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

If it is said that the Ming soldiers explored it themselves, even if Emperor Chongzhen knew that there was a warm Pacific current that could be used. But if you don't have someone familiar to guide you, that's a terrible thing. If you don't go back and forth to find out on a large-scale expedition, you will definitely suffer a big loss.

This time, however, it was Anders who led the way with the Portuguese fleet. They basically knew what to pay attention to along the way, after all, although they did not have a fleet between the Americas and Asia every year like the Spaniards, they also had colonies in South America and the South Seas, and they also had the same need to go back and forth, but they were not as famous as the Spaniards.

In addition, on this expedition, nearly 500 large and small warships of the Ming Dynasty set off, and the number of people was in the early 30,000s. It is believed that the Spaniards in the whole of the Americas, it is estimated that there will not be many either. Not to mention, the commander of this expedition is still the old handsome Sun Chuanting.

He led this huge fleet to the Americas, although the most important task given to him was to establish a base in North America first, so that the war with the Spaniards could be postponed.

But according to Emperor Chongzhen's estimate, if Sun Chuanting and his fleet arrived in North America safely, as long as he figured out the strength of the Spaniards he was facing, he would definitely not be able to help but take action. Because, Sun Chuanting has a sense of urgency.

After all, Sun Chuanting was born in 1593, and now it is the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and it is 1652 AD, that is to say, Sun Chuanting is fifty-nine years old. It's a loss that he is in good health, but he can't wait for me, he doesn't take advantage of the time he can still move to fight more battles and make meritorious contributions, how can he be knighted, how can he leave a name in history?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen himself actually had a sense of urgency. For he was born in the flesh in 1611, and is now forty-one years old. With the goal of conquering the world, he doesn't have much time.

Thanks to the eavesdropping system that can be used, the Ming Dynasty has never experienced defeat in a major war, otherwise if it fails a few times, it will definitely greatly delay the progress of conquering the world.

Now that the war is advancing outward, it is far away from the Ming Dynasty. As Zheng Zhilong said, in this case, you must be well prepared and defeat the enemy's living force in a battle, so that you can see the hope of conquering the world in your lifetime!

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: Yes, continue to fight and equipment, just do it!

When Emperor Chongzhen returned to Beijing to continue to grasp the construction of the country, Li Dingguo's headquarters had already rushed to Mumbai, the second target point of handover with the Portuguese.

This Mumbai is just seven small islands in the Arabian Sea, and it is on this basis that Mumbai was dredged and filled in to eventually become a peninsula, and was connected to the mainland by bridges and causeways.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the Sultan of Gujarat ceded the land to the Portuguese colonizers. Today, instead of going as historically, the Portuguese did not give it to England as Catherine's dowry, but to the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the largest Portuguese leader in Mumbai was still the former governor of Colombo, Phillips. He had withdrawn from Goa, where there was also a Portuguese colony. However, because they had agreed with the Ming army, when the Ming army gained a foothold in Ceylon, they would continue to march west to hand over Mumbai, so Phillips brought as many men as possible to Mumbai.

He came here not to say that he wanted to give the Ming army a front station and make preparations before the handover, so that he could hand over at any time. Instead, he began to frantically plunder the surrounding resources, and 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 give 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 Ceylon natives were also very difficult to mess with, which made his looting painless.

But in Mumbai, it's different. He knew that the Ming army was coming, and there were no Dutch colonists here, and although the Mughal Empire was more powerful than the Kandy Kingdom of Ceylon, the center of gravity of the Mughal Empire was mainly in the Delhi area, far from Mumbai. Anyway, if he grabs a handful and leaves, he will have no scruples.

At this time, Phillips still didn't expect that the Ming army would arrive so soon. As he went out to greet him, he said to Johnson: "You have always said that the country is the richest and most prosperous, look, it is just a little Mumbai, and they can't wait to come and hand it over!" ”

Johnson was slightly embarrassed to hear and replied to him: "Rich people have money, but who cares how much money is?" Although Mumbai is not very good, it is already the place of Mingguo, and it is understandable that they are worried about it and hurriedly come to ask for it! ”

Phillips grinned when he heard this, but this time he didn't refute it, and nodded: "That's right, but, it's only been half a year, didn't the Ming army say that it would take a firm foothold and take the whole of Ceylon before it would come to hand over Mumbai?" Now that I am in a hurry to come, I just don't believe in my words! ”

