As soon as he finished speaking, the hall suddenly became quiet, and no one spoke.
Dongwu is so far away from the core area of the Mughal Empire. If you lead the army there to fight the Ming army, you cannot bring too many troops, otherwise the logistics will not be able to keep up.
But if the number of troops is not large, and the Ming army is not good at fighting, otherwise it will not be able to destroy Dongwu, then a very real question is, can the Ming army be defeated?
If you can't defeat the Ming army, will you be able to reap any good fruits even if you come back, not to mention dying on the battlefield?
No one is stupid. This matter is too difficult. If you don't do it well, you are more likely to be scolded and punished! Who is stupid enough to take this job?
Shah Jahan saw that no one responded. How could he not know what they were worried about?
Just when he was about to get angry, a voice suddenly sounded: "Father Khan, my son is willing to lead troops to Dongwu to teach the Ming Dynasty a lesson!"
Shah Jahan was overjoyed when he heard the sound. When he heard the sound, he looked around and found that it was his third son Aurangzeb. The joy disappeared immediately and he ignored him. He glanced at other people, such as his second son Son, and his trusted generals. What he hoped even more was that some of them would come forward.
The reason why he disliked Aurangzeb was that Shah Jahan saw his own shadow in Aurangzeb. When he himself was still young, he launched an army to rebel and wanted to seize the throne of his father Khan.
Now, since Aurangzeb grew up, he has also shown a desire for military power. The ambition revealed in him made Shah Jahan uneasy. If possible, he didn't want to be in danger.
But at this time, he looked around and found that no one could stand up to accept this decree, which made him very disappointed. In his heart, he had to admit that this matter was not easy to handle!
So, he turned his eyes to Aurangzeb again and saw that he was standing there respectfully with his head lowered, still maintaining the previous posture. He frowned and then thought, maybe this difficult errand should really be done by his son who likes to fight.
Shah Jahan certainly did not want the troops sent out to add military merit to the Ming army. Now that we have sent out, we must win! He also admitted in his heart that Aurangzeb had a talent for war. If he goes, it will be more likely to be done. Of course, the most important thing is that now he is the only one asking for a fight!
Thinking of this, Shah Jahan no longer hesitated. Otherwise, if he waited any longer, the other ministers would still not respond and he would be embarrassed!
So, Shah Jahan looked at Aurangzeb and said: "Okay, I will leave this matter to you, and I can feel more at ease."
Aurangzeb lowered his head, with a hint of ridicule in the corners of his eyes. He had already expected what his father Khan was thinking and doing just now, that something like this would happen, and his power was nothing more than that!
This thought flashed through his mind, and the trace of ridicule in the corner of his eyes disappeared, and then he immediately responded: "Father Khan, if we don't have many troops, but we can promote the reputation of our Mughal Empire, we still need Father Khan." It would be better to send an additional guard army to my son!"
The army of the Mughal Empire usually consisted of four major parts, namely light infantry, war elephants, artillery and cavalry.
Among these arms, cavalry has always occupied a dominant position. In the first, second and third battles of Panitni, the cavalry acted as a decisive force and rewrote Indian history.
The cavalry of the Mughal Empire was composed of city cavalry, feudal cavalry and guard knights. The former two are troops provided by the local government, while the latter are elite warriors supported by the national treasury.
At this time, what Aurangzeb took the opportunity to ask for was the most elite imperial cavalry of the Mughal Empire.
In normal times, others would definitely not be able to covet the imperial cavalry directly under the emperor. But at this time, Shah Jahan requested to use a small force to expedition to Dongwu and defeat the powerful Ming army. It was reasonable for Aurangzeb to ask for the elite cavalry of the Imperial Guard.
Although Shah Jahan's first reaction upon hearing this request was anger. However, he is still a rational monarch after all. After thinking about it for a moment, I didn’t think I could refute Aurangzeb’s request. Otherwise, after this matter spread, others would think that he would be afraid of his son.
With this in mind, Shah Jahan agreed and decided to send a group of his trusted Guards Cavalry to Aurangzeb. As soon as the battle is over, the Imperial Guard cavalry will be brought back immediately, and the matter will be over.
After the discussion came to a halt, the eldest prince Darashiko and the third prince Aurangzeb were busy going about their business. Shah Jahan himself, on the other hand, focused his attention on the Taj Mahal.
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At this time, the British colonists helped the Persian Empire, that is, the Safavid dynasty, drive away the Portuguese, thereby gaining the commercial rights of the Persian Empire and gaining huge benefits. This success made the British colonists even more ambitious and expanded further eastward.
