The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 358 The Confident Qing Army (Subscribe)
At this time, Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Zeng Qizhao, the commander-in-chief of Dongguan Town, appeared in front of Shang Zhijie.

Looking at Shang Zhijie who looked panic-stricken, Jin Guangzu sighed and couldn't help complaining in his heart.

This Shang Zhijie is really useless, whether it is ability or heart, it is far inferior to Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhixin.

If it weren't for the fact that both of these two men died at the hands of Ming Thief, and the other sons of King Pingnan would be even more useless than Shang Zhijie.

The name of Prince Pingnan's son can't fall on Shang Zhijie's head!
Ming thieves haven't hit the city of Guangzhou yet!
Are you still in such a panic? !

"The bright thief is here, the bright thief is here!"

"what should I do?!"

Shang Zhijie asked with a panicked look on his face.

Beside him, Jin Guangzu and Zeng Qizhao looked at each other, and Jin Guangzu said.

"His Royal Highness, please order Wang Fufan's bannermen to mobilize and prepare to fight against the Ming thieves, or to defend the city."

"Parallel writing to the prince, please return to Guangzhou to support him quickly!"

Shang Zhijie nodded vigorously, and then did everything.

Facing the attacking soldiers of the Ming army, Guangzhou responded quickly.

In addition to Shang Zhijie's mobilization of Pingnan Wangfu's subordinates, Zeng Qizhao ordered the green battalion troops from various towns in Guangzhou to gather in Guangzhou City.

Jin Guangzu also ordered the recruitment of strong men inside and outside the city of Guangzhou to prepare for volunteering to fight against the Ming army or defend the city.

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The fleet of the Ming army continued to go north along the river, but Zhu Hongyu did not disperse his forces and went to attack the city along the Pearl River.

Instead, concentrate the superior forces and hold all the forces together, like a fist with five fingers clenched together, ready to fight out at any time.

Inflict heavy damage on your enemies!

Because there is no need for Zhu Hongyu to attack the city and pull out the strongholds, in the whole south at this time, I dare not say all, at least [-]% of the gentry and common people are interested in Daming.

As long as he, Zhu Hongyu, can win a decisive victory on the frontal battlefield, it will not be a problem to spread the message in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and even the entire south of the Yangtze River.

In this Northern Expedition, Zhu Hongyu's most proud operation was to attack Leizhou Peninsula, lure the Qing army to rush to rescue, and then use his own advantage to attack Guangzhou.

Unlike the Ming army that marched by water, and the soldiers directly turned in by boat, the Qing army marched on two legs!
Although there are many cavalry in the Qing army!

However, unless there is no shortage of war horses like the Mongols in history, with an average of three riders and four riders per person, the cavalry will turn in on horseback.

Ordinary cavalry marches, that is, they lead their horses and walk.

War horses are too delicate, so you can't mess around.

To a certain extent, the Qing army that controlled the prairie did not lack horses, but that meant the Qing army's cavalry group in the north.

For the Qing army in the south, war horses were still a rare item.

The Qing court did not lack war horses, but the distance from north to south was too far.

If you want to send a thousand war horses from the north to the south, at least half of them are not suitable for the climate, exhausted on the way, or lost halfway.

Of course, the real loss is not so high, but my Qing Dynasty has its own national conditions!

Coupled with the criss-cross waterways in the south, the role of the cavalry was limited to the greatest extent, and the Qing government still had some careful thoughts on controlling the military power of the San Francisco.

Therefore, the number of war horses of the Qing army in the south is also limited.

From Guangzhou to Gaozhou, the distance between them is about 400 kilometers!

That is eight hundred miles!
This is still talking about the high-speed distance of future generations.

In this era, there is no so-called high speed, only the official road.

Based on the traffic conditions of official roads in the late Ming Dynasty, this number could easily exceed one thousand.

The Qing army traveled from Guangzhou to Gaozhou, and one round trip was two thousand miles!
It's still less!

Zhu Hongyu made such a strategy of avoiding the real and attacking the false, in addition to luring the Qing army to divide its troops, and concentrating superior forces to inflict heavy damage on the Qing army.

It also changed the Qing army in this battle from a unit that was sticking to the city of Guangzhou and waiting for work, to an exhausted army that ran for two thousand miles back and forth.

Which of the two sides is better to fight, needless to say, we all know!

The Ming army continued to advance along the Pearl River towards Guangzhou. After the initial panic, the Qing army in Guangzhou made a decision to go out of the city to fight.

The main force of the Qing army in Guangzhou was taken by Shang Kexi to assist the Leizhou Peninsula, and Guangzhou was empty of troops.

There are only a few thousand green battalions in the big city of Guangzhou, and a part of the flags of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion who were urgently recruited by the Shangzhi Festival are guarding.

Adding up this number does not exceed [-] people!
Logically speaking, facing the menacing Ming fleet, the Qing army should choose to stick to it.

But, in the past few years at the end of the Ming Dynasty, after the Qing army faced the Ming army, the performance of the Ming army in the battle gave the Qing army a great psychological advantage when facing the Ming army.

Such a psychological advantage made the Qing army in Guangzhou city make the decision to attack the Ming army's beard!

Outside the city of Guangzhou, backed by the strong city of Guangzhou, take the initiative to fight the invading Ming army, instead of defending the isolated city!
I am very clear, that's how confident I am!
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Outside the city of Guangzhou, on the broad Pearl River, the fleet of the Ming army lined up, and the sides of the ships were opened, revealing the dark muzzles of the guns.

From this position, Zhu Hongyu can already see the green and black city wall of Guangzhou from a distance.

It can even be said that the city walls of the outer city of Guangzhou at this time are already within the coverage of the naval guns of the Ming army!
"Command the army, prepare to land and fight!"

Zhu Hongyu put down the binoculars, rubbed his slightly dizzy eyes, and cursed secretly that the binoculars of this era are too bad.

Even if the lens of the telescope he used was ground with extremely high-purity East China Sea crystal instead of glass lens, the distant scenery in the mirror barrel would be distorted and deformed.

If you look into the distance with a telescope for a long time, you will feel dizzy.

The Ming army began to land, and flat-bottomed landing craft advanced towards the pier, preparing to seize the pier at the port outside Guangzhou.

The Qing army began to fire artillery from the fort at the pier to fight back, and shells were fired at the landing craft of the Ming army!

The shells hit the water, forming ripples on the wide surface of the Pearl River.

Or hit the landing craft and smash the landing craft into the sawdust all over the city.

It's just that the fort of the Qing army hadn't had time to be proud for a long time, and it was overwhelmed by the overwhelming naval artillery shells in an instant.

One after another, the bombs poured fire on the Qing army's fort, as if they didn't need money.

Zhu Hongyu has always adhered to the philosophy that there is no difficulty that cannot be solved by a round of firepower coverage.

If not, then do another round!
The entire pier was smashed to pieces by the missed shells, and countless houses and houses became a pile of ruins in front of the solid shells and flowering shells.

Boom!Boom!
The rumble of shelling and the roar of exploding bombs resounded all over the city of Guangzhou.

It can even be heard clearly in the whole city of Guangzhou!

(End of this chapter)