Smuggling Daming

Civil strife broke out in the Governor's Mansion of Goa City, which had been besieged for more than half a year. The news did not surprise Wang Shouren. That day when he was observing the soldiers on the wall of the Governor's Mansion with binoculars, he found soldiers eating in the watchtower behind. The meals were so simple that it was impossible to get full, and some soldiers even clashed with the person who delivered the meals.

Although this is only a trivial matter, Wang Shouren felt very keenly that the Portuguese army had begun to be dissatisfied with the logistics system of the Governor's Palace. As long as the army did not have enough to eat, there would only be two results. The Ming Dynasty conquered, and the other was to surrender, but if someone dared to obstruct the surrender at this time, then the conflict would naturally occur.

Da Gama was not reconciled to failure, so he has been guarding the Governor's Palace. This guy has independently opened up a route from Europe to India. It can be said that it is not easy to do this. At least he must cross an unfamiliar sea area and find a feasible route. It is impossible for those with a strong will to complete this arduous task.

However, being strong-willed is a good thing in some respects, but in other respects it can be called stubborn. Most of the high-level people are already inclined to surrender. After all, they only come to India to make money, not to throw their lives here, not to mention the non-stop resistance of ordinary Portuguese who can’t eat enough, although they are suppressed by them Yes, but the feeling of slaughtering one's own compatriots is not very good.

It's a pity that Vasco da Gama was stubborn and firmly believed that the kingdom would never give up Goa, and should send reinforcements soon.At that time, they will cooperate with the reinforcements at sea.The Ming army outside can be driven away in no time.Regain control of Goa.

As the Governor of Goa, Da Gama directly controls all the military forces in the Governor's Mansion, so as long as he disagrees, it is useless for others to insist. After all, in this case, the army is the strongest and most powerful. Reliable strength.

In fact, the reason why Da Gama was unwilling to surrender was not only his stubborn belief that the kingdom would send reinforcements, but also his own selfishness.Back then, he was the first to discover the route from Europe to India, which not only brought huge benefits to the Kingdom of Portugal, but also made him famous and became a hero of the Kingdom of Portugal for a time. When everyone mentioned him, they would sincerely admire him.But if Da Gama surrendered to Ming now, and also lost such an important place as Goa, it would destroy his hard-earned reputation, and even if he could return to Portugal in the future, he would only be punished. The curse of countless people.

It is also with such selfishness.So Da Gama would rather die in Goa than trade his reputation for a chance to live.Moreover, in order to strengthen his control over the army, he cruelly reduced the food of ordinary Portuguese residents, and then used the food to ensure the food of the army. In addition, he was the governor officially appointed by the Portuguese king, and the Portuguese army naturally did not dare to defy Even if he ordered them to slaughter their own people, they would do the same.

However, Da Gama's plan to embezzle food can only be used for a while. With the reduction of food in the Governor's Mansion, everyone's diet is restricted. Even Da Gama, the governor, usually can't eat enough. White bread is like a holiday. As for the army, they also began to provide rations.

Originally, the Portuguese soldiers in the Governor's Mansion were scared out of their wits by the Ming army, and after being besieged for so long, they had long since lost the courage to fight head-on with the Ming army, and now they couldn't even eat enough , so the army's grievances against da Gama, the governor, gradually accumulated.

The Governor's Mansion is not only the Governor of Da Gama, but also many officials belonging to the Governor's Mansion of India. Most of these people hope to surrender as soon as possible. It is better to not have enough to eat, and they have fallen to the current situation, most of them are due to Gamma. If he hadn't stubbornly believed that Malacca could be taken down, the kingdom's fleet would not have been wiped out, and they would not have fallen. Now this situation.

In the past, Da Gama controlled the army of the Governor's Palace, so no matter how much those subordinates wanted to surrender, they had no chance.However, as the food in the Governor's Mansion's food depot ran out, even the army had to reduce the food supply. As a result, the army was dissatisfied, and those officials who did not want to starve to death with Da Gama immediately seized this opportunity , Instigated some officers to start a rebellion. It was this rebellion encountered by the cooks of Yofu, who were so frightened that they closed the big iron gate and dared not go out.

I have to say that the actions of people like Jove are still very correct, because this rebellion is different from the past. In the past, it was the unarmed ordinary Portuguese who launched the rebellion. Their weapons were all confiscated when they entered the Governor's Palace. To launch a rebellion, you can only snatch the weapons of the soldiers. It can be said that the weapons alone are enough to make those ordinary rebels completely defeated.

