Chapter 228 Rectifying Macau, Expanding the Army, and Western Offensive (Please subscribe!)

The end of July in the second year of Shenwu in the Ming Dynasty.

Macau, as well as the nearby Guanzhao, were firmly controlled by the Ming Dynasty!

Now you can study how to attack Guangzhou!

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

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

If you don't completely break it up and reorganize it, it's easy to cause trouble.

Western businessmen and Catholic groups here in Macau are very powerful.

Among them, the foreign businessmen held a citizens' meeting, and they used to rule Macau together with the Governor of Macau, who represented the Portuguese royal power.

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

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

"The end is here!"

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

The people below are excited!

Finally we have to attack Guangzhou. This will be the first big city to be attacked after the founding of the new Ming Empire.

Because Guangzhou is indeed a fortified city that is difficult to capture. The terrain alone gives the attackers a headache. There is the Pearl River on both sides to the southwest and Yuexiu Mountain to the north. Only the east side is relatively flat, making it easy to attack.

In the early years, when Shang Kexi was still alive, he built the Yongkang Fort on Yuexiu Mountain in the north of Guangzhou. Because the fort was square in shape, it was commonly known as the "Sifang Fort".

However, if you want to capture Guangzhou, even the Guards will have to go through a lot of tricks.

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

The so-called pressure means temporary control. Now we are just not allowed to leave Macau. After the situation stabilizes for a while, we will think about how to control them.

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

However, for the new Ming Dynasty, which has more powerful firepower, is it difficult to defeat Guangzhou?

No matter how strong Cidu Temple and Sifang Fort are, can they still compare with St. Paul's Fort in Macau?

"Invade Guangzhou, bomb the whole city, and drive out the Qing dogs!"

Because Ming Dynasty has naval superiority!

Not long after Macau was recovered, on Qiongzhou Island, Qin Zhiguo received the order from the Ming Emperor, cooperated with the Guangdong Fleet, quickly captured the western part of Guangdong, and besieged the capital city of Guangzhou together with the emperor's main force.

The church is really more profitable than Zhu Ke and Zang Chengtian’s factories!

It will also confuse people's minds, and the Catholic Church must not be allowed to continue to preach in the Ming Dynasty.

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

Zhu Kezang recruited more than 12,000 people in one breath. In addition to laborers in the market, there were also some Han Chinese in Macao to form the Sixth Guards Town.

Pan Aqiang, Wang Xianwu and Lin Sheng were all standing behind Zhu Kezang. When they heard Zhu Kezang calling them, they all quickly walked around to Zhu Kezang and stood in a row facing Zhu Kezang!

Zhu Kezang raised his voice and continued, "Everyone, prepare for war. In two days, I will lead you to attack Guangzhou Fucheng! Blow up the whole city and drive out the Qing dogs!"

If it were a little later, it would not only be difficult to cut the braids on the body, but also the braids on the mind would be a big problem!

This coincides with the Portuguese. Historically, after the decline of the Tatar 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 Tatar Qing Dynasty.

"Invade Guangzhou, bomb the whole city, and drive out the Qing dogs!"

It is estimated that if you squeeze it a little more, you can still have assets worth one million taels.

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

With such a strict defense, ordinary enemies really can't defeat it.

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

These laborers in the market are truly a natural source of soldiers. They are all poor young men aged 16 or 17. Apart from being a little thinner, their physical fitness is very good.

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

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

Protected by two forts, one in the south and one in the north, the city's defenses in Guangzhou became stronger, lest anyone come to attack it.

This time, he made great achievements in special operations and was good at doing things. He was promoted by Zhu Kezang's front line!

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

The sixth town is not needed for the time being. It doesn't matter. Zhu Kezang's three-pronged attack on the Qing Dynasty will begin immediately!

Guangzhou, not the whole of Guangdong, Zhu Kezang wanted to win in one fell swoop. Thinking of this, Zhu Kezang shouted loudly: "Pan Aqiang, Wang Xianwu, and Lin Sheng follow the order!"

The Han people have not yet taken braids as a matter of course, and they also know that they did not wear braids in the past.

The Sixth Town was trained in Macau, and personnel from the Ming Dynasty Imperial Military Academy in Chengtian Prefecture were dispatched to assist in the training.

"The end is here!"

The reason is very simple, these gangsters are not only powerful, but also extremely rich.

By the way, many Han Chinese in Macau still have braids!

In this era, it is relatively easy to cut braids.

Zhu Kezang planned to attack from the south.

Don't get me wrong, I am a palace teacher, not a concubine, I am the kind of palace teacher in Kingdom Rush 3 who learns foreign languages.

Qin Zhiguo looked at this military order and let out a sigh of relief, feeling that it was finally time for him to take action, "I have been living in Qiongzhou for a long time, and I have been waiting for this day."

During his time on Qiongzhou Island, he had long been dissatisfied with the Qing army on the other side, massacring the people and even setting fire to escape in order to eliminate the plague. He gnashed his teeth in hatred for such an army that had no bottom line.

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

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

Therefore, Zhu Kezang adopted a strategy of both pressure and pull towards these Western businessmen.

"The end is here!"

The Mancheng of Guangzhou, similar to the inner city of the Tatar capital, can be understood as the residence of the colonial governor and his fangs, and the Ming Guards must liquidate them all justly.

As a result, most of the church members were sent out of the country by Zhu Kezang.

Merchants can receive slightly preferential treatment because Zhu Kezang wanted to keep Macau open and prosperous, and Ming Dynasty also needed to continue trading with European colonists.

The Third Town of the Guards under him were mostly from the lower classes of Qiongzhou Island, but they had been used to being oppressed by the Qing army for a long time.

Now the chance for revenge has come.

Suddenly a soldier ran over and said, "Master Guan Zhen, the supply ship of the Guangdong Fleet has arrived and brought a large number of weapons."

"Walk!"
Chapter completed!