But now that Zou Pusheng told him that the target of 1,000 artillery pieces could not be achieved, Chen Youliang was naturally even more dissatisfied.
At this time, Zou Pusheng saw that Chen Youliang was already looking unhappy, so he quickly explained, "Your Majesty, this artillery uses too much copper. Our dynasty has just been established, and there is a lot of waste to be done, and all kinds of money are spent."
There are too many places and not enough money to cast cannons!"
Chen Youliang frowned, "Then I will issue an imperial edict to confiscate copper materials across the country! First of all, we will confiscate all the bronze bells and Buddha statues in those temples and use them to cast cannons. These good things will be wasted to support those bald donkey monks.
What kind of bird is it for?”
Chen Youliang was very disgusted with the monks in the Han Dynasty.
In particular, Zhu Yuanzhang of Jiangnan had once been a monk, and Chen Youliang hated the monk even more. He hated him all the time.
After hearing what Chen Youliang said, Zou Pusheng also nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise, those monks and monks are indeed not engaged in production. By confiscating the bronze bells and statues of their temples, they can cast some bronze cannons, but the gap is still quite big!"
When Chen Youliang heard this, he frowned and asked: "Prime Minister, is there any good solution? Prime Minister, you know that even 1,000 artillery pieces are still far away from Zhu Yuanzhang's two or three thousand artillery pieces."
It’s not enough.”
Zou Pusheng said to Chen Youliang: "Your Majesty, I sent someone to find out that the reason why the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers are so rich and can cast so many bronze cannons is that on the one hand they have enough copper in their original reserves, and on the other hand it is because of their prosperous sea trade.
, there is a lot of money. After the maritime trade flourishes, with a lot of money, you can naturally buy more materials, hire more craftsmen, and naturally cast more cannons!"
"Sea trade?" Chen Youliang frowned when he heard the word sea trade.
Huguang is close to the inland. Although the Yangtze River waterway, known as the golden waterway, has convenient transportation, it is too far from the sea and so on.
Moreover, after Jiangxi was lost, water transportation on the Yangtze River became very difficult.
Chen Youliang asked: "Prime Minister, do you have any ideas? Is sea trade something we can do?"
Zou Pusheng nodded and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Although Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han now occupy Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and have big ports like Quanzhou and Mingzhou, there is another place that is also an excellent sea trade place.
The place has not yet been occupied by them!"
When Chen Youliang heard this, he immediately asked: "Prime Minister, where are you talking about?"
Zou Pusheng used his hand to guide the direction, "Your Majesty, I am talking about Guangzhou!"
"Guangzhou?"
Chen Youliang was immediately happy when he heard this.
Yes, why did you forget about Guangzhou?
Historically speaking, Guangzhou’s maritime trade status was much earlier than Quanzhou and Mingzhou.
During the historical Han Dynasty, Panyu in Guangzhou was already the starting point of the famous Maritime Silk Road. The silk of the Han Dynasty shipped from here could be transported across many waves to the Nanyang Islands of Niboluo, and then from Nanyang.
The islands were transferred to the Indian region of Tianzhu in the west.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Guangqing from Zengcheng and Lin Guifang from Guangzhou raised troops. Although the rebels in Guangdong were also anti-Yuan.
However, they do not accept the ideas of the Red Scarf Army of the White Lotus Sect.
They were all locals in Guangdong and used their local clan power to resist the Mongol rule.
The Guangdong Rebels, who fought independently, basically focused on self-preservation.
Historically, Guangdong's resistance to the Yuan Dynasty was quite fierce. Not long before the Battle of Yashan in the Southern Song Dynasty, the city of Guangzhou was captured by the Yuan army. The Yuan army even issued a cruel massacre order, turning the prosperous and prosperous Guangzhou into a white land.
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Now, the Yuan Dynasty is in chaos!
The local Han people in Guangzhou even raised up their militia very early and wiped out all the Mongol and Yuan forces in Guangzhou.
Chen Youliang felt that he had a hundred thousand soldiers in Huguang. Once he crossed Hunan and entered Guangdong, it would be easy to control Guangdong. After all, the rebels in Guangdong were scattered and weak. They fought on their own and were no match for Chen Youliang's Han army.
