While contacting Mysore, Ding Guofeng selected an officer with the best eloquence and calm personality from the Mysore soldiers who were undergoing training as an envoy. He also brought him fifty entourages and ceremonial guards, brought a bunch of gifts, and went to the Kingdom of Tanjavurmarata to win over the new sultan.

The guy who served as the messenger was Madu Sultan Raju, who came from the famous Kshatriya family in Mysore. Although he didn't have a good training, he learned Mandarin very well. This guy was very excited when he learned about his mission and patted his chest to say that he would complete the mission. Ding Guofeng did not dare to be careless. The unreliable and confusing self-confidence characteristics of the Indians in another time and space really impressed him, so he arranged several special combat camp officers and soldiers who knew Tamil to accompany him.

It is not far from Pazayalai to Tanjouer, the capital city of Tanjavur. It takes 60 kilometers south by sea, then transfers to an inland boat to walk 70 kilometers west from the mouth of the Kolidum River, and then takes another 15 kilometers by land, which only takes three days.

Because the two places are close, Tanjavur knew that more than half a year ago that there was a group of oriental people coming to the south of the local governance, but because the other party's territory was too small, he didn't take it to heart at all.

Later, Beihai Town and Mysore launched military cooperation, and Ama Singh was extremely dissatisfied when he heard about it. You should know that during the Second Indo-Med War nine years ago, Mysore's army invaded Tanjavur for half a year and plundered the population; the Tipu Sultan even kidnapped 20,000 children from Tanjavur, which was almost a lack of a generation. The two sides became entangled.

Fortunately, Ding Guofeng prepared a lot of gifts for the trip, including Indians' favorite silk fabrics and porcelain, and said he would purchase 50,000 pounds of sesame seeds locally. After hearing the news, Ama Singh was a little surprised, so he changed his mind and decided to meet him in person.

As Zhao Xin said, Ama Singh, who had just successfully usurped the throne, did not have a good life, especially in the financial situation.

Since 1775, Tanjavur has become a vassal of the British East India Company. At the same time, he has formed an alliance with the Kanatic Sultanate of Hyderabad. Under its military asylum, he has to pay huge protection fees every year. In the previous war against Mysore, they suffered double blackmail from the British and Kanatic Sultanate of Kanati, and they sent troops and money, which was really overwhelmed.

But the problem is that all Tanjavur can do is rice, sesame, beans and other crops. Apart from occasionally supplying grain to the British army in Madras, there is no foreign trade. Now the group of Orientals actually buy 50,000 pounds of sesame, which makes the local landowners and merchants very happy.

During the subsequent reception, Amasinger was quite surprised when he learned from Madou that the Northern Navy had taken over the Dutch in Java. He still knew about the Dutch, and he had always been entrenched on Ceylon Island opposite the sea. Although he was not as powerful as the British now, he was also the former maritime overlord.

Madhu later proposed a condition on behalf of Beihai Town that made Amasinger quite excited, that is, Beihai Town was willing to buy no less than 200,000 pounds of long-tail cotton from Tanjavur every year, and ensure the stability of the other party's throne and national independence; the price was that no matter what happened to the British in the future, Tanjavur could not send troops.

Of course, Ama Singh was happy to see it. Although he did not produce cotton here, is that a problem? The Deccan Plateau is the best cotton planting site, and you can harvest it in three months.

In fact, he was very dissatisfied with the Lutheran's harboring his nephew in Madras, which meant that the British could make excuses at any time that he could drive off the throne of the Sultan.

On September 23, the artillery supported by Madras was in place, and the British built two more turrets in the northeast corner of the city in advance, and fought against the French day and night. In the southeast direction of local governance, the two regiments that were originally responsible for the feint attack mission also increased their efforts to siege the city.

On September 27, the French finally couldn't resist it. The 24-pound cannon and 12 12-pound cannons were all silent. The only ones that were still fighting back were six 12-pound cannons operated by the Northern Navy artillery, but the shells were almost exhausted.

French commander Colonel Clement saw that reinforcements from the North Navy were not coming yet and knew that they could not count on it, so he proposed to the British army to request a 24-hour ceasefire to negotiate a surrender clause. British commander Colonel Braithwaite was only allowed to be until eight o'clock the next morning, during which time the earthwork construction outside the city would continue, and Clement, who was isolated and helpless, had to accept the conditions.

When they learned that they were about to surrender, the French army in the city had no fighting spirit. They immediately opened the wine cellar and drank drunk. Just as the people were sleeping soundly at night, the thirty artillery soldiers of the North Navy gathered the remaining "shredded bullets", then filled the barrels of the 16 12-pound cannons with explosives, ignited a long fuse, and then climbed down from the southwest wall, and retreated to Pazayalai at the reception of the special operations camp outside the city.

