And now that Zou Pusheng told him that the goal of 1,000 artillery pieces could not be accomplished, Chen Youliang was naturally even more dissatisfied in his heart.

At this time, Zou Pusheng saw that Chen Youliang had already shown an unhappy expression, so he hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, the copper used in this artillery is too much, I have just established it now, and there are too many places to spend money, and the money is really not enough to cast artillery!" ”

Chen Youliang frowned, "Then I will issue a holy decree to confiscate copper materials throughout the country!" First of all, all the bronze bells and Buddha statues in those temples were confiscated and used to cast artillery, wasting these good things, and offering those bald donkey monks what birds were for? ”

For the monks in the Han Dynasty, Chen Youliang is very disgusted.

In particular, Zhu Yuanzhang in Jiangnan used to be a monk, and Chen Youliang hated the monk even more, and hated it together.

After Zou Pusheng heard Chen Youliang's words, he also nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise, those monks and monks are indeed not producing, and if they confiscate the bronze bell and Buddha statues in their temples, they can cast some copper cannons, but the gap is still not small!" ”

When Chen Youliang heard this, his brows furrowed even more, and he was receiving: "Prime Minister, is there any good way to solve it?" Prime Minister, you know, even if it is 1,000 artillery pieces, against Zhu Yuanzhang's two or three thousand artillery pieces, it is far from enough. ”

Zou Pusheng said to Chen Youliang: "Your Majesty, the minister sent someone to inquire that the reason why the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers are so rich and can cast so many copper cannons is that on the one hand, the original reserves of copper materials are enough, and on the other hand, because their sea trade is prosperous, there is a large amount of money, after the prosperity of the sea trade, a large amount of money is available, naturally they can buy more materials, hire more craftsmen, and cast more artillery!" ”

"Haimao?" When Chen Youliang heard the word sea trade, his brows immediately tightened.

Huguang is close to the inland, although there is a golden waterway known as the Yangtze River waterway, the transportation is convenient, but it is too far away from the sea or something.

Moreover, after Jiangxi was lost, the water transportation of the Yangtze River was difficult.

Chen Youliang asked: "Prime Minister, what can you do, is there something we can do about sea trade?" ”

Zou Pusheng nodded and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten?" Now although Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han occupy Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and have big ports like Quanzhou and Mingzhou, there is still a place, which is also an excellent place for maritime trade, and it has not been occupied by them! ”

When Chen Youliang heard this, he immediately asked, "Prime Minister, where are you talking about?" ”

Zou Pusheng used his hand to guide the party, "Your Majesty, what the minister said is Guangzhou!" ”

"Guangzhou?"

Chen Youliang was immediately happy when he heard it.

By the way, why did you forget the place of Guangzhou?

Historically, Guangzhou's maritime trade status was much earlier than that of Quanzhou Mingzhou.

During the Han Dynasty in history, Panyu in Guangzhou was already the starting point of the famous Maritime Silk Road, and the silk of the Han Dynasty transported from here was able to be transported to the Nanyang Islands of Nibora across the waves, and then from the Nanyang Islands to Tianzhu India in the west.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Guangqing, a native of Zengcheng, raised troops, Lin Guifang, a native of Guangzhou, raised troops, and the rebels in Guangdong were also anti-Yuan.

However, they did not accept the idea of the White Lotus Sect Red Turban Army.

They were all natives of Guangdong, using the local clan power to rebel against the rule of the Mongol Yuan.

The Guangdong Rebels, who fought on their own, basically focused on self-preservation.

Historically, Guangdong's resistance to the Yuan Dynasty was quite fierce, and shortly before the Battle of Yashan in the Southern Song Dynasty, the city of Guangzhou was broken by the Yuan army, and even the Yuan army issued a cruel slaughter order, and the prosperous and rich Guangzhou became a white land.

Now, the Yuan Dynasty is in turmoil!

