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Chapter 49: The Intervention of Great Powers

The two Ming armies were unstoppable and had the momentum to take down the Mughal Empire in one fell swoop. As the emperor of the Mughal Empire, why did Shah Jahan not react at all? In fact, Shah Jahan made a lot of reactions, but none of them had any effect.

When an enemy invades, the most effective reaction is naturally to send a large army to resist. However, Shah Jahan really had no troops at his hands, so the reaction he made did not have any practical effect.

Due to the communication means and distance, the first thing he received was that about 400,000 Ming troops invaded the east. As for the south, Dala Shik had just arrived in Goa and the Ming troops did not appear, so naturally there would be no warning message coming.

Faced with this situation, Shah Jahan was not very nervous. He was still clear about Aurangzeb's ability. It was indeed impossible to ask him to send troops to defeat the 400,000 Ming troops invaded in the east, but if he sticks to Dhaka, it should be fine to defend for several months, at least that's what he thinks.

However, immediately after ten days, news came from Goa that the 200,000 main army led by Dara Shike was annihilated by the Ming Empire!

At this time, Shah Jahan realized that the trouble was getting big. The Ming Empire wanted to destroy the Mughal Empire. Faced with this situation, he still did not let Aurangzebu withdraw to Delhi. Shah Jahan knew very well that Aurangzebu was ambition. If he was asked to withdraw to Delhi, he might directly seize his throne and become independent!

All he could think of was to ask for help from outside. At this time, the only one who could help him deal with the Ming Empire was the anti-Habsburg Alliance. Shah Jahan had a good relationship with them now. He knew very well that the Netherlands, Britain and France wanted to train him to restrain the Ming Empire, so he directly sent envoys to ask Batavia for help.

Although Shah Jahan seems to have fainted, he is not lacking in confusion, but he is just advanced gunpowder weapons.

For example, this time he asked for help, he not only sent all the envoys, but also disguised himself as those who went east to land and south to sea. He even asked for help from merchants from the Netherlands and Britain and France, asking them to find ways to spread the news to Batavia.

However, because there were no ships, even if the envoys who asked for help escaped the surveillance of the Ming army by chance, it would not take a day or two to arrive in Batavia. Therefore, more than a month later, he not only did not wait for the support of the great powers, but instead received news that the 200,000 army led by Aurangzeb was completely wiped out by the Ming Empire!

What else can he do in this situation? Will he lead the 100,000 troops of Delhi to fight the Ming army? Don't joke, it was not enough to put people in the past; did he transfer the 100,000 defenders of Kandahar? That was simply seeking death. The Persian Empire would definitely rush up without hesitation, but he had an extra enemy. Now the only thing he could count on was the support of the great powers.

So have the great powers received his letter of help? The great powers received it. However, when Van Mendi received his letter of help, it was too late. Because the distance was too far, when his letter of help was sent to Batavia, the 200,000 troops led by Aurangzeb on the east road had been wiped out!

Fan Mendi attached great importance to the Mughal Empire's request for help. If the Ming Empire was allowed to occupy the Mughal Empire, it would be fine. By then, the entire Far East would become the world of the Ming Empire, and they would be trashing!

Therefore, after receiving the letter of help, he immediately summoned the generals from Britain, France, Denmark and Sweden to hold a meeting. After negotiation, everyone agreed that they should immediately put pressure on the Ming Empire to withdraw their troops.

How to put pressure on the Ming Empire? Naturally, I went to negotiate with them. Fan Mendy took representatives from Britain, France, Denmark and Sweden without hesitation to drive a ship to Xingcheng Port to protest with the Ming Empire's Nanyang Governor.

Zheng Zhilong had known that they would come, and after all, the paper could not contain the fire. The Ming army's actions could not be hidden from everyone. The European powers would sooner or later receive the news. Therefore, before Zhu Cijiu went to Goa, he gave Zheng Zhilong instructions. If the great powers interfere, they would directly push them back and start the war. Now, the Ming Dynasty is in the Far East, so there is no need to be afraid of anyone!

With this instruction, Zheng Zhilong was still afraid of nothing. When he heard that the great powers came to him, he didn't even connect and directly led the Nanyang Navy generals to wait carelessly in the conference room.

When Fan Mendi and others came to the conference room under the guidance of their personal guards, he was too lazy to get up and sat there coldly, staring at Fan Mendi fiercely, as if a wild beast that chose people to eat!

Faced with this kind of scene, Van Mendi didn't care at all, because he had representatives of the great powers around him, and the scene of the last negotiation was still vivid in his mind. The Ming Empire did not dare to offend all the great powers. Therefore, he took the representatives of the great powers to sit opposite Zheng Zhilong and threatened directly: "His Highness Nicholas, on behalf of all the countries of the anti-Habsburg Alliance, I protested against you. Please stop the invasion of the Mughal Empire immediately, otherwise, our anti-Habsburg Alliance will be welcome."

Zheng Zhilong said coldly: "Please pay attention to your wording, General Fan Mendi, our Ming Empire did not invade the Mughal Empire, but counterattack. Do you know that it was the Mughal Empire who first attacked our ally Portugal!"

Van Mendi still said awesomely: "No matter who I took the move first, in short, your Ming Empire's attack on the Mughal Empire has damaged the interests of all countries in our anti-Habsburg alliance, so you must withdraw your troops immediately!"

Oh ha, this means it’s unreasonable. It’s easy to deal with it. Zheng Zhilong just looked stern and said sternly: “Your anti-Habsburg Alliance has no right to interfere in the actions of our Ming Empire.”

Upon hearing this, Van Mendy threatened nakedly: "What do you mean, is the Ming Empire going to be enemies with all the countries of our anti-Habsburg alliance?"

Zheng Zhilong got up with the fire. The anti-Habsburg alliance was amazing. He slapped the table directly, pointed at Fan Mendi's nose and scolded: "Are you sick or something? Did our Ming Empire beat you? It's all your business to attack the Mughal Empire!"

Fan Mendi was stunned by Zheng Zhilong's scolding. Yes, what does the Ming Empire have to do with them in the attack on the Mughal Empire?

The problem doesn't matter now, but it has to matter. He slammed the table without being outdone, pointed at Zheng Zhilong's nose and scolded: "You are used to being a pirate. You are so unreasonable. Do you know that you are invading our allies? Why can't we care?"

Zheng Zhilong also said unwillingly: "Spain is still our ally. Have you asked us about the Ming Empire when you fought Spain?"

When Fan Mendi heard this, he was choked to death by mistake. He understood that the Ming Empire was determined to occupy the Mughal Empire this time. It seemed that there was no more threats by just relying on it. He had to take practical actions. He was too lazy to talk to Zheng Zhilong and said coldly: "Now, on behalf of all the countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, I solemnly warn you that if your Ming Empire does not withdraw troops from the Mughal Empire immediately, you will be responsible for the consequences!"

Zheng Zhilong was afraid of a yarn. He was eager to join forces to leave Batavia to provoke trouble. He was at your own risk. He also said coldly: "Now, on behalf of the Ming Empire, I solemnly warn you that if you anti-Habsburg Alliance interfere with our Ming Empire's actions, you will be at your own risk!"
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