The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 363 Preparations for Siege (recommendation ticket requested)
A field artillery was dragged by horses and headed towards Guangzhou.

The Ming army began to set up artillery positions outside the city of Guangzhou. Field artillery was installed, and a large amount of gunpowder and shells were placed around the positions.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Zhu Hongyu waved and ordered.

"Order the whole army to prepare for a general attack!"

The naval guns of the Ming army fired faster!
Countless shells fell towards the city of Guangzhou!
Boom!Boom!Boom!
The solid shells splashed the masonry of the city wall, and the solid brick cladding layer fell off little by little.

The flower bomb exploded, bit by bit gnawing off and grinding away the rammed earth layer of the city wall.

After the field artillery was deployed outside Guangzhou, it also began to roar.

The continuous shelling lasted for a whole day, and a huge gap was blown out of the city wall of the outer city of Guangzhou.

The gap is tens of feet wide, and a large amount of masonry and earthwork are piled up at the gap, forming a small hill.

The amount of earthwork for the city wall of Guangzhou is placed there. It is true that the flower bomb will explode, but the explosion cannot make the earthwork disappear out of thin air.

The bombardment of the Restoration Army, at most, changed the shape of the city wall of Guangzhou, from the city wall to a mound of soil, nothing more.

The Restoration Army still needs to take down the mound formed by the collapse of the city wall before it can be considered to have really invaded the city of Guangzhou!
A large number of Liberation Army soldiers began to gather outside the city, preparing to storm the mound.

Zhu Hongyu sent his own guard brigade to see how the rifled guns and rifled guns performed on the battlefield.

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In the city, Pingnan Palace!
As soon as Shang Zhijie got off the belly of his "aunt", he received the report.

"His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness!"

"The shelling of the Ming thief stopped! The shelling stopped!"

Shang Zhijie put on his clothes, with a puzzled look on his face, he asked.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Okay, why did the Ming thief's shelling stop?"

The boy who came to report said.

"Returning to the son of the world, Governor Jin and Zongbing Zeng said that the Ming bandits are probably about to officially start attacking the city!"

Shang Zhijie nodded vigorously, and then spoke.

"Take me to find the governor!"

Shang Zhijie met Jin Guangzu and Zeng Qizhao in the government office of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

At this time, Zeng Qizhao had finished dressing up and put on the padded armor, and the saber at his waist was shining brightly.

Outside the government office, his soldiers and servants were all standing in their robes, ready to go into battle at any time.

Zeng Qizhao cupped his fists at Shang Zhijie and said.

"Your Highness, don't worry, I will bring people here to fight against Ming Thief!"

"As long as the last general is breathing, he will definitely not let the Ming thief enter the city!"

Shang Zhijie said.

"My lord, there are still a batch of cotton armor and iron armor in the arsenal of the palace, and there are also a few red cannons on the wall of the inner city. If you need it, you can take it!"

"As long as you can keep the bright thieves out of the city!"

Shang Zhijie suddenly thought that there were still some cotton and iron armors of the Eight Banners in the arsenal of the palace, and thought that instead of putting these armors in the arsenal to eat ashes, it would be better to give them to Zeng Qizhao for use.

Let him get these armors to repel the Ming thieves!

When Zeng Qizhao heard this, his face showed excitement, he swayed his horseshoe sleeves, knelt down on one knee and said.

"For the officers and soldiers under the last general, thank you His Royal Highness for your kindness!"

"The final general must stand for the imperial court, for His Royal Highness, keep the Ming thieves out of the city, and keep the city of Guangzhou!"

After all, Zeng Qizhao left quickly, preparing to lead his troops to the gap in the outer city wall to meet the Ming army.

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Facing the comeback of Daming, there are two completely different mentalities inside and outside Guangzhou.

The common people who lived outside the city of Guangzhou were mostly ordinary Han people, and their mentality towards the comeback of Ming Dynasty was rather complicated.

On the one hand, it is the fear of military disasters, but more is the expectation of returning to the rule of the Han family!
But those people in Guangzhou don't think so!

The situation of Guangzhou city in this era is similar to that of the capital city, and the people living in the city are all bannermen.

When the Qing Dynasty first entered the customs, for the sake of political public opinion, they did not choose to slaughter the people in the capital.

Therefore, later there were land enclosure orders, house occupation orders, and escape laws.

The house occupation order drove all the Han people out of the capital and vacated the capital for the Eight Banners to live in.

The land enclosure decree designated all the fields inside and outside the capital as banner villages of the Eight Banners!
The law of escaping people turns all the Han people inside and outside the capital into slaves and coats of banner people!
With the combination of three methods, Dorgon completely turned the capital into a city of banner people. At most, some traitors who entered the banner were allowed to live in the outer city.

The situation in Guangzhou City is almost the same!
However, since the city of Guangzhou does not have as much political influence as the capital.

Therefore, Shang Kexi didn't bother to learn from Dorgon's land enclosure order, house occupation order, and escape law.

Instead, he chose to slaughter directly!

If all the Han people in Guangzhou are killed, isn't the city of Guangzhou owned by their bannermen?
What are you doing with that thing!
In other words, in the current city of Guangzhou, there are basically banner people, at most some traitor families in the outer city who are closely related to the Hepingnan Palace.

As for ordinary Han people, there are none!

As a city of bannermen, how could they not feel fear in the face of the coming Da Ming?

Especially when they think of the tragedy that Shang Kexi caused on the banks of the Pearl River more than ten years ago, they are afraid that the same fate will happen to themselves.

Inside and outside Guangzhou, countless people are paying attention to the war in Guangzhou!
Because, this decisive battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties is related to their own wealth and lives.

"How's the situation?"

The weather is very hot, and the flowers in the flower hall have already wilted in the sun.

The green leaves are curling, and the petals are slightly stretched. The lotus leaves on the pond in the distance look more and more green under the sun.

The Patriarch of the Dongguan Wang family sat in the flower hall and asked an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in gray clothes in front of him.

When he asked this question, the old face of the Patriarch of the Wang family was full of faint expectations.

The middle-aged man in gray said.

"Going home, Master Daming has sealed off the vicinity of the battlefield very strictly. Our people can't touch it, so we don't know the specific situation of the battlefield."

"But from a distance, the walls of the outer city of Guangzhou have already been bombarded by Master Wang's cannons."

"Master Wang should be launching an attack on Guangzhou soon!"

The Patriarch of the Wang family took a deep breath, but his face was full of joy.

"I hope Master Wang can win!"

"I used to think that the Ming Dynasty treated the gentry harshly and collected exorbitant taxes. Now it's the turn of the Qing Dynasty to rule the world. Only now do I know what it means to smash the bones and suck the marrow."

"I, the people of Guangdong, are so innocent!"

"Regret at the beginning, really regret it at the beginning!"

Having said all this, the Patriarch of the Wang Family waved his hand and ordered again.

"Go ahead, send someone to keep an eye on the battlefield, Master Wang will report back as soon as he wins!"

"My lord, I'd like to prepare a pot of rice to welcome Master Wang!"

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