After purchasing a large number of military weapons from Hong Kong, the court of King Lu of Zhejiang quickly began to arm, which made the army originally armed with shotguns and broadswords significantly improve the battle.

At least when defending the city, King Lu was more confident, although he spent a lot of money, but this kind of confidence was something he didn't have before, and he didn't believe that his army was so bad, the new army of Liangguang and the Australians could rely on these weapons to hold the city, couldn't the people under him.

It is absolutely impossible, so King Lu is very confident, and from time to time he goes to the city to encourage the morale of the soldiers, so that they know that their prince is still there, and he has not left, even if all the rich families and gentry in the city have left, he will not leave.

Of course, the Australians' suggestion is that if King Lu really can't hold on, they can help and send someone to accept him to settle in Hong Kong.

It is difficult to have such integrity, although death in battle can be passed down through the ages, but it is also a character, so Australia does not want to see such a thing happen.

Although King Lu declared that he would die on the battlefield and fight with the Manchus to the end, he still sent his wife and children to Hong Kong under the persuasion of He Yu and others, and hoped that if there was a chance, He Yu and others could arrange for his family to settle in Australia.

Maybe he also felt that he might not be Haoge's opponent, and it was very likely that he would die on the battlefield, so in order to leave some incense, he sent people to Hong Kong, in fact, King Lu also had other plans, I heard that King Tang and King Fu both went to Australia and received a lot of support.

His idea is very simple, that is, he hopes that his children can get to know more Australian elites when they go to Australia, and maybe they will have the opportunity to return to Daming in the future.

After all, King Gui has no heirs so far. In the future, the Ming Dynasty still needs to be inherited, King Fu has established a country overseas with the support of Australia, and King Tang has also started a businessman, so his children are still very promising in the future, if they get the support of Australia's local magnates, maybe they can come back to inherit the throne.

Inheriting the throne of King Gui is much more valuable than the throne of King Talu. This King Gui is supported by the Australians, and the Australians will never let King Gui's throne be left uninherited, so from a certain point of view, King Lu's idea is still absolute.

But now he has to face Hauge's army, although Hauge's number is not much, only about 20,000 people, and the real elite is less than 2,000 people, but his equipment is quite well-equipped, this army is the army that follows him from the north to the south.

In terms of combat effectiveness. This army is still quite powerful, and in any case, it is much stronger than the army recruited by King Lu, after all, most of King Lu's troops are recruited farmers and refugees, and the largest number of refugees is farmers.

It is obviously not possible to rely on a group of people who have never been on the battlefield at all to deal with such a group of soldiers who have very combat experience, so Hauge did not take him seriously at all, which is why he can still have enough confidence to break through Zhejiang and destroy King Lu when the main force in Quanzhou is pinned.

King Lu nominally occupied Zhejiang. However, the entire Zhejiang can fight less than 50,000 troops, and most of them use cold weapons. This was in stark contrast to the Manchus, who had already begun to use hot weapons, and the differences between the two forces could be said to have been highlighted from the very beginning.

Just imagine, it is already very obvious who is superior to a unit with a powerful firearm and a unit with a bow and arrow, not to mention that the Australians have highlighted this obvious gap.

Therefore, King Lu has no geographical advantage at all, and the lack of advantage means that it is difficult for him to deal with the attacking Haoge.

Although Hauge occupied not many soldiers and horses, the combat effectiveness of the troops was much stronger than that of King Lu. There is also the advantage of weapons, and the combination of these two things is a sure victory for me.

In fact, King Lu always wanted the Australians to send troops or help him build fortifications, but the Australians refused, and the Australians said that Quanzhou and Shaoguan were tight in defense, and there was no time and manpower to send them here. This means that now is not the time.

If there were fortifications built by the Australians, King Lu could actually feel that he had a better chance of victory, but now he didn't dare to say that at all.

Haoge's men and horses have broken through dozens of cities in a row, so that they can surrender, otherwise they will die when they reach the city of Hangzhou.

King Lu naturally won't surrender easily, and the weapons he bought at a large price surrendered before he could use them, so he wouldn't be crushed by someone to break his cervical vertebrae.

But rebellion is actually a sure defeat, because everyone is not optimistic about him, whether it is Shen Youlong or He Yu, they are not optimistic about King Lu, thinking that he will inevitably fail.

King Lu's army has not undergone much training, let alone any combat capabilities, and even if they have Australian weapons, I am afraid that many people will not use them on the battlefield.

But in order to strengthen his defense capability, King Lu begged the Australians to buy these weapons, and Australia could not sell them, so he could only do what he could.

Although Shen Youlong and King Gui were very sympathetic to King Lu, they would never be stupid enough to ask the Australians to send troops to rescue King Lu.

In terms of interests, if you save King Lu, it means that there will be a competitor in the world of the Ming Dynasty in the future, which King Gui does not want to see, and now the alliance treaty signed by the Australians and them is not so clear, and they can change the object at any time.

Under this premise, neither King Gui nor Shen Youlong would want Australia to send troops, and He Yu has made it clear that Australia can only send one division of troops, that is, more than 10,000 people to participate in the war.

The Dutch have been staring at the actions of the old Australians, once they know that the Australian army is empty, these guys will definitely take advantage of the weakness, plus all the troops of Heishui have been mobilized to the Ming Dynasty, and there is no containment of the existence of forces, they will naturally think more.

If all the domestic recruits are sent out at this time, I am afraid that Australia will be almost destroyed, so it is right for Australia not to send troops, and sending troops within its own ability is what a great power should do for the rise.

Haoge's army has come to the city, although the cannon of King Lu on the city wall has been erected, but the morale is obviously low, and the morale of the Qing army under the city is obviously high, and from the perspective of their weapons and equipment and clothing, it is in stark contrast to him, which makes King Lu standing above the city very worried. (To be continued.) )