The Mughal Empire's army suffered a great defeat at Agoura.

The combined forces of the Ming and Indian vassals captured Agoura and gained a key point on their way to the Ganges.

But alas.

Agoura was badly damaged, the inhabitants were gone, and the entire city was still burning when Sun Shiyi led the army.

"It seems that it will take some time to recover, and to enter the Ganges, it is necessary to rely on inland waterways and transport shipbuilding materials all the way from the mountain roads. I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. ”

Sun Shiyi frowned.

Pan Shien, the strategist beside him, smiled.

"Grandpa, don't forget, what are we fighting for here in India for? What the Son of Heaven cares about most. ”

Sun Shiyi waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "What else can the Son of Heaven care about, what he cares about is the market here in India and the control of the Indian coast." ”

Although the Ming Dynasty now had a large population, and with the improvement of infrastructure and the emergence of a large urban class, the "domestic market" of the Ming Dynasty was very large.

But this industrialization is like this, and naturally there is a need for a large number of markets.

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The first economic crisis of the Ming Dynasty version was obtained.

Before the overproduction of industrial products in the Ming Dynasty, it is the most important thing for the Ming Dynasty to take down the densely populated territory as much as possible, dump the industrial products of the Ming Dynasty, and provide a steady stream of raw materials for the industrialization process of the Ming Dynasty.

An economic crisis is bound to happen.

This is the fate of capitalism.

But Emperor Zhu didn't want to encounter an economic crisis when the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty was still in full swing.

In fact, Emperor Zhu was a little dissatisfied with Sun Shiyi's choice to develop obscenely in southern India.

His original idea was to hope that Sun Shiyi would land at the mouth of the Ganges River, and then fight directly along the northwest direction of the Ganges King, occupying the Ganges River valley - this place is no less densely populated than Jiangnan! And there are many old and rich Indian princely states.

It's really old and rich - the inheritance is very old, some can be traced back to thousands of years, and they are very rich, who knows how much gold is hidden in the warehouses of these rich people?

As everyone knows.

The people of India are very fond of collecting gold.

"You mean to write to the Son of Heaven and ask the Son of Heaven to send troops to help?"

Sun Shiyi was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "How can a person as good as the Son of Heaven personally rank the mud pit of India." ”

"It's not to send the army, it's just to ask the Indian Ocean Fleet to send small ironclad ships to control the Ganges channel!"

Pan Shien said.

A.D. 1796 in early April.

A battle that took place in the south of the Mughal Empire was won and lost in a very short time.

Tens of thousands of Qing-Mo coalition troops were crushed near Akara.

According to the news that came out after the war.

The army of the Mughal consul Wazir Ghazi was scattered, and his own whereabouts were unknown, most likely dead.

The last Green Cult warriors the Mughals were able to fight were wiped out.

And just when the people of Derry City were panicking.

An ally of the Mughals, the army of the Western Qing Kingdom forced their way into the empty city of Derry with a large army.

After taking control of the Mughal emperor.

He plundered the city, took away untold wealth, and then fled.

The entire Mughal has existed in name only.

"The Mughals are dead?!"

The Governor's House of Calcutta, got the news of Richard. Wellesley's face was shocked.

Originally, they were thinking that the Western Qing Dynasty and the Mughal would join forces, and the Ming and Indian feudal armies would cross the plateau, and there were not many troops, so this battle would have to be fought for several months.

Who would have thought.

From the contact between the two sides on March 22 to April 3, in just a dozen days, the tens of thousands of Mughal troops were gone.

Even more so that the Viceroy of British India, Richard. Wellesley was furious.

The army of the Western Qing Dynasty was so shameless.

They didn't fire a shot on the battlefield, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they ran away first.

Then take advantage of the emptiness of Delhi and sack the city of Derry!

Other words

The Mughal Empire did not actually fall to the Ming army.

It was destroyed by the Western Qing!

This is shameless, does not talk about morality, and does not talk about martial arts allies.

Let the Britons be too angry.

It was the Britons who had always done this kind of thing.

The result?

As a result, the Western Qing Dynasty, which was allied with Britain, was even more shameless! Not even more martial arts!

"Your Excellency the Governor, now that Agoura has been occupied by the Ming people, they will use Agoura as a starting point and expand along the Ganges, perhaps soon. They will take the city with their troops. ”

"Soldiers coming to the city? Which city? ”

"Kolkata City, of course!! My brother, you will be the last Indian governor of Britain, and Britain will lose all its Indian colonies! "Arthur. Wellesley said.

Britain is losing all of its Indian colonies!

It's horrible!

If this is the case, his future will be ruined.

He will definitely become a joke, a sinner, a laughing stock in British politics.

This must not happen!

"What are we going to do now? To be honest, I don't trust the Qing people very much anymore, they are just a bunch of robbers, a bunch of villains! ”

Richard scolded viciously.

Villains who are more hateful than their Britons are really rare

Arthur Wellesley shook his head and said, "These Qing people have all experienced the civil war between the Ming and Qing dynasties in China, and their combat power is probably stronger than we expected, and it is understandable that they will do so." ”

Is this still understandable?

Understand their plunder?

"My brother, wouldn't you be tempted in that situation? The Mughals are finished, and if they don't take the wealth of Delhi with them, then the wealth of Delhi will fall into the hands of the Ming people! This wealth is much better in the hands of the Qing people than in the hands of the Ming people. ”

Arthur. Wellesley spread his hands and said, picking up his teacup and continuing to stare at the map of the Ganges River valley with a frown.

And Richard. Wellesley nodded.

"Again, the Mughals are finished, and it is only natural that our allies should take away this wealth." As soon as he rolled his eyes, he immediately called his attendant and ordered: "Write to His Excellency Lebao, the Governor of the Western Qing Dynasty, and say. Britain recognized the Qing Dynasty's right to rule over the remaining territories of the Mughal Empire. ”

"My brother, the Ming and Qing people are not so stupid, they will not abandon our territory in the Mughal Empire and fight hard." Arthur said.

Richard shrugged, "Just a temptation, what if these Chinese are so greedy?" ”

"How's it going, have you found a way?"

Richard. Wellesley said.

Arthur raised his head when he heard this, and said, "There is only one way!" ”

He pointed to Agoura on the map.

"Concentrate all your forces, storm Agoura, and fight the Ming people with an unstable foothold!!"

(End of chapter)