Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 315 The entire army attacks and destroys the empire!
China is always willing to pay respect to the strong.

Even if they are enemies, they will be evaluated appropriately.

This is the breadth of mind and magnanimity of five thousand years of civilization.

Be virtuous and do not fear power.

The late Emperor Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire could not be called the Great Emperor by the Gao Gong Cabinet, but he was always respectfully called Kanuni.

Affirmed Suleiman I's contributions and achievements to the Ottoman Empire.

He also despised Suleiman I's vision when he was dying, for choosing such an heir.

According to the basic moral values ​​of the Ming people, Selam II was disloyal, unfilial, unkind, unjust, rude, unwise, untrustworthy, and dishonest.

Calling them pigs and dogs is an insult to pigs and dogs.

From the perspective of Ming Dynasty strategy, the Ottoman Empire would one day become the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. However, Gao Gong's cabinet was not happy about having such an enemy, but rather disgusted by it.

This is the most simple value of the Chinese people.

Having said this, Gao Gong paused for a moment. The situation of the three major empires on the European continent was already clear.

In the Spanish Empire, Philip II temporarily suppressed the economic crisis within the empire with his personal charm, and incorporated the Kingdom of France into the empire through foreign wars, alleviating some of the social contradictions caused by the economic crisis.

The Gao Gong Cabinet and the Jinyiwei both believed that given Felipe II's personality, the Spanish Empire might solve the empire's problems through continuous foreign wars and colonization.

And this is a dead end.

Although the country is large, if it is warlike, it will perish!

But Felipe II had no way of realizing this, and would stubbornly lead the Spanish Empire on a dead end, until the empire's carriage crashed into a mountain or fell into an abyss and was shattered to pieces.

This is the disadvantage of a newly established empire without civilization.

In short, the rise of the Spanish Empire was too short. A hundred years ago, it was still a colony of another country. Fifty years ago, the kingdom rose independently, and now it has become an empire.

Such an empire has no history and no civilization. Even though it is covered with the orthodox skin of the Roman Empire, it does not have the orthodox interior of the Roman Empire.

Philip II and all the citizens of the Spanish Empire knew how glorious the Roman Empire was during its heyday, but they were completely unaware of the difficulties the Roman Empire had encountered under that glory, what lessons it had learned, and even less did they know the real reason for the collapse of the Roman Empire.

They only knew how to declare wars and expand their territory. If the Spanish Empire had been in a very good location, isolated overseas, with no enemy or strong countries around it, perhaps there would have been a day when the Spanish Empire would have truly had an imperial history.

But the Iberian Peninsula, located in the southwest of the European continent, is located at the junction of the European continent and Africa. It borders Portugal to the west, the Bay of Biscay to the north, the Holy Roman Empire to the northeast, and Morocco in Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar to the south.

Such a local position can only be described as good, but it is far from very good.

Moreover, the price of Spain becoming an empire was a break with the Holy Roman Empire. Regardless of the outcome of the civil war in the Holy Roman Empire, the victory of Pope Peter VII, or the victory of Emperor Ferdinand I, Philip II's uncle, the two empires would not be able to reconcile.

Philip II and Ferdinand I were first emperors of their respective empires and then uncle and nephew.

Furthermore, the Ottoman Empire was inherently hostile to other countries on the European continent, and the conflict involved a dispute of faith, which was even more irreconcilable.

From the day Spain became an empire, it had two major enemies: the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, which were either adjacent or not far away.

This completely cut off the possibility of the Spanish Empire's long-term existence.

In the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I and Peter VII started the decisive battle between imperial power and ecclesiastical power. It didn't really matter who won or lost. What was important was that the empire would suffer a severe blow and it was possible that it would fall apart.

With emperors and caliphs like Salam II, the Ottoman Empire will enjoy endless "blessings" for the people of the empire.

Zhu Houcong nodded.

Gao Gong continued: "Your Majesty, the situation on the South Asian subcontinent is relatively simple. Goa, Daman and Diu, and Konkan State have been completely consolidated by Wang Chonggu and have become ports and provinces of our Ming Dynasty.

But the subsequent counterattack on the Mughal capital of Delhi was not so smooth. The Mughal Emperor Akbar and the Brahman high priest Varna organized millions of ash troops to block the state of Malwa.

The navy soldiers of the first treasure fleet and the navy officers and soldiers before them, killed people all day long from the moment they opened their eyes, and when their swords became blunt, they would change to another one. Under Wang Chonggu's hands, they have killed more than a million people..."

Gao Gong had no reasonable language to describe the war that took place in the South Asian subcontinent. Akbar and Varna did not regard the Vaishyas, Shudras, and untouchables as human beings at all.

But the strange thing is that those Vaishyas, Shudras and untouchables did not consider themselves human beings either.

