1173 Changes in South Asia
When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he naturally knew what was going on.
The Tang King was divided, if the other vassal kings didn't feel it, then when King Fu was divided, someone would feel the movement of the court. Now King Yi has also been divided, and even the three vassal kings are still publicizing everywhere, digging people, digging people, and digging people again. The cause of this vassal kingdom is obviously booming.
When the other vassal kings heard this, how could they still sit still!
As for their situation in the country, it is a pig enclosed in the palace, except for the "pigsty" where they can eat, drink and have fun, everything else has nothing to do with them. This is like a person who has never eaten meat in his life, even if he wants to eat it to death, if one day he starts to eat pork every day, he will not have to change it, and he will be tired to death after eating too much.
Now that these vassal kings have seen the situation of the three vassal kings who have been separated, they naturally can't help it anymore and want to come to talk to the emperor!
If at the beginning, the feudal king was still a buyer's market, Emperor Chongzhen had to choose an ambitious one, and also gave various conditions to coerce and induce the feudal king to divide the feudal domain; But now, it is already a seller's market, and Emperor Chongzhen does not go to the vassal kings, and these vassal kings also rush to come.
Since this is the case, then dry them again, and if you should accompany the concubine back to Yangzhou to have a look, you still have to go back to Yangzhou to have a look.
However, despite thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen still made instructions to let the vassal kings from all over the country gather in Beijing, and prepare to hold a clan meeting, and everyone will talk about the future.
Not long after, Tang Wang reported through the chat group that his general Fu Yuman took advantage of the victory to counterattack, followed the defeated army into Bengal Province, and captured the provincial capital of Dhaka in one fell swoop, but because of the problem of troops, it could no longer expand. The Tang king wanted to borrow troops from the imperial court, so he used the Yunnan Tusi army, which had been assembled in Mubangna, to Dhaka to support.
Of course, King Tang has dealt with Emperor Chongzhen many times, and he understands Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, he offered to borrow the cost of the army or something. For example, the army's grain and grass materials were naturally supplied by the Tang State. Prisoners of war captured by the army, he bought them with money. Of course, he will not trade at a loss, those prisoners of war, he plans to take them to mining, and sell the excavated mines to Daming, and he will naturally be able to pay. In addition, how many days the Ming army fought for the Tang State, he would also pay for it.
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen admired the self-knowledge of the Tang king, and publicly praised the Tang king in the vassal kings. This made King Fu and King Yi, who understood the content of the transaction, suddenly realize, it turns out that there is still this operation? They have also been worried that after the founding of the country, the imperial army will withdraw just like the Tang state. Now it seems that in the event of war, you can borrow troops from the imperial court at any time, as long as you can pay the expenses that satisfy the emperor.
Meanwhile, in Delhi in the Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan was inspecting the construction of his palace. I have to say that the officials who supervised the construction were very conscientious, and the palace was beautifully repaired, which was not owned by previous generations of Great Khans, which made him very satisfied.
"Only such a majestic palace can be worthy of the wisest Khan in the world!"
"Our Mughal Empire, under the leadership of the Great Khan, has been defeated and surrendered in all directions, and his Japanese enemy chieftains have come to pay tribute, and this palace alone can shock them!"
"Yes, sooner or later, the king of Persia will come to this palace and surrender to the Great Khan!"
"Also, what Tang King of the Ming Kingdom will kneel here!"
"What is the King of Tang, the emperors of the Ming Kingdom have to come here to kneel and beg the Great Khan!"
“……”
Listening to the compliments of the ministers behind him, Shah Jahan was suddenly dissatisfied with the palace, feeling that it was not majestic enough to express his status. So, he looked at it for a while, and immediately waved his hand and said: "The temple gate is too small, if it is demolished and rebuilt, it will be at least twice as big as this!" ”
"Yes, yes, the Great Khan's palace, this gate is too small and must be rebuilt!"
"The palace must be higher, and the throne of the Great Khan must be condescending, so that all people can look up!"
“……”
No one dared to disobey Shah Jahan's wishes, and the courtiers immediately changed their words and put forward various opinions, which made Shah Jahan listen to it and nod his head again and again.
