Emperor Zhengde
Chapter 326 Machine Gun Shooting Monkeys
Chapter 326 Machine Gun Shooting Monkeys
Let’s not talk about the Southern Front Corps’ forced attack on Thanh Hoa.
Let’s first talk about Mo Dengyong’s request for surrender at this time.
Just like in the original history, Mo Dengyong had indeed learned that the Nguyen family had sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to request troops, and after learning that the Ming Dynasty had assembled a large number of troops in Guangxi, he knew that he could not be a match for the Ming Dynasty, especially when the Nguyen family and the Ming Dynasty had joined forces.
then.
Mo Dengyong made the most correct choice at that time, which was to send ministers to the Ming Dynasty and directly ask for surrender. He even tied himself up and knelt in front of the Ming officials to apologize and handed over the land registration book.
Zhu Houzhao had to admit that Mo Dengyong was indeed daring enough to make a big move, and he was not really worried about being ordered to be beheaded by himself, the emperor.
But Zhu Houzhao did not choose to get rid of Mo Dengyong at this time. He even planned to agree to Mo Dengyong's surrender first. Zhu Houzhao even specially appointed the Minister of War Gui E as the envoy to accept Mo Dengyong's surrender on behalf of the Ming court. He went to Wuzhou, Guangxi to discuss with Mo Dengyong the specific matters about Jiaozhi's submission to the Ming Dynasty, and asked Mo Dengyong to send representatives to Wuzhou for negotiations.
"You are also an official in the military system and the Minister of War. You should know what the court really wants. Now, I ask you to deal with Mo Dengyong's surrender for only one purpose. If Mo Dengyong is willing to give up power and become an idle official of the Ming Dynasty, it would be better. If Mo Dengyong is unwilling to give up the power to rule the northern part of Jiaozhi, then you have to drag him down, preferably to the southern front to completely destroy the Nguyen family!"
Zhu Houzhao instructed Gui E.
Gui E nodded: "I understand. This time I will go sightseeing first and then talk about business. After we finish talking about business, I will not let anyone leave."
Zhu Houzhao also nodded: "That's exactly what you said."
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Gui E did not expect that his Majesty the Emperor would be so accurate in his prediction and that Mo Dengyong would really surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
This made Gui E admire the Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao even more.
What Gui E would not have expected was that Zhu Houzhao also used this opportunity to make other public opinion preparations in order to make the domestic scholars and people emotionally more supportive of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to Jiaozhi.
Zhu Houzhao ordered the scholar in the attendant room who was in charge of propaganda to directly leak the news that Mo Dengyong wanted to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Houzhao even asked the attendant office to specially invite some writers to give speeches in newspapers and university forums on Mo Dengyong's surrender to the Ming Dynasty and the possibility that the Ming Dynasty might peacefully recover Jiaozhi, and even make optimistic estimates.
Gui E also deliberately stated to the public in his capacity as the Minister of War that it would be a blessing for the country if Jiaozhi could be recovered peacefully and the war could be stopped.
Zhu Houzhao knew that he would be slapped in the face if he asked the attendant office to publicize the situation by saying that the Ming Dynasty seemed to hope to peacefully recover Jiaozhi. However, Zhu Houzhao wanted to slap the Ming Dynasty court and the people in the face.
Because only when everyone in the Ming Dynasty is expecting Mo Dengyong to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty can peacefully recover Jiaozhi, the people of the Ming Dynasty will be extremely disappointed and extremely angry, and the court will have sufficient reasons and can fully utilize public opinion to conquer Jiaozhi.
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Of course, while Zhu Houzhao and the Ming court he ruled were still fanning the flames of the current effort to recover Jiaozhi, gunshots had already been heard in Thanh Hoa in southern Jiaozhi.
At this time, Jiaozhi was still an agricultural country, and even an agricultural country with weak national strength. Naturally, it had no preparation for coastal defense. Even though Nguyen guessed that the Ming Dynasty might intend to annex his tribe, the only thing he could do now was to impose a maritime ban, relocate the coastal residents of Thanh Hoa inland, and turn coastal defense into land defense.
Because of this, the so-called forced landing of the Ming Dynasty did not involve any fierce landing battle, so at this time the Ming Dynasty let the army land directly first.
It was a long time after Yu Dayou and his soldiers landed with the First Division of the Third Army of the Guards before they saw a group of monkey soldiers rushing towards him.
It is obvious that although the monkey soldiers are not good at coastal defense, they also know that when a small number of enemy troops attack, they should be annihilated.
However, Yu Dayou's troops were right in front of this group of monkey soldiers.
Yu Dayou could see that this group of monkey soldiers were relatively morale-conscious. They were all wearing cotton armor and had good physical fitness. The distribution of spearmen, shieldmen and archers was also reasonable.
