open sea

Chapter 1117 Troops
It is not a difficult problem for Akbar to ascertain the strength of the Western military government, and Yin Zhengmao, Minister of Western Affairs, does not think this is a secret.

On the contrary, Yin Zhengmao wished that everyone in the world would know how many soldiers he had, and use this to frighten all surrounding countries.

Because the military composition of the Western Army is different from that of Nanyang and Dongyang, although they also use the most advanced gunboats of Ming Dynasty, most of the soldiers are recruited from China, so they have the largest number of troops—from Burma to Bahrain, the Western Army The government has increased its army year by year in this sea area for several years, and has set up more than 12 guards so far, with a strength of more than [-].

Even Yin Zhengmao could not determine the exact number of troops in the Western Army, because his generals had many servants.

The composition of the troops is also extremely mixed. Except for more than half of the veterans from the two capitals of Yunnan and Guangxi, more troops are recruited from all over the country.

There are three groups of yamen soldiers from Kaifeng, Henan, and boxers who have reformed from evil and returned to righteousness in Suzhou and Hangzhou, stationed in Goa to suppress places; hair gourd soldiers from Songxi counties, holding spears and carrying animal skin medicine quiver, and Lushi, Yongning, and Henan. The miners recruited in the Lingbao area walked through the mountains of the Deccan Plateau to ensure that the trade routes for buying minerals and cotton would not be attacked by local chieftains.

They are familiar with small-scale battles and large-scale mountain battles, but they are not very good at confronting regular troops, and they are also at a disadvantage against cavalry in flat areas.

Therefore, when they received warning signs, a mixed army composed of Zhedong bird musketeers under the command of Qi Jimei, the general officer in southern India, archers recruited from Xuzhou, and long pole players recruited from Shandong, would quickly support them.

In the provinces of southern India, most of these mercenaries who are not proficient in firearms are the most powerful assistants of the Western Minister Yin Zhengmao. It is almost difficult to see the regular army of the Western Army on land. The warship named after the town is running across the Indian Ocean, protecting the Ming merchant fleet that ships tens of thousands of ships a year in the coastal area.

In Yin Zhengmao's view, it is extremely stupid to spend extremely precious money-making time on wars with Safi Persia or Ottomans. Wars with these two countries will cause attacks on shipping routes, and all merchant ships will be requisitioned by the military to transport supplies. Let alone the first half of the year, the direct loss would be more than 50 taels of silver, and the indirect loss would be ten times that amount.

Therefore, the strategic choice made by the Western Military Government at the beginning was to let everyone know how powerful they are, so as to avoid wars, and never hide their strength.

But it is difficult to convince Akbar that the Western Army has so many troops. Compared with the Western Army, the world that Akbar can see is too small. The Mughals did not even have Mumbai in their hands. The coastal province is Gujarat, which is located in the north of the west coast of the Indian subcontinent, and has two large bays, Kachi Bay and Kempard Bay.

Don't get me wrong, the Western Army Mansion that Akbar saw was not in Goa, but in Diu Island, a small island off the southern coast of Jijarat Province.

This island was occupied by the Portuguese in the past. After the Portuguese lost Goa, most of the Portuguese on the island sought asylum from the Mughals in order to avoid being directly threatened by the Western military government. The military accepted it.

They only garrison one thousand households on the island. Even so, the sergeants are still not satisfied with food all year round, and merchants often have to transport food to support themselves.

Because in this undeveloped land, there are too few aborigines on the island.

What Akbar saw was here, so how could he believe that the information brought back by the envoy stated that the Western Army had 10,000+ troops here?Even the envoy who was ordered to go to Goa couldn't see the appearance of the Western Army's army exceeding [-].

Apart from some well-equipped generals and servants in Goa Port, most of them are government servants who don’t wear armor. They look—look like their ordinary soldiers, just wearing shoes.

When the clearer information came back, Akbar began to prepare for a big battle. The fortifications on the other side of Diu Island had to be repaired, and then [-] well-equipped northern cavalry from the capital moved in.

After taking defensive measures against the Western military government, Akbar began to assemble a large army in the country, preparing to go east to eliminate the troublesome monks.

But compared to the military strength of the Western military government, it is actually the military strength of the monk Tianshi that worries the Mughal court the most.

"There are more and more enemy troops on the front line."

Even the nobles who had fought against the Wanzi army could only get such news when they sent people to report to the Red Castle. It seemed that they would never know how many monks there were.

What can be done about this?Even Master Tianshi didn't know how many people he had assembled from all over the place.

All the monks, all of them, were scattered in various villages, preaching the Dharma, telling the believers that gold and silver treasures are things outside the body, and teaching them how important it is to send gold to the temple.

They had to eat and drink, and Tianshi criticized this a lot, but neither he nor Six Arhats could control the monks and soldiers like the army, and the intention of the people coming here was very clear—to seek wealth and honor.

If there is no battle, there will be no spoils. Without spoils, their hearts will be restless, and they can only be sent to various tribes and villages to do their own jobs.

At the beginning, there were 8000 to 3 people. Later, when the Burmese monks came, it became more than [-]. Now, the Korean monks have also come.

For Little Daming, it might not be possible to fight a war, but mobilizing monks and soldiers for Daming is still very smooth. The people of Tianshi went to explain the situation briefly, and took out the letter of appointment of the abbot of Xishaolin stamped with the emperor's seal, and the King of Joseon let the news spread non-stop. All over the place.

Tens of thousands of Korean monks and soldiers sailed through the Strait of Malacca with the merchant ships buying cotton and arrived in Bangladesh.

The rate of mobilization in Japan was much lower because they had too many monks.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Chen Bazhi issued a joint order to the local area. In just seven days, more than 1 applicants were reported around Kyoto.

In today's Japan, the people in power are General Chen Bazhi of the island, Li Rubai, general officer of Kansai, King Ashikaga Yoshiaki conferred by Emperor Wanli of Ming Dynasty, Wang Rulong, general officer of Kyushu, and general Tokugawa Ieyasu, their most powerful people.

After these few people, Honganji Xianru is the most powerful religious figure.

But there is no doubt that he was ostracized and prejudiced. The few people above did not want to see him have the power to allow monks to take up arms. However, monk soldiers are not easy to manage in Japan. They drink, eat meat, kill people and marry wives. Observe the rules and precepts.

Not many people even learn Chinese Buddhism, but Monk Tianshi's request for help made Honganji Temple extremely excited... How exciting is it that he can take Buddhists overseas to open up a new world belonging to the Pure Land Shinzong?
At the same time, this is also in line with the ideas of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The three hit it off immediately, and handed over a plan to Chen Bazhi that made his liver tremble in a blink of an eye.

In this plan called the Monk Crossing the Sea Order, they will send 15 Buddhist farmers, monk soldiers and warriors to India within three years.

The first batch transported by the Nanyang Military Government is about to arrive in Malacca.

(End of this chapter)