Dealing with the giant cannon?
How to solve it? Send someone to blow it up?
Qianlong's face was gloomy and his mood was heavy. Ah Gui had seen the steel giant ship described by the Westerners today. The size reported was exactly the same as the Westerners 'description.
It was about 900 feet long, 25 feet wide, and more than 100 feet tall. It weighed tens of millions of pounds, and its entire body was made of steel. It was indestructible!
(Note: 10 feet in the Qing Dynasty is equivalent to 3.33 meters!)）
The steel ship was equipped with several cannons, each of which was more than a foot wide (one foot was 31 centimeters). When the cannons were fired, the mountains shook and the shells exploded. Not a single blade of grass grew within a few hundred meters, and the houses collapsed like autumn leaves.
What was even more terrifying was that the accuracy was extremely high and the shooting range was extremely long. Ah Gui gave the order to retreat, and the 50,000 cavalrymen of the Eight Banners Army retreated to a distance of 30 miles outside the city, but they were still hit by destructive artillery fire.
How did the Ming Thieves build these giant ships and cannons?
Qianlong racked his brains and could not figure out how humans could build such a steel ship! How was it driven?
There were no sails, no oars, and they could run very fast. Could it be that there was really a god helping the Ming Thief?
The anxious Qianlong couldn't sit still anymore. He got up and paced back and forth.
"Lord Yu, how do you think we should remove the threat of the Ming Thief's cannon?”
Yu Minzhong thought about it again and again, and a brilliant idea suddenly popped up in his mind.
Feasible, this plan was too clever.
"Your Majesty, after the Ming bandits used their cannons to clear out the port and coastal defense troops, they could have razed Guangzhou to the ground. They could have defeated Lord Ah Gui's 150,000 troops without having to go ashore, but the Ming bandits didn't bombard Urban area, as if they didn't want to harm the civilians.”
"After seizing Guangzhou, the Ming thief puppet emperor issued an edict to leave the head without the braids, leaving the braids without the head, and giving the civilians in Guangzhou the freedom to choose. Those who are unwilling to cut the braids can leave.”
"Therefore, this servant suggests that the imperial court's army attack Guangzhou while holding the civilians hostage. As long as the Ming bandits don't attack with their cannons, the brave and invincible imperial court's army will definitely defeat the Ming bandits and drive them into the sea!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the air instantly froze. Everyone looked at Yu Minzhong in unison, and a few traces of disbelief flashed in their eyes.
Kidnapping the civilians to attack Guangzhou, so that the Ming army, who did not want to harm the civilians, would not dare to open fire?
Despicable, this plan was too despicable and shameless.
If it was any other time, Qianlong would not have done this. He would not have been able to save face.
However, the cannons of the Ming bandits were too terrifying, so they couldn't care so much. Destroying the Ming bandits was the top priority. Otherwise, when the Ming bandits gained a foothold, the Qing Dynasty would be in danger.
"Very good. Zhen feels that this plan is very good. What do you all think?”
"Emperor, we have no objections!"
What else could they say? It was impossible to blow up the Ming army's giant ship. This was the only simple and direct way.
Of course, there were also people who opposed it. He Shen said worriedly,""Emperor, kidnapping civilians can force the Ming bandits to give up using the cannons, but it is very likely to cause public anger.”
Public anger?
Qianlong said coldly," The Ming rebels did not attack the north and went straight for the capital. They captured Guangzhou and recruited tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers from the Green Camp and civilians in the city. This means that the Ming rebels have very few troops. They are trying to expand their army in the south."”
"We can't hesitate anymore. We need to mobilize a large number of troops to fight!”
"Defeat and eliminate the Ming bandits. The Qing Dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai. The southern peasants still dare to rebel?”
Uh, that's true.
He Shen was speechless and could only shout that the emperor was wise.
Seeing that no one objected, Qianlong immediately ordered.
"Send an edict to Fulong An and Ah Gui to gather all the troops in the south to besiege Guangzhou. We must eliminate the Ming bandits within ten days and recapture Guangzhou.”
"The Ming bandits don't have an infantry army. They can't threaten the Qing Dynasty with just a few steel warships.”
Qianlong's thinking was clear. After destroying the Ming army in Guangzhou, the steel ship was indeed terrifying, but could it still sail on land?
As long as the coastal people retreated dozens of miles away from the threat of the Ming bandits 'cannons, the Qing Dynasty would be able to last forever!
No, other than attacking the southern coastal provinces, the Ming Dynasty bandits could also take down Yizhou, which was in chaos once every three years and once every five years!
"Send an order to Nan Ao Commander A Yantai to pay close attention to the movements of the Ming bandits. We must not let them seize Yizhou Island!”
"Yes!"
……
Three days later, Guangzhou.
Yesterday's battle had already caused a sensation in Guangdong Province. As the citizens who had evacuated from Guangzhou added fuel to the fire, the news quickly spread in all directions.
After Ah Gui noticed this phenomenon, it was already too late to keep his mouth shut. In three days, most of the areas in the south learned that the Ming army had returned from overseas and captured Guangzhou, defeating Ah Gui's 150,000 troops and killing 100,000!
This explosive news also explained the mystery that had puzzled hundreds of millions of people for more than a month. Why did the imperial court deploy so many troops to the coastal areas as if they were facing a great enemy?
It turned out that he had known in advance that the Ming army was going to attack!
The hearts of the people were wavering. Many people were silently praying that the Ming army could defeat the Qing army and restore the orthodox Han Dynasty.
Although the Ming Dynasty had not perished and the lives of the common people were not much better, at least they did not have to shave their heads and change their clothes to become slaves, right?
Of course, they did not dare to rebel against the Qing army and welcome the return of the royal army. The people could only wait and silently pray that the royal army could defeat the Qing army.
Fu Longan and Ah Gui did not have time to dwell on the bad influence caused by the Battle of Guangzhou. After receiving Qianlong's imperial edict, they immediately began to mobilize all the troops in the south. Except for those who had to stay behind, almost all of them came out. In just three days, 500,000 people gathered in Guangdong. The soldiers were divided into seven roads and surrounded Guangzhou.
Zhu Weichu was not idle either. He ordered the craftsmen to make weapons, strengthen the city walls, and deploy the heavy machine guns in place to welcome the Qing army's attack at any time.
The warships on the sea outside the port were ready. The artillery shells were ready, and artillery support was on call.
In the firearms workshop built on the south side of the port, steel furnaces rose from the ground. Hundreds of craftsmen brought from Flower Island were working overtime with the Ming soldiers to make the Type 1776 flintlock.
Reba, who was wearing a mask, served as the chief engineer. Under the guidance of the military experts in the live broadcast room, she systematically directed four to five thousand people to build machines, polish parts, and prepare smokeless gunpowder that would be invented in the next century.
The machines were the most important. In the absence of electricity, the military experts in the live broadcast room came up with the most suitable solution to create a machine driven by charged water power to greatly increase production efficiency.
Advanced steel furnaces, rifling machines, gun barrel forging machines, and parts stamping machines. Lu Zhenming and all the craftsmen and soldiers were impressed by the number of machines they had created in three days. They were completely impressed by Reba, the eighteen-year-old emperor's personal attendant.
Zhu Weichu came to inspect and saw Reba with two dark circles under her eyes. She was so tired that she couldn't even open her eyes. He couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
"Reba, go and rest! You only slept a few hours for three days and three nights…"
Reba, who was drawing a blueprint, raised her head and smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty, I don't dare to sleep. Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops are besieging the city, and the lives of 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city are in my hands.”
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