"Reload the machine gun. There is a ditch nearby. Fill the water tank immediately!"
At this time, Yu Dayou gave an order and ordered the officers and soldiers of his company to immediately use the Ming version of Gatling machine gun to attack the monkey soldiers first in order to disrupt their formation. After all, these monkey soldiers were arranged too densely. In order to create the effect of intensive killing, seeing that the Ming army on their side had no bows and arrows, they wanted to rush over quickly and cause heavy casualties to their Ming army first. But in fact, it gave Yu Dayou and his company the opportunity to use the Ming version of Gatling machine gun to intensively fire.
These monkey soldiers were chattering or howling. Although they were wearing cotton armor, they had bamboo hats on their heads. They looked a little strange, but also relatively short. When they rushed over, they really looked like a group of monkeys.
At this time, the Ming version of the Gatling machine gun had already started to rotate and the magazine was loaded. When Yu Dayou waved his hand, the multiple barrels of the Ming version of the Gatling machine gun immediately rotated and made crackling sounds.
The black steel barrel kept spinning and spitting out fire, and bullets were fired continuously, bringing up bursts of sparks and thick white smoke.
A large group of monkey soldiers were knocked to the ground on the spot, while some were beaten so hard that they jumped up and down. For a moment, they seemed to be stepping on hot stones, making them look even more like monkeys.
Soon, these monkey soldiers were frightened and fled, running non-stop with their feet spread out, and even ran up the tree, hugging the tree trunk and not daring to move. When the Ming version of the Gatling machine gun accidentally swept the tree trunk and hit the monkey soldiers' buttocks, these monkey soldiers hurriedly climbed up again. Yu Dayou knew that it would be easy to fight Jiaozhi, but he didn't expect it to be so easy. After these monkey soldiers retreated and the Ming version of the Gatling machine gun had become hot enough to burn the monkeys' buttocks because the cooling system was not very good and could no longer be used, he had to lead his officers and soldiers to eliminate the remaining enemies and wait for orders from his superiors.
Snapped!
Yu Dayou and his officers and soldiers were holding the Ming Dynasty's latest rifles, and even the bolt-loaded rifles whose shooting accuracy exceeded that of the Minié rifle. However, they could only use them to shoot monkeys on the trees. When they saw a monkey soldier's butt, they would shoot him, causing the monkey soldier's chrysanthemum to shatter and then bloom again.
Of course, these monkey soldiers fell from the trees as a result, and were captured by the Guards as soon as they fell. They were then rounded up and forced to serve and build fortifications for the Guards.
On the Guards side, Yu Dayou had already begun preparing to set up barbed wire, which was the standard arrangement for the Ming Army's current stationing. In addition, mines would be placed in the corresponding areas, and even searchlights would be set up. Searchlights were arc lamps.
Although arc lamps powered by large battery packs cannot be directly popularized among the public, they can still be used by the military for temporary night patrols. The high-intensity arc lamp light can also cause certain damage to enemies that may launch sneak attacks at night. Of course, with night military lighting devices such as searchlights, it is also extremely convenient for the imperial army to land at night.
Due to the coincidence of time, many troops of the Ming Dynasty had to land at night, so the searchlights also enabled the landing ships of the Ming Dynasty to land smoothly at night.
Gradually, after the gauze-like lights were attached to the rising and falling waves, more and more Ming soldiers began to gather near Thanh Hoa. As a result, professional engineers began to gather to build the military base after landing more quickly and completely.
In fact, the Nguyen family of Jiaozhi did think of a night attack. After all, these monkey soldiers were local natives and could move forward even at night. Therefore, at this time, after midnight, these monkey soldiers did rush out of the jungle like snakes crawling through the grass. But because most of them were barefoot, they did not make any obvious sound, only the rustling sound of their calves rubbing against the grass leaves.
But what these monkey soldiers did not expect was that the Ming Dynasty had searchlights. Therefore, when the arc lights shone on these monkey soldiers who came for the night attack, these monkey soldiers who were illuminated seemed to be blinded in an instant, and could not help but use their hands to block the light. Some monkey soldiers simply fled, shouting that there were glowing ghosts in the Ming army. Some monkeys even thought that the Celestial Empire really had heavenly soldiers and generals, and that they might have invited real gods to emit this kind of light. Therefore, these monkey soldiers knelt down directly and began to kowtow and worship.
Of course, there were also monkey soldiers who were not illuminated by the searchlight, but because they rushed under the barbed wire and directly touched the barbed wire, it made it ring, causing the entire barbed wire to be filled with the sound of bells for a while.
Of course, what is more exciting than the sound of the bells is that many monkey soldiers stepped directly on the landmines, and all of a sudden there was a rumbling sound and the screams of the monkey soldiers.
The Ming army easily discovered these monkey soldiers launching night attacks.
