Wang Baobao drew a big pie for Louis, and also promised that the artillery they wanted would be delivered soon. The artillery with a range further than the Ming Dynasty artillery may be delivered later because it is heavier.
Regardless of whether the artillery arrived early or late, Louis was immediately overjoyed when he heard that his side had artillery with a farther range than the Ming Dynasty's artillery.
Do we have more advanced artillery than the Ming Dynasty?
That's great!
Louis was so excited that he patted his chest and promised: "Please rest assured, Grand Master, we will definitely be able to stop the Ming Dynasty's attack and protect my sacred... AD from being violated!"
Just now I wanted to say Holy Rome, but after thinking about it...the person in front of me is the Grand Master of Xiyuan, a being who is inferior to one person and more than ten thousand people in Xiyuan. I should not look for excitement.
It would be too easy for a little earl to be ignored by the other party. He wanted to take his own life.
Wang Baobao, as if he didn't realize that Louis said something wrong, said with great appreciation: "Count Louis is loyal and loyal. After the next battle, he will definitely ask for credit for you."
"Thank you, Grand Master!"
When Louis thought that Wang Baobao would take credit for him, his title would be raised to another level... Such a good thing made Louis wish he could go into battle himself and drive away the Ming army for Wang Baobao.
"Master, I'm going to prepare the troops."
"Go, Count Louis!"
Looking at Lewis leaving, Wang Baobao couldn't help but sigh.
Louis doesn’t look stupid, so why does he believe everything he says? Wang Baobao is really worried about using such a person.
After seeing Louis off, Wang Baobao started looking at the map again.
Now, he already knew that the Ming army generals who occupied the Provence area were named Zhang Dingbian and Zhou Buxin.
Wang Baobao has heard of the name Zhang Dingbian.
Zhou Buxin?
never heard of that.
It can be seen that every step of Zhou Buxin's military operations was very stable. Coupled with the powerful general Zhang Dingbian, the powerful siege weapons and artillery, and the brave soldiers of the Ming Dynasty... Zhou Buxin was able to conduct the camp step by step, and at the same time, he could quickly penetrate and divide the battlefield. Destroy the Mongolian and Yuan armies.
Wang Baobao sighed again. The Ming Dynasty had a huge talent boom. Looking at his own Xiyuan again... the feeling of sunset in Wang Baobao's heart became clearer.
Shaking his head, Wang Baobao tried to calm down his emotions, and then began to think about how to deal with the Ming army's attack.
In Wang Baobao's view, the Ming Dynasty's army did not have the only way to attack Dauphiné. It was not impossible to continue to attack Genoa eastward. The Ming army could also bypass Dauphiné and attack the Geneva area.
The Ming army was too powerful and their attack routes could be varied.
After thinking about it...it's difficult.
We need to find a way to limit the Ming army's attack to Dauphin, and then mobilize troops from the Geneva and Genoa areas to besiege the Ming Dynasty on three sides.
In addition, you can also join forces with the Kingdom of Aragon and the Valois Dynasty to jointly cut off the Ming Dynasty's logistics supply lines.
Without logistical supplies, once the Ming Dynasty's artillery lacks the necessary gunpowder and shells, it will be just a pile of scrap metal...
At present, this is the best way, and it is also a very difficult way for Wang Baobao.
However, no matter how difficult it is, you must keep on doing it!
After Wang Baobao made the plan, he immediately sent someone to contact the Kingdom of Aragon and the Valois Dynasty, and he went to the front line to take a look. He knew that Zhang Dingbian and Zhou Buxin appeared from behind to tie up Zhang Ding for him. The only way for Bian and Zhou Buxin was to show up and make them think that they were in Dauphine.
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Just as Wang Baobao thought, Zhang Dingbian and Zhou Buxin were staring at him.
If they find Wang Baobao, they will stare at him and fight. If they don't find Wang Baobao, they will fight everywhere. As long as they can fight Wang Baobao out, their goal will be accomplished.
Zhang Dingbian and Zhou Buxin, both in martial arts and literature, cooperated very well. Zhang Dingbian was responsible for fighting, and Zhou Buxin was responsible for stabilizing the people. By the way, they distributed materials in the Provence region to the people, freed the slaves of the noble families from slavery, and All the gold and silver treasures were distributed, as were the fields and horse farms, and they were all handed over to the local people.
Following those nobles, even their lives are not their own.
Following the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, the land, gold and silver are all their own, and even their own lives have the final say... The people are not fools, they know what to choose.
Who is still following those nobles!
rebel!
rebel!
