I want to be emperor

Although the army and navy of the Great Chu Empire would do a lot of seemingly childish things when they were in the country, just to make the people laugh.

However, the Chu army is overseas, and to the local indigenous countries, they are extremely vicious wolves, tigers and leopards!
On the sixth day of August in the 30th year of Chu Chengshun, September 1664th, 9 AD.

In the Madurai region at the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, a large number of soldiers from the Chu Army gathered in the eastern coastal town of the region, which was also the colony of the Great Chu Empire in this region.

After the Great Chu Empire occupied the island of Ceylon, it obtained this small coastal area as a trading base through negotiations with the local indigenous kingdom in the Madurai area on the other side of the strait, and then expanded rapidly with this base to establish a complete wharf. Warehouses, barracks, forts, etc.

Today, a reinforced mixed regiment under the No.70 Second Division of the Great Chu Empire Army has been transferred here.

Just a month ago, Madurai, the indigenous kingdom at the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, formally rejected the proposal of the Great Chu Empire’s Indian governor’s office to fully open the market, and allowed the Great Chu Empire’s industrial goods to freely enter the Madurai-controlled area.

In order to protect the interests of the Great Chu Empire in India and to open up more markets for domestic industry and commerce, the Indian Governor's Office decided to open up the market by itself after careful consideration.

Since they won't give it, then we'll take it ourselves!

These are the words of Gao Yuankai, the second-rank senior official of the Great Chu Empire, who is the governor of various territories in India and who is ordered to supervise the affairs of India, West Asia, and North Africa!

After the top civil officials of the Great Chu Empire in the Indian Peninsula and the regions to the west made a decision, they communicated and discussed with the army and navy. The natives of the region waged war to maintain the imperial order to maintain commercial interests in the region by force.

As the governor of India and the supervisor of Indian affairs, he has the power to declare war on the indigenous countries in the region, negotiate and sign treaties. Of course, the diplomatic treaties he signed need to be returned to Jinling City for approval before they have legal effect.

Its functions and powers are similar to those of governors in Western countries.

Of course, he can only decide whether to fight or not, but how to fight is the military's business.

This is also the practice of the Great Chu Empire in dealing with foreign affairs and wars in the past 20 years. The governor only cares about declaring war and truce, not fighting.

Therefore, when Gao Yuankai issued the order to declare war, the following matters actually had nothing to do with the Indian governor's office, because the military had already taken over the follow-up affairs.

The No.20 Fourth Army of the Great Chu Empire Army Stationed in India, the Indian Garrison Command, and the Great Chu Empire Navy Stationed in the Indian Ocean Fleet began mobilization and preparations.

At the end of July, the No.70 Second Division of the Army belongs to the 70th Infantry Regiment, the No.70 Second Division belongs to the Artillery Regiment's First Artillery Battalion, the No.70 Second Division belongs to the two cavalry posts of the Cavalry Regiment, and the No.6000 Second Division belongs to the two cavalry posts of the Cavalry Regiment. It belongs to the third supply battalion of the supply regiment. The above-mentioned more than [-] people were transferred here by sea to prepare for military strikes against the uneducated aborigines in the Madurai area.

On the sixth day of August, all military preparations were completed, the soldiers were rested, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition were transported from Colombo Port on the other side of the strait to Haixia Town. Brigadier General Miao Shengrong, deputy commander of the No.70 Second Division, led the official dispatch!
When the natives of Madurai on the opposite side saw the Chu army approaching, they were stunned at first.

They also didn't expect that they just politely rejected the Great Chu Empire's proposal to fully open the market, and after the two sides agreed to formulate tariffs in the region, these Chu people actually came to the door directly...

Such a barbaric and unreasonable act directly stunned the people of Madurai.

With this posture, people who don’t know think that Madurai has bullied the Great Chu Empire, but in fact, in the past few years, Madurai has tolerated the expansion of the Great Chu Empire in this area. The appearance of Haixia Town... The Chu people on the opposite side directly landed and seized this coastal town, and then forced them to admit to Madurai and sign an agreement to cede the land.

And conditionally let go of the commercial agreement, allowing the Great Chu Empire to open shops and sell goods in their territory.

At that time, Madurai endured it... After all, the Great Chu Empire is strong, and the Chu army is even stronger. They knew that they could not defeat Chu State, so they endured again and again.

But it turns out that the people of Chu have a greedy appetite and cannot get enough food!

