Chapter 326 Machine Gun Shooting Monkey
There is no mention of the Southern Front Corps' forced invasion of Thanh Hoa.
Let’s talk about Mo Dengyong’s request to surrender at this time.
As in the original history, Mo Dengyong had indeed learned that the Ruan family had sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to request troops. After also learning that the Ming Dynasty had assembled a large number of troops in Guangxi, he also knew that he could not be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, especially It was when the Ruan family united with the Ming Dynasty.
then.
Mo Dengyong made the most correct choice for him now, which was to send his ministers as envoys to the Ming Dynasty and directly ask for surrender. He even knelt down in front of the Ming ministers to apologize and presented his land and household registration book.
Zhu Houzhao had to admit that Mo Dengyong did dare to make big moves, and he really didn't worry about being ordered to be executed by the emperor himself.
But Zhu Houzhao did not choose to get rid of Mo Dengyong at this time. He even planned to agree to Mo Dengyong's surrender first. He even specially appointed Gui E, Minister of the Ministry of War, as the surrender envoy to accept Mo Dengyong's surrender on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. Go to Wuzhou, Guangxi to discuss with Mo Dengyong the specific matters regarding the attachment of Ming Dynasty to Jiaozhi, and ask Mo Dengyong to also send representatives to Wuzhou for discussions.
"You are also an official in the military system and the Minister of War. You should know what the court really wants. Now, I ask you to handle Mo Dengyong's surrender. There is only one purpose. If Mo Dengyong and others are willing to give up, It is naturally better to be an idle minister of the Ming Dynasty. If Mo Dengyong is unwilling to give up the power to rule northern Cochin, then you have to drag him. It is best to drag him to the southern front and completely eliminate the Ruan family!"
Zhu Houzhao told Gui E.
Gui E nodded: "I understand, this time I will come to visit the mountains and rivers first and then talk about the business. After talking about the business, I will not let the talker leave."
Zhu Houzhao also nodded: "That's exactly what I said."
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Gui E did not expect that his Majesty the Emperor would predict so accurately that Mo Dengyong would really ask the Ming Dynasty to surrender.
This made Gui E couldn't help but admire the Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao even more.
What Gui E didn't expect was that Zhu Houzhao also used this to make other public opinion preparations, in order to make the domestic scholars and people more emotionally support the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Jiaozhi.
Zhu Houzhao ordered the literati in charge of publicity to directly leak Mo Dengyong's request to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Houzhao even asked the attendants to invite some literati to give speeches in newspapers and university forums about Mo Dengyong's surrender to the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty's possible peaceful recovery of Jiaozhi. It was even better to make optimistic estimates.
Gui E also deliberately stated to the public as Minister of War that it would be a blessing for the country if Jiaozhi could be recovered peacefully and the war ceased.
Zhu Houzhao knew that he would be slapped in the face if he let the attendants publicize it like this, and that Ming Dynasty seemed to hope to regain Jiaozhi peacefully. However, Zhu Houzhao wanted to make the Ming Dynasty court and Ming Dynasty people slapped in the face.
Because only when everyone in the Ming Dynasty is expecting Mo Dengyong to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty can peacefully regain Jiaozhi, the people of the Ming Dynasty will be extremely disappointed and extremely angry, and the court can also have sufficient reasons and make full use of public opinion to conquer Jiaozhi.
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Of course, while Zhu Houzhao and the Ming Dynasty court under his rule were still fueling the current recapture of Cochin, gunshots were already heard in Thanh Hoa, south of Cochin.
At this time, Jiaozhi was still an agricultural country, even an agricultural country with a weak national power. Naturally, it had no preparations for coastal defense. Even the Ruan family guessed that Ming Dynasty might have the intention of annexing its country, but the only thing he could do now was The sea ban will move residents along the coast of Thanh Hoa inland and turn coastal defense into land defense.
Because of this, the Ming Dynasty's so-called forced landing did not involve a fierce landing battle. Therefore, at this time, the Ming Dynasty would let the army directly land first.
Yu Dayou led his officers and soldiers to follow the First Division of the Third Guards Army ashore. After a long time, they saw a group of monkey soldiers rushing towards Yu Dayou.
It is obvious that although the monkey soldiers are not good at coastal defense, they also know that when a small force of enemy troops invades, they should annihilate them.
But Yu Dayou's troops were right in front of this group of monkey soldiers.
Yu Dayou could see that this group of monkey soldiers had relatively good morale. They were all wearing cotton armor and their physical fitness was not bad. The distribution of spear soldiers, shield soldiers and archers was also reasonable.
"Load the machine gun. There is a ditch next to it. Fill the water tank immediately!"
