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After compiling all the information, William came to the conclusion that Victoria's army probably exceeded half a million

In fact, even so, Victoria was not the one with the largest number of Indy-keeping troops.

Both Nader Shah and the Maharaja of Punjab had an army of more than 100,000 men. In the south, the Maratha Federation has a large number of generals, even claiming to have an army of more than a million.

Even the Mughal Empire, which now looks like it is dying, is now reinvigorated when it is facing the danger of extinction. The Mughals formed an army of infantry, cavalry and artillery, with the Chizlbash as the main force, using muskets. This army was probably about two or three legions. The strength is also said to be quite strong.

Against the Sikhs of Punjab and Nadir Shah's army, the Mughal Empire relied on such an army to resist to the death, repelling several enemy attacks and successfully defending Delhi and the large rich territories around Delhi.

So, although the Mughal Empire now looks like it is in decline, its territory has shrunk by nearly two-thirds.

However, in terms of absolute strength, the Mughal Empire is still one of the most powerful forces in the subcontinent. It would be difficult for any one of the forces to fight against the Mughal Empire alone. Even Maharaja Ranjit and Nadir Shah, who are a little less powerful, still need to form an alliance and unite against him in order to win.

"So, the situation is really chaotic right now. William thought to himself - his other strategy now was to attack Victoria directly - to unite all the powers now in the subcontinent, all the forces that were now in the South Asian subcontinent, including the Maratha Federation and the Mughal Empire, to form an alliance to drive out all these Britons and annex their colonies.

This strategy has its advantages and disadvantages compared to the previous strategy of attacking the Marathas.

The disadvantages are obvious, Victoria, who has an army of 500,000 troops, can be said to have a large number of generals and strong strength. Although the territory and resources are slightly inferior, the combat effectiveness is definitely the best in the entire Indy.

Nowadays, in fact, whether it is the Marathas, the Mughals, the Sikhs of Punjab or the Afshar, all of them are somewhat afraid of the increasingly powerful and almost incomparable Britons.

In fact, even William himself muttered a little in his heart.

The expeditionary force under his command consisted of five legions and an army of 100,000 troops. The reinforcements that came by land, as well as the four newly formed cavalry regiments. With the addition of the servant army, the number will not exceed two hundred thousand.

With such an army, if you go head-to-head with the opponent's 500,000 army, the odds of victory are probably not high.

Taking a step back, even if you win, the result is likely to be a disastrous victory. William, who has lost too much strength, how will he conquer and rule the Indies next?

So you can only rely on the alliance. William's tactics were just that, forming a broad coalition against Briton.

But there is another problem here, as I said before, the strength of the Britons is strong.

This can indeed bring certain convenience and preconditions for the alliance of other countries. But at the same time, it is also very likely that these countries do not want, or dare not fight, each other and start a war.

In this case, it is a big question whether it will be possible to form a coalition and then defeat the Britons. Even if an alliance is formed, who has the final say, and what about the next unified command and unified dispatch of the army?

There are too many enemies in this preconceived alliance, even feuds. How to coordinate their relationship is likewise a very important issue.

If this series of problems is not properly resolved and coordinated, even if an alliance is established, I am afraid that we will not be able to defeat the other party. Even forming alliances to pull each other back, their combat efficiency is not as good as that of each family fighting alone with Victoria.

Even if you take a step back, William really built a strong alliance and then fought desperately with Victoria. And it won.

So what should we do about dividing up the spoils of war and the division of territory? The previous strategy was that William attacked Maratha alone, so the turf and spoils that were defeated naturally belonged to William. But now it's different. Now it's a coalition. If the spoils are divided, William will definitely not get much.

In any case, it is not as pleasant as eating alone.

"When you think about it, this strategy is really useless. William thought to himself, a self-deprecating smile on his lips.

Of course not—to say that it's useless, of course, is to say it casually. What exactly is good about this strategy, William is simply clear.

