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In the first year of Longwu (1645), when the Qing army invaded Fujian, Longwu had no military power in his hands and was subject to Zheng Zhilong everywhere, so he hoped to obtain Western military aid from Macao through the Jesuits. In the second year of Longwu (1646), Emperor Longwu sent Pang Tianshou and the Western missionary Bi Fangji to Macao to ask for help.

In real history, Pang Tianshou finally borrowed 300 Portuguese spearmen from the Macao authorities, as well as a few Hongyi cannons, but at that time Emperor Longwu had been captured and killed, so Pang Tianshou took 300 Portuguese soldiers to Emperor Yongli.

In the Yongli Dynasty, he also developed the queen mother, the empress and the crown prince of Yongli into believers, built a church in the palace of the Yongli emperor, and took the queen mother, the queen and the prince to worship Jesus together, and the banners of the Yongli guards were also painted with crosses and Latin......

In addition to the cultural aspect, Pang Tianshou also understood Western scientific knowledge, and he presided over the casting of a batch of Hongyi cannons, which played a certain role in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty.

This old eunuch is a baby!

For this allusion, Zhu Youlang, who was familiar with the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty in his previous life, was naturally no stranger, and he had also inquired about the behavior of Eunuch Pang in many ways, but there was no news of him, and history had changed with his crossing, and Pang Tianshou may not have successfully returned in the first year of Yongli (1647) as in the history of the meeting. Unexpectedly, fate favored him, and at the most critical time, Eunuch Pang finally fulfilled his mission and successfully returned to Xingzai.

Hearing that the emperor was going to summon him, Pang Tianshou had just entered the city with three hundred foreign soldiers, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he rushed to the head of Nancheng City to face the king.

On the road at the head of the city, Zhu Youlang looked at Pang Tianshou, who was covered with wind and frost and his clothes were covered with dust, and held his hand movingly, and said: "The huge companion has worked hard for the community, and the road has been bumpy, which is really hard." ”

"The old slave is not hard, and it is the blessing of the old slave to be able to serve the heavenly family." Listening to the emperor's words of concern, Pang Tianshou's eyes were slightly red, and he felt that the bumps and displacements along the way for more than half a year were worth it.

Zhu Youlang held back the excitement in his heart, and did not rush to ask Pang Tianshou about borrowing troops, he gently patted Pang Tianshou on the shoulder, and said, "The eldest companion will go to the mixed hall (bathhouse) to freshen up first, and I will personally pick up the wind and wash the dust for you later." ”

It took about an hour for Pang Tianshou to freshen up and dress.

When he got out of the hall, a little eunuch stepped forward and said, "Master Pang, go to Yonghua Hall with the little one, the emperor has prepared a banquet there, and he has been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

Pang Tianshou smiled and nodded, and walked towards the Yonghua Hall of the Imperial Palace under the guidance of the little inner supervisor.

When he entered the hall, there were several red fires burning in the hall, and a warmth greeted him.

There is a mahogany table of eight immortals in the hall, and there is a charcoal fire in the center of the table, on which is a pot of boiling mutton soup, and there are more than a dozen dishes such as braised beef, roast chicken, steamed goose and a few pots of wine next to it.

Looking at such a sumptuous meal, Pang Tianshou, who had been bumpy on the road for several months, couldn't help but salivate.

However, after seeing Zhu Youlang sitting in the middle again, he hurriedly restrained his embarrassment, knelt down in front of Zhu Youlang, sang his name loudly, and then bowed to Ruyi.

After he sat down, Zhu Youlang held his wine glass high and said, "In the past half a year, the huge companion has really worked hard, I salute you!" After saying that, he drank it all.

"The old slave is terrified, terrified!" Hearing this, Pang Tianshou hurriedly got up, held the wine glass high, and drank it all.

"Come on, come on, eat meat and eat meat, don't be too formal."

Zhu Youlang knew that he would not move if he didn't move the chopsticks, so he took the lead in clamping a piece of meat and sending it to his mouth.

Seeing that the emperor stretched out his chopsticks, Pang Tianshou, who was already hungry and panicked, was no longer formal, and sent meat to his mouth in a big gulp, and the soup and gravy on his cheeks were quite happy.

Zhu Youlang kept persuading the wine while asking Pang Tianshou about going to Entrenchment Jingao to borrow troops, his expression was quite affectionate, Pang Tianshou used the wine, and he no longer had such scruples when he spoke, what to say, and the atmosphere in the banquet was quite harmonious and warm.

He said that he had borrowed 300 franc machine gunners, 20 gunners, six six-pounder Hongyi cannons and 300 muskets from Qiaojingao, and that because Guangdong had been occupied by the Qing army and the waterway was impassable, the fleet had arrived in Wuzhou from Qiongzhou via Lianzhou in Guangxi and Nanning via the Xunjiang River.

After hearing that there were six Hongyi cannons, Zhu Youlang was greatly excited, as for the three hundred firearms, although he was happy, but it was not too rare, at this time there was no generation difference between Chinese firearms and the West, and the gap in the combat power of the army was far less than that at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Of course, if they are all professional veterans, it is a different matter. In fact, there were not many people in the Ming and Qing armies who were proficient in the art of guns, and if they were to be used as a surprise soldier, it was unknown whether they might be able to turn the tide of the battle at a critical moment.

After the banquet, Zhu Youlang asked Pang Tianshou to take him to see the Francophone soldiers and the artillery and guns that were transported.

"Quick, come forward and salute the emperor!"

When Zhu Youlang met the red-haired fans in the square outside the palace, Bi Fangji, a Western missionary who had been Sinicized, was teaching them Chinese etiquette.

Under Bi Francis's demonstration, everyone bowed down and bowed as if they were rituals.

Seeing a group of red-haired and blue-eyed Westerners kneeling at his feet in a clumsy pose, Zhu Youlang couldn't help but want to laugh.

Today's Westerners are still very respectful of China, believing that China is a civilized country, so they do not reject China's kneeling etiquette, and they are far less arrogant than two hundred years later.

"Knock on His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Under the leadership of Bi Francis, the crowd prostrated in a variety of different languages.

The scene was a bit chaotic for a while.

When saluting, Zhu Youlang saw that there were many yellow-skinned Chinese in the crowd, one of them was a thin young man who was quite eye-catching, his face was delicate, his hair was short and black, but he was not tall, and when Zhu Youlang walked to him, he hurriedly bowed his head.

"What's your name?"

Hearing the emperor's question, the young man's face was stunned, and Bi Fangji hurriedly said: "Jesse, His Majesty the Emperor asked you!" ”

"My name is Jesse, and my real name is Jiang Rong."

"Is it a man?"

"Yes, but I've emigrated overseas since the time of the Mongolian Yuan."

"Where do you come from?"

"Nanning, Guangxi."

"Good."

Zhu Youlang smiled and nodded, he didn't expect that there were Chinese soldiers in the Portuguese mercenaries, seeing that he was standing, his legs were together, and his military posture was straight, it was obvious that he was a soldier who had been systematically trained in military cultivation, not pulled halfway.

At this time, Western Europe already had a systematic military discipline, from military uniforms, queues, to appearances with regulations and strict standards.

In the next two hundred years, because of the gradual popularization of flintlock pistols, a new method of warfare was born - lining up to shoot, since then the entire Western European army has very strict requirements for the queue of soldiers, under the constraints of military discipline and military sticks, soldiers braved the rain of bullets, ignored the dead and wounded, and still marched forward in a strict formation, and the power of firearms was used to the maximum.