Watch Fairy Tail Episode 191: The Ming Army Begins to Assemble
Episode 191 The Ming army begins to assemble
In the Forbidden City in Beijing, Emperor Guangwu listened to the "cries" coming from the shortwave radio, and the two emperors spewed fire.
The death report of sixteen military and political officials in Chifeng was placed on the table. On the radio, Xiang Xiaoqiang’s voice shouted arrogantly:
"...Here I want to say a few words to Guangwu, the puppet Qing slave chief: Yes, I arranged to kill your people, so what happens? Let me tell you, this is not the end, it only represents our preliminary attitude, it is just
It shows that our Ming Dynasty will no longer swallow our anger! If you mean
If sixteen people can pay for the blood debt of more than 2,000 of our officers and soldiers, then you are too naive! But don’t worry, every injustice has its own owner, and we will not kill innocent people indiscriminately like you! This blood debt is the biggest
There is only one main culprit, and I won’t say who everyone knows which one it is!
"I know you want revenge right now. Well, come after me, Xiang Xiaoqiang. My Xiang Xiaoqiang's head is here, waiting for you to get it! Of course, the premise is that you have the ability to get it... I believe you
He is also a self-respecting person and will not be satisfied with assassinating a few unrelated junior officers or innocent people. But if you plan to imitate the southern invasion at the beginning of the year and retaliate by killing innocent citizens with cannons... then this move
So will we.
"We have the most powerful air force in the world, half of which are bombers. Your artillery can only threaten 8 of our cities, and our bombers can threaten 80 of your cities. And I can reveal that now we are growing
The number of planes at the three airports on the Shan Islands is greater than the number of planes in the entire Liaodong Peninsula.
A lot! It only takes an hour and a half to fly from there to Beijing... In the past three hundred years, not a single cannonball or bomb has fallen in Beijing, right? Are you interested in setting a precedent in your day? Yes.
If so, we are happy to accompany you. However, this way, your hard-won stable situation will be difficult to maintain..."
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Emperor Guangwu's eyes were blazing. Hearing Xiang Xiaoqiang's aggressive threats, his face turned pale with anger at first, but after hearing this, he calmed down.
After finishing speaking to Xiaoqiang, Guangwu held his chin, thinking. After a while, he ordered:
"Change the channel and listen to "Voice of China"."
A minister quickly turned the dial on the radio and found another Nanming radio station: "Voice of China." The one he listened to just now was Jinling Broadcasting Company, and now it is Huaxia Broadcasting Company.
There are two broadcasting companies in Ming Dynasty, both of which are located in the Nanjing Broadcasting Building and share a transmitting tower. The Nanjing Broadcasting Building has the most powerful transmitting tower in the entire south, and the medium wave signal transmitted can cover Shandong. However, no matter how far it is, it can only
Use short wave.
The status of Jinling Broadcasting Company in the Ming Dynasty is similar to that of the BBC in the UK. They are both government-invested but independently operated broadcasting companies with authoritative, rigorous and official views. They are also responsible for propaganda against the Qing Dynasty. What do the royal family and the government generally want to express?
For broadcast speeches, Jinling Broadcasting Company is always the source. Huaxia Broadcasting Company is a completely private broadcasting company with a more avant-garde style and is the least polite when it comes to criticizing the government. It has always been a platform for private political groups and grassroots politicians to speak out.
Sure enough, as soon as the "Voice of China" was tuned, there was a quarrel among several "famous political commentators" in Nanming. One of them spat forcefully and shouted:
"...Okay, Xiang Xiaoqiang, you are very happy. You sent people to Beiqing to kill 12 people in a row. You are very heroic. You can also openly boast: Ah, Xiang Xiaoqiang, I avenged Zhang Liansheng, and also avenged two thousand Ming officers and soldiers. , I am such a hero! But please think about it, what is behind this 'happiness'? But you can even think about it with your feet, who is Emperor Guangwu, and can he swallow this breath? You ask Xiaoqiang Be it Shen Rongxuan or Shen Rongxuan, you all use bulletproof cars when you come in and out! The guards are cheering in front of you and behind you... What about us ordinary people? What about our military brothers who don’t have bulletproof cars to ride in? "
Another person interjected in a calmer tone:
"Didn't Xiang Xiaoqiang also think of this? We just heard that he also used words to try to get rid of Guangwu, saying, 'I believe you are also a self-respecting person and will not be satisfied with assassinating a few unrelated junior officers, or They are innocent people.' Xiang Xiaoqiang is right. Emperor Guangwu's character is very face-saving. In addition, what Xiang Xiaoqiang said, if Guangwu really does this, who can think highly of him... You Don’t tell me, although Guangwu is the pseudo-Qing emperor, he is also very afraid of being looked down upon by us Ming people. This can be seen by analyzing many articles in the "Qing Daily"..."
"It's too naive to think like this!" the first famous speaker yelled again, "You are wishful thinking! There is nothing so cheap! Can Xiang Xiaoqiang's two words defeat Emperor Guangwu? Emperor Guangwu It can be said: Then why are you, Nanming, satisfied with assassinating a few of my junior officers? What kind of self-esteem are you talking to me about at this time, Xiang Xiaoqiang? As long as you, Nanming, do this, I, Beiqing, are not allowed to do this?... So, This kind of thing is simply inexplicable, and anyone can explain it according to their own needs and make sense of it."
