Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 155 It's easy to send a god, it's hard to invite a god

As always, every time before a war in Ming Dynasty, the "Daming Newspaper" will first publish the emperor's declaration of war, and then explain the cause of the war-the Portuguese barbarians steal the house in the name of drying the goods, and through bribery Officials have obtained the right of residence in Macau, and now they refuse to accept the kingship of the Celestial Dynasty, but want to invade and occupy Macau.
Immediately afterwards, Luo Xingchang, the commander of the Sixth Army, and Lin Pan, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, who had come to Jinan to participate in the year-end court meeting, transferred to Denglai. From Denglai, they went south to Guangzhou by boat. To implement the curfew system that had been abolished, the Sixth Army stationed in Guangzhou began to recall all soldiers on vacation and distribute ammunition. The South China Sea Fleet stationed in Leizhou and Qiongzhou also began to deliver supplies and ammunition to the ship.

In 4487 of the Yellow Emperor era, the fourth year of Zhu Jinsong's proclaimed emperor, on Xinchou month and Jiwei day, that is, the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Artillery Regiment directly under the Sixth Army and the No.18 Division stationed near Xinhui began to block the gate. The fleet began to blockade the waters near Macau.

After receiving the news, Castro, the Portuguese Overseas Colonial Minister, the justices, and members of the city council were stunned.

These tusk grapes have amazing brain circuits.

If I were still in Taqing, not to mention the annual rent of 500 taels of silver, even if they were asked to kneel down to welcome the "Macau Tongzhi of the Taqing Administration", these grapes would not hesitate at all.

In the eyes of these grapes, our Daqing is a huge empire after all, far from something that Portugal can provoke. If it really angers our Daqing, the Portuguese in Macau will definitely be unlucky in the end.

But——Isn’t my Taqing singing cool? Hundreds of rebel gangs, large and small, all claim to be Ming orthodox, and my Taqing court retreated back to Zhili. In this case, even if These grapes have to pay 500 taels of rent and I don’t know who to hand it over to, right?

When these rebels, big and small, finally finished fighting, and the freshly baked "Emperor of Ming Dynasty" unified the Central Plains again, these grapes suddenly didn't want to pay the 500 taels of rent.

Macau was occupied by our Portuguese army from the "Ming Kingdom" more than 200 years ago. The rent of 500 taels paid to me by the Qing Dynasty is entirely for the "friendship between the Qing Dynasty and Portugal". What does it matter to a wounded rebel?
Of course, it doesn’t matter if you want a rent of 500 taels. Anyway, I’m rich in Portugal, so I can give you a few hundred taels of silver as alms, and I’ll treat it as a beggar. nothing!
but!

In any case, these grapes never imagined that just after they ran away Zou Taicheng, who claimed to be "the magistrate of Macao under the command of the Ming Empire", the troops of the "rebel Ming Dynasty" came to block the "gateway".

The gate is the only passage from Macau to Guangdong, and it is also the only supply channel for Macau other than the sea. Once the so-called "Ming army" completely blocks the gate, it basically means that the Portuguese in Macau will completely lose their supplies. source.

Counting on supplies at sea?

Isn't that nonsense, how many ships are needed to supply the supplies needed by the whole of Macau?

To put it bluntly, Castro, the justice, and the members of the city council originally wanted to pretend to be coercive and directly scare away the Ming army, so as to confirm the fact that Macau is already a Portuguese colony, but they did not expect this coercion. It was a bit big, and it directly summoned the Ming army.

In a daze, Castro, the Portuguese Overseas Colonial Minister, hurriedly summoned the so-called justices and members of the city council to the Governor's Palace and began to discuss countermeasures.

However, these grapes quarreled from morning to night, and from night to dawn, but they still failed to come to a result——

How many troops does Portugal have in Macau?
No more than [-] for a full play.

How many troops did the Ming army have?How many firearms are there?How many ships are there in the sea fleet?How about the fighting will of the army?
With red eyes, Castro shook the newspaper in his hand, and shouted at the judge and the members of the city council: "Gentlemen! Listen to me, gentlemen! The army of the Ming Dynasty is dispatched this time!" The Sixth Army and the South Sea Fleet—that's one of the only things we know."

After the justice and the members of the city council cast their gazes over, Castro continued to shout: "Another piece of news we can know is that the Sixth Army was reorganized just last year, and the South Sea Fleet was also formed last year. It was just formed last year."

"Although we don't know the exact number of them, according to the information we have obtained, the so-called Sixth Army of the Ming Dynasty is stationed in Panyu, Xinhui and Xin'an, and the South China Sea Fleet is also stationed in Leizhou and Qiongzhou."

"Although the Ming Dynasty has just quelled all the rebellions in their country, the combat effectiveness of their army should be very high! Gentlemen, I think you know how expensive it is to maintain a huge army, like this The troops stationed in three places should be just enough to maintain law and order, and the number cannot be too large."

"Also, although Ming officials want to evacuate their civilians, you know that there are still many civilians who are loyal to the Qing Dynasty or who are with us. The Ming Dynasty will not ignore them. life and death."

Then the justice and a group of city council members looked at Castro with foolish eyes.

Yes, all fools know that maintaining a large army will cost a lot of money, but the Ming Kingdom before and the Qing Dynasty later, which one of them didn’t have a huge army?

