Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 228 Reorganize the Western Offensive of Macao's Army Expansion (Please Subscribe!)
At the end of July in the second year of Daming Shenwu.

Macau, as well as the neighboring border gates, have been firmly controlled by Daming!

Now you can study how to attack Guangzhou!

But before that, some small problems in Macau must be resolved.

Macau's internal affairs are very complicated, and various forces are intertwined.

If it is not completely smashed and reorganized, it is easy to cause chaos.

Western businessmen and Catholic groups in Macau are very powerful.

Among them, the foreign businessmen held the citizens' meeting in their hands, and they had been co-governing Macau with the Governor of Macau who represented the Portuguese kingship.

There are even more Catholic groups. In addition to a religious college, a cathedral, and a main church, there are as many as a dozen religious orders that have also set up branches or offices in Macau.

It is no exaggeration to say that Macau is more a city of religion than a country of merchants.

The new Ming Empire will never allow this situation to continue.

Merchants can be treated a little better, because Zhu Kezang wants to maintain the openness and prosperity of Macau, and Ming also needs to continue to trade with European colonists.

Therefore, Zhu Kezang adopted a strategy of pressing and pulling these Western businessmen.

The so-called suppression means temporary control. Right now, they are not allowed to leave Macau. After the situation stabilizes for a while, we will think about how to deal with them.

The so-called pull, of course, is to support the Rodriguez family, who is somewhat related to Zhu Kezang, as the spokesperson for the Portuguese and mixed-race Portuguese in Macau.

Of course, in return, the Rodriguez family sent Carolina, the most beautiful in the family, to Zhu Kezang's palace in order to thank the benevolent Emperor Ming.

Don't get me wrong, she is a court teacher, not a concubine, or the kind of court teacher in King of Kings 3 who learns foreign languages.

As for the Catholic forces in Macau, Zhu Kezang chose to suppress them with all his strength.

The reason is very simple, this group of magic sticks is not only powerful, but also very rich.

As of yesterday, the Imperial Guards had already collected nearly 300 million taels of silver from their property as rent arrears over the past few decades.

It is estimated that if you squeeze it again, you will still have a million taels of assets.

The church is really more profitable than Zhu Ke Zang Chengtian's factory!
It will also confuse people's hearts, and the Catholic Church must not be allowed to continue preaching in Daming territory.

So most of the church members were deported by Zhu Kezang.

Seeing that Portugal had also fought side by side with Ming Dynasty, Zhu Kezang did not choose the shipwreck accident, but let them return to Portugal's Indian colony safely.

By the way, many Han Chinese in Macau still have braids!
In this day and age, cutting braids is relatively easy.

Han people do not yet take braids as a matter of course, and they know that they used to have no braids.

If the time is later, not only the braids on the body are not easy to cut, but the braids in the heart are a big problem!
This coincides with the Portuguese. Historically, after the decline of the Qing Dynasty, Portugal directly occupied Macau without paying rent. The first thing it did was to cut the whips of the Han people in Macau to eliminate the influence of the Qing Dynasty.

While rectifying the treasure land of Macau, Zhu Kezang also began to recruit strong men from the gates to join the Guards.

These laborers in the market are really natural sources of soldiers, and they are all poor teenagers aged sixteen or seventeen. Apart from being a little thinner, they are in good physical fitness.

Zhu Kezang recruited more than 2000 people in one breath. In addition to the market laborers, there were also some Han Chinese in Macau, forming the Sixth Guards Town.

Qian Yan, the former battalion commander of the first battalion of the first town of the Guards, will be in charge of the town!

This time, he made great contributions in special operations and was able to do things again. He was promoted by Zhu Kezang!

The Sixth Town was trained in Macau, and was assisted by personnel from Chengtianfu Daming Imperial Military Academy.

The sixth town is not needed for the time being, it doesn't matter, Zhu Kezang's three-way attack on the Qing Dynasty will start soon!
Guangzhou, not the whole of Guangdong, Zhu Kezang is going to win in one fell swoop. Thinking of this, Zhu Kezang shouted: "Pan Aqiang, Wang Xianwu, Lin Sheng listen to the order!"

"The end is here!"

"The end is here!"

"The end is here!"

Pan Aqiang, Wang Xianwu, and Lin Sheng were all standing behind Zhu Kezang. When they heard Zhu Kezang calling them, they all hurried around to Zhu Kezang and stood in a row facing Zhu Kezang!
Zhu Kezang raised his voice and continued, "Everyone, the whole army is preparing for war. Two days later, I will lead you to attack the city of Guangzhou! Blow up the entire city and drive out the dogs!"

The people below are boiling!
Finally, Guangzhou is about to be attacked. This will be the first big city to be attacked after the founding of the new Ming Empire.

"Invade Guangzhou, blow up the city, and expel the Qing dogs!"

"Invade Guangzhou, blow up the city, and expel the Qing dogs!"

The so-called full city means that wherever the Eight Banners are garrisoned, all the houses in the city will be confiscated. If there are not many troops, the best parts of the city will be confiscated and surrounded, and all the original residents will be driven away.

The full city of Guangzhou is similar to the inner city of the capital of the Qing Dynasty. It can be understood as the residence of the colonial governor and his canines. The Ming Guards must liquidate them all with justice.

However, if you want to win Guangzhou, even the Guards will have to work hard.

Because Guangzhou is indeed a strong city that is difficult to take down. The terrain alone is a headache for the attackers. The Pearl River is on both sides of the southwest, and there is a Yuexiu Mountain in the north. Only the east is relatively flat, which is convenient for attacking.
In the early years, when Shang Kexi was still alive, Yongkang Fort was built on Yuexiu Mountain in the north of Guangzhou City. Because the fort was square, it was commonly known as "Sifang Fort".

The fort is about 48 meters long and 7 meters high.There are 22 large and small cannons, including 13 cannons for the outer platform and 9 cannons for the sub-platform in Taichung. It is an important stronghold for Guangzhou city defense.

This big traitor also turned the Cidu Temple on Haizhu Island in the Pearl River south of Guangzhou into a fort.

Two forts, one in the south and one in the north, protected the defense of Guangzhou City, lest someone would attack him.

With such a strict defense, ordinary enemies really can't beat them.

However, for Xin Daming, who has more powerful firepower, what is so difficult about playing Guangzhou?
No matter how strong the Cidu Temple and the Sifang Fortress are, can they compare with the St. Paul's Fortress in Macau?

Zhu Kezang planned to fight from the south.

Because Ming has a naval advantage!
Not long after Macao was recovered, and on Qiongzhou Island, Qin Zhiguo at this time received the emperor's will, cooperated with the Guangdong Sea Fleet, quickly captured the western part of Guangdong, and besieged Guangzhou City together with the emperor's main force.

Looking at this military order, Qin Zhiguo breathed out, feeling that it was finally time for him to perform, "I have lived in Qiongzhou for a long time, and I have been waiting for this day."

When he was in Qiongzhou Island, he had long been disgusted with the Qing army on the other side in order to eliminate the plague, massacre the people, and even set fire to escape. He gritted his teeth with hatred for this kind of army with no bottom line.

The third town of the guards under him is mostly the people at the bottom of Qiongzhou Island, but they have been used to being bullied by the Qing army for a long time.

Now is the chance for revenge.

Suddenly a soldier ran over, "Lord Guan Zhen, the supply ship of the Guangdong Sea Fleet is here, bringing a lot of weapons."

"go!"

(End of this chapter)