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Emperor Guangwu listened to the debate on the radio and pondered.
Why did Nan Ming do this? Is it really just to avenge his own soldiers? ... No, it's impossible.
Guangwu judged based on his own experience that this was impossible. Everything a government does must be driven by sufficient interests. All courts in the world are the same, and all countries in the world are the same. If there is no profit, nothing can be done. Everything Behind the high-sounding rhetoric of justice, they are all driven by interests. If there are not enough interests, no matter how righteous things are, they will not be done.
Is it to win over the morale of the army? Such an assassination, coupled with high-sounding rhetoric, can make the soldiers of the Southern Ming Dynasty look in the eyes and warm their hearts. Look, our brothers were killed in the Northern Qing Dynasty, and now the imperial court specially sent people to help him. They went for revenge.
...But when you think about it this way, Youzhen doesn’t make sense. Just like what the person on the radio said, Nanming is not afraid of treating others the same way they treat others? In addition, the Qing Dynasty restricts population movement, and outsiders It is more difficult for assassins to sneak in, and the population of Nanming is free to move and enter and exit freely. The assassins of the Qing Dynasty can be sent in at will. It would be much more convenient for the Qing Dynasty to assassinate people from Nanming. Besides, it is just as that person said In the same way, he could let Xiang Xiaoqiang be swayed by his words? Anyway, it was Nan Ming who took action first, so why should the Qing be so polite? Didn't they just kill whomever they wanted? There would be no moral baggage at all.
If the "assassination war" between the two sides starts, Nanming will definitely not be able to stand it. Nanming values human life, and the death of a few people is a big deal. When the media is all hype, neither the government nor Xiang Xiaoqiang can withstand the pressure. And There was no such thing in the Qing Dynasty. It didn't matter how many people died, it didn't matter if they died in the thousands or tens of thousands. Anyway, the newspapers and broadcasts were all in hand. Even if half of the people in the country died, the other half of the people still didn't know what happened. The country is still as stable as a rock.
In this case, what is Nanming's purpose in carrying out this seemingly mindless assassination operation?
An idea jumped out, and Guangwu smiled. He thought about it again, and it should be right, it was 90% certain.
"The last batch of prisoners of war from Nanming have been taken back," Guangwu said to himself, "but according to the contract, Nanming still has obligations. That is to stop supporting the Taihang Mountain guerrillas and stop inciting the Qing people to flee south. Nanming just wants to provoke both sides.
They assassinated each other, quickly worsened the relationship between the two sides, and used this to tear up the Treaty of Port Arthur. After the people were taken back, they still wanted to be the same as before, and they would do whatever they wanted."
Guangwu murmured a few words to himself, then stood up and walked around. He thought about it several times in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. This was the only motive that Nanming could explain.
He stood up and announced that the foreign minister had entered the palace. This time he planned to take the opportunity to dress up the Qing Dynasty as a victim, go to the League of Nations to complain, and try his best to bring down Nanming's reputation. At the same time, secretly
Arrange the assassination of Xiang Xiaoqiang.
Then, Guangwu announced that the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force had entered the palace. The preparations for the Century Exercise were almost complete, and just at this time, Nanming was so arrogant, so the exercise could be considered to start early.
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In Nanjing, Shen Rongxuan also spoke on the radio, righteously condemning the atrocities committed by the Northern Qing Dynasty, and said that the Ming Dynasty would never be polite to the Puppet Qing Dynasty in the future, and would definitely pay blood for blood, and tooth for tooth. He also emphatically advised the Northern Qing not to try to invade the south again.
.The Yangtze River of the Ming Dynasty
After more than half a year of strengthening the defense line, it is no longer what it used to be. The Ming Dynasty's army is also far from what it was six months ago. It is fully confident and capable of guarding the country. If the Qing captives really want to try, then the Ming Dynasty army will be happy to do so.
Drive them down the Yangtze River to swim.
This kind of speech was obviously a speech to embolden himself, and it was immediately heard by Emperor Guangwu and his generals.
"Your Majesty," Army Commander-in-Chief Burca Limin analyzed, "from a slave's point of view, Shen Rongxuan's words were meant to embolden the people of Nanming. Nanming probably also expected that the Qing Dynasty would not really go south again in the short term.
That’s why they dared to take this dangerous move. In addition, they probably really took their Yangtze River defense line seriously.”
Guangwu pondered and said:
"But they were still very scared. At least they were sweating."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, this servant thinks so too."
At this moment, a senior officer from Sticking Branch came in. He paid Emperor Guangwu a thousand dollars, then took out a report and said:
"Your Majesty, the latest information I have received is that just last night, the four armies of the Nanming Army stationed in Fujian began to move north along the railway. It is estimated that the assembly point should be in Nanjing and Zhenjiang! Also, the troops stationed in Hunan
The two armies also moved northward along the railway line all night, and the assembly point is estimated to be in the direction of Wuhan or Xiangfan!"
Guang Wu was very surprised. He took the report and read it carefully. Then he threw it to Li Min. Li Min read it hurriedly, then raised his head and looked at Guang Wu with fear.
"Li Min, what do you think?"
Guangwu asked calmly.
Li Min thought for a moment and smiled:
"Your Majesty, the Emperor Tianwei, Nanming is scared! He is desperately deploying troops to defend his home!"