The First Expeditionary Force had arrived in Goa at noon that day, but more than 500 ships had to take turns to enter the harbor to unload their cargo, and even if it was too fast to wait for all the people and weapons to disembark from the ships, it would be late at night.

Hou Shilu did not go to Goa City with Svera and Comde to rest, but directly found a fast open space next to the port to set up camp, and made an appointment with Svera and Comde to go to Mysore City together the next morning. Konde left more than 1,000 musketeers and more than 100 cavalry in Goa to defend the city, and he himself led the expeditionary force to the city of Mysore with 10,000 recruits and Shivera.

The city of Mysore is now very different from a few months ago, and the royal palace was naturally ruined by Shivera and Comde, but the outer city wall has been doubled by them, and the small city that could only accommodate about 100,000 people has become a large city that can accommodate 450,000 people.

This is also a habit of the colonists, after all, this is in someone else's country, and they are still invaders, there is always a sense of insecurity lingering, so they will build a city every time they occupy a place to add a sense of security to themselves.

After the expeditionary force entered the city of Mysore, the defenders of the entire Mysore city had reached 70,000, and the artillery reached a terrifying 600 guns.

Did Aurangzeb know each other? It's strange that he knows each other, and the reason why he hasn't attacked for so long is not because he's scared. First of all, it takes time to mobilize a large army from all over the country, and then, he must also send an application to the imperial capital to explain the situation, after all, he is not yet the emperor, and he hastily gathered so many troops, if he does not explain it to the emperor, others will definitely think that he wants to rebel.

Rebellions by princes did not happen in the Mughal Empire, like the current emperor of the Mughal Empire, Aurangzeb's father Shah Jahan once raised an army to seize his father's throne, and after the defeat, he was exiled for seven years, until the death of the old king. Therefore, although Aurangzeb was arrogant, he still did not dare to assemble a large army at will, and it was necessary to obtain the permission of the current emperor, and other princes naturally wanted to interfere with it, so this back and forth delayed the time, and by the time he gathered 200,000 troops, more than three months had passed.

At this time, he had actually faintly heard that the invaders had brought in reinforcements, and he knew that the city of Mysore had doubled in size, but when had he Aurangzeb suffered such a big loss, and he was killed nearly 20,000 horses without even attacking the city wall, and he really couldn't swallow this breath. Besides, he can gather 200,000 troops this time, what is the concept of 200,000 troops, in this era, in his mind, 200,000 troops are a symbol of invincibility, and there has never been a surrounding country that can withstand the 200,000 troops of the Mughal Empire. Therefore, he ignored the enemy's reinforcements and directly led an army of 200,000 to rush towards the city of Mysore.

At this time, Hou Shilu had already taken over the defense of Mysore City, and the 10,000 recruits under Conde's command had been trained by Luo Siwei for almost a month before he arrived, and by this time they were already familiar with the operation of muskets and artillery, and they could barely enter the battle.

As for the 600 cannons, only 400 of the expeditionary corps were mounted on the city wall, because the other 200 were from Comde and Svera, and they were only assisting in the defense of the city this time, and when they repelled Aurangzeb's attack, they would attack south, and the artillery could not be fixed to the city wall. But it's okay to do this, just use these two hundred artillery pieces as mobile reinforcements, which wall can't withstand it, you can move to which side, anyway, the artillery can be pulled away, it's very convenient.

Although Aurangzeb is arrogant, he is not the kind of master who remembers what he eats and does not remember, he suffered a big loss last time, this time he will naturally make corresponding adjustments, and if he still covers his head and attacks like last time, then he will be an idiot. Of course, he is not an idiot, he is known for his resourcefulness and "the glory of the throne", so this siege, he has thought of a lot of ways to learn the lessons of the last failure.

First of all, he thought that it was very inconvenient for the artillery to move, and the enemy should concentrate the artillery mainly in the north of the city, so he simply surrounded the city of Mysore on all sides and put on a posture of fierce attack on all sides, in fact, he would only launch a fierce attack on the left and right sides at the same time, and then the enemy's artillery would not be in a hurry.

