As soon as his voice fell, the hall suddenly fell silent, and no one spoke.

Dongwu is so far away from the core area of the Mughal Empire, leading the army to fight the Ming army in the past, and the number of troops cannot be brought too much, 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 stubble, otherwise it will not be able to destroy Dongwu, then a question is very realistic, can you win the Ming army?

If you can't win the Ming army, not to mention dying in battle, even if you come back, will there be good fruits to eat?

No one is stupid, this matter is too difficult, and it is more likely that you will be reprimanded and condemned if you don't do it well! Who is stupid to take this errand!

When Shah Jahan saw that no one responded, how could he not know what they were worried about, and he couldn't help but be very angry, and no one was worried about him?

Just as he was about to get angry, a voice suddenly sounded: "Father Khan, Erchen is willing to lead the troops to Dongwu to teach Ming a lesson!" ”

When Shah Jahan heard this, he was overjoyed, and when he heard the sound, he found that it was his third son, Aurangzeb, and the joy disappeared at once, and he ignored him, and swept his eyes to others, such as his second son, and his henchmen. What he hoped would be that some of them would step up.

The reason why he didn't like Aurangzeb was because Shah Jahan saw his own shadow in Aurangzeb. When he himself was still young, he rebelled to seize the throne of his father Khan.

And now, since Aurangzeb grew up, he has also shown a desire for military power. The ambition exposed in him unnerved Shah Jahan. If he could, he didn't want to be threatened.

But at this time, he looked around, and no one could stand up to receive this will, which made him very disappointed. In his heart, he also had to admit that this thing was not easy to do!

Then he turned his gaze to Aurangzeb again, and saw that he was standing there respectfully with his head bowed, still in his previous posture. frowned, and then thought, maybe this difficult errand really needs this son who likes to fight to do it.

Of course, Shah Jahan did not want the army to be sent out to add to the Ming army's military merits. Since it was sent out, it was to win! He also admitted in his heart that Aurangzeb had a talent for war. If he goes, there is a better chance that this thing can be done. Of course, the most important thing is that now he is the only one who asks for war!

Thinking of this, Shah Jahan no longer hesitated, otherwise, if he waited any longer, the other courtiers still did not react, and his face was embarrassed!

So, Shah Jahan looked at Aurangzeb and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, and the king can rest assured." ”

Aurangzeb lowered his head, a hint of mockery appeared in the corners of his eyes, he had expected his father Khan's mental actions just now, such a thing would happen, and the power was nothing more than that!

This thought flashed in his heart, and the hint of mockery in the corners of his eyes also disappeared, and then he immediately responded: "Qi Gong Father Khan, if you want to raise the prestige of my Mughal Empire with few troops, you still need Father Khan to send an additional Imperial Forest Army to his son!" ”

The army of the Mughal Empire was usually composed of four main parts, namely light infantry, war elephants, artillery, and cavalry.

Among these arms, cavalry has always been dominant. In the First, Second and Third Panitni Battles, cavalry was a decisive force in rewriting Indian history.

The cavalry of the Mughal Empire was composed of Shiyi cavalry, feudal cavalry and royal forest knights. The first two are locally provided troops, while the latter are elite warriors fed from the treasury.

At this time, Aurangzeb took the opportunity to ask for the most elite cavalry of the Mughal Empire.

In normal times, others would definitely not be able to covet the Imperial Forest Army cavalry directly under the emperor. But at this time, Shah Jahan asked for an expedition to Dongwu with a small number of troops, and also to defeat the powerful Ming army, and Aurangzeb asked to send an elite cavalry army of the Royal Forest Army, which was reasonable.

Although Shah Jahan's first reaction when he heard this request was anger. However, he is still a sane monarch after all. After thinking about it for a while, I didn't think I could refute Aurangzeb's request. Otherwise, after the news spread, others thought that he would be afraid of his son.

With this in mind, Shah Jahan agreed, and decided to send a cavalry of his henchmen to Aurangzeb. As soon as the battle is over, the Royal Forest Army cavalry will be brought back immediately, and the matter will be over.

After the discussion paused, the eldest prince Darashik and the third prince Aurangzeb were busy with their errands. Shah Jahan himself, on the other hand, focused his mind on the Taj Mahal.

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At this time, the British colonists helped the Persian Empire, that is, the Safavid Dynasty, to drive out the Portuguese, so as to obtain the commercial rights of the Persian Empire and obtain huge benefits. This success made the British colonists even more ambitious and further expanded eastward.

