Did the First Legion of the Ming Empire's Expeditionary Force really withdraw? Of course it's not true, there is a secret base of 'pirates' on several islands less than 500 miles west of Mysore, at this time many warships of the Nanyang Naval Division and the South China Sea Fleet are gathered here, and the island is densely packed with military tents, looking at the size of the military camp, the garrison on the island is at least 100,000!

After Hou Shilu led the First Army of the Expeditionary Force to arrive here with hundreds of warships of the South China Sea Fleet, he directly handed over the landing and camping to Vice Admiral Luo Siwei, while he himself walked with Zheng Xing, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, to the only decent building on the main island.

It is said that it is a decent building, but in fact, it is a small courtyard surrounded by several simple wooden houses, this kind of place where birds don't, even Shi Daxuan can't look down on it, except for the port built more formally, almost all other places are built, the reason why there is such a small courtyard is because the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force wants to be stationed here for a period of time, and he asked Qin Yiming to build it.

At this time, Qin Yiming and Shi Daxuan were already waiting at the gate of the small courtyard, and the small courtyard was also surrounded by soldiers from the Second Legion of the Expeditionary Force, but their skin colors were a little strange, they were not the common yellow skin of Daming, but the yellow-black skin of the natives in Goa and Mysore!

When he saw Hou Shilu coming slowly under the guidance of Zheng Xing, Qin Yiming hurriedly took Shi Daxuan to greet him, gave a standard military salute, and said loudly: "Commander of the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force, Qin Yiming will see General Hou." ”

Zheng Xing had already stood cleverly in the back, Hou Shilu hurriedly returned a standard military salute, and then stepped forward with a smile and patted Qin Yiming's shoulder and said: "General Qin doesn't have to be polite, I have long heard that General Qin's young hero, even Jiannu's first fierce general Mang Gurtai was killed by General Qin, and when I saw it today, it was really heroic!" ”

Although both of them are generals, Hou Shilu is the first product and Qin Yiming is only the third product, it stands to reason that Qin Yiming should be patting Hou Shilu's ass, but this Qin Yiming is the queen's own brother, Hou Shilu naturally does not dare to pose in front of him, although these veterans are loyal, but they are also monkey spirits, and he will naturally not miss this opportunity to indirectly pat the emperor's ass.

Qin Yiming only felt a heat on his face, fortunately, he is also yellow, black, yellow and black now, even if he blushes, he can't see it, but he doesn't dare to bear this sycophant, because Mang Gurtai was not killed by him, but his brother Qin Gongming stabbed him to death, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said modestly: "Don't dare to take credit, it was the brother of the last general who really killed Mang Gurtai, and the last general was just assisting on the side." ”

When Hou Shilu heard this, he snorted and laughed: "The same, the same, they are all young heroes, and the old man admires them." ”

Seeing Hou Shilu's gushing posture, Qin Yiming hurriedly made a gesture of please, and said respectfully: "General Hou, the map has been prepared, the emperor has decreed that General Hou will be responsible for the defense in the early stage, and he also asks General Hou to guide and guide the younger generations." ”

Speaking of business, Hou Shilu's face immediately turned solemn, and he nodded solemnly: "Well, it's still important to get down to business, and I'll catch up with General Qin when I have time in the future, let's go, let's discuss the issue of the Mughal Empire first." ”

After that, he raised his feet and walked towards the small courtyard, Qin Yiming respectfully guided on the side, and Zheng Xing and Shi Daxuan followed honestly.

The four of them quickly entered the study room in the small courtyard, which had been set up in the shape of a simple conference room, with a desk in the center, on which was laid a map of the four borders of the Mughal Empire, and then, chairs were placed on all sides of the desk, and that's it.

Everyone pushed each other, and in the end, Hou Shilu was given up to the main seat, Qin Yiming and Zheng Xing accompanied each other left and right, and Shi Daxuan sat at the bottom.