Then, according to the characteristics of muskets and artillery, he also made adjustments to the siege equipment, and the thing in the well was not made, not to mention the trouble of building, and the archers on the well in front of the musket and artillery were completely sent; He also strengthened the siege vehicle, and the planks on the top became a row of thigh-thick logs, so that not only could the muskets penetrate it, but the artillery was also difficult to smash, unless it was a solid bullet that happened to hit it, and the scattered bullets were not to be considered.

In the end, he also made a little adjustment to the soldier's equipment, and the bulky iron shield was thrown aside by him, which was too heavy for a person to carry to climb the ladder, and he was equipped with a light wooden shield for all the siege troops, anyway, when climbing the city wall, the cannonballs could not be hit, as long as the head was on the head to prevent the musket bullets.

These tactics are adjusted very well, if it is Conde and Shi Weila against him, it is estimated that he will suffer a big loss, but the problem is that Hou Shilu and Luo Siwei are now in charge of the city defense, so I am afraid that he will not be able to bargain for this kind of trick.

Aurangzeb set up large camps on all sides of the city of Mysore, and they were all deliberately set up three or four miles away, so that the enemies in the city could not understand what he was really doing.

Ordinary people can't see so far, and the telescopes of Kong Dede and Shi Weila can't see so far, but Hou Shilu and Luo Siwei are the latest military telescopes of the Ming Dynasty, and under the continuous improvement of the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Xu Guangqi, now the latest military telescope can see five or six miles away, and the distance of three or four miles can be said to be clear even the hair on the faces of those soldiers, so his little tricks are all seen clearly by Hou Shilu and Luo Siwei.

In view of the distribution of Aurangzeb's troops, Hou Shilu made corresponding adjustments, he and Luo Siwei respectively led 20,000 musketeers of the expeditionary army to garrison the east and west city walls, Conde and Schvilla respectively led their 10,000 recruits to guard the north and south city walls, as for the 10,000 artillery on each side of the four city walls, 2,000 were sent on each side, and the remaining 2,000 were operated behind the left and right city walls to operate the 200 cannons of Conde and Svera.

Hou Shilu also made corresponding arrangements for Aurangzeb's siege equipment, they not only have muskets and artillery, but also grenades and mines, the standard configuration of a soldier is no one has a grenade and a mine, ten base numbers that are ten grenades and ten mines per person, 50,000 people have brought 500,000 grenades and 500,000 mines, basically emptying the warehouse of Wang Gong's factory!

These grenades and mines are simply a sharp weapon against cold weapons to attack the city, every night, in the dead of night, Hou Shilu will send people to climb ropes from the city wall to go down, carrying a basket of mines, and bury the left and right sides of the city wall within 200 steps of dense dense. He didn't think this was enough, and he also sifted through the iron ore collected in the city, and carried all the iron ore above fifty catties to the city wall to be used as rolling stones, and he also asked Schvera and Comde to collect hundreds of cauldrons in the city, which were filled with all kinds of grease, and prepared to burn the siege engine.

Five days later, Aurangzeb finally finished his preparations, and instead of attacking immediately, he had 20,000 men and horses from the north and south pushing some ordinary siege engines outside the city, and assembled more than two miles away from the city wall, posing as a siege posture.

On the sixth day, on the seventh day, and on the eighth day, he thought that the artillery on the city wall should almost be attracted to the north and south by him, but he never thought that Hou Shilu and Luo Siweili ignored him, only Kong Dede and Shi Weila complained on the north and south city walls: "This idiot, just play for one day, and play for three days in a row, for fear that we don't know that you are an idiot?" ”

On the ninth day, Aurangzeb finally stopped playing, and directly gathered 20,000 horses on the east and west sides, pushing thickened siege engines, and rushed to the city wall with ladders on his back. He watched nervously in front of the camp in the east, six hundred, five hundred, four hundred, three hundred steps, and sure enough, no cannon was fired, not a single cannon was fired on the city wall, and his plan succeeded!

