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Chapter 252 Mughal Empire (please subscribe for monthly tickets)

Orb was actually a distant branch of the royal family of the Mughal Empire. He originally wanted to take advantage of Shah Jahan's exorbitant expropriation in the country to seize power in one fell swoop.

He did not fight alone. In addition to the 3 troops he controlled in the northwest Afghanistan region, many kingdoms in the southern part of the Mughal Empire also began to rebel.

It's a pity that the year has passed, and Orb, whose ambition has not been fulfilled, is already sick.

He knew that his time was running out.

His son died on the battlefield fighting for the empire in his early years, and now his daughter Amita is his only heir.

If Li Zicheng does not appear, his subordinate Bahram will inherit his position as governor and his troops.

But the appearance of Li Zicheng changed everything.

Li Zicheng was good at fighting, and he was also the son-in-law of Obuze, which aroused Bahram's fear.

Soon he gathered some of his closest men.

Bahram said: "Li Zicheng, the so-called Emperor of Dashun, is just a failed fugitive. Governor Aubze is so old and confused. He was actually bewitched by him and actually wanted Li Zicheng to succeed the Governor of Afghanistan!"

After Bahram finished speaking, his men immediately started talking.

They shouted loudly: "We will never accept the leadership of a heretic, and we must ask the Governor to take back his life!"

In the end, they decided to strike first!

Soon Bahram led people to surround the Governor's Mansion. He forced the already terminally ill Orb to announce that he would succeed the Governor of Afghanistan, and asked him to order the expulsion of Li Zicheng and others.

Bahram's every move has long been under Li Zicheng's surveillance.

The reason why he did not respond was that he was waiting for Bahram to take action first so that he could counter the rebellion.

Bahram and others were not happy for long before they received the news that Li Zicheng's men had taken control of the Kabul military camp.

Soon after, Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin led his men into the Governor's Mansion with a big ax in hand.

I saw that Liu Zongmin was possessed by a murderous god, and his mountain-breaking ax was even more powerful. There were corpses of Bahram's men everywhere he passed.

Only then did Bahram realize that Li Zicheng was deliberately waiting for him to take action, and he was completely plotted by him.

So he also wanted to use the Orb in his hand as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Li Zicheng.

Unexpectedly, Obuze, who was already seriously ill, had already passed away early due to this unexpected incident.

In the end, Li Zicheng ordered the execution of Bahram and his followers, and soon he took complete control of the military and political power in Afghanistan.

Through this series of events, Li Zicheng also understood that his identity as a "heretic" was very embarrassing.

The upper class elites of the Mughal Empire all believed in Islam, while the lower class Indians believed in Hinduism.

At this time, the Buddhism that Li Zicheng and others could accept had no market in India.

Finally, under Niu Jinxing's suggestion, Li Zicheng decided to formally embrace Islam in order to integrate into the ruling class of the Mughal Empire.

In addition, we adopt a tolerant attitude toward Hinduism, which Indians believe in, and achieve freedom of belief in Afghanistan.

In this way, Li Zicheng, an outsider, quickly gained support from the lower class Indian people.

After all, for India, it is constantly being conquered by outsiders.

From the Aryans more than 2000 years ago to the Mughal Empire today, India has always been invaded and ruled by foreign civilizations.

If history does not change, India will soon become a shining jewel in the crown of the Queen of the British Empire.

The unique teachings of Hinduism have long made these Indians accustomed to their humble status, and at the same time made them willing to be ruled by outsiders.

Li Zicheng naturally had to follow such customs.

Although he said that he was best at dividing the land and killing gentry, which was completely useless in the Mughal Empire, it did not prevent him from integrating into the ruling class here.

Amita's noble status also gave Li Zicheng great legitimacy!

The leaders of Afghanistan took a fancy to Li Ziche's military talent and the more than a thousand powerful men under his command.

Li Zicheng's "fist" was hard enough, which allowed him to quickly gain a foothold here!