However, unlike the Safavid Empire, the Mughal Empire was on the rise, and there were no foreign enemies in the coastal areas, so there was no such thing as the Safavid Dynasty, which could intervene in the Mughal Empire under the pretext of helping to expel the Portuguese. can only obediently use silver bullets to attack, trying to bribe the important ministers of the Mughal Empire to gain a foothold, but with little success.

I was worried about this, so I received an invitation from Darashiko, the eldest prince of the Mughal Empire, to discuss business and trade together. This news, for the British colonists, it was simply a drowsiness and a pillow, which is really not too good!

So, without saying a word, a high-level delegation was immediately invited to meet Darashiko.

As for the Mughal Empire, the British colonists actually expected some demands in their hearts. To their surprise, they were surprised that they were not asked to fight Portugal, but the army of the Ming Empire in the Far East.

At this time, the British colonizers had not yet developed their influence in the Far East. Although they had cooperated with the Dutch and expelled the Portuguese together, this was only cooperation, and they were not good enough to wear a pair of trousers.

The expulsion of the Dutch from Nanyang by the Ming army was not a glorious thing in itself, and the Dutch certainly did not go around publicizing this matter. Moreover, in this era, communication is very backward, and information is even more underdeveloped. For the British, they probably heard about the alliance between the Portuguese and the Ming Kingdom, but there was no more news.

In their minds, the empires of the Far East have always been weak countries on the seas, and to be honest, they really look down on them. Therefore, when the representatives of the British colonists heard that they could obtain the right to trade with the Mughal Empire as long as they helped to expel the Ming army in Bombay; If the Ming army in Mumbai can be eliminated, then the area of Mumbai can be obtained as a stop for the British.

In this regard, the British colonists could not help but be overjoyed, and without saying a word, they made a decision on the spot and negotiated how to attack the Ming army in Mumbai. He even did not hesitate to boast to his face that he would go to Haikou, and he would definitely mobilize the surrounding British warships to destroy the Ming army in order to obtain the docking point of Mumbai.

So, after a period of discussion, the British colonists went to inquire about the news of the Ming army in Bombay, and at the same time busily went to the Safavid Dynasty and the East African side to gather their warships and began to prepare.

And Darashiko, on his part, naturally reported the good news to Shah Jahan and won praise. Subsequently, this side also began to dispatch troops, preparing to march from the land, and together with the British, destroy the Ming army of Mumbai!

For all this, Li Dingguo does not have the golden finger of Emperor Chongzhen here, and he is not familiar with life, of course he doesn't know.

He can send out the range of night reconnaissance, that is, a radius of a hundred miles. Therefore, the information that can be obtained can only be within this range.

Despite this, Li Dingguo understood that after the Mughal Empire lost that war, it would definitely not be reconciled, and there would definitely be retaliation in the future. Therefore, he used all the captives he captured to rebuild the defenses of Bombay, and on land, he did not build fortifications for the time being.

On the Ceylon side, the Governor has already replied that he will send reinforcements when the Ceylon side has arranged the matter.

On this day, when Li Dingguo was inspecting the fort under construction, he suddenly heard the sound of an alarm.

When I looked up, I saw the sentry on the watchtower pointing to the west. Seeing this, Li Dingguo turned his head to look, and his face immediately became grim, and he hurriedly picked up the telescope on his chest and looked at it.

I saw that there was a patrol ship in the distance rushing back, and behind the patrol ship, there were two sail warships following, and they were getting closer and closer, and they looked malicious at a glance.

Seeing this situation, Li Dingguo immediately ordered ten warships docked in Mumbai to respond.

Only then did he have the heart to observe the situation of the two sail warships.

Li Dingguo got some European information from the Portuguese, such as the flags of European countries and other common sense things. Therefore, after a little thought, he knew that those two warships should be the so-called British warships.

"This is the British Xiyi that the emperor reminded to pay attention to?" After Li Dingguo saw his identity, he thought in his heart, "What kind of ability do they have that the emperor secretly instructed to pay attention?" ”

Just then he thought about it, and he saw that the situation at sea had changed.

I saw that after the two British warships on the sea saw that the Ming army had dispatched ten warships, they did not flee at the first time, but turned to the open sea, bypassing the Ming warships that were encircled and forced to meet them, and then approached the Bombay side.

"They're looking into Mumbai!" When Li Dingguo saw it, he couldn't help but be shocked, is this really a master of art bold?

So he immediately ordered ten more warships to be sent to drive away the two British warships.

Although the Ming army dispatched more than 20 ships, half of which were sail warships of the same Western style, it still took a long time to drive away these two British warships!

From the beginning to the end, there was no battle and no artillery, but just from the point of manipulating the battleship, Li Dingguo found that these British people really can't be underestimated!

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