As always, every time before a war in the Ming Dynasty, the "Ming Dynasty Newspaper" would first publish the Ming Emperor's declaration of war, and then explain the cause of the war - the Portuguese barbarians stole goods in the name of drying goods, and used bribes to

Officials have obtained the right to reside in Macau, but now they refuse to accept the royal status of the Chinese dynasty and instead want to invade and occupy Macau. Is this intolerable? Who can't be tolerated?

Immediately afterwards, Luo Xingchang, the commander of the Sixth Army, and Lin Pan, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, who were originally coming to Jinan to attend the year-end meeting, transferred to Denglai, and took a boat from Denglai to go south to Guangzhou. The entire Guangzhou began to enter a state of military control and resumed military control.

To implement the curfew system that had been abolished, the Sixth Army stationed in Guangzhou began to recall all soldiers on leave and distribute ammunition. The South China Sea Fleet stationed in Leizhou and Qiongzhou also began to transport supplies and ammunition to the ships.

In the 4487th year of the Yellow Emperor's era, the fourth year after Zhu Jinsong proclaimed himself emperor, on the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month of Xinchou month and Jiwei day, the Artillery Regiment directly under the Sixth Army and the 18th Division stationed near Xinhui began to block the border gate and the South China Sea.

The fleet began to blockade the waters near Macau.

After receiving the news, Portuguese Overseas Colonial Minister Castro, the justice, and members of the city council were stunned.

These toothy grapes have very magical brain circuits.

If the Tatars were still here, let alone the annual rent of 500 taels of silver, even if I asked them to kneel down to greet the "Tatars from Macao", these grapes would not hesitate at all.

In the eyes of these grapes, the Taqing Empire is, after all, a huge empire that Portugal cannot afford to offend. If the Taqing Empire is really angered, the Portuguese in Macau will definitely be the unlucky ones.

But - isn’t it that we, the Qing Dynasty, have been dissatisfied? There are hundreds of anti-thief gangs in the world, big and small, all claiming to be the orthodox Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, has retreated to Zhili. In this case, even if

These grapes have to pay a rent of five hundred taels, and you don’t know who to give them to, right?

When these rebels, large and small, were finally defeated and the newly minted "Emperor Ming" unified the Central Plains once again, these grapes suddenly no longer wanted to pay the rent of five hundred taels.

Macau was occupied by our Portuguese army from the "Ming Dynasty" more than two hundred years ago. The five hundred taels of rent paid to us by the Qing Dynasty was entirely for the sake of "the friendship between the Qing Dynasty and Portugal". This is the same as you

What does it matter to the rebels who must have been seriously injured?

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you want five hundred taels of rent. Anyway, Portugal has money, so I can give you a few hundred taels of silver as alms, just like sending me off to be a beggar, but you have to admit Portugal’s right to rule Macau, otherwise I won’t get a cent.

No money at all!

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These grapes never imagined that just after they had defeated Zou Taicheng, who claimed to be the "Ming Dynasty's appointed magistrate of Macao", the "rebellious Ming Dynasty" troops would come to block the "Guanzha".

The Border Gate is the only channel from Macau to Guangdong, and it is also the only supply channel in Macau other than the sea. Once the so-called "Ming Army" completely blocks the Border Gate, it basically means that the Portuguese in Macau will completely lose their supplies.

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Count on sea supplies?

Isn’t that nonsense? How many ships are needed to supply the supplies needed by the entire Macau?

To put it bluntly, Castro, the Justice, and the members of the city council originally wanted to act cool and scare away the Ming army, thus confirming the fact that Macau was already under Portuguese colonization. However, they did not expect this cool act.

It was a bit big, and the Ming army was directly summoned.

Under duress, Castro, the Portuguese Minister of Overseas Colonies, quickly summoned the so-called justice and members of the city council to the Governor's Palace and began to discuss countermeasures.

However, these grapes quarreled from morning to night, and from night to morning, but they still failed to achieve any result——

How many troops does Portugal have in Macau?

The full calculation will not exceed two thousand.

How many troops did the Ming army have? How many firearms and equipment were there? How many ships were there in the maritime fleet? What was the fighting will of the army?

With red eyes, Castro shook the newspaper in his hand and shouted to the justice and the city council members: "Gentlemen! Listen to me, gentlemen! The Ming Dynasty's army is dispatched this time.

The Sixth Army and the South China Sea Fleet - this is one of the only pieces of information we have."

After the justice and all the city council members turned their attention, Castro continued to shout: "Another piece of news we can know is that the Sixth Army was just reorganized last year, and the South China Sea Fleet was also

It was just established last year.”

"Although we don't know their specific number, according to the information we have obtained, the so-called Sixth Army of the Ming Dynasty was stationed in Panyu, Xinhui and Xin'an, and the South China Sea Fleet was also stationed in Leizhou and Qiongzhou respectively."

"Although the Ming Dynasty has just put down all the rebellions in their country, the combat effectiveness of their army should be very high! Gentlemen, I think you know how expensive it is to maintain a huge army, like this

The troops stationed in three places should be just enough to maintain law and order, and the number of troops cannot be too large."

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"Also, although the officials of the Ming Dynasty want to evacuate their civilians, you know that there are still many civilians who are loyal to the Qing Dynasty or who are with us. The Ming Dynasty will not ignore them.

life and death."

Then the justice and the city council members looked at Castro as if he were a fool.

Yes, all fools know that maintaining a huge army will be very expensive, but the Ming Dynasty before and the Qing Dynasty later, which of them did not have a huge army?

