After Cromwell's major victory in the expedition to Ireland and Scotland, Ireland and Scotland were actually incorporated into the United Kingdom, and Britain's economic and political strength was greatly strengthened.

Then, Cromwell turned his attention abroad. First, he strengthened the British navy.

He improved the salaries and diet of sailors; formulated the so-called "bonus" system to reward prisoners or sink soldiers who had made meritorious attempts to fight enemy ships; he also specially selected soldiers from the army to serve as professional naval soldiers, and appointed experienced professional officers to command the navy.

With Cromwell's efforts, the British naval warships soared from 39 in 1649 to 80 in 1651, most of which were second-decks and giant warships with 60 to 80 guns.

With this foundation, the British Navy began to seize foreign interests.

Originally, the British Navy's target was Spain, who asked Spain to dump exquisite goods in the Far East and make huge profits from Britain and other countries. However, the inertia of history still existed, and the conflict broke out first with the Netherlands.

If we follow the original history, the Dutch returned from Batavia and other spices, which made Britain salivate. However, on this plane, the Dutch returned from Batavia in disgrace.

However, the Dutch snatched the Brazilian colony from Portugal, and the tobacco business was booming, which was also coveted by the British.

On this day, British Admiral Robert Black led more than 20 ships to patrol the Dover Strait, and unexpectedly met 42 warships led by Dutch Admiral Marton Tropp to escort merchant ships.

After Black was rejected by demanding the Dutch Navy to lower the military flag and pay tribute to the British flag, he fired a decisive fire, thus opening the beginning of the British Navy's foreign war. From this, it can be seen that the British Navy's arrogance.

However, in this plane, the Dutch people in Batavia returned, and their strength was much stronger than in history. The maritime competition between the British Navy and the Dutch Navy was evenly matched for a while.

Other countries are happy to watch the fun.

Of course, France does not have this leisure, because the internal chaos in France is also vigorous. The same is true for civil strife in the Kingdom of Lithuania in Poland.

However, the Spanish King Felipe IV was always dormant, and when he heard the chaos, he couldn't help it.

However, under the production of new guns and cannons, after training, the rifle wears out and consumes some guns and cannons. With the idea of ​​making a splash, he finally suppressed his impulse and continued to hold on.

In Portugal, Joao IV was worried about the Ming Dynasty's reaction and felt uneasy. He was kidnapped by Spain again and his country was weak. Even if the colony was snatched several places by the Dutch, he would not be able to free up his hands to fight back the Dutch before he dealt with Spain, so he could only worry.

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Compared with Europe, the Mughal Empire in India was the most affected by Zhang Mingwei's time travel. The reason was that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong came!

After the fall of the Timur Empire, one of the princesses Babur led his army to invade India, occupy Delhi, and establish the Mughal Empire.

After several generations of efforts, the territory of the Mughal Empire became larger and larger. Before Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong came, the emperor of the Mughal Empire was named Shah Jahan, who was competing with the Persian Empire for the Afghan region.

Do you want to say that the Mughal Empire is powerful? It is also considered powerful, because according to the original historical development, the reign of Shah Jahan was the most prosperous period of the Mughal Empire.

Shah Jahan continued to use troops to the Deccan Plateau, annexed Ahmed Nagar, forcing Gaokangda to pay tribute, forcing Bijapur to recognize the supremacy of the Mughals and expand the territory of the empire near the Koforri River.

However, this kind of power is actually relatively important, which is related to the foundation of the Mughal Empire.

Because the Indian subcontinent has always been divided and has many ethnic groups, this diverse ethnic environment has caused cultural diversity within India. The diverse ethnic groups and diverse cultures have made the country states within India quite independent. These countries often do not obey the central government's dispatch and management, but live in their own way.

Therefore, since the founding of the Mughal Empire, it relied on a powerful army, and governed the country by a powerful army. In other words, the administrative system of the Mughal Empire was actually militarized.

The governance of the country through military control has been proven countless times that it cannot last forever.

Embodied in the Mughal Empire, there are constant royal wars with sons killing me.

Moreover, the continuous wars of the Mughal Empire also put a heavy burden on its people. The economy of the entire empire was actually very fragile. In addition, Shah Jahan was also a very famous luxury emperor, who liked to build large-scale construction and consumed a lot of money from the Mughal Empire.