The people in Provence began to support the Ming Dynasty and spontaneously formed armies to assist the Ming Dynasty in attacking other regions.
What Zhou Buxin is doing now, Wang Baobao has also done, but he can't do it in detail, he just wants to win over the people. In fact, the key is to cooperate with the nobles and absorb the nobles for his own use.
Now... Zhou Buxin has completed the steps he failed to complete and directly asked the people of Provence to serve the Ming Dynasty.
Dauphine is also in danger.
Wang Baobao climbed to the top of the city and looked at the attacking Ming army and the servants in Provence. He lamented in his heart, but at this time he had to cheer up and stood on the top of the city and shouted loudly: "I, Wang Baobao, please General Zhang speaks!"
Zhang Dingbian, who was commanding the battle from behind, immediately smiled on his face when he heard the news that Wang Baobao was on top of the city.
Wang Baobao, Wang Baobao, you are finally willing to show up!
Lan Yu, you can't beat me this time!
"Say? What a nonsense!"
Zhang Ding drew out his sword and shouted loudly: "Here, I will capture Wang Baobao alive today."
I am not familiar with Wang Baobao, so there is nothing much to talk about.
…
Lan Yu's attack is also going on at the same time.
Moreover, Lan Yu did a big job when he came up. Together with Hungary and Ottoman, they launched three arrows into the territory of the Western Yuan Dynasty.
The two kingdoms of Ottoman and Hungary fought together with the Ming Dynasty for the first time. In order to express themselves and let Lan Yu see their own value, they worked particularly hard and almost devoted their entire country to fight against the Western Yuan Dynasty.
Timur then organized troops to stop them.
Tamerlane and the Roman nobles were resisting with all their strength.
In the first battle, Lan Yu wanted to fight beautifully, so when he attacked, he placed seventy artillery pieces in front of the formation, and aimed at the city wall, they were bombarded by three rounds of artillery fire.
Then, the city wall collapsed, and Lan Yu led the army directly into the city.
Like the method adopted by Zhou Buxin, after entering the city, Lan Yu was not in a hurry to kill. Instead, he dispersed wealth to appease the people. He distributed all the captured grain, wine, real estate, gold and silver to the people, in order to win over the people. In this way, the people chose to follow the Ming Dynasty, and then the propaganda machine in the Ming Dynasty army started to tell the local people that if you follow the Ming Dynasty, overthrow the tyranny of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and overthrow the nobles here, you can become the masters, and the Ming Dynasty protects the property of the people. Not to be violated.
In order to prevent your property from being deprived, you should learn to protect yourself... Under the propaganda of the powerful propaganda machine, more and more people and slaves joined the Ming Dynasty's army and became non-staff servants. In this way, the captured Weapons can also be used...do multiple things with one stone.
In fact, Lan Yu didn't want to use these indigenous soldiers and horses, but it couldn't be done now. Now that Wang Baobao's territory was too large and he had nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses, Lan Yu's soldiers and horses were at a disadvantage from the beginning.
It's not that they can't win due to their numerical disadvantage, but the price Ming paid was too high.
When Zhu Han sent Ming soldiers overseas, the first thing he mentioned was to ensure the lives of the expedition soldiers as much as possible. Lan Yu naturally had to obey Zhu Han's orders, so from the beginning of the war, when indigenous troops could be used, Lan Yu must Don't be soft, and send the old soldier Youzi to the hard-to-gnaw bones. Each veteran Youzi fights more slippery than the other. When charging, he rushes to the safest place. When the two armies fight, the veteran Youzi is nowhere to be seen. He will be harvested in the end. It's the battlefield, and the veterans immediately appear and rush to the battlefield between the two warring parties to act as reapers.
As a result, whether they were the natives of the Delhi Sultan, the Indian nobles, or the Hungarian and Ottoman armies, they all became cannon fodder in the charge.
This is the Ming Dynasty's army, a slippery one.
Lan Yu also likes the captured trophies. If these trophies are owned by himself, each soldier can make a lot of money. But if you have the life to take the money and not the life to spend it, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can still get a share of it. Clear.
When Timur came to the Eastern Front, he found that the battlefield on the Eastern Front was already in ruins. The Ming Dynasty's army had attacked on all three fronts, smashed the Eastern Front, and was advancing rapidly. Timur wanted to collect the defeated troops on the Eastern Front. , but found that they could not be gathered together at all. If the 50,000 troops he brought from Constantinople were separated on the Eastern Front battlefield, they would not be enough to fill the gap between the Ming army and the Ming army.
"Damn it, how are you going to fight this battle?"