The local Han people in Guangzhou raised volunteers early and drove out the Mengyuan forces in Guangzhou.

Chen Youliang felt that he Huguang was a hundred thousand male soldiers, and once he crossed Hunan and entered Guangdong, it would definitely be easy to control Guangdong, after all, Guangdong's righteous army was scattered and not strong, and they liked to fight for each other, and they were not the opponent of Chen Youliang's Han army at all.

Chen Youliang slapped his palms happily and said with a smile:

"Prime Minister, you really have a good idea! As long as you take Guangzhou, you will have a steady stream of wealth! ”

Not only the wealth of Guangzhou, but also many copper mines in Guangxi.

As long as Guangzhou is captured, it means that there will be sea trade, and there will be money, and with money, more artillery can be built, and only then will there be the strength to take revenge on Zhu Yuanzhang's Zhuhai brothers!

Chen Youliang immediately ordered Zou Pusheng to be the general of the army, led an army of 150,000, entered Hunan and began to fight south.

Chen Youliang is ready to take Guangzhou in the New Year's time!

With the news of the Han Empire's march in Huguang, the local rebel armies in Guangdong immediately heard the rumors.

Once the Han Red Turban Army in Huguang invaded Guangdong, it would deprive the locals of Guangdong of their military power, and at worst they would definitely burn and loot in Guangdong.

In these days, the army did not have any national consciousness, but more of a local clan consciousness.

When foreign armies enter another unfamiliar place to fight, they often burn, kill and loot.

What kind of army that does not disturb, rob, or kill is really rare in ancient times.

Therefore, after the news came that Chen Youliang was going to raise troops to attack Guangdong, the local rebel forces in Guangdong immediately wanted to protect themselves.

They elected Lin Guifang, the leader of the Guangzhou Righteous Army, as the helmsman of the Righteous Army, and immediately established the Generalissimo Mansion in Guangdong.

First of all, on the one hand, they stepped up their troops, reorganized their armies for battle, and were ready to resist the Han Red Turban Army that was about to invade.

On the other hand, they also knew that their own military strength was weak, and it would definitely be difficult to resist Chen Youliang's Red Turban Army, so they took a sea ship along the sea route to Jinling, and paid tribute to Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu, in order to seek Zhu Yuanzhang's protection.

Of course, the conditions for their protection were also quite lucrative, they could pay 1/10 of the annual tax to Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu, and also promised to set up a city department in Guangzhou, allowing the king of Wu to send officials to extract commercial taxes in the local area, and as for the local governance, they kept it all in their own hands.

For this place in Guangdong, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have any intention of occupying it.

Now, the Guangdong Righteous Army has come to take the initiative to join him, and Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally very happy.

Because it's like picking it up for nothing.

For the attachment of these rebels in Guangdong, Zhu Han was naturally very happy.

The Guangdong Righteous Army came to Jinling in person, and it was none other than Lin Guifang, the chief helmsman of the Guangdong Righteous Army.

As the leader of the rebel army elected by Guangdong, after knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang had accepted their title of minister, Nagong, he immediately put forward his own request for military assistance.

The shrewd Cantonese people clearly knew that it was easy to invite God and difficult to send God, and the local rebels in Guangdong did not want many soldiers and horses sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu.

They just wanted to get weapons and armor from King Wu.

According to the figures they gave, Zhu Han was immediately surprised after reading it.

That's enough to arm about 100,000 people!

I have to say that the local wealth in Guangdong is still very rich.

Lin Guifang was invited to Zhu Han's mansion to personally discuss this batch of military supplies.

"Vice Marshal, this time, the main thing we want to purchase is muskets and artillery, as well as light armor, if it works, it is best to get that kind of light half-body plate armor!" Lin Guifang said.

The weather in that place in Guangdong is hot, and the half-body plate armor is the most suitable.

"Since Guangdong has been attached to King Wu, then, some things must be told to you first, sometimes there are misunderstandings in the province, and then the harmony between each other will be ruined." Zhu Han said with a smile.

