Volume 14 Chapter 54 The End of the Dynasty

When the news of Batavia's conquest reached Goa, Zhu Cijiong couldn't believe his ears, he knew how terrifying Batavia's city defense was, Zheng Chenggong was able to strategize and command the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force to easily take it down, this record was really shocking.

Immediately afterwards, the news that the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance was completely annihilated in the Sulu Sea followed, and it was Zheng Chenggong's ploy, one move to lure the snake out of the hole, and one move to open the net to easily take down a super fleet equivalent to the first-class army of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of military genius is this!

In fact, in history, whether it is the history of the Ming Dynasty or the history of the Qing Dynasty, whether it is the Manchu Dynasty or the great powers, the evaluation of Zheng Chenggong is quite high, and the words are mostly heroes, geniuses, great weapons, thousands of miles of horses, etc., which is enough to prove that his military talent is very high, if it were not for the desperate situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he would have become a peerless general!

Wu Yanhua, the Dongfanyi commander of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a letter to praise the couplet:

The spirit of Zhong Heyue is the victory of the dynasty;

Follow the seashore and know that there are saints in China.

Such a military genius, such a national hero, was forced by the situation at the time, and finally died of grief and indignation, it is a pity, but, in the Chongzheng Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong either felt his loyalty, or respected his patriotism, and only then cultivated him to become a generalissimo of the navy, it can be said that he was arranged to the most suitable position by mistake, and in this life, with the strong strength of the Ming Empire as the backing, he will surely shine with ten thousand lights!

To tell the truth, Zhu Cijiong really never paid attention to Zheng Chenggong's military talent, the reason why he was cultivated and reused was mainly because he was one of the most famous national heroes in history, until now, Zhu Cijiong understood that this generalissimo of the navy was indeed him, and he had found a treasure!

The stumbling block of the anti-Habsburg alliance has been kicked away, the occupation of the Mughal Empire is almost a foregone conclusion, South Asia is about to be in the bag, the situation is very good, in this case there is no need to rush to attack the capital of the Mughal Empire, anyway, foreign aid has been cut off, it is only a matter of time to take the Mughal Empire, and what should be considered now is to avoid casualties among the soldiers as much as possible.

For this reason, Zhu Cijiong specially sent a telegram to the front line, and he directly quoted eight words from "The Art of War": "Attacking the heart is the top, and attacking the city is the bottom." It means to tell Lu Xiangsheng not to attack hard, to persuade him to surrender if he can, and to minimize the casualties of the soldiers.

His telegram was sent in a timely manner, Lu Xiangsheng had arrived at Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire, at this time, and was about to fill it with his life, and quickly take Delhi, when he received the emperor's telegram, he immediately understood that the emperor asked him to make a forced landing on Shah Jahan, not to attack Delhi.

300,000 troops to attack Delhi City, which was garrisoned by only 100,000 people, Lu Xiangsheng was fully confident that he would take it, and at most he would lose tens of thousands of horses.

After coming to the outside of Delhi, he did not rush to attack, but surrounded the city of Delhi, and then, directly set up artillery, bombarded on all sides, and bombarded for several days, until the arrow buttresses on the four walls were almost bombarded, he directly wrote a letter of persuasion and shot into the city, the meaning is very simple:

Batavia has been occupied by us, and the combined fleet has also been wiped out by us, don't expect foreign help, and those who know each other should hurry out of the city and surrender!

Due to the implementation of Chinese teaching in the Ming Empire all over the world, there are still many people in Delhi who know Chinese, and when the translator translated Lu Xiangsheng's meaning to Shah Jahan, Shah Jahan's heart was cold.

He doesn't think that the Ming Empire is bragging, for so long, there is no news from the Batavia side, at least it proves that the powers are unable to break through the Ming blockade to support, as for whether Batavia is occupied or not, it doesn't really matter to him, he only cares if the support of the great powers can arrive, and what does Batavia's belonging have to do with him!

Now it seems that the support of the great powers cannot be counted on, so there is only negotiation for peace, as for stubbornly resisting to the end, he is not an idiot, he can't resist the 300,000 troops outside the city alone, not to mention that there are still 400,000 troops on the Eastern Front slowly approaching, 100,000 against 700,000, idiots think they can still win.

Soon Shah Jahan sent a representative of the peace talks, put it under the city with a bamboo basket, found Lu Xiangsheng, and conveyed the willingness of Shah Jahan to negotiate peace, and Shah Jahan's meaning was also very simple:

It's no problem to pay compensation for land cession, I just want the Ming Empire to retreat!

This lord Lu Xiangsheng can't be the master, he directly sent a telegram to Goa and asked the emperor to decide.

Zhu Cijiong is not a fool, you still want to withdraw from the Ming Dynasty so that you can recover your vitality and take revenge?

He sent a strongly worded telegram directly:

Let Shah Jahan open the city and surrender, and decree that all local officials of the Mughal Empire surrender unconditionally to the Ming Empire, otherwise, on the day the city is broken, he will be punished by the nine clans!

When the Mughal Empire's peace envoy heard this reply, he was frightened in a cold sweat, and he couldn't do anything about it, so he could only go back to the city and ask Shah Jahan for advice.

Shah Jahan actually knows that the Mughal Empire is over, and it is impossible for the Ming Empire to let him continue to sit in this position, the so-called "sky-high asking price to sit on the ground and pay back", the reason why he asked the Ming Empire to withdraw troops is just to explore the bottom line of the Ming Empire, and now it seems that the bottom line of the Ming Empire is very low, and he can save his life at most, and there is basically no hope for anything else.

Will the Ming Empire really spare his life, this question must be clarified, so he threw the peace envoy from the city wall in a bamboo basket and asked him to hurry up and ask how the Ming Empire guaranteed not to kill him.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know this question, so he sent another telegram to Goa and asked the emperor.

This problem is easy to handle, Zhu Cijiong directly reported: There is a state guesthouse in the capital of the Ming Empire, which is picturesque, and when the time comes, a large courtyard will be specially built for the royal family of the Mughal Empire in the state guesthouse for them to live in, and ensure that they will be pampered and pampered for a lifetime!

This condition is not bad, after hearing the envoy's return, Shah Jahan has reluctantly accepted it in his heart, but he is still not at ease, and throws the peace envoy down the city, and asks Daming, how can you guarantee that this is not a lie? He'd never heard of anything like that!

What is there to deceive about this kind of thing, like Liu Chan, the prince of Adou during the Three Kingdoms, was not raised, and also left the idiom allusion of "happy and unhappy", as well as Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who was also the king of the dead country, and also left the eternal swan song of "When is the spring flower and autumn moon" in the palace of seclusion.

Of course, Li Yu was killed by Song Taizu because of this eternal swan song, but Daming is not so boring, and Shah Jahan can't make such an eternal swan song, so he doesn't need to ask the emperor for this matter, Lu Xiangsheng directly pushed back: "Daming is a state of etiquette, the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, when have you heard of Daming's rebellion?" “

Hearing these words conveyed by the messenger, Shah Jahan finally surrendered the city, and a huge dynasty perished.

Just as Shah Jahan opened the city and surrendered, Zhu Cijiong, who was far away in Goa, heard the voice of the system beauty in his head again, what is the system reward this time?

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