December 1683 AD, Daulatabad Castle, Deccan Plateau, India.

This castle located in the upper reaches of the Godavari River on the Deccan Plateau is the most defensive fortress on the Deccan Plateau. It is built on the edge of the mountain and is about 200 meters high. Each iron door of the castle is covered with

It is full of iron nails used to defend against the impact of war elephants. On the walls of the castle, there are also many bronze cannons that are extremely beautifully cast, like works of art - these cannons are covered with various patterns.

There are also lifelike animal heads welded to the tail of the cannon. You can tell at a glance that it is worth a lot. Only the rich Mughal dynasty of India could cast such exquisite cannons in large quantities, right?

However, in great contrast to these exquisite art cannons, the interior of Daulatabad Castle is extremely simple, almost in the style of a rough house... If you just look at the interior decoration of the castle,

It is really hard to believe that Aurangzeb, the richest Mughal emir in the world and with the title of Alamgir (Conqueror of the World), has lived here for two full years!

This "conqueror of the world" came here with his ambition to unify India in the second year after his mortal enemy, the Maratha leader Jatparati Shivaji, died of illness——

Daulatabad Castle is located roughly in the center of this magical land of India. He used this castle as a stronghold to start his conquest of South India.

In the past two years, the world conqueror's battle for the unification of India has been going relatively smoothly. The Marathas, who had been enemies of Shivaji during his lifetime, lost their outstanding leader and faced another challenge.

When Aurangzeb personally led the army, it was only capable of guerrilla warfare. It was retreating steadily in head-to-head confrontations and was about to be doomed. The other two independent countries on the Deccan Plateau, Bijapur and Gokunda, also arrived soon.

Aurangzeb's army was defeated in several battles, leaving only the ability to defend the capital... Although their capital was very strong, Aurangzeb had a weapon that could destroy the enemy.

The secret weapon of Fang’s strong fortress—military sugar from the East!

Aurangzeb, the "world conqueror" who was about to win victory and unify India, found at the end of 1683 that he had somehow become the enemy of the whole world!

In the hall of the simple and undecorated Daulatabad Castle, he was tall and thin, wearing a white cotton robe, a turban on his head, and without any valuable items on his body. He looked like an ascetic.

The ordinary Aurangzeb was sitting on a white armchair, with his hands on his knees, looking solemnly at a short and sturdy man standing below, listening to him narrating things about the Great Mongolia.

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"Your Majesty Alamgir...according to reliable information that reached Kabul before the heavy snow closed the mountains, Kangxi Khan of the Great Mongolia married a princess from the Northern Golden Horde in the autumn of this year, and held a conference in Tashkent

At the Kuritai Conference, Khans from the four major khanates, including the Golden Horde, attended the conference. At this conference, Kangxi Khan announced that he would lead an army of one million to attack India next spring!"

The man who was reporting to Aurangzeb that the Mongolian army was about to invade was named Aamir Khan... the same name as the famous Indian Bollywood movie star in later generations, and he was also the ancestor of that famous Bollywood star! This

Aamir Khan can't act, but he is an important minister of Aurangzeb and serves as the Governor-General of Afghanistan!

The person who could help Aurangzeb settle Afghanistan, a plateau rich in Indian conquerors, was certainly very capable. He made an Indian version of the Tuan Order on the Afghan Plateau, stipulating that the tribesmen had the right to ask the chief for a share of the land.

This move caused the various tribes to fight each other, leaving no time to create a rebellion against the Mughal Dynasty... However, the Afghan tribes who were trapped in fighting among themselves had no time to help Amir Khan resist the Mongol invasion.

An army of millions!

In addition, when Amir Khan was the governor of Afghanistan, in order to keep the mountain roads leading to the Hezhong area open, he kept paying the tribes along the way to buy roads, so that it became a practice. If Kangxi Khan of Great Mongolia was also willing to spend this money, his army would

I am afraid that we will be able to quickly pass through the Afghan mountains and enter the Indus River Basin from the Khyber Pass.

"Your Majesty Alamgir, according to reliable information from Madras (the East India Company's colony in southeastern India), the British East India Company, the Dutch East India Company, the French East India Company, the Portuguese Governor's Palace of Goa, Arakan

The kingdom has formed an alliance with Great Mongolia to jointly invade India! Currently, a large number of warships and armed merchant ships are coming from Europe and Malacca... A large-scale maritime invasion is imminent!"

After Aamir Khan, it was his comfortable, 70-year-old Governor-General of Bengal Shasta Khan who reported the enemy situation to Aurangzeb. This old general was Aurangzeb's uncle and established a policy for Aurangzeb.

Countless military exploits. Since 1666, he has guarded Bengal for Aurangzeb. In the original history, this old general helped Aurangzeb repel the East India Company that attempted to invade, and finally forced the East India Company to pay compensation.

150,000 gold rupees.

However, this time facing the joint attack of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and the coastal country Arakan, which is adjacent to Chittagong and sandwiched between India and Myanmar, the Governor of Bengal Shasta Khan also knew that he could not stop it, so he

He hurried to Daulatabad Castle to meet Aurangzeb.

Aurangzeb frowned and seemed to be deep in thought. He really couldn't figure out what he had done wrong. Almost overnight, he changed from a conqueror of the world to a public enemy of the world - a powerful country in the world.

Almost all of them became his enemies!

Aurangzeb's most trusted son, his heir and the Governor of Punjab, **** Shah, knew full well that the power of the empire was deeply entrenched in the Deccan Plateau and was completely powerless. At the same time, enemies came from the sea and the northwest.

So he made a suggestion to his father: "Father, we don't have the ability to go to war with everyone... I suggest that we make peace with some of the enemies, and then concentrate our efforts on dealing with other enemies."

Aurangzeb looked at his son and asked expressionlessly: "****, who do you think we can make peace with?"

"Father, maybe we can make peace with the Great Mongolia." **** said thoughtfully, "We are Moguls, and that Kangxi Khan is also Mogul..."

He probably thinks that Mongolians don’t fight Mongolians, right?

This reason made Aurangzeb frown.

Seeing his father frowning, cold sweat broke out on ****'s forehead. He was not Aurangzeb's only son.

"Father," **** quickly changed his words, "Maybe, maybe... we can also form an alliance with the enemies of the Great Mongolia."

"Enemies of the Great Mongolia?" Aurangzeb asked, "Who do you mean?"

"Da Ming." **** said, "I heard that the Ming Dynasty has risen rapidly and become powerful in the past few years... and their Nanyang Trading Company has always wanted to squeeze into the Indian Ocean.

Because of the obstruction of the Dutch and British, it could not succeed.

If we are willing to provide certain assistance, Ming Dynasty is likely to become our ally."

"But how should we establish contact with the Ming Dynasty?" Aurangzeb asked, looking at his son.
Chapter completed!