Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 816 Shocked Again

As for whether the expeditionary soldiers could win the battle, Emperor Chongzhen was not too worried.Their greatest difficulty, in his opinion, was chiefly the point of crossing the Pacific Ocean.

If it is said that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty explored it by themselves, even Emperor Chongzhen knew that there was a warm Pacific Current that could be used.But it would definitely be a bad thing if there is no familiar person to lead the way.If you don't go back and forth to find out and go out on a large scale, you will definitely suffer a big loss.

But this time, it was Anders leading the Portuguese fleet.They basically know what needs to be paid attention to along the way. After all, although they do not have fleets between America and Asia every year like the Spaniards, they also have colonies in South America and Southeast Asia, and they also have colonies. Those who demand back and forth are just not as famous as the Spaniards.

In addition, during this expedition, a total of nearly 3 large and small warships of the Ming Dynasty were launched, and the number of people was just over [-].I believe there aren't many Spanish people in the entire Americas.Not to mention, the commander-in-chief of this expedition is still the old commander Sun Chuanting.

He led this huge fleet to the Americas. Although the most important task assigned to him was to establish a stronghold in North America first, the war with the Spaniards could be postponed.

But according to Emperor Chongzhen's estimation, if Sun Chuanting and his fleet reach North America safely, as long as he finds out the strength of the Spaniards he is facing, he will definitely not be able to resist.Because Sun Chuanting has a sense of urgency.

After all, Sun Chuanting was born in 25, and now it is the 59th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, which would be [-] AD, that is to say, Sun Chuanting is [-] years old.Fortunately, he has a strong body, but he can't wait for time. If he doesn't fight more while he can still move, how can he be awarded the title and leave his name in history?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen himself actually had a sense of urgency.Because his body was born in 41, and now he is [-] years old.With the goal of conquering the world, he doesn't have much time.

Thanks to the eavesdropping system, Da Ming has never experienced defeat in a major war. Otherwise, if he fails several times, it will definitely greatly delay the progress of conquering the world.

Now that the war is advancing outward, it is already far away from the mainland of Daming.As He Zheng Zhilong said, in this case, you must be well prepared to defeat the enemy's vital forces in one battle, so that you can see the hope of conquering the world in your lifetime!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: Yes, let's continue to fight with soldiers and equipment, and do it when it's almost done!

When Emperor Chongzhen returned to the capital to continue to focus on domestic construction, Li Dingguo's troops had already rushed to Mumbai, the second target site for the handover with the Portuguese.

This Mumbai is just seven small islands in the Arabian Sea. Mumbai of later generations was continuously dredged and filled on this basis, and finally became a peninsula, connected to the mainland by bridges and long embankments.

In the early sixteenth century, the Sultan of Gujarat ceded the land to Portuguese colonists.Today, it has not developed as it did in history. The Portuguese did not give this place to Britain as Catherine's dowry, but to Daming.

At this time, the largest leader of Portugal in Mumbai was the former Governor of Colombo, Phillips.He was supposed to go to Goa, where there was still a Portuguese colony.However, because of the agreement with the Ming army, when the Ming army gained a firm foothold in Ceylon, they would continue to move westward to take over Mumbai. Therefore, Phillips brought as many men as possible to Mumbai.

He didn't come here to say that he wanted to stand in front of the Ming army and make preparations before the handover so that he could hand over at any time.Instead, he began to frantically plunder the surrounding resources. What he wanted was to make a final profit before handing over to the Ming army.

When he was in Colombo before, although he already knew that Ceylon was going to be given to the Ming army, he was doing looting, but first, he didn’t know when the Ming army would arrive, and second, he was restrained by the Dutch colonists, and the natives of Ceylon He is also very difficult to mess with, which makes his plundering always painless.

But in Mumbai, that's different.He knew that the Ming army was coming, and that there were no Dutch colonists here to restrain them. Although the Mughal Empire was stronger than the Kandy Kingdom of Ceylon in the face of the natives, the center of gravity of the Mughal Empire was mainly in the Delhi area, far from Mumbai. far away.Anyway, if he just grabbed it and left, he would have no scruples.

At this time, Phillips still did not expect that the Ming army would arrive so soon.While going out to greet him, he said to Johnson: "You have always said that the country is the most prosperous and prosperous. Look, it is just a small Mumbai, and they can't wait to come over to hand over it!"

Johnson was a little embarrassed when he heard it, and answered him: "The rich have money, but who cares about the money? Although Mumbai is not very good, it is already a place in the Ming Dynasty. They are thinking about it and rush to ask for it. It's also understandable!"