But this time the rebellion was launched by soldiers with weapons in their hands. Not only did they have rich combat experience, but they also had enough weapons, so when the rebellion started, the entire Governor's Mansion was in chaos, and everyone was involved In this rebellion, the soldiers who participated in the rebellion and the soldiers who did not participate in the rebellion mingled together, and the bullets flew around, and they might be killed by mistake if they were not careful. , otherwise you may be killed by mistake.

Although the soldiers who launched the rebellion were not prepared enough, there were a lot of soldiers who participated in the rebellion, and many soldiers who did not participate in the rebellion did not want to be trapped like this anymore. They felt that even if they were captured by Ming Dynasty, it would be better than staying in the Governor's Mansion every day now. They need to be comfortable inside, after all, the high walls of the Governor's Mansion are no different from the walls of a prison in their eyes.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the resistance encountered by the rebel soldiers is not very strong. There are even many soldiers who did not participate in the rebellion who surrendered directly on the battlefield after the exchange of fire and participated in the rebellion. As a result, the number of the rebel army increased, and finally wiped out the few armed forces that firmly supported Vasco da Gama, and surrounded da Gama's office.

If it were someone else, they would either commit suicide or collapse into a ball of fright in such a situation, but the pirate leader Vasco da Gama was more courageous than anyone else, even in this desperate situation, He didn't repent at all, and even took up arms to fight against the rebels. As a result, he shot and killed a rebel officer. Unfortunately, he also aroused the anger of the rebels, and beat Da Gama under random gunfire. Becoming a sieve, a person who is enough to leave a name in the history of navigation has drawn an unsatisfactory end to his life in this way.

After Da Gama's death, the rebellion finally won, and the next thing was very simple. These rebels opened the gate of the Governor's Mansion to surrender to Ming's army, and sacrificed Da Gama's head.Wang Shouren didn't show any surprise about this. When he heard gunshots from the governor's mansion, he already guessed that the other party would leave the city and surrender.

Regarding the Portuguese who came out to surrender in the Governor's Mansion, although Wang Shouren agreed to the opponent's surrender, but in order to punish them for taking such a long time to surrender, it put heavy pressure on Ming's army, so all the Portuguese in the Governor's Mansion They were arranged to work as coolies on the plantation, and only after working for a full year, could they be freed from this heavy labor, and then sorted out and sent to Daming to work.

However, these Portuguese who came out of the Governor's Palace, whether they are soldiers or ordinary people, need a period of recuperation before they can do heavy work, especially the ordinary Portuguese who have been imprisoned like Cakir, who are thin like skeletons Generally speaking, it is impossible to work at all. Even after the surrender, Da Ming provided them with enough food, but more than a dozen were killed on the spot. This shocked the others, and they dared not eat Hesai anymore. .

Kagil was lucky, he escaped the rebellion in the Governor's Mansion, and he was not fed to death by the food provided by Ming after he surrendered, but it is worth mentioning that he was arranged to be placed in his own original plantation after the surrender Working, the supervisor who supervised him was his former slave. As a result, Kagil suffered a lot, but these hardships were nothing compared to the period of his life when he was besieged in the Governor's Mansion.

As the besieged Governor's Mansion was also brought under the jurisdiction of Goa, the whole of Goa finally fell into Daming's hands completely. Regarding this happy event, Wang Shouren naturally wrote the memorial immediately, and then let people give it to him They were sent to Prince Zhao's Mansion in Beijing as quickly as possible. Although Zhou Zhong is no longer the Governor of the World, he is now officially taking over all maritime affairs of Ming Dynasty, especially the Indian side, which is the focus of Zhou Zhong's attention.

Wang Shouren's memorial crossed India, crossed the Straits of Malacca, and then went all the way north. It took several months to reach Zhao Wangfu in Beijing. As a result, Zhou Zhong was overjoyed when he saw this memorial, and Goa was completely controlled. , It also marks that Ming has truly secured its position as the overlord on the west coast of India. Even if the Portuguese reinforcements come in the future, it will be impossible to drive Daming away from there again, let alone Zhou Zhong thinks that with such a population as Portugal Just arrived in a small country of a million, how many troops can it send to take back Goa?

However, after Zhou Zhong received the good news from Wang Shouren, he was not happy for too long. He soon thought of another troublesome matter. He couldn't help feeling a headache. (to be continued..)