When Lin Guifang heard this, he immediately agreed: "Don't worry, as long as we can do it, we will definitely obey King Wu's arrangement!" ”

After coming to Jinling, Lin Guifang immediately realized the strong strength of Zhu Yuanzhang's many generals.

The confidence in resisting Chen Youliang has been greatly increased!

Lin Guifang knew that even if he offended Chen Youliang, he couldn't offend Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers.

After all, Quanzhou Pu Shougeng and these people have perished, and the news has already spread to Guangzhou very early, and the powerful people and navy are not enough for the army under Zhu Yuanzhang to fight tooth sacrifices, let alone Guangzhou.

"We have no interest in the governance of Guangdong, my brother told me that we agreed that you will continue to preside over the military administration of Guangdong, as for the establishment of the city department in Guangzhou, it is the right thing, so there is another request, you have to agree!" Zhu Han said.

Lin Guifang hurriedly asked, "Deputy Marshal, what is this requirement?" ”

"That's what we're asking for...... The establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department in Guangzhou is not only to extract tariffs, but also to manage all maritime trade in Guangdong, stipulating what kind of goods can be trafficked to the sea and what kind of goods can be trafficked in. Zhu Han said.

Hearing that the power of this Guangzhou City Bo Division was so great, Lin Guifang did not immediately agree.

Half of the wealth of Guangzhou comes from sea trade!

If the management of maritime trade is controlled by this so-called Guangzhou City Shipping Division, then the autonomy of Lin Guifang and other leaders of the Guangzhou Rebel Army will naturally be greatly discounted.

However, Zhu Han has a very firm stance on this matter, and there is no room for compromise at all.

Historically, the Yuan Dynasty was very loose in the management of maritime trade!

Many advanced scientific and technological and cultural technologies have been inadvertently spread and dispersed through these maritime trades.

This is also since the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of Nanyang and Western countries have made rapid progress in science and technology, and even the historical Western ideological enlightenment has been influenced by many scientific and technological humanities from the East.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for Zhu Han to take the initiative to spread these advanced technologies from the Central Plains, and they must be strictly controlled.

After hearing Zhu Han's words, Lin Guifang also knew that his attitude was very firm, if he didn't agree, he would come to Jinling for help this time, but he was afraid that he would give up halfway.

So Lin Guifang gritted her teeth and agreed.

"Don't worry, deputy marshal, I promise to come down for the brothers in Guangdong!"

The two brothers, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, have no intention of actually occupying the land in Guangdong at this stage.

All they need is Guangzhou's important position on the maritime trade map.

Now, the Guangzhou City Shipping Division is also included in its own jurisdiction, which means that all the maritime trade in the Central Plains has been under its control.

If the foreign merchants in the South and Western Oceans want to transport and traffic any goods, they will no longer be able to escape their control.

"Good! In this case, you will stay in Jinling for a few more days, and I will send someone to prepare all the muskets, artillery and armor you need, and let you send a boat together to bring them back to Guangzhou when the time comes!" Zhu Han said generously.

When Lin Guifang heard this, she was immediately overjoyed!

However, he was a little worried and said, "Deputy Marshal, we didn't bring so much money this time!" ”

Lin Guifang's words were a little dishonest, because according to the price of these military supplies they purchased, even if they brought money, they couldn't bring so much.

After all, being able to assemble 100,000 people with weapons, armor, and artillery is an astronomical amount!

The leaders of the rebel army in Guangdong Province alone could not afford to sell iron even if they were afraid of smashing pots and selling iron.

Therefore, Lin Guifang and the others made up their minds to eat and drink for nothing in the name of refuge.

Zhu Han said: "As the saying goes, brothers have to settle accounts, Guangzhou has prospered in commerce and trade since ancient times, for these things, I don't need to say more, it doesn't matter if you don't have money, I can give you this batch of armaments on credit first, wait until you beat Chen Youliang, and then pay it back slowly!" ”

At present, the military workshops in Jinling, Zhuzhou, and Suzhou have already produced several batches of armaments in advance.