However, unlike the Safavids, the Mughal Empire was in the process of rising national power, and there were no foreign enemies in the coastal areas. There was no excuse for the Safavids to intervene in the Mughal Empire by helping to expel the Portuguese. . All they could do was to obediently use silver bullets to attack, trying to bribe the important officials of the Mughal Empire to gain a foothold, but with little success.
Just when he was worried, he received an invitation from Darashiko, the great prince of the Mughal Empire, to discuss business matters together. For the British colonists, this news was as sleepy as a pillow. It couldn't be better!
So, without saying a word, a high-profile delegation was invited to meet with Dara Shiko.
The British colonists actually had expectations that the Mughal Empire would make some demands. What surprised them was that they were not asked to fight Portugal, but the army of the Ming Empire in the Far East. This surprised them.
At this time, the British colonists had not yet developed their power into the Far East. Although they had cooperated with the Dutch and expelled the Portuguese together, this was just cooperation, and it was not as good as wearing a pair of trousers.
The Dutch were expelled from Nanyang by the Ming army. This was not a glorious thing in itself. Of course, the Dutch would not publicize this matter everywhere. Moreover, in this era, communication is very backward, and information is even less developed. For the British, they probably heard about the alliance between the Portuguese and the Ming Dynasty, but there was no more news.
In their impression, the empires in the Far East have always been weak countries on the ocean. To be honest, they really look down on them. Therefore, when the representatives of the British colonists heard that as long as they help expel the Ming army in Bombay, they can obtain the trading rights of the Mughal Empire; if they can eliminate the Ming army in Bombay, they can get the land of Bombay as a A stopping place for the British.
The British colonists couldn't help but be overjoyed. Without saying a word, they made a decision on the spot to discuss how to attack the Ming army in Bombay. They even boasted to Haikou in person that they would definitely mobilize the surrounding British warships and destroy the Ming army in order to obtain the docking point of Bombay.
So, after a period of discussion, the British colonists went to inquire about the Ming army in Bombay, and at the same time they were busy going to the Safavid Dynasty and East Africa to mobilize their warships and start preparations.
As for Dara Shikoh, he naturally reported the good news to Shah Jahan and won praise. Later, they also began to mobilize their troops and generals, preparing to march from the land, and together with the British, they would destroy the Ming army in Mumbai!
Regarding all this, Li Dingguo didn't have Emperor Chongzhen's golden finger, and he was unfamiliar with the place, so of course he didn't know.
The area within which he can send out Ye Bushou for reconnaissance is only a hundred miles in radius. Therefore, the information that can be obtained can only be within this range.
Even so, Li Dingguo understood that after the Mughal Empire suffered that defeat, it would definitely not be reconciled, and there would definitely be revenge in the future. Therefore, he used all the captured prisoners to improve Bombay's defenses. As for the land, he did not build fortifications for the time being.
On the Ceylon side, the Governor has already replied, saying that reinforcements will be sent after Ceylon has arranged things.
On this day, when Li Dingguo was inspecting the fort under construction, he suddenly heard the sound of the alarm.
Looking up, he saw the sentry on the sentry tower pointing to the west. Seeing this, Li Dingguo turned around to look, his face suddenly turned serious, and he quickly picked up the telescope on his chest and started looking.
I saw a patrol ship rushing back in the distance. Behind the patrol ship, there were two sail warships following, and they were getting closer and closer. They seemed to be malicious at first sight.
Seeing this situation, Li Dingguo immediately ordered ten warships docked in Bombay to be dispatched to respond.
Only then did he have the intention to observe the situation of the two sail warships.
Li Dingguo got some European information from the Portuguese, such as common sense things like the flags of European countries. Therefore, after a little thought, he knew that the two warships should be the so-called British warships.
"Are these the British Westerners that the emperor warned you to pay attention to?" Li Dingguo thought after seeing his identity, "What ability do they have that the emperor secretly told him to pay attention to?"
Just then he thought about it and saw that the situation at sea had changed.
I saw that after the two British warships at sea saw the ten warships dispatched by the Ming army, they did not escape immediately. Instead, they turned towards the open sea and bypassed the Ming army warships that were surrounded and pressed to respond. , and then approached Mumbai.
"They are checking the truth in Mumbai!" Li Dingguo couldn't help being shocked when he saw it. Is this really a bold act for a skilled person?
So, he immediately ordered to send ten more warships to drive away the two British warships.
Although the Ming army dispatched about twenty ships, half of which were the same Western-style sailing warships, it still took a long time to drive away these two British warships!
From the beginning to the end, there was no fighting or firing, but just from the point of controlling the warship, Li Dingguo discovered that these British people really should not be underestimated!
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