Chen Youliang clapped his hands happily and said with a smile:
"Prime Minister, you really have a good idea! As long as you win Guangzhou, there will be a steady stream of wealth!"
Not only is there wealth in Guangzhou, there are also many copper mines in Guangxi.
As long as Guangzhou is captured, it means that there will be sea trade and there will be money. With money, you can build more artillery, and you will have the strength to avenge Zhu Yuanzhang and the Zhuhai brothers!
Chen Youliang immediately ordered Zou Pusheng to be the chief military officer and lead an army of 150,000 to enter Hunan and start fighting southward.
Chen Youliang is planning to take over Guangzhou in the next year!
With the news of the Han Empire's march in Huguang, the local rebel armed forces in Guangdong immediately got wind of it.
They are not the same as the Red Scarf Army in the north. Once the Han Red Scarf Army from Huguang invades Guangdong, at least it will deprive the local people of Guangdong of their military power, and at worst, they will definitely burn, kill and loot in Guangdong.
These days, the military does not have much national consciousness, but more of a local clan consciousness.
When foreign troops enter another unfamiliar place to fight, they often burn, kill, and loot.
There were very few armies in ancient times that did not disturb, rob or kill.
Therefore, after the news came that Chen Youliang was going to raise troops to attack Guangdong, the local rebel forces in Guangdong immediately wanted to protect themselves.
They elected Lin Guifang, the leader of the Guangzhou rebel army, as the chief commander of the rebel army, and immediately established the Guangdong Generalissimo's Office.
First of all, on the one hand, they stepped up their military preparations, prepared their troops for war, and were ready to resist the invading Red Turban Army of the Han Dynasty.
On the other hand, they also knew that their military strength was weak and it would be difficult to resist Chen Youliang's Red Scarf Army, so they took a sea ship along the sea route to Jinling, where they paid tribute to the King of Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to seek Zhu Yuanzhang's protection.
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The Municipal Shipping Department allowed the King of Wu to send officials to collect commercial taxes locally, but as for local governance, they retained all the power in their own hands.
Zhu Yuanzhang originally had no intention of occupying Guangdong.
Now, the Guangdong rebels came to surrender, and Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally very happy.
Because it's just like picking it up for free.
Zhu Han was naturally very happy about the surrender of these rebels in Guangdong.
The person who came to Jinling in person from the Guangdong Rebel Army was none other than Lin Guifang, the chief helmsman of the Guangdong Rebel Army.
As the leader of the rebel army elected by Guangdong, Captain Lin immediately made a request for military assistance after learning that Zhu Yuanzhang accepted their vassal and paid tribute.
The shrewd Guangdong people knew clearly that it was easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away. The local rebels in Guangdong did not want many soldiers and horses sent by Wu King Zhu Yuanzhang.
They just wanted to obtain weapons and armor from King Wu.
According to the figures they gave, Zhu Han was immediately surprised after reading them.
It can arm about 100,000 people!
It must be said that the local wealth in Guangdong is still very rich.
Lin Guifang was invited to Zhu Han's house to discuss this batch of military supplies in person.
"Deputy Commander, what we mainly want to purchase this time are muskets, artillery, and light armor. If possible, it would be best to get that kind of light half-body plate armor!" Lin Guifang said.
The weather in Guangdong is hot, so half-length plate armor is most suitable.
"Since Guangdong has surrendered to King Wu, there are still some things that must be settled with you first, so as to avoid misunderstandings sometimes and ruining the harmony between each other." Zhu Han said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Lin Guifang immediately agreed: "Don't worry, Deputy Commander, as long as we can do it, we will definitely obey King Wu's arrangements!"
After a trip to Jinling, Lin Guifang immediately realized the powerful strength of Zhu Yuanzhang's many soldiers and generals.
My confidence in resisting Chen Youliang has greatly increased!
Lin Guifang knew that even if she offended Chen Youliang, she could not offend brothers Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, the news of the demise of the semu people like Pu Shougeng in Quanzhou had already reached Guangzhou. The powerful semu navy was not enough for Zhu Yuanzhang's army to fight, let alone Guangzhou.
