Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 86 Entering Guangzhou
When the Fuguo Army Fleet composed of twenty ships entered the Pearl River Estuary, they finally encountered their enemies.

These are three pitifully small Guangzhou ships, with a displacement of only a few tons, which is completely out of proportion to the two 74-gun third-class battleships of the Ninghai and Pinghai who lead the fleet.

You don't need binoculars at all, and you can see extremely far places with your naked eyes. Sister Lion smiled slightly and said to Bai Mingxiu beside her: "It seems to be a Qing army navy ship on routine patrol. My Highness, please send it Sink."

Bai Mingxiu nodded and said, "You are the commander of my fleet, you are the master."

Sister Lion is wearing a white navy uniform and looks heroic.It was appropriate for Bai Mingxiu to appoint her as the commander of his fleet. After all, Sister Lion, as a ship's wife, is quite talented in naval tactics and theory.

Even in still water, the speed of the clipper ship is far higher than that of these ships that are still stuck in the medieval era.Sister Shi ordered two fifth-level ships to pursue them forward. It was obvious that the people on board the Qing navy were extremely frightened.When the Fuguo army's clipper warships, whose sides were much taller than these Guangzhou ships, approached, the Qing army sailors didn't even want to resist and jumped directly from the ship.

The captains of the Ming Army were also very pragmatic and did not ask for shelling. Instead, they ordered the Marines on the ship to shoot with their M1 rifles and sent people to start jumping gangs.A boarding battle without nutrition or suspense began, and then ended quickly. The Ming army captured several ships that they had no use for.

"Keep moving forward!" Sister Lion ordered the fleet to march towards Shiziyang. Without anyone realizing it, the powerful fleet of the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army sailed to the Pearl River outside Guangzhou.

According to Bai Mingxiu's plan, the 102nd and 103rd regiments landed from Huangpu and quickly moved towards Guangzhou City, while the 101st regiment landed in the west of the city, maneuvered to the northwest of the city, and seized high ground to set up artillery positions.The independent brigade led by Bai Mingxiu carried hundreds of artillery pieces, not to mention four 155mm naval guns on the two Tier [-] battleships.

Because the Ming army came too suddenly, the Qing army was attacked by the Ming army from the sea without any preparation at all, and occupied various important places outside the city.After the Qing army suffered a small setback and retreated, they entered the city and stood firm, immediately forming a situation where the Ming army besieged the city.

Nie Guanyong, the head of the 101st Regiment, asked Bai Mingxiu, "Your Highness, we were actually able to try to attack the city just now."

However, Bai Mingxiu shook his head and said, "Seize important terrain and strongholds first, and control the situation is more important. This battle will not be too difficult, so there is no need to fight too recklessly, take your time."

Nie Guanyong nodded and said, "Our artillery is already in place, and we request to bombard the city of Guangzhou."

"permit."

The 101st Regiment can be said to be the absolute elite in Bai Mingxiu's hands. With the original Australian garrison as the backbone, and a large number of his mercenaries, although there is only one regiment's strength, its quality and combat power are obviously superior to those of the entire Daming Restoration Army. The best of the best.

After occupying the high ground in the north of the city, the artillery of the 101st regiment quickly put 18 105mm artillery pieces in place and fired at Guangzhou City.Soon after, the artillery of the 102nd and 103rd regiments also launched their own artillery one after another, increasing the number of 105mm guns fired by the artillery to 54.This caliber is the main regiment-level firepower of the independent brigade under Bai Mingxiu's jurisdiction. It is ferocious and effective, and it caused a strong shock to the city of Guangzhou in a short period of time.

The sudden lock-up and shelling caused chaos in Guangzhou.When Shang Kexi attacked Guangzhou back then, he also cast a lot of cannons, but the power of the shelling at that time was completely different from the rifled artillery used by the Ming army at this time.

Lu Xingzu, the governor of Guangdong, was already like an ant on a hot pot in the government office, extremely anxious.

"How come, the Ming army has reached Guangzhou!"

His confidants said: "My lord, it must be the Ming army led by the son of Gui Wang from Qiongzhou Prefecture. It is said that the Ming army led by the son of Gui Wang has thousands of people, all of whom are elite Australians, with huge boats and cannons. Now it seems that the former King Gui The proclamation handed down by the prince may be true in describing the strength of the Ming army."

The Qing court naturally did not recognize Yongli, so it was called King Gui, and the prince Zhu Cixuan was naturally the son of King Gui.

Lu Xingzu was also extremely worried: "I didn't expect that the Ming army would come so quickly. It was only a month after they went to Qiongzhou, and then they invaded Guangzhou. Li Dingguo made rebellion in Yunnan, King Pingnan led troops into Yunnan, the governor Li Daren is old, and Guangdong There are not many troops, and there are only about two thousand soldiers defending the city, Admiral Yang Yuming is in Huizhou, if he can last for a while, he may be able to get Admiral Yang's troops to help him."

After the Manchu Qing entered the customs, they successively recruited and surrendered a large number of troops from the Ming army and peasant army. The war has lasted for 20 years. Just when the Manchu Qing thought that they were about to pacify the world, they did not expect the Nanming to revive.

The Qing court was worried about the loyalty of these Ming generals who took refuge in them, and gradually began to improve the green battalion system, so that the green battalion soldiers all over the world were ordered by the Ministry of War, and the soldiers did not know the generals.Moreover, the implementation of the policy of eliminating troops into small groups has actually disbanded a lot of troops.

Originally, the whole Guangdong had only tens of thousands of troops, but Shang Kexi led this part of the main force to Yunnan to deal with Li Dingguo. The Qing army in Guangdong only had a strength of more than 2, and most of them were in the hands of Admiral Yang Yuming.During this period, Guangzhou had not yet garrisoned the Eight Banners, and it would not be until the 20th year of Kangxi.

At this time, the staff approached Lu Xingzu and said, "My lord, although I don't know how many troops King Gui's son has at this time, the Ming army has many and powerful artillery. If they are allowed to bombard like this, without the need to attack the city, I am afraid that the city of Guangzhou will become a piece of land." The soil is ruined. Why don't you temporarily demote Gui Wang Shizi..."

Lu Xingzu was furious when he heard the words, he knocked the staff to the ground with a slap, and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, I, Lu Xingzu, am a member of the Han army with eight banners and white banners, how can I betray the emperor's kindness, if you say If you say that, I will push you out and kill you!"

The staff member quickly kowtowed to admit his mistake, and finally walked backwards on his knees and left Lu Xingzu's study.

At this time, the sound of artillery outside had stopped, and the staff member touched his cheek that was red by Lu Xingzu with a sinister expression.

"Old man, if you want to be a ghost, you can be a ghost. How can I be buried with you?"

After that, the staff member hurriedly left the government office and went straight to the city gate.In his arms was Lu Xingzu's seal. As Lu Xingzu's confidant, he handled official affairs for Lu Xingzu all year round, so he always carried these things with him.

When the staff came to the city gate, they shouted to the guard officers and soldiers: "Come here, pass the order of the governor, open the city gate, and welcome His Royal Highness to enter the city. I will wait anyway! Hey, where is your defense?"

"Reporting to my lord, the garrison was killed by the shelling of the Ming army just now."

"Uh……"

(End of this chapter)