Two minutes after the North Navy artillery left, a rumbling explosion sounded on the local control city wall, which scared both Britain and France inside and outside the city. When Colonel Clement was told that all 16 12-pound cannons were blown up and that all the people in the North Navy disappeared, Colonel Clement was so angry that he cursed.

The next day, the British army, who had been worried all night, realized what was wrong in the city. Bracewayt was also shocked by the North Navy's actions, but he still ordered the army to enter local governance and take over the city immediately. However, after the British army entered the city, he found out that the French garrison was drunk and unable to attend the surrender ceremony.

The British army killed 988 people and injured 631 people in this siege, with serious losses, which meant that the two regiments were crippled; the French were only more than 40 casualties. The British captured 600 drunk French soldiers and more than a thousand indigenous soldiers, as well as guns of different calibers and large amounts of ammunition in the city.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then the British took the order written by Colonel Clement and sent people to inform the surrender of the French colonies of Kaleka, Yanan, Mahe and Jindennagar.

On October 3, Cornwallis, who was in charge of the battle in Madras, finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news, thinking that everything would be fine and he could finally have a safe sleep. Unexpectedly, that night, Ding Guofeng, who had been preparing for a long time, sent a report to the Guo Xuexian fleet cruising in northeastern Ceylon, ordering them to attack the British fleet anchored in the local governance port at 3:15 a.m.

At one o'clock in the middle of the night, the North Navy's special operations battalion was dispatched first. Under the surveillance of the drone, they first cleared the British sentries outside the city and on the walls one by one, and then entered the local governor's office and caught Colonel Braceway, who was sleeping.

Immediately afterwards, the three thousand servants followed the path that had been reconnaissance of the Special Forces Battalion and entered the attack position in turn. Thirty 12-pound cannons and dozens of 80mm caliber mortars were all ready to go.

At 3:15 a.m., it was the darkest time. With more than a dozen roars on the sea in the distance, a bright flame suddenly rose from a British frigate in the local control port. Immediately afterwards, the North Navy artillery position outside the city also roared.

It was too late to do anything. The British army woke up and suffered heavy casualties in the artillery fire. The survivors fled around like headless flies. The first ones to collapse were the native mercenaries, followed by the Scottish soldiers wearing tweed square skirts. The British army in the city tried to organize a counterattack, but they could not find their commander!

All were in chaos. The British army, which had always been in line to fight, had never fought such a battle. Who is this? It's so shameless!

At 6 a.m., the local governance was taken back by the North Navy. The British Navy blockade fleet in the port was blown to sink one of the rest, and all the rest surrendered.

More than 2,000 vassals in charge of the pursuit continued to chase after fifteen kilometers north of local governance, and on the next day, they fought with the British who had gathered in a hurry.

The vassal army, who had already had experience in fighting with the Dutch, stepped up the construction of a circular fortification while the British army was busy lined up. When the British army began to attack, dozens of mortars smashed over. During this period, although the British army sent a large number of cavalry to surround the flanks, they were killed under the cover of more than a dozen machine guns in the special operations battalion. During the two-hour battle, the British army was killed and injured, and more than 2,000 people were killed and injured, and more than 2,000 indigenous soldiers who were scared simply surrendered by white flags.

When the French in the local governance city walked out of their home in a daze, they were surprised to find that the castle was floating on it, which was actually a white-backed golden iris Clothing representing the French Bourbon dynasty.

Oh mon dieu! Who am I? Where am I?

Not to mention the French in the city, the British spies outside the city were stunned when they saw it.

As for the Colonel Bracewayt, who was captured by the Special Forces Camp, was taken to the living room of the Governor's House after dawn, a middle-aged French nobleman wearing a silver wig and dressed in gorgeous clothes was waiting for him there.

"I'm sorry, attacking local governance is my order."

"You? Who are you?"

The other party introduced himself that he was the former governor Leclerc. This time, under the order of His Highness Louisville, with the assistance of the Northern Navy, he took back the occupied local governance and restored the legal rule of the Bourbon dynasty.

"Currently, His Royal Highness, Princess Charlotte, and Lady Elizabeth are recuperating in Beihai Town. He authorized me to be responsible for all affairs in French India."

Bracewayt's chin almost hit the table, and his heart was like ten thousand magical beasts rushing past. Finally, he concluded that this "distance trip" was a big joke.

A few days later, Colonel Bracewayt, carrying a handwritten letter with the seal of Louis XVI, was sent back to Madras by a small boat in a daze. Cornwallis knew that the British army was defeated and the duck that had reached his mouth flew. However, when he saw the content and seal on the letter, he stood stunned for a moment with horror, and suddenly realized it.

"It turns out that they did the thing in Paris! This was a conspiracy that had been planned long ago! They came to India and Europe and refused to reach a friendly agreement with us, and it was a conspiracy from beginning to end!"

Cornwallis roared, his voice shaking through the Governor's Mansion. He was stunned when he heard it. What happened to the Governor, who had always spoken kindly?

