The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 783 Silly Bird
Seeing that the Portuguese were friendly and promised to intervene, so that the English could return the artillery and compensate for economic losses, Guangzhou officials treated Noretti more politely.

Within the purview of the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, the Fujian Navy, with Zheng Zhilong's pirate group as the main component, is the most effective force. The Guangzhou Water Camp is not satisfactory, and there are only a few ships capable of naval warfare.

At this time, the Han people did not worship foreigners at all, on the contrary, most of them looked down on the smelly Xiyi.

There are very few scholar-officials such as Xu Guangqi, Wang Zheng, Sun Yuanhua, etc. who are willing to learn Western culture and technology with an open mind.

The vast majority of Ming scholars regarded themselves as the kingdom of heaven, and looked down on the barbarians with a superior attitude.

No matter what the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi does, Guangzhou is actively preparing for the war, and is even recruiting death squads.

Driving a small boat full of incendiary materials to hit a large ship on the Xiyi deck and set fire to it is a must-kill skill of the Ming Dynasty Navy when fighting the Western Fleet. This requires fearless sailors to drive the fireboat.

After asking and asking, Noretti just didn't hear whether the Longwu navy who was most interested could arrive at the Pearl River Estuary in time, so he couldn't help reminding:

"My lords, the Ming Empire has the Longwu Navy with strong ships and powerful guns. I believe that as long as the Longwu Navy sends a few warships to appear at the mouth of the Pearl River, the English will not be able to escape.

I can assist Daming to deal with the English, try to delay their stay in the Pearl River Estuary for a few days, and buy time for Daming to arrive with reinforcements. "

The prefect of Guangzhou is much more knowledgeable than the officials of the inland states. In fact, as long as the civil servants and generals in the coastal cities of Daming have heard of the reputation of the Longwu Navy for a long time, too many people have seen the fleet flying the dragon flag with their own eyes.

The reason is simple. Nine out of ten seagoing ships in this era sailed along the coastline, and basically sailed for ten days and a half months before stopping at the port to replenish vegetables and fresh water.

It's not that the long-distance fleet is not enough to store supplies for a year and a half, but that it is not necessary when sailing along the coastline.

The lack of supplies and fresh water reserves on the ship will naturally increase the cargo tonnage, and being able to supply fresh food is also beneficial to the health of the crew, why not do it.

Now there are more than a dozen fixed supply places for the Longwu Navy, and the port of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture is one of them.

Guangzhou officials all read books and newspapers, so of course they knew about the "Red Banner Army". They never denied that General Zhenglu had the pride to fight for the country. They believed that as long as they could contact the Longwu Navy, they would definitely get their help.

But no one knows where to find it?If people were sent to Liaohai to contact the General Conqueror to send troops, it would probably take three months to delay each and every time, and the English would have long since disappeared.

However, in order to show the prestige of the country, the prefect of Guangzhou said boldly: "Minister, there is no need to worry. I have already contacted the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and the generals who conquered the captives. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers will come from land soon, and Fujian navy and dragon soldiers will come from sea. Martial arts division.

The English committed a bloody crime, and I will make them pay for it in blood. "

The Tongzhi of Guangzhou Mansion chimed in and said, "My big Ming army will arrive at the mouth of the Pearl River in a few days. If the small country of England, who doesn't know etiquette, doesn't apologize, pay compensation and write a letter of repentance, they will definitely die without a place to die!"

Noretti is not familiar with how Ming's army is dispatched. He has been in the Far East for a long time. Not only does he know that Daming has the Longwu Navy, but he is more familiar with the Fujian Navy.

According to his understanding, when a country encounters armed provocations from other countries, it is natural for the army to rush at full speed.

He said: "The English are too disgraceful, they are punished justly and honestly, my lords must not be merciful, the harder they kill, the more they will remember the lesson, and the possibility of daring to provoke Daming in the future will be much less."

The prefect of Guangzhou said: "The barbarians don't know etiquette. They should pay a heavy price. Then you don't have to plead for the English!"

Noretti said: "No, no, Portugal and Daming will always remain friendly, they are friends of Daming, and they will definitely stand on Daming's side."

The strong dragon does not overwhelm the local snake. At this time, the English people did not realize that they were being calculated by the Portuguese, and they had no sense of crisis at all. They even intensified.

Captain Wedell is the person in charge of the voyage and the captain of the flagship. There is also a captain named Wilson, who is the adjutant of the fleet and the captain of a warship.

After defeating hundreds of Ming troops with negligible casualties and seizing the Humen Fort and seizing 35 cannons, one or two thousand Englishmen began to inflate themselves. They mistakenly believed that this ancient country was actually as vulnerable as other countries in the Far East.

Captain Wilson wanted to take two or three hundred British troops ashore to have a look. The purpose was to get some vegetables and poultry. He came to the flagship to discuss with Wedell:
"Mr. Captain, we haven't received supplies for a long time, and the soldiers' mouths are fading out. I request to lead two companies to go ashore to get some fresh food."

Wedell said: "That's perfectly fine, as long as you don't go deep into the interior, you don't need to worry about safety issues.

I often use binoculars to look far away and find that this country called 'Ming' should have a large population and the market should be very prosperous, and you will definitely get a lot of gains. "

The two bandit leaders thought of going together. They had matchlock guns in their hands. Of course, they didn't need to bring silver coins with them to get supplies.

Wilson smiled. When the battleship was cruising, he had long been optimistic about a market, and then he was going to land suddenly to rob.

He said: "Don't worry, sir, I have been observing for two or three days, except for the garrison in the fort, there is no army in other places in Ming Dynasty.

The place where I led people to attack should be a small town, no more than five nautical miles from the sea.

As long as our warships are ready to respond, even if we encounter a large Ming army, we are sure to retreat while fighting.

If the Ming army chases to the seaside, our warships can fire cannons to provide fire reinforcements for me and the soldiers who landed. "

Wedel laughed loudly and said, "Even the forts stationed by the regular army of the Ming Dynasty can't stop the attack of our brave soldiers from the British Empire, let alone a small undefended town.

Mr. Wilson, don't worry, I will arrange the reception work.You have to take it easy, don't be hollowed out, haha..."

"No, no, I'm more self-disciplined, and I won't let the soldiers waste too much time trying to vent."

Wilson conveyed his intention to go ashore for supplies, specifying that 300 people would be needed, and all the crew members were excited, and everyone volunteered to sign up to go ashore for supplies.

At this time, the armies abroad are all bandits without exception, and they all bully the weak. The only exception is Zheng He's fleet, which was the world's number one 200 years ago.

(End of this chapter)