If it were the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor dared to send people to die like this, at the level of hundreds of thousands, millions, or even more, people would have risen up in rebellion and shouted, "Are kings, princes, generals, or ministers of different races?"

But even though so many people died, the Vaisyas, Shudras, and untouchables still shouted "Brahma bless you", blocked the Ming army's muskets with their heads, and stretched their necks to the Ming army's knives.

According to Wang Chonggu's military report, a large number of widow mines were deployed outside the Ming army's camp, but the Mughal Empire's Ashes Army really dared to take the risk.

The widow mine, which is known to scare people in three directions, is surprisingly less powerful in the South Asian subcontinent. People are not killed by the explosion and can even kill the Vaishyas, Shudras and untouchables who develop diseases. In wartime, they are pushed out by the Ashes Army and have all their clothes lifted up from their lower body in front of all the Ming troops.

The Ashes Army did not cause much damage to the Ming Army on the battlefield, but this kind of spiritual pollution caused countless damage to the Ming Army.

And Akbar in Delhi, in order to encourage these people who were forcibly castrated by the widow mines, also asked for a special title to be given to such people in Varna in the "original world".

Hijra!
This made Wang Chonggu, who was like a god of death, doubt whether the South Asian subcontinent was the human world.

"Wang Chonggu ordered the three armies to take turns to kill. Now everyone of our 100,000 soldiers on the South Asian subcontinent has mastered the art of killing."

Gao Gong's mouth twitched subconsciously when he said this. In the military report, the 100,000 soldiers basically found the human body's weaknesses and could kill the enemy at the fastest speed, steadily, accurately and ruthlessly. He and Li Chunfang both thought that this was not an army, but a slaughterhouse. The 100,000 soldiers were all butchers. If they returned to the Ming Dynasty in the future, they would all be dangerous people who needed special attention. Akbar and Varna wanted to use the Ashes Army to wear down the fighting spirit of the Ming Army, but Wang Chonggu, on the contrary, regarded the Ashes Army of the Mughal Empire as a "stone" to temper the will and skills of the army.

Where else can you find such a good slaughterhouse except in the South Asian subcontinent?

Through the frequent correspondence, the cabinet could clearly feel that there had been subtle changes in the psychology of the elder Wang Chonggu. His indifference to human life made people feel cold to the core.

But no one could explain the reason for this change. Even though Hu Zongxian specifically sought out Li Shizhen to inquire, Li Shizhen, who was a miracle doctor, only hesitated for a long time and replied, "It will not affect the Duke of Weiguo's command of the war."

Duke of Weiguo was the title of Duke conferred upon Wang Chonggu after his northern expedition.

The cabinet also knew that Wang Chonggu was very calm, but they thought there was a problem because he was too calm. However, when they asked further questions, Li Shizhen refused to answer.

Zhu Houcong looked at the three ministers Gao, Hu and Li, and knew the reason for their worries. To some extent, as an emperor who had lived two lives, he understood the state of the minister Wang Chonggu better than the genius doctor Li Shizhen. Wang Chonggu's spirit and psychology had been severely traumatized by the cruel war. He was indifferent to human life and had no emotions. He sighed and said, "Killing one person is a crime, but killing ten thousand people is a hero. Only when you kill nine million people can you be a hero among heroes."

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, there were only a few people who could independently lead troops to fight at sea and complete the court's strategy.

Hu Zongxian is one, Wang Chonggu is one, and Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou together count as one.

Hu Zongxian was the deputy prime minister of the cabinet and the maker of global strategy, so it was impossible for him to be present at the war.

As the territory of the Ming Dynasty expanded, the grassland Tatar was changed to Beiyuan Province, and the Goryeo Kingdom was changed to Goryeo Province. The number increased from the previous two capitals and thirteen provinces to the current two capitals and fifteen provinces.

Qi Jiguang had to be in charge of Beiyuan Province, and Yu Dayou had to be in charge of Goryeo Province, and they were unable to get away.

Just as Li Shizhen said, Wang Chonggu's condition does not affect the combat command, so for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Chonggu must continue to carry out the order to counterattack the Mughal Empire.

No matter how many ashes I kill, no matter how my mind changes, I must continue to persevere, even if it means killing nine million.

Gao Gong, Hu Zongxian and Li Chunfang remained silent. The burden behind the three words "the most heroic of heroes" was too heavy.

However, as the killing increased, the spirit and psychology of the navy soldiers and naval officers of the first treasure fleet in the South Asian subcontinent continued to increase, and appropriate changes must be made. Zhu Houcong looked at Gao Gong and said, "How is the construction of the treasure fleet at the Tianjin Shipyard going?"

