When the sea was thundering, the Ming Empire, which was no longer divided by north and south, was not peaceful. Luo Yu set out for half a month, and Mao Jue had to say goodbye to Hangzhou, where he was singing and dancing, and he also rushed south to the battlefield with his luggage on his back.

To be honest, the Ming Dynasty was not ready for war at this time. Although the terrain in Jiangnan was flat, there were many rivers. After a winter emergency repair, it only took more than 200 kilometers to connect Shaoxing and Hangzhou. According to this progress, it took at least two years to reach Fuzhou by walking around the coast. This was a simple railway built, which was very different from the super engineering of later generations.

But, it wasn't him who did it first!

After receiving assistance from the Dutch, I don’t know how many muskets and cannons he took, the Longwu regime became harder again and actually launched an attack on Fuzhou for the second time.

I really don’t know what Jie Lie is in the dictionary of these scholars and gentry! More than 400 years ago, those Neo-Confucianists in the late Southern Song Dynasty, and now these scholars and ancestors of Jiangnan are like this.

At that time, the Mongolians were once unfamiliar with Shuitian River Net in Jiangnan. In addition, the Mongolian Khan Mengge was beaten to death at Diaoyu City, and Kublai Khan once sent an envoy to the Southern Song Dynasty to discuss peace.

However, the dawn of peace was assassinated by a group of passionate war scholars! It was rare for the Mongols to speak for themselves, so they were sent again, but again, they were dealt with by these scholars. Just as they were celebrating their heroic deeds with great enthusiasm, the tragic war between the Yuan Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty was uncompromising.

Then, the Mongols conquered the Southern Song Dynasty and massacred countless cities. The Confucian scholars who spoke full of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism actually transformed themselves into Confucian households of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

This time, another group of passionate scholars shook flags and shouted for the Northern Expedition. He Tengjiao was also a scholar. Without the Zheng family pirates in history, as a military backbone, a group of soldiers fleeing south, and the remnants of Donglin shouted, he was also passionate. Just a few months after the last battle in Fuzhou, he once again mentioned the "100,000 army" to surround Fuzhou.

Moreover, after the last "attack" of Fuzhou City, He Tengjiao also learned his skills this time, and surrounded him instead of attacking. He just placed the red cannons supported by the Dutch outside the city, and used cannons to bomb the city every day. If people came out, they would use musket arrays to block them.

Not to mention, this really hits the fatal hole in Fuzhou. After all, pirates are pirates. They are brave and fierce, and they can form a dignified formation and go face to face with the enemy army. Not to mention that Zheng Zhilong can't do it, even if the old man did it, Mao Jue would not be relieved. He is already in Fujian, and he has an elite pirate army that is good at fighting. Will he rebel?

As a result, the Guangzhou army successfully became anxious about the extension of Fuzhou Dagang like a mosquito. Under He Tengjiao's "beautiful" command, it finally successfully angered the Ming Dynasty and the people!

Fuzhou is among the top seven international ports in the Ming Dynasty. There are many big vendors here who have investment investment. Even Zhu Hun can't stand the pressure. Other newspapers have reported the economic losses caused by the war in Fuzhou. However, the Imperial Capital Daily did not mention it at all. Then the newspaper she had finally managed was no longer authoritative.

The Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty that was bullied by others. Its continuous glorious victory over the outside world has expanded tens of thousands of miles and brought real benefits. The people's patriotism and self-esteem also burst out particularly. In the headlines of the Imperial Capital Daily, the Longwu Dynasty also published the shelling and siege of Fuzhou City by the Longwu Dynasty, public opinion across the country was completely ignited.

As the people shouted, even the emperor had to surrender. No matter how much Mao Jue's railway construction plan was carried out, the war against the Longwu Dynasty was ignited.

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Guangzhou Bay.

This place has almost become a replica of the Civil War in Manila Bay. Hundreds of tall and heavy sail battleships crowded in, thick gun barrels stretched out from the cannon cabin, and the same gunfire fell fiercely into the sea.

In the harbor, He Tengjiao finally organized a navy composed of a green ship in Guangbo, which was bombed into broken wooden boards. A second-level battleship of a squadron also went upstream along the Huangpu River and bombarded the artillery of the Longwu Dynasty on Yuexiu Mountain. Light smoke filled the dust and dust were flying. The towering ancient trees that had grown for many years fell down wailingly under the attack of artillery fire.

To destroy the Longwu Dynasty, the Ministry of War originally estimated that at least one legion would be dispatched to 80,000 troops, but due to the preparation issue, attacking Guangzhou City, Mao Jue only transferred two corpses of the capital accompanying Hangzhou. However, now it seems that the two corpses seem to be enough.

Under the cover of the fleet's artillery fire, the transport fleet landed on the Daweitou Wharf along the tributary of the Huangpu River. After several rounds of artillery attacks, the new generation of the Liaodong Military Academy, Zhao Jie, the commander of the general corps, and Liu Heng, personally waved the commanding knife forward. The soldiers formed an orderly rank, holding flintlock guns in a diagonal manner, and striding forward to attack the ancient city of Panyu City, Guangzhou, cast by Emperor Wu of Nanyue Zhao Tuo. Several rounds of firefighting shots were hit. The rebels from the Longwu Dynasty outside the city were basically defeated. They abandoned the cannons in a panic and fled towards the Mingcheng of Guangzhou.

However, just as this passionate siege battle was in full swing, at this critical moment, Manila was attacked by the Western Combined Fleet, and the bad news suddenly came into the command center, Mao Jue's ears.

