New Shun 1730

Dashun was quite mean.

The British side naturally tested Dashun's attitude in advance.

Before testing, Dashun also took the initiative to "show that it can't", saying that if you Europeans start to fight, my Celestial Empire's trade volume will be great, and I am busy making money, and I will definitely strictly maintain neutrality.

This is true, and trade has been great recently.

The participating countries were robbing each other's ships, and Dashun's fleet was escorted by armed cruisers, selling goods everywhere under the banner of neutrality.

Guns, saltpeter, sulfur, iron ingots, cotton cloth... everything was sold.

The profit was overflowing.

It's a pity that Dashun's reign title has not been changed, Liu Yu has neither died nor fled, and Dashun's decision-making circle has not been dazzled by this trade prosperity, and their eyes are still on Bangladesh.

In terms of exports, Bangladesh's cotton cloth, silk, jute, etc. are all the same as Dashun's goods. Get rid of Bangladesh, not only will the tax collection be great, but the trade volume will be even greater in the future.

From the perspective of trade, countries are now robbing each other's ships, and Dashun is neutral and selling goods everywhere. Once the war in Europe is over, the victor will gain control of the sea and kick Dashun away with one kick. People in Dashun's current decision-making circle can still distinguish between being happy for a moment and being happy for a lifetime.

But now, it is indeed neutral.

Moreover, in the direction of India, Dashun has given Britain enough face.

The French fleet and the British fleet have fought several times in the Indian waters. Dashun expressed its neutral attitude early and hoped that France would understand.

This time's neutrality is completely different from the neutrality when Britain attacked Manila in Luzon last time.

The last neutrality was that Spain had a military port in Manila, and the British navy went around half the world, and the only place where it could get supplies was Guangzhou.

Dashun's neutrality is: you can all enter Guangzhou Port, and if Spain is willing to come, you can also come. I didn't say that I wouldn't let you come, Spain, but you didn't want to come.

The neutrality this time is: France's naval port is in Mauritius in Africa, and Britain has a naval port in India. Dashun said, no one can enter the port, not France, not Britain, the Malacca naval port is a fortress area, and warships of all countries are not allowed to dock.

Both times were neutral.

It's just that the neutrality of both times is very interesting.

Although the French navy is weaker, it can actually fight back and forth with Britain here.

The problem is that after fighting once, it has to go back to Mauritius for supplies and repairs. Then drive from Mauritius and fight again.

Dupleix was only the governor of India before, and he didn't have a navy, which is very similar to Dashun. The French navy is administrative, and the local governors can't move the navy, so France has no naval port for supply in India.

Although France is unhappy, it can't ask too much of Dashun. After all, the ginseng trade in North America is still being transported by the Dashun fleet under the banner of neutrality.

The saltpeter that France urgently needed was also transported from Asia by Dashun under the banner of neutrality, and the emperor also lent France an interest-free loan of 300,000 taels of silver from the treasury - in fact, it was the money that France would sell various cities in India to Dashun and completely get out of India in the future, but it has not been said yet.

The British attitude towards Dashun said that they could withdraw their troops from Bengkulu after the war, and would never go to Southeast Asia again, nor would they smuggle goods to Southeast Asia, etc., to thank Dashun for its neutrality.

They also said that they would help Dashun put pressure on Portugal to get out of East Timor, but they had to wait until after the war.

And they guaranteed that during this period, the privateers authorized by the king would never rob Dashun's ships.

Therefore, at this time, Niu Er reiterated Dashun's official attitude in front of Siraj: We are neutral, an official envoy, and we came to discuss the saltpeter trade. We just happened to catch up with your war and came to take a look.

Siraj's attitude towards Dashun was quite good.

Dashun neither evaded taxes nor smuggled. After all, the saltpeter mine was in Siraj's hands. Dashun didn't want anything else, and even if it wanted to evade taxes, it had no chance.

He wanted to bring Dashun in to help, and Dashun also revealed a little meaning: Eastern things have Eastern methods.

It's actually very simple to ask the Celestial Empire for help. You know, they are all Easterners. Do you still need to teach the Celestial Empire's rules?

Siraj knew this very well, so he didn't plan to pay tribute at all.

He hoped that Dashun would help recruit a Chinese mercenary army, but Dashun didn't care.

And now, this battle has basically been lost.

The end of Dashun is the only possibility to turn the tide of the war. Even though the guards on Dashun's side are only the size of a regular field company plus a small team of ceremonial cavalry.

The battle actually started at seven in the morning.

Until the cursing just now, a total of forty or fifty people died on both sides.

They were basically firing cannons at each other, and the soldiers on the Dashun side almost fell asleep.

The British East India Company had 3,000 people.

Siraj's side, not counting the Dashun's envoy guards, had a nominal number of 50,000 people.

However, the battle started at 7 a.m., and the troops on both wings slowly moved together and formed a battle array, but they were actually watching the show.

Siraj had only about 3,000 musketeers and 500 to 600 cavalry in the middle.

