Chapter 58: Are you a little too cautious?
"Run away now?"
On Zhu Daohua's ship.
Boss Zhu said with some surprise.
At the beginning, he saw several Qing ships appearing on the side and rear of Lantau Island.
It is a two-masted bird boat.
It is an old antique from Guangdong Lvying - in fact, it is not that the Qing Dynasty could not build large ships.
During the Kangxi Dynasty, in order to fight against the Zheng family in Taiwan.
Kangxi ordered people to build a large bird boat called "Fengzhou".
The length is more than 60 meters, and the height of the ship exceeds 7 meters.
Even compared to the large Dutch warships on the East Asian ocean at this time, it was "wider than".
The huge hull is also equipped with twenty-four heavy artillery pieces on double decks.
Kangxi twenty years.
The Qing army had more than 60 such big bird ships.
It seemed to be one of the top maritime forces in the world at that time.
However, with the corruption of the Qing Dynasty's bureaucracy.
The technology of building sealing boats was gradually lost.
During the Qianlong period, the unspoken rules of shipbuilding in the Qing Dynasty were no less than those during the Opium War in later generations.
The shipyard reported ten warships for repair, but actually repaired seven or eight. This was considered a conscientious operation.
Other "maintenance fees" are basically taken away by layer upon layer. In the later years of Qianlong's reign, some of the ships had been scrapped and could only be left in the harbor to bask in the sun.
Therefore, to be honest, the Guangdong Lvying Navy still has warships that can sail out of the port.
It is already considered a conscientious army among the Qing army.
not to mention...
This army actually fired artillery.
Originally, the Ming army was ready for battle.
Although the warships of the Guangdong Navy opposite were simply a joke in the eyes of the Ming Navy.
But when the opponent relied on the rocks on the narrow Pearl River Estuary to cover themselves, they came in a roundabout way.
The officers and men of the Ming Navy couldn't help but stand in awe - this was a completely desperate attack.
remarkably brave!
However, a shocking scene soon appeared.
Relying on the protection of the reef.
Those little bird boats fired several shots in a hurry, then raised their sails and headed toward Guangzhou along the shallow waters of the Pearl River Port...and escaped!
"this...."
The officers and soldiers of the Ming Navy looked at each other.
"Is it to lure the enemy deeper?"
Someone said with some disbelief.
You ran away when you said you were going to run away.
What does it mean to rush out and fire a few shots from a distance?
provocative?
Demonstration?
The current Ming army is still in the stage of "promoting its prosperity".
The army in the startup stage has not yet learned the styles of "launching cannons," "drinking soldiers' blood," and "killing hundreds of thousands of enemies and turning them in like the wind."
Generally speaking, the army in the entrepreneurial stage is very strong.
The Ming army in the early Ming Dynasty.
The Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty were all like this.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was able to penetrate deep into Mobei, crushing the Northern Yuan court like a duck and fleeing across the grassland. They even won a complete victory in the battle of Yuerhai, and their results were even better than when Huo Qubing attacked the Xiongnu king in the north. Ting will be even more glorious.
And by the end of Ming Dynasty...
A few Baijia from the Eight Banners can drive hundreds of Qiu Ba from the Ming Army to flee everywhere.
The same goes for Eight Banners.
The Eight Banners before entering the customs were really the most powerful soldiers in the world.
The kind of fierce man who can slash with two layers of armor.
And now.
The descendants of this group of fierce men are basically elite if they can draw a bow.
Therefore, it is easy for the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army to understand the operations of these green camp soldiers.
In fact, relatively speaking.
The green battalion soldiers under Guan Shouzhong are really the "shangshangyong" in the Guangdong green battalion.
At least they used up all the gunpowder on the ship before escaping.
Several shots were fired.
It was worthy of the salary given by the Qing court.
"Running away from the enemy is considered courageous..."
Zhu Daohua looked at the Guangdong Green Camp soldiers who had escaped with his binoculars and complained.
"Bonaparte, I think our plan is too conservative... With soldiers like this, if we rush directly to the gates of Guangzhou, it won't be a problem to defeat the city in one battle, right?"
Zhu Daohua took off the telescope and said.
