akbar to personally lead the main force of the army to an execution somewhere in the Ganges Plain, and then the outcome would be decided in one battle.
However, the person directing this battle now is not the master, but the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General’s two most famous battles in the early years must have been remembered by Uncle San: One time when I was leading troops to fight against Naresuan, the Secretary-General led a surprise force to the rear of Naresuan’s headquarters. The head and tail of the army could not care about each other, so they were defeated and killed, and Siam was settled.
Another time, she sent troops to the east of Siam to suppress the rebellion. She first moved south, but then borrowed the power of the Nanyang Fleet to go straight to the east of Siam by sea. The magic soldiers descended on the thieves' nest from the sky and defeated them in one go.
It can be seen that the secretary-general's use of troops is different from that of the master. She prefers to use speed and terrain to defeat the enemy by launching a sudden attack on the enemy's main force. Therefore, if Akbar... or in other words, the Mughal Empire's army is marching in such a drag-and-talk manner, then it may be full of flaws for the Secretary-General, which is suitable for her to show off her strengths. "
"Oh, that's it..." Gao Guoyan nodded repeatedly, and then said happily: "If that's the case, I'll be much more relaxed. I hope Yuan'er and the Secretary-General can save me some time this time, hahahaha!"
Everyone laughed. After Gao Pingshi smiled, he said: "Don't think so far ahead. Didn't you just say that Akbar went to the Deccan Plateau to conquer the south. It's hard to say whether Bangladesh will send troops or not."
These words silenced everyone, but Gao Qishang noticed that Gao Qi seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he asked, "If Yu Fu has something to say, just say it."
"Yes, Fourth Uncle." Gao Qi responded: "Actually, if we want Bangladesh to send troops, we still have a way."
Gao Pingshi's heart moved, thinking that as Gao Qi was the intelligence secretary, the methods he would subconsciously think of might be related to intelligence first, so...
"You mean to reveal some false information to Prince Daniyar?" Gao pragmatically asked.
"My fourth uncle is wise, and this is exactly what my nephew means!" Gao Qi saw Gao Pragmatic and thought of this. He suddenly became more confident and said with high spirits: "Now we have a lot of detailed works in India, and almost all of them are They have different official statuses, and most of them are businessmen. Some of these people have become local celebrities in Bangladesh. Although they are not top-notch, they can still talk to many powerful people.
Since he had such a foundation, the nephew thought he could make use of it. For example, we can first 'help' the Kingdom of Arakan, proving that the southern Xinjiang troops will not stop at Arakan, but will definitely continue to move westward, directly to Dhaka [Note: Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh at this time ], and then occupied the entire Bengal region.
We can even spread the news further, saying that the reason why Southern Xinjiang wants to capture the entire Bangladesh is because Bangladesh is located on the plain where the Ganges River meets the sea, which has the advantage of agriculture and food. At the same time, the network of rivers is crisscrossed, making it convenient for our navy in southern Xinjiang to assist in defense.
Once Bangladesh is captured, it will be our bridgehead from southern Xinjiang into India. Using this as a base to plot India is just like how my fourth uncle used Annan as a base to peek into southern Xinjiang. If the situation is unfavorable and I have food and danger, I can safely defend it; if the situation is favorable and I have food and soldiers, I will naturally send my troops to the west!
When such news spreads, Nadaniyar, if he is still a little alert, will definitely feel deeply uneasy, and then seriously consider whether to accept Arakan's request for help, and take the initiative to send troops to Arakan to attack our army outside his jurisdiction.
At this point, the nephew thought that the only thing Danial had to worry about was one thing: military strength. To put it more clearly, he is worried that our army has too many troops, and because his father Akbar's expedition to the south of the Deccan must have taken away part of the Bengal garrison, he is worried that there will be insufficient troops when he takes the initiative to send troops.
However, my nephew thought it would be easy to handle now, so he resorted to the old method of spreading false news locally, saying that our troops in southern Xinjiang were not large..."
