Chapter 72 Dragon Plan Seven: Bengal Storm (11) Treaty of Dhaka
Timur took a Batulu boat to Dhaka in heavy rain.
Dhaka City is located on the east bank of the Bodo River. There is a tributary in the middle of the city that flows into the Bodo River. At the mouth of the river, Timur secretly met with the Assam king Lakschmi who came over with a small boat.
A strong man about forty years old, except for being a little darker, looks similar to a Mongolian person.
A golden headscarf, the extra part of the headscarf hanging on the chest, with a dragon embroidered on it.
In the middle of the turban is a bright jadeite. Unlike ordinary Assamese, he is wearing a golden robe.
There is a dark beard on her lips, but there is no jaw.
A scepter was swaying in his hand - Timur later realized that it was made of teak unique to the mountains of Assam and was very tough.
A little dragon hovered on the scepter, wearing a huge blue gem ring on his thumb.
Lackschmi's full name is Lackschmi Singh. He was able to condescend to the Truchens' battleship on a small boat, obviously not because the Truchens had just shown their unparalleled force, although that was one of the reasons.
Compared with the Truqins, the Mughals who fought with them for hundreds of years were feared by them.
In the past fifty years, the Mughals have been shaking under the blows of Maratha and Persians, but have recently won two more victories, which seem to be showing signs of resurrection.
A hundred years ago, the Assams' territory spanned the banks of the Jamna River and once went deep into Bihar, but after a great war they were forced to retreat to the east of the Jamna River. Until now, they were completely trapped in the Jamna River valley and could not move.
I originally thought that the Mughals would definitely be defeated in this battle with the Marathas, so I walked out of the valley and headed south again, obviously preparing to take advantage of the troubled waters, but I didn't expect the Mughals to win!
The Assams are a little embarrassed.
The Assams who were nestled in the valley at the foot of the Himalayas obviously did not understand the complex situation on the Indian continent, they only knew the oppression of Mughals on them before.
They also know that the only one who can check and balance the Mughals is the Truqins.
This is the important reason why Lackschmi is willing to come.
After seeing the appearance of Timur and others, Lakschmi was also shocked - in the past, although most Assams believed in Hinduism, their appearance was indeed a bit prominent every time they went to Bangladesh to make pilgrimage, which made their Hindu beliefs a little shaken.
The reason why the Mughals in the past spared no effort to attack them was to allow them to convert to the Islamic religion.
Timur gave him the gift prepared by Qitad, which made Lakschmi a little flattered - the distant Bogdahan also knew the Assam people?
He naturally prepared gifts, assam produced a variety of gems, and the gift that Lakschmi gave back was an emerald bracelet and a sapphire ring.
As a tribe who has lived near Indians for a long time, Assams also have some Hindi. It is now translated by Jaya. After a little greeting between the two sides, they got to the point.
At this time, Jaya was ready to completely surrender to the Truchen people. He finally realized that Siraj could not do anything at all, so Timur was completely relieved to let him participate in the secret.
"Your Majesty, what did you plan?"
Timur means that the area of Memensing-Silhet, which the Assams currently occupy, was originally a territory of East Bengal. Now that the war is over, they must give an explanation.
The Assam people who occupy this fast place are a minority of Assam Hindus and often oppose Lakschme. This time Lakschme personally led the army south to move these people to the south to stay away from their core sphere of influence, so as not to have an unpleasant situation all day long.
"This..."
Now that these few sects have moved here with their families, Larkschmi obviously will not let them go back.
As mentioned earlier, due to the appearance of the Assams, they were quite unpopular among the Bangladesh Hindus and would not marry them. Therefore, although these minorities moved south, they would definitely not integrate into Bangladesh and could only exist as independent forces.
It was the best for Lakschmi. If the Mughals in the west called again at this time, he would just have to deal with the west with all his strength, without worrying about the south.
But the final winner is not them at the moment. They are just shameful fishermen. Moreover, looking at the current situation, the Truchens have made up their minds to support Siraj. Memensin and Silhet must give up!
After a while, Lackschmi gritted his teeth and replied, "Silhet can be given up"
"No!"
Timur refused.
This made Lackschmi very embarrassed, but his stubbornness also came up.
"Your Highness, my family has moved here with my family and have started farming. It is really hard to let them move back"
"No", Timur smiled, "I didn't mean that"
Lackschmi relaxed a little.
"Your Highness means..."
“How many Assam people moved to the south?”
"There are at least 100,000 households, nearly 500,000 people. Besides, there were Brahmin nobles in Maimensin and Silhet, so naturally..."
Timur also knew what he meant. Of course, when the Assams went south, they killed all these Bengal nobles and then occupied the magpie's nest.