"We have no interest in the governance of Guangdong. My brother and I have spoken and agreed that you will continue to preside over the military administration of Guangdong. As for the establishment of a municipal shipping department in Guangzhou, it is a matter of course, so there is another request.
Only if you agree!" Zhu Han said.
Lin Guifang quickly asked, "Deputy Commander, what is this request?"
"Our request is... that the Municipal Shipping Department established in Guangzhou will not only collect tariffs, but also manage all maritime trade in Guangdong, stipulating what kind of goods can be trafficked across the sea, and what kind of goods can be trafficked by sea.
Trafficking in, and then without the permission of the Guangzhou Shipping Department, anyone who traffics in contraband will be severely punished," Zhu Han said.
Hearing that the Guangzhou Shipping Department had so much power, Lin Guifang did not immediately agree.
Half of the wealth of Guangzhou comes from sea trade!
If the management of maritime trade is controlled by the so-called Guangzhou Shipping Department, then the autonomy of Lin Guifang and other Guangzhou rebel leaders will naturally be greatly reduced.
However, Zhu Han's stance on this matter is very firm and there is no room for compromise.
Historically, the Yuan Dynasty’s management of maritime trade was very loose!
Many advanced scientific and cultural technologies were inadvertently spread and dispersed through these maritime trades.
This is also because since the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of Southeast Asian and Western countries have made rapid progress in science and technology. Even the Western ideological enlightenment movement in history was influenced by many science and technology and humanities from the East.
Therefore, it is naturally impossible for Zhu Han to actively spread these advanced technologies from the Central Plains and must be strictly controlled.
After hearing Zhu Han's words, Lin Guifang also knew that his attitude was very firm. If she did not agree, her trip to Jinling for help this time would probably be abandoned halfway.
So Lin Guifang gritted her teeth and agreed.
"Don't worry, Deputy Commander, I agree on behalf of our brothers in Guangdong!"
Brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han have no real intention to occupy the land in Guangdong at this stage.
All they need is Guangzhou's important position in carrying sea trade territory.
Now, the Guangzhou Shipping Department has also been brought under its jurisdiction, which means that all maritime trade in the Central Plains is under its control.
Whatever goods the foreign merchants in the Nanyang and Western regions want to transport and traffic, they can no longer escape their control.
"Okay! Let's do this. You just stay in Jinling for a few more days. I will send people to prepare all the muskets, artillery and armor you need. Then I will let you send a ship back to Guangzhou together!" Zhu Han said generously!
said.
When Lin Guifang heard this, she was immediately overjoyed!
However, he was a little worried and said: "Deputy Commander, we didn't bring so much money this time!"
What Lin Guifang said was a bit dishonest, because based on the price of the military supplies they purchased, even if they brought money, they couldn't bring so much.
After all, being able to equip 100,000 people with weapons, armor and artillery is an astronomical figure!
The rebel leaders in Guangdong Province alone cannot afford it even if they sell iron.
Therefore, Lin Guifang and others decided to eat and drink for free in the name of seeking refuge.
Zhu Han said: "As the saying goes, brothers must settle accounts clearly. Guangzhou has been prosperous in commerce since ancient times. I don't need to say more about these things. It doesn't matter if you don't have money. I can give you this batch of armaments on credit first."
You guys, wait until you beat Chen Youliang away, and then pay him back slowly!"
Nowadays, military workshops in Jinling, Chuzhou, and Suzhou have already produced several batches of military supplies in advance.
Because technology updates too fast!
The first few batches of newly released military supplies were quickly reduced to obsolete products and were overstocked in warehouses.
Annual maintenance and storage is a huge expense.
Therefore, Zhu Han packaged this batch of supplies to the Guangdong Rebels without hesitation.
When Lin Guifang heard this, she was immediately very happy, "The deputy commander-in-chief is unparalleled in his benevolence and righteousness. The entire army and people of Guangdong are deeply grateful. Please accept Lin's respect!"
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However, weapons workshops such as Jinling cast muskets and artillery. Even if their models are outdated, they are still extremely advanced weapons for this era.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still very surprised that Zhu Han handed these things over to the Guangdong Rebels so easily.
