Chapter 54: The End of the Dynasty
When the news of Batavia being conquered reached Goa, Zhu Cijiu could not believe his ears. He knew how terrifying Batavia's city defense was. Zheng Chenggong was able to plan and command the Second Legion of the Expeditionary Force to easily take it down. This record was really shocking.
Immediately afterwards, news of the joint fleet of the anti-Habsburg Alliance being wiped out in the Sulu Sea came one after another, and it was Zheng Chenggong's plan. With one move, he attracted the snake out of the hole and another move to set up a net in order to easily capture a super fleet equivalent to the first-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. What kind of military genius is this!
In fact, in history, whether it is the history of the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the great powers, the evaluation of Zheng Chenggong is quite high. Most of the words are heroes, geniuses, great weapons, thousand-mile horses, etc., which is enough to prove that his talent in military affairs is very high. If it weren't for the desperate situation in the late Ming Dynasty, he would have become a peerless general!
Wu Yanhua, the commander of the Eastern Band of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a couplet and praised it:
The spirit of Zhong Heyue is the most important thing in the victory of the dynasty;
By following the seashore, I know that there are saints in China.
Such a military genius and such a national hero were forced by the situation at that time and died of grief and anger. It was a pity. However, in the Chongzheng Dynasty, Zhu Cijiu was either grateful for his loyalty or respected his patriotism and trained him to become a Navy marshal. It can be said that he was accidentally arranged to the most suitable position. With the strong strength of the Ming Empire in this life, he will surely shine!
To be honest, Zhu Cijing has never paid attention to Zheng Chenggong's military talents. The reason why he cultivated and used him was mainly because he was one of the most famous national heroes in history. Until now, Zhu Cijing realized that this Navy Marshal must be, that he had picked up a treasure!
The stumbling block of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance was kicked away, and it was almost a foregone conclusion to occupy the Mughal Empire. South Asia is about to be taken into account, and the situation is very good. In this case, there is no need to rush to attack the capital of the Mughal Empire. Anyway, foreign aid has been cut off, so it is only a matter of time to capture the Mughal Empire. What should be considered now is to try to avoid casualties from soldiers.
For this reason, Zhu Cijing sent a telegram to the front line. He directly quoted eight words from "The Art of War": "Attack the heart is the best, and attack the city is the best." This means telling Lu Xiangsheng not to attack hard. If you can persuade the surrender, you should persuade the surrender to minimize casualties of the soldiers.
His telegram was sent very promptly. Lu Xiangsheng had already approached Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire, and was about to use his life to fill it out and quickly seize Delhi. When he received the emperor's telegram, he immediately understood that the emperor was asking him to force his submission to Jahan instead of attacking Delhi.
When a 300,000 army attacked the city of Delhi, which was only garrisoned by 100,000 people, Lu Xiangsheng was fully confident that he would lose tens of thousands of people at most. The so-called "one general succeeded and tens of thousands of bones were undone", and tens of thousands of people were exchanged for a huge empire, this transaction was not a loss at all. He thought so before, but now, since the emperor wants to write a letter, he cannot fill in his life.
He naturally would do such things as forced submission to the enemy. After coming outside Delhi City, he did not rush to attack, but surrounded Delhi City. Then, he directly set up artillery and bombarded them on all sides for several days. After almost all the arrows on the walls on the four sides, he wrote a letter of persuasion to surrender and shot them into the city. The meaning was very simple:
Batavia has been occupied by us and the joint fleet has been eliminated by us. Don’t expect foreign aid. Those who know the truth will quickly leave the city and surrender!
Since the Ming Empire has promoted Chinese teaching all over the world, there are still many people in Delhi City who know Chinese. When the translator translated Lu Xiangsheng's meaning to Shah Jahan, Shah Jahan felt cold.
He did not think that the Ming Empire was bragging. For so long, Batavia had no news at all. At least it proved that the great powers could not break through the Ming blockade and came to support him. As for whether Batavia was occupied, it was not important to him. He only cared about whether the support of the great powers could arrive. What did Batavia have to do with him?
Now it seems that the support of the great powers is no longer expected, so there is only negotiation and peace. As for the end of the stubbornness, he is not an idiot. He can't resist the 300,000 troops outside the city, not to mention that there are still 400,000 troops on the eastern front that are slowly approaching. Only 100,000 to 700,000, idiots think that he can still win.
Soon Shah Jahan sent a peace talks representative and put them under the city in bamboo baskets to find Lu Xiangsheng to convey his wishes to the peace talks. Shah Jahan's meaning is also very simple:
There is no problem with cede land and compensation, I just want the Ming Empire to withdraw its troops!
This master Lu Xiangsheng couldn't make the decision. He directly captured Goa with a telegram and asked the emperor to make a decision.
Zhu Cijiu is not a fool. If you fight this far, do you want to withdraw your troops in the Ming Dynasty so that you can recover your energy and take revenge?
He sent a telegram with a tough wording:
Let Shah Jahan open the city to surrender, and issued an order to allow all local officials of the Mughal Empire to surrender to the Ming Empire unconditionally. Otherwise, the day the city is destroyed, the nine clans will be killed!
When the Mughal Empire's peace talks were scared when he heard this reply, he was frightened. He could not make any decisions about this matter, so he could only go back to the city to ask Shah Jahan for instructions.
Shah Jahan actually knew that the Mughal Empire was over, and it was impossible for the Ming Empire to continue to sit in this position. The so-called "to pay the money by asking for the price everywhere." The reason why he asked the Ming Empire to withdraw his troops was just to explore the bottom line of the Ming Empire. Now it seems that the bottom line of the Ming Empire is very low, and he can save his life at most, and there is basically no hope for anything else.
Will the Ming Empire really save its own life? This question must be clarified, so he threw the peace talksman down the city wall with a bamboo basket and asked him to quickly ask how the Ming Empire guaranteed not to kill itself.
Lu Xiangsheng didn't know this question, so he photographed Goa with another telegram and asked the emperor for instructions.
This problem is easy to deal with, Zhu Cijing directly reported: There is a state guesthouse in the capital of the Ming Empire, which is picturesque. At that time, the Mughal Empire royal family will be surrounded by a large courtyard in the state guesthouse to provide them with living, ensuring that they can be blessed with luxury and live a life of luxury!
The conditions were pretty good. After hearing the messenger's return, Shah Jahan had already reluctantly accepted it, but he was still worried and threw the peace talks envoy down the city and asked Daming, how could he guarantee that this was not a lie? He had never heard of such a thing!
What's so lie about this kind of thing? Like Liu Chan, the Prince of A Dou during the Three Kingdoms, was raised, and the idiom allusion of "I'm happy but not thinking about Shu" was left behind. There is also the last lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu, who was also the king of the destruction of the country. He also left the eternal masterpiece "When will the spring flowers and autumn moon come to the sun" in the imprisoned palace.
Of course, Li Yu was killed by Song Taizu's excuse for this masterpiece of eternal song. However, the Ming Dynasty was not so boring, and Shah Jahan could not make such a masterpiece of eternal song. There was no need to ask the emperor for this matter. Lu Xiangsheng directly replied: "The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, a country of heaven and earth. When did you hear that the Ming Dynasty went back on its word?"
Hearing this sentence conveyed by the messenger, Shah Jahan finally opened the city and surrendered, and a huge dynasty perished.
Just when Shah Jahan opened the city to surrender, Zhu Cijiong, who was far away in Goa, had a long-lost voice from the beauty of the system. What is the system reward this time?
Chapter completed!