Shen Zhou urged the fleet to rush to Belori, the largest port of the Lion Country, trying to block the three warships that Portugal had escaped in the port, but the effort paid off, and after three days of full speed forward, he finally arrived at the port of Belori, and it was indeed as they expected before, the Portuguese warships were indeed docked here for maintenance, but when Shen Zhou blocked the Portuguese warships in the port, his face became very ugly.

There were originally three battleships that the Portuguese escaped, but there was only one battleship that was blocked in the port of Belori by Shenzhou, and the superstructure of this battleship was burned black, which made Shenzhou recognize it at a glance, this battleship was the one that was the most injured when he escaped from the Strait of Malacca, but in addition to this battleship, Vasco da Gama and the flagship and another battleship were nowhere to be found.

In addition, the battleship left behind not only had no people on it, but even the hull was dismantled in a mess, seeing this, Shen Zhou could also guess some things, it must be that the Portuguese tried their best to drive the three battleships here after encountering the storm, but the most seriously injured battleship could no longer be used, so the Portuguese dismantled the battleship, on the one hand, they used the planks on this battleship to repair the other two ships, and on the other hand, it was also to prevent them from leaving any loot for Shenzhou, such as the guns and other things on this battleship, All of them were demolished by the Portuguese.

Looking at the dismantled battleship that exposed the keel, Shen Zhou felt more and more annoyed, after all, he spent a month pursuing, and in the end he didn't catch anything, not even a prisoner, and now Da Gama escaped. It's really hard to swallow.

However, no matter how angry Shen Zhou was, his fleet still needed to anchor in the harbor. After all, the draft water on the ship is almost running out, and it must be replenished before it can set sail again, but the Lion Country is already the southernmost point of India, if you cross here and then go west, it is the west coast of India, where it is the territory of the Portuguese, although now the Portuguese fleet is almost completely wiped out by the Ming Dynasty, but several ports on land must still maintain considerable strength. In addition, Shen Zhou's fleet had consumed a lot of gunpowder and cannonballs before, and it had not been replenished, so he was not sure that he would be able to capture the Portuguese port in one fell swoop, and he might even stay in Beloli for a long time.

Belori is the largest port of the Lion Kingdom, which is actually the later Sri Lanka, and now the whole island is mainly ruled by the Sinhalese Kingdom, but the northern part of the island. Although the Sinhalese kingdom has a large population, the Tamils have the support of their own people on the Indian continent, so the two sides have been fighting for hundreds of years, but they still have not been able to distinguish a winner. The port of Belori is located under the rule of the Kingdom of Sinhala.

The Sinhalese Kingdom is a Buddhist country, the country from top to bottom worship Buddhism, legend has it that there is also a Buddha bone relics enshrined here, or it may be the influence of Buddhism, so the people of the Sinhalese Kingdom are relatively peaceful. The attitude towards outsiders is also relatively friendly, such as the arrival of the Ming fleet of Shenzhou. They behaved very deferentially, especially when they knew that this fleet was from the same country as the Sanbao eunuchs back then, and the officials of the port were very welcoming to them.

In fact, Shen Zhou also knew that the reason why the local officials in Beloli were so enthusiastic was not only because of the prestige of the eunuchs of Sanbao back then, but also because the local officials knew that they were not the opponents of the Ming fleet, so they behaved so deferentially, in order to hope that the other party would not use force against the port.

Although Shen Zhou was very greedy for the gems of the Lion Country, he also knew that his main target this time was the Portuguese, so it was not appropriate to have too much conflict with the surrounding natives, so he also expressed friendship to the officials of Beroli, and his friendship was quickly reciprocated, such as the officials of Beloli provided them with free food and water supplies, and also gave them a good news.

It turned out that according to the officials of the people of Berori, the Portuguese did not come to the port before, but only two, the largest of which was less damaged by the storm, and the one left behind could not move at all, and finally the Portuguese transferred the supplies on the broken ship, and simply replenished food and fresh water, and then left in a hurry.

After hearing the above news, Shen Zhou was also very happy, the Portuguese only had two warships to come to the port of Belori, that is to say, the other party should have lost a warship in the storm, although this battleship was not directly sunk by them, but it was also inseparable from their pursuit, so this is also their credit, which made Shen Zhou's heart finally more comfortable, at least their hard work in the past month was not in vain.

