It is true that the Tang Dynasty has long not attached importance to India, which may be based on the superiority of the Chinese over the Indians, and India has been constantly treated by foreign national governments since ancient times, and finally evolved into a hodgepodge of ethnic groups. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Moreover, India's large population and the complexity of European power also hinder Datang's attack on India, especially when Datang has a better choice.

By 1796, the Tang Dynasty had thoroughly mastered the central and western regions of North America except the United States and Canada, controlled the Australian mainland and New Zealand, and the whole of Southeast Asia was under control, and the penetration of the Chinese homeland was also effective. Especially the growing strength of the Tang Dynasty, it is not like when the founding of the People's Republic of China had to devote all its energy to doing any random things. Now there are more people in Datang, there are more people who do things, and there are more capable people accordingly.

Just like the European War, Datang just sent a lieutenant general with 30,000 soldiers to connect with European allies and solve the matter. Others should do what they should do, engage in local development, engage in overseas territorial development, conduct intercontinental trade, and so on.

At the national strategy and security meeting of Datang, Bai Nan and a group of bigwigs gathered together. Since last year's war, most of the affairs handled by Bai Nan have been domestic affairs, and he has not interfered much in international affairs, but in recent days, more and more information has been gathered, showing a new wave of enthusiasm for colonization in European countries.

Bai Nan opened his mouth and said, "...... Several of Europe's major colonial powers, Britain, France, and Spain, have almost all begun to make moves. It is not surprising that Britain is the biggest mover, and European countries have a desperate desire to strengthen themselves, and for Britain, closing the gap with us is their main goal. Therefore, Britain has a new colonial strategy, arranging two colonial centers, namely West Africa and India. Britain had expanded its presence on the Gold Coast and had gradually transformed from a slave trade port to a developing colony. A number of plantations have been built to provide raw materials for the industries that have arisen in Britain. Also in India, the British deliberately completely dominated the situation in India and became the hegemon of India. However, this also clashed with the colonization plan of the French at this stage. France was far less powerful in India than the British, and last time it was with the help of ours, plus the United Marathas, that it was a victory. Recently, however, the French have been in difficulty with Maratha, who is also hungry for land, and Maratha has become increasingly dissatisfied with the French greed, suspicious and wary of them. There were even some clashes that broke out. France is sending troops, apparently trying to do it against Maratha. ”

Defense Minister Liu Fangwu said: "France does not have the ability to eat the Maratha Alliance in one bite, and neither do the British, and the strategy of these two countries is still based on encroachment step by step." ”

India is now a scene of fragmentation, with the Mughal Empire, the titular ruler of India, now in name only, and the Maratha Empire, which began as a defense against the Afghan invasion, has taken over most of northern India. However, Maratha was also full of internal conflicts, and the constant struggle between the princes of the princely states and Peshwa (the equivalent of the prime minister) also gave the British and French an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The southern kingdom of Mysore is now completely surrounded by the British-controlled area, but Mysore's power is not weak, and King Tipu has made the British governor, the Duke of Wellington, feel that the situation is serious, and he needs to defeat Mysore immediately to prevent it from growing further.

Vice President Xue Yue still likes to talk cool as always, and said: "The French are useless, they have occupied Pune since more than ten years ago, and have obtained the suzerainty of the Maratha Union, and there has been no growth in these years, and no useful colonial activities have been carried out. ”

"During the Great War in Europe, no country paid much attention to this, and the activities of the East India Company were somewhat restricted. And now, both Britain and France are working hard to achieve greater benefits in India, and if this situation continues, India will soon be completely colonized, and I think the French will not be able to fight the British in India after all, and will eventually be expelled from India. And at that time, we will see a subcontinent that is almost completely controlled by the British, which is obviously a situation that we do not want to see, so I intend to expand the sphere of influence of our Tang Dynasty in India at this time. ”

Strictly speaking, the Tang Dynasty did not colonize India, and the vast majority of the population of the Tang Dynasty's Donghui Overseas Territory was not of Indian ethnicity, but tribesmen, including Assamese and Manipur. Donghui also has a certain number of Bengalis, but only a little about 10 percent of the total territorial population.

Xue Yue said with a smile: "Actually, it should have been done a long time ago, India has a large area, a lot of arable land, rich minerals, a large population, a large market, and in all fairness, it is the best colony in the world." Earlier, we were mainly engaged in survival colonization, clearing the wasteland and letting the Chinese occupy it, and this kind of occupying colonization is actually very beneficial. Overseas territories such as Siam and Burma have actually provided us with considerable economic benefits after our profound social changes. Even if we don't completely occupy India, just cutting off a piece of it will bring a lot of benefits. ”

Liu Tian asked Bai Nandao: "Then which piece of land do you have your eye on, and how do you cut in?" ”

Bai Nan recounted: "The territory of the British, we will not touch it for the time being, we have just stopped the state of war with the British, and opened a new economic and trade exchange with the British, and even if we defeat all India, it will be equivalent to nothing, the investment is huge, the return rate is slow, the scale is small, and it is better for us to focus on operating a new overseas territory." My idea was to seize the northwestern part of the subcontinent, that is, the Indus Plain region and most of the Maratha Empire. We can coordinate with the French and give them land around Maharashtra. ”

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be speechless, what Bai Nan said seemed to be plain, but the Maratha Empire was actually most of India, geographically equivalent to another country including Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, including more than one million square kilometers of land, and the population was roughly estimated to be at least thirty or forty million. And the Indus Plain region, which is actually the eastern part of Pakistan, is merged into one piece, and the appetite of Bainan is already amazing. (To be continued.) )