Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 817
Needless to say, Phillips and Johnson had to admit that they couldn't learn it.

First, in the Far East, there is no such thing as the strong military force of the Ming Dynasty, which can have an overwhelming advantage.This kind of advantage, even if there is no war, can give one's own great confidence and put a lot of pressure on the enemy.

As far as Portugal itself is concerned, even if they do this according to the Ming army, can the natives believe that they will overthrow the Kandy Kingdom?Even if there is a win or lose, others will hesitate to fight with you, and the enemy will not be afraid of you, so they will fight against you.

Second, in the first few years, there will be no benefits from Ceylon at all. For the powerful Ming country, they don't mind the first few years, but the Portuguese can't do it, they will starve to death!
Phillips and Johnson looked at each other and sighed in unison.To sum it up in one sentence, this is the gap in national strength!
After being hit by such a blow, Phillips didn't have any unconvinced thoughts, and together with Johnson, they greeted Li Dingguo, and started negotiating directly without any further fuss.As the order came out, the small teams that had been sent to land to plunder the natives all returned one after another.

On Li Dingguo's side, he began to deploy Mumbai's defenses, inspected the terrain, and prepared further construction plans to make this a naval base for the Ming Navy with Ceylon as its back.

On this day, the Portuguese squad that ran the farthest returned to Mumbai, which meant that the Portuguese had to withdraw.

But before leaving, Johnson and Phillips both came to Li Dingguo again.

It seemed that Phillips was having a hard time talking, so Johnson had no choice but to say, "Marshal Li, there is a situation that I need to talk to you about so that the Marshal can understand."

Li Dingguo could feel the change in the attitude of these Frangji people.The so-called people respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot.Therefore, he smiled slightly and said: "If there is any situation, just say it!"

Seeing that he was so talkative, Phillips was even more embarrassed, so he said by himself: "I thought that before I left, I would go deeper into the inland to get more things. The people under my command also knew that this was the last time to go out, so they The strikes are more ruthless, and they run far. According to their report back, the natives have asked their emperor for help. Maybe there will be a large army coming later."

Speaking of this, he felt that what he said was a bit too scary, so he quickly added: "Of course, this is just our guess, and it doesn't necessarily mean that there will be a large army coming."

Before this matter, to be honest, the Portuguese are relatively well-behaved in Mumbai.Because the indigenous country here is a unified country, the Mughal Empire is fighting north and south, and has opened up a lot of territory. It can be regarded as a powerful indigenous country, and the natives of Portugal cannot afford to provoke them.

Only before leaving, they will be unscrupulous.And they were angry in their hearts, so they didn't care whether the Ming army who came to take over would bear more pressure.But at this time, they were already convinced, so they thought about saying, don't let the Mughal Empire's army overwhelm the border, and the Ming army will be in trouble when they turn around.

After Li Dingguo heard this, he smiled lightly and said, "Is it just this matter?"

"Huh?" Phillips was a little surprised by his attitude, and responded suspiciously.

"If it's just about this matter, it's okay!" Li Dingguo said with a smile, "The governor has been in Dongwu for many years, and he has basically understood the strength of the Mughal Empire. If you don't mess with me, Daming, if you really dare to come, we are naturally not afraid of!"

Phillips and Johnson heard it, and he was still speaking modestly.But the implication is actually very obvious, that is, if the Mughal Empire dared to provoke Daming, they would definitely teach them a lesson!
After thinking about this, the two of them looked at each other, and couldn't help feeling a little envious in their hearts: This is the strength of a big country!

So, they didn't say anything more, and finally said goodbye to Li Dingguo, left Mumbai, and went to Goa.

When they look back, they will join forces with the Ming army to compete with the Netherlands and the British for the Strait of Hormuz.

There, the Portuguese suffered a great loss, the fortress they occupied was captured, and everyone in the island country of Hormuz, which assisted the Portuguese, was slaughtered. Its king, Mohammad Shah V, was put in a cage and sent to Exhibited and mocked on the mainland, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

It can be said that that place is now a disgrace to the Portuguese!

This time, Phillips and Johnson believed that with the strength of the Ming army, they should be able to regain it!

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About ten days later, a cavalry team from the Mughal Empire came to Mumbai, with about 100 riders.Coming aggressively, it turned out that the people in Mumbai were not Portuguese, but some other people they had never seen before.

While they were astonished, they also sent people over to communicate viciously. Although they couldn't understand the words on both sides, the expressions and gestures were understandable.The general meaning is that if the Ming army doesn't get out quickly, the Ming army will be destroyed as soon as the army arrives.

