The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 272

At the same time, Britain attacked the Mughal Empire.

The Indian East India Company and the British government prepared more than [-] domestic troops, and with the forces of more than a dozen small feudal lords, they attacked cities and lands all the way, which was unstoppable.

There is no other reason. The main force of the Mughal Empire was defeated or held back by the Great China Empire and the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Indians, who are not dominant in numbers, are not opponents at all.

This time, the entire South Asian subcontinent became more lively. In addition to the Dahua Empire, the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Mughal Empire, and the United Kingdom, ambitious governors and feudal lords also began to recruit troops, support themselves, or annex each other. The death toll in the empire continued to increase every day.

But the British didn't know that their United Nations battleship fleet had been wiped out.

Jiang Xin, who was outside the city of Delhi, was very unhappy. The Great Hua Empire wiped out the main force of the Mughal Empire. Although it had occupied nearly one-third of the Mughal Empire's land, there were so many people who came to snatch the fruits of victory. No one is comfortable.

In the occupied area of ​​the Mughal Empire, the empire implemented a cruel rule. It can be said that everyone is afraid. The main reason is that the local people were killed by the Mongols. Unexpectedly, the huge Mughal Empire was as fragile as a chicken and a dog. Jiang Xin promptly proposed the establishment of the Mughal Special Administrative Region, and issued a military order to take down the city of Delhi within half a year.

Seeing that the capital ships of the European Combined Fleet had disappeared, Jiang Tao, who was in the capital, was more than half relieved. After receiving the memorial, he thought twice and felt that the cost of direct annexation was too high, and the empire could not waste a lot of energy on the Mughal Empire.

If a puppet regime is established in the local area and first incorporated into the empire's colonial system, the advantages to the empire outweigh the disadvantages.

If it is directly incorporated into the empire's territory, it is good, but it will take a lot of effort to manage. After all, the Mughal Empire has a larger population than the Dahua Empire. Since the empire entered the Mughal Empire, it has been carrying out bloody massacres. There are countless hatreds, and sooner or later it will erupt. The key is that the Mughal Empire has a great heritage, not ignorant natives, unlike Myanmar, Annan, Laos and other countries that have been influenced by the empire for more than a thousand years, and have a huge religious influence. is a disadvantage.

The strength of a country depends on the per capita strength, not the size and population of the country. If the Mughal Empire is merged into the empire's territory, it will only reduce the overall strength of the empire, and there will be more and more unstable factors.

Jiang Tao is ambitious about the land, but one thing is very important, that is, absolute stability.

Knowing the direction of history, he knows that sooner or later those oppressed nations will wake up, and the Declaration of Independence will sprout like mushrooms hundreds of years later.

But it doesn't matter if there is no owner of the land or the territory where the natives are not strong. Jiang Tao sighed, and he can lay the foundation for future generations. As for the choice of future emperors, it is up to them.

At this moment, Jiang Tao's goal is very simple, which is to try his best to weaken the huge Mughal Empire. At this time, the goal has been achieved, but the strength is not enough.

A few days ago, the special envoy of Dazhou came with a large amount of gems, gold, jade and jewelry. Although he was humble, he had no intention of becoming a vassal, nor did he intend to become a vassal state of the empire.

Jiang Tao saw through Wu Shifan's plan at a glance, it was nothing more than borrowing the chicken to lay eggs, and then contending with the empire.

Jiang Tao had an idea, and immediately connected several key points in his mind, and hurriedly asked the Ouchi guards to summon the cabinet ministers.

"My cabinet ministers, Wu Shifan is rebellious and has a lot of schemes. Do you have a good plan?" Jiang Tao sat on the dragon chair in the imperial study and said unhurriedly.

"Now Wu Shifan occupies a quarter of the land of the Mughal Empire, and has millions of soldiers and horses. His strength is getting stronger and stronger. The emperor was elected as the general to attack him." Cheng Zhang, as the chief assistant, spoke first.

"Extremely, extremely." Huang Zongxi and others also nodded repeatedly, obviously they did not have a good impression of Wu Sangui's descendants.

"Your Majesty, now that the empire's foreign aggression has been eliminated, it is time to quickly attack the Manchus and the remnants of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They pose the greatest threat to the empire. As for the rest, we can postpone it." Wei Donglai also suggested.

