For a long time, Colombo, a military fortress established by Portugal in the Lion State, was mostly under siege by natives. The main reason was that the Portuguese in Colombo were limited, so the king of the Lion Kingdom was eager to drive the Portuguese away.

Therefore, Schvera also had to face this problem after becoming governor here. After much deliberation, he wrote a long letter to Portugal, which was eventually restored, and to his delight, he calculated the time and began to tease the king of the lion kingdom, which succeeded in attracting a siege from the lion kingdom army.

It is said that it is an army, but in fact there are only a small number of regular troops, and more are farmers and fishermen who are temporarily recruited for war. There is no armor, the weapons are rudimentary, and more, it just depends on the number of people.

They drove the elephants, brought logs, and built them layer by layer, trying to push them in layers, which they used to deal with the sharp muskets of the Portuguese. However, these could not stop the onslaught of shells. When the walls of wood were close to the city defenses, they could no longer move forward.

But the natives also have their own methods, and those who have experienced many sieges are more or less experienced, and they often choose to approach after nightfall and fill the wooden walls with earth.

If it had been in the past, Schvera would have panicked. But this time, it was the war he provoked, he had been prepared for it, he didn't panic at all, and the soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth. If you are far away, you will bombard and kill some natives; Some more were shot with muskets, and some more natives died. Closer, he was in the daytime, stopping a counterattack out of the city. With just one charge, the natives would flee with a corpse left behind. By the time the regular army came up, the Portuguese had already blown up the walls and returned.

The battle was so deadlocked, and after draining the natives' sharpness, Schvera estimated the time and changed his style of play.

He ordered the natives to be brought closer to each other, so that the natives felt that it was possible to take Colombo, and to entice them to fight at any cost. Of course, this is also dangerous, if it is really self-defeating, if the natives are attacked, without the cover of the wall, even if the natives can be driven out, the number of Portuguese deaths will not be small.

After a few times, the morale of the natives was even lower. Surrounded by Colombo, waiting for the rainy season to arrive.

If it weren't for Svera's teasing, the king of the Lion Kingdom would have wanted to wait for the rainy season to come again, and at that time, the firearms of these Portuguese would have been affected, and the firepower would not be so fierce, so it would be suitable for attacking.

However, the rainy season has not yet arrived, and a large fleet has come to the sea.

Hanging the Portuguese flag, at a glance, overwhelming, it is very shocking.

And at the head of Colombo, all the Portuguese cheered. Svera's men complimented him, saying that he had the ability to ask for so many reinforcements from home.

Some people also began to speculate about Schvera's background, after all, if the background is not hard, it is unlikely that so many reinforcements will arrive.

Schvera smiled and did not say anything, but gave the order to cooperate with the fleet at sea to counterattack. At the same time, he issued an order to kill all the natives, and this island will not need natives in the future!

This order surprised his subordinates a little.

The natives have all been killed, who will do the work?

However, this is not the time to discuss the fact that the army in Colombo, with the fleet from the sea, will flank the natives besieging the city.

In fact, the king of the Lion Kingdom had already ordered a retreat in a hurry after seeing so many fleets coming from the sea.

This kind of thing has happened once before, and he is considered to be experienced, and he has left someone behind.

However, he didn't expect that this time, Svera sent almost all the troops that could be called on in the city, and launched an attack on the place where the indigenous king's banner was.

In the past, the purpose of the Portuguese was only to keep Colombo; This time, however, Schvera wanted to take over the entire Lion Kingdom, so the response he took was naturally different. How could the broken troops left by the Lion King be able to withstand the impact of the main Portuguese force, and they were immediately defeated.

The Portuguese troops who came down from the sea fleet, more often, only followed the pursuit.

One thing, unlike previous reinforcements, was that the Portuguese could see at a glance that the vast majority of the reinforcements were not Portuguese natives.