"Qiwu, these weapons of ours are all extremely valuable. Although they are not the best we have now, we can't hand them over to the Guangdong Rebels so easily. Who knows if Lin Guifang is a capricious person?"
, what can we do after we hand it over to them?”
Zhu Yuanzhang said slightly worried.
Zhu Han smiled and said:
"Brother, don't worry, I'm actually doing this to have better weapons!"
"If the old ones don't go away and the new ones don't come in, there is no benefit at all from piling these old ones in the warehouse. Only by selling them and exchanging them for appropriate profits can we have more money to support the invention of new ones."
arms!"
Zhu Yuanzhang has always trusted Zhu Han's judgment.
"Qiwu, since you said so, then we can rest assured! However, these weapons and armors, as well as muskets and artillery, are all good equipment that is hard to buy for a lot of money. If it is given to the Guangdong Rebels so cheaply, it only takes a Guangzhou city ship
Secretary, it really isn’t that big of a profit?”
After the Yuan Dynasty army massacred Guangzhou at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the wealth accumulated by Guangzhou for hundreds of years was burned!
After a hundred years of operation, Guangzhou has not returned to its original level, so Guangzhou's shipping tax is destined to be no higher than Quanzhou and Mingzhou.
Zhu Han actually didn't pay much attention to the profit issue.
He smiled and said, "Brother, as the saying goes, a drunkard doesn't care about drinking. I control the Guangzhou Shipping Company, which is not just a maritime trade. Do you know what we lack most now?"
"Um?"
Brother Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this.
What is missing most? This question really puts Lao Zhu in a dilemma.
Jiangnan now lacks nothing.
Speaking of money, the commerce and trade in Jinling, Suzhou, Mingzhou and Quanzhou are very prosperous. The hands and necks of Lao Zhu, who collects business taxes, are sore.
As for gold mines and silver mines, gold mines do not have much output for the time being. Mining gold mines in Laizhou, Shandong is a bit difficult, and the speed of gold production cannot keep up. But when it comes to silver, the silver mines of Ishimi Fan in Japan can be said to be
The mining went extremely smoothly, and millions of taels of silver have arrived in Jinling City.
There is no shortage of money, people, or troops.
Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't figure out what he was missing.
"Qiwu, what do you think we are lacking now?"
Zhu Han said with a smile, "Brother, what we lack most now is sugar!"
"Sugar?"
Brother Zhu Yuanzhang was confused for a moment, and then he suddenly realized.
The most lacking thing now is indeed white sugar, because sucrose is not produced here in Jiangnan!
They are all shipped from other places, and cane sugar is only produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and other places!
Because Zhu Han invented the technology of making white sugar using the yellow mud water method, the cost of white sugar has been greatly reduced, and the level of sugar consumption in Jinling has risen by several levels.
If any wealthy family does not eat some white sugar during the holidays, it is simply a sign of the family's decline. Therefore, the consumption of white sugar has increased several times in Jiangnan.
"Are you saying we can make more money by taxing sugar?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Zhu Han shook his head and said, "Brother, the matter of white sugar is not that simple. The canning workshops we have set up in Jinling and Chuzhou have already been able to test and produce qualified cans, as well as tinplate cans. These things are made
, we will have a large amount of military canning production capacity!"
Military cans are a good thing. They can store excess meat conveniently, and they can last for several years or even more than ten years without rotting or deteriorating.
Moreover, in a place like Jiangnan where the water and soil are warm and humid, every spring and summer, large quantities of fruits will be on the market. They are extremely cheap. Baskets of fruits can often be bought for only one or two cents, but
Once it's out of season, you may not be able to buy a suitable fruit for several taels of money.
This gives the canning workshop opened by Zhu Han a lot of profit margins!
Canned food, which is durable in storage and easy to transport, is more suitable for reserve military ration than ordinary food.
What’s more important is!
The gunpowder workshop set up by Zhu Han produced a new type of gunpowder under Zhu Han's guidance.
This kind of gunpowder is filled with white sugar, replacing part of the charcoal, and can be used as a very stable new gunpowder.
This gunpowder can be used to make powerful rockets.