"Dashan, let Jiang Wuji lead the general, lead five sharpshooter divisions, five royal army divisions, one royal special warfare division, the third sharpshooter division, and 50 servants, and launch an offensive in the spring of next year. Wu Shifan doesn't care whether he lives or dies." , whoever captures and kills Wu Shifan will be rewarded with a million silver dollars and be made an earl."

After Jiang Tao finished speaking decisively, he added: "If more than half of the 50 servants are casualties, the cabinet should quickly deploy servants in Southeast Asia. Don't be afraid of casualties, and the battle will determine the world."

The emperor paid the most attention to the casualties of soldiers, but today he emphasized that he should not care about casualties. Everyone was a well-informed person, and immediately understood the emperor's intentions. After all, the casualties were not Han Chinese.

What a borrowing knife to kill people, it has the same effect as the historical policy of adding men.

Cheng Zhang smiled and said: "The emperor is wise."

Seeing that everyone understood, Jiang Tao nodded. Over the past few years, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam Special Administrative Region and other places have been building roads. These places provide people and money, and the empire provides materials.

In fact, the purpose is to help counter the rebellion. As long as the roads are smooth, not only the freight is fast, but the empire can quickly dispatch troops. However, the proportion of Han people in these places is far too small, and they are all bordered by the empire. If things go on like this, it will not be conducive to the rule of the empire. Stability, so Jiang Tao thought of the policy of reducing the number of soldiers, which is to keep them fighting for the empire. Anyway, cannon fodder is worthless, killing three birds with one stone.

Since the empire occupied Indonesia and plundered the Mughal Empire, it obtained countless materials and wealth. The empire suddenly became rich, and Jiang Tao's ambitions have further expanded. He wants to gradually merge these small countries bordering the empire into The territory of the empire, after all, these small countries in Southeast Asia have a very small background, and the Chinese have a great influence.

In fact, he still has some poisonous schemes, but now is not the time to implement them.

"By the way, send an order to Jiang Xin, ordering him to consolidate the existing territory, stop taking the initiative to attack, and establish a colonial area centered on Delhi. The relevant ministers will gradually arrive. Of course, the premise is to break through the city of Delhi." Jiang Tao issued another order. He is well aware of the limitations of the cavalry. No matter how strong the cavalry is, it is difficult to move freely in the mountains. Now there must be many rebels in the Mughal-occupied area. Although they are not opponents of the cavalry, they can make trouble behind their backs. Steadiness is the truth.

As long as the steam engine technology is mature, railways and steel battleships can be built, and then the empire will rule.

Everyone had different expressions, but they took orders one by one.

When everyone retreated, Cheng Zhang came back and said, "Your Majesty, the situation in Japan is a bit strange. Now they have paid the poll tax for four years. According to the spies, their shogun has changed, and they mine gold and silver. The output of the mines has been shrinking day by day, and the gold and silver mines will be exhausted in a short time. After all, there are not many gold and silver mines in Honshu. Now Japan has reached the peak of hatred for the empire from the shogunate to the common people. They are now implementing the system of all people as soldiers , everyone is practicing sword skills in their spare time, and the trend of martial arts is becoming more and more popular, which is obviously aimed at the empire."

"Hmph, these are useless in the face of advanced firearms." Jiang Tao sneered. He attached great importance to Japan, so the heavy responsibility of monitoring Japan fell on Cheng Zhang's head.

"Your Majesty, do you want to strike first?"

Jiang Tao shook his head and snorted coldly: "No, send three sharpshooters over there, buy a lot of Japanese traitors, form a Japanese traitor army, and put them under the management of the Korean Legion. Well, organize another 20 Southeast Asian servants to land in this state. Japan supplies, let’s leave them alone, let’s see how much they can turn out! The empire wants to strike later, I hope they can anger me!”

When the emperor was angry, his corpse floated thousands of miles away, and Jiang Tao's eyes became darker. The best enemy is the enemy who has lost his soul.

"Well, the old minister stepped back first." Cheng Zhang sighed, why does the emperor attach so much importance to Japan?
In fact, it is just to send troops directly, why bother.

But Cheng Zhang didn't say much, and stepped back cautiously.

(End of this chapter)