But at this time he still needed to solve one problem, and that was the relationship with the Mughal Empire.

Although Li Zicheng successfully repulsed the Imperial Central Army from Delhi, it would be difficult for him to develop if he was in a state of war for a long time.

Although Afghanistan was called the "Graveyard of Empires" by later generations and was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the land was very barren.

It is tantamount to wishful thinking to use this place as a base to seize the whole of India.

Therefore, under Niu Jinxing's suggestion, Li Zicheng decided to give in verbally and temporarily support Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

So he sent Niu Venus as an envoy to Delhi carrying gifts.

The Central Army of the Mughal Empire simply could not conquer Afghanistan, and now Li Zicheng was willing to take the initiative to surrender.

Shah Jahan could only get off the slope.

At least on the surface, Afghanistan still supports the rule of the Mughal Empire in order to maintain the integrity of the Mughal Empire's rule.

He decided to officially canonize Li Zi as the governor of Afghanistan.

In this way, Li Zicheng not only entered the upper class of the Mughal Empire, but also officially became a prince with military forces.

After all, the Mughal Empire today is not stable, and many local kings in the south do not care about him as emperor at all; while great powers such as Portugal, Britain, and China occupy large areas of coastline, and they are even more eyeing the empire.

Especially the Chinese Empire, which has completely occupied Burma and opened the road to Calcutta.

In addition, the entire Western Region has been occupied by the Chinese Empire.

The Mughal Empire felt tremendous pressure, which was also an important reason why Shah Jahan agreed to canonize Li Zicheng. If the Chinese Empire moved south from Congling, Li Zicheng could become a barrier to China.

After occupying the Western Region, the Mughal Empire was indeed the next target of the Chinese Empire.

The Chinese Empire spent tens of millions of taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of laborers to open up the Burma Highway in the mountains of Yunnan and Burma in order to transport troops from the southwest to the Indian Ocean on a large scale.

The first phase of the Yunnan-Burma Highway starts from Kunming, Yunnan in the north and ends at Bago Port in Myanmar in the south. It is more than 2400 miles long and was completed a year ago.

Now the branch line of the Yunnan-Burma Kilometer from Yangon in Myanmar to Kolkata in India has been completed.

China's materials and troops can be continuously transported to Calcutta, India. China was actually ready to attack the Mughal Empire from Calcutta in the east and Congling in the northwest.

However, the emergence of Li Zicheng disrupted Li Xianzhong's original plan.

He abandoned his plan to march south from Afghanistan into the Mughal Empire.

Instead, the Chinese army in Calcutta acted alone.

On the one hand, supply in the Western Region is very difficult, and the northwest does not have the conditions for large-scale deployment of troops. It would be bad if we were trapped in Afghanistan, the "imperial cemetery".

In addition, he knew that Li Zicheng would not rest assured guarding Afghanistan's three-acre land.

As long as a crisis breaks out within the Mughal Empire, he will definitely take advantage of it, which can accelerate the disintegration of the Mughal Empire.

Soon the Chinese army in Calcutta began to take action.

Li Dingguo has been preparing for this expedition to India for more than two years.

His troops were mainly composed of 3 coalition troops from various Japanese vassals, and were also equipped with 2 Burmese garrison troops.

These Japanese soldiers were extremely ferocious. They always rushed to attack the city, and their natural instinct of burning, killing and looting was fully displayed.

Soon China took over the entire Bengal region in eastern India.

They then began to attack Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire, along the Ganges.

Although the Chinese army was still far away from Delhi, Emperor Shah Jahan still did not dare to underestimate it.

He quickly ordered people from all over the country to come to Delhi to serve the king, and the messengers naturally came to Li Zicheng's Kabul.

Li Zicheng ostensibly agreed to send troops to support Delhi, but he also used the excuse that his area was short of food and asked the Mughal Empire to provide 100,000 shi of food before sending troops.

In fact, not only Li Zicheng, but also various governors and kings in the Mughal territory would more or less put forward some conditions.