It turned out that in the long letter that Schvera sent to his country, he talked about the importance of the geographical location of the lion country. Any trade in the Far East, as long as it does not cross the Pacific Ocean back to Europe, will pass through here. Now that Portugal has lost all its colonies in the Far East, he suggests running the Lion State if it wants to gain the benefits of the Far East.

In his letter, he also gave a feasible plan for the operation of the Lion Nation. It is to recruit young people from the Portuguese colony, send them to the lion country after simple training, and the Portuguese themselves will serve as the main force, and then supplement these forces, kill people when they see them, and burn them when they see villages, even if the natives on the island hide in the end, as long as they go back and forth a few times, they can completely disintegrate the lion country.

Then, you can bring in the natives from other places, such as the obedient natives from Goa, and let them put down roots here. If these new natives wanted to keep their interests, they had to fight against the original natives and had to rely on the Portuguese. I believe that in a few years, this place will finally belong to the Portuguese.

Although the focus of the Portuguese is now on Brazil in South America, the interests of the Far East are naturally unwilling to give up if there is a possibility of recovery. You don't need to send many troops from your country, you just have to have enough transport ships, but you won't have many problems. Therefore, Schvera's plan was successful!

But as a result, the Lion Kingdom suddenly fell into dire straits. Ordinary people were already living a hard life, and when they encountered such a thing, they could not resist, so they either fled into the mountains and forests, or escaped from the lion country by boat, no matter what, it was better than being slaughtered by the Portuguese.

Those who fled to Goa, naturally, will not be used. Others, fleeing for their lives along the coastline, fled to Bengal and met the Ming navy. As a result, the situation of the Lion Kingdom was immediately reported to Emperor Chongzhen through the chat group.

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to occupy Goa and the Lion Kingdom, and when he heard that Shi Vera was doing such a bad thing there, he immediately issued an order and began to organize an army to conquer Shi Vera. However, there is also a command in the will that there is no urgency in this matter, and that you must be fully prepared before you can go on the expedition. What he wants is to have no accidents at one time, and to fight down with as few casualties as possible.

The commander of the Ming Bengal Navy is Liang Xiaozhen, who was instructed to send warships to collect the people of the Lion Country who escaped along the coast, and obtain information about the Lion Country, including the battle situation, terrain, etc., to prepare for the Lion Country.

If you want to say that Schvera knows that Bangladesh is a Ming dynasty, this is naturally impossible, after all, it is not far away. However, in his opinion, the Ming army in Bengal is now the primary enemy of the Mughal dynasty. In addition, in order to plot against Goa and the Lion Kingdom, the Ming Navy maintained restraint and did not send a large number of navies to this side, keeping a low profile.

Therefore, Svera basically kept thinking that the Lion Country was too far away from the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible for them to send a large number of troops over. Even if they want to come, at least they must defeat the Mughal dynasty first, at least after a decisive battle between the two countries.

And if the two big countries want to decide the winner, it will not be a matter of time and a half. As a result, he still has plenty of time to realize his plans.

Compared with his misunderstanding of Daming, another person does not see it this way at all. This man was Captain Weddell, who had been sent to the East by Charles I before, and finally returned to England after a lot of hardships, winds and waves. The six sail warships that set off before pinned on Charles I's desire for wealth in the East, when he returned, there was only one left, still in tatters, and it is estimated that if he sails again, he will not last long.

The high-spirited Weddell came back like a beggar. In fact, it was not only him, but the only remaining crew members were all about the same.

When Charles I heard that Weddell had returned, and that he was still so embarrassed, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, and hurriedly summoned him to ask for details.

As soon as they met, Charles I frowned and hurriedly asked: "Don't you not go to the East, haven't you arrived in the legendary very rich country in the East?" ”

Weddell was stunned for a moment, and after a little recollection, it seems that this is the case, the legendary very rich country has to pass through the Strait of Malacca, and then follow the coastline to the north. However, he was blocked back in the Strait of Malacca. If you don't run fast, you'll have to account for it all.