At this moment, he saw a general guarding the palace coming in in in a panic, making a lot of noise, attracting everyone's sideways.
When Shah Jahan saw him like that, he couldn't help frowning, feeling that there was something that disappointed him, could it be that this time the army did not fight for Persia?
"Great Khan, the army of the Summit has been completely annihilated, and the Ming army has counterattacked and captured Dhaka, the capital of Bengal Province......"
Before the general's words could be finished, a group of courtiers were surprised and looked incredulous.
"How is that possible? It's only been a long time, and Ava hasn't arrived! ”
"That's right, it's a felony to lie about the military!"
"The Ming army on Dongwu's side, isn't it just a partial division of the Ming Kingdom? Their own places are all Tusi rebellions, and they are in chaos, and they can still counterattack and take the capital of Bengal? ”
“……”
Of course, there are also a few civil servants who disagree with them.
"Look, the official said that Mingguo is not easy to mess with, is it okay now?"
"The Ming Kingdom is powerful, it is comparable to the tribes on our side, I knew that such a thing would happen, but it's a pity that those generals have to think that the Ming Kingdom can be bullied!"
“……”
Originally, when Shah Jahan heard the news, he was already in a bad mood, but at this time, when he heard that his courtiers were making noise, he immediately became angry, his face was gloomy, and he shouted: "Shut up Ben Khan!" ”
Under the thunderous rage, all the courtiers immediately shut up and did not dare to say any more.
Shah Jahan had a cold face, glanced at his courtiers, like a poisonous snake, and would bite anyone who didn't like it, and finally, his eyes stayed on the general who was announced, and shouted coldly: "What is the specific battle situation?" Don't lie a little, tell the truth! ”
"Back to the Great Khan, as soon as Summit led his troops into the Dongwu border, they were ambushed by the Ming army. In a large canyon, almost all of them were wiped out. Then the Ming army took the opportunity to follow the remnants of the defeated army and invade Bengal. When Dhaka heard the news, he immediately closed the city gate to prepare for the war, but he didn't expect that among the defeated soldiers who entered before, there were Dongwu people, and they took advantage of the night to seize the city gate and let the Ming army in. And just like that, Dhaka is falling! ”
When the general said this, he hesitated for a moment, and finally opened his mouth to continue the prayer: "According to the defeated soldiers who escaped, the Ming army is extremely brave and unstoppable, and the firearms are even more powerful, and they can be fired directly without ignition, as if possessed by the god of fire. Ming Army...... The Ming army was still very strong. ”
Hearing this, the courtiers who had been fighting before finally couldn't help it, if they continued to talk like this, they would be held accountable when they turned around, so they hurriedly said: "Fart, the Ming Kingdom is in chaos, and there are Tusi rebellions everywhere, Dongwu really wants such an elite army, why not transfer it back to quell the rebellion?" ”
"That's right, the Ming Emperor's brain will not be sick, at home and abroad, which important one can't be distinguished? If you have an elite, you don't need to put it in Dongwu? ”
"It's not that the Jianzhou Jurchens in the north of the country are also rebelling, and they have all knocked down a large part of the Ming Kingdom, directly threatening the capital of the Ming Kingdom. Is the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom stupid, if there is an elite, he will definitely be transferred back to protect himself! ”
“……“
Shah Jahan also nodded when he heard this, and he was also very cautious before sending troops. Therefore, he also specially sent people to investigate the situation, and just as King Talong said, he agreed to send troops and take the opportunity to take Dongwu's. At that time, I remembered clearly, the Ming Kingdom was indeed in a mess!
Thinking like this, Shah Jahan became a little angry, and immediately shouted: "But the governor of Bengal lied about the military situation in order to escape responsibility? ”
"This ......" the general of the proclamation was a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly replied, "Great Khan, I heard the news that those things are all in the past. And the latest situation is spreading, indicating that the Jianzhou Jurchen rebellion in the north of the country has been suppressed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Tusi rebellion here in Yunnan was also a deliberate test of Tusi's loyalty by the Ming Kingdom, first secretly mobilized troops and horses, and after seeing the rebellion of the Tusi who would rebel, he immediately suppressed them with a thunderous force! ”
"What? And what's going on? When Shah Jahan heard this, he was shocked, and he still didn't believe it in his heart.