This kind of rocket can provide more sustained thrust when launched, and can also hit farther and more accurately.
Zhu Han named it honey gunpowder or white sugar gunpowder.
Sugar gunpowder requires a large amount of sugar, which naturally makes sugar an important military product.
After listening to Zhu Han's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang was pleasantly surprised again. He never expected that this sweet sugar could be used as gunpowder.
"Qiwu, you really think long term!" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
Zhu Han was naturally filled with joy for his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang's praise.
He said with a smile, "We are now extremely short of white sugar. The raw materials for sugar cane are only available in Guangdong and Guangxi. It is also the richest sugar cane producing area in the world. The local sugar cane accounts for almost seventy-eight percent of the world's sugar cane production. We have established a city in Guangzhou.
We can purchase local sugar cane in large quantities and then produce white sugar. As long as we have a monopoly on white sugar, not to mention the profits from the white sugar, the white sugar gunpowder alone can become a great weapon for us."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, an important purpose of Zhu Han's funding of the Guangzhou Rebels was to control the sucrose production in the entire Guangdong and Guangxi areas in the name of entering the Guangzhou Shipping Company.
Mastering the production of sucrose means mastering an important raw material for the arms industry.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy with Zhu Han's magical layout.
"Qiwu, your abilities really surprised me!"
Zhu Han smiled slightly and said to his brother Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, don't rush to praise me. When we win Guangdong, we will develop for a year or two. When the time comes, we will win Chen Youliang and the Central Plains. I will also
I have a greater ability for you to see!"
After listening to Zhu Han's words, Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed and said:
"Okay! Then let's wait and see what you can do!"
Ten days later.
Lin Guifang, the chief helmsman of the Guangdong Rebel Army, led nearly a hundred warships from Jinling and set sail south back to Guangzhou.
The merchant ships that followed Lin Guifang southward carried a large number of weapons, armor, muskets and artillery, all of which were urgently needed by the Guangdong Rebel Army.
After these supplies arrived in Guangzhou City, all the rebels in Guangzhou suddenly cheered.
Now they not only protect their local power, but they can also get strong support from Wu Wang Zhu Yuanzhang!
Naturally, everyone was delighted.
For Chen Youliang's troops who were about to attack from the north, they did not know that the strength of the rebels in Guangdong had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Chen Youliang's military intelligence reconnaissance in Guangdong was only based on some snooping in northern Guangdong.
The northern Guangdong area is the most isolated area in Guangdong, and many local rebels have little communication with Guangzhou.
Therefore, after Chen Youliang's Han army explored northern Guangdong, they thought they knew the situation of the entire Guangdong Rebel Army, and immediately relaxed.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, General Zou Pusheng quickly led an army of 100,000 people from Hunan into Guangdong.
Several sporadic small resistances along the way were easily defeated by the Han army led by Zou Pusheng.
Then, they quickly stepped out of the mountains of northern Guangdong and entered the Pearl River Delta plains of Guangzhou.
but!
Here, Zou Pusheng encountered an unexpectedly powerful army!
boom!
Boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Bursts of fierce artillery roared on the battlefield, shocking the Han army from afar.
Although the strength of the Guangdong Rebels was very scattered, each of them was brave and skilled in fighting, and they were familiar with the terrain. The scouts sent out by Zou Pusheng, seven or eighty-eight who were wiped out by the Guangdong Rebels, knew nothing about much of the intelligence ahead.
Therefore, as soon as Zou Pusheng entered the Pearl River Delta plains and saw the Guangdong Rebel Army suddenly appearing, he immediately felt that something was wrong!
Especially when the roar of artillery sounded on the battlefield, Zou Pusheng was even more shocked!
How come the Guangdong Rebel Army also has such powerful artillery?
Could it be...
Is everyone in the world now equipped with artillery?
The artillery of the Guangdong Rebel Army penetrated the Han army array one after another!
Fierce wailing sounded among the troops.
However, the artillery skills of these Guangdong Rebels were unfamiliar. After they fired a round of artillery shells, they reloaded very slowly.
This also made Zou Pusheng feel a little relieved.