In such a situation, it is conceivable that as long as there is a slight change, the Mughal Empire may fall apart: if there is no money, there is nothing, and a powerful army will become empty spaces!

In the original history, when Aurangzeb died, the Mughal Empire was like a building built on sand, which fell apart and was defeated by some British people and colonized.

On this plane, Shah Jahan personally led the army. While competing with the Persian Empire in the northwest for Kandahar, two old bandits, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, led their army into the Mughal Empire.

The thieves' rebellious methods brought great harm to the Ming Dynasty. Just like locusts, every time they go to a place, they will harm a place.

This damage was also tasted by the Mughal Empire.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong still used their old methods to rob all the people they could meet, rob all the supplies they could rob, and drove the people to attack the city. Only those who were obedient could have food to eat. They consumed the old and weak, and left the young and strong, and became old thieves.

Originally, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were both ready to make plans. If they encountered the elite army of the Mughal Empire, they would still be the same, not fighting or fighting in a scattered manner.

Unexpectedly, after they entered the Mughal Empire, they were invincible. In this way, they were not polite and fought as much as possible before the elite troops of the Mughal Empire arrived.

When Shah Jahan heard the news, when he rushed back from the northwest, the entire eastern part of the Mughal Empire had fallen.

At this time, the forces combined by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were already known as one million troops.

The Mughal Empire's army was fighting with Persia before, and then hurriedly transferred to the east, which was originally a tired army. As a result, they encountered the rogue fighting style of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong: driving tens of thousands of Indian people to consume the morale and physical strength of the Mughal army, while the main force was to raise their energy and sneak attacks.

Here we want to talk about the army of the Mughal Empire, generally consisting of four types of troops, namely light infantry, war elephant, artillery and cavalry. Under the tactics of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, light infantry, war elephant, and artillery were useless at all. Only cavalry could threaten the bandits.

The cavalry of the Mughal Empire was divided into fief cavalry, fief cavalry and imperial guards. The first two were troops provided by the local government, while the latter were elite soldiers supported by the national treasury.

In other words, only the Imperial Guard Cavalry is the elite of the Mughal Empire's army. Without this army, the royal family of the Mughal Empire would not be able to become a royal family. Therefore, this cavalry would not be used easily and could not bear too much loss.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were both old thieves and had never seen any opponents. Therefore, in the end, the thieves died and injured hundreds of thousands of times, but they were cannon fodder. The main force was not damaged and defeated the army led by Shah Jahan in one fell swoop, and Shah Jahan himself fled back to Delhi in a panic.

Originally, if the thief took advantage of the victory, the Mughal Empire might have been destroyed.

However, after defeating the main army of the Mughal Empire, a huge rock that fell to the hearts of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong fell to the ground, and the two of them had their own little thoughts.

In the end, Zhang Xianzhong led his men and horses to fight south, while Li Zicheng led his men and horses to fight west, and the two men parted ways.

By this time of the 24th year of Chongzhen, under the suggestion of Song Xianchi, Li Zicheng began to adopt a policy of gentleness to the Indian people, that is, the policies they had originally implemented in the Central Plains to win people's hearts, build their own territory, and no longer have mobile warfare.

As for the final decisive battle with the Mughal Empire, why should Li Zicheng fight alone?

At least at this stage, according to Song Xianke's proposal, we must first accumulate energy. Unless we are absolutely sure to easily kill Sha Jahan, we will either fight with Zhang Xianzhong or farm first.

After all, it is a great empire after all. It is impossible to conquer it easily, right?

On the other hand, Zhang Xianzhong went to the Narmada River Basin and wanted to manage his territory. For this reason, he also changed his previous thief and used his tricks in Huguang. He made a list of people and forces, tied up the people and forces he thought could be used to his chariot.

If there is no influence of external forces, the Indian subcontinent will likely evolve into the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely Shah Jahan, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

However, in this era, it is obviously impossible to have no foreign forces.

Shah Jahan sent an envoy to Persia and asked for peace to his opponent who had also hit the dog brain.

Abbas II of the Persian Empire and Prime Minister Burkina were both surprised by the arrival of the Mughal Envoy.

Look, they were both surprised and interesting to see the Mughal messenger who had just come in the hall.
Chapter completed!