The Emperor's Walk was set up in the paradise of men in later generations, on the coast of Dongguan. However, in this era, this place was just a small fishing village. The flagship Black Pearl has been given to the prince. Now Mao Jue's flagship has been replaced with a more grand style, but the combat function has been reduced a lot.

However, it should be that Mao Jue's age has reached the era of replacing the sports version with a business-comfortable model. It is reasonable to give the more combative sports version to the prince.

In the spacious imperial council room, the important officials who followed him all looked solemn. Mao Jue looked at the map with his face and kept hissing and sucking in the cold air. Those who are familiar with this stingy emperor know him. The more he feels so painful, the more angry he becomes. Now this expression is absolutely enraged.

Can it not be popular? The three islands of Luzon can bring tax revenue to the empire four million taels every year, and the trade dividends of Luzon bring Mao Jue his own income to him more than one million every year. These guys can't get along with the empire and the emperor's wallet!

However, what Cao Gui said in the debate was that one round of fighting will be done! Then it will decline again! Three times it will be exhausted! The military orders are like a mountain! Now it is fighting with the Longwu Dynasty in Guangdong and Guangxi, and suddenly withdrew its troops and headed south. Where is the majesty of the Ming army? What is particularly important is how uproar will it cause in the national public opinion?

But in terms of profits, Luzon would definitely surpass Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Mu family in Yunnan was not an easy person. Yunnan and Guizhou were also in danger and the people were strong. In history, the Qing army conquered Yunnan and Guizhou for decades, and there were repeated incidents, allowing Li Dingguo to counterattack Huguang. If it weren't for Sun Kewang, the short-sighted rat, who rebelled against the Qing army due to jealousy, the situation in Jiangnan was unknown! Even if the Longwu Dynasty was destroyed and the upcoming Yongli Dynasty was about to be built, the railway would have to be completed. During this period, the losses of Luzon trade would be astronomical.

For a moment, Mao Jue was really unable to make a choice!

Not only for him, the important officials of the empire present, even Sun Chuanting, Fan Wenju and others, had serious faces, repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, and how to launch propaganda to make public opinion tend to follow the direction of the court. After a long time, Mao Jue coughed lightly.

"Sir..."

"Your Majesty, I believe that the attack on Manila by the Western Barbarians is a good thing for our Ming Dynasty!"

This really caused a stir. The overseas direct colonies were attacked, and the loss of millions of taels per year would not be so obvious! The discussions came to Yu, Sun Chuanting, Fan Wenju and others bet on their strange eyes to the flattering ministers in their eyes on the usual days, and Song Xiance, who was sitting on a double-layer stool trying to raise them.

This time, even though Mao Jue stared at him in amazement, the dwarf showed an unparalleled view of the overall situation at this time. Sitting on the small stool with a big head swaying, Song Xiance asked confidently.

"Your Majesty, compared with the fall of Manila, these vassal ghosts are joining forces with the Longwu Dynasty to fight against our dynasty in Guangzhou Bay, or jointly attack Britain on their homeland. Our dynasty will rescue thousands of miles away. Which of these costs is greater?"

As soon as these words were said, Mao Jue couldn't help but lit up his eyes.

In the end, the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the West was to see who first eliminated the aliens in their own camp and then saved the Erwuzi in the other camp. Song Xiance analyzed that these sea crusaders took a bad move.

Manila is lost. In the short term, the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy losses in maritime trade, but it is only heavy and not fatal. But if these guys suddenly drove into Guangzhou Bay, on the one hand, they consolidated the defense of the Longwu Dynasty, and on the other hand, they might even cut off the Ming Dynasty's maritime channel to the Indochina Peninsula and India, more than 200 main Western warships, and the Longwu Dynasty provided supplies. Even Mao Jue would have a headache. After two or three years of war, the situation between the Mughals and the Indochina Peninsula will change. This is what the Ming Empire most reluctant to see!

To be gentler, France and Spain jointly captured Britain, which means that the Ming Dynasty and the Western countries have tied again. Both sides stood on the same starting line. In comparison, the worst way is to attack Manila! This place is under Mao Jue's nose, and there is no need to recover Yunnan and Guizhou in one fell swoop, defeat Guangdong and Guangxi, and then regain the plain area owned by Jiangxi. You can take back Luzon with your fight.

However, Mao Jue did not agree at the first time, but stretched his neck, looked at the end of the entire joint meeting, and shouted at a fifth-rank official who was very unfamiliar with all the officials of all sizes.

"Where is Yin Shu, the Ship Supervisor of the Ministry of Industry?"

"I'm in a humble position!"

The emperor could remember this meeting, and the Goryeo scholar who first defected to Mao Jue at Xiongjin Shipyard stood up from his seat with trembling voice and replied respectfully.

"How long will it take for my iron beast?"

This name made Zhao Xiancheng, the Minister of War present, confused. It was probably the royal family had tested some new weapons privately, but it seemed that there was no connection with the battle situation in Manila thousands of miles away! In the astonished expressions of a group of ministers, the Goryeo scholar bowed respectfully.

"Go back to Your Majesty, it has reached the end stage. If you..., you will be able to go to sea for about two or three months to test it!"

"very good!"

The last little work department supervisor became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel. After receiving this answer, a layer of red light appeared on his face, and he finally stood up heavily.

"I decided to give up Manila first! The imperial fleet will continue to gather on the southeast coast and destroy the Longwu Dynasty in one fell swoop!"

"I obey the order!"
Chapter completed!