When his courtiers heard this, most of them did not believe it. However, those courtiers who didn't want to fight before were very rational at this time, and stood up and said: "If the Ming Kingdom is not strong, can it always occupy such a prosperous place?" I heard that they are like heaven and earth, there are many people, a lot of money, and it is very prosperous. Look, there are money, there are people, what will they be afraid of rebellion? As long as the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom gets serious, he will naturally be able to easily quell the chaos! ”
"That's right, we are too far away from the Ming Kingdom, and the news is inconvenient to transmit, and the news we heard before must be just the news from the beginning of the rebellion."
“……“
If this situation continues, the previous main battle faction will definitely be held accountable, so they began to argue in a different way.
"What if the Ming Kingdom is strong, Dongwu is closer to our Mughal Empire, is our Mughal Empire still afraid that the Ming Kingdom will not succeed?"
"Yes, we have a wise and powerful Great Khan, what is the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom?"
"The Ming army dared to capture Bengal Province, this is an offense to the majesty of the Great Khan, and we must not give up with them!"
“……”
Shah Jahan's face was gloomy and he didn't speak again. For a moment, his courtiers couldn't touch his mind, and slowly, when it came to the end, their voices were quiet, and they didn't dare to say any more.
It was only at this time that Shah Jahan asked in a cold voice, "What about King Talong?" ”
"Trapped in the ambush circle of the Ming army together, I don't know if I live or die!" The general said.
When Shah Jahan heard this, he asked again: "What is the movement of the Ming army now?" ”
"Stay in Dhaka, don't see any more action!"
"Sent someone to negotiate with the Ming army, and said that Ben Khan was deceived by King Taron and offended the Ming Dynasty. I am willing to apologize to the Ming State and hope that the Ming army can withdraw from Bangladesh so as not to hurt the peace between the two countries. After careful consideration, Shah Jahan said, "If the Ming army does not agree, then Ben Khan will personally conquer Dhaka and capture Ava!" ”
Although he said cruel words later, he took the initiative to show weakness to Ming Guo before, which surprised all his courtiers. You know, the Mughal Empire is in full swing, and the Great Khan is also very proud, how can he be soft on the Ming State, this is not Shah Jahan's style, is it really because the Ming Kingdom is too strong?
Shah Jahan glanced at his courtiers, and naturally understood what his courtiers were thinking, and he didn't care, but just shouted coldly: "The princes who sent the decree to Ben Khan, let them fight a decisive battle with Persia as soon as possible, and return to the division after taking Kandahar." ”
Hearing this, his courtiers suddenly realized that the daring Khan was not relenting at all, but just a delaying tactic. Now that the main army of the empire has been transferred to the north and Persia to fight for Kandahar, since the Ming army is strong, it is indeed not appropriate to fight on both sides. It is estimated that when the army returns to the division, it will be the time when Shah Jahan wants to save face.
Thinking so, they were also relieved, and they all praised Shah Jahan's clever strategy.
However, they didn't know that Bengal was the last place conquered by the Mughal Empire, and they were originally stunned by the thunderous blows of the Ming army, and they were scared, so they had been waiting for Delhi's movement.
As a result, he didn't expect that Shah Jahan went to show weakness first, and Fu Yuman was widely publicized, and suddenly, all the tribes in Bengal Province understood the strength of the Ming State, and even Shah Jahan was afraid. As a result, people's hearts were in turmoil, and there were people of all kinds of thoughts. This situation reached a peak when the army of Yunnan Tusi reached Bengal. Of course, not yet, but the strength of the Ming army spread as those defeated soldiers of the Mughal Empire dispersed.
Compared with the grievances encountered by Shah Jahan, Nguyen Phuc Yuan and George, the defeated army, were miserable. It's not that the Laos they face in front of them are difficult to deal with, but the Ming army is like kraft candy to catch them, so they don't have a chance to rest.
He fled from Thang Long Province to Laos and then south again. At the beginning, I thought that I had thrown off the Ming army, and my future opponent would be the Lao side. And they found that the Laotian side was simply vulnerable, which made the two of them ecstatic. If we had known this, we should have expanded westward and annexed Laos beforehand.