This liberalization of the market is not enough, those Chu merchants don't even want to pay taxes... They demanded that most of the customs duties on Chu goods be exempted, and all negotiated tariff ratios were required.

Naturally, Madurai can't agree to it. Letting your Chu people's goods in is already the result of forbearance. You don't even want to pay customs duties. How is this possible.

But as soon as they refused, the Chu people sent troops on the back.

How to do?
What else can I do, fight desperately, I can't even kill all the people who have gone abroad and wait for death obediently.

But what about the resistance... I can't beat it!
On August 70, more than 3 mixed units under the No.[-] Second Division of the Chu Army encountered more than [-] indigenous troops in Madurai.

Moreover, the indigenous army in Madurai is still trying to play ambushes and encirclement operations by virtue of its familiar geographical advantages...

As a result, the two sides had just contacted, and their encirclement circle had not yet formed. In one corner of the encirclement circle, more than 3000 indigenous troops were still holding swords, bows and arrows, and only a few arquebus guns were directly defeated by a reinforced battalion of the Chu army.

As soon as the so-called siege started, it was torn to pieces!

In the ensuing large-scale battle between the two sides, the indigenous army was brave enough to take advantage of their superiority in strength to continuously launch strong attacks against the Chu army, which had few troops and penetrated deep into the enemy's hinterland.

On that day, these natives in southern India completely knew what the power of queuing up and shooting was, and what guns were!
At the beginning of the battle, countless indigenous infantry, holding shields, swords, spears, and matchlock guns, lined up neatly to attack the line infantry of the Chu army.

However, they were often bombarded by the Chu army's intensive artillery as soon as they advanced, and the continuous explosion of shells crippled their dense phalanxes one by one, and then collapsed.

After the indigenous infantry array that rushed up by chance approached the infantry array of the Chu army, they were hit by continuous volleys of gunfire from the Chu army.

The line infantry of the Chu army, like a small wall on a seemingly thin sandy beach, stood in front of tens of thousands of indigenous soldiers, and then the indigenous soldiers rushed up wave after wave like waves, and then Disappeared on the sand.

And when the natives were unable to attack, the Chu army also launched a counterattack!

The artillery began to extend its bombardment, covering within a kilometer of the battlefield, and the line infantry advanced steadily with volleys of guns, forcing the indigenous army to retreat step by step, and finally collapsed.

When the cavalry troops of the Chu army began to attack and harvested the heads of the fleeing native troops, the battle also came to an end.

After the day's war ended, the mountains and plains were filled with the bodies and wounded of indigenous soldiers!
In this battle, the natives of Madurai mobilized more than 6000 people. As a result, more than 6000 people were killed or seriously injured, countless were slightly injured, and the rest fled.

And what about Chu Jun?

Only 22 soldiers were killed in battle, and no more than [-] were injured!

In this battle, from the beginning to the end, the Chu army used its absolute firepower advantage to reap the lives of the indigenous soldiers in Madurai.

Even strictly speaking, the indigenous army in Madurai has never been within 50 meters of the Chu army's line of infantry in an organized manner.

The closest distance between the two sides was when the Chu army launched a counterattack, the native soldiers turned and fled, and the Chu army cavalry chased after them to cut melons and vegetables.

The huge power of the exploding grenade and the intensive firepower of the flash cap percussion rifle completely dominated this battle!
The whole battle can even be said to be full of child's play. Madurai's army launched a storm full of confidence at the beginning, thinking that it would win if there were more people... As a result, they were directly defeated by the artillery of the Chu army during the advance process. The lines close to the Chu army were intensively killed.

When the Chu army counterattacked, Madurai's army also couldn't withstand the intensive firepower of the Chu army, and then collapsed one after another before the Chu army's infantry approached.

And this battle also completely broke the resistance confidence of the Madurai people!
After the battle ended, the troops of the Chu army continued to advance, and the Madurai army in many cities fled and did not dare to resist.

In addition, the local people during this war are also very interesting. When the local army in Madurai fled, the local people did not have any sadness, let alone any resistance from the people.

Especially when those low-caste natives found that the Chu army did not practice the caste system and treated the natives uniformly, many young and strong people of low castes even wanted to help the Chu army fight with their humble weapons and dry food.

There are also many local people who actively accept the employment of the Chu army, serving as civilian men for the Chu army to transport logistics and supplies, and even as guides, leading the Chu army to fight the local indigenous army.

When the city of Madurai was finally attacked, it was the local indigenous people who helped the Chu army build various fortifications, helped the Chu army fill up the moat, and supported the Chu army with long ladders to facilitate the Chu army soldiers to climb the city wall.

