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The area below Fo Guang Shan was already a sea of blood and corpses. Although Aurangzeb still had an army of more than 10,000 troops, they were in a state of panic after the defeat.
Aurangzeb watched as countless defeated soldiers were chased and killed by Hai Rufeng's army like lambs, fleeing for their lives and constantly rushing towards their army. He had no choice but to quickly order a retreat, without even having time to take the ten cannons with him.
The allied forces of the five nations, taking advantage of the great victory, chased the enemy for twenty miles, annihilated more than ten thousand enemies, and captured more than twenty thousand alive.
Hai Rufeng then ordered the massacre of all the more than 20,000 prisoners.
When Samantha asked him why he did this, Hai Rufeng replied: "Wherever Aurangzeb's army passed, they often massacred all the Hindus. Now slaughtering more than 20,000 prisoners of war is a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood.
In addition, the main purpose is to shock the enemy forces. This time, Aurangzeb was not killed, and these tens of thousands of troops are only a small part of his army. There are still more than 100,000 troops in other places, attacking various countries. If we don’t kill them with iron and blood, it will not be enough to deter the enemy. "
Hai Rufeng's reasons were very convincing, and Samantha had nothing to say.
But in fact, blood for blood and tooth for tooth had nothing to do with Hai Rufeng. Aurangzeb did massacre many Hindus, but none of them was a Qin person.
The reason why he did this was simply to deepen the hatred between the Mughal Empire and Otsa and other countries, making both sides sink into a sea of hatred and making it difficult to reconcile.
You should know that the previous Mughal emperors were not all so exclusive. The previous emperors used conciliatory means to make people of different sects live in peace. It turned out that there were many Hindus among the Mughal officials.
It is only now that the current Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his son Aurangzeb have begun to exclude the infidels. Who knows if Shah Jahan will change his original policy and adopt a conciliatory policy towards Hinduism and other religions after this great defeat
After the massacre of these 20,000 captives, there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides, at least during the period when Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb were in power in the Mughal Empire.
In this way, countries like Otsa will become more dependent on Daqin.
Aurangzeb's defeat caused a huge shock to the various Mughal armies. Muthari and other armies retreated one after another, and the originally unstoppable offensive was reversed in an instant.
Otsa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and other countries took advantage of the situation to counterattack and recaptured a large amount of land. A few days later, they recaptured the strategic city of Jhanba in one fell swoop, which shocked the entire Indian continent.
Aurangzeb, who was defeated all the way, took his anger out on Buddhists because the place where he was defeated was called Fo Guang Shan. According to legend, Buddha's light often appeared at Fo Guang Shan. There were rumors among the people that the victory of Ottoman Empire and other countries was due to the blessing of Buddha.
Buddhists were originally a relatively peaceful group, and they were not as severely excluded as Hindus in the Mughal Empire. As a result, after Aurangzeb was defeated, he also classified Buddhists as heretics and severely suppressed them like he did Hindus.
This move has intensified the conflicts among various religious sects throughout India, and people of different faiths often have conflicts of varying scales.
Hai Rufeng was too lazy to care about these things. Of course, he couldn't care even if he wanted to, so he could only take advantage of them.
At this time, Hua Yingnan, who led two treasure ships and fifteen clippers to the southern port of Visakhapatnam, also came up empty-handed like Ke Chenshu. All the Dutch warships that were originally stationed in the southern port of Visakhapatnam disappeared without a trace.
Hua Yingnan killed the Dutch in the harbor and interrogated the local natives. The natives in the harbor did not know where the Dutch had gone, but only knew that the Dutch had abandoned the harbor four days ago.
Hua Yingnan sailed south for another two days and searched as hard as he could, but still found nothing. He had to turn back temporarily. When he returned to Visakhapatnam Port, he happened to meet Ke Chenshu who was coming from the north.
On Ke Chenshu's flagship, the captains of all the ships gathered in the command cabin. Hua Yingnan sighed helplessly, "The Dutch are avoiding fighting, which is actually troublesome. The Indian Ocean is so big, there are many places to anchor. It's not easy to find them."
Li Mu, the captain of another treasure ship, said: "As our army advances into India, there will be more and more merchant ships coming to India for trade. If the Dutch keep avoiding fighting and instead attack our Qin merchant ships, we may not be able to defend ourselves.
