"This is the intelligence collected by our intelligence personnel. The Mughal prince raised 500,000 troops and planned to conquer the Decan Plateau in the south, defeat the third prince, and completely consolidate his position as emperor."

On the War Committee in Kolkata, Qin Zuoming, as the commander of the Expeditionary Army, placed a report on the table.

The East India War Council, composed of the East India Company and the East India Expeditionary Force, is a dual system that jointly decides whether to intervene in the war on the South Asian subcontinent to gain profits.

It was normal for the Mughal Empire to carry out a war of succession to the throne. This was a common problem in almost all feudal monarchies. Shah Jahan also became the emperor of the Mughal Empire through the murder of brothers or relatives.

If the East India Company wants to make greater profits in the South Asian subcontinent, it is naturally to be a messenger when the other party is in a civil strife, making the situation even more chaotic.

In the world history where Chu Yun is located, a country called the Sun-Don't Setting Empire often does this, making profits by constantly provoking disputes.

"A 500,000 army, how much water is there in the middle?" Several Chinese directors of the East India Company have always exaggerated the number of people to the Mughal Empire.

During the Battle of Plasi, Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan exaggerated his army into a large army of 500,000. In fact, with the logistics personnel at about 150,000, the farmers who transported food were only 70,000. This is already the limit of agricultural civilization.

Of course, if we had to force a 500,000 army, the Mughal Empire could really do it, but the food would not last long, and the army would scatter into birds and beasts. And the number of people is not as large as possible. For the feudal classical army, basically as long as the elite vanguard retreats, the entire legion will be destroyed.

"At least, it's good to have to be half-folded, plus 100,000 auxiliary soldiers. The third prince Aurangzebu is estimated to have about 50,000 people." Qin Zuoming replied.

“Which side is expected to win?”

"The situation is not clear. The eldest prince handled some government affairs instead of the emperor, and was quite prestigious among the ministers of the Mughal Empire. His current power is greater than that of the third prince, and he can recruit more soldiers and food. The third prince was in charge of military affairs in the army at a very young age, and received support from many officers and princes of the Deccan Plateau. His subordinates were even more powerful, and he might be able to defeat the more with less."

"It is not a good thing for us whether the eldest prince or the third prince ascends the throne. They are likely to re-establish the authority of the Mughal Emperor in this land and re-exclude our infiltration. The Mughal Emperor must be turned into a puppet and let the various states split out like Bengal before we can defeat them one by one."

"This is a good time for us to implement the strategy of dividing the rule. I suggest organizing an expeditionary army to capture the Mughal capital and push our puppets to the throne. Although we cannot use this puppet to achieve the ultimate goal of fully controlling the Mughals, as long as we avoid them from becoming a unified empire again, we can gradually erode various states over time and ask the Indian princes to pay us land rent, and they will provide us with an army to suppress themselves."

The people of the War Committee expressed their opinions, and almost everyone's idea was that they had to intervene in the war of inheriting the throne of the Mughal Empire.

They also had puppets to support, that is Shashujia, the second prince of the Mughal Empire who they captured in the last Battle of Plassi.

The unlucky second prince not only suffered heavy losses in the battle to siege Kolkata, but also lost an arm in the Battle of Plassi. He was also imprisoned by the Bangladesh king in Dhaka City for emergency purposes.

Now his only remaining surplus value is about to come in handy.

"Mr. Qin, how many soldiers can you assemble now?" asked the Governor of East India who had landed in the capital.

"There are 1,000 permanent troops and 5,000 servants. As long as the food supply is timely, it will be enough to go on an expedition to Agra." Qin Zuoming was full of confidence in the army in his hands.

Kolkata and several important strongholds in Madras recruited 5,000 soldiers from Indian Turkish states, which once caused panic among King Kasim of Bangladesh. However, Kasim had no choice but to Kolkata. He was afraid that the East India Company would be too Mughal Emperor. The reason was very simple. In the Battle of Plassi, the Mughal Emperor had been taught to be a human being. In the South Asian subcontinent, the stronger the strength of each Turkish state, the stronger the princes and princes of each Turkish state, the stronger the princes and princes, the stronger the princes and princes of each country, have the right to speak. The Mughal Emperor is essentially the most powerful prince. If his power is weakened, there is no need for the princes and princes from all over the country to continue to obey the orders of the Mughal Emperor.

"How many of our armed merchant ship fleet can call? Can we enter the Ganges River to provide us with supplies?" Qin Zuoming asked Chen Bangyan, who is in charge of the East India Company's armed merchant ship fleet.

"Now there are more than a dozen armed merchant ships transport cargo and patrol between Kolkata, Madras, Goa and Mumbai all year round. However, they are all ocean-going large ships, which are difficult to pass through in the middle and upper reaches of the Ganges and are easily attacked along the coast. Therefore, I do not recommend using our ocean-going large sailing ships to transport food. On the contrary, their plunge ships here will be more suitable for transporting food." Chen Bangyan said.

"They have a Ganges fleet. I'm afraid that even if we collect ships here to transport food, we may not be able to beat their fleet." Qin Zuoming shook his head.

Indeed, as long as you have money, it is absolutely no problem to collect a certain number of puddles from the lower reaches of the Ganges, but if these ships are attacked by the Mughal fleet of Ganges, the food they transport will be burned.

"Just find the king of Bangladesh, Kasim, who is our partner in cooperation, and asked him to organize a fleet and a horse team to pull out 10,000 people to help us transport food. The Mughal Empire was established with cavalry, and they had horse farms everywhere, and could take out a large number of horses." The Governor of East India directly regarded Kasim as a servant, with a commanding tone.

He knew that the Bengal king would never dare to violate their intentions, as long as he did not ask the other party for too much.

"Qasim should also be afraid of the rise of a powerful Mughal emperor. After all, he betrayed Shah Jahan in the Battle of Plasi. He would never refuse to send troops to help us transport food."

"I went to Dhaka City in Bangladesh in person to ask for people and soldiers from Qasim." Qin Zuoming has dealt with the former Governor of Bangladesh of the Mughal Empire.
Chapter completed!