Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1185: France Trapped Again

Niu Er's words really penetrated into the hearts of Clive and Kurt.

Jafar is ambitious and cannot be trusted.

There are only zero and countless times of this kind of betrayal, and they themselves know it well.

Now Dashun once again showed a very neutral attitude, which intensified the crisis for the French.

Clever dismissed Dashun's moral evaluation.

But beyond morality, Jafar now needs the support of the company.And the company must take advantage of this juncture to get money from Jafar and the cooperating soldiers to quickly drive the French into the sea.

This cannot be reversed.

If you foolishly engage Jafar first and ask for more, the French will be very happy.

As a traitor, Jafar also needs a period of time to integrate internally. During this period, the company will definitely obey what the company says. It is a honeymoon period.

Once this honeymoon period is over, I am afraid that Jafar will take the initiative to hook up with the French, and even the French will hook up with Jafar regardless of past suspicions.

Clive thought to himself that after the rainy season was over, he should go all out to get rid of the French completely.

Now India’s external forces, after eliminating the local forces—Afghanistan can be regarded as India’s local powers, after all, this is a tradition—as long as Dashun urgently needs to maintain neutrality, then only the French will be left.

The Portuguese are extremely fragile. The previous earthquake had severely damaged their vitality and intensified domestic conflicts. Moreover, because of Liu Yu's Enlightenment Leap Forward Speech and rumors of Scientology, Portugal is now in chaos.They are putting pressure on the Holy See to ask the new pope to give an explanation: Either dissolve the Society of Jesus, or Portugal withdraw from the Holy See.

Internal reformers and conservatives have reopened the Inquisition in Portugal, which has been dormant for more than a hundred years, and the struggle between the two sides has become fierce.

Macau was gone before, and the sandalwood from East Timor was heavily taxed by Dashun. The remaining power in India did not need to be considered at all.

The Dutch have long been abolished, Dashun has fully taken over the power of the Dutch, and now Dashun is watching the show neutrally.

And Dashun's moral loathing towards Jafar also made Clive feel that this was a good thing.

He doesn't have a deep understanding of China, but he does have a superficial understanding. Moralism has always been the direction of the European Enlightenment advocating China.

Therefore, the people in Dashun expressed their dislike for Jafar, which meant that Dashun would not support Jafar.

Therefore, the problem is very clear.

It is possible and capable of supporting Jafar, only the French.

Now these Chinese people are wandering here, going to Calcutta, it is really good.

Don't provoke them, but focus on Jafar. It is best to force Jafar to hand over the name-let Jafar kill all the French under his hands, maybe Jafar and France The conflict between them intensified.

Thereby reducing the possibility of the French supporting him, or delaying it.

As for these Chinese, the farther they go now, the better.

In case the French come forward and ask China for help to take those gunners back, then there is no way to get Jafarna to vote.

Clever thought of this, so he didn't answer Niu Er's words, but avoided the moral issue, and quickly found two guides and a company employee from the team, and asked them to go to Calcutta with Dashun's people.

As a result, Dashun No. 13 Combat Engineer Battalion, where Siraj was mixed, just passed by the British Dorset County Infantry Regiment.

The company officers on both sides even shook hands in a friendly manner.

Waiting for the soldiers on Dashun's side to leave in formation, Clive could no longer restrain his excitement, enjoying the joy of victory in this gamble.

And, more realistic material stimulation.

Jafar promised to give the East India Company a reward of 1700 million rupees, and give a total of 200 million rupees to the British military officer class this time.

A young man who was once unknown has surpassed the wealth of most of the gentry and nobles in the UK overnight. In this era where class leaps are possible, he has taken the most critical step.

After being excited, Clive immediately discussed the current situation with Lieutenant Colonel Kut, and then said: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, I think that we should use part of Jafar's forces now to continue launching attacks against the French before the rainy season comes." attack."

"In the long run, although the Chinese are so naive in their moral assessment, what they say makes sense. Jafar is a careerist."

"Fortunately, the Chinese are full of disgust for him out of morality. This is good news for us. The Chinese hate traitors better than enemies."

"A careerist like Jafar will not accept the company's many conditions. In fact, you and I both know that we must gain a foothold in India as soon as possible and obtain sufficient benefits."

"The French know about our war in Bengal, and if they are not stupid enough, they may take the opportunity to attack us. After all, the agreement between us and the French has been broken after we captured Kindernagar exist."

"I think this is an opportunity for us. If the French take advantage of our use of troops in Bengal and attack Madras, it will be both a crisis and an opportunity."

Coote agreed with Clive.

