Max is really sure of this. Don't look at the warships of the Ming Kingdom and look similar to their warships, but among them, there is still a difference, not to mention, in terms of skilled manipulation of personnel, the Ming army is even worse than them.

In fact, in the previous battles for the capture of the Strait of Hormuz, it has been proved that the British warships are still better than the Portuguese in terms of speed and flexibility. Therefore, it is needless to say that the British battleships are compared with the warships of the Ming army.

At this time, hearing Max's words, Darashiko was still a little unhappy. However, at this time, the general of the Royal Guards spoke up and agreed with Max's suggestion. If it weren't for the siege, the only way to do it would be to make a large-scale landing in Mumbai.

Darashko doesn't care about other people's opinions, but he definitely has to pay attention to the words of the general of the Royal Forest Army. So, he ordered to start building rafts and the like on a large scale in preparation for landing operations.

In addition, he also asked the local governor to mobilize more soldiers from the places where the water could come, otherwise, if it was just a landlubber, it was estimated that half of it would be lost before it came ashore.

In this way, the war on the Mumbai side temporarily fell into calm as the Mughal Empire's army was preparing. But everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm.

There was no timber for rafts on the coast of Mumbai, and they had to be hauled dozens of miles away. And the people of the Mughal Empire can't work fast, even if there are officers watching, they are grinding. Add in the rain or something, and the speed of building a raft is even slower.

Half a month has passed, and the number of rafts built has still not reached the satisfactory number. At Max's suggestion, it is necessary to continue to build, so as not to fall short due to the insufficient troops transported.

Finally, after grinding for more than half a month, about 100 rafts were built, and each raft could transport about 20 people, that is, about 2,000 troops at a time.

Max felt that it should be about the same, after all, there were seven islands in Mumbai, and each island was estimated to be only a few hundred Ming troops, unless they didn't want warships, and used the people on warships as land pawns.

So, on the morning of this day, the Mughal Empire and the British coalition began to attack Mumbai again.

However, God came out to make trouble, and it was sunny and windy a while ago, but all of a sudden, there were dark clouds and storms. This made the raft infantry army, which had just attacked halfway, put at least half of the dumplings into the sea.

Before the war began, more than half of the losses had already begun!

In this situation, Darashiko was so angry that he kept scolding his mother! However, in the face of the power of nature, even if the British warships had to dock to take refuge, no matter how big their temper was, it would be useless.

After the rain and the sky cleared, the raft also lost a lot. I can only continue to make preparations.

At this time, a fast rider suddenly came and reported to Darashik, saying that the third prince Aurangzeb had sent back the good news and had won the battle, and this news stimulated him even more, and he hurriedly asked Delhi about the reaction.

The henchman he came to report told him that Shah Jahan did not react in particular, and after hearing the good news, he just casually said yes, but he seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the third prince's request to send reinforcements again, and refused. In addition, he also inquired about the situation on the side of Darashiko.

The officials who supported him answered for him, explaining that the army was cowering on the island, and the British were not strong, so it was not easy to fight, and they were still making preparations, but it was no problem to destroy the Ming army.

After hearing this, Shah Jahan didn't say anything and continued to worry about the end of the Taj Mahal.

When Darashiko heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his father Khan did not like Aurangzeb, and even if he won the battle, he was not very happy, which was a good thing! However, after all, Aurangzeb won the battle, which also put a lot of pressure on him, and if he dragged on here and consumed the patience of his father Khan, it was likely that his impression of him would also deteriorate, which he absolutely could not allow.

Therefore, Darashiko began to urge his subordinates to do things again, and clearly told Max that the next offensive must be to take Mumbai. The British had to not only cover the raft landing, but also send people to the island to participate in the battle, otherwise, all promises would be null and void!

He is not a fool, in the process of dealing with the British, he has already sensed the urgency of the British to open trade in the Mughal Empire, anyway, at this time the matter is already halfway through, and he is not afraid that the British will give up halfway!

When Max heard this, he was indeed very angry in his heart, but, as Darashiko expected, he had no reason to refuse, so he only agreed to come down and send troops to land in Mumbai together.

However, what they never expected was that just as they were preparing to launch another general attack on Bombay three days later, a dozen or so Portuguese warships suddenly came.

These warships were all sailed from Goa to deliver supplies to the Ming army in Bombay. This is an agreement between the two sides, as allies. And because Li Dingguo had sent someone to report the news before, he did not just send three transport ships as before, but came to the battleship.

Both the British and Darashko and others were taken aback by this situation. However, they had nothing to fear, and Max immediately sent warships to intercept them.

