Sha Dingzhou's strength is not strong, after leading the troops into Kunming, Mu Tianbo and the governor of Yunnan were caught off guard, and he said that he wanted to dominate Yunnan, and it was not in the interests of other Tusi.

The official army in Sichuan still has a certain strength, and it can't beat the Great Western Army, but there is no problem in fighting Shadingzhou, but it is a pity that Emperor Longwu mishandled it and regarded Mu Tianbo as a traitor, but gave Shadingzhou a legal identity.

But the wealth is moving, Mu Tianbo has guarded Yunnan for generations, rich and rival the country, his family property is in the hands of Sha Dingzhou, as long as the news is spread, the Sichuan Ming army has the motivation to send troops......

This is the next decree, it is not difficult to operate, the key is to give Emperor Longwu a time to accept and confirm, and there is no need for Wang Kefan to worry about it later.

"Really?" Emperor Longwu was skeptical, and if all this was true, he had made another big mistake.

"It's true, Bixia lives in Fujian, and the news is not good, but the matter has been spread to Huguang ......" Wang Kefan's explanation is reasonable, Huguang is close to Sichuan, and there is something going on in Yunnan, of course he knows faster.

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After the Gongyi battalion entered the territory of Guangdong, it met the Ming army who came to greet the holy car.

This Ming army was sent by Fu Guan, and the general who led the army was Shi Lang, accompanied by an old eunuch about sixty years old, with an extraordinary bearing.

They first visited Emperor Longwu and talked for a while, Emperor Longwu left Shi Lang to summon him alone, and after the old eunuch came out, he found Wang Kefan.

As soon as he saw Wang Kefan, the old eunuch reverently drew a cross on his chest and bowed deeply.

"God Bless Long Live Lord! General Wang is the messenger sent by God to save the suffering, and we thank you here! ”

What a mess!

Wang Kefan fixed his eyes. The old eunuch had a shiny cross on his chest, and he looked like a Catholic.

"What do you call my father-in-law?"

"Our holy name is 'Achilleus', can you understand? Well, before I joined the church, there was a common name in our family called Pang Tianshou...... "That old eunuch can even speak a few foreign languages."

Wang Kefan suddenly realized.

Pang Tianshou was a famous eunuch in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

He was the imperial horse eunuch in the palace in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and when Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Pang Tianshou happened to "go to Nanjing", after the fall of Nanjing. He fled to Fujian and served as the eunuch of the Longwu court. (Si Li Bingbi eunuch is very good, Cao Huachun, Wei Zhongxian, and Feng Bao have all done this position.) ）

Pang Tianshou joined the Catholic Church as early as the Apocalypse, and the person who baptized him was the famous Father John Tong, because of his close association with the missionaries. Pang Tianshou has always had a good relationship with Westerners.

When the Qing army entered Fujian, Longwu had no military power in his hands. Subject to Zheng Zhilong everywhere. He sent Pang Tianshou to Macao to borrow troops from the Portuguese, and he did not fail in his mission, borrowing 300 Portuguese spearmen from the Macao authorities, as well as a red-coated cannon.

"Oh! It turned out to be Achilles, isn't his father-in-law's heel a little soft......? ”

Wang Kefan made a joke, and several people next to him had inexplicable expressions. Pang Tianshou's eyes lit up, surprised and delighted, as if he had met an old acquaintance in a foreign country.

Achilleus is Achilles. The hero in the "Homeric Epic", his father is a mortal, his mother is the goddess of the sea, after Achilles was born, he was dipped in the water of the Styx River by his mother with his heel, and his whole body was invulnerable, only the heel was a weakness, and then he was shot in the heel by an arrow of Apollo and hung up, which is the origin of the "Achilles' heel".

Few people in the Ming Dynasty knew "Homer's Epic", Pang Tianshou gave this foreign name, although he was very proud, but every time he said it, no one understood, only with Western missionaries had a common language, Wang Kefan was able to tell the origin of this name, and he was immediately regarded as a bosom friend.

"Achilles? That's a great translation! I won't be called 'Arquilou' anymore, I'll be called Achilles from now on!" ”

Pang Tianshou was overjoyed if he got the treasure, and pulled Wang Kefan to talk about Greek mythology and Bible stories, although Wang Kefan didn't know much, but like Zeus, Jesus and Athena or something, the more famous characters still knew, and echoed a few words at the critical moment, and they were scratching Pang Tianshou's itch.

Wang Kefan intends to have fun because Pang Tianshou is worth wooing.

The eunuch is the head of the 12 eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the eunuch is one of the "internal ministers" of the imperial court, and he is only one step away from the boss of the eunuch world, "the eunuch with the palm seal of the priest", and the eunuch around Emperor Longwu is about to die, Pang Tianshou will inevitably sit in the palace, and even serve as the eunuch of the palm seal of the eunuch.

The eunuch and the emperor are the same faction, and the cabinet is born to be enemies, the imperial power in the Southern Ming Dynasty was greatly reduced, and the eunuchs also followed the prestige greatly reduced, but in any case, the eunuch of the ceremonial ceremony held the power of "wearing red" and could contain each other with the cabinet.

Pang Tianshou himself is also very special.

Because of his belief in Catholicism, he vigorously promoted Western culture in the palace. In real history, after Emperor Longwu hung up, Pang Tianshou took refuge in Emperor Yongli, and developed the queen mother, the queen and the prince of Yongli into believers, built a church in the palace of Emperor Yongli, and worshiped Jesus with the queen mother and the prince, 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 red-coated cannons, which played a certain role in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty.