Yu Dayou gave an order at this time, and ordered the officers and soldiers of his company to immediately use the Ming Dynasty version of the Gatling machine gun to attack the monkey soldiers first, so as to disrupt the monkey soldiers' formation first. After all, these monkey soldiers were arranged too densely, in order to create a dense attack. As a result, seeing that the Ming army on his side had no bows and arrows, he thought of rushing over quickly, causing a lot of damage to his own Ming army first, but in fact, it happened to Yu Dayou and his company to use the Ming version of the Gatling machine gun intensively. Opportunity to shoot.
These monkey soldiers were chirping or howling. Although they were wearing cotton armor, they had bamboo hats on their heads. They looked a bit weird, but they were also shorter. When they rushed over, they did look like a group of monkeys.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty version of the Gatling gun had already started to rotate and the magazine was loaded. When Yu Dayou waved his hand, the multiple barrels of the Ming Dynasty version of the Gatling gun immediately started to rotate and crackled. sound.
The dark steel gun barrel kept spinning and spraying fire, and the bullets were fired continuously, bringing up bursts of sparks and thick white smoke.
As for the monkey soldiers, a large group of them were swept to the ground on the spot, and some were beaten so hard that they jumped up and down. For a moment, they felt as if they had stepped on hot rocks, more like monkeys.
Not long after, these monkey soldiers were so frightened that they fled, running on their feet one by one, and even ran up the tree, hugging the trunk and not daring to move. When the Ming Dynasty's Gatling machine gun accidentally hit the trunk At this time, when the monkey soldiers were spanked, the monkey soldiers hurriedly climbed up again. Yu Dayou knew that Jiaozhi was easy to fight, but he didn't expect it to be so easy to fight. Because these monkey soldiers were routed and the Ming Dynasty version of the Gatling gun had a poor cooling system, so it was already hot enough to burn the monkey's butt but could no longer be used. After using it, he had no choice but to take his officers and soldiers to eliminate the remaining enemies and wait for the order to go up the mountain.
Snap!
Yu Dayou and the officers and soldiers under his command were holding Ming Dynasty's latest rifled rifles. The shooting accuracy of the firearms was even better than the bolt-action breech-loading rifle of the Miner gun. However, they could only use it to hit monkeys in the trees. When they saw a monkey soldier's butt, they jumped. With one shot, the monkey soldier's chrysanthemum was shattered into pieces and suddenly bloomed.
Of course, these monkey soldiers all fell from the trees as a result. As soon as they fell, they were captured by the Guards, and then they were prepared to be circled and put into service to build fortifications for the Guards.
As for the Guards, Yu Dayou had already begun to prepare to erect barbed wire fences. This is the standard arrangement for the Ming Army when it is stationed. In addition, landmines will be placed in the corresponding areas, and searchlights will even be set up. A searchlight is an arc lamp.
Although the arc lamp powered by a large battery pack cannot be directly popularized among civilians, it can still be used by the military as a temporary night patrol, and the high-intensity arc lamp light at night can also cause certain damage to enemies who may sneak attack. Of course, , with nighttime military lighting such as searchlights, it is also extremely convenient for the imperial army to land at night.
Because of the coincidence of time, many troops of the Ming Dynasty had to land at night, so the searchlights also allowed the landing ships of the Ming Dynasty to land smoothly at night.
Gradually, after the gauze-like lights were attached to the undulating sea waves, more and more Ming officers and soldiers began to gather near Thanh Hoa. As a result, professional engineers began to gather to carry out the military operations after landing. Base construction is faster and more complete.
In fact, the Ruan family in Jiaozhi did think of a night attack. After all, these monkey soldiers are local indigenous people and can move forward even at night. Therefore, at this time, after midnight, these monkey soldiers are indeed like snakes walking in the grass. They generally rushed from the jungle, but because most of them were barefoot, they did not make too obvious sounds, only the rustling sound of their calves scraping against the grass blades.
But what these monkey soldiers didn't expect was that the Ming Dynasty had searchlights, so when the arc light shone on these monkey soldiers who were attacking at night, these monkey soldiers who were illuminated instantly seemed to be blinded, and they couldn't help but use their hands to block them. There are also monkeys who fight straight Then they ran away, shouting that the Ming army had ghosts that could shine. Some monkeys even thought that the Celestial Empire really had heavenly soldiers and generals, and that they might have invited the true gods to emit such light. Therefore, these monkey soldiers directly He knelt down and began to kowtow.
Of course, there were monkey soldiers who were not illuminated by the searchlights, but because they rushed under the barbed wire fence and directly touched it, the sound of bells rang throughout the barbed wire fence.
Of course, what was more exciting than the sound of the bell was that many monkey soldiers stepped directly on the mines, and suddenly there was a rumbling sound and the screams of the monkey soldiers.
The Ming army easily discovered these monkey soldiers attacking at night.