Although many monkey soldiers had been scared away by the searchlights and the sudden loud bells and mines, the Ming army still made preparations for the enemy's night attack and followed their usual training courses. In a short period of time, the Ming army immediately resumed combat status from rest, rushed out with rifles, took up their battle formations, and began shooting at the monkey soldiers.
As a result, the monkey soldiers jumped up and down again, and countless of them were killed and injured in a short period of time.
Seeing that the field defense was unsuccessful and the night attack failed to stop the Ming troops, the Nguyen family of Jiaozhi had no choice but to retreat to the Thanh Hoa city area and prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army in the Thanh Hoa city area.
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"Your Majesty, news has been brought back from the front that the southern troops have landed successfully! It seems that Jiaozhi's coastal defense is indeed very bad," Lin Tingxuan reported to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao nodded. He was not surprised that the Ming Dynasty could land smoothly. He just said, "If the Ming Dynasty had not changed its navy into a navy and rebuilt it, the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense would be as bad as Jiaozhi. Imagine if the Ming Dynasty had not opened the sea and had always closed the sea and locked the borders, the people along the coast would not know about strong ships and powerful guns. How would the people in the interior know about it? If an outsider attacked the Ming Dynasty with the same strong ships and powerful guns as the Ming Dynasty today, how would the Ming Dynasty respond?"
Lin Tingxuan thought about it and he had to admit that if this really happened, it would be a really terrible thing.
Perhaps because of the global vision brought about by the great geographical discoveries, Lin Tingxuan now realizes that the Ming Dynasty is not the center of the world, and that the Ming Dynasty is not the only great country on the earth. Therefore, he now has to say to Zhu Houzhao:
"Since Your Majesty has said so, I will risk my life to speak out. The concept of governing the country must be changed. Cheng-Zhu's school of thought is no longer appropriate. Cheng-Zhu's school of thought emphasizes following the old ways and following ancient rituals. It is conservative and tends to be inward-looking and closed to the outside world.
Now, the world has long known that the Ming Dynasty is not the center of the universe, nor is it the only celestial dynasty. Even though the Ming Dynasty should be the celestial dynasty, there are many powerful countries in the world that do not regard the Ming Dynasty as their suzerain, and the Ming Dynasty can no longer cut off its ties with the outside world.
Therefore, I believe that Your Majesty should reform the imperial examination system, abandon Cheng-Zhu's teachings as the way to govern the country, and take the sacred learning as the basis, use reforms to change the drawbacks of the old laws, and use an open mind to embrace the benefits of the world. "
Zhu Houzhao knew that Lin Tingxuan had been the governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was also the official who first advocated the opening of the sea. He had always been relatively open-minded and far-sighted. However, what Zhu Houzhao did not expect was that Lin Tingxuan now took the initiative to propose abandoning Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which made Zhu Houzhao both surprised and delighted.
But Zhu Houzhao knew that it would not work if Lin Ting chose only one person to propose it. After all, there were many officials in the world, including some reformist officials today, who still insisted on the principle of rationality and sacredness.
"My dear minister, what you said is very true, but this matter should be considered in the long run. In the past, the Ming Dynasty was conservative and followed the trend. It did not dare to take big steps. But now, we must be careful not to take big steps and cause chaos. We must obey the will of the people. It is not that I do not want to abandon Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, but Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is deeply rooted in the people. Both the literati and the common people regard it as the orthodox school. Therefore, if we want to abandon Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, we must let the people at the bottom abandon it first, and the court can only guide them step by step."
After hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Lin Tingxuan naturally admired his Majesty the Emperor even more in his heart, thinking that the Emperor was more thoughtful and comprehensive.
It is also because of this that, except for the battle in the south to recover Jiaozhi, the entire Ming Dynasty entered a period of calm at this time.
Zhu Houzhao did not make any major changes to the political system.
After all, because of the reform of Jiangnan's tax policy, the Ming Dynasty no longer has to worry about the imbalance of interests between the court and the people after the development of Jiangnan's commodity economy. The reform of the mining tax system has enabled the Ming Dynasty to achieve the goal of transferring the mining industry to outside the Great Wall. Therefore, under the current circumstances, the Ming Dynasty court basically has no major political and economic risks that need to be dealt with immediately.
Moreover, both officials and common people need a period of adaptation to the new system before new reforms can be carried out.
Zhu Houzhao is now only working on science and technology and education. He wants to further change the living habits of this society and liberate the minds of more people. He hopes to awaken more Chinese people and become truly superior people in terms of thought and personality.
Zhu Houzhao's main concern now is the steam locomotive. He believes that this mechanical means of transportation that completely replaces human and animal power will open up people's minds even more. After all, for most people, they don't really feel the changes and significance that rifled guns bring compared to flintlock guns and matchlock guns.
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(End of this chapter)
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