Chapter 343: The Way of Choice
For the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was unprecedented for them to be able to enter the customs and sit in the world, but now it is indeed realized, in fact, there have been many legends about the Australians, and they have also tried to think about sending people to Australia to negotiate, and the two sides will see if there is a possibility of cooperation, but then they have given up because they have no ability to sail. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Originally, there was no intersection between the two sides, after all, across the sea, there were not many places where the two sides could cooperate, but as the army moved south, the further south they went, they found that they still knew too little about the Australians.
The influence of the Australians in the south was very great, and the mirrors they made, and the various exquisite items they sold, as well as the legend of Australia's wealth, full of gold, all made the Manchu rulers very desirable.
If it weren't for the sea, I'm afraid they wouldn't have given up going there to plunder, and at the beginning they kept stripping for their possessions, and now although they occupy the north, their nature has not changed much, so they have rediscovered Australia again anyway.
This country is extraordinary, it can't be looked at with ordinary eyes at all, although they are rich, but they are also very powerful, and the Zheng family, which is known as the overlord of the sea, has not asked for much benefit in their hands.
A sea overlord like the Zheng family has to rely on their snort, which shows that their strength is really not weak at all.
However, the exact situation may be known this time, because the troops in Azig in the south are about to go to the Australian army to fight, and it is not certain who will kill the two sides.
But what is certain is that the Australians are indeed well-equipped, and all the firearms they use are firearms, and there are dozens of such artillery pieces alone, which is a very lethal force, and it is better not to fight them if it is not necessary.
Of course, this is not up to Azig's thoughts, after all, it is now the Australians who take the initiative to attack, and their purpose is to destroy the main force going south, if they can't eliminate their main force, it will definitely be endless.
Azig also wanted to fight with the Australians to see what their strength was, if there was really such a strong force, then it would not be a way to give up Jiangnan, after all, the entire north alone was enough for them to digest for a while, not to mention including Jiangnan, such a large piece of land, it was not so easy to digest it.
If you want to defeat the Australians, you must first have well-equipped troops, and the opponent uses firearms, so you can only use firearms, if you specialize in using broadswords, bows and arrows, you are definitely not an opponent.
Therefore, in addition to ordering the mobilization of the army, Dolgon also ordered the transfer of firearms troops, and transferred the firearms units in each army to the south and handed over to Azig to manage, after all, as long as Azig has someone in his hands, the chances of victory will be better.
This is Dolgon's idea, but he also knows that the firearms he uses are definitely not the opponents of others, after all, no matter what, Australia's firearms are famous for this, can the Zheng family and Liangguang spend a lot of money to buy things cheap.
It says that even the red-haired people spend money to buy their firearms, which says it all, the red-haired cannon is very good, and it is also powerful, and it has also played a big role in the previous siege battles.
Don't look at the later Manchu Qing Dynasty did not pay much attention to the development and research of firearms, and even carried out face control management of firearms, but in fact, they were afraid that those remnant forces would gain and threaten their rule.
Secretly, they also bought a lot of Australian firearms, and they can find a lot of differences through comparison, after all, who is more powerful between the two can still be known.
In fact, Dorgon has always wanted to cooperate with the Australians, and if they can buy a large number of weapons through their regular channels, it will raise the level of the war to a certain extent, but the Australians do not accept their cooperation.
These Australians are said to be from the pre-Qin period, and they are also those who went to sea to help the First Emperor find the elixir of life, so it stands to reason that the relationship with the Ming people should not be so close, but why can't they cooperate with themselves.
Dolgon, who couldn't figure out the key point here, could only helplessly declare war on Australia, although he wanted to cooperate with the other party, but the other party didn't really want to cooperate with you, and it didn't make sense for you to have a hot face and a cold ass, so he simply gave up such an idea.
A direct declaration of war expressed their determination and encouraged the soldiers not to be frightened by those rumors, and this kind of public opinion warfare can be said to be the best used by the Manchus.
If they hadn't used this method constantly, I am afraid it would not have been possible to make those heavily armed commanders surrender so quickly.
However, compared with Dolgon's choice, it can be said that Shen Youlong's choice is still very large, he handed over the coastal tariffs of the two Guangzhous to the Australians to collect, and handed over the construction of roads between the provinces to the counties.
Although this highway does not need to be paid by the Liangguang government, Australians have to charge a fee for a certain number of years after it is repaired, and the highway will be under the jurisdiction of Liangguang after the fee is full.
This is a bit unequal in later generations, but Shen Youlong can accept it, no matter what, he did sign and accept such a treaty.
In his opinion, what Liangguang can provide is limited, since the Australians have proposed it, then give them some benefits, otherwise it is impossible for people to help you in vain, after all, Shen Youlong himself feels very wrong if he does not give benefits.
If there is no benefit to help you at all, then people can't figure it out, in this case, Shen Youlong's choice has played an important role, since he has decided to cooperate with the Australians, he will definitely not care about such a little benefit.
After all, after the road is repaired, it will also be very beneficial to the two provinces, not only to increase the close exchanges between the prefectures and counties, but also to make it more convenient to mobilize the deployment of troops between them.
This kind of good thing, you can't just see one side, you still have to look at the comprehensive, to say that Shen Youlong is still very good, there are not many people who can think so clearly, and the most important thing is that he can know how to make trade-offs.
In this environment, in fact, Shen Yulong can only do this, if you want to save Daming, there is no other way, it is quite lucky to be able to get the help of the Australians, let alone get their comprehensive help, which is even more rare.
Even if they are a little selfish, in fact, there is nothing in Lao Shen's opinion. (To be continued.) )