"Long live!"

"Long live my emperor!"

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

On February 1, the 16th year of the Apocalypse (1634), Zhu Youdong's car arrived in Calcutta. When the emperor's Nine Dragon Umbrella landed on the land of the Indian Peninsula, the surrounding Ming army issued a roar of "Long Live the Mountains and the Tsunami".

"I respectfully welcome the Emperor, but I am incompetent and have tired the Emperor of his personal expedition again. It is a capital crime."

"Hahaha, you generals have spoken seriously, please stand up."

After some singing, the generals led by Cao Wenzhao invited Zhu Youdong into an attic in the newly built Calcutta Fortress.

After the emperor and his ministers sat down, Zhu Youdong glanced at Man Gui below: "How does it feel to turn over from the Himalayas?"

"Your Majesty, I feel very bad. Furthermore, I failed to complete the mission assigned by the Privy Council in advance to penetrate directly into Delhi, which led to the tense battle situation today. I feel deeply guilty."

"Hey, it doesn't have to be like this. The thing that made you divert your troops to make a surprise attack is because I have read too many stories. Hey, back then, the Shu Han country was a small and poor country. Except for Jiang Wei, there was no one who could fight. This is how Deng Ai became.

A miracle. And this Mogul is a big country with a vast territory and a prosperous population. I actually want to replicate the miracle of Yinping, but I think too simply. In this way, I also put General Manchu in danger. This is all

It was my fault."

"Your Majesty said this, I feel so ashamed!"

After gently waving his hand to express that Man Gui had nothing to be ashamed of, Zhu Youdong turned his eyes to Mao Wenlong sitting in the back row.

"Wenlong, I have read your memorial, and it makes a lot of sense. It doesn't matter. Soldiers, of course, have to execute orders as their first priority. But I don't allow soldiers to think independently. What are your thoughts in the future?

, not only you, but everyone here can raise it to me. Of course, since I treat you like this, you must also listen to the voices of the middle and low-level officers and even the soldiers below."

"The Emperor's teachings shall be kept in mind by all ministers."

In fact, when they first heard the news that the emperor was going to lead the expedition in person, everyone from Cao Wenzhao down was very nervous. But after Zhu Youdong came, he quickly reassured the participating generals by comforting Man Gui and Mao Wenlong.

Their hearts settled down.

After everyone calmed down, Zhu Youdong nodded: "Let's start, let's talk about the situation in the past few months."

"According to the decree."

Liu Zhaosun stood up and walked to a large map of the South Asian subcontinent opposite Zhu Youdong: "Your Majesty, since our army switched to general defense in June last year, there have not been many major battles, and there have been some small sporadic conflicts, but the casualties on both sides have been the same.

Not big. Our army joined General Manchu's detachment in September last year, and then completely abandoned Kanpur and returned to Patna. Our army had almost no direct contact with the Indian army. At most, it was between the scouts of both sides, the Jinyi guards and the other party's intelligence personnel.

They were fighting each other."

After seeing Zhu Youdong nodded slightly, Liu Zhaosun continued: "In the past six months, our main energy has been to mobilize local people to build rivers for us, drain swamps, and build roads. Your Majesty, now we have drained most of the swamps near Calcutta.

We have transformed dozens of small channels at the outlet of the Hooghly River into a large and wide channel. In this way, even in the rainy season, our 3,000-ton iron-clad transport ships can go upstream. In addition, the main branch of the Ganges River flows out of Chittagong Port at the outlet.

, we have also built a rough structure that can accommodate ships with a weight of less than 3,000 tons. However, the water volume of the Ganges River is much larger than that of the Hooghly River, so we are currently unable to do anything about constricting the river channel. Finally, there is the road problem. We are in the dry season.

At the end of the year, a simple cement road from Asansol to Patna City was rushed to repair. The road is only three meters wide and can carry no more than two tons of equipment. After entering the rainy season, various projects had to be stopped. Starting from late October

, our army started to build the cement road from Asansol to Kolkata, and widened and thickened the original road from Asansol to Patna. This work has not yet been completed."

"In terms of troops, the first batch of our army's expeditionary force consists of 25 divisions. After adding 10,000 Gurkha mercenaries, the total number of soldiers is 385,000. In the past year and a half, due to the deaths in battle,

, died of serious injuries, disappeared, died of illness, and were executed for violating military laws, a total of more than 67,000 people were lost. Among them, our Ming Army lost more than 29,000 people. At present, the general mood of our Ming Army officers is stable, although

After more than a year of fighting overseas, I felt homesick, but after the news spread that the emperor was coming in person, the morale of the entire army was generally high."

"In terms of local governance, the people here are very docile, and the difficulty of governance is far less than that of Siam and Annan. However, the people here are also lazy, and their hard-working quality is far inferior to that of the local people in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, they are not as good as those in Siam and Annan.

People with fair skin have inexplicable worship. In addition, the religious issues here are relatively complicated. When our soldiers get along with the locals, they will always encounter the other party's religious taboos inexplicably. Since the landing one and a half years ago, various people have

There are about 900 military-civilian conflicts, more than 90% of which are related to the religious beliefs of local people..."

