Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the port city of Surat. Diogo Barbosa's group, along with the Qutb army, were making their way to cut the port off by Land from the Marathas.
Scouts of the Portuguese were ahead scouting for any Maratha groups lying in wait for the Qutbs. The information about the Qutb's loss in Nadiad had yet to reach Barbosa.
He seemed focused on the mission of taking over the port. He wanted to complete the mission and rest as soon as possible. He heard that fighting the Marathas on land would be hard.
The group had muskets and was training to shoot them in ranks. Although the muskets didn't work in close combat. Most of the group members knew sword arts and spear arts to take close quarters combat as well.
This was instilled in them during the training period.
The deaths of their spies still lingered. They knew the enemy would be anticipating their arrival.