Well, Hou Shilu just didn't want to waste the shells, he looked at Aurangzeb's smug expression from the binoculars, couldn't help but pout, and scolded in a low voice: "Idiot." ”

Aurangzeb, of course, did not know that others were calling him an idiot, but he quickly paid the price for his idiotic behavior, and the 20,000 men in front of him had just rushed to about two hundred paces from the city wall, and the "boom boom" was not the roar of artillery on the wall, but the explosion of mines on the ground.

Limited to the explosive power of black powder, it is impossible for the person who blew up to lack arms and legs, but the people in the front row are basically pierced and covered with small steel needles, which is called a pain. But they didn't dare to retreat, Aurangzeb was notoriously fierce and brutal, and if they dared to retreat with this little injury, Aurangzeb would definitely cut them all down without hesitation!

The 20,000 horses who besieged the city did not receive the order to retreat, only rushed forward, and the one they were bombed was called a miserable, almost everyone became a hedgehog, and it was better to be pierced to other places, and those who were pierced to the balls were called painful, and they rolled on the ground in pain. For a while, the siege vehicles didn't know how many rolling gourds they had dropped, but they were still rushing forward, and even Hou Shilu on the city wall had to admire: the soldiers of the Mughal Empire were really brave enough.

Well, they weren't really brave and fearless, they were just afraid that they would fall back and be cut down by Aurangzeb.

Aurangzeb naturally saw the situation in front of him, but he did not order the withdrawal of his troops, but just gritted his teeth and cursed there: "Bastard, dare to play such a little trick with me, and when this wave tramples all the things you buried in the ground, I want you to look good." ”

This Aurangzeb was indeed cruel and terrible, and he watched his soldiers advance through the mines, until they rushed under the city walls and trampled all the mines, and then he called his troops back.

The 20,000 men were considered useless, and they basically howled miserably to push the siege carts back to their main formation, and of course, the rolling gourds that had been dropped were all pulled back by them.

20,000 people were bombed covered with thorns, howling in unison, the scene was simply miserable, but Aurangzeb did not have a trace of mercy, he directly ordered the second wave of 20,000 people to take the siege vehicles and ladders, and continue to rush!

This time there was no danger at all, and the 20,000 men rushed all the way to the bottom of the city wall without a single shot or stepping on a mine, and they had already begun to climb the city wall by ladder.

Just when Aurangzeb was secretly complacent, the huge stones on the city wall fell like raindrops, mixed with the explosion of some grenades, and no one could climb the city wall after attacking for a long time!

Shame, Aurangzeb was so angry that he was almost mad, how could the army of my Mughal Empire be so poor, no, the army of my Mughal Empire was invincible, he gritted his teeth and sent 30,000 horses again, pushing the remaining siege engines, and rushed towards the city wall.

Hou Shilu looked at this barbaric rush on the city wall and shook his head again and again, how idiotic and arrogant this is!

However, it just so happened that their siege equipment and siege troops were almost all ready, Hou Shilu ordered all the artillery to be loaded with loose shells, and on the other hand, he ordered the soldiers by the oil pot to carry the hot oil over and pour it down!

"Ah......" There was a miserable howl below, and then a burst of meat fragrance wafted up, Hou Shilu did not hesitate at all, and directly ordered: "Throw the torch." “

Countless torches were dropped from the city walls, the siege carts and ladders were instantly engulfed in flames, and the besieging Ah San fled backwards screaming, and they were greeted by a dark cloud of scattered bullets and endless bullets.

Miserable, too miserable, watching the sparse Lala run back to a few Ah San with a black face, Aurangzeb finally knew what it meant to be afraid, and he ordered in a hurry: "Retreat, retreat, the whole army retreat." “

In this battle, the Mughal Empire's army suffered heavy casualties, in addition to the 20,000 horses in the north and south, the east and west sides were almost completely casualties, Aurangzeb led an army of 200,000 to rush to the city of Mysore, as a result, he did not even attack the city wall, and fled with less than 100,000 horses!

He vividly interpreted Ah San's arrogance, ignorance and stupidity, knowing that he couldn't do it and messing around, when the advanced weapons and army of the Ming Dynasty were displayed for people to see?