The advantage of this is that he can clear his biggest and most dangerous opponent out of the game in the first place.

In the absence of the Britons, the victory would have of course belonged to Wilhelm von Hereford, and of course to the Russian Gothic Empire!

Neither the Mughals, nor the Maratas, nor the Sikhs, nor the Afshars, could stop the Russian-Gothic expeditionary force from advancing!

"Yes, that's it. However, it was still ......"

William was torn between a whim.

The pros and cons of both strategies are easy to see.

The former is simple and rewarding. But on William's attack on Maratha, it was only natural that the Bretons would expand as well. If Victoria had taken advantage of this opportunity to attack the Mughals desperately, it would have led to such an outcome.

That is, William annexed Maratha and occupied the Indian South. Victoria, on the other hand, defeated the Mughals and ruled the northern part of Indy, which was much larger, richer, more resourceful, and more populous than the south.

This is something that William does not want to accept no matter what.

Because, once that's the case, then the chances of defeating Victoria have dropped a lot.

It's sad, it's really sad to think about it.

However, if you concentrate on attacking the opponent, the possibility of success is somewhat ...... Not so good.

William thought so in his heart, thinking hard, thinking hard, thinking hard. In the end, I still don't think it's appropriate.

Neither the first strategy nor the second strategy is very good.

In this case, William thought about it for a while and finally came up with another tactic, which was to put aside the preset two strategies and look for a third strategy.

"That is, then...... If you do two tactics at the same time, will it be successful?" William thought: "If you send a small number of troops and then attack Maratha, and at the same time contain Victoria, so that guy doesn't have enough energy to attack the Mughals......"

William thought about it again, but thought it was unlikely.

Because it's not very easy to distribute.

If you are the one who wants to contain the other party, then you can probably do it, but who will attack Marata?

Although Maratha is very weak, there are millions of troops. An army of millions, an army of millions. If it weren't for the great mind and tactical skills of Alexander the Great, then there was a good chance of failure.

But if the guy attacking Maratha is himself, who can stop Victoria?

Mmmmmm

- So, after a long headache, William thought of another strategy-that is-since it was unlikely to succeed in attacking the two most powerful countries in the subcontinent at the same time, it would be better to attack the countries that were not too strong.

"Attack Afghanistan and Balochistan with four cavalry legions by land, plus a local army of servants conscripted in Zoroaster!" William thought: "Defeat the kingdom of Afshar, then attack Punjab and annex the Sikh empire!"

In this way, even if the other party really defeats the Mughal Empire and annexes the Mughal Empire, then I can still be firmly defeated by owning the Maratha, Punjab, and Afshar!"

Uh-huh, uh-huh, that's it, that's it. William, who thought of a foolproof solution, was very happy and very excited. As long as you use such tactics, then you are invincible. William thought to himself.

Yes, his odds are not very high right now. The strength is not strong enough. In this case, what you should do is not to challenge the final boss in one breath and then hit your head and break the bloodstream, but to pay attention to strategy and accumulate strength first.

William is very confident in this - as long as he has exactly the same strength as the opponent, then he will be the one who will win in the end.

"Then it's decided! Attack the kingdom of Afshar first, then Punjab!"

William thought in his heart: "After destroying these two countries, I will support the Mughals, let the Mughals resist Victoria, and resist for a while, so that I can take advantage of this time to attack Marata." ”

In this way, William came up with the most crude and simple plan to attack and annex the subcontinent - of course, it was only a draft, a plan, a plan that might be executed, and the plan that would most likely make William successful.

It's like all plans, after they are actually implemented, they will inevitably face all kinds of problems of one kind or another, and even simply find that there is no way to implement them.

However, it doesn't matter even so, it's better to have a plan than not to have a plan. It's like writing a book, it's better to have an outline than not to have one.

In the specific implementation process, there will definitely be various problems of one kind or another, but William is not afraid, he is very confident that it will be himself who will win in the end.