This person will be useful in the future!

Wang Kefan gradually brought the topic to the three hundred Portuguese soldiers, and when it came to muskets and cannons, his knowledge was no less than Pang Tianshou, and the two chatted more speculatively. Pang Tianshou was in high spirits, and he blew a word about how powerful this Franc machine foreign spearman was, Wang Kefan wanted to capture the old man, and expressed his disbelief, Pang Tianshou had to pull him to see it.

"General Wang doesn't know, this group of Franc soldiers use a new type of Western musket, and they don't use arquebuses!"

"Oh? Is it a flintlock pistol? Wang Kefan's heart moved.

"Ho! Do you even know flintlock pistols? Pang Tianshou was extremely surprised.

"Well, I also heard from the Franco." Wang Kefan casually dealt with it, and when he looked up, there were three hundred Portuguese soldiers in front of him, as well as a priest who accompanied the army.

Everyone introduced each other. The priest was a German, whose Chinese name was Qu Shawei, and he had great prestige in the Portuguese army.

Looking closely at the equipment of these Portuguese soldiers, it was indeed a flintlock pistol, and they were asked to test shoot it, both in terms of operability and shooting accuracy, which were much higher than those of arquebuses.

"Father, I'd like to buy a batch of flintlock pistols, is that okay?"

"Ah, I'd love to help you. But it's hard to buy, and it's hard to ship to China. ”

Flintlock pistols are also considered advanced weapons in the West, and the armies of various countries are using flintlock pistols to replace arquebuses in large quantities, which will not be sold as commodities, and no one has traveled thousands of miles to China to sell them.

"I don't want much. You have three hundred flintlock pistols, sell me twenty. Wang Kefan prepares to imitate a flintlock pistol. Twenty flintlock pistols. It should be enough for craftsmen to do research.

"No, this is our weapon, we can't sell it!" Qu Sha shook her head like a rattle.

"Ten sticks, ten sticks, the price is up to you!" Wang Kefan knew the benefits of flintlock pistols and stubbornly refused to give up.

"I'm really sorry. We can't sell a single one, it's the order of the Governor, if we sell the gun to you, we'll be shot when we go back......"

Wang Kefan couldn't talk about it. Let's not talk about it for now, politely chatted with them for a while, and left.

Since this Portuguese soldier came to help Nanming fight, he would not return to Macao for a while, and he would have a chance sooner or later.

Back in his military tent, Shi Lang was waiting for him.

Shi Lang had just come out of Emperor Longwu, his face was red and he was still in excitement, and it seemed that he had a good conversation with Emperor Longwu.

"I have seen General Wang in my humble position, and I have been reused by the emperor this time, and I want to thank the general for his recommendation!" Shi Lang knelt down on one knee and performed the salute of his subordinates.

Wang Kefan is the dragon and tiger general of the second grade, Shi Lang is the governor of the third grade, Wang Kefan's rank is higher, but everyone is not subordinate to each other, Shi Lang has no reason to kneel down to him, and he is over.

"Hey, General Shi is reused by the emperor, relying on his own ability, what does it have to do with Wang?" Wang Kefan smiled and helped him up.

Shi Lang is too famous in history, as long as you have read Wei Xiaobao's story, you will know his character traits - relying on himself to fight, offending people all day long, a bit arrogant, belongs to the kind of person with low emotional intelligence.

With his kind of character, he can't mix anywhere, the road is always getting narrower and narrower, and when Zuihou is cornered, he has to change his door and take refuge in another shili, so he will waver in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and has defected and surrendered several times.

Shi Lang felt that he was a maxima, but he always couldn't meet Bole who appreciated him, so Wang Kefan planned to play this Bole.

Character determines fate, although Shi Lang has now taken refuge in Emperor Longwu, but Emperor Longwu's skills are not clever, and the internal contradictions within Nanming are very complicated, and Shi Lang will not be able to mix sooner or later. At that time, as long as Wang Kefan, Bole, stretched out his hand and pulled him, he could easily subdue him.

Wang Kefan casually praised him, but Shi Lang just ate this set, and immediately smiled, very happy, the two sat down and chatted, only to know that Shi Lang had just made a contribution.

The reinforcements sent from all over the Nanming Dynasty were in a mess, Fu Guan did not understand military affairs, and with the assistance of Shi Lang, these troops were deployed one by one, nearly 30,000 people were gathered in the area of Nanxiong Mansion, and the logistics baggage was basically transported in place, and troops could be sent to rescue Ganzhou at any time.

When Emperor Longwu was employing people, he praised Shi Lang fiercely, and instructed him to rebel against Fujian Shifu's troops, and Shi Lang also patted his chest against Emperor Longwu.

"General Shi is not only a general, but also can focus on state affairs, Wang admires ......" Wang Kefan talked to him a few words, and suddenly said: "I heard that General Shi is good at water warfare, and this rescue of Ganzhou will definitely make another miracle for the imperial court!" ”

"Seventeen-year-old thief, accustomed to water warfare, Shi is the second on the water, and no one dares to call the first anymore!" Shi Lang proudly blew for a long time before he suddenly reacted: "What, does the emperor want to use me to fight a water war?" ”

"Pretty much." Wang Kefan smiled and nodded: "I have recommended to the emperor that you be the commander of the naval army in the Battle of Ganzhou!" (To be continued......)