The current ruler of the Mughal Empire is Shah Jahan.
This is a greedy, cruel monarch, and very arrogant.
Shah Jahan means the king of the world!
After receiving the report from Jumrah, Shah Jahan had no idea of the serious consequences.
He only thought that his majesty had been challenged. Then he could only use force to make the enemy surrender.
So he ignored the opposition of many ministers and decided to resolve the Ahom Kingdom by force.
To this end, he even sent his son Aurangzeb, who was most capable of fighting, to go out.
Aurangzeb gathered 100,000 troops in Delhi and began to march eastward. Along the way, he did not listen to the summons issued and asked various khanates to send troops.
In the end, the strength of Aurangzeb's army exceeded 200,000, and they fought all the way to Ahom.
The Tianzhu people's actions were quickly learned by the alliance.
It's not that the alliance's intelligence system in South Asia is very powerful, but that there are a lot of people in Tianzhu who want to see the Mughal Empire in trouble.
Especially the principalities such as Deccan launched a rebellion more than ten years ago, which was put down by Aurangzeb.
So these people with evil intentions passed the information to the alliance one after another.
The Mughal Empire originally had more than 50,000 troops in Bengal, plus the 200,000 troops led by Aurangzeb, the scale was so large that everyone in the Ahom Kingdom turned pale.
"Don't be afraid. In the face of a huge power gap, no matter how many people there are, they are nothing more than chickens and dogs. As long as we are fully prepared, the victory in this battle will definitely belong to us."
Hou Xun comforted everyone in the Ahom Kingdom.
The strength of the Mughal Empire's army has long been figured out by the alliance.
The vast majority of these armies still use cold weapons and rely on elephants as important strategic weapons.
The limited firearms are still matchlock guns and front-loading artillery. In terms of range and power, they are simply worse than the Ming Dynasty.
Let alone Hou Xun, everyone in the empire is very confident that they can win with just the first division.
The only problem now is that the poor terrain restricts the movement of the first division.
Hou Xun looked at Myanmar's Prime Minister Cha Bounta and the representative of Nanzhang Nalin Dore.
"The actions of the First Division must be coordinated by Nanzhang and Burma. Can Nanzhang dispatch a considerable amount of labor to build the roads needed for the army to advance?"
Lin Duore sat at the meeting, his whole body trembling.
When will Nanzhang Kingdom be able to send troops abroad?
Only neighboring countries have always bullied Nanzhang. It can be said that Nanzhang never fights back or retaliates.
Now you can actually send troops to foreign lands and become famous all over the world!
Lin Duore understands very well that these honors were given by the father of the empire.
Although the empire does not require the Nanzhang Kingdom's soldiers and horses to be capable of fighting, but only to help build roads, it is enough.
"Nanzhang Kingdom can dispatch 50,000 workers, but the food and grass issue is a bit troublesome."
There are not many other countries in Nanzhang, but there are many people, and they are not worth much.
However, if you want to travel across mountains and rivers from Nanzhang, the cost of eating horse chews is not something Nanzhang can afford.
Hou Xun doesn't think this problem is very difficult.
He looked at Cha Wenda.
"Leave the food and grass for Nanzhang workers to Burma, and there can be no accidents."
Just when Cha Wenda looked troubled, Hou Xun's follow-up words arrived.
"The empire will purchase from Burma for two hundred thousand dollars."
Cha Wenda immediately turned from worry to joy.
It turns out it’s not for nothing, there’s still money to be made!
This time Myanmar also showed its initiative.
"His Royal Highness King Yu, can Myanmar also support some workers? We also want to do our best for this operation."
Hou Xun didn't know whether this was acceptable.
"Of course, the empire will pay wages normally. Don't be too greedy. You must let the ordinary people benefit. Otherwise, if trouble occurs and the country becomes unstable, I will definitely hold you accountable."
This warning immediately woke up everyone in Burma and Nanzhang.
These guys are not good people.
You don't need to think about the fees paid by the empire to know that they will be greedy from top to bottom.
Hou Xun had no choice but to warn them not to go too far.
Anyway, the people of these two countries are also very poor. As long as these officials show their hands a little, they will be satisfied.
Tea Wenda has quite a lot of ideas.
"Can half of the 200,000 yuan purchase cost be cash and half be exchanged for various commodities?"
If it is all cash, there will be no circulation channels in Myanmar. But if it is exchanged for commodities, these officials can resell them and get another income.
Hou Xun looked ugly.
"Can."
At this point, the first division's action route was finally cleared.
Funded by the empire, Burma provided grain, materials and some manpower, and Nanjing provided manpower. Under the command of the National Defense Forces engineers, a road from Myitkyina to Ahom was built within two months.
This time limit indicates that it is almost a road paved with flesh and blood. But there is no way, for the sake of the overall situation, I can only admit this kind of sacrifice with pinched nose.
Except for the First Division, the southern front is the focus of the alliance between various countries.
"We can dispatch six hundred people."
Claude told the British plan.
The British troops in Tianzhu are not many, and six hundred is already the limit.
"We will send out five hundred people."
Gomez also tried his best.
This is the case for Western colonists in this era. Even though they are traveling around the world, the manpower in each place is very limited.
They are better at using the local chaotic situation to sow discord and create chaos. A real battlefield confrontation is definitely not something they want to see.
This time, the empire took the lead, so they were willing to concentrate their forces and follow to reap the benefits.
Relatively speaking, the Netherlands is relatively powerful.
"We dispatched 1,100 soldiers and 3,000 servants."
The Netherlands has been operating in Batavia for a long time and has many resources at its disposal.
But the most fanatical one is Rajsinghe II.
"The Kingdom of Kandy will dispatch 20,000 troops, and there are also a large number of followers among the people."
Over the years, Buddhists have been driven from land to the island of Ceylon, leaving only this place of respite.
Now that they finally had a chance to counterattack, the entire Kandy Kingdom went crazy.
Those Buddhists spontaneously formed a rebel army, and the number actually exceeded 50,000.
Of course, no matter how many people there are in the Kingdom of Kandy, it does not have much strength.
If we really want to fight, we still need to look to the National Defense Forces.
In Hou Xun's expectation, the 12th Regiment of the Third Marine Division, escorted by the South China Sea Fleet, took the lead in arriving at Chennai.
"Your Majesty, are we not late?"
Chang Ying, commander of the 3rd Marine Division, actually abandoned the main force and came over with the 12th Regiment.
It is true that the battle in Mindanao was too grueling and not intense, and there was no chance for the Third Marine Division to show off its skills.
Now that Tianzhu was about to be beaten, Chang Ying's eyes turned green.
He handed over the large troops to Lu Baoxing and Shu Chengshan, took the lead, came over first to understand the situation, and contacted the Allied Forces in order to more accurately grasp the combat effectiveness of each army.