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Chapter 227: The Great Army Pressed the Realm

Now the most important strategic reserve is several caliber flowering shells, which can support the defense of Guangzhou City, and even correct the basis of the entire war situation, when Zhao Tianyou saw that the minimum reserve number was more than 5,000 rounds, the stone that he had been worried about finally fell to the ground.

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"Haha, thank you guys, when did you make so many shells, it's really an unexpected surprise!"

Zhao Tianyou's face was full of joy, he glanced around and found that everyone was smiling awkwardly, Zhao Tianyou looked at the list again, the total number of flowering bombs was indeed more than 20,000, yes!

"What's wrong? What's the problem? ”

Old Feng Tou smiled bitterly: "Sect leader, we have eighty-eight Hongyi cannons in the city defense, and the main equipment with a slightly smaller caliber is on the ship, and now it is almost four hundred." We made the latest sub-cannons, and now there are nearly 50 female cannons and 400 sub-cannons, and more than 20,000 shells are distributed, which is really not enough! ”

"Oh, that's a bit of a small ......."

Zhao Tianyou understood with a little calculation, more than 500 cannons, 20,000 shells can only be allocated to the base of 40 rounds, if you really fire with all your strength, you can't hold out for even two days. The Yuan army requisitioned and transferred an army of 500,000 this time, which was already twice the total number of soldiers and civilians in the entire city of Guangzhou, and the Yuan Dynasty still had more than 100,000 troops stationed in Guangxi and Yunnan, and they could send their troops to Guangzhou to support at any time.

This war can almost be equated with the status of the previous Yashan naval battle, as long as defeat means destruction, it is also equally important to the Yuan army, because the entire Mengyuan cavalry is only 1.5 million, and there are still in the Yuan capital to prevent other tribes from peeping into the position of the Great Khan.

Ashu and Ali Hague are the absolute main forces that invaded the Song Dynasty in the south, and if they are all lost in Guangzhou City, then it will definitely affect the cities that have been occupied by the Allied Yuan, and those Han troops who surrender may rebel again at any time.

Therefore, the scale of this brewing war has been equal to the battle of Xiangyang, which lasted for several years, so this material reserve is simply a drizzle, and it must be used with broken fingers, and it may be interrupted at any time.

"Since the last time Zhu Qing's fleet was wiped out in naval warfare, the Yuan Dynasty's naval army has been scattered, and it has not been able to form an effective combat force, and it has not yet been equipped with the cannons on the ship, and all of them have stopped equipping. The navy is training as usual, and the patrol focus of the South China Sea Fleet has been changed to the Pearl River waterway, and it is necessary to ensure the absolute smoothness of this waterway, and this lifeblood of Guangzhou must not be sloppy in the slightest.

Master Feng, how did the gun truck we talked about moving in the field last time do? Now it is possible to lower the standard a little bit and produce a part of the spare as soon as possible. The production of ordinary swords was suspended, and the production of arrows and shells was emphasized, especially armor-piercing cones, which could be equipped to ordinary soldiers in the city if they were in sufficient quantities, and they could also use them with the advantage of location. ”

Zhou Yuan continued: "General Zhao, although the current situation is tense, there are more and more merchants who come to Hong Kong Island to do business, and it is also thanks to the transportation of these commercial houses that our materials will not be cut off.

So I suggest that General Zhao contact these powerful merchants and set up a banquet to entertain them once, give them some benefits and peace of mind, and tie their business to us closer. ”

"Well, this is a good suggestion from Zhou Yuan, and the hearts of the merchants will also give them a taste of sweetness, so that they can take out some of the benefits in the future and let them sell more strength!"

No profit can not afford to be early, the merchants of the world are all profit-seeking, as long as the price is high enough, they dare to trade anything. It's like Pu Shougeng received enough price, and he dared to sell the war horses temporarily stored by Yuan Bing, of course, he must be sure enough to pay a little benefit to quietly settle this matter.

The trading house specializing in transshipment of sulfur had already made a difference in the price of more than 100,000 taels of silver from Hong Kong Island, and if it weren't for the fact that the merchants of Dongying took advantage of the fire to rob and ask for too high a price, he would rather not make money and run away than come back empty.

But the business continues to be done, and the sulfur of the Dongying people themselves can't be used, and they are anxious if they can't sell it, but if they go back and forth in this way, they will delay time, and time is precious to Hong Kong Island.

So now I need Zhao Tianyou to speak, there will be a brave man under the heavy reward, and he will bring me the things, as long as it is not a cheap price, I can accept it. Hong Kong Island guarantees the interests of each firm, and hopes that there will be firms that can share weal and woe, and in the future, Hong Kong Island can enjoy the exclusive right to operate the goods sold to the outside world.

Zhao Tianyou is not good at communicating with these merchants, he only needs to show up at the banquet and respect everyone's wine, and the specific business is naturally discussed.

This banquet was very effective, with Zhao Tianyou's verbal promise, all the firms were on the island of Hong Kong, looking for coal, sulfur and iron ore where they had channels.

The Ashu army stationed in Qingyuan has arrived one after another, the cavalry of the Yuan army is gradually approaching the city of Guangzhou, and the gap range of dozens of miles in the morning is gradually compressed.

An eight-zhang high tower sentry was erected above the head of the city of Guangzhou, and there were lookouts to observe the movements of the Yuan soldiers day and night, and two of the simple telescopes developed and manufactured on Hong Kong Island were in the hands of the tower sentry soldiers.

However, these two telescopes are really rough, the lenses are made of natural crystal, and the light transmittance is generally magnified by three or four times, and the focus is not very accurate. Therefore, everyone took turns to look at each other, and they couldn't observe it for a long time, but the general movements of the Yuan soldiers five miles away still couldn't hide the surveillance in the city.

Zhao Tianyou doesn't know the process of making glass, and making lenses is even more black-eyed, anyway, it is probably fired with sand quartz and the like, and you can also learn it from the big cannibal. The productivity on Hong Kong Island is serving the military industry, so Zhao Tianyou has not put forward a plan for glass, which is not important, but it can be used as a money-making business in the future.

The Boyan camp in the east was stationed in Balizhuang, and Dong Wenbing, who led the team from the new army, escorted 40 heavy carts with 20,000 elite soldiers, pulled 40 brave cannons out of Balizhuang, and advanced little by little.

At the front of the procession were captured slaves of all tribes, pushing cartloads of freshly cut logs, as close to the city walls as possible, and building siege equipment on the spot. However, Dong Wenbing knew very well that the Song army's cannon could have a range of three miles, so the timber yard had to be built three miles away, and it was ready to use logs to create a strong artillery truck that could not be blown up by shells.

But the Song army at the head of the city, will they prepare with peace of mind?