Daming Military Empire

Chapter 166 Arriving in Goa
In March, Goa is sunny and breezy, and the climate is very comfortable. During this time, Earl Shivira’s mood is even more comfortable, because the Ming Expeditionary Corps is about to arrive. After the letter of request for help was sent, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty immediately dispatched [-] troops to support him. What a favor, what a face!
On this day, there was news from the sea that Da Ming's fleet would arrive at the port of Goa at noon, and Earl Shivira immediately became busy as if he had taken a stimulant.The colorful flags were put up, the banners were pulled up, the flowers were arranged, the red carpet was laid out, and the whole Goa port was decorated with flowers and branches; there was also a welcome team, his guards would definitely bring it, Luo Siwei and his two hundred guards The soldiers don't even need to call, but Kong Dede has to say hello.

Shivira hurried to Kong Dede's room, wanting to discuss with him about sending people to welcome the Ming Expeditionary Corps, but found that this guy was eating tofu with two indigenous beauties shirtless.That's okay, Shivira immediately said angrily: "Kon Dede, please pay attention to your image, you are the governor of India, do you know that? The distinguished guests of the Ming Empire are coming soon, and you are still here. , are you decent? Are you trying to embarrass our Portuguese Empire?"

When Kong Dede heard this, he rolled his eyes, helplessly patted the two beauties in his arms, and asked them to bring the dresses.This guy is very nervous today, he can't afford to offend him, let's give in, he smiled apologetically while putting on his dress: "Hehe, Shivela, my friend, don't be so angry, am I changing clothes now, time It's still early, don't worry."

Shivela immediately jumped up like a cat that stepped on its tail and shouted: "It's still early, do you know that Daming's fleet is about to arrive at the port? Where are your Goa defenders? Where are your cavalry? Why are you on the pier?" Only the recruits you recruited?"

Oh, this neurotic, is it necessary to be so excited?Kong Dede was really afraid of him, and continued to apologize with a smile: "Hehe, there are still your guards and General Luo, and I will bring the guards there. It is too troublesome to assemble the defenders and cavalry, so forget it. "

Shivira originally came to discuss with him, but when he was stimulated, he forgot about it and directly forced him: "No, you are the owner of this place. Now that the VIP from Daming is here, you must Welcome them with the utmost sincerity."

Kong Dede and Shivela have been friends for so many years, and they are very familiar with him. This guy is usually easy to talk to. Once he gets nervous, you'd better not mess with him, otherwise he may run away and hurt people in a minute!Hearing his tone, it would be impossible not to send more people, so Kong Dede had no choice but to shout: "Come on, let the city guards and knights gather at the pier and prepare to welcome the distinguished guests."

That's about the same. Seeing the messenger run out to deliver the order, Shivela nodded in satisfaction, and then ran out in a hurry to arrange other things.

Near noon, Shivela and Kong Dede stood on the pier and looked at the sea in the distance. There were four square formations behind them. They were Luo Siwei leading two hundred Imperial Guard soldiers, Kong Dede's guards, and Shivela's guards. And more than 100 cavalry, then a phalanx of more than 1000 city guards, and then a phalanx of [-] recruits, which almost occupied half of the huge dock.

Soon, dense black spots finally appeared on the distant sea, and Shivela danced excitedly: "Come, come, finally come."

Kong Dede shook his head with a wry smile. It's only [-] troops. It's not like he hasn't seen it before. Is it necessary to be so excited?Just over a month ago, the [-] troops of the Mughal Empire were repelled!
A 500-strong army standing together is actually quite spectacular, and it is more than a mile long in a square formation, but it is nothing compared to more than 500 galleons that can carry more than a hundred people. What is the concept of more than 50 large sailing ships that can carry more than 5000 people? One is 500 meters long and more than [-] meters wide, and a hundred ships is [-] meters. Adding the distance between ships, more than [-] large ships The formed fleet, even if there are five ships in each row, is more than ten kilometers long!The scene was so spectacular, it looked like a giant dragon on the sea, even standing on the middle of the big boat, you couldn't see the circumference of your head at all!

About a quarter of an hour later, the giant dragon finally approached the port slowly. The Goa port is considered a big port, but the huge ship tens of meters long can only dock five ships at a time, so the fleet can only stay in a long queue On the sea, row upon row.

The first row of giant ships slowly approached the port. The leader was a super giant ship with a length of more than 20 meters and a width of more than [-] meters. This was Zheng Zhilong's flagship Hailong. Forced, but let Hou Shilu show his face.Even in the age of great voyages, such super giant ships were very rare, and the great powers basically did not have them, because they would not build such impractical large ships out of boredom. Only the Ming Dynasty had this kind of super giant ships.

A super giant ship more than ten meters high stopped in front of him. Even Kong Dede, who was used to seeing strong winds and waves, felt a huge sense of oppression. Shi Weila flushed with excitement, and his proud face seemed to be This boat is the same as his family.

This time, Kong Dede and Shi Weila did not board the ship to greet them, because there were hundreds of large ships waiting behind them, and they were smeared up and down, so it is estimated that these more than 500 large ships will not be unloaded tomorrow night.

After the giant ship came to a complete stop, the stairs were lowered, and the first thing that appeared at the top of the stairs was not a person, but a big flag, the Sun Moon Dragon Banner!

Seeing the Sun-Moon-Dragon Banner, Shivela immediately screamed excitedly: "Oh, those who bought the cake, the Sun-Moon Dragon Banner, the Sun-Moon Tonghui, is the first-class regiment of Ming Dynasty, oh, thank you for buying the cake, this time We don't have to worry, even if the entire Mughal Empire gathers all the troops and rushes over, it will be fine!"