In the following period of time, Shen Zhou took the fleet to temporarily stationed in Belori Port, although the local officials were eager to send these ships and guns away immediately, but they did not dare to urge, so they could only put on a fake smile to entertain, this should be the sorrow of small countries and weak countries.

The second fleet of the South Seas led by Shen Zhou did not wait too long in Beloli, Wang Shouren, who was sitting in the rear, quickly sent the supply fleet over, and when the fleet finished replenishing the gunpowder and shells, the soldiers in the fleet also recovered their original combat effectiveness after this period of rest, and Shen Zhou also received the latest order, that is, let their second fleet attack Goa, the largest stronghold of the Portuguese in India, which is also a strategic goal from the imperial court.

After receiving the order, Shen Zhou, who was bent on proving himself through military exploits, immediately gathered all the captains in the fleet with great excitement to discuss countermeasures. Speaking of which, Shen Zhou was born in a military academy, and he also likes to use naval generals who graduated from military academies, so almost all of his captains graduated from naval academies, and many of them are classmates from the same period as him.

These captains who graduated from the military academy are all very young, and they can be said to be young heroes in the navy, and they are also in the same hurry as Shen Zhou to prove themselves with their military exploits, so when these people heard that the imperial court had entrusted them with such an important task, they were all excited and shouted, eager to take the Portuguese nest in India with the fleet immediately.

A few days later, the replenished Second Fleet of the South Seas finally left Berori, which made the local Sinhalese officials very excited, and they were waiting for these Ming fleets with trepidation these days, for fear of accidentally angering each other and bringing devastating disaster to Berori, and now they could finally send this big trouble away.

Goa is located in the central region of the west coast of India, which was originally the capital of the Jabr Sultanate of India, but later the commander of the Portuguese fleet Albuquerque came to the west coast of India with the fleet, where he defeated the native king Timaya, and finally took actual control of Goa, because Goa has rich rivers, among which the mouth of the Zuali River is one of the best natural ports on the west coast of India, so the Portuguese built Goa as one of the strongholds to control India, and later the Kingdom of Portugal set up a viceroy of India, Goa became the seat of the Portuguese Viceroy of India.

In addition to Goa, the Portuguese also have many ports and strongholds on the west coast of India and the east coast of Africa, but those places are regarded by the Portuguese as enclaves of the kingdom, and there is no immigration and garrison, but here in Goa, the Portuguese regard it as their overseas territory, not only moving a large number of people from the country to live, but also stationing most of the Portuguese troops in India.

When Shen Zhou arrived in Goa with the fleet, the local Portuguese did not react at all, especially da Gama, who had just returned to Goa, because he did not expect that the fleet of the Ming Dynasty would really chase him to his lair. In fact, it is no wonder that da Gama would think like this, because almost all the Portuguese think like this, over the years, the Portuguese have made their small country become a European power through trade with the East, especially overseas, almost all of their fleets attack other people's ports, and no other country's fleet dares to provoke their ports, which also makes the Portuguese have an illusion in their hearts, that is, no matter how much defeat they have suffered outside, as long as they escape back to their own ports, then they will be safe.

It was precisely the Portuguese who had the above ideas, so they never thought that there would be a time when the fleets of other countries would kill in front of their ports, so when the fleet of the Ming Dynasty arrived, not only Da Gama couldn't believe it, but also the Portuguese immigrants in the port couldn't believe it.

But the fact is in front of you, more than 20 warships brought by Shen Zhou are lined up outside the port of Goa, and the muzzles of the black hole are aimed at the city of Goa, which has just been completed, and it seems that they are ready to bombard the port at any time. Although there were still nearly 3,000 infantry stationed in the city of Goa, the Portuguese navy was strong, but the infantry was always poor, so if the Ming army attacked the city, no one would believe that the infantry alone could repel the enemy.

After Shen Zhou led the fleet to blockade the open sea of Goa, no ships were allowed to enter the port of Goa, speaking of which, after the Portuguese immigrated to Goa, they forced the residents here to believe in Catholicism, so the aborigines here fled to the neighboring native kingdom, and the port was inhabited by Portuguese people and soldiers who immigrated from Europe, and the ships in and out were naturally Portuguese merchant ships.

But no one cares about this now, because Shen Zhou has sent a message to Vasco da Gama in the port, asking them to surrender the city before dawn tomorrow, otherwise he will bombard the city of Goa!