Volume 7 Chapter 11 Ah San is miserable
It can be said that backwardness is the greatest original sin of all colonized countries, and the reason why the great powers can go to all parts of the world to colonize and plunder everywhere is because their weapons are more advanced than others. There is never a reason between countries, a big fist is a reason, and everything else is fake.
A country like the princely kingdom of Mysore, with its vast land and abundant products, remained in the very early stage of feudal society, only knew how to slash and burn, did not know how to develop advanced weapons, and entered the seventeenth century, and still fought with large swords and spears, and it was only a matter of time before they were colonized.
Of course, they could have enjoyed more than a hundred years of tranquility, and they would not be enslaved and exploited until the British and French troops set foot on this land, but who called the later generations of Ah San too arrogant, so that our Chongzheng Emperor was very unhappy with them, so their tragedy befell in advance.
10,000 Portuguese troops with flintlock pistols and howitzers were a bit of a bully against 30,000 natives armed with broadswords and spears, and the battle was over before it even began.
Because the native army of the princely kingdom of Mysore has not yet assembled and prepared by the sudden cannonballs and bullets into a sieve, the rest of the back is to capture the prisoners, 10,000 recruits to surround the front, and a hundred cavalry to block in front, the remaining native army has completely lost the courage to resist, all of them lost their weapons in horror, kneeling on the ground and obediently tied their hands.
There is no doubt why the battle will be so easy, as mentioned earlier, the illiterate adventurer Pizarro in Spain defeated the 80,000 indigenous army of the Inca Empire with less than 200 people, if the Inca Empire is too far away, then the British East India Company against the Mughal Empire, and the Eight-Nation Alliance against the Qing Dynasty, it is an army of more than 10,000 people that defeated an empire with a terrifying territory, so an indigenous country like the princely kingdom of Mysore is really not worth it.
After the battle, there was a little embarrassing question, although a rain of bullets knocked over a large area, but there were still more than 10,000 people left, it was a pity that these captives were killed, they were all good laborers, but they were in a hurry to catch the king of the princely state, and the speed of bringing these captives would definitely be ridiculously slow, and it would be troublesome for the family to run away when the time came.
In the end, Schvera and Comde had to split up some of their forces to deal with the issue of prisoners. Svera and Conde continued to Mysore with 10,000 recruits and 100 cavalry to capture their king, while Conde's 1,000 musketeers returned to Goa with more than 10,000 captives.
As for the wounded who were lying on the ground, according to the meaning of Schwila and Comde, they should all be killed, and they would be a hundred, but Luo Siwei was really a little unacceptable, he couldn't be merciful to the enemy when he was fighting, and now everyone has lost their ability to resist, and they have to kill all of them, that is, they are slaughtered, and he thinks that there is no need for this.
Svera and Condet don't care, it's okay to let them go, there's no threat if they're not injured, what is there to worry about if they're injured now, and in the end they just leave it alone and leave them to fend for themselves.
The king of the princely kingdom of Mysore was also naΓ―ve, believing that these colonists, like the Mughal Empire, defeated him only so that he could claim tribute, as long as he paid a part of the income every year, and would not deprive him of his right to rule the kingdom. Therefore, when he heard of the defeat ahead, he did not abandon the city and flee, but led all the high-ranking officials to wait for the arrival of the envoy of the kingdom outside the city gate!
According to his thoughts, anyway, Mysore was originally a subject country of the Mughal Empire, and now it is just a change of suzerain, it is not a big deal, he will be his king if he is soft in front of the envoys of the kingdom and say a few good words.
Is this king still so good? When Conde and Svera saw the king of the princely kingdom of Mysore waiting outside the city, the greed and lust in their eyes were simply terrifying, but fortunately, the king and all the ministers bowed their heads and did not see the terrible light in their eyes.
For this kind of thing, Schvila and Comde are naturally familiar with it, isn't it just to deceive the ignorant natives, they don't know how many times they have acted in this drama, Tsk.
The greed and lust in their eyes did not last long, and soon they changed their faces to be compassionate, and trumpeted the glory of the Lord, how merciful the Lord was, he saw that you were poor and backward, and you were bullied by the Mughal Empire, and he really couldn't bear it, so he specially sent us to rescue you!
Fortunately, they brought an indigenous translator, otherwise they would have been in vain in their speech, so were these natives moved?
Although the king of the princely kingdom of Mysore is naΓ―ve, he is not an idiot, isn't it just acting, I will accompany you to act, fortunately it is a literary drama, if it is a martial arts drama, it will not be able to act. He now admires his wisdom a little, and sure enough, he is changing the soup but not the medicine, what kind of Portuguese envoy is much more polite than the envoy of the Mughal Empire, and he has to accompany them to play a good trick.
So when the native interpreter had translated their speeches, the king immediately thanked them and cordially invited them to the palace for a sumptuous dinner.
The palace is definitely going to go, as for dinner, let's check the safety hazards first.
Will those hundreds of guards on the city walls be able to hold back the Mughal army? Let them all come down, replace them with our army, and we will protect you. What can the king of the princely states say, since you are not at ease, then change it, and when you leave, I will change it back.
The next thing may be a little uncivilized, so Shi Wei deliberately pulled Luo Siwei aside and pleaded: "General Luo, you see, Kong Dede and I are going to their palace to receive the entire kingdom, can you help us arrange the defense of this city wall, this time thanks to General Luo's help, we can successfully take the Mysore Princely Kingdom, and when the affairs of the palace are dealt with, we will definitely thank General Luo." β
Luo Siwei didn't know what dirty things they were going to do, and it was nothing to help arrange the city defense, so he naturally agreed without hesitation, and he didn't expect anything to thank him.