France sent people to support, and the support was all gunners. The French gunners worked hard, but there were not enough people. Among the 48 heavy guns, the French gunners could only operate a few.

The 16,000 cavalry, the elite and decisive force, were in the hands of Siraj's second uncle Jafar, who huddled on the left wing and watched the excitement all morning.

The right wing is full of soldiers who were drafted to defend the line. It is nonsense to expect them to maneuver and outflank.

It is OK to shoot at each other in place, but it will be chaotic if they move.

They can't move at all.

A unit that can complete battlefield maneuvers and launch attacks is elite in this era.

So Siraj was anxious.

Because this battle is actually very simple.

The right wing squats there and pulls the line. Don't expect the right wing to attack. Just hold the line and don't let people go around.

The middle bombardment, attack, compress the East India Company's troops, and expose their flanks. The French gunners have good skills and keep pressing the opposite side.

The cavalry on the left wing, find the right opportunity and rush.

The end.

The 3,000 musketeers in Siraj's hands can still withstand it, and can even attack in formation.

The training was OK. In the eyes of Niu Er and others, they were definitely not as good as the elite troops of Dashun who received military pay, but they were still much better than those soldiers in Nanyang and Ceylon Kandy.

French gunners were also good. Bengal was not short of money. Siraj said directly that the money would be calculated by the guns and the results would be calculated separately. The level was equivalent to the elite crossbowmen of the Song Dynasty who could afford the money.

So it was supposed to be a very simple matter. The battle started at seven o'clock. According to Siraj's plan, the attack would end at nine o'clock, and the cavalry on the left wing would also be in place. After a wave of attack, it was estimated that the battle would end at 11 o'clock.

However, up to now, his uncle's 16,000 cavalry had not even moved.

Siraj was already panicking.

The matter was already very obvious, and this fucking idiot could see what was going on.

Cursing was useless.

Niu Er thought, this kid is still too young. If he was a little smarter, he should be ready to run away now. What's the point of fighting?

Even if you defeat the East India Company, your uncle will not move. This is a clear showdown. He is a rebel. He will definitely kill you at that time.

Otherwise, he will wait for you to win a great victory, stabilize the situation, and then charge him with treason and kill you?

If the East India Company defeats you, Jafar will seize the opportunity to bite you to death.

So, as someone from Dashun, Niu Er really doesn't understand.

At this time, it is obvious that he should adjust the deployment, prepare for defense, and retreat at night.

Instead of thinking about borrowing Dashun's soldiers to launch a wave of attacks to defeat the British.

Not to mention that Dashun is purely watching the show, and is looking forward to him losing his pants.

Just to say that from Niu Er's point of view, it is possible for his elite combat engineer company to help launch an attack and defeat the British on the opposite side.

However, even if they win and defeat the East India Company, can the remaining troops still withstand the 16,000 cavalry?

This is not the Battle of Julu, where friendly troops are watching and will help you if you win.

During the Battle of Julu, the King of Chu was only a second-in-command, and his allies were next to him.

Now Jafar is your subordinate.

Can this be the same?

You only have 3,000 to 5,000 infantrymen, and the troops on the right wing can only defend the line and shoot back, and have no offensive capabilities at all. The cavalry on the left wing has clearly rebelled, so why attack?

Niu Er really couldn't understand why such a simple situation could not be seen here.

This is different from the time of Yipianshi. If Yipianshi quickly defeated the Guanning Army, at least at the confidence level, it would not be a problem to fight the Houjin Army after a quick collapse.

After all, they had never fought in a real large-scale field battle. They had more confidence in fighting the Mongols in the northwest. They thought that they were just Dazi soldiers, and they had fought before.

Now, regardless of the confidence level or the practical level, the elite of an old army was the ten thousand cavalry. Could it be that you still wanted to rely on these three to five thousand infantry to kill the East India Company and then eat the sixteen thousand cavalry?

Niu Er thought that in the current situation, even if the Duke of Xingguo came to this point, he could not break the situation.

Siraj was anxious and placed his hopes on the guards of the Dashun Envoy Corps. He thought that these hundreds of people were well-trained. If they could help him, he would bet all the cavalry in his hands, and the East India Company on the other side would basically collapse.

At that time, maybe Jafar would make a choice to make up for his mistakes when the East India Company collapsed.

But his brain might not work very well.

Even if Jafar made up for his mistakes, could you really let him go? Since it is impossible to let him go, he will die sooner or later, so how could he choose to make up for his mistakes?

A betrayer either doesn't betray or does it to the extreme.

Since he chose to keep his troops in place, as a subordinate, not an ally, he has already betrayed.

Allies can watch the show, but subordinates watching the show is treason, and those who choose to make up for their mistakes are fools.

Niu Er complained about this stupid young man who didn't read enough history books, thinking, do you think your uncle is a fool? Is his brain smeared with lard?

He shook his head quietly, thinking about the order he received from the Privy Council before coming.

Then he thought, this is good.

Lose, it's better to lose everything. Dashun didn't want to copy a piece of stone, even if Ceylon's troops were actually enough to repeat the old thing that Dashun didn't want to talk about the most.