Chapter 287 Letter from Liu Xin, Prime Minister (Twenty-Seven)
Time flew by, and it was almost autumn. That day, Gao pragmatic had just returned home when he saw Gao Qi following him with a letter in his hand, so he asked: "Where did you send it?"
Gao Qi didn't say much and simply replied: "Tama pear."
Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and suddenly asked: "Oh, Calcutta?"
"Yes, uncle." Gao Qi said, presenting the envelope in his hand with both hands.
When Gao Pragmatic looked at the signature, it turned out that it was not Gao Yuan, but Liu Xin. But he soon frowned slightly. Why didn't Liu Xin's letter be expedited by Fei Ge? Instead, it was a formal letter?
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Gao pragmatically asked.
Gao Pragmatic was about to agree, but suddenly his heart moved and he said: "I have been paying attention to some letters from North Korea these days. Calculating the time, Nalinbulu and Buzhai should also be ready. It is time to make a move."
"Yes, uncle, nephew, don't worry." Gao Qi replied, seeing Gao pragmatically, he waved his hand and left.
Gao pragmatically took the envelope and went directly into the Rixin Building. When he went upstairs and entered his study room, the sharp-eyed maids had already served tea at the right time. Gao pragmatically nodded slightly to them, walked to the desk and opened the envelope to read.
Get a letter.
You and I had a special conversation about that issue beforehand, and you can see that I am very upset myself. After all, the generals actually do not dare to follow my will - unless my will follows his will.
What now requires his personal order is to appoint or allow this person to call himself the Sultan of Bengal? You see, I really want to declare myself the Sultan of Bengal.
You estimate that I may hope to wait until the reinforcements sent by the Mughals to Bengal fight with you, then raise troops in front of us, and then attack you from behind to completely eliminate these reinforcements. You know, that seems pointless.
The point is wise. After all, these reinforcements are also our own wealth in the Mughal Empire. I am sure that my rebellion will be successful, but are they my own wealth?
Before that, there was another piece of news that made the young prince unhappy, or should be said to be two pieces of news: the first was that Daniyar drank too much at the back line and drank himself to death; the seventh was that Emperor Tang Yanzhi had not personally led the attack.
The army came to Bangladesh.
Bo!
You advised me to fight that battle according to my own will, but to fight that battle according to "how your father wants you to fight." As for how much I can back off, then you know. Maybe he
I would rather you keep your mouth shut about that matter?
You were originally worried that my envoy was just perfunctory, but beforehand, the young prince personally sent a letter to confirm the promise again. Although the expenditure of 70,000 taels of silver was within the amount he allowed, you think it is best for him to confirm it personally.
If you want to give it.
That fleet was relatively powerful. According to pre-war inquiries, the Mughals were only learning water warfare and were not interested in water warfare at all, so that fleet had been gathering dust for a long time. That time we remembered
We were sent out temporarily just because we hoped that we could take advantage of the unfavorable situation and inquire about the news about Jixiaogang earlier.
As soon as he opened the letter, Gao Pragmatic was stunned.
We don’t think we can keep those boats and use them to retreat into some Ganges tributaries with unlimited water depth when you retreat to Bangladesh. After all, these places are definitely suitable for your small sea boats to fight. You and Liu Xin have read the detailed work and sent it.
I agreed before based on the topographic and river system maps, because the entire Bangladesh region has a network of rivers, which is very different from Jiangnan.
After coming here, I learned that that place has always been a seaport city. The Europeans came there as pirates and were so frightened that many seaport cities built some coastal defenses, including building embankments without forts, and the bottom of the main entrance to the port.
In order to fix those things, the navy spent a lot of effort and time, and even damaged several ships.
Of course, you have to tell him that the backline generals, including Liu Xin, all hope that I will become the 'Sultan'. In other words, even if he allows me to become the same nominal ruler as the King of Siam and King Bago, we will also
I hope this person's title is 'Sultan'. We think the ecclesiastical nature of that title is too obvious. It would be worse for me to be called the King of Bangladesh than the Sultan of Bengal.
Of course, looking at it now, a war that should have been fought slowly has to be delayed for a year. If it is a big headache for him, but after all, it is a problem that money can solve. You doubt that he can't do anything about it.
, this is going to embarrass your brother too much.
However, in that case, when you offered to spend 70,000 taels of silver in exchange for the right to free trade in the entire Mughal Empire in the future, I firmly agreed and expressed that I was sure that the money could be used in my name.
I will give it to the emperor, so that before I succeed in ascending to the throne, "their merchants will never have to pay only half of the taxes of others."
As for the results of the contact with the little prince, your back-line discussion concluded that they basically agreed, so they quickly launched a retreat to the entire Bengal - of course, after that, your eastern front did not fail, and only left
Send a large number of troops to garrison Arakan. At the same time, you send a letter to the south and ask Sister Zhiting to send more manpower to ensure the stability of Arakan.
Oh, by the way, the Portuguese pirate mercenaries that he mentioned several times later were also wiped out. The navy said that apart from the fact that the Portuguese were indeed more daring to fight than the local Arakan army, there was actually nothing wrong with them.
