Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 880 Recovering Mumbai
In order to guard against an ambush, Chen Que divided the 50 sword players into five teams to advance into the city and occupy an important position at the gate of the city.

He followed with a hundred fusiliers.

It turned out that there was no ambush inside the city gate. The mob who had been rummaging for things in nearby shops even ran away in shock and hid when they saw them appear.

However, there were still shouts, smashing sounds, and sporadic gunshots a little further away.

Obviously, the riots have not subsided.

Hou Runfa followed in with the remaining hundreds of Ming armed forces, looked at the situation in the city, and said: "Time is urgent, we will divide into two groups to sweep from the west to the east. First rescue the compatriots trapped in the city, and then consider protecting them." industry."

Chen Que nodded, "Okay."

After that, the two each brought more than 400 people and began to search and sweep eastward.

"Compatriots, we are the armed forces organized by the Mumbai Ming Chamber of Commerce. We have come to the city to rescue you. Come out and join us as soon as you hear, and we will send you to the dock!"

Hou Runfa found some loud voices, shouting while searching.

Soon, some Ming people who were trapped at home ran out upon hearing the sound.

When the rescued people reached a certain number, Hou Runfa sent people to the pier together...
Bang bang bang!
The banging on the door became louder, and the blocked wooden door shook violently, as if it was about to shatter at any moment.

A large mob was shouting and shouting outside.

"This Ming businessman has a lot of money, if we break his house, we will lose it all!"

"Open the door! Open the door!"

"You're welcome when we rush in!"

"If you don't open the door, your house will be burned down!"

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Because there were too many mobs outside, and there were even bows, arrows, and muskets snatched from nowhere, Shi Anming and the others dared not show their faces at all.

Originally thought that the group of mobs said that setting fire was just to scare people, but after a while, thick smoke actually rose outside.

"Sir, they are really going to burn us to death!" Mrs. Chen was in a hurry, her face turned pale with fright.

Shi Ansheng and the others also looked anxious and scared.

Shi Anming is also bewildered.

Soon, the thick smoke made them cough. Shi Anming knew that he couldn't wait any longer, stood up with red eyes and said, "Now we can only stay in here and wait for death. Go out and fight them!"

After speaking, Shi Anming began to take the furniture at the door.

Shi Ansheng and others knew that there was still a chance of survival in this situation, and that they would be suffocated to death if they hid in the house, so they began to remove the furniture.

Seeing that all the furniture at the door was about to be moved away, several people heard a burst of gunshots, followed by panicked screams, screams, and Chinese words from the mob!
The gunfire outside quickly ended.

Then a few people heard someone shout: "Compatriots inside, we are a search and rescue force organized by the Chamber of Commerce. Can you come out? Do you need our help?"

Although the Chinese language was very authentic, Shi Anming did not take it lightly.He first looked out through the gap in the window, and saw that the person outside was indeed a Ming person, and then he said pleasantly: "Quickly open the door! We are saved!"

After opening the door, Shi Anming and others discovered that the mob had only set a few piles of smoke outside before and did not actually set fire to the house.

Thinking about it, the houses in this city of Mumbai are one after another, in a disorderly manner. If it really burns, it may affect the whole city.The vast majority of these mobs are also city residents, unless they want to burn themselves to death in the city, otherwise they will not set fire easily.

After crossing the fire and seeing the leader, Shi Anming hurriedly went up to meet him, and said gratefully: "Boss Hou, thank you for coming in time, otherwise we would have died!"

Although Shi Anming was a small businessman, Hou Runfa also knew him. Seeing this, Guan asked, "Is Boss Shi's family all right?"

"It's okay, just a little frightened."

"Alright then, Boss Shi, let's follow us with his family, and we'll take you to the pier later."

Perhaps it was because on the second day of the riots, some people had taken enough things to hide, and there were far fewer mobs on the streets in the city than yesterday.

Chen Que and Hou Runfa led their troops from the west of the city to the east of the city, and none of the mob teams they encountered had more than a hundred people.

Although some of the mobs snatched cold weapons such as knives and guns, and even muskets, they were not opponents armed by the Ming people at all.

