My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 332 Delhi Sultanate

"set sail!"

Following Zhu Gaoxu's order, the huge fleet in Lion Harbor raised their sails and sailed out of the harbor one after another.

Looking at the endless sea in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu was also excited. After waiting for so long, he was finally about to officially head north.

Compared to the excited Zhu Gaoxu, Yang Shiqi next to him seemed very calm. He went through the entire plan of dispatching troops in his mind to ensure that there were no mistakes.

Yang Shiqi and Zhu Gaoxu also discussed the plan for sending troops this time, and finally they set their target on Hazel Khan in North Tianzhu.

This Hazel Khan was originally the governor of the Timur Empire. He used to be in charge of Multan, Lahore and other places. Later, after Timur's death, he captured the core city of Delhi in northern India, so he became a Great Khan, belonging to the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate in Indian history.

The Delhi Sultanate is not a unified dynasty, but is divided into five dynasties. Each dynasty has nothing to do with each other, and even is hostile to each other. It is just because the capital is located in Delhi and the ruling time is not long, so they are merged together and collectively called the Delhi Sultanate.

During the period of the Delhi Sultanate, it was also the most chaotic period in North India. During this period, several independent countries emerged in North India, and they fought endlessly with each other. As a result, Delhi also changed hands several times. Therefore, in just a few hundred years, five dynasties emerged.

The current Hazel Khan rules Sindh, Punjab, and the western part of Uttar Pradesh, India, and belongs to the most powerful country in North India.

But this strength was only temporary, and there were also several enemies around Hazel Khan who were not much weaker than him. Therefore, in order to increase his prestige, Hazel Khan still declared to the outside world that he was the governor sent by Timur.

You must know that Timur's prestige is too strong in Central Asia and North Tianzhu. Even if Timur is dead now, the Timur Empire that remains is still a giant for the various forces in North Tianzhu.

That's why Hazel relied on the prestige of the Timur Empire and his own strength to occupy Delhi and become the most powerful country in North India.

After Zhu Gaoxu and his fleet left Lion Harbor, they circumvented the southernmost tip of Tianzhu and went north along the west coast of Tianzhu. The reason why they did not attack from the east coast was mainly because Hazel's ruling area was in the northwest of Tianzhu.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu and the others needed to arrive at Derba in North Tianzhu by boat, and then landed from there, first captured Sindh, then attacked in the northeast direction, captured Rajput, and finally went to Delhi.

Yang Shiqi sent people to collect a lot of information about Xinde and other regions, and even bought a lot of information from some big food merchants and Tianzhu merchants. After all, for these merchants, as long as they give enough money, they are even willing to sell their wives and children.

A month later, Zhu Gaoxu's fleet finally arrived at the Port of Delbar, which is also the most important port of the Hazel Khanate. The Port of Delbar is backed by Xinde, and businessmen from various countries often come here to trade, and the entire port is also very prosperous.

Standing on the wall of his governor's mansion, the young Bahrur also showed a satisfied smile as he looked at the bustling port in the distance.

Bahrur was the governor sent by Hazel Khan to Sindh. He came from a large tribe in Central Asia. His family was very powerful in Central Asia and belonged to the great nobles of the Timurid Empire.

However, Bahrur was just a branch of the family. He followed Hazel Khan to Tianzhu and became Hazel Khan's most trusted subordinate. That's why he was sent to Sindh to take charge of the most prosperous port in Delba.

"Hazel Khan used to be just a viceroy. He can be a king. I am also a viceroy. Why can't I?"

The young Bahrur looked at the bustling port in the distance, with something called ambition shining in his eyes.

Bahrur belongs to the offshoot of the family and is not valued in the family, so he followed Hazel to the remote Tianzhu.

However, the education Bahrul received since he was a child made him unwilling to live under others for a long time. What's more, he has already become the governor of a place at such a young age. With the prosperity of Xinde, it won't take long for him to accumulate great strength.

"Ten years, or 20 years, sooner or later, I will go to Delhi and show the old guys in the family that I, Bahrur, am by no means comparable to the trash in the family!"

Bahrul swore inwardly.

If Zhu Zhanhe knew what Bahrur was thinking now, he would definitely be very impressed, because just a few decades later, it was this Bahrur who wiped out the forces left by Hazel Khan and became the founder of the last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

"what?"

Just when Bahrur was thinking about how to accumulate strength, he suddenly saw huge ships appearing on the sea outside the port, which shocked Bahrur. After all, these ships are really too big. Compared with them, the merchant ships entering and leaving the port are like the difference between babies and adults.

"How can there be such a big ship?"

Bahrur was beyond shocked.

"Governor, Mingren's fleet is here again!"

At this moment, an officer suddenly ran up the city wall and loudly reported to Bahrur.

"Ming's ship?"

Bahrur was taken aback. It was also the first time he had seen a ship of Ming Dynasty, because he had just taken office last year. Zheng He had sailed to the West several times before.

"Didn't the Ming people live in the easternmost part of the world? How could their ships appear here?"

Bahrur frowned and asked.

As an aristocrat of the Timur Empire, Bahrur certainly knew about Daming, because Timur died on the way to conquer Daming. At that time, Bahrur’s father was a member of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Unfortunately, because of Timur’s death, the Eastern Expeditionary Army disbanded and failed to enter the territory of Ming Dynasty.

"The governor doesn't know that the Ming people's fleet has visited Delba several times, but although their fleet is strong, they will not initiate trouble. The main purpose of coming to the port is to trade and replenish some supplies."

The officer reported again.

"So it was just passing by!"

Bahrul was also relieved when he heard the words. Just now, when he saw such a powerful fleet of Daming, he even thought that the other party was coming to attack him, but he didn't expect that the other party's fleet had passed Delba several times, which finally made him relieved.

However, just when Bahrur breathed a sigh of relief and was about to instruct his subordinates to receive Da Ming's fleet carefully and not to provoke them, they saw Da Ming's fleet rushing straight into the port, and then only heard a "bang", and Da Ming's warship fired at the port.

(End of this chapter)