Some are political demands, others are economic interests.

Shah Jahan considered that Li Zicheng's men and horses were relatively powerful, so in order to allow him to send troops as soon as possible, he sent someone to send him 100,000 shi of food.

Li Zicheng, who had obtained the food, indeed sent troops.

However, he did not go to Delhi to "King Qin", but took the opportunity to go south and capture large areas of land in the Indus River Basin.

The Indus River Basin is fertile and has large tracts of fertile farmland.

In addition, many of the troops remaining there have been transferred to the capital Delhi, leaving the defense very empty.

Li Zicheng's men went south along the Indus River. They encountered no resistance along the way and hit Karachi, a port on the Indian Ocean coast.

In just one month, Li Zicheng's territory expanded from the mountains of Afghanistan to the coast of the Indian Ocean.

Almost the entire northwest of the Mughal Empire was included under his rule.

This also made others see the weakness of the Mughal Empire.

Originally, the southern region was not subject to the jurisdiction of the Mughal Empire. After Li Zicheng occupied the northwest region of the empire, the southern states also declared independence from the Mughal Empire under the instigation of British and Portuguese colonists.

The great Mughal Empire was facing disintegration in an instant.

Fortunately, at this time, good news came from the Chinese Empire. The Chinese envoys expressed their willingness to shake hands and make peace with the Mughal Empire.

The premise was that the Mughal Empire ceded the entire east coast of India near the Bay of Bengal to China.

The coastal areas of India have long been occupied by European countries in various forms, and were originally not under their control.

The Mughal Empire had only theoretical jurisdiction over these areas.

When Shah Jahan saw that there was still such a good thing, he used land that he did not actually control as compensation, and he quickly signed the treaty.

Not only did he cede his own territories on the east coast of India to the Chinese Empire, he also ceded to China the territories in the south that he had never controlled.

Li Xianzhong naturally refused to accept anyone who came, after all, all he wanted was an excuse to march into the army.

Soon the Chinese fleet relied on its strong ships and cannons to occupy the strongholds of European countries on the east coast of India.

Although those Europeans were extremely cruel to the local Indians, they were timid in front of the Chinese.

How the Chinese treated the Spaniards in Manila still scares them to this day!

Of course, China did not rob their property. As long as they pay taxes to the new owner of this land, the Chinese Empire, China will still protect their personal property!

This really made the Netherlands and the UK very angry.

Zheng Zhilong led the Chinese merchant fleet to open up European trade routes, which had a huge impact on their interests.

Now China not only forcibly occupied the island of Ceylon, but also wanted to monopolize the entire east coast of India.

This has brought the originally conflicted European countries back together, and they are plotting to discuss how to unite to deal with the Chinese navy.

However, this group of bandits from Europe, their warships in the Indian Ocean are not as good as those of China, and their army is pitifully small, so they can only tolerate it for the time being.

After all, China had a limited number of merchant ships to Europe, and the Netherlands and the British East India Company still had huge profits from shipping various commodities purchased from China back to Europe.

Shah Jahan, who had already made a truce with China, began to concentrate on dealing with Li Zicheng, the "Sixth" who attacked from behind.

After all, the Mughals were once the overlord of the South Asian subcontinent. They could be ceded by foreign powers and humiliated by China.

But he could not allow Li Zicheng to cede territory from himself and become king.

Soon Shah Jahan assembled a hundred thousand troops in Delhi. In addition to the Mughals' own 6 troops, there were also 3 Nepali mercenaries and troops sent by other states.

Looking at the endless army in front of him, Shah Jahan quickly became confident. He firmly believed that with such a powerful army, he could definitely kill the damn Li Zicheng!

Although Li Zicheng thought that the Mughals would not let it go, he never expected that Shah Jahan would directly cede a large area of ​​coastal territory to China, and the two sides quickly stopped fighting and made peace.

Facing the approaching Mughal army, he also organized 2 coalition troops to prepare to face the opponent.

A battle is imminent!

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