"Eh?" Gao Wuzheng said in surprise: "Yu, wait a minute. Just now you said that we would use our army to march into Dhaka to intimidate Daniyar, so that he would have to consider sending troops abroad. Now you are saying that you want to publicize the lack of strength of our army. More...isn’t this contradictory? If our army does not have many troops, how can we be so confident and say that we are going to march into Dhaka? If our army really wants to march into Dhaka, how can we say that our army does not have many troops?"
Gao Qi smiled and said: "Uncle Eleven, this is easy to handle. Our army's long-term goal is to march into Dhaka, which is no problem, but our army is not necessarily going to Dhaka from the beginning! Our' The goal may be to capture Arakan first, and then wait and see the situation. If you feel that the defense of Bengal is empty, mobilize a large army to seize it in one fell swoop; if you feel that the city of Bengal is strong and well-armed, then stop rushing into troops first and instead hoard food and grass in Arakan. Baggage, prepare to attack again next year... Doesn’t this make sense?”
Gao Wuzheng felt that it made sense and nodded: "Well, in this case... it is feasible. If I were Daniyar, I would think about it carefully when I heard such a plan. Then, as you said, As long as you are still a little alert, you can't ignore it, you have to react.
Either, take the initiative to send troops, take advantage of the fact that our army in Arakan only has a small number of elites, and the foothold is not stable, and go to fight first, it is best to give Southern Xinjiang a show of strength; or, then he can only report to his father immediately Akbar, please ask his father to stop the southern expedition immediately and transfer the main force eastward to Bangladesh to prepare to meet our southern Xinjiang army. "
When he said this, he paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Then there is only one problem now: what if Daniyar is a coward, even if you tell him all the news, he will still believe it in the end. I decided to only report to Akbar but refused to send troops myself, then... what should I do?"
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand at this time and said: "Then we should analyze the current situation Danial is facing to judge what choice he will make when faced with this news."
Facing Gao Qi, Gao Wuzheng, as an uncle and elder, could question him at any time, but it was different when facing Gao Pangshi. He could only lower his head slightly and said: "Brother, please give me some advice."
Gao pragmatically said: "As far as we know, Akbar has three sons. The eldest son, Salim, is currently in the rear; the second son, Murad, the current intelligence has not stated his whereabouts, but from my point of view, since he is Ah Akbar’s beloved son should be among Akbar’s southern army at this moment; his third son Daniyar is currently the Governor of Bengal and is based in Dhaka.”
After a pause, he continued: "Judging from this arrangement, Akbar has his own purpose. Leaving Salim behind seems a bit like a prince supervising the country, but in fact it is not. In fact, it cuts off Salim. The direct connection between Lim and the generals in the army is to suppress Salim's expansion of power.
The second son Murad was brought with him. On the one hand, Akbar hoped that he would achieve military success and cultivate his reputation; on the other hand, he also hoped that he could have a good relationship with the senior generals in the army and cultivate his own power.
As for Daniyar, we still don’t know where he stands in the matter of inheriting the throne - I mean, does Daniyar side with his eldest brother Salim, or with his second brother Murad? On the other hand, even... it is possible that he seems to be neutral, but actually wants to wait for a snipe and a clam to compete for the fishermen's profit? "
Gao Wuzheng saw that Gao Pingshi stopped talking at this point and couldn't help but said: "This situation... always reminds me of the relationship between the three brothers Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji in the early Tang Dynasty. However, currently, Mulla I'm afraid De doesn't have the same military merit and prestige as Li Shimin, right? As for power, I think the gap should be even greater."
Gao Qi thought thoughtfully and said: "Based on the information currently available, Daniyar seems more likely to want to choose the third possibility that my fourth uncle just mentioned."
"How do you say this?" Gao Wuzheng asked immediately.
Gao Qi replied: "One thing proves that this man was appointed governor of Bengal. He took the initiative to invite his father Akbar."
When he said this, Gao Pragmatic laughed and said, "Then there is no need to worry too much. After hearing those false news, he will definitely send troops to Arakan."
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