Well, the so-called tactical retreat does not mean retreating a little earlier than the Arakanese. The performance of the ships, cannons, and even the musket array when approaching the ship's front was very special.
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"Promise him." I said loudly.
Famousness is a tool."
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You originally thought that he would be quite trouble-free. He had few ideas and was difficult to deal with. He would have to spend his whole life to get rid of him, and even you would have to work hard. But you never thought that he would
This son you think is still grown up is still an adult and has no ideas of his own like him. In India, you are making a big fuss!
Of course, in the end you captured the port and successfully pushed back in the subsequent battles. The local leader also launched the uprising on time, although the scale was larger than what you two had negotiated... Yes
Anyway, the target was achieved in the first place, and you and Liu Xin both plan to pursue that big issue.
The things you want to say are just short of that. Let’s talk about some personal matters first. I heard that your brother suffered a defeat far away from Turpan and lost a lot of luggage. You have to beg me for mercy: I
He was originally a general who was good at fighting in the grasslands and Gobi, but now he had to fight that battle. Mistakes like this that did not cause too little loss of troops should be within his tolerance, right?
You estimate that when he sees that letter, even if Tang Yanzhi's small army has fought against you, it won't be too far away. Therefore, when the little prince raises his troops, the difference will be between that and the front.
Ha, if he goes to burn incense sticks outside the temple first, may this little emperor Akbar, whom he has underestimated, be angry to death because he is the only filial son I have left?
Oh, you should say less about his son being punished next time, and only briefly mention a few situations where he might be a scholar. The elder did not notice the strangeness of his generals afterwards, but
Whether I seriously blocked it or not was not what he thought, but I wanted to show my decisiveness in the eyes of others through such a killing, but I forgot that that incident would in turn show my
It lacks a deterrent effect on the military, especially on low-level generals.
When he looked at the content again, it was even more boring. The letter was written directly in the vernacular of the previous life. At this moment, it was almost more colloquial than spoken language.
But after your back-line generals' joint analysis, the young prince may think that the reinforcements sent by Akbar this time are either direct troops controlled by my eighth brother Daniyar, or they are not led by my father Akbar himself.
The army is coming. Regardless of whether it is my eighth brother or my father, in front of my eyes, I am afraid that the worst they can do is become dead. That makes sense.
First of all, I want to give you a hug for Chun'er and Zhen'er, and say that mother will definitely defeat the little good egg very quickly and come back to accompany us brothers and sisters to watch the sea in Tianjin Port.
PS: I will go to Linshi to celebrate my father-in-law’s 80th birthday before going to work tomorrow. I don’t expect to come back until Sunday morning. It is impossible to find time to update during this period. Let’s see when the time comes.
When you came to the rear line, Liu Xin, we had not completely controlled Jixiaogang, and at noon on the eighth day before the start of the Jixiaogang battle, we defeated an army of Mughals from the original Bangladesh far away from the mouth of the Ganges River in the Bay of Bengal.
The Sultanate's fleet.
Then you contacted the little Mughal prince before, not the leader of the local Bengali people. Your impression of the little prince is relatively vague. Although you have not met in person, judging from my reply,
You think there is no comment that suits me very well: 'Forgetting your loyalty when you see big gains, cherishing your own life when doing small things'.
The battle to retreat to Bengal was relatively smooth. It can be seen that the main force of the Mughal garrison there was indeed transferred by the eighth prince Daniyar. Yes, as soon as you finished the battle of Shao Mori
It was still delayed for a few days because some coastal defenses were actually built there.
The format was wrong. This letter actually used the later format of writing horizontally from left to right. Obviously, in this era, the only person who could write Chinese characters in this way, besides himself, was Liu Xin.
The size of that fleet was small, and the ships were old and ugly, and they were all medium and large ships. Tang Yan was a little disappointed after seeing it before, and was ready to order to burn it down. You originally thought it was of no use, but burning it
There are too many, but the navy believes that they cannot be recycled.
Now let’s talk about the current battle situation. The overall performance of the Indian battlefield is wrong, especially your army’s own combat performance is basically in line with expectations, and may even slightly exceed expectations.
Come on, you'd better get down to business, lest he say you didn't write the letter specifically to complain.
“To the recipient of that letter who no one else dares to open anyway:
Of course, you also know that it was unusual for military commanders of that era to kill people on enemy soil. Sometimes it was to intimidate people, and sometimes it was just to vent their anger. So you didn’t accuse me of that. You just told me
I said, no matter what, the more you want to show something, the more you will lose points on this issue.
You are all planning to seize the entire Bengal region. I am still wondering whether this is the best time to rebel. According to my messenger, the little prince hopes that you will successfully seize Bengal and stimulate my father Tang Yanzhi.
When the emperor sends a small army back to Bengal, I will raise an army to rebel.
Gao pragmatically looked at the front, couldn't help but show a rare sincere smile, and subconsciously brought the letter to his lips and kissed it heavily.