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Chapter 1390 Asking for help in Malacca
"I don't know if that guy Ah San can successfully complete the task. Originally, this kind of thing should be carried out by the people from the intelligence department, but those people in the intelligence department are so unpredictable that they have never taken the initiative to come to the door, and it is difficult for us to find them .And it is not a good thing to expose the personnel of the intelligence department for such a thing without a word."

It was Qin Zuoming who instructed his most savvy native mercenaries to find the Governor of Bangladesh.

Since the emperor of the Mughal Empire ordered the expulsion of people from overseas, merchants from China, Portugal, and the Netherlands no longer dared to operate outside the fortress, so Qin Zuoming could only send recruited Indian soldiers to negotiate.

"Do you think the Governor of Bengal will agree to become the king of Bengal independently from the Mughal emperor?" Chen Bangyan asked.

"He didn't want to agree to become the king. There are a group of princes lining up to be the king of Bengal. Occupying this rich place in Bengal can give them a more noble status. Their descendants are royal families. They ordered a complete blockade of us when the emperor ordered They even dared to sell grain to the East India Company in private, as long as they can give them enough benefits to let them put down their guard, then they are willing to betray the Mughal Empire." Qin Zuoming said.

The princes of Bengal are not monolithic, they usually have territorial disputes, and even dare to sell food to the enemy during wars. It is very easy to find a puppet. All you need to consider is the power of this puppet. Is it worth supporting.

"I heard that Shah Jahan, the emperor of the Mughal Empire, wanted to personally conquer us. Our fortress, which has not been built for a long time, has become famous this time. It has been attacked by the second prince and emperor of the Mughal Empire one after another. With the ability of their empire If you use cavalry for a long-distance attack, you can reach the city in less than a month, but considering that they have to gather infantry and artillery, they can't pose a threat to us without three months, so I plan to go to the city of Malacca tomorrow. Look for the No.12 Corps for help." Chen Bangyan said.

The two commanders of Calcutta Fort, Qin Zuoming is an officer dispatched from his native Sichuan, while Chen Bangyan is from Cantonese and later served as the captain of the Nanyang Fleet, so Chen Bangyan is more familiar with Nanyang and the No.12 Corps stationed in Nanyang. I personally took a boat to Malacca City to seek assistance from the No.12 Corps.

In order to attack the prestige of the Mughal emperor, they not only had to hide in the bastion, but also pursued the frontal defeat of the emperor's army in the field battle, so that the prestige of the Mughal emperor plummeted.As long as the Mughal emperor's prestige is shaken, this complex empire will fall apart, and princes and feudal lords from all over the world will fight together!
"The No.12 Corps is sweeping up some native kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The native kingdoms in the jungle are very difficult to deal with. They also need to help maintain law and order and quell rebellions in conquered areas. I don't know if they can send troops to the Indian battlefield." Qin Zuoming said about No.12 Things about the Corps are not very clear.

Unlike the Indian Peninsula, the Spice Islands are truly managed by the Nanyang Province, so the No.12 Corps spared no effort to attack the indigenous kingdoms that refused to surrender.

In the Indian peninsula, they adopted a divide-and-conquer strategy, as long as the East India Company can obtain raw materials and dump goods here.

"Now it is obvious that the war on the Indian peninsula is more important. If they knew that we were facing a larger-scale siege by the Mughal Empire with more than 100000 people, they would definitely send troops to support us. And the war on their side can be temporarily put aside, The level of firearms in the Kingdom of Mataram and the Kingdom of Aceh is even worse than that of the Mughal Empire..." Chen Bangyan said.

"Then I will leave it to you to ask for help in Malacca City. We only need two more battalions, no, one battalion's strength, plus the more than 2000 Tubang mercenaries here, and we can go out of the city to start a battle with them." Qin Zuoming said.

"Leave it to me. I will bring at least one battalion of troops back here in time. Presumably, if the Nanyang Fleet has successfully cleared the strongholds of the Dutch and Portuguese, they will definitely pass us Calcutta on their return journey. By then Let them stay with us to deal with the coming army of the Mughal Empire. It seems that the Nanyang Fleet's ships are not enough, and now they want to control the long coastlines of the Nanyang and Indian Oceans at the same time, which seems a bit weak..." Chen Bangyan thought The Nanyang Fleet was running back and forth, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The ocean is really too big. The coastlines of various countries are extremely long, ranging from hundreds to thousands of miles at every turn. However, the Nanyang Fleet has only a dozen sailing battleships and frigates, which are somewhat rare in the vast sea, so the Spice Islands still exist. Smuggling boats, sampan pirates.The Nanyang Fleet, which cannot patrol various sea areas, can only control important ports and straits.

The next day, Chen Bangyan led a sailboat and disappeared in the Bay of Bengal, and went to Malacca to ask for help from the No.12 Corps.

At this time, the Nanyang Fleet was on its way back with the treasures looted from Surat.

Shah Jahan, the emperor of the Mughal Empire, was expelling foreigners living ashore from various places, and many people were killed in the conflict.

At the same time, Shah Jahan personally recruited 5000 troops to start the later famous "Bengal Expedition"!Among them, 25000 elite cavalry, 15000 ordinary cavalry and auxiliary cavalry, and 30000 infantry and gunners were directly under his command.What remains is the number of cavalry, infantry, and gunners of various princes and nobles in the local area as many as [-]!
This does not include the peasants and horses who transported food midway. It is estimated that the total number of soldiers, farmers, and slaves will exceed 150000, and the declared army is 50!
In addition to the huge force, there are more than 20 heavy bronze cannons and mortars dragged by steers, more than 400 small cannons that are not field artillery, and 300 war elephants!
The second prince Shashuja and the Tubang princes near Bengal are also mobilizing their troops and preparing to perform well in front of the emperor. They once again gathered an army of 40000 including logistics and miscellaneous soldiers, waiting to join the emperor's army in the west of Bengal confluence.

Shah Jahan's speed of conscripting an army was not considered fast. On the contrary, it was not easy for the feudal lords from all over the place to gather the army that the emperor wanted. Urge.

One month after ordering the expedition to Bangladesh, the expeditionary force completed the most basic preparations and began to march at a slow speed.While marching, the defenders of Calcutta Fort were trying to find reinforcements and train more native mercenaries, and the Nanyang Fleet was also on its way back.

(End of this chapter)