586. Chapter 586 - A War That Determines Destiny
It was just as William was preparing for another fateful war with the Dark Elves that he arrived at their destination, Ceylon, bypassing the Breton expeditionary fleet at the Cape of Good Hope. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It's a little unwilling to think about it, it's obviously a competitor. But when William was in full swing and had even destroyed a powerful khanate. Her expedition had only just begun, and if William was now fully loaded, then his blood sister, this Victoria, had not yet hunted anything.
The gap between the two sides was so stark that Victoria, who saw Willian as the number one rival, was very unwilling.
Again, for these reasons, she made some slightly more radical decisions. That is to stab him in the back while the army of the Mughal Empire is facing off in the north against the army of the traitor Zoroaster, Nader Shah.
Although it may seem a little risky on the surface, in reality this tactic cannot be considered a mistake.
In addition to grasping the opponent's weakness and military gap, the more important point is Victoria's army, the strength in her hands. She is sure enough to complete this strategy.
In addition to a total of five corps, the reform of flintlock bayonets had been completely completed, and at the same time partially equipped with grenades. In addition to the elite troops with a large number of heavy artillery, she is not without power in Indy. Many of the princely princes of Indy were willing to form alliances with them, not least because of their commercial interests and the power of the Britons. In addition to this, there are the conflicts and contradictions between them and those Crescentists.
Yes, the state religion of the Crescent Sect, which is now established in Hindi and encompasses almost all of the territory of Hindi. A monotheistic religion of exclusivity. More importantly, although the reigning Mughal emperors had introduced policies to ease religious tensions, when the throne passed to Aurangzeb, the cunning, pious, and warlike Crescent made the policy.
The first is to force the Hindians to convert, and the second is to get more land for military spending. In addition to this, there is also some natural hostility and superiority of the Crescents towards the Indians.
So he instituted two policies, one of which would be established by most Crescent faiths, and that was to levy a poll tax on the infidels. It can also be called a ding tax. In short, any pagan had to pay a tax to maintain their faith, unless they declared their conversion to the Crescent Cult.
The other point was to exclude all Indians from the government β especially this one that upset the upper echelons of the Indians, the Kshatriya warrior class. And one of the things that is well known is that although the Crescent Cult controlled the whole of Indy, the core of the Mughal Empire's rule was the Crescentists, and the core interests of the Mughal Empire were the armies, bureaucracy, and burghers of these more intelligent, brave, and warlike Crescents. However, the problem is that there are simply too many Indians, who make up ninety-nine percent of the population. When 99% of the people in a country don't agree with you, then most of the country is doomed.
Of course, the Mughal Empire was known for its strength, as well as the power and military power of its rulers. If you want to collapse from the inside, it will take a little more time. If there were no external factors to interfere with, and only by virtue of the battles of these Indians who were very scumbags in combat power, then what could they do if they wanted to overthrow the rule of the Mughal Empire?
Even the end result was the collapse of the Mughal Empire, but a new ruler, still a Crescent crescent, was killed and continued to rule over these guys.
The conquest of Zoroaster by conquerors from the Uzbek steppes and the conquest of India by conquerors from Zoroaster has been going on for thousands of years.
Of course, in the present, in the modern age, in this day and age, after the whole world has been connected by interests and forces, this cycle can no longer continue.
The Indians do not have enough wisdom and courage to stand up to them, nor enough wisdom and courage to rule themselves. But someone can do it. In this case, the accession of the Britons plunged the entire Indyna, the South Asian subcontinent into a new round of turmoil.
Victoria calculated the amount of money in her hand a little. Five legions of 100,000 regular troops. Plus the colonial army of about fifty thousand - most of them were made up of obedient, docile and, of course, not very combat-ready Indians. However, a small number of them came from the Gurkha mercenaries. Armed with dog-legged Kukr knives, these fierce and skilled marksmanship, and very loyal, are the best cannon fodder and mercenaries.