Kong Dede asked a little suspiciously: "The first-class legion, are all of them as powerful as the military advisers under General Luo? Impossible!"

Shivela despised: "How is it impossible? I don't know much. Wait a minute. Their legion leader is a first-rank member."

Kong Dede asked puzzledly: "What kind of official is a first-rank official?"

This is really difficult to explain, because officials in various European countries do not have ranks. Shivela thought about it and bragged: "A first-rank official is equivalent to a duke, and our earl is only equivalent to a third-rank official in Daming."

Kong Dede was taken aback, he bought cakes, the Duke, what a great official!

At this time, people had already started to disembark from the boat. A strong personal guard walked in the front holding the sun, moon and dragon flag, followed by Hou Shilu and a group of generals, who filed down the stairs.

Seeing this, Luo Siwei hurried forward from behind and stood by the stairs waiting respectfully.After all the generals came down and gave way to the stairs, Luo Siwei immediately ran to Hou Shilu, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "The last general, Luo Siwei, a member of the First Legion of the Imperial Guard, will see the admiral."

Hou Shilu didn't ask him to get up immediately, but respectfully took out an imperial decree from his arms, and said loudly, "Luo Siwei listens to the decree."

Luo Siwei quickly knelt down on his knees, bowed his body respectfully, and lay down on the ground.

Hou Shilu then read aloud: "Following the heavens, the emperor ordered:

Luo Siwei, a member of the First Corps of the Imperial Guard Army, is loyal, brave, resourceful, and hard-working.This is it. "

Luo Siwei respectfully kowtowed and said, "I thank you, Your Majesty, my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Then he raised his hand and respectfully accepted the imperial edict.

Hou Shilu handed over the imperial decree to him, and waited for him to kowtow again to thank him, then stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "General Luo, we will be a family from now on. When the commander first arrived in the foreign domain, many things are unclear. I hope General Luo will remind you more."

At this time, Shivela and Conde had already come up, Luo Siwei quickly introduced: "This is Earl Shivela, the emperor bestowed on Daming Chengyi, and this is the Governor of Portugal in India, Count Condede."

Hou Shilu bowed his hands one by one, and Shivira asked a little respectfully: "I don't know the name of this lord."

Hou Shilu replied neither humble nor overbearing: "I am the commander of the First Army of the Ming Empire Expeditionary Army, and the admiral knows Hou Shilu."

Shivira has never been able to understand the difference between the admiral and the admiral, and the admiral's affairs. He thought they were all high-ranking officials. Seeing that the person in front of him was a first-rank official, he immediately flattered him: "Hou My lord has worked hard all the way, why don't you go to the city with me to rest for a while, and leave the affairs here to your subordinates."

Hou Shilu quickly declined and said: "Look, so many soldiers are going to assemble, and the weapons bought by Mr. Kong Dede have to be handed over by hand. I really can't leave, so let's not bother you."

Seeing Hou Shilu's serious face, Shi Weila stopped entangled in this issue. He looked at the imperial decree in Luo Siwei's hand, and asked a little enviously: "I wonder if the emperor has any decree to pass on to me?"

Hearing this, Hou Shilu couldn't help but feel a little confused. He had heard that this guy had always regarded himself as an official of the Ming Dynasty. It seemed that he really meant something like that, but the emperor's meaning didn't mean it. He quickly explained: "The emperor didn't The decree is for you, but the emperor asked me to bring the oral order."

Shivira really didn’t know how to respond to this order. He looked at Kong Dede next to him, thought for a while, and let Kong Dede know that it’s not good for him to flatter Daming so much. As for Hou Shilu, isn’t Daming There is a saying, Is it not a crime to call the ignorant? It probably means that if I don’t know how to speak, then I won’t be blamed if I stand up to meet them.

When he thought about it, he simply pretended to be confused and said: "Oral order? Did the emperor ask you to bring me a message?"

Hou Shilu didn't care whether this guy was standing or kneeling, anyway, this guy was not a real Ming official, he cleared his throat, and said loudly: "The emperor ordered that the south of Goa should be returned to Portugal, and the north of Goa should be returned to Daming. You will not launch an attack to the north. You can develop to the south and occupy the entire southern half. Da Ming will help you defend the front line of Mysore. But you cannot attack the Mughal Empire in the north. For the time being, Da Ming does not want to fight with the Mughal Empire. Let’s go to war, if you want to attack north, then Daming will have no choice but to withdraw.”

Kong Dede was so anxious next to him, as soon as Shivira ran over, he stuck with him, completely forgetting that he was the master here.He really wanted to ask, where is my musket, where is my cannon, but he can't speak Chinese.At this moment, he saw that all the Ming generals next to him knelt down. The first-rank officer seemed to be giving some orders. He seized the opportunity, grabbed Shi Weila and asked, "What is he talking about? These people are kneeling What are you doing? Ask me about muskets and artillery."

Shivira was trying to understand the words of His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't help saying angrily: "He said that the north of Goa belongs to Ming Dynasty, and the south of Goa belongs to us. If we obediently develop to the south, Daming will help us defend the front line of Mysore. If we fight north, Daming will withdraw. They brought all your weapons and they will give them to you later. What are you in a hurry for?"

Kong Dede was relieved when he heard that the weapons had arrived. As for fighting north, just kidding, the Mughal Empire was not an aborigine. He sent food to people with this little force. Whoever wants to go will go, anyway, he will not go .

(End of this chapter)