Although many monkey soldiers were frightened and fled due to the searchlights and the sudden sound of bells and thunder, the Ming army still made preparations for the enemy's night attack and followed their usual training courses. In a short period of time, the Ming army He immediately returned to the fighting state from the rest state, rushed out with a rifled rifle, got into position, and started shooting at these monkey soldiers.
As a result, these monkey soldiers jumped up and down again, causing countless casualties in a short time.
Seeing that the field defense was unsuccessful and the night attack failed to stop the Ming army, the Ruan family in Jiaozhi had no choice but to retreat to the area around Thanh Hoa City and prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army in the area.
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"Your Majesty, the front line has brought back news that the Southern Front Corps has successfully landed! It seems that Jiaozhi's coastal defense is indeed very bad," Lin Tingxuan reported to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao nodded. He was not surprised that the Ming Dynasty could successfully land. He just said: "If the Ming Dynasty had not changed its navy into a navy and rebuilt it, Ming Dynasty's coastal defense would have been as bad as Jiaozhi. Imagine if the Ming Dynasty had not changed its navy into a navy and rebuilt it." The sea has been opened and the sea has been closed. The people along the coast do not know the strong ships and cannons. How will the people in the inland know about it? If an outsider attacks our Ming Dynasty with the same strong ships and cannons as our Ming Dynasty today, what will our Ming Dynasty do? Respond.”
Lin Tingxuan thought about it, and he had to admit that if this happened, it would really be a terrible thing.
Perhaps because of the influence of the global perspective brought by the great geographical discovery, Lin Tingxuan now also realizes that the Ming Dynasty is not the center of the world, and there is not only the Ming Dynasty on the earth. Therefore, now he has to say to Zhu Houzhao:
"Now that your Majesty has said this, I will risk my life and say it bluntly. The concept of governing the country in the Ming Dynasty must be changed. Cheng and Zhu's learning is no longer appropriate. Because Cheng and Zhu must pay attention to being conservative and act according to ancient etiquette. They tend to be conservative, but also tend to stay inward and retreat. Not accessible to the outside world;
But now, the world has long known that the Ming Dynasty is not the center of the universe, nor is it the only celestial dynasty. Even though the Ming Dynasty is supposed to be the celestial dynasty, there are many powerful countries in the world that do not regard the Ming Dynasty as their lord, and the Ming Dynasty can no longer cut off contact with the outside world. Contact;
Therefore, I believe that your majesty should reform the imperial examination, abandon Cheng and Zhu's learning as the way to govern the country, take sacred learning as the body, use reform to correct the shortcomings of the old law, and use an open mind to accept the benefits of the world. ”
Zhu Houzhao knew that Lin Tingxuan was once the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was also the official who first advocated opening up the sea. He had always been more open-minded and far-sighted. However, what Zhu Houzhao did not expect was that Lin Tingxuan now actively proposed to abandon Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. This made Zhu Houzhao both surprised and pleasantly surprised.
But Zhu Houzhao knew that Lin Ting would not be able to propose it by just one person. After all, many officials in the world, including some of the reformist officials, still insist on the use of physical education.
"What Ai Qing said is absolutely true, but this matter should be considered in the long term. Before the Ming Dynasty, it was conservative and followed step by step, and did not dare to take big steps. But now, we have to be careful that taking too big steps will lead to chaos. I have to obey public opinion, unless I don’t want to abandon Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, rather Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, is deeply rooted in the people. Both scholars and officials and common people regard it as the correct learning. Therefore, if Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is abandoned, the people at the bottom will have to abandon Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism first, and the only thing the court can do is It’s a matter of persuasion.”
When Zhu Houzhao said this, Lin Tingxuan naturally admired his Majesty the Emperor even more, thinking that His Majesty the Emperor was more thoughtful and comprehensive.
Because of this, except for the battle to regain Jiaozhi in the south, the entire Ming Dynasty entered a period of calm.
Zhu Houzhao did not make any major changes in the political system.
After all, due to the reform of Jiangnan's tax policy, the Ming Dynasty no longer has to worry about the imbalance between the interests of the court and the people after the development of Jiangnan's commodity economy, and the reform of the mining tax system has enabled the Ming Dynasty to complete the purpose of transferring mining outside the customs. Therefore, the Ming court is now in the current situation. There are basically no major political and economic risks that need to be dealt with immediately.
Moreover, both officials and the common people have to adapt to the new system for a period of time before they can carry out new reforms.
Zhu Houzhao is now only working hard on science and technology and education. He wants to further change the living habits of this society and at the same time liberate more people's minds. He hopes to wake up more Chinese people and become people with real meaning in terms of ideology and personality. of high-ranking people.
Zhu Houzhao is most concerned about steam locomotives now. He believes that this kind of mechanical transportation that completely replaces human and animal power will open up the minds of the people. After all, for most people, they are more interested in rifled guns than flintlocks and matchlocks. The changes and meanings brought about by guns are not very empathetic.
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