Not to mention, Phillips and Johnson have to admit that they can't learn.

First, the Far East does not have the strength of the Ming State at all, and can have an overwhelming advantage. This advantage, even if there is no war, can give one's own side a lot of confidence and put a lot of pressure on the enemy.

As far as the Portuguese themselves are concerned, even if they do this according to the Ming army, can the natives believe that they will overthrow the Kingdom of Kandy? Even if you win or lose each other, 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 was no benefit from Ceylon at all, and for the powerful Ming Kingdom, they didn't mind the first few years, but the Portuguese couldn't do it, they would starve to death!

Phillips and Johnson looked at each other and sighed in unison. To sum it up, this is the gap in national strength!

was hit by such a blow, Phillips didn't have any unconvinced thoughts, and together with Johnson, he welcomed Li Dingguo over, and without any more moths, he began to negotiate directly. The order came out, and the small detachments that had been put on land to plunder the natives also returned.

Li Dingguo, on the other hand, began to deploy the defense of Mumbai, inspected the terrain, and prepared further construction plans to make this a naval base for the Ming Navy with its back to Ceylon.

On this day, the Portuguese detachment that had traveled the farthest returned to Mumbai, which meant that the Portuguese had to be evacuated.

However, before leaving, Johnson and Phillips both came to Li Dingguo's side.

It seemed that Phillips was a little difficult to speak, so Johnson had no choice but to say: "Li Dashuai, there is a situation, I still need to talk to you to let Dashuai know something." ”

Li Dingguo can feel the change in the attitude of these Franc machine people. The so-called people respect me for a foot, and I respect people. Therefore, he smiled and said, "What's the situation, even if it is!" ”

Seeing that he was so easy to speak, Phillips was even more embarrassed, so he said to himself: "Originally, I thought that before leaving, I could get more things by going a little deeper into the interior. The men also knew that this was the last time they went out, so they were more ruthless and ran far. They came back to tell that the natives had appealed to their emperor for help. Perhaps, a large army will come back to you. ”

Speaking of this, he felt that it was a little too scary, so he quickly added: "Of course, this is just our speculation, and it is not necessarily that there will really be an army coming." ”

Before this incident, to be honest, the Portuguese are relatively regular on the side of Mumbai. Because the indigenous country here is a unified country, the Mughal Empire, which is fighting in the south and the north, opening up a lot of territory, it is a powerful indigenous country, and the Portuguese natives cannot afford to provoke it.

And only before leaving, will they be unscrupulous. And they were angry in their hearts, so they didn't care whether the Ming army who came to replace them would be under more pressure. But at this time, they were already convinced, so they thought about it, don't let the Mughal Empire army press the border, and it will be a big trouble to wipe out the Ming army and turn back.

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

"Huh?" Phillips listened, a little surprised by his attitude, and replied suspiciously.

"If that's all it takes, it doesn't matter!" Li Dingguo smiled and said, "Your Excellency Governor has been in Dongwu for many years, and he already has a basic understanding of the strength of the Mughal Empire. If you don't come to provoke me, if you really dare to come, we are naturally not afraid! ”

Phillips and Johnson heard it, and he was still modest. But the implication is actually obvious, that is, if the Mughal Empire dares to provoke the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely teach them a good lesson!

Thinking of this, the two of them looked at each other, and couldn't help but feel a little envious in their hearts: This is the strength of a great country!

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

When they returned, they would have to join forces with the Ming army to fight the Dutch and the British for the Strait of Hormuz.

There, the Portuguese suffered great losses, the fortresses they occupied were captured, everyone who assisted the Portuguese in the island nation of Hormuz was slaughtered, and its king, Mohammed Shah V, was put in a cage, sent to the mainland for exhibition and ridicule, 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 believe that with the strength of the Ming army, they should be able to take it back!

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About ten days later, on the side of Mumbai, a cavalry team of the Mughal Empire came, about a hundred horses. The momentum came violently, and it turned out that it was not the Portuguese who were in Mumbai, but some other people who had never seen before.

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

Obviously, they estimated that the orders they had received before were conveyed to the Portuguese in this way, but the fact that they did not see the Portuguese did not prevent them from seeing the Ming army as the servant soldiers of the Portuguese, so they still passed the order.

For Daming, it has always been a courtesy. If you're good to me, then I'm not going to be bad to you. But if you're not good to me, don't blame me for being bad to you.

Why do you want to ride on the head of Da Ming?

At this time, the Ming army, after all these years of expanding its territory, has already become arrogant, and how can it be bullied by these natives, so they fiercely pushed back one by one: If you want to fight, you will fight, so much nonsense!

The two sides did not fight, because the cavalry army of the Mughal Empire found that there were more and more Ming troops, so they retreated. But the meaning before leaving is also obvious, just wait and see!

By the time Li Dingguo heard the news, the cavalry had already left. In this regard, Li Dingguo also knew it, and while passing the order to be careful and vigilant, he continued to survey the nearby terrain and prepare for a possible war.

About a month later, the Mughal army was killed. The two armies of infantry and cavalry totaled nearly 10,000 men. These 10,000 people are estimated to be the Mughal Empire's original plan to expel and attack the Portuguese.

Under the overwhelming number of people, without saying a word, he directly attacked the Ming army.

But the Ming army had already prepared and immediately retreated to the island, leaving the Mughal Empire dumbfounded.

However, they obviously had a plan, although they could not defeat the Ming army on the island, they camped along the coast, trying to force the Ming army on the island to finally retreat because there was no material supply.

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

However, Li Dingguo sat here, naturally unmoved, no matter how the soldiers of the Mughal Empire ridiculed and sarcastic, they just shrank on the island and did not even respond.

However, five days later, 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 at the same time made a surprise attack, driving the defeated soldiers to the most powerful part of the Mughal army, and won a great victory in only one morning.

The Mughal Empire's army, except for about half of the cavalry that had fled, was either killed or captured.

The Ming army raided the 10,000 troops of the Mughal Empire with 4,000 men, opening the prelude to the war between the Ming Empire and the Mughal Empire.

After Phillips and others knew about this battle, they couldn't help but be shocked, and it was beyond their expectations.

In their view, the Mughal Empire was also a large empire, and now its national strength was at its peak, and it had made peace with neighboring countries and expanded its territory a lot. Although it does not have as much territory as the Ming Dynasty, it is at least a powerful country.

Under this cognition, the Ming army was only about 4,000 people, while the army of the Mughal Empire had tens of thousands, so why didn't they have the strength to fight back?

In fact, there are four main reasons why it is like this.

First, the Mughal Empire's army was not actually an elite army that they had pioneered territory, but a local army. The backbone officers of Li Dingguo's department have all fought in wars over the years, and the soldiers sent to the front have also fought in battles.

Second, the army of the Mughal Empire thought that the Ming army was a servant army of the Portuguese, and there was a contempt in their attitude, believing that once the imperial army arrived, it would be good for the servant army not to flee in fright.

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

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

If Li Dingguo can't even win this, then he will still commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea!

As soon as the battle was over, after Li Dingguo learned about the situation through interrogating the prisoners, he immediately reported to Yan Yingyuan in Ceylon to inform him of the battle and the situation on the Mughal Empire.

The previous plundering of the Portuguese was reported to the local governor of the Mughal Empire, which immediately irritated the people of the Mughal Empire. After all, the Mughal Empire is now expanding its territory, winning battles one after another, and its morale is high.

Therefore, according to the captive's account, the governor of the place immediately reported to Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire, and when he heard that Shah Jahan was also furious, 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 the subsequent retaliation, after all, the Ming army has a navy on its side, and there is no need to worry about the back.

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