After breaking Luo Siwei apart, Svera and Comde followed the king of the princely states and a group of high-ranking officials to the palace.
The king of the princely states did not know that a disaster was about to befall him, and he enthusiastically led the way in front, and as soon as they arrived at the palace, Conde and Schvera continued to deceive: "If these guards in the palace have spies from the Mughal Empire, you will be in danger, so change them, just leave the palace maids and concubines, and we will guarantee your safety." And these ministers have also worked hard all the way, let them go back and rest. β
The king of the princely state feels that something is wrong, the city defense has been handed over to you, what else do you have to worry about, this palace is where I live, do I still have safety with your people? And these ministers, who have come to dine with you, do you want this king to accompany you alone?
Seeing his hesitant expression, the smiles on the faces of Comde and Schwila slowly disappeared, and as soon as their eyes changed, all the soldiers slowly raised their muskets in their hands, and there was a posture of shooting without saying a word.
Faced with the muzzle of the black hole, the princely king gave in, and he ordered the removal of all the palace guards, replaced them with Comde and Svera's men, and sent all the ministers away.
Seeing that the king of the princely states was so cooperative, the smile returned to the faces of Comde and Svera, the palace and the city were occupied, and it was time to get down to business.
Comde and Schwila carried the princely king into the palace, and at the sound of an order, their soldiers immediately changed from polite gentlemen to robbers who did all kinds of evil, and looted unscrupulously, all gold bars, gold bricks, silver ingots, copper coins, as long as it was money; What antique treasures, statues and utensils, as long as they seem to be worth all the money; As long as the palace maids and concubines look at them, they will all .......
Listening to the noise of rummaging through the cabinets and the screams of the palace maids and concubines, the king of the Tubang was shocked, and only now did he understand that these people were not envoys of the kingdom at all, but robbers who plundered everywhere!
Comde and Schwila didn't pretend to be gentlemen anymore, and Comde took the lead in speaking (the intermediate translation link was omitted): "Do you still want to continue to be your king?" β
The king of the princely states only came to his senses at this time, of course he wanted to continue to be the king, what would he do if he was not the king? I guess I don't have to do anything, just drag it out and cut it! He hurriedly said, "I think, I think." β
Comde said nakedly: "If you want to continue to be the king, you must listen to us and do whatever you are told to do." β
The king of the princely states was already frightened, and when he heard this, he immediately trembled and said, "Okay, okay, I will do whatever you ask me to do." β
Schvera couldn't wait, and he asked directly: "What about the map?" Where is the map of your Mysore princely kingdom? β
The king of the princely states hurriedly replied: "In the study, in the study where I handle government affairs." β
Schvera couldn't wait to say, "Take us to your study." β
Naturally, the king of the princely states did not dare to resist, and hurriedly led them to the study.
By this time the whole palace had been ruined, with smashed doors and windows and scattered clothes, rude wheezing and shrill screams everywhere.
On the surface, the king of the princely state honestly led the way in front, but in his heart he cursed through gritted teeth: "You robbers, when the army of the Mughal Empire comes, I will definitely break you into pieces!" β
It is not known when the army of the Mughal Empire will come, anyway, now he can only be a mermaid. Now he had to honestly take the two robber leaders to the study that had already been turned over, find a barely complete map, and give it to them.
Schvera directly spread the map on the table, and then asked viciously: "I heard that you have a lot of gold mines here, where are they?" β
The king of the Tubang hurriedly stepped forward and pointed out a few places tremblingly, Shi Weila's heart blossomed, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire really didn't lie to me, so many gold mines, developed, developed!
When Comde saw that the gold mines had been asked, he felt that it was almost over, so he waited to collect the map and go to dinner, but Schvila continued to ask: "And the iron mines, where are the iron mines?" β
The king of the princely states was dumbfounded, you bandits, you are poor and crazy, you also rob the iron ore, that thing can be worth a few dollars, besides, there are too many iron mines here, what do you want me to refer to?
Seeing that he didn't speak, Sverala pulled it down directly, looking like he was about to have a seizure.
The king of the princely states hurriedly explained: "There are too many iron ores, they are everywhere, I can't point to them!" β
When Schvila heard this, he finally put his mind at ease, just more, if he didn't have to spend money to buy it everywhere, it would be very troublesome.
The next day, the princely kingdom of Mysore issued an order: "All civilians of Mysore must pay 100 catties of iron ore every month, otherwise they will be arrested and go to mining!" β
In the face of such a strange order, the civilians of the entire kingdom were blinded, this king would not be crazy, what do you want so many worthless iron ore for, honest nature hurry up to dig, the dishonest Schwira and Conde will tell them that it is not a joke to arrest and mine. As for the gold mines, of course there were captives to dig them, and those people were all strong and much more efficient than ordinary civilians.
Since then, the princely kingdom of Mysore has become a country of mining for all people, and hundreds of thousands of people, regardless of men, women and children, have to work hard to dig everywhere, and if you don't dig, then bring an anklet and drive you with a whip!
They don't know that such a miserable life of miners is entirely caused by the arrogance of their descendants, so they say, don't be too arrogant, otherwise, if people don't accept it, heaven will accept you.