Obviously, they estimated that this was how the order they received was communicated to the Portuguese, but they did not see the Portuguese, which did not prevent them from seeing the Ming army as the servants of the Portuguese, so they passed the order as usual.

For Daming, courtesy has always been reciprocal.If you are good to me, then I will not be bad to you.But if you treat me badly, don't blame me for being bad to you.

Why do you want to ride on Daming's head if you are so vicious?
At this time, the Ming army, after these years of opening up the territory, had already become proud and arrogant, how could they be bullied by these natives, so they pushed back fiercely one by one: If you want to fight, you will fight, so there is so much nonsense !

The two sides did not fight, because the cavalry army of the Mughal Empire retreated when they found that there were more and more Ming troops.But the meaning before leaving is also very obvious, just wait and see!
When Li Dingguo arrived after hearing the news, the cavalry had already left.Li Dingguo was also aware of this, and while sending orders to be on guard, he continued to survey the surrounding terrain to prepare for possible wars.

About a month later, the army of the Mughal Empire really came.There are nearly 1 troops in the infantry and cavalry armies.These 1 people are estimated to have been originally planned by the Mughal Empire to expel and attack the Portuguese.

With a large number of people, they directly attacked the Ming army without saying a word.

But the Ming army had been prepared for a long time, and immediately retreated to the island, which made the Mughal Empire dumbfounded.

But they obviously had a plan. Although they couldn't hit the Ming army on the island, they camped along the coast, trying to force the Ming army on the island to retreat because they had no supplies.

Every day, groups of soldiers of the Mughal Empire laughed at the Ming army on the beach, trying to provoke the Ming army.

However, Li Dingguo was sitting here, so he was naturally unmoved. No matter how the soldiers of the Mughal Empire laughed and satirized, they just shrank on the island and didn't even respond.

However, after five days like this, Li Dingguo suddenly led his men to leave the island at the darkest time before dawn, went to the left and right sides of the enemy camp on the shore, and made a surprise attack at the same time, driving the defeated soldiers to the place where the Mughal Empire army had the strongest force. In the central army, it only took one morning to win a big victory.

In this army of the Mughal Empire, except for about half of the cavalry who escaped, the rest of the infantry were either killed or captured.

The Ming army raided the 4000 troops of the Mughal Empire with [-] people, which opened the prelude to the war between the Ming Empire and the Mughal Empire.

After this battle was made known to Phillips and others, they couldn't help being surprised, and it was beyond their expectations.

In their view, the Mughal Empire was also a great empire. Now that its national power is at its peak, it has negotiated peace with neighboring countries and expanded its territory a lot.Although it is not as extensive as Ming Dynasty, it is at least a powerful country.

With this kind of cognition, the Ming army only has four thousand people, while the Mughal Empire's army has tens of thousands of people, so how come there is no force to fight back?

In fact, there are four main reasons for this.

First, the army of the Mughal Empire was not actually their elite army to expand their territory, but a local army.As for Li Dingguo's unit, the key officers were all trained in battles over the years, and the soldiers sent to the front had also fought in battles.

Second, the army of the Mughal Empire thought that the Ming army was the servant army of the Portuguese, and their attitude was contemptuous, thinking that when the imperial army arrived, it would be good if the servant army did not flee in fright.

The third point is also Li Dingguo's response performance, which seems to be in line with the Mughal Empire's impression of the Portuguese servant army: cowardly, huddled on the island and dare not respond to provocations.

The fourth point is that Li Dingguo has the mobile power of the navy and can choose the weakness of the Mughal Empire to launch a surprise attack.Relatively speaking, the military equipment of the Ming army was far more elite than that of the local army of the Mughal Empire.

If Li Dingguo can't even win this fight, he'd better throw himself into the sea!
As soon as the battle was over, Li Dingguo immediately reported to Yan Yingyuan in Ceylon after interrogating the captives to report the battle and the situation on the side of the Mughal Empire.

The previous Portuguese looting was reported to the local governor of the Mughal Empire, which immediately stimulated the people of the Mughal Empire.After all, the Mughal Empire is now expanding its borders, winning battles one after another, and its morale is high. It is of course unbearable to feel that it is invincible, but it ends up being hit in the head.

Therefore, according to the prisoner's account, the local governor immediately reported to Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire. Hearing that Shah Jahan was also very angry, he immediately ordered the local governor to send troops out.

Li Dingguo did not ask for help. He believed that the Governor would make a judgment.Even if there are no reinforcements, he is not afraid of subsequent retaliation. After all, the Ming army has a navy and has no worries about its future.

On the other side, the defeated soldiers of the Mughal Empire also fled back.

(End of this chapter)