Let’s just talk about the big fight some time ago, which one of those who participated in the battle didn’t have a horse boy with 10,000+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands?

Even if the number of the Sixth Army stationed in Panyu, Xinhui and Xin'an is not too large, as long as there are 6000 people, one-third of them will be 2000 people, which is already equal to all the troops that can be mobilized in the entire Macau Governor's Mansion. Counting the South China Sea Fleet...

Besides, the Ming government will not care about the life and death of Ming people?

Well, the newspapers have said that all Ming people are required to obey the arrangement of the magistrate of Macau and withdraw from Macau within a time limit. Those who fail to leave after the deadline are deemed to have given up their status as Ming people by default, and the Ming army will no longer protect them. Didn't you, Governor, see this article?
Or is it Portuguese that you withdrew from Macau with that Ming Dynasty official Zou in the next few days?
Looking at the strange eyes of the judge and the members of the city council, Castro sneered and then continued: "Of course, anyway, fighting for 500 taels of silver is not a glorious thing, so , I decided to invite that Ming official, Zou, to come back for negotiations."

"As long as it can be the same as before, we will give them a rent of 500 taels of silver every year."

"Now, gentlemen, please vote!"

After Castro's voice fell, the entire parliament hall raised arms.

This made Castro very angry—it was these parliament members who wanted to be tough on the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, and now they are also the ones who want to confess, but no matter whether they are tough or confess, they have to come forward as the colonial governor.

It's like his mother's!
However, the envoy sent by Castro to see Zou Taicheng, the "Ming Emperor's magistrate of Macau", failed to meet Zou Taicheng.

Du Fei said that it is easier to send God off than to invite God.

After Castro let go of those cruel words, Zou Taicheng returned directly to Panyu, and the gate to Panyu was blocked by the Ming army. For a while, Castro would never see Zou Taicheng again. up.

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The army of Ming Dynasty has been reorganizing all the time. For example, most of the soldiers from the north were transferred to the south, while the soldiers from the south were transferred to the north. Even the ones closest to home are far away from the province, and there will never be soldiers in the province. Case.

It was under such circumstances that Yang Daniu was transferred to the No.18 Division of the Sixth Army of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Daniu, who was originally very troubled, almost burst out laughing.

I have been in the army for two years, and I have fought eight battles if not ten. I have already accumulated meritorious service and been promoted to company commander. If I can make some more military exploits, I think it will be no problem to be promoted to battalion commander. .

The problem lies in this credit - as many provinces are "declared to be passed down", there are fewer and fewer places to fight. Jiaozhi and North Korea used troops.

The key point is that no one knows when the emperor and his elders will use troops against me in Taqing, Jiaozhi, or North Korea.

If I have to kill Daqing within two or three years, it’s okay to say, but if it takes ten or eight years, I guess I should retire, and then I will never have the chance to go to the battlefield again.

Yang Daniu was almost giving up hope at first, but he never expected, never expected, that these Portuguese barbarians occupying Macau would take the initiative to join them!
With the soldiers of his own company ready before the gate, Yang Daniu took a deep breath and said to the orderly beside him: "Tell Commander Lin Day of the Artillery Battalion that our second company is ready, Let them do three cover volleys first, and then extend the forward fire three miles forward."

The messenger curled his lips, turned around and ran towards the artillery position behind - three rounds of covering salvo, an artillery battalion is estimated to be able to fire 54 shells, if you count the magic arrows in the artillery battalion... It is estimated that these three rounds In the past, nearly [-] rounds of shells could be fired.

In addition to what Yang Daniu said about extending forward for three miles, it is estimated that the battalion commander Lin Day of the artillery battalion can smash out half of the shells in his hand!
So, what's the point of Erlian's preparation or not?Just hit it with shells. After the smashing is over, there are probably not a few of those tusk grapes left, so Erlian can go directly to collect the corpses.

But, in the army, the high-ranking officials have always crushed people to death. Military orders must be implemented if they understand them, and they must be implemented if they don't understand them.

Then Battalion Commander Lin of the artillery battalion launched an overwhelming bombardment—whether it was said in the "Da Ming Newspaper" or the news conveyed from one level to the next, Commander Lin knew that Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, was killed by this Portuguese barbarian. They are so angry.

It is precisely because of this that when it was decided from the very beginning that the [-]th Division would take the lead in attacking, the commander of the Sixth Army had already issued a military order: try to use shells to plow the whole of Macau, and after the shells are plowed, replace them with grenades and continue washing. Ground, until there is not a barbarian who can breathe in the whole of Macau.

The emperor said that healthy people should be kept as laborers?
Well, the savages sure aren't stupid, are they?After being bombarded, the barbarians would definitely run to sea, and those who stayed in Macau probably had brain problems—brain problems seemed to be considered a disability?
Therefore, it is enough to let the South China Sea Fleet do things like arresting laborers, and our [-]th Division will not take credit from the South China Sea Fleet.

At this time, on the flagship treasure ship of the South China Sea Fleet, Lin Pan, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, was giving lectures to his subordinates.

"I don't want to see any ships with the Portuguese flag on the sea! Whether it's a warship or a merchant ship, I don't want to see it! Listen to me, I don't need to live! The laborers let the army catch them!"

PS: My brain hurts, one update today, and two or more updates tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)