Phillips grinned when he heard this, but this time he did not refute, nodded and said: "That's right, but it's only been half a year, didn't the Ming army say that they would take over Mumbai only after they won the whole of Ceylon? Coming here in a hurry now is breaking the promise!"

Hearing this, Johnson couldn't help standing still, his face became serious, and he told Phillips: "Oriental people are the best at saving face, so please don't say in front of them that they don't keep their promises. Let me tell you, if you have a bad temper If you are close, you will turn your face. I don't think you will cast a shadow over our relationship with the Ming Kingdom just because you are unhappy, right?"

Phillips was fine with coming to Bombay with his men and plundering the natives before handover.Even if Ming knew about it, there was no reason to say anything. After all, before the handover, this place was still the place of the Portuguese, and the Portuguese could do whatever they wanted, and no one could control it.

However, if Phillips subsequently turned against the Ming army, then Joao IV would definitely not be able to bear it.And Johnson's existence is to ensure that this kind of thing cannot happen, so he emphasized it again.

Because he and Phillips have been together for the past six months, and he has been able to feel Phillips' resentment towards the Ming army.He was afraid that Phillips would be irrational, ignorant of the customs of the Ming army, and do some bad things.

Soon, they arrived at the pier. When they saw that the Ming army had only about fifty warships, and not all of them were large warships, Phillips twitched his mouth and sneered in his heart.It seemed that I had guessed correctly, the Ming people were eager to get Mumbai, and came here impatiently after only half a year.

As for the surface, he still showed a smirk, and went up to greet Li Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of Mumbai of the Ming Dynasty.Thinking about something in my heart, I couldn't help but said: "Ah, I didn't expect it to come so soon! I thought you would come to Mumbai for at least a year. No, let me There is a feeling of being caught off guard again, which makes you laugh!"

This time, Li Dingguo had a translator by his side. When he heard this, he translated it to the commander-in-chief.

When Li Dingguo heard it, he smiled and said: "It is because I guessed that you might not be ready for the handover, the governor asked me to lead the team to come first, and I can give you more time for the handover. Later, the governor will lead the main force to catch up." If it arrives, it won’t be like Colombo.”

When Phillips heard it, he glanced at Johnson. Although he saw him winking, he couldn't help but said, "Hey, didn't you come to Mumbai to occupy the whole of Ceylon? So, you've got it all done?"

I just feel uncomfortable in my heart, embarrassing this heavy soldier of the Ming army, it will be more or less comfortable, no.And at this level, I believe no one will say anything if it spreads out.If the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty really wants to turn his face for this, the governor-general will not agree!
What he didn't expect was that after hearing this, Li Dingguo smiled and nodded and replied: "That's right, after you left, the red barbarians fled after hearing the news and had already withdrawn from Ceylon. The Kingdom of Kandy didn't last long, and now it's gone." The country is destroyed, Rajsinghe II is dead, and the whole of Ceylon already belongs to Ming Dynasty. The governor is now inspecting the farming affairs. When the handover of the commander is completed, he will come over."

"..." After hearing this, Phillips and Johnson were stunned for a moment. When they came back to their senses, they looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

You know, the Portuguese have been running Ceylon for hundreds of years, but they just can't occupy the whole of Ceylon, and their energy has been kept here.Later, the Dutch came, and I felt even more powerless.

Although the Ming army came in large numbers this time, they did not expect that the Ming army could capture the entire Ceylon so quickly.You know, if the natives cannot defeat the enemy on the coast, they will definitely retreat to the mountains.No one knows better than the Portuguese themselves how terrible it is for the natives to retreat into the mountains!
That Rajsingh II was not mediocre either. With the help of the mountainous terrain, he defeated the Portuguese army many times.Even if the Ming army is stronger, but they have just arrived, and they may not have figured out the terrain and distribution of the entire mountainous area in central Ceylon in half a year. How could they occupy the entire Ceylon, and even Rajsingh? He II is dead?

Thinking of this, Johnson spoke first, and asked Li Dingguo, "You are really amazing! But how did you do it? It's only been half a year, and you really have to wipe out all the enemies in Ceylon?"

He has long been aware of the shock of these Xiyi, and to be honest, Li Dingguo felt very useful, so he replied flatly: "It's useless even if I say it, you can't learn it..."

He could feel the dissatisfaction of these French people before, so he didn't mind taking advantage of the situation to "reciprocate", and then talked about Ming's strategy, which made Phillips and Johnson dumbfounded: This is how Ceylon was conquered!
(End of this chapter)