In this situation, the Chu army once again witnessed the friendship of the local indigenous people...

Ever since, the Indian Garrison Command soon ordered the establishment of the second regiment of the Indian Army, and the soldiers were recruited from the Madurai area for follow-up long-term security operations in the area, and it was even considered to be transferred to other areas to fight.

This is also the second servant army of the Great Chu Empire in India. Before that, the Great Chu Empire also tried to set up the first servant army in the Mumbai area, namely the "Indian Legion", with about 2000 soldiers, all local untouchables The lower castes are young and strong.

The army has long been used to maintain law and order in the Mumbai area. Although the combat effectiveness is low, the cost is low, and there is no need to worry about casualties of local soldiers, so it is widely used.

In addition, the Legion was very active, even cruel, when it treated the local indigenous people, especially the high caste people.

They'll even engage in some pogroms and stuff like that.

This high caste does not mean that it is only the local Brahmins and Kshatriyas. To be precise, it is all castes higher than the untouchables, including the middle-level Vaishya, and even the low-level Sudras.

Because the composition of the Indian Legion is dominated by Dalits and untouchables, as well as a small number of Sudras who are very poor and cannot survive.

Before turning to the people of the Great Chu Empire as dogs, they could be bullied... But when they turned to the people of Chu as dogs, armed with weapons, and backed by the people of Chu, they instantly became villains. Dogs, biting all the people who looked down on and bullied them in the past.

So act very cruel!
The Chu people turned a blind eye to this. After all, there are many things that are not suitable for the Chu people to do by themselves, and the Chu army also needs such a vicious dog to do some shady things.

After seeing the effect, the Chu army wanted to form a second servant army before. Now that they are attacking the Madurai area and killing all the local indigenous kingdoms, Chu wants to establish an effective army in this area. Colonial rule also requires the assistance of local servants.

Thus, the Second Regiment of the Indian Legion was formed.

When the legion was formally established and recruited externally, and limited the recruitment of local untouchables and impoverished Sudras, most of the local untouchable youths actually didn't care. These people had already lost all hope in life, like pigs and sheep. Just keep on living.

But some dissatisfied with life, unreconciled untouchables and impoverished young Sudras are boiling.

They ran to the recruiting point one by one, crying and shouting that they wanted to join the army and serve the Chu people.

In just ten days, the second regiment of the Indian Legion recruited more than 2000 troops. After a simple training of only half a month, the regiment carried out its first mission, suppressing a local indigenous town resistance.

The untouchable soldiers of the regiment rushed in like mad dogs after the artillery units of the regular army of Chu smashed the only resistance on the opposite side, killing everyone...

Many people don't even know how to use the weapons assigned to them correctly. They just use the most primitive and instinctive way to kill all the people they see and are unable to resist, even including those untouchables who were born with them them.

After the battle ended, the news spread, and most of the other resistance forces in the Madurai area were disintegrated in an instant...

After the basic battle was over, the Indian Governor Gao Yuankai officially issued an administrative order, and the Madurai area was established as the Madurai Mansion, which was directly under the Indian Governor's Yamen.

Once it is under the direct control, the follow-up will naturally be the same as that of the Great Chu Empire in other directly-administered overseas territories: through continuous large-scale immigration and expulsion, the entire area will become the territory of the Great Chu people.

The policy of the Great Chu Empire in overseas territories has always been clear and clear. It has never engaged in colonial rule, and has no interest in ruling the local aborigines. The Great Chu Empire will emigrate on a large scale, and then gradually expel the aboriginals.

In the end, the local area became the land of the Chu people, and only the Chu people's land.

Just like the island of Ceylon on the other side of the strait!
The establishment of Madhu's Mansion was to completely control the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula. With the addition of Ceylon Island on the other side of the strait, the Great Chu Empire completely controlled both sides of the Palk Strait.

This is very important for the Great Chu Empire to control the entire Indian Ocean.

And after the Madurai region became a directly-administered overseas territory of the Great Chu Empire, it also terrified other indigenous kingdoms on the Indian Peninsula, especially several countries in the central and southern regions of the Indian Peninsula!
Because they found out that these Chu people were Dutch, and the British were even more terrifying!
The Dutch, the British, etc. came to India, at most they controlled a few coastal ports, and then engaged in trade, even if the British were at most, they were colonial rule and the like.

But Chu people?
They not only want coastal ports, they want trade, they also want land.

What makes people even more desperate is: Chu people only want land!