The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 295 Overcoming Guangdong
These people in the clothes of ordinary farmers moved too fast!When Nunez reacted and ordered the mercenaries to surrender on the spot, there were less than [-] Portuguese still alive.

To be honest, even Zhang Jiayu himself was taken aback by the terrifying power of the Type [-] Jaeger volley. With two rounds of volley from such a long distance, most of the enemy fell down like cutting wheat, and then collapsed.

He turned his head and saw the soldiers loading the ammunition swiftly with their hands and feet and wanted to continue shooting. He suddenly remembered that His Royal Highness the Counselor King said that the ammunition for this gun was extremely expensive, so he hurriedly ordered to stop shooting.

He took out the binoculars to observe the enemy's situation on the edge of the Pearl River, and decisively ordered the infantry to keep the line and move forward quickly.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and Tong Yizhen's men were running around like headless chickens, and he saw a large group of "peasants" neatly lined up from a distance, forming a long snake formation and pressing towards them.

At the same time, at both ends of the long snake array, several cannons spewed flames continuously.After six or seven shots, the cannons harnessed their horses to overtake the infantry column and fired again.

During the advance of the infantry brigade, the artillery fire was almost uninterrupted, and the artillery always followed the infantry, so that the enemy had no chance of sneak attack.

On the two wings of the Cantonese army, more than a hundred cavalry patrolled back and forth, driving back the escaped soldiers or capturing them on the spot.

The Ming army with less than 2000 men was so firm and methodically blocked Tong Yizhen's more than [-] men on the edge of the Pearl River. The whole battle process was concise and efficient, and staged a textbook-like standard annihilation battle.

Nunes, with his hands tied behind his back, watched the Dragon Guards capture the last Cantonese soldier, and could not help but sweat on his forehead.

If his hand can be free at this time, the first thing to do is to slap himself a few times—it turns out that not all Easterners lack tactical literacy, and it was all because he sat in the sky and didn't encounter any ruthlessness. That's all!

The team in front of them is well-trained, has strict military discipline, and has novel tactics. Even in Europe, they are definitely the top elite troops.Coupled with their sophisticated and weird weapons, I naively thought that I could easily defeat them...

Not only naive, but also stupid!He closed his eyes in remorse, just because of his ignorance and underestimation of the enemy, nearly three hundred Portuguese mercenaries were killed here just a moment ago, and they didn't even have a chance to shoot.

On the west bank of the Pearl River, Zhang Jiayu ordered the soldiers to gather the captives, and also sent a signal to the opposite bank. Only then did the main force of the Dragon Guards cross the river safely.

The first thing Zhu Linmei said when she saw him was, "How are the casualties?"

Zhang Jiayu saluted, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, the four people killed in battle were all hussars who were in charge of raiding the enemy gunners, and were injured by enemy arrows. In addition, more than ten people were injured, most of them were cavalrymen, but The injury is not serious."

"Send them to Taihe immediately to heal their wounds." Zhu Linmi ordered, "The fallen soldiers should be collected alive first, and after taking Guangzhou, let's hold a funeral for them in the city."

"Yes!"

Although the casualties were minimal, Zhu Linmi was still a little dissatisfied. If it weren't for the rapid attack that could not bring heavy cavalry, these casualties could have been avoided.

It seems that the cotton armor should also be the standard equipment of the hussars, he thought to himself.

"My lord, there is one more thing," Zhang Jiayu continued, "There are many red barbarians among the rebels this time, and they provided all the enemy's cannons."

"Have you found out who these people are?" Although Zhu Linmi guessed that they should be mercenaries, she still asked.

Zhang Jiayu said with some embarrassment: "I haven't heard about this yet because of a language barrier."

It's not too much to say, after a fierce battle just now, all the mercenaries who could interpret and speak Chinese were all killed.

Zhu Linmei turned to the messenger and said, "Go and ask who can talk to Francophone."

"Yes."

Just as he was talking, Chen Xiongfei walked over cheerfully and saluted Zhu Linming: "My lord, these barbarians are rich, and they left us two twelve-pound guns and one four-pound gun. Excellent."

If it weren't for the gunpowder explosion that destroyed a few cannons, I'm afraid there will be more seized this time.

"That's not bad," Zhu Linmei nodded with a smile, "The nine-pound cannon's siege power is a bit weaker, and the twelve-pound cannon is just right.

"The whole army repaired, and then dragged the cannons outside the city of Guangzhou."

"Yes!"

A few people talked about the siege of the city, and suddenly heard the sound of birds singing and swallows singing from behind, "Your Highness, my little girl heard that you are looking for someone who understands the French language?"

Zhu Lin hurriedly turned her head, only to see Mu Zhiqing bowing to him surrounded by her own soldiers.

"Oh? Miss Mu, who knows who can talk to Francophone?"

"Back to Your Highness, my little girl knows a thing or two."

Didn't expect that there are such talents in the border of Yunnan?Zhu Lin was a little surprised, "Then I'll trouble Miss Mu..."

Halfway through his speech, he suddenly remembered that he was going to interrogate prisoners of war, and it might be inappropriate for such a pretty girl to go.

Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Mu Zhiqing smiled and said, "Your Highness, do you want to ask those Red Barbarian soldiers?"

This girl is extremely smart, Zhu Linmei could only nod, "Exactly. But..."

"The little girl is willing to do her little bit for His Highness."

Since she recommended herself, Zhu Linmi couldn't refuse, so she whispered to Shi Lin: "Be gentle later, don't scare Miss Mu."

"Yes!"

……

Just after lunch time, Zhu Linmei was still looking at the map, thinking about how to go around the city and which way to go west if the city of Guangzhou could not be attacked for a long time.

Then some hussars came on horseback and shouted loudly: "Report! My lord, Tong Yizhen abandoned the city and fled. The prefect of Guangzhou led all the officials to open the door to welcome the army into the city!"

Zhu Linmei didn't expect that the huge Guangzhou would be taken down so quickly, but she was a little stunned, then got up on the horse, and called to the soldiers beside her, "Come on, let's go into the city!"

Halfway through the journey, Zhang Jiayu led a team to meet him again, and told him in detail about the "siege" in the morning.

It turned out that the Dragon Guards had seven six-pound guns and two twelve-pound guns mounted outside the city of Guangzhou, and only fired less than ten shots—the twelve-pound guns lacked suitable shells—so the soldiers defending the city ran away in fright. Cleaned up.

No wonder they were afraid, the fact that the [-] Dragon Guards wiped out Su Pin's [-] main force in an instant was now a lingering nightmare for all the Cantonese troops.

The guards in Guangzhou City can be counted, and there are at least four to five thousand soldiers outside the city. How can the seven or eight hundred of them deal with it?

Therefore, from soldiers to supervisors, it is a rush to be the first.Tong Yizhen originally wanted to restrain himself, but seeing the murderous intent in the deserter's eyes, he didn't stop him at all, let's run together.

So in less than three hours, the Guangzhou government was restored.Since the Hongguang Dynasty, Guangdong, which had intended to become a vassal, was finally returned to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Outside the city, officials and gentry at all levels in Guangzhou respectfully stood beside the road, and went out for more than ten miles to pay homage to His Royal Highness the Assistant King of the Ming Dynasty.

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