Well, the incident of Beihai Town's sneak attack on the Temple Tower has been revealed to the world. Half a year later, the news spread to Europe and the royal families of various countries were shocked. The Duke of Anjou, who was in exile in Brussels and had been regarded as his heir, and the royalists were even more ecstatic. He immediately formed a group to find a boat and prepared to send people to the east to contact.

It was Robespierre, who was so powerful that he was almost blown up. However, what came to his mind was not Deng Fei, who spoke fluent French, but the tall staff officer who had talked to him. He concluded that this person was the mastermind. But he couldn't jump for a few days at that time, and the bloody guillotine was already waving to him.

On October 11, Tipu Sultan, who had completed the military assembly in Bangalore, personally led 20,000 troops to dispatch, and the target of the attack was the Salem area in the east, which had just been ceded to the British. This move was intended to open up material transportation routes for Mysore and local governance.

At this time, the British took over the Salem area for only more than a year and their rule was not stable. Moreover, the captain was responsible for the area, and the troops were seriously insufficient.

So when the troops of the "Tiger of Mysore" entered the Salem area and arrived at the first stop of Krishnagiri, the local people immediately announced their rebellion and expressed their loyalty to him.

Although both the Mumbai Governor's Office and the anxious Governor's Office of Madras were paying attention to the movements of the Mysore army, they were unable to fight alone. While mobilizing troops from Bangladesh, Cornwallis could only wait for Maratta in the north and Hyderabad in the east to quickly send troops. But the problem is that it takes time to assemble troops, and it is too late at present.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! At this point, Beihai Town has completely turned against the British and no longer has to worry about anything. On October 15, Ding Guofeng ordered a regiment of servants to attack Nagapati Nan in the south, controlled by the British, and asked Guo Xuexian to lead a fleet to provide artillery fire support from the sea. The defenders in the castle were unable to fight back against the North Navy's naval guns. In just half a day, the northeast corner and north wall of the castle were severely damaged and several gaps were blown out.

The defenders in the castle could not continue to guard the city, so they left the city to attack on the night of October 18, and suffered heavy blows. The retreating officers held a military meeting and felt that the battle could not be fought any longer, so they raised the white flag the next day. The Northern Navy then took over the city and drove all the British a few days later, sending them all back to Madras.

During this process, although the British in Madras issued an order, Ama Singh of Tanjavur was loud and the rain was light, and sent more than 3,000 people to travel around five kilometers away from Pazayalay and then back.

Faced with the questioning of people coming from Madras, the generals led by Ama Singer have been exaggerated. You can't even beat ten thousand people. Thousands of us are not enough to make people's teeth! The British were so angry that they jumped straight, but they had no choice.

December was approaching in a blink of an eye. Hyderabad and Marata were still gathering troops. At this time, insufficient military expenditure became the biggest problem faced by the British East India Company. In the view of Cornwallis, if you want to start a war with Beihai Town and Mysore at the same time, you have to gather a huge force of no less than 50,000 people. However, with such a massive indigenous troops, the corresponding military expenditure will also be astronomical.

In fact, the problem of military expenditure has plagued the British East India Company from beginning to end. As the scale of the war expanded, the cost of military pay and weapons and equipment procurement became increasingly high. In recent years, the company's army has required tens of millions of pounds every year to maintain expenses, but the British government and the British East India Company have not provided a large amount of military expenditure.

Furthermore, the corruption of the British East India Company over the years has exacerbated financial problems within the army. The embezzlement of employees at all levels has embezzled a large amount of wealth, resulting in the long-term unsolved debt problems, and the salaries of the troops they belong to were also affected and mutiny.

Let’s talk about the “Battle of Buxar”, the indigenous mercenaries in the Patna area were owed because of the military pay. Although the rebellion was suppressed, several indigenous mercenaries led by the leader were also tied to the muzzle and killed, which also started the first mutiny in the history of the company’s army.

Whether it is European officers and soldiers who want to be treated well or Indian indigenous mercenaries who make a living, their desire for war is essentially a response to economic demands. Under the trend of interests, these officers and soldiers will also abandon the discipline and sense of honor that regular soldiers have; if they cannot meet their remuneration requirements, they will respond to their leaders in an extremely rough way. In this context, military expenditure will only increase year by year.

So the unlucky vassals and locals had to pay a huge "military subsidy". Speaking of which, this thing was invented by the French, but it was promoted by the British.

The essence of military subsidies is actually protection fees. By using military advantages as political chips, Indian monarchs are forced to sign an unequal treaty, hand over diplomatic and military power, and provide corresponding material and financial resources to support the company's indigenous mercenaries.

Taking the most unlucky Awad area as an example, they have to pay 7.5 million rupees of protection to the company every year. Even when they could not afford it, the company actually sent troops to seize the princess of old Nawab to demand repay the debt.
Chapter completed!