Just as Wang Chonggu had his soldiers take turns training in killing skills, the Ming Dynasty could send more naval forces to land on the South Asian subcontinent to replace the 100,000 naval soldiers and navy officers of the first treasure ship fleet.

The original plan of the Ming Dynasty was to build eleven treasure ship fleets, but there were still ten treasure ship fleets and two or three hundred thousand naval soldiers that had not set sail.

In the Ming Dynasty, blood was seldom seen, but in the South Asian subcontinent, it must be said that the ashes of the Mughal Empire's army were very suitable as the first battle for the naval warriors of the second, third, fourth...eleventh treasure ship fleets.

"Your Majesty, basically everything has been completed. The navy recruited and trained in Jiangnan has also completed basic adaptation training and reached combat level." Gao Gong replied.

Ship building, apart from the key links, is mostly physical work, and practice makes perfect.

After the first treasure ship fleet was successfully built, Zhu Heng, the Minister of Works who lived in Tianjin Shipyard, made a new division of labor among the craftsmen. The teachers built the treasure ships, and the others built the servant ships. The shipbuilding speed was greatly accelerated.

With the investment of countless manpower and material resources, the second to eleventh treasure ship fleets set sail one after another. After completing the sea trials, the navy boarded the ships and completed adaptation training.

Ten treasure ship fleets, 630 ships, and nearly 300,000 naval soldiers entered the Yellow Sea from the Bohai Sea, and at Jeju Island in Goryeo Province, they accurately struck the preset targets on the island from the sea, then passed through the Goryeo Strait, entered the Fuso Sea, and sailed all the way to the vicinity of Hokkaido Island in Japan. Along the way, they struck countless targets at sea and on land, and almost scared the two major families of the Middle East in Japan, the Takeda clan and the Uesugi clan, to death, and returned by the original route by sea.

Just yesterday, ten treasure ship fleets returned to Tianjin Port one after another and reported the successful completion of the military exercise. The Minister of Works Zhu Heng, who completed the assigned task and built eleven treasure ship fleets within a year, finally "resigned" to return to the court.

On the way back to the capital.

Zhu Houcong nodded and said, "Except for the 11th Treasure Fleet, the other nine Treasure Fleets will all go to the Western Ocean. When the 10th Treasure Fleet arrives near the Strait of Malacca, it will stay to guard the Strait. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th... 9th Treasure Fleet will go to the ports of Goa and Daman-Diu to join the 1st Treasure Fleet. The command of all Treasure Fleets will be given to Wang Chonggu."

Although the Ming Dynasty was unlikely to be attacked from the sea, it was necessary to maintain a fleet of treasure ships to guard the homeland.

The Strait of Malacca is a key strait that controls traffic between the East and the West. Its importance is self-evident, and there must also be a treasure ship fleet there.

As a result, there were as many as nine treasure ship fleets heading to the South Asian subcontinent. Each treasure ship fleet had 27,800 people, and nine fleets had 250,000 people.

In addition to the navy that did not withdraw from the South Asian subcontinent, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty deployed more than 300,000 troops against the Mughal Empire, and had the world's top naval force, fleet warships, and weapons and equipment.

And there is only one goal, to destroy the Mughal Empire!
The demise of one empire heralds the awakening of the Eastern Dragon!
Although Gao Gong was a civil official, he felt a surge of blood flowing through his chest at this moment, and responded, "Yes!"

Hu Zongxian and Li Chunfang saluted silently.

After receiving the decree, Gao Gong hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, our dynasty's first and only 'Officers Vanguard Battalion' was all killed in the battle with the Ashes of the Mughal Empire half a month ago. The battalion leader Ding Qirui, deputy battalion leaders Yang He and Chen Qiyu were all killed in the battle!"

The naval death squad, consisting of thousands of officers and soldiers, burned to the last man on the battlefield of Malwa. These officers and soldiers had all committed crimes in the Ming Dynasty, but since they died for their country, they were exempted from all crimes.

Zhu Houcong nodded and said: "Ding Qirui, Yang He, Chen Qiyu, select the most brave and fearless one among the dead, like Xiong Wencan before, and make him a marquis. The others will be rewarded according to their merits.

In addition, it is not easy for the Queen to give birth to a daughter, and the Lin family has made great contributions to the court, so the title of Marquis should also be given to the father-in-law of the emperor."

Hear the words.

The third elder was silent again.

The fates of different people are so different. Xiong Wencan, Ding Qirui and others only redeemed their sins and were granted titles of nobility after their death.

As for the father-in-law, he gave birth to a good daughter and was rewarded with the title of Marquis without doing anything.

Logically, the cabinet should not object, but they had received some news before, which made them hesitate to accept the order. They looked at each other, and finally Gao Gong gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I am afraid that the cabinet cannot accept the order..."

(End of this chapter)