In fact, the descendants of Nguyen Phuc Nguyen kept moving westward, encroaching on the territories of Laos and Cambodia in the west. During the 17th century, Laos was the Nam Palm dynasty and Cambodia was the Angkor dynasty, and the heyday of the two dynasties had passed, both of which were at the end of the dynasty and were bullied by their neighbors.
Now, Nanzhang has been almost plagued by Nguyen Phuc Yuan's army, and his men and those Portuguese have grabbed enough gold, silver and jewelry, and they all want to settle down. Unexpectedly, the Ming army caught up. Nguyen Phuc Yuan and George didn't want to run away and wanted to fight. As long as you can win, you will have at least one piece of land to rest on.
However, those of their men did not want to fight. First, I was afraid of the Ming army before, and when I faced the Ming army, I knew that it would be a bad battle, and it would be a dead person, and no one wanted to die; second, if there are more things grabbed, no one wants to die; Third, I am used to bullying the weak, and I really don't want to fight a tough battle.
In desperation, in the end, Nguyen Phuc Yuan and George both jumped into the territory of the Angkor Dynasty, and this disaster continued to move south.
The Ming army, which followed them, also made a fortune. They pursued the remnants of Nguyen Phuc Yuan's army, and of course they would not return the captured booty to Nanzhang. In addition, because of the remnants of Ruan Fuyuan's army, which did all kinds of evil, burning, killing and looting as a comparison, the Ming army, which was only a general military discipline, was greeted by the people of Nanzhang on their knees gratefully.
I don't know when it began, and there were such remarks among the people of Nanzhang.
"The government will only oppress our people, and for those enemies who come in, but none of them have won a victory, what use do we want for such an official government?"
"The Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and there is a strong army, so the people of the Ming Dynasty can live and work in peace and contentment!"
"Annan has the king of the Ming Dynasty, and Dongwu has also divided the king of the Ming Dynasty, and they all have a good life to live. We also want the King of the Ming Dynasty to be our king! ”
"Yes, petition the Ming Army, petition the Ming Emperor, and ask to go south to divide the vassal king!"
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At first, these voices were relatively weak because they were afraid of retaliation from the government. But a few times, after the Ming army in Nanzhang made decisions for them, they became bolder. This remark was like a fire burning the prairie and immediately swept the entire Nanzhang Dynasty.
For the common people, it doesn't matter who is their king, as long as they can live a better life. Their dissatisfaction with the Nanzhang government had already accumulated a lot, and finally a series of events after the combined forces of Nguyen Phuc Yuan and George invaded Nanzhang caused this backlog of dissatisfaction to explode at once. Under the guidance of the Jinyi guard in the secret, there was this huge request.
On the border between Nam Tru and the Angkor dynasty, a Ming army was stationed here, which was the rear army of the Ming army that pursued the defeated army of Nguyen Phuc Yuan and George. In one of the tents, Han Wu, a thousand households in Jinyi, had just finished listening to the proclamations of all his subordinates. Then, he said with a smile: "Everyone did a good job, this Nanzhang Dynasty is over." The petition of the people of Nanzhang will be publicly delivered to Jingshi all the way. If nothing else, we will have another vassal king in the Ming Dynasty who will be divided out. ”
Hearing this, all the Jinyi Guard captains smiled with satisfaction. This is a great achievement for them, and of course, there is another reason why they are happy.
For the people of Nanzhang, the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty is a treasure, and they look forward to the king of the Ming vassal king coming over to replace the incompetent rulers of Nanzhang. But for the people of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king was a scourge. If they stay in the country, they will only occupy a large amount of grain fields, and they will have to be supported by the people of the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court, and they will not have to do anything. If they can seal it out, the people of the Ming Dynasty, even including these brocade guards, are actually happy to see it.
Han Wu was also very happy, and after his subordinates were relaxed for a while, his face became a little more serious, and he continued to his subordinates: "Tomorrow, we are going to enter Angkor, I believe that the specific things to be done, there is no need to say more about this official." What you do in Nanzhang is also done in Angkor. No matter what, let's work together to make our Ming vassal king one less one. ”
"Subordinates obey!" His subordinates all shouted their orders with high morale.