In pain, Timur felt that his broken leg began to hurt again...
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The fight overseas was in full swing, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was a different scene.
Development and construction...are going on in full swing.
A team of craftsmen set out from Jishou. After they arrived at Yingtian Mansion, they were coordinated by people from the Ministry of Works and recruited a large number of people to work.
After Zhu Han's unremitting efforts, steam engines were officially used on trains. Although they can only pull thirteen trains now, this is already a milestone progress.
Without any hesitation, Zhu Han immediately informed Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was also overjoyed and immediately made the decision to officially promote the laying of the Ming Dynasty train line.
Moreover, the number of people recruited this time was as high as 200,000.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to start the train.
After being busy in farming, ordinary people can also earn money to support their families by recruiting workers in the court. Who among the ordinary people is not willing to do this?
Of course, the first step to lay the railway line is the sixty-mile railway line from Jishou to Yingtianfu. Craftsmen have to dig roads through mountains and build bridges over water. All work must be done to the highest standards.
However, on the second day after recruiting 200,000 people to work, Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Han back from the head office.
Seeing the backlog of memorials in Wuying Hall, Zhu Han immediately understood...Zhu Yuanzhang was in trouble.
"Qiwu, come and help us think of a solution."
When Zhu Yuanzhang encountered a problem, the first thing he thought of was Zhu Han, and he quickly told him the whole story: "Didn't you tell us that if you want the train to run, you have to recruit at least 200,000 people, and you have to work for a long time? ? When we recruited the people, we did not tell the court officials how long they would have to work. When they heard that they had to work for a long time, they immediately objected. The memorials were like snowflakes, which made my head hurt. "
Many officials did not know the role of trains at all. When they first heard that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to recruit 200,000 people to work, they thought it was reasonable. After all, the Ming Dynasty had to build everywhere, such as steel smelting plants, spinning mills, etc. How much wealth would be created if 200,000 people were recruited to build a factory? How full will the treasury be?
However, when the officials heard that people were being recruited to build bridges and pave roads, they were somewhat disapproving of it. They also heard that Zhu Yuanzhang said that it would take a long time, and the officials immediately opposed it collectively.
What is Zhu Yuanzhang doing? Do you want to learn from Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang?
Some officials even directly used the phrase "the whole road died in the Sui Dynasty because of this river, and it still relies on Tongbo for thousands of miles." If there was no water palace dragon boat incident, Gong Yu would not have much merit. This poem is here to advise.
Didn't Zhu Yuanzhang recruit so many people just to show off his achievements?
No, absolutely not.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to explain and tell the officials that after the railway was repaired, the Ming Dynasty would be able to control the world more firmly, and the people would be able to break through geographical restrictions and travel across the country, and Ming Dynasty's goods would be able to travel all over the world, and the Ming Dynasty would also be able to break down the geographical restrictions.
Unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know much about trains. He only heard Zhu Han talk about it and saw it with his own eyes. He didn't know much about trains. So when he explained it to the officials, he couldn't say anything. He could only tell Zhu Han about it. Han called over and asked Zhu Han to fight with the officials.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Han: "On July 5th, the demand for craftsmen in our Ming Dynasty will increase more and more in the future. We have to find a way to let a group of people become craftsmen so that they do not need to think about farming all year round. Do one thing: work!”
"Can."
Doesn’t Zhu Yuanzhang’s proposal refer to workers?
Zhu Han naturally raised his hands in agreement: "Brother, your suggestion is very good. I think it can be done. However, before doing this, we have to let the officials understand that industry is the pillar of Ming Dynasty. With industry, we can Straighten your back."
Zhu Han stretched out three fingers: "Nowadays, coal and steel are the most important things to do, and the other is the craftsmanship camp. The craftsmanship camp is the most important R&D department. We must ensure their integrity in these three departments, and they must Scale up.”
Small workshops could not meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty, and heavy industry groups were needed.
Then Zhu Han said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, we can also build corresponding factories overseas. Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen wrote to me, saying that a large number of coal mines and iron ores have been discovered in Australia. The mineral reserves here are very abundant. We We must make Australia our supply point and rapidly develop its trade.”
"We think it's okay, you go do it."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said to Zhu Han: "How are you going to convince those officials? Or...let them go to the police station? After they see it, no one will object anymore, right?"
Zhu Han said with a smile: "That's not necessarily true. Maybe there are more people who oppose it."
"Those who oppose it are all those who are greedy for profit, and we can't wait for those people to oppose it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang clenched his fists, with a fierce look in his eyes: "If they want to use our power to satisfy their selfish desires, I will skin them!"
