Why did Zhu Cijiong join the gang? You must know that such a sheep-shearing plunder, at every turn, is tens of millions of taels or even hundreds of millions of taels, although Zhu Cijiong values Schvilla very much, but it has not yet reached the level of giving him hundreds of millions of taels of silver for nothing, and the reason why he is pulled into the gang is naturally purposeful.

Shi Vera also knew that it was impossible to obtain amazing benefits without paying a little price, he was eager with a trace of worry, looked at His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire with a blank eye, and secretly prayed in his heart: "Almighty Lord, this price is not too big!" “

Zhu Cijiong looked at the longing of this thing, and he didn't bother to go around in circles with him, so he said directly: "You can bring it, but you have to help me do something." “

Shi Weila said nervously: "Your Majesty, what do you need Weichen to do?" “

Zhu Cijiong said lightly: "It's very simple, be a bait." “

Bait? Although Shi Weila learned Chinese very well, he really couldn't understand the meaning of the word bait for a while.

Seeing this dazed look, Zhu Cijiong had to explain: "It's for you and Kong Dede to lure the Mughal Empire to send a large army to attack Goa, understand?" “

At this time, Shi Vera understood, but he still asked with a puzzled face: "Why lure them to attack, with the strength of the Ming Empire, they can completely sweep all the way over!" “

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, the Mughal Empire is not a backward native, and they are not ignorant of gunpowder weapons, come to Xian, you can talk about the situation of the Mughal Empire." “

When Wang Zhengnan heard this, he immediately bowed his hand respectfully and said, "Weichen, obey the order." “

After that, he stood up directly, pointed to the map and said: "The Mughal Empire is vast, the territory is about half of the Ming Dynasty, the population is about forty or fifty million, their predecessor is the Timurid Empire that once swept through Europe and Asia, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Timur organized an army of 350,000 troops, known as one million, in a vain attempt to attack the Ming, but he died of illness halfway, and then the Timurid Empire was divided, and his descendant Babur led the army to invade South Asia and established the Mughal Empire during the Ming Zhengde period, which has been more than 100 years. During this period, the Mughal Empire continued to expand, and its national strength grew day by day, especially after the current emperor Shah Jahan ascended the throne, the Mughal Empire expanded its army frantically, and now has at least 600,000 troops! Shah Jahan's main energy used to be fighting with the Persian Empire in the west for the homeland of the Timurid Empire, but in recent years he has gradually withdrawn his forces and began to deploy defenses along the southeast route. “

600,000! It was indeed a bit terrifying, and when Shi Vera heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, and he couldn't help but rejoice: "It's good that they don't have gunpowder weapons, otherwise Goa and Mysore would be in danger." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he shook his head with a wry smile, and then motioned to Wang Zhengnan to continue with his eyes.

Wang Zhengnan cleared his throat and continued: "They didn't have gunpowder weapons before, but they inherited the advantages of Mongolian iron cavalry, the soldiers generally focused on armor, and many of the war horses were equipped with chain mail, and they were also good at using giant shields for defense, the Persian Empire was not without gunpowder weapons, but it couldn't take advantage of the Mughal Empire in front of it, and the Mughal Empire won all the wars between the two sides!" “

Hearing this, Schvera was a little unconvinced, and he couldn't help but interject: "They are not so powerful, the 200,000 army led by their Deccan governor Aurangzeb in Mysore was not beaten by the 50,000 expeditionary force of the Ming Dynasty!" “

Wang Zhengnan also glanced at Zhu Cijiong and explained: "That's not their main army, it's just some ordinary local defenders, and their main force is still fighting with the Persian Empire for Samarkand at that time!" “

Zhu Cijiong saw that these two people had a tendency to raise the bar, and hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Okay, don't mention the past, come to Xian, is the main force of the Mughal Empire equipped with muskets and artillery now?" “

When Wang Zhengnan heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, they have been equipped with a small number of muskets and artillery, according to the latest information, the Mughal Empire has caught up with the British, and the two emperors have also given each other a lot of gifts, just this year, there are even many British officers in the main Mughal army!" “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, his face changed, this time it was really a big trouble, he was not too worried about just a little musket and artillery, no matter how much the European powers were able to match them with too many muskets and artillery, but if they were familiar with the tactics of thermal weapons, it would be difficult to fight.

The penetration of thermal weapons in this era is not very strong, the cannonballs are basically smashed, and the bullets can't even penetrate the general armor, if they use the city wall with a huge shield according to the characteristics of thermal weapons, then this Mughal Empire will be defeated, I don't know how long it will take!

Thinking of this, he immediately said undoubtedly: "Svera, you have also heard, the main army of the Mughal Empire has a very strong defense, and if they use the city wall to defend it, it will be difficult to fight, so they must be lured out!" “

Svera also understood at this time, the money of the Mughal Empire is not so easy to make, if you don't want to lure out their main army, even if it is as strong as the Ming Empire, it is impossible to defeat it in the short term, it seems that this bait must be used, he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Your Majesty, you say, what should we do?" “

Zhu Cijiong pointed to the map and said: "It's very simple, most of the purchased goods are hoarded in Goa, you build some simple sheds in Goa City, don't use fences around it, and when the time comes, just put all the purchased things inside and send troops to guard them." I will let the First Legion of the Expeditionary Force and the Second Legion of the Expeditionary Force pretend to withdraw to the Ming Dynasty, and when the time comes, their supply will be cut off and the domestic supplies will be scarce, do you think they will fight Goa's idea? “

When Shi Vera heard this, he was startled, and he almost begged in a crying tone: "Your Majesty, please don't withdraw your troops, as soon as you withdraw your troops, even if there is nothing in the city of Goa, the Mughal Empire will come over!" “

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes and explained: "Do you understand the pretending to withdraw the troops, fake, the withdrawn soldiers will disguise themselves as locals and enter Goa and Mysore in batches after passing through the secret port of the pirates, and the two legions are all near Goa and Mysore, what are you afraid of?" “

Hearing this, Shi Weila patted his chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, how can so many people hide?" “

Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "What are you hiding, they are all dressed as locals, as long as you don't speak, who knows that it is an expeditionary force, you arrange a few mines nearby, drive all the locals to other mines, and then let them pretend to be miners there, so it's okay." ”

When Shi Weila heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "The emperor is wise ......." “

Zhu Cijiong raised his hand to block his sycophancy, and continued: "It's that their weapons should be hidden, you let Kong Dede find a few hidden places in Goa and Mysore City to store artillery, as for the muskets, I will let them push them on a flatbed cart, as long as the outside is covered with a layer of ore, you can't see it if you don't look carefully." “