Indeed, besieging the castle now is a difficult battle for Britain and France.

The artillery superiority, heavy artillery, and elite grenadiers required to siege the castle were insufficient or non-existent in the Indian troops stationed on both sides.

The crisis mentioned by Clive is that the company has sent troops to Bangladesh, and the defense in Madras is of course empty.

And this time the daring to send troops to Bangladesh is also because Duplex was transferred away, otherwise, Duplex would not let go of such an opportunity to attack, and even the company may not have the opportunity to attack Bangladesh.

Although the new governor of France is not sharp enough, Clive could easily deceive the new governor named Gordon in the previous Jindnagar attack, and this new governor has been implementing the French government's " Do not take the initiative to attack" policy.

However, now that the battle has come to this point, if the governor doesn't know how to send troops to Madras and take the opportunity to besiege the city, he can only be regarded as an idiot.

If he's an idiot, then the French are nothing, just eat them slowly.

If he hadn't been a fool, he would have marched to Madras.

And once the troops are dispatched, if the British army can quickly return to the defense, it will be tantamount to avoiding the siege battle that the British are least willing to face.

Indeed, the French were unable to attack fortresses before; the same is true for the British, fortresses are not so easy to attack these days.

Relying on the morale of the just victory over Bangladesh and the support of Jafar's cavalry, if they can return quickly, they will give France a fatal field blow when the French launch the siege of Madras.

Well, the French have completely failed in India.

Just like when Dashun went to Nanyang back then.

It is only a matter of time before its field mobile forces are defeated, and the remaining castles remain.

A city defense battle without field mobile troops is actually waiting to die.

Now France has only such a mobile force that can fight in the field, that is, the one that may besiege Madras.

This is what Clive calls opportunity.

The castles of the French, like the rest of the colonists, were built by the sea.

It's certainly not stupid.But the French navy is still far away in Mauritius, and the seaside castles without sea control are just given away.

"Mr. Clive, your idea is correct. The Bangladesh issue has been solved for the time being. And if you want to solve it completely, then you must solve the French as soon as possible without the Chinese entering the field. Get rid of France Only people can finally solve the Bangladesh issue.”

"As for the saltpeter trade that the Chinese care about, the company should give up some of the benefits and give the Chinese a very favorable condition. Although... we know that the saltpeter that the Chinese buy here may appear in the army in Paris, but we don't No choice."

Clive is not yet the leader of the company, but after this battle, his right to speak in the company will naturally increase significantly.

There are still many trade exchanges between the company and Dashun that are constantly cutting and unreasonable.

Rajshahi can produce silk, but not tea, porcelain, rhubarb and zinc.

At this time, it is of course beneficial to the company to show goodwill to Dashun and ensure Dashun's saltpeter trade.

Not only the company, but the British government also turned a blind eye to some of Dashun's actions. They knew that Dashun was selling saltpeter to France, but they pretended not to know.

The East India Company has always liked to hype up some events and manipulate some public opinion, but now, even though some of Dashun's actions have violated their interests in Persia, Turkey and Africa, they still did not initiate public opinion and dealt with it as low-key and cold as possible.

Kurt now hopes that the company won't be overwhelmed, staring at the three melons and dates in the saltpeter trade, and the small will lose the big.

In this regard, Clive is full of confidence.

"The company will be very satisfied with this action. The silver that Jafar promised us will also clear the company's mind. They will make the right choice."

"Duplex's thinking is correct. Our Bangladesh 101 regiment and 103 regiment have proved his judgment: Indians can have the same combat effectiveness as European and Chinese armies through our training methods. India has a steady stream of Manpower, as well as corporate investment, can enable us to have a cheap and capable army in India. We just need to ensure that they are fed and paid on time.”

"Similarly, he believes that India's wealth lies in taxation, not trade. Although it is his judgment based on the situation in France, it is also useful to us."

"The basis of our foothold in India is the dime and mu tax in Bangladesh. And to get all this, we must quickly defeat the French."

"Let the Chinese indulge in the illusion of peaceful trade, let them sink in the huge profits of this European war's neutral trade."

"We have to get rid of the only variable, the French in the south, before the Chinese come to their senses."

"Most of the shareholders in the company are stupid, but they are in London, not here. People here, with sharp minds, will make good judgment."

Kurt laughed too, thinking, that's true.As long as we seize this opportunity and get rid of the French who may attack, then Bangladesh can be completely in our hands.

"Okay, let's talk to Jafar and get us enough cavalry. Return to Madras by boat before the rains come."

"With luck, our dispute with the French in India will be resolved before the rainy season next year."

(End of this chapter)