Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 683 Deterrence Exercise
Ye Xun's eloquent talk immediately made William put back his proud tail.

He asked Ye Xun uncertainly, "Lord Ye knows our King?"

"Of course I know him. His swordsmanship was still taught by me. He should be James VI in Scotland. He was called James I after he annexed England. I'm right! Hmm! This should be 20 years What happened before, after all, I have not seen him for more than 20 years, by the way, is he still planning to dissolve the parliament recently?"

William was completely taken aback. As far as he knew, this Eunuch Ye in front of him was not yet thirty, how old was he 20 years ago, and could teach King James swordsmanship?

It is impossible to say, but he has accurately stated what happened in the British Empire. Could it be that he has really been to Scotland?
Ye Xun didn't seem to see William's shock, and said to himself: "Is it because James missed me as a swordsmanship teacher, so he sent you here? Bring the gift list and let me have a look. He gave me this teacher What gift are you preparing?"

It's really the same as in the legend, this legendary Eunuch Ye really loves money like his life, and he really is so shameless.

Of course there were presents, but the original deed was not from King James, but was prepared by the Governor of India. They were all local specialties, expensive swords and so on. The most precious thing was a delicate short-handled firecracker .

After reading the gift list presented by William, Eunuch Ye's face immediately sank, he casually threw the gift list aside, and said indifferently: "Tell me what you are here for! I am very busy and only have half a stick of incense time."

As soon as Ye Xun finished speaking, the guards beside him lit half a stick of incense in coordination.

Looking at the lit joss sticks, William felt that his mind was a bit out of control. Wasn't the change of face too fast?

From Ye Xun's attitude, William can tell that this is definitely a master who can do what he says.

He hurriedly said at the fastest speed: "The governor hopes to sign an agreement with Mr. Ye on the affairs of the Mughal country."

"What kind of agreement?"

Ye Xun asked calmly, and said in his heart that as I expected, these guys would not chase here if they have nothing to do.

"Your Excellency hopes to divide the Mughals into two, and we will support Shah Jahan. The Bengal area controlled by Marshal Bashik will be managed by the Ming Dynasty. I wonder what Lord Ye thinks?"

This kind of shameless agreement was only proposed by these colonists. They came to negotiate with Ye Xun. If Ye Xun agreed, it would be equivalent to dividing up the Mughals in private, regardless of what the Mughals thought. .

Weak countries have no diplomacy, and justice is only within the range of cannons.

These hegemonic ideas can be said to be fully reflected in these colonists.

Although Ye Xun has never done anything like colonization, he is undoubtedly a firm practitioner of power.

Turning his head to look at the incense candle that was about to burn out, he suddenly smiled and said, "Tomorrow there will be a military exercise outside the city. General William might as well go watch it with me, and then I will return to Beijing. I'll leave this matter until after arriving in Beijing. Let our officials from the Ministry of Rituals talk to General William in detail!"

After Ye Xun finished speaking, he got up and left without waiting for William's reaction.

William stretched out his hand to stop Ye Xun, but saw that the tower-like body of the leader of the guards was already blocking him.

The subordinates will arrange the board and lodging for William and his party. After returning to the residence behind, Ye Xun sat in a chair and meditated.

Bashik has written more than once, hoping that the sons of Ye Xun and Aruna will go to Mughal to inherit his inheritance, but the son is too young, and Ye Xun can't bear to let him leave.

But ever since he felt the evildoer of the eldest son, Ye Xun already had a premonition that whether it is Hongxiu or Aruna, their life in the palace will not be easy in the future. Instead of doing this, it is better to let Aruna take her son and leave first.

Since his son could inherit the Mughal inheritance, Ye Xun would never allow the British to get involved with the Mughals.

But with the arrogance of the British, negotiations will definitely not solve the problem. Obviously, a war between Ming and Britain is inevitable.

To be honest, Ye Xun really didn't pay attention to the combat capability of the British Army, but if Shah Jahan's army was armed by the British, he couldn't take it lightly.

Early the next morning, William and his party were invited outside the city.

The commander-in-chief of the Ming army stationed in the DPRK was Cao Wenzhao. He was not only in charge of the garrison in North Korea, but also took into account the movements of Japan.

Once bitten by a snake for ten years, he was afraid of well ropes, and the defeat ten years ago has always been regarded as a great shame and humiliation by Cao Wenzhao, so he has never relaxed in his defense against the Jurchens.

And Ye Xun also transferred a large number of artillery to North Korea in order to prevent Huang Taiji from killing his carbine. In addition to those that had been deployed to the sea, there were still more than forty powerful field artillery in the barracks outside Seoul.

So when William and the others saw the heavy cannons with high barrels, they couldn't move their legs. They had seen the artillery on the warships of the Ming army before. Although they were shocked, they didn't make them terrified.

But at this moment, William felt a chill rising from his back. Is the Ming army already strong enough?
In order to facilitate observation, Cao Wenzhao set up a high platform behind the artillery positions. Not only that, but every British person who came to watch the performance presented a monocular as a gift.

This alone makes the British feel ashamed. You must know that although telescopes on sea ships are not rare, they are not available to everyone.

As the glass in the northwest base became more and more refined, binoculars had already become popular among officials of the Ming Dynasty, so sending dozens of them at a time was really not a feat.

The personnel were in place, and after consulting Ye Xun, Cao Wenzhao gave an order, and more than forty artillery pieces roared almost simultaneously.

Forty cannons fired at the same time, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as shaking the earth.

Many British people who were standing and watching with binoculars were frightened and sat down immediately, and couldn't help but dropped the binoculars and covered their ears.

The target is a hillside several miles away, piled up with stones as a target.

After one round of artillery fire, those targets were already submerged in the flames, and after three rounds of artillery fire, the entire hillside seemed to be cut off a layer, not to mention the targets, and even a piece of complete land could not be found.

Ye Xun glanced at William who had gotten used to the sound of the artillery and stood up again, and said with a smile, "General William, how is our army's artillery fire?"

Not to mention how depressed William felt at the moment, he really couldn't figure out how the people of the Ming Dynasty built such a powerful cannon?

The eardrums were buzzing just now, so I didn't hear Ye Xun's words at all.

Seeing this, Ye Xun of course knew what was going on, so he didn't continue to call him, and waved to Cao Wenzhao, indicating that the exercise should continue.

Under Cao Wenzhao's signal, all the British turned their eyes to the other side.

On the other side was an open space. Following the order of the front-line officer, five hundred soldiers of the Ming army with new-style muskets walked out quickly.

British muskets have also begun to develop, but when William saw the muskets carried by the Qingming army through the binoculars, he couldn't help but exclaim.
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