Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 857

This Mughal Empire is actually easy to win.

Because the entire Mughal Empire faces rivers on three sides, there are two large rivers, and more than ten medium-sized rivers.

Moreover, at this moment, the cities of the Mughal Empire are basically either by the sea or by the river.

For Daming, who has an extremely powerful navy, this is simply a dish.

After a general discussion, Taichang and Lu Xiangsheng decided on a strategy, that is to take down all the coastal cities first, and then use the rivers and waterways to continue marching inland.

How many troops and ships are needed to fight like this?

Taichang asked directly: "Jiandou, how many troops and ships do you think will be needed to take down the entire Mughal Empire?"

This one.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to take down the entire Mughal Empire as soon as possible or slowly?

If you want to take down the entire Mughal Empire as soon as possible, you will need more troops and ships.

If you can take your time, you don't need many troops and ships.

Anyway, at this moment, the army of the Mughal Empire was either captured by us or wiped out by us. The local governor should have few people under his command. "

Is this faster or slower?

Taichang pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "Actually, it's okay to take it slow, because our support in Europe this time is mainly for naval warfare, and it is impossible for me to help Spain consume the army of the anti-Habsburg alliance.

Therefore, I don't need to bring many pawns, most of the troops can stay here, and it doesn't matter if they fight for a year or two.

You still have to think about how many ships you need. "

This is easy to do.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty, how many infantry and cavalry do you need to bring?"

Taichang thought about it again, and then said decisively: "I will just take one hundred thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and one hundred thousand soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion, and the horses of the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion can all stay.

Anyway, the [-] vassal countries in North America are all raising large numbers of war horses at the moment, so I just bought them directly from them in the past, so as to save the trouble of transferring them back and forth. "

The emperor needs this kind of people?

And you don't even need a horse!

Doesn't he have millions of troops under his hands?

With so many troops and no need to rush to fight, there is no need for many ships at all.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and then said decisively: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, I only need [-] armed merchant ships and [-] Spike warships. It doesn't matter if you take the rest to Europe."

Are you kidding, the sea here still needs to be defended.

Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "No, I can't take away all the aegis ships and the gunboats, and you can't compress the transport capacity too much.

Well, I leave one dreadnought, ten Aegis ships and all the gunboats.

In addition, armed merchant ships can also transfer food and supplies, and it is useless if I bring too many.

I will take a thousand ships and leave the rest to you.

As for the Spike warships, you can't go up to eat shells in real sea battles. I just take a thousand ships and leave the rest to you.

By the way, there are also large fishing boats.

With so many people on your side, the demand for fish and meat is not a little bit. I just take a hundred ships and leave the rest to you.

As for the Flying Dragon battleship, it is still very good for communication to deliver messages. I will bring ten ships and leave the rest to you. "

Well, since the emperor doesn't need so many ships, forget it.

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Taichang waved his hand slightly and said: "Okay, you hurry up and notify Lahore to let Yi Ming and Gong Ming lead one hundred thousand soldiers from the Shenji Battalion to come back.

Also, the Black God Army Zhen will also be taken away, you should hurry up and arrange some people to take care of the prisoners here. "

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

After saying that, he bowed to leave and walked away quickly.

The next step is to mobilize ships and troops to prepare for departure.

This time he brought two dreadnoughts, [-] Aegis ships, [-] armed merchant ships, [-] Spike warships, [-] large fishing boats and [-] Dragon warships.

20 Black God Army soldiers, [-] Shenji Battalion soldiers, and [-] Shenwu Battalion soldiers can be loaded on [-] Aegis ships. In fact, he doesn't need to bring too much food, grass, and supplies, because he will be able to carry them along the way. It also needs to pass through the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

He has already issued an order to order the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry to raise food and grass to prepare supplies, and they can just drop by and pick it up when the time comes.

The ships and troops on the side of Xinwuwei City will be ready soon. The problem is the Shenji Battalion. If they want to rush over from Lahore, they still need to travel more than [-] miles by land.

Taichang waited for more than half a month, and Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming finally rushed over with one hundred thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

There was nothing to say next, he directly waved goodbye to Lu Xiangsheng and other generals, led the huge fleet around the newly built Siam Grand Canal, and headed straight for the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

This journey will take at least three or four months of wandering at sea. He seems to have nothing to do, but he is not.

He has a lot to think about.

For example, how to cooperate with Spain to defeat the anti-Habsburg alliance or how to make Spain and the anti-Habsburg alliance consume each other, and try to use up their army as much as possible!

Another example is, this time, I want to blackmail something with the King of Spain.

Naturally, he couldn't just run over to help others in vain and not accept any benefits.

Question, what are the benefits?

In the study room in the front hall of the Emperor, Taichang sat there alone, frowning and thinking for a long time.