However, more than 50 warships from the Ming army's side, which had not moved, drove out to respond. The second battle in Mumbai, to everyone's surprise, began with a naval battle.

However, this naval battle was not aimed at a decisive battle.

On the British side, they did not have many warships deployed on the eastern side of Mumbai, even if they came from several other directions, there were only about 20 of them.

However, the Ming army did not need to go around the island, but drove out directly, there were more than 50 warships, plus Portuguese warships, relying on the numerical superiority of the fleet, under a round of artillery, the British warships did not dare to approach, so they received the Portuguese fleet into the island of Mumbai and leaned to the port.

This time the battle ended with only a few shots fired by both sides.

On the pier in Mumbai, Li Dingguo personally came to greet him. The Portuguese who led this fleet over, Phillips, who knew each other, asked with a smile: "How is it, is this war easy to fight?" ”

"It's been nearly two months since the soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth, and our arms and drugs have not been consumed much!" Li Dingguo listened, but replied with a faint smile.

When he was on the battleship just now, Phillips certainly looked at the situation in Mumbai and found that the seven islands were firmly in the hands of the Ming army. Especially after landing on the shore, he found that the ordinary Ming soldiers who came to meet him did not see any panic at all, and he knew that the battle situation here would not be bad.

Therefore, after listening to Li Dingguo's answer, he told Li Dingguo with a smile: "Li Dashuai, I have good news for you, your Governor Dongwu has led the fleet to rest in Goa. It is estimated that it will be possible to arrive in a few days. ”

From Ceylon to Mumbai, the distance in a straight line is more than 1,000 kilometers, and Goa is just about the middle. Since he was going to come over to fight, Yan Yingyuan naturally couldn't lead the army to come all the time, but to rest in the middle first.

Hearing this, Li Dingguo smiled toothily and said, "Very good! I wonder what the Governor has to say? ”

As soon as he heard this, Phillips seemed to remember, patted his head and said with a smile: "Look, patronize and be happy, this memory, if you don't say it, I will forget it all at once!" ”

After finishing speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Dingguo with both hands.

Li Dingguo immediately took it, checked the fire paint seal, and then opened it and looked at it.

Phillips looked at him and found that after Li Dingguo read it, a sincere smile immediately appeared on his face, and he knew that there was definitely good news in this letter, so he asked, "What, is there anything good?" ”

Li Dingguo accepted the letter and looked left and right, although they were all his own people, he still lowered his voice and said: "Your Excellency the Governor explained in the letter that he would use a surprise attack strategy to annihilate the current army of the Mughal Empire in one fell swoop. ”

When Phillips heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked, "How to annihilate?" After seeing our army arrive, they think they won't retreat if they can't fight? ”

Li Dingguo smiled slightly when he heard this, and whispered to him.

Phillips' eyes widened when he heard it, and after listening to it, he thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "You Orientals really can catch any fighter, amazing, amazing!" ”

For this, Li Dingguo actually admires it. Although he sent someone to report the details of the previous battle, if he wanted to deduce the general situation of the current battle from the details and make corresponding arrangements, he had to say that Governor Yan was a man who could fight!

At this time, Phillips turned his head to look at the British battleship outside, and said with confidence: "Li Dashuai, I am glad that our Royal Highness the King has chosen to form an alliance with your Ming Empire. I believe that what we have lost in the British will one day be returned! ”

Li Dingguo listened, then turned his head to look at the British warship, nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, when the Governor arrives, I will definitely give you a shame!" ”

Phillips heard and nodded again. At this time, after repeated insights, he understood what the strength of the Ming army was, and he was already convinced of the Ming army, and he no longer had the slightest intention of resisting the Ming army, but was glad that they Portugal could form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty.

However, Darashico on the shore was very unhappy when he saw that the Ming army from Bombay had come to reinforcements, although it was only a few Portuguese warships, and he did not see that the naval battle was fought to the death, so he was very unhappy, summoned Max, and asked them if they could not work?

But this time, Max's attitude was a bit tough, refuting the matter of naval warfare, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. The First Battle of Bombay will not change just because there are a few more Portuguese warships. Anyway, the British side assured that the enemy's warships would not interfere with the landing of the raft troops, and whether they could take Bombay or not ultimately depended on the side of the Mughal Empire.

Dalashiko also had no choice, if he wanted to take down Mumbai, he had to be assisted by the British, so he threw all his anger on his men, and ordered his men to continue to build rafts, more rafts, and they must lay down rafts at once to end this damn war!