Volume VII Chapter 21 Colonial Expansion
Zhu Cijiong is vigorously promoting the economic development of the Ming Dynasty and preparing for the monopoly of the market of the Portuguese colonies in South Asia, so how is the expansion of our two counts, Schwila and Comde, in their colonies? If they still only have two places, Goa and Mysore, then our Chongzheng Emperor has made so much effort to develop the economy, and when the time comes, he will produce a large number of cheap goods and have nowhere to sell, it will be a bit like fighting mosquitoes with anti-aircraft guns, embarrassing!
Fortunately, Schwila and Comde are still quite active in colonial expansion, after Mysore tasted the great sweetness, they directly entered a state of madness, Portugal itself has been ruled for more than fifty years, it can be said that they have never tasted the true sweetness of colonization since they were born, money, land, beautiful women, slaves, these things that only their predecessors or elders can loot unscrupulously, and now they are also at their fingertips, how can all this not make them crazy.
No, having just repulsed Aurangzeb's army of 200,000, they trimmed a little and began to advance southward.
South of Mysore was not part of the Mughal Empire, and there were two indigenous kingdoms smaller than Mysore, one was the Kingdom of Goakham and the other was the Kingdom of Birjar, both of which were not even vassal states of the Mughal Empire, they were only paying tribute to the Mughal Empire, and were not included in the territory of the Mughal Empire.
With such two kingdoms, the Mughal Empire naturally doesn't care, but they can't care if they want to care now, there is a Ming expeditionary army guarding Mysore, and Aurangzeb is silent, and they dare to care about the affairs of these two small countries.
Since these two kingdoms were weaker than Mysore, Svera and Conde decided to split up, with Conde going to fight the kingdom of Goudakang and Svera dealing with the kingdom of Birjar.
To say that the strength of these two kingdoms is indeed inferior to Mysore, but the lessons they learned from the Mysore Kingdom unanimously chose to shrink all the troops in the city, close the city gates, and defend the city!
Now Schvera and Comde are more uncomfortable, the artillery explosion power of this period is not large, the lethality is mainly by smashing, it is difficult for people to hide on the city wall to smash, and they will not attack with barrage, they can only rush with their heads covered, the result can be imagined.
The fight must have been fought, and the two indigenous kingdoms had only more than 20,000 native troops, which could be said to be vulnerable in the face of 10,000 Portuguese troops equipped with advanced flintlock muskets, but they still caused some casualties to the Portuguese army by relying on the advantage of the city walls, and the troops of Schvera and Comde were wounded by hundreds and killed by dozens.
After the city was broken, they unanimously ordered that everyone, whether it was princes and nobles or ordinary people, should be arrested and used as slaves, and all the gold and silver treasures would be robbed.
Don't say anything barbaric, the early colonists were so barbaric, they were still civilized among the early colonists, generally this situation is definitely a massacre in the face of the natives, maybe Schwila and Comde were influenced by the Ming Dynasty, maybe they think it's good to kill and catch them as slaves, in short, the lives of the people in the capitals of the two countries are saved.
It can be said that the luck of Schwira and Comde this time is not good, first the stubborn resistance of the natives of these two countries made them angry, and finally the statistics of the robbery income made them almost crazy, the looting income of the two capitals was less than one million taels, and what is even more hateful is that these two damned indigenous countries have no gold mines!
Although he grabbed two pieces of land about the size of the princely kingdom of Mysore, but the direct income did not even reach a fraction of that of Mysore, how could this satisfy these two hungry wolves, what should I do? Naturally, I will continue to grab it!
To the south of the Mughal Empire, there is another country east of the Mysore line, both Svera and Conde, this country is definitely richer than the indigenous kingdom of Mysore, because it has a land area of almost 300,000 square kilometers and a population of nearly 3 million.
However, this country is not an indigenous kingdom, but a feudal dynasty of similar nature to the Mughal Empire, and there are many troops, at least 100,000, and what is even more terrifying is that the combat effectiveness of this country's army is very strong, they have been fighting with the Mughal Empire for decades, and the Mughal Empire has always been helpless against them!
This country is the Qutb Shahi Dynasty, a feudal dynasty that has only existed for more than a hundred years in history, although in the end they were annexed by the Mughal Empire, but, at this time, they did have more than 100,000 troops, and the Mughal Empire could not do anything about them.
Such a country did not want to fight much at first, after all, it was a bit too strong, and even if it could be defeated, it would definitely be a heavy casualties. However, this Gundam Kang Kingdom and Bierjar Kingdom are also too poor, and the little money they have robbed is not enough to stuff their teeth, and they can't care if the other party is strong or not, no matter how strong they are, they have to rob it!
To attack the Kutb Shahi dynasty is still a little short of 20,000 people, what should we do? Ask for help from the Ming Empire Expeditionary Force? It's good that people can help you withstand the army of the Mughal Empire, and you still beg others to help you attack the colony, even a super-thick-skinned person like Svera can't open this mouth.