Hearing this, Johnson couldn't help but stand on his feet, his face became serious, and he explained to Phillips: "Orientals are the most good-looking, you must not say in front of them that they are untrustworthy." I'm telling you, if you have a bad temper, you'll turn your face. I don't think you will let our relationship with Ming Guo be overshadowed because you are unhappy in your heart, right? ”

He had no problem with Phillips coming to Bombay and plundering the natives before the handover. Even if Ming Guo knew, there was no reason to say anything, after all, before the handover, this was still the place of the Portuguese, and the Portuguese could do whatever they wanted, and no one could care.

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

Because in the six months that he and Phillips have been together, he has always felt Phillips's resentment towards the Ming army. He was afraid that Phillips would be irrational, not understand the customs of the Ming army, and do some bad things.

Soon, they arrived at the dock, and when they saw that the Ming army had only come to about fifty warships, and they were not all of the kind of large warships, the corners of Phillips's mouth twitched, and he sneered in his heart. It seems that he didn't guess wrong, the Ming people were in a hurry to Mumbai, and they couldn't wait to come after only half a year.

As for the surface, he still showed a smirk and greeted Li Dingguo, the chief soldier of the Ming Mumbai. Thinking about things in his heart, he couldn't help but say: "Ah, I really didn't expect it to come so quickly!" I thought it would take at least a year for you to come to Mumbai. No, it caught me off guard again, and it made you laugh! ”

This time, Li Dingguo had an interpreter by his side, and when he heard this, he translated it to the chief soldier.

When Li Dingguo heard this, he smiled and said: "It's because I guessed that you may not be ready for the handover, so the Governor asked the commander to lead the team to come first, so I can give you more time to hand over, and if the Governor leads the main force to arrive again, it will not be like Colombo." ”

When Phillips heard this, he glanced at Johnson, and although he saw him winking, he couldn't help but say, "Hey, don't you want to occupy the whole of Ceylon before you come to Mumbai?" So, you've got it all figured out? ”

I just feel uncomfortable in my heart, and I can feel a lot more comfortable if I embarrass the heavy soldier of the Ming Army. And at this level, I believe that no one will say anything when it gets out. If this Ming State Commander really wants to turn his face for this, their governor will not agree!

What he didn't expect was that after Li Dingguo heard this, he actually smiled and nodded and replied: "That's right, after you left, Hongyi fled when he heard the news, and he had already withdrawn from Ceylon." The Kingdom of Kandy did not last long, and now it has been destroyed, Rajsingh II is dead, and the whole of Ceylon has already belonged to the Ming Dynasty. The Governor is now inspecting the farming. When the handover is completed, he will come over. ”

"......" When Phillips and Johnson heard this, they were immediately stunned, and 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 more than 100 years, but they can't occupy the whole of Ceylon, and their energy has been held back here. Later, the Dutch came, and I felt even more powerless.

Although the Ming army came with a large number of people this time, they did not expect that the Ming army would be able to conquer the whole of Ceylon so quickly. You know, if the natives can't defeat the enemy on the coast, they will definitely retreat back to the mountains. No one knows better than the Portuguese how terrible it is for the natives to retreat back into the mountains!

That Rajsingh II was not a mediocre man, and with the help of the terrain of the mountains, he defeated the Portuguese army many times. Even if the Ming army is more powerful, but when they first arrived, it took only half a year, and they may not have figured out the terrain and terrain of the entire mountainous area in the middle of Ceylon, as well as the distribution of forces, how could they occupy the whole of Ceylon, and even Rajesingh II was killed?

Thinking so, Johnson took the first step to speak and asked Li Dingguo: "You guys are really amazing!" But how do you do it? It's only been half a year, and you really have to destroy the whole enemy of Ceylon? ”

I had long been aware of these Xiyi's shocks, and to be honest, Li Dingguo was very useful in his heart, so he replied lightly: "Even if Ben Shuai says it, it's useless, you can't learn it......"

He could feel the unwillingness of these Francophiles before, so he didn't mind taking advantage of the situation to "exchange courtesies", so he said the strategy of the Ming Dynasty, which made Phillips and Johnson dumbfounded: this is how they conquered Ceylon!