Your Majesty once said that from now on, the navy will mainly be used to expand the market demand of Daqin and ensure the safety of maritime trade routes. If merchant ships coming to India are plundered in large numbers, Your Majesty will inevitably be furious. "
Ke Chenshu asked his staff to spread out the map, and then said: "Although the Dutch have many trading posts on the east coast of India, their Indian Governor's Office is located in Cochin Port on the west coast, followed by Colombo Port in Ceylon, which is also an important port that they will not give up easily.
Now they have given up the ports on the east coast, probably because they are still frightened after the defeat in the Battle of Quanwan and dare not easily engage in a decisive battle with our army. In addition, their strength on the east coast is relatively weak, so it is reasonable for them to give up these ports first and concentrate their forces to avoid being defeated by us one by one.
Before we came to India, we heard that the Dutch had fought a fierce battle with the Ottoman navy in the Persian Gulf with more than ten warships, and the Dutch finally won. Now this fleet must be gathering eastward;
Among the Western countries, the Dutch still dominate the trade in India. I believe that they will not easily give up all their trading ports and become pirates unless they have no other choice. "
Hua Yingnan nodded and said, "The vice admiral's words make sense. That is to say, the Dutch are avoiding fighting now, but they are still in the process of gathering their forces, not really wanting to become pirates and plunder our Qin merchant ships."
Ke Chenshu shook his head and said, "Westerners have always been both merchants and pirates, with no clear boundaries. Therefore, it is not ruled out that in the process of completing their assembly, they will send out some warships to plunder our Great Qin merchant ships in order to cause trouble for us."
Li Mu examined the map and pointed to the Palk Strait between Ceylon and the Indian mainland and said, "Deputy Admiral, please look here. As long as we occupy Jaffna, block the Palk Strait, and then go south to capture the port of Golanbu, we will basically wait until the shipping routes between the east and west oceans of India are cut off. The Dutch retreat to the west coast of India, which is temporarily defenseless, but if they want to come to the east coast of India to plunder our Qin merchant ships, it will not be so easy then."
The Island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) is like a tear in the Indian Ocean, separated from the Indian mainland by a narrow Palk Strait. Its strategic position is very important. Controlling the Island of Ceylon means controlling the east and west shipping lines in the Indian Ocean.
If the fleet had not been in a hurry to support Ottoman Empire and other countries in resisting the Mughal army, the first stop of its ocean-going fleet's advance into the Indian Ocean would have been to control the port of Golanbu on Ceylon Island.
Hua Yingnan also agreed that it was imperative to capture Ceylon and control the east-west shipping lanes. However, he said with some concern: "If we want to go south to Ceylon, we should inform the Admiral first. Otherwise, if something happens in Cuttack, the Admiral will not know where we are going, which is not appropriate."
Ke Chenshu said: "It is necessary to inform Admiral Hai, but there is still a treasure ship and five clipper warships in Baladibu Port. Even if the war on land is not going well, these six warships are enough for Admiral Hai to respond.
Now send another clipper back to the port of Paradip to inform the admiral. If there is any change in Cuttack, you can go south to Ceylon to join our main force.
There are more and more Qin merchant ships coming to India now. We must control Ceylon as soon as possible and drive the Dutch to the west coast of India to ensure the safety of the trade route."
After making the arrangements, Ke Chenshu immediately sent a clipper back to the port of Paradip and led the main fleet south to Ceylon.
Ke Chenshu did this most likely to make Hai Rufeng uncomfortable. After all, Hai Rufeng was the commander-in-chief of the entire ocean-going fleet, and his actions seemed to be an act of acting without prior approval.
Fortunately, Hai Rufeng has always been a relatively generous person, so perhaps he won't be angry about this.
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ps: Overnight, the temperature soared from 12 degrees to 27 degrees. I was sweating a lot when I slept at night. When I got up early in the morning, I had to wash the quilt and sheets. People who didn’t know me would think that I was scribbling maps because I was angry... ... .. This is the second thing. The poor thing is that I caught a cold because of the "heat". I wiped my nose while washing the sheets. Uh, does it remind you of Sanmao's image... ... ..
Dear leaders, I am working very hard to wash the sheets, please give me a monthly ticket!
.(To be continued..)
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