"It's very good." After listening to Liu Zhaosun's report, Zhu Youdong nodded: "It's very good that you can achieve this level before the court sends civil servants to take over the civil affairs. I just have a problem. You have been here for so long.

,Have you completed the census of Bengal?”

"Ashamed, Your Majesty, I have more than enough ambition but not enough power."

"Why is this?"

"The main reason is that this place implements an open system of classifying people. Not to mention the stubborn Brahmins and Kshatriyas in Hinduism. Even the slightly more enlightened Xingyue believers also have a caste system within them. If

We do not infringe on their interests, but only ask them to provide food and labor, and they are generally cooperative. But if we want to investigate the Shudras and Dalits under their command, it will arouse fierce resistance from them.

Well, it is not difficult to kill these guys, but the difficulty is that after killing these guys, those dark-skinned Sudras and Dalits do not listen to our greetings..."

This is a true portrayal of being a slave for a long time and can no longer stand up, right? Well, the British in history have never directly ruled ordinary people in India, and they also rule the vast number of low-caste people through high-caste people. I am

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is my duty to let the people of the Ming Dynasty live a good life. As for the Asans here? They are originally the targets of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Why should I be nicer to them?

"Well, I roughly understand the military situation and the people's situation. Where is the other party's information? Luo Sigong?"

"Your Majesty, in the past six months, Jinyiwei has carried out a lot of work relying on local people. Generally speaking, in the past six months, there have been some signs of division within the Moguls."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Your Majesty, after that Aurangzeb posed a certain threat to our army in Patna. For a period of time in the beginning, the Mughal royal family boasted its battle in Patna as a great victory, successfully annihilating thirty of our troops.

Wan Yunyun. This indeed effectively boosted the morale of the Indian army at the time and stabilized the determination of the top Mughal nobles to continue fighting. However, after our army took the initiative to retreat, the contradiction between Agra and Andhra

It showed up."

"Why, the Mughal emperor wanted to transfer that Aurangzeb back to Agra, but that Aurangzeb refused to agree?"

"There is no emperor without a sage. It is said that Agra and Andhra already have obvious rifts. It's just because our Ming army is on the side, and Aurangzeb is boasted by the other royal family as a hero to save the country, so they are not completely torn apart.

It's just a shame. Generally speaking, Aurangzeb is a typical listener to the tune but not the announcement. However, it is still because our army is on the side, and he also needs Agra to attract our army's attention for him. Therefore, my lord

My subordinates have observed that Andhra has still transported arms to Agra several times in the past six months."

"Well..." After tapping the armrest of the seat with his fingers several times, Zhu Youdong said: "I brought many ministers with me this time. This is my Mr. Wen. From now on, no matter how big the territory we conquer in India,

He is responsible for the civil affairs."

"I will finally see Mr. Wen."

"I don't dare to be the prime minister. I am no longer the prime minister. I still need your help from the generals for the next work."

"We must do our best."

"Okay, you may not know some of these people. But you should have heard of them all. Gao Panlong, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou... they are all Mr. Wen's auxiliary officers."

"I've met you all."

"In terms of civil affairs, I will first set a tone. I am not planning to enfeoff this place in India. But the governance here will not be like that in our Ming Dynasty. In short, what we have to do is to divide the princes here.

The nobles, let them become a piece of loose sand that can never be united. Then we control this group of corrupt princes and nobles and let them help us rule the ordinary people here. After that, my Ming Dynasty will obtain the taxes, raw materials, markets and abundant human resources here.

That's enough. If these princes and nobles submit to the rule, we will support their inheritance from generation to generation. If any fool wants to cause trouble, we will let other princes and nobles massacre their entire family and divide their Shudras and Dalits.

.”

"I obey your orders."

"To achieve this goal, it is inevitable that the Mughal regime must be destroyed, and its royal family, both male and female, must be extinct. Otherwise, even if we rule here, the Mughal orphans will become other forces or local brains

The less clear princes and nobles will oppose our flag in the future. Therefore, in the next stage, we must continue to intensify the attack on the Moguls."

After the emperor said this, all the ministers attending the meeting, regardless of the cultural relics, straightened their bodies and said: "Please give me the emperor's decree."

"This time I came with five army divisions. Based on the previous battle experience, the vassal countries asked Japan, Fukuo and Gui to form two divisions each. Tang, Zhou and Annan each formed one division. This is

Fourteen new divisions have been added, totaling 210,000 people. In my opinion, since the five divisions originally formed mainly from Luzon and Malays cannot be used, all of them should be transferred to Mr. Wen and let him

Lead these five divisions to maintain security in the rear. Then the remaining 240,000 people from the first batch of expeditionary force will be reorganized with the 210,000 from the second batch. With 300,000 elites, they will form a frontal arrow.

Refers to Agra. We will cover the flanks with a slightly weaker force of 150,000 troops. I will personally lead the main force of 300,000 troops. I will never withdraw my troops until Agra and Delhi are captured and their chiefs are not killed.
Chapter completed!