After everyone sat down, Hou Shilu immediately said solemnly: "Everyone, according to the report from the secret agents of Jinyiwei, the Mughal Empire has been in chaos, and their emperor Shah Jahan has decided to attack Goa in order to solve the food crisis, and is now gathering troops and horses, and it is estimated that an attack will be launched soon." ”

When Qin Yiming heard this, he said worriedly: "General Hou, if you retreat at this time, will the Portuguese stay there?" If we were to be captured before we even reached Goa, wouldn't it be a big trouble! ”

When Hou Shilu heard this, he said confidently: "General Qin, please rest assured, when the first army of the expeditionary force withdrew, the main army of the Mughal Empire was still in Delhi, Delhi is nearly three thousand miles away from Goa, and the Mughal Empire has no trains, even if they travel all the way, it will take almost a month to reach Goa, and we have ships, and it will only take a day or two to reach Goa from here, so there is no need to worry about not being able to catch up." ”

Qin Yiming was still uneasy and said: "I heard that they still have 200,000 troops in chaos, if those 200,000 troops suddenly appear in Goa, I'm afraid the Portuguese won't be able to stop it, right?" After all, there are only more than 10,000 horses in total! ”

When Hou Shilu heard this, not only did he not get angry, but looked at Qin Yiming with approving eyes, and praised: "It seems that General Qin has done a lot of homework, and he knows so much about the situation of the Mughal Empire. ”

Where is this, Qin Yiming hurriedly said modestly: "Don't dare, don't dare, the last general is bored in Ceylon, so he often inquires about the situation of the Mughal Empire, and he doesn't dare to be a general like Hou to praise it like this, but it's not impossible for the 200,000 army led by Aurangzeb to take Goa, which is only garrisoned by more than 10,000 Portuguese, right?" ”

Hou Shilu nodded and smiled: "Well, if Aurangzeb gathers 200,000 troops to attack Goa desperately, eighty percent of them can be taken, but when we withdrew, he was leading a large army to quell the chaos in Bengal Province in the eastern part of the Mughal Empire, which is at least five or six thousand miles away from Goa, and he can't fly, so this Qin general doesn't have to worry." ”

When Qin Yiming heard this, he was obviously relieved, the armies of the two routes were not near Goa, and it seemed that Goa was not in any danger for the time being.

Seeing his expression, Hou Shilu pointed directly to the map and said: "Since General Qin knows so much about the situation of the Mughal Empire, I won't be verbose, I would like to ask General Qin to lead the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force to set off from this place within three days, escorted by General Zheng's South China Sea Fleet, to a large mine more than eighty miles south of Goa, where to wait, once the Mughal Empire's army appears near Goa, you will immediately lead the army to rush directly to Goa disguised as miners transporting ore, and assist the Portuguese Governor Conde to garrison Goa City." ”

When Qin Yiming heard this, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Hou Shilu also advised: "Don't land from the port of Goa, land directly on the beach a hundred miles south of Goa, and it is best at night, try not to let people notice the abnormality, I have brought the guide to you, and you can just follow them when the time comes." ”

When Qin Yiming heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "The last general understands." ”

Hou Shilu nodded with satisfaction, and said to Shi Daxuan again: "General Shi, after the First Legion of the Expeditionary Force is disguised, I will trouble you to send ships to the beach near Mysore in batches." ”

When Shi Daxuan heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Hou Shilu nodded, and then pointed to the map and said to Zheng Xing: "General Zheng, after you send the second army of the expeditionary force, immediately rush back to the sea near Mysore to standby, I estimate that the Mughal Empire will go all out to attack Goa, so the first army of the expeditionary force is divided into two parts, one is 50,000 people directly waiting near the city of Mysore, and the other 50,000 people are directly waiting near the beach on the edge of Mysore. It should be possible to arrive at the same time as the Second Expeditionary Force. ”

When Zheng Xing heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said, "The last general understands." ”

After arranging everything, Hou Shilu couldn't help but sigh: "This so-called 'praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches are behind', the emperor's trick is really high!" ”

In fact, the First Legion of the Expeditionary Force and the Second Legion of the Expeditionary Force are not real yellow finch, and there is a bigger yellow finch behind!