He found that Spain seemed to have nothing to blackmail!
He doesn't need to blackmail people in the American colonies at all. At this moment, De Sierra is cooperating with Carinho to act in the Viceroyalty of Peru.

He has already decided on the script.

De Sierra plays a Portuguese rebel.

This guy's role is mainly to run around, killing or arresting the Spanish colonists wherever he goes.

Carlinio played the role of the savior, leading the soldiers of the Ming army to fight fires everywhere.

Anyway, wherever Desierra occupied, he would follow him and fire a few shots, and then drive them away.

Then, these colonies "recovered" by him will all be his!
He only needs to use the weapons and food provided by Ming Dynasty to continuously recruit troops and control all these colonies.

As for the deputy kings, governors, and lords appointed by the Spanish king, De Sierra would naturally help him deal with them all.

In other words, Spain's colonies in the Americas will eventually be controlled by Carinho, the Brazilian governor.

If Carlinio is in control, it is almost the same as Daming's control.

Therefore, he didn't have to talk to the King of Spain about the American colonies.

As for money, food and supplies, he can't blackmail others.

At this moment, Spain needs these things to recruit troops and horses to fight against the anti-Habsburg alliance. He blackmailed them all, how can they spend money with the anti-Habsburg alliance?
Therefore, not only can he not blackmail people for money, food and supplies, but he has to find a way to send more to them.

In this way, people can gather more people to fight against the anti-Habsburg alliance.

He can't extort other people's colonies, money, food, and supplies, so what else can he extort?

Could it be that they blackmailed the territory of Spain itself!

That's going a little too far.

There is no such thing as an ally.

Taichang stared at the world map for a while, and suddenly had an idea.

By the way, Portugal!

He can use the pretext of needing to hoard the army and food, and blackmail Portugal!
You begged me to lead the army to help, you can't even give me a place to stay, right?
The size of this Portugal is just right, just enough to hoard millions of troops, so it shouldn't be a problem to give me a foot first, right?
As for after the war, hey, by then Portugal has been secretly controlled by De Sierra's people, and they can overthrow your rule at any time and become independent!
This Portugal must take the opportunity to earn it.

Question, just asking for a foothold seems too absurd.

If you lead an army of millions to help, then let them provide you with a foothold. No wonder they don't suspect your purpose!

He seems to have to corrupt some other things to cover it up.

What else is there to say about Spain?
Taichang racked his brains and couldn't figure out what else to blackmail Spain.

It seems that the only thing to do is to make a fuss about the anti-Habsburg alliance.

If the anti-Habsburg alliance was defeated, it would be natural to cede the land and pay compensation, and Da Ming couldn't contribute in vain, right, at least half of the money from the land ceded out should be shared with Da Ming.

The benefits here are great, and it is estimated that it is enough to attract the attention of the King of Spain.

After pondering for a few days, Taichang finally settled on the blackmail plan.

When the fleet arrived in Guangzhou to replenish food and fresh water, he couldn't wait to send someone to send a telegram to inform Sun Chuanting and Zheng Zhikui of his conditions for sending troops.

At this moment, the king of Spain has personally written to ask Daming to send troops for help, so Zheng Zhikui is naturally helping them guard the Strait of Gibraltar for the time being and will not leave.

After Sun Chuanting received the telegram, he immediately dispatched the Clippers to deliver the telegram to Zheng Zhikui.

Zheng Zhikui gave it to others again, and within a month, the King of Spain received it.

To be honest, Felipe IV really did not expect the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to propose such a condition.

He had originally thought that the emperor of the Ming Empire would demand a lot from him and kill him severely before agreeing to send troops to help.

Unexpectedly, they didn't kill him at all.

In other words, they never asked him for anything before the war.

As for the land ceding and compensation after the war, it is really a big cake.

He also did not expect that the Emperor of the Ming Empire would pay attention to this cake.

What about this?

It would definitely not work if he didn't agree to it. If he didn't send troops to help, he would definitely not be able to do the anti-Habsburg alliance, and he would be the one who ceded the land and paid compensation.

No way, no matter how big the cake is, he will still get half of it. Otherwise, he himself will become a cake and be served on the table by the Anti-Habsburg Alliance.

Alas, the Ming Empire wants half of it, so it will be more corrupt with the anti-Habsburg alliance.

Try to make this cake as big as possible, so that he can suffer less.

As for whether the anti-Habsburg alliance will hurt, he doesn't have to think about it.

If you are defeated and still do not agree to cede land and pay compensation, then continue to fight until you destroy the country, and see if you agree!
He was still thinking about blackmailing others, but he didn't know that what Taichang really wanted to blackmail was Portugal in his hands!
(End of this chapter)