Daming Military Empire

Chapter 396
The combined fleet of the Mughal Empire and Batavia did not know the movements of the Ming Empire at this time, and they did not have an intelligence network covering the entire Southeast Asia, nor did they have a telegraph network to deliver messages in a timely manner. In the age of Roar, it is normal to have no news from a distance of more than ten thousand miles.

Batavia's combined fleet can be better, at least they still have merchant ships of the Dutch East India Company to deliver news regularly, but they still use sailing ships now, and the trade route in West Asia is not generally long. It will take at least a month to get to Persia, and two or three months to come back. Therefore, Batavia still doesn't know that all the merchant ships and treasure ships they sent out at the beginning of the year have been intercepted. No, Fan Mendi is still dreaming of getting promoted and getting rich!

Not to mention the Mughal Empire, they didn't have a navy at all, and they were blind when they left the land. The overseas news was basically transmitted by the Netherlands, Britain and France. Now the Netherlands, Britain and France don't know it, and they naturally don't know it.

Therefore, at this time, Dara Shik is leading the 20 main force of the Mughal Empire to Goa swaggeringly. In his opinion, Goa is simply a dish, with more than 1 defenders. Come at your fingertips!

He knows that the Portuguese have guns and cannons. The Persian Empire also has muskets and cannons. Didn’t they get beaten up by the Mughal Empire? He’s seen a lot of muskets and cannons. He couldn't help but be extremely proud of the armor and giant shields of the main force in front of him. Iron armor and cavalry are invincible. As for muskets and cannons, if his father hadn't forced him to carry them, he would have thrown them away long ago!

Dala Shike is swaying and unscrupulous, but Qin Yiming is cautious, for fear of leaking the news, he secretly gave the order when Kuai Ma came to report that the army of the Mughal Empire was only four or five days away from Goa. Let the soldiers of the Second Corps of the Expeditionary Army rush to the city of Goa to gather quickly, and at the same time he also secretly sent a clipper to Ceylon to inform the commander Lu Xiangsheng.

The next day, teams of miners pushing ore appeared outside the city of Goa. This is not surprising, because Goa transports dozens of shipments of ore to Daming almost every month. Ore miners are the most common sight outside Goa. What is strange is that the Portuguese defenders let these miners into the city, and they put them in with people, cars and ores.

At this time, the city of Goa was already in panic. The news that the 20 troops of the Mughal Empire had attacked had already spread in the city.

After these miners entered the city, they quickly 'found' a place to live and settled down. It seemed that they didn't want to leave when they were in the city. These idiots were trying their best to flee, and almost all of them could run away, but they tried their best to drill in. Suicide!

However, on the third day, the remaining residents of Goa City seemed to understand what was going on, because rumors began to circulate in the city that day that the Portuguese defenders were recruiting temporary soldiers to help defend the city, but they didn't see any notices, nor did they see any recruiting places. However, those miners were inexplicably all recruited, including the ore they pushed were pushed under the city wall, and moved up the city wall piece by piece. It seemed that such a heavy ore could kill people. Only then did I realize that this was what the Portuguese defenders meant by letting the miners into the city.

Of course Qin Yiming didn't mean that. Under the ore were the flintlock guns and grenades and other equipment of the Second Corps of the Expeditionary Army. What he did was just to deceive people's eyes and ears. There were so many shells that he couldn't finish them. !
Dara Shik received the news that the Portuguese recruited tens of thousands of miners to help defend the city. He really thought that the Portuguese guard was sick. What else could the miners do besides throwing stones? Stones have a fart!

On the fifth day, Dara Shik finally led his army to five miles north of Goa City. When he saw the miners swaying on the city wall through the binoculars, he laughed his teeth out by mistake. This Portuguese guard is really a Crazy, do you think he will be scared if there are so many people lined up on the city wall?
Qin Yiming was also observing the situation of the Mughal Empire army at this time, and he received an order to stand firm for five days, waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to lead the army to come.

To be honest, 20 is against [-], not to mention defending the city, it is possible to rush out and defeat them. Although they are wearing heavy armor, shells will kill people if they hit them. As for the giant shield, shotguns may not be able to break it , solid bullets can definitely smash it to pieces. If it weren't for worrying about scaring the enemy away, Qin Yiming planned to plant a circle of landmines under the city wall. The heavy infantry stepped on the landmines. It's impossible to even wear heavy armor under the crotch, what a pity, what a pity!

Both sides are veterans in the battlefield. Although they dismissed each other, neither acted recklessly.

Dala Shike saw that the walls of Goa City seemed to be quite high, and immediately ordered the whole army to start making siege equipment. He also knew that he couldn't rush up with only heavy armor, and he needed ladders, and shells were not powerful enough for giant shields. If it is blocked, a siege engine must be made.

Qin Yiming saw that the other party was really all wearing heavy armor, so he also made corresponding arrangements. It is actually very simple to deal with the heavy armored infantry attacking the city. Pour hot oil on it and light it on fire. Although the heavy armor of the armored soldiers can't be ignited, their clothes and flesh outside can be ignited. If they can't be burned to death, they will still hurt to death!
The confrontation between the two sides started like this. Dara Shik did not surround the city of Goa, because he knew that the food reserves in the city were amazing, and it would be useless to surround it for several years.

He is going to attack wildly, and it is best to scare the enemy into abandoning the city and fleeing, because he has [-] cavalry. Once the enemy abandons the city, it is as simple as cutting melons and vegetables. Escaping is their time of death.

Naturally, Qin Yiming couldn't escape. He was expecting Dara Shike to attack the city quickly. That was all military merit. If Dara Shike attacked the city recklessly, he could kill him in five days at least. With 5 horses, maybe the Second Corps of the Expeditionary Army will be promoted to the Second Class Corps in this battle. What an exciting thing he is!

But the speed at which the people of the Mughal Empire work is really not flattering. They are used to the combination of work and leisure. It is nothing to chat while working. Some people can even find a nail. One day, if you go to him, you will find that he is chatting with people in another place holding a nail!

Regardless of the fact that Dara Shik’s subordinates are the main army, they also have this habit. Qin Yiming stared at it with a telescope for a day, and even saw few trees that had been cut. Maybe they forgot to bring an ax when they felled the trees. , It takes a whole day to find this ax, or maybe they are tired from chopping and chopping, and they sit down and chat for a while, and this chat lasts a day. In short, this has become their custom, and the officers don’t care much about it. Talk to someone who is also an officer!

(End of this chapter)