After all, as long as the entire army is deployed and then charged, he believes that with the strength of the Han army's elite soldiers who have fought many battles, they can crush the Guangdong Rebel Army on the opposite side.
After a round of artillery bombardment by the Guangdong Rebel Army, the Han army remained calm!
And there was no panic at all, which suddenly made the Guangdong Rebels feel a little worried.
Because when this batch of artillery arrived from Jinling to Guangdong, the Guangdong Rebel Army had visited all of them. The power of these artillery pieces, the flames and the loud sound made many people in the Guangdong Rebel Army collapse to the ground in fear.
, let alone standing motionless and bearing the blows of these artillery pieces.
Therefore, Chen Youliang's Han army was able to remain motionless in the face of artillery bombardment, which was indeed much stronger than the Guangdong Rebel Army.
At this time, Lin Guifang, the chief rudder of the Guangdong Rebel Army, stood in the middle of the cavalry and asked a general wearing plate armor next to him, "General Zhang, what should we do next?"
"Another artillery bombardment?"
The man in front of him, who was called General Zhang, was none other than Zhang Dingbian, the left commander of the musketeers under Zhu Han.
As representatives of the New Army, the new weapons from the Jinling Arms Factory are naturally tested by the New Army.
The musketeers used exquisite and novel objects, so Zhang Dingbian was sent to Guangdong by Zhu Han this time to guide the rebels in the use of new weapons such as artillery, and as a military observer to observe the actual combat conditions of the new weapons.
Hearing Lin Guifang's words, Zhang Dingbian smiled softly and then said,
"Commander Lin, it's very difficult for the enemy on the opposite side to keep their position stable in the face of artillery. Our rebel gunners are still very familiar with it. If this continues, I'm afraid they won't be able to fire three artillery pieces when they are in close combat."
With two shots, now it’s time for our rockets to take the field!”
Lin Guifang nodded and said, "Yes, then there is General Lao Zhang!"
Subsequently, under the command of Zhang Dingbian, a row of soldiers pushed four-wheeled vehicles to the front of the line.
There are four huge, thick and long cylinders placed on these four-wheeled vehicles.
This thing is the sugar rocket newly developed by Zhu Han's gunpowder workshop.
Sugar powder can greatly increase the range and accuracy of rockets.
This time was a rare opportunity for actual combat. Zhang Dingbian was sent to observe the power of the new rocket on the battlefield.
As the rocket cars were placed one after another, Zhang Dingbian waved his hand and shouted an order.
"ignition!"
"ignition!"
Following the order, these rocket launchers held up the torches in their hands and lit the fuse behind the rocket's butt.
Following a squeaking sound, these rockets suddenly burst out into a roar!
It rushed straight into the air, and then made a smooth horizontal leap.
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With a bang, he plunged into the battle formation of the Han army on the opposite side!
A ball of orange flames burst out, followed by bursts of black smoke!
The power of these rocket launchers is not just that. They make a sharp roar before hitting the enemy, and the hundreds of rockets fired at one time make these Han army soldiers unable to hold on any longer.
With a bang!
The Han army was suddenly in chaos!
Countless soldiers began to flee in all directions to avoid these rockets coming from the sky.
The entire Han army was in chaos. General Zou Pusheng ordered the war drums to be beaten and the troops to regroup!
But the results were minimal!
Taking advantage of the chaos, the Guangdong Rebels on the opposite side shouted and launched a desperate charge!
Kill! Kill!
Kill!
Amidst the shouts, the Guangdong rebels attacked from the left and right, pressing down from the center, and immediately defeated the Han army led by Zou Pusheng!
No matter how experienced the Han army was, they were immediately defeated when faced with these terrifying rocket bombardments!
Although the strategist general Zou Pusheng was rich in experience, he had never faced such a situation, and for a while he did not know how to save the defeat.
Defeated!
Defeated! Run!
Run quickly!
Military advisor General Zou Pusheng led his soldiers to quickly escape from the battlefield on horseback.
Seeing that the general Zou Pusheng had already fled, the rest of the Han soldiers fled one after another. The Guangdong Rebel Army then pursued and killed hundreds of thousands of Han soldiers, leaving corpses all over the field.