However, those warships seem to belong to the big country in the East! The presence of so many warships there means that it is the big country in the East?

Thinking like this, he hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer, did he say it or not?

Charles I did not hear his reply, and when he saw his expression, he thought he knew, and asked again: "Was it intercepted by other countries?" Is it Portugal or Spain? It seems impossible for Portugal, and Spain is not as strong as it was at the beginning, so it can't be the Netherlands, right? ”

Britain and the Netherlands joined forces to deal with the Spanish Armada, which was considered a cooperative relationship. Although it is more about interests, at this time, the old Spain has not fallen after all.

"No, it's not ......" Weddell quickly denied when he heard this, "I ...... I was blocked by a warship from the Ming Kingdom, and I met it on the other side of the Bay of Bengal, and then I ......"

Before he could finish his words, Charles I stood up in surprise, stared at him and asked, "Ming Kingdom?" Is that the legendary eastern power? How is this possible in the Bay of Bengal, am I mistaken? ”

Thinking so, he immediately ordered to find a map to look at.

"Your Majesty, yes, it was on the other side of the Bay of Bengal." Weddell hurriedly replied, "Then, and then I kept fleeing to the east, thinking that it would be enough to get rid of the fleet of the Ming Kingdom. As a result, I didn't expect that in the Strait of Malacca, I encountered a lot of Ming fleets, but I really had no choice, so I crossed the Indian Ocean and finally came back. ”

At the very moment when he spoke, the map had been found and hung up, and Charles I, while looking at it, frowned and asked, "Here, how is it possible?" How come I never heard that the sphere of influence of the Ming Kingdom could be here. Also, didn't it mean that this Ming country didn't like the sea, how many fleets could they have? Besides, their kind of warships are not very ordinary, and they cannot be compared with our European warships at all? ”

The colonists of other countries, when they came back from the East, naturally told others what was going on in the East. For example, gold everywhere, garbage warships, garbage people, if it weren't for this kind of rhetoric, these small European countries would not have wanted to go to the East to find gold and silver treasures in a few ships.

In addition, the Sendai daimyo were ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate to send people to Europe and to many countries. In their communication, the Europeans also learned a little. That's basically that impression. For example, the countries of the East are very rich (the paper used up by the envoys of the Japanese State to wipe their noses and threw them away, and the Europeans also picked them up as treasures, which was recorded by the envoys of the Japanese countries), but the armed forces of the Eastern countries are very weak. They are very closed, do not like the sea, and are mostly only on land. On the sea, there are only a few pirates.

Weddell listened to Charles I's words, and hurriedly shook his hands and replied: "No, Your Majesty, their warships are all sail warships like ours, and as far as I estimate, there are at least a hundred of them, chasing them from the Bay of Bengal to the Strait of Malacca, it's crazy, a bunch of madmen!" ”

"More than a hundred sail ships?" Charles I was very surprised to hear this, looked at the map and asked, "Where did they get so many sail ships?" Don't be mistaken, there might be a normal ship mixed in......"

When Weddell heard this, he denied it again: "Your Majesty, I am absolutely not mistaken. And that's it, I'm counting it all down, in a port on the Bengal side, I heard a lot about it, and only chased out some of it. After all, there are only six warships I bring. At this scale, if it is calculated according to the normal situation, it is reasonable that the Ming Kingdom has at least more than 500 sail warships! ”

"How much?" When Charles I heard this, he immediately opened his mouth wide in shock, "Five...... More than 500 ships? Where did they get so many ships, where did they get so many crews? ”

If it's your own country, so much, you have to send all the adult men to the ship, right? It's unimaginable!

Hearing this, Weddell replied with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, don't forget, the Ming Kingdom is a big country in the East, and it is comparable to all the countries in Europe combined. If you want me to estimate, the people on the ship of the Ming Kingdom are estimated to be more than the total population of our country! ”

When Charles I heard this, he opened his mouth and never closed it again.

Even if you want to reduce your guilt, this is too exaggerated!