For those mobs who were looting and harming others, Hou Runfa and others were not polite, and they all shot dead on the spot.

As for the mob who ran away when they saw them, they didn't go after them.

In this way, before the sun went down, the rather large city of Mumbai was taken back from the mob by this self-rescue armed force of more than 800 Ming people!
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What the Mughals are currently implementing is a semi-feudal official system. The position of officials is directly linked to the troops they can command, that is, the integration of civil and military.

Therefore, for example, the heads of local officials in Mumbai, translated in Chinese, are most appropriate to be called "city lords".

As the number one trading port in western India, Mumbai is very rich, so Aurangzeb sent to govern Mumbai a cousin of the royal family he trusted, called Haman.

As the lord of Mumbai, Haman directly controlled [-] cavalry and [-] light infantry.When necessary, he can also call up nearly [-] "village soldiers" from the feudal towns around Mumbai.

It stands to reason that with the regular army under his control, they could enter the city to quell the riots the next day.

It's a pity that Haman is a coward who is afraid of death - yesterday the mob broke through the city lord's mansion, and Haman almost lost his life. Although he left the city under the guard of the army, he was scared out of his wits by the riot.

Today someone suggested sending troops to suppress the mob and take back the city. Haman felt that he was being sent to death, so he was so angry that he scolded the man and whipped him out.

Then he slept in the barracks in the east of the city, and planned to spend a few days to see the situation in the city before deciding whether to send troops into the city.

When he woke up at dusk, Haman prepared a table of wine and meat, and asked two beautiful dancers to accompany him to eat, drink and play.

Just when she was happy, she saw a person walking in hurriedly, saying: "City Master, it's not good!"

Haman frowned, "What's wrong? The city lord is fine!"

The subordinate frowned, and still reported: "City Master, the Ming people entered the town and suppressed the mob, occupying the city."

Haman was taken aback for a moment when he heard this, and then he stood up in a panic, pushed away the two dancers who were holding him on the left and right, and hurriedly shouted: "Come on, come quickly and escort the city lord away!"

The subordinate who reported the letter saw that Haman was so frightened that he ran away when he heard that the Ming people had occupied the city, and he was even more speechless.

"City Lord, the guards occupying the city are less than a thousand Ming merchants, not the Ming army. The most important thing right now is to get the Ming people to hand over the city - if His Majesty knows that Mumbai is occupied by the Ming people, he will definitely be furious. "

Haman thought of Aurangzeb's anger, and couldn't help shivering. He hurriedly said: "You are right, we must take back the city—I will send troops to attack the city now."

Hearing this, the subordinates wished they could step forward and slap Haman.

It's a deadbeat.

"City Master, it's getting dark now, and it's not easy to attack the city. Besides, we haven't negotiated with the Ming people—in case they don't want to occupy the city, we can just wait for them to withdraw and then take back the city. Therefore, the most important thing to do now It is to send someone to negotiate with Ming."

Haman sneered, "There are less than a thousand people in the area, and they are all merchant guards. How dare you occupy Mumbai?"

The subordinate endured his impatience and said: "City Master, these Ming people can suppress the registration so quickly, their strength is definitely not weak..."

"All right, all right," Haman became impatient, "I'll listen to you first, and send someone to negotiate with these Ming merchants to get them to hand over the city. If they don't, I'll send an army to attack the city tomorrow!"

The subordinates felt that this was Harman's most "wise" decision, so they stopped talking and went on to work.

In the city, after Hou Runfa and Chen Que suppressed the mob, only 200 people from each faction guarded the east and west gates.There were only two centurions patrolling the city wall, but as for the city, they couldn't manage it for the time being.

Tomorrow, they will also go to see various Mingren factories, workshops and warehouses in the city.As for the shops, you don't need to look at them, the things inside must have been snatched up by the mob.

Hou Runfa was in charge of guarding the east gate. After a busy day, he assigned tasks to the 200 people below, and then lay down on a small wooden bed nearby to rest.

Annoyingly, he was woken up just as soon as he fell asleep.

"Boss Hou, the city lord of Mumbai sent an envoy."

(End of this chapter)