"How many people are there in the middle reaches of the Jamna River?"
"About 500,000 households"
"If I guess correctly, it's only the nobles and Vaishya who moved to the south"
“……”
"Haha," Timur smiled, "In West Bengal, after that war, many landlords who were originally attached to Siraj died, leaving a large number of unowned lands and serfs"
"I mean, in the past two hundred years, Nawab in the entire Bangladesh region has been appointed by the Mughal emperor, and all classes have also agreed to this."
"The emperor is in Dhaka, and I am about to go there to discuss with him about the post-war events of Bangladesh, and the Siraj family has long been loyal to the Mughal emperor, and it is impossible to lose two castles after the victory"
"Then..."
"Let them move to the west and continue to be landlords and possess Vaishya craftsmen and Sousdra slaves of West Bengal"
Lackschmi thought about it for a long time, but finally agreed.
"Although there is a lack of barriers in southern my country, it ultimately makes these annoying guys leave"
On January 15th of the New Year, Truchen represented Timur, Mughal Emperor Alam II, France represented Dubres, Danes represented Anderson, Bengals represented Siraj, and Aragans represented Wu Luohu gathered in Dhaka City. After a verbal battle, the following agreement was finally reached.
Previously, due to the retreat of the Marathas, Alam II occupied the complete Bihar across the banks of the Ganges.
First, with the Jamna River as the boundary, the Bangladesh region was divided into two, and East Bengal and West Bengal were established respectively. The Mughal Emperor officially appointed Siraj as the Nawab of East Bengal.
The French can set up shops freely in East Bengal, conduct trade, and have the right to dock in Chittagong without limiting the number of ships, but they must notify the Nawab government in advance.
The Danes could continue to set up shops in Chittagong, but the privileges they had previously had there were completely abolished.
Alam II married his daughter to Toure, the third prince of the Truchen Kingdom, and then Toure served as Nawab, West Bengal in the name of the son-in-law of the Mughal Empire.
Second, all Assam Hindus from Maimensin and Silhet moved to West Bengal and gave the land and serfs to Siraj.
Third, all the Assams and Arakans in Chittagong moved to West Bengal.
In order to punish the Burmese, the Myanmar captives captured by the Truchens were handed over to East Bengal for disposal.
In fact, the Truchens and Alam II had a secret agreement, that is, the Truchens would assist the Mughals in forming a powerful cavalry firearm unit, and the guns and ammunition were provided by Truchens. In exchange, the Mughals provided a certain number of war horses to the Truchens in West Bengal every year.
During this war, the Truchens had seized war horses from the Marathas and the British who could equip a brigade. With the provisions of Alam II, their two brigades could finally be restored to cavalry.
This is of too great significance to Truchen.
Qitad originally wanted Toure to marry King Assam's daughter, but now the situation is completely different. Marata was originally a loose alliance, and after this big defeat, he could no longer attack the Mughals without five to ten years.
As for the other two great enemies of the Mughals, the Afghans and the British, with the intervention of the Truchens, they will probably restrain themselves.
That is to say, the Mughal crisis will be lifted in at least the next five to ten years.
As for what will happen in five to ten years, let's all settle down.
Although Siraj was a little dissatisfied after signing this treaty, after experiencing two consecutive defeats, he could only endure it and obey Alam II's arrangement. Although he was rude and rude, he also knew one thing.
If the Truchens want to, they can occupy the entire state of Bangladesh.
Although I only occupy half of Bangladesh, I still have the support of the French behind me. In time, I can still regain the glory of my family.
What's more, after the Burmese people entered East Bengal, almost massacred all the Hindu nobles here, so Siraj was able to move the West Bengal nobles who were loyal to him here, and they had a large number of serfs for nothing, and I believe they would not refuse.
For the Assams and Aragans, because their tribesmen were killed by the Burmese, Truchen rescued them, and following them to West Bengal was also the only way to follow them.
Also, deep down, they were still a little afraid of staying there because East Bengal was leaning against Myanmar. Once Meng Yun died, Meng Bo would definitely retaliate. Staying in the west would definitely be better than the east.
Sure enough, not only did the Alagans in Bangladesh think so, but after learning about the outcome of the war in Chittagong, a large number of people from the Alagan Kingdom came to West Bengal on ships to surrender to the Truqins, obviously because they were worried about the revenge of the Burmese.
This scene was unexpected by Timur and others.
In the first half of 1766, the number of Arakans who successfully arrived in West Bengal was almost the same as that of Assams who had just moved there.
The Burmese revenge that the Alagans imagined did not come.
Because, the king Meng Bo, who was fighting in Siam, encountered a strong opponent.
Zheng Xin.
Chapter completed!