A large number of soldiers were unable to escape and became prisoners of the Guangdong Rebel Army.
Later, under the personal pursuit of Lin Guifang and other Guangdong rebel generals, they pursued for more than 300 miles and drove the Han army out of the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong and retreated into Hunan before giving up!
Lin Guifang and other generals of the Guangdong Rebel Army set up camp checkpoints in the mountains of northern Guangdong to prevent Chen Youliang from sending troops to retaliate again, and then led their troops back to Guangzhou!
After returning to Guangzhou, Lin Guifang and other Guangdong rebel generals praised Zhang Dingbian one after another!
Their greatest contribution in this battle was created by the New Rocket Army led by Zhang Dingbian!
Hundreds of sugar rockets penetrated into the formation of the Han army and disrupted the enemy's formation, and then gave the Guangdong Rebels a chance to win with one blow.
All the generals of the Guangzhou Rebel Army realized that this sugar rocket was a magic weapon!
If you don't have such a thing in hand, if Chen Youliang calls again, it will be completely ruined.
"General Zhang, do you know if there are any more rockets like this?"
After three rounds of drinks at the celebration banquet, Lin Guifang was the first to ask.
The other generals of the Guangdong Rebel Army also cast curious glances.
Zhang Dingbian was also very satisfied with the power of the new rocket, and he was quite proud of it at the moment. He said to Lin Guifang and others, "The gunpowder workshops in Suzhou and Jinling can produce a hundred of these rockets in a day. With this kind of rocket in hand, district chief Chen Youliang and other miscellaneous soldiers are nothing to worry about! Mr. Lin, if you need to protect the country and the people, just buy one or two hundred new rockets from the deputy commander is enough! Let Chen Youliang never see you again. I dare not set foot in Guangdong!"
After hearing this, Lin Guifang and others immediately felt that it made sense. They learned from Zhang Dingbian that the output of this new type of rocket in Jiangnan was very high. If they bought another one or two hundred spares, it should not be difficult, so
Lin Tingfeng and others immediately jointly reported the victory to King Wu Zhu Yuanzhang.
The Guangdong Rebel Army not only greatly praised and expressed gratitude to King Wu for this military assistance!
He also expressed his desire to purchase 200 new rockets to prevent the remnants of Chen Youliang from counterattacking.
Regarding this suggestion, after asking Zhu Han, his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang agreed without hesitation.
Zhu Han was also very happy about the Guangdong Rebel Army's reliance on new weapons.
The strength of the Guangdong rebels is scattered. If they unite into one, it will be really difficult for them to control Guangdong in the future.
It would be easy for them to rely on these new weapons now.
These new weapons were available to Zhu Han as much as he wanted, and they were a hard-to-find treasure for the Guangdong Rebel Army.
If you do not provide them with these weapons, the Guangdong Rebel Army will lose its strong ability to protect itself.
So after Zhu Han sent more than 200 rockets, he immediately sent people to set up the Guangzhou Shipping Department in Guangzhou, and quickly sent a group of capable officers to set it up.
Just as Zhu Han was expanding his power to the Guangdong area, Chen Youliang's Han strategist, General Zou Pusheng, led his remaining troops to defeat the generals and fled back to Hanyang in embarrassment.
As the first battle since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty suffered such a tragic defeat. Chen Youliang was simply furious.
If Zou Pusheng hadn't been his confidant, he would have always been loyal.
Chen Youliang will settle the score with him no matter what.
In this case, Chen Youliang just scolded him a few words and then asked him to go home and rest.
Within two days, Zou Pusheng was recruited back from home and reinstated to his post.
Regarding the battle in Guangdong, Chen Youliang never expected that he would be defeated so quickly and completely.
Under Zou Pusheng's explanation, Chen Youliang had a general understanding of the entire battle process.
He could basically conclude that brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han must have joined the Guangdong Rebel Army.
Subsequently, Chen Youliang sent multiple spies to inquire about the information about the Battle of Guangdong. Each piece of information was sent back to Hanyang. Chen Youliang could basically conclude that brothers Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang supported the Guangdong Rebel Army.
This is the reason why the Guangdong Rebel Army defeated the Han army led by Zou Pusheng!