Napoleon shook his head after hearing this: "No, no, no, my majesty, you can't have such an idea of taking risks. For you, this is a battle that will overwhelm the country. Even if you have no military exploits, don't take risks easily!"
"You must never underestimate your opponent, as this is likely to be the beginning of failure."
"I know, I know, an arrogant soldier will be defeated."
Zhu Daohua waved his hand and said.
But there was some disapproval in my heart.
Just this kind of army that is like tofu.
Are you sure you are worthy enough to become the opponent of your own Ming army?
"Your Majesty, your enemy is the most populous country in the world and one of the largest countries.... Your enemy can afford to lose, but you cannot afford to lose!"
Napoleon said.
"So, I still think that you should be cautious and careful, and never take that kind of gambling risk... What's more, if you want to rule Guangdong, it's best to put away your potential opponents in this war. Only then can we catch them all in one fell swoop!”
Catch them all in one fell swoop?
Zhu Daohua thought for a while.
Who will be his opponents in Guangdong?
There will certainly not be much opposition from the people of Guangdong.
They are not vested interests of the Qing Empire.
In history, even when the British troops landed, most of the people came to watch the excitement.
Many people even cheered loudly when they saw the Qing army's defeat.
It was not until the British army burned, killed and looted in the suburbs of Guangzhou.
The local Lao Guangcai got up in anger, picked up his slippers and started doing it.
Actually killed more than 20 British soldiers.
This is one-third of the number of direct deaths of British troops in this war....
The definite opponents must be the bannermen in Mancheng, Guangzhou.
These people must be mortal enemies of the Ming army.
potential opponents.
They are the big local landowners in Guangdong.
These rich men were to some extent collaborators of the Qing Empire.
They could seize their own interests within the Qing empire's system.
Naturally, he will naturally become the defender of this empire.
but....
This collaboration is not an intimate one.
The rulers of the Qing Dynasty were on guard against them.
No matter how much the lower-class Han people dislike the Qing Dynasty, the threat they can pose is also very limited.
Peasant uprisings in history would have been difficult to achieve without the participation of the landlord class, that is, intellectuals.
Many of the people who made waves in history were failed scholars....
People with high IQ and knowledge are dangerous people.
The imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty also wanted to include these people with high IQs, use eight-part essays to consume their intelligence, and spend their entire lives in the piles of Four Books and Five Classics. By sharing the flesh and blood of the empire, these people with high IQs would stop thinking about dangerous things. .
There is a proper name for this method: cage wise men.
These eight kinds of essays win scholars.
This is a prison.
So Zhu Daohua knew.
This group of people cannot actually be eliminated.
We can only pull one faction and fight another faction.
"I don't think we need to be so cautious now, Bonaparte... You don't know this country, and I, very well!"
Zhu Daohua was sure, at least until he defeated the troops in Guangdong and Guangxi.
The information obtained by Qianlong in Beijing was definitely inaccurate and incomplete.
Otherwise, he would not think that Guangdong could be defended by transferring tens of thousands of green troops from Jiangxi, Guizhou, and Hunan.
"Why are you so sure? Your Majesty, I think the Qing Dynasty is still quite powerful."
Napoleon said with some confusion.
"If Emperor Qianlong has no problem with his IQ, he will soon realize the threat posed by your army. He will quickly contact Western countries and then train a new type of army. As long as he has thousands of loyal young noble officers, he will If they are trained as qualified officers, they will be able to support a new army with more than 100,000 people."
Napoleon said.
Could it be that simple?
Zhu Daohua shook his head.
sound.
What the Qing Dynasty needed to do was that simple. Their tax system was still functioning. In other words, the economic foundation was still there.
So according to Napoleon.
It should be easy for the Qing Dynasty to obtain a new type of army.
However...
Zhu Daohua, who is familiar with history, expressed doubts.
But he didn't know whether the Qianlong Dynasty was the same now as it would be fifty years later.
Therefore he did not refute Napoleon's views.
Instead, he nodded slightly.
"Okay, Bonaparte. To be honest, I know I can't take risks, but who made me naturally feel that... the Qing Dynasty is actually quite fragile."
Zhu Daohua shrugged.