Do you continue to buy weapons from the Ming Dynasty, and then continue to recruit troops from the country? Neither Comde nor Schwila had this idea, the conscripted soldiers had to be paid, and it would cost a lot of money to buy weapons, and they had invested a lot of money, and if they continued to invest, the cost would be too high, after all, their immediate goal was only one Kutb Shahi dynasty, and it was really not cost-effective to invest desperately.
So what to do? In fact, there is still a way, that is, to send an invitation to the nearby Portuguese adventurers, inviting them to attack the Kutb Shahi Dynasty together, if they are defeated, they will definitely have to share dividends according to the head, but it doesn't matter, they have 20,000 horses, absolutely accounting for the majority, and they can't throw away the divided land, and they have to leave people to garrison at that time, which is tantamount to strengthening the defense of the colony in a different direction, why don't they do it.
What Conde and Schwila didn't expect was that after the invitation was sent, almost all the Portuguese adventurers near the Indian Ocean came, after all, when Spain and Portugal 'divided the world equally', Portugal divided the eastern hemisphere, so there were so many Portuguese adventurers near the Indian Ocean that tens of thousands of people gathered in the end!
This is not surprising, after all, Portugal also has a population of one million, plus the mainland has been occupied by Spain, and those who have a way have run out to grab money, this 10,000 people is still a small number, and there are at least 100,000 Portuguese adventurers in Brazil, the largest overseas colony of Portugal!
The reason why these adventurers will all run over is also thanks to Spain, Portugal now has no regular army, so these overseas adventurers have no backing, they can only rely on their own strength to rob the colony, if they are lucky, they can also run into a garbage indigenous country, and directly turn their faces and become robbers, and those who are unlucky can only rent a small place along the coast to do business. Like Shi Weila was like this in Macau, did he dare to be a robber when he encountered a powerful country like Daming? Of course, he can only be an honest businessman, if he wasn't lucky enough to meet Zhu Cijiong, who came through and was ambitious to break into the great powers and compete with the great powers for a strong monarch in the colony, then he would be a down-and-out nobleman in his life.
During the Chongzhen Dynasty, Shi Weila was such a fate, he was the governor of Macao for a few years in obscurity, doing a little business, making a little money, and then returning to Portugal and dying in obscurity, where is there such a scenery now.
These adventurers who have lost the support of the state can basically only honestly play the role of businessmen, do some small business, make a little money, and now suddenly there are big bosses who call them to be robbers and rob money, of course, they are all gathered, who wants to do a small business, how much money can be earned in a lifetime, and how fast to rob money!
More than 10,000 people is a little more, but it is not beyond the tolerance of Comde and Schwila, since the people are here, you can't drive people away, so let's straighten out and prepare for the fight.
According to the statistics of Conde and Schwila, not all of them have muskets, and some people use cold weapons, and only about half of them have muskets, and they are all arquebuses, and the rate of fire and distance of fire are not comparable to the flintlock pistols in their hands, but this is just right, if the hands are short, then rush to the front, and they can just have fewer casualties.
These adventurers can't help it, they also see the guy in their hands, the rate of fire, the attack distance, is indeed much stronger than theirs, if they don't rush to the front, will they let people rush to the front? People invite them over to ask them to help, not to let them follow behind to pick up cheap, if they dare to follow behind to pick up cheap, then they still want to share the money and give you a fart!
With the addition of these 10,000 people, there is naturally no problem in fighting the Kutbu Shahi Dynasty, they have few muskets, but there is still a lot of armor on their bodies, in Europe now, the smelting technology is so developed, can you not afford to buy guns and armor?
With these people in front, the army of the Kutb Shahi dynasty was miserable, fighting in the field, basically before they rushed to them, they were almost killed by muskets and artillery, it was useless to rush to the front, there were many people in close combat, there were armored soldiers in front, and there were people in the back with a gun with a good bayonet and stabbed indiscriminately, basically before a person was hacked to death, they were stabbed in the hornet's nest.
Siege warfare was even more so, when there were no melee infantry, Svera and Conde had to let their soldiers climb the city walls with muskets on their backs, and after firing a shot, the muskets could only be used as short guns, and it was impossible to do without casualties. Now it's different, there are these people rushing in front, they follow behind to put a platoon of guns, change bullets, very comfortable, there will be no casualties at all.
Faced with advanced muskets and artillery, and in the face of 30,000 wolf-like colonists, the Kutb Shahi dynasty did not last long, and after more than a month, their capital Hyderabad was conquered.
Laying down such a large feudal dynasty, Schvera and Comde naturally made a lot of money, and those adventurers also earned a lot of money, and after having money, their eyes invariably focused on the new flintlock pistol.
Good stuff! I don't know where I bought it, if I can have such an advanced weapon, is it difficult to grab a colony?