In particular, Chen Youliang was extremely surprised by the powerful, long-range, and accurate rockets used by the Guangdong Rebel Army.
"Brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were able to give such a magical weapon to the Cantonese. This shows that they must have something more powerful in their hands. I originally thought that with 1,000 artillery pieces and some strategies, we should be able to capture Jiangnan.
, now it seems that it is simply a soft attack on the stone!"
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "There are not two or three thousand artillery pieces. No, even if there are two or three thousand artillery pieces, it would be very unlucky to encounter Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han's rockets."
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Emperor Chen Youliang of the Han Dynasty suddenly became depressed.
He was summarizing with Zou Pusheng the reasons for the defeat in the Guangdong battle.
Zou Pusheng's mistake in this command can be said to be obvious, but in such an unexpected situation, no matter how powerful the general is, he will be in a panic.
It is even more difficult for a general with mediocre talent like Zou Pusheng to save the defeat.
After hearing the words of Emperor Chen Youliang of the Han Dynasty, Zou Pusheng said quickly:
"Your Majesty, the india thieves are rampant now, and the Cantonese people are following the example of the fox and the tiger. We must find another way. These artillery and rockets were invented by the india thieves. They are so powerful, we must learn from them!"
Chen Youliang expressed great agreement with these remarks.
The last sneak attack on Jinling failed miserably, and they were defeated by the cannons of the red thieves.
This time the raid on Guangdong failed, and they were defeated again by the red arrows.
In this way, the biggest culprit for the defeat in the two wars was the backwardness in ordnance and equipment.
Chen Youliang immediately made up his mind and said: "We must learn these two trump cards of Zhu Thief!"
"Otherwise, let alone fighting for world hegemony, even if we want to save our place in Huguang in the future, it may not be easy!"
It is not unreasonable for Chen Youliang to be so worried. He cannot stand up for his inner loyalty, filial piety and benevolence, and then he makes enemies on all sides. In the north is the Emperor Liu Futong of the Han Dynasty, in the east is Zhu Yuanzhang who was attacked by him, and in the south is he who has just been defeated and fled back.
The Cantonese people, and to the west are Ming Yuzhen and others who are no match for him. In such a place of four battles, Chen Youliang naturally has to step up the development of his own weapons and equipment.
"But, how do you learn these two magical weapons of Zhu Thief?"
This is a big problem.
"They actually have the confidence to hand over such a magical weapon to the Cantonese, which means it is difficult to imitate it. Is there any good way for the military adviser to secretly learn these two secret weapons of the Zhu Thief?" Chen Youliang asked humbly.
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Zou Pusheng rolled his eyes, thought for a moment and said:
"Your Majesty, I am not completely sure, but there is a way you can try!"
Chen Youliang asked quickly, "Tell me, what can I do?"
Zou Pusheng said:
"I heard that Zhu Thief is promoting some new Confucianism in Jiangnan, which is full of novelties such as studying things to achieve knowledge. I'm afraid the secret of gunpowder, artillery and rockets is hidden in this new study, right?"
Brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han greatly promoted Nankong in the south of the Yangtze River!
That is to say, the new Confucianism, in the name of restoring the righteousness of Confucianism, is well known to everyone.
Chen Youliang had heard about it in Huguang for a long time, and he even had this idea to engage in Confucianism. However, after several battles between the Tianwan Red Scarf Army and the Yuan Army, the literary style in Huguang was already in decline. What kind of Confucianism did he want to establish?
, and also somewhat powerless.
"Military advisor, do you want us to send people to steal new Confucian learning?" Chen Youliang asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty, that's exactly what I think." Zou Pusheng said.
After some discussion between Zou Pusheng and Chen Youliang, they both believed that the mysterious weapons such as artillery and rockets in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang brothers must be related to the new Confucianism of Nan Kong.
Maybe the old Master Kong at that time really had extraordinary abilities and had already tinkered with some mysterious weapons. However, it was only because of the loss or deliberate collection by future generations that he did not let the world know about it. Now I don’t know how, let the two brothers Zhu Yuanzhang
I learned it and then tinkered with so many novel weapons.