In addition to these 150,000 troops, which can be counted as his own, he also has dozens of princely allies of various sizes, the most powerful of which has an army of tens of thousands of people, as well as hundreds of war elephants. The weaker ones had only a few hundred palace guards.
These guys did not have the courage to stand up to the Mughal Empire alone. However, it is not the same if it is allied with the Britons. They can pull out at least fifty thousand troops, if not more. In addition to this, they promised the Bretons that once the war began, they would gather more rebels to join their alliance.
"All of Indy will join us, Your Highness the Princess. β
The man who said this to Victoria was a guy with dark brown skin and drooping eyes. This guy has a turban inlaid with the finest jadeite, and he wears a bracelet and ring made of pure gold. He was dressed in the richest silk clothes. It looks like the whole person is bejeweled.
However, even this can't hide this person's vulgar appearance, nouveau riche temperament, unexpected self-confidence and self-feeling for some reason. In addition, there is unbearable body odor and fox odor.
Of course, what is even more unbearable is the look in this guy's eyes that looks like the reincarnation of a pervert after seeing himself. This made Victoria sick.
Victoria pulled out a feather folding fan and covered her nose, and then said to the fellow who claimed to be the rightful heir of the kingdom of Bishara, "Since that's the case, then I'll leave it to you." Briton will remember your friendship. β
It seems that he is a little surprised that his masculine charm has not been able to impress this foreign princess. The other party was a little unrelenting, so he continued: "So, your honorable and beautiful princess, do I have the honor to invite you to my territory?"
As he said this, he smiled what he thought was very charming. But it seemed to Victoria that the Prince of Indy laughed even more disgusting than he had just appeared.
If it weren't for the fact that these princely states were still useful, and the signboard of the Bichara Kingdom barely had some appeal, Victoria really wanted to ask the guards to chop him up regardless of it.
However, even so, she did not hesitate and rejected this guy mercilessly: "No, I still have a lot of important things. β
The other party's smile froze again. Why? Why can't I bring out my charm when I am the best of the high caste? What went wrong? It's really strange.
He thought to himself. But even so, there is still no selfishness. The prince of Bichara thought for a moment. And then I was very sad to find that I actually didn't have the ability and experience to soak girls at all. The usual beautiful girls took the initiative to post upside down because of his noble status.
"Only those filthy Crescentists will disapprove of my greatness. "Prince Bisharo was a little upset when he thought of thisβno, it should be said very, very upset.
Because for those Crescentists, all Indians are rubbish, both high-caste guys and low-caste guys are all rubbish. They have a population of hundreds of millions, but they will easily lose to the Crescentists with only 100,000 people, and then be enslaved and ruled, as the weakest and best enslaved race in the world, they are naturally garbage from top to bottom. You don't need to care about the tradition of garbage, the belief in garbage, and the system of garbage, otherwise you will become garbage.
That's it.
In a sense, what these guys have in mind can't be miscalculated. At least some parts can't be considered wrong. It's just that telling the truth so clearly is really sad.
If there is a mistake that these guys really turn, then there are two points, the first is that they don't have a good-looking shell to wrap themselves. Make yourself look righteous when you do anything evil. And the other thing, and most importantly, is that they're not strong enough.
"So, what kind of man do you like, Your Highness the Princess?" Prince Bichara finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to get straight to the point and make it clear to her. Then it was logical to marry her and get married. It is said that this beautiful woman with a fair complexion like milk will marry her own family, and by the way, take away the most dowry in the world.
Educated in the Hindi religion, the prince's mind was filled with all kinds of strange ideas and ideas that only Hindi people can have. These are just one of them.
"What kind of man do I like......" Suddenly hearing this question, Victoria didn't know why for a while, and actually forgot to be angry. She looked at the obnoxious Prince of Indy in front of her, the disgusting hot and humid place, and then, in her mind, was ......
"The best general in the world and the greatest hero in the world. She smiled and said to the prince.