Let’s just talk about the big brawl some time ago. Which of the gangs participating in the war didn’t have hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers?

Even if the number of the Sixth Army stationed in Panyu, Xinhui and Xin'an is not too large, as long as there are 6,000 people, one-third of it is divided into 2,000 people, which is already equal to the entire force that can be mobilized by the Macau Governor's Palace.

, if you include the South China Sea Fleet...

Besides, wouldn’t the Ming government care about the life and death of Ming people?

Well, it was said in the newspapers that all Ming people were required to obey the arrangements of the prefect of Macau and evacuate Macau within a time limit. Those who did not leave within the time limit were deemed to have given up their identity as Ming people by default, and the Ming army would no longer protect them.

Didn’t you, Governor Ka, see this?

Or are you saying that the people you evacuated from Macau with the Ming Dynasty official Zou in the past few days were Portuguese?

Looking at the strange looks of the justice and the city council members, Castro sneered and then continued: "Of course, no matter what, fighting and killing for five hundred taels of silver is not a glorious thing.

So, I decided to invite that Ming official, Zou, and invite him back to negotiate."

"As long as it remains the same as before, we will give them a rent of five hundred taels of silver per year."

"Now, gentlemen, please vote!"

As Castro finished speaking, the entire parliament hall raised their arms.

This made Castro very angry - it was these members of Congress who wanted to be tough on the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, and now they are the ones who want to give in. However, whether it is tough or giving in, in the end, he, the colonial governor, has to come forward.

They are just like each other's mother!

However, the messenger Castro sent to ask for a meeting with Zou Taicheng, the "Ming Dynasty official appointed governor of Macau", failed to meet Zou Taicheng.

Du Fei once said that it is easier to send gifts to gods than to invite them.

After Castro said those harsh words, Zou Taicheng returned directly to Panyu, and the gate to Panyu was blocked by the Ming army. For a while, Castro did not want to see Zou Taicheng again.

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The army of the Ming Dynasty has been reorganized. Most of the soldiers originally from the north were transferred to the south, while the soldiers from the south were transferred to the north. Even the ones closest to home were still in other provinces, and they would never serve as soldiers in their own province.

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It was under this circumstance that Yang Daniu was transferred to the 18th Division of the Sixth Army of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Daniu, who was originally very upset, almost laughed out loud.

In two years of joining the army, I have fought in eight if not ten battles. I have already accumulated merit and been promoted to company commander. If I can achieve some more military exploits, I guess it will be no problem to be promoted to battalion level commander.

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The problem lies in this credit - as many provinces are "determined by propaganda", there are fewer and fewer places where war is needed. If you want to make war achievements, you can only wait to use troops against the Qing Dynasty or attack the Qing Dynasty.

Jiaozhi, North Korea uses troops.

The key point is that no one knows when the emperor and his elders will use troops against us, the Qing Dynasty, Jiaozhi, and Korea.

If we have to kill the Tatars within two or three years, it's okay. If we have to wait ten or eight years, I guess I should retire, and then I will never have the chance to go to the battlefield again.

Yang Daniu had almost given up all hope, but he never expected, never expected, that these Portuguese barbarians who had occupied Macau would actually come forward!

Leading his company's soldiers to prepare before closing the gate, Yang Daniu took a deep breath and said to the messenger beside him: "Tell Battalion Commander Lin of the artillery camp that our second company is ready.

Let them fire three covering volleys first, and then extend the forward firepower three miles forward."

The messenger curled his lips, turned and ran towards the artillery position behind - three rounds of covering volleys, an artillery battalion is estimated to be able to fire fifty-four artillery shells, if you include the magic arrows in the artillery battalion... it is estimated that this

After three rounds, nearly 400 rounds can be fired.

Coupled with what Yang Daniu said about extending forward for three miles, it is estimated that Battalion Commander Lin D of the artillery camp can knock out half of the cannonballs in his hand!

So, what does it mean if the second company is not prepared? Just hit it with cannonballs. After the smashing is done, there will probably be only a few of those long-tusked grapes left, so the second company can just go and collect the corpses.

But, in the army, the rank and file has always been the one that suppresses people. Military orders must be carried out even if they are understood, and they must be carried out even if they are not understood. Therefore, the messengers still went to the artillery camp to deliver the message.

Then Battalion Commander Lin of the artillery camp launched an overwhelming bombardment - whether it was what was mentioned in the "Ming Newspaper" or the news passed down from level to level, Battalion Commander Lin knew that Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, had been raped by this Portuguese barbarian.

They were so angry.

It is precisely because of this that from the very beginning when it was decided that the 18th Division would take the lead in the attack, the commander of the Sixth Army had already issued a military order: try to plow the entire Macao with artillery shells, and after plowing with artillery shells, use grenades to continue washing.

Until there is not a single barbarian in Macau who can breathe.

The emperor said that the able-bodied should be kept as laborers?

Well, the barbarians are definitely not stupid, right? After being bombarded, the barbarians will definitely run to the sea. Those who are still in Macau are probably mentally ill - having brain problems can also be regarded as a kind of disability.

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Therefore, we can just let the South China Sea Fleet take care of things like catching laborers. Our 18th Division will not compete with the South China Sea Fleet for credit.

At this time, on the flagship treasure ship of the South China Sea Fleet, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet Lin Pan was lecturing a group of subordinates.

"I don't want to see any ships flying the Portuguese flag on the sea! No matter they are warships or merchant ships, I don't want to see them! Listen to me, I don't need to be alive! Let the army catch the workers!"
Chapter completed!