Because the technology is updated too fast!

The first few batches of newly baked armaments were quickly reduced to obsolete products and were backlogged in warehouses.

Annual maintenance and storage is a huge expense.

Therefore, Zhu Han did not hesitate to pack this batch of materials to the Guangdong Righteous Army.

When Lin Guifang heard this, he was immediately very happy, "The deputy marshal is incomparably benevolent and righteous, and the military and people of Guangdong are grateful, please accept Lin Mou's worship!" ”

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However, these weapons workshops in Jinling cast muskets and artillery, even if the models are outdated, they are all advanced weapons for this era.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still very surprised that these things were handed over to the Guangdong Righteous Army so easily by Zhu Han.

"Seventy-five, these weapons of ours, they are all priceless, although they are not the best we have now, but they can't be handed over to the Guangdong Righteous Army so easily, who knows if this Lin Guifang will be a capricious person, what can I do after handing them over?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a little worry.

Zhu Han said with a smile:

"Brother, don't worry, I'm doing this to have better weapons!"

"The old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, piling up these old ones in the warehouse, there is no benefit at all, only by selling them and then exchanging them for a suitable profit, can there be more money to support the invention of new weapons!"

Regarding Zhu Han's judgment, Zhu Yuanzhang has always trusted him very much.

"Seventy-five, since you say so, then we can rest assured! However, these weapons and armor, as well as muskets and artillery, are all good equipment that is difficult to buy, so cheap to hand over to the Guangdong Righteous Army, as long as there is a Guangzhou City Bosi, it is really not much profit? ”

After the slaughter of Guangzhou by the Yuan Dynasty army at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the wealth accumulated in Guangzhou for hundreds of years was burned!

After a hundred years of operation, Guangzhou has not recovered to its original level until now, so Guangzhou's municipal tax is destined to be no higher than that of Quanzhou Mingzhou.

Zhu Han actually didn't pay much attention to the profit issue.

He smiled and said, "Brother, the so-called drunkard does not mean to drink, I control the Guangzhou Bosi, but it is not just a simple sea trade, do you know what we lack most now?" ”

"Huh?"

When the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was stunned.

What is missing the most, this question really makes Lao Zhu a little embarrassed.

There is nothing missing in Jiangnan now.

If you want to talk about money, the commerce and trade in Jinling, Suzhou, Mingzhou and Quanzhou can be said to be very prosperous, and the old Zhu, who collects business taxes, has a sore hand and neck.

If you want to talk about gold and silver mines, the gold mines have not had much output for the time being, and the gold mines in Shandong Province are a little difficult to mine, and the speed of gold production cannot keep up, but if you want to talk about silver, the silver mines of the Iwami Domain of the Wa Kingdom can be said to be mined very smoothly, and millions of taels of silver have arrived in Jinling City.

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There is no shortage of money, there is no shortage of people, there is no shortage of troops or anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't understand what he lacked.

"Seventy-five, what do you think we are lacking now?"

Zhu Han said with a smile, "Brother, what we lack most now is sugar!" ”

"Sugar?"

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled for a moment, and then he suddenly realized.

What is most lacking now is indeed sugar, because there is no sucrose here in Jiangnan!

All of them are shipped from other places, and cane sugar is only produced in Guangzhou, Sichuan and other places!

Because Zhu Han invented the white sugar making technology of the yellow mud water method, the cost of white sugar has been greatly reduced, and the sugar consumption level of the entire Jinling has risen several floors.

Which rich and noble family does not eat some sugar during the New Year's holidays, which is simply a manifestation of the middle of the family, so the consumption of white sugar has increased several times in Jiangnan.

"Are you saying we're going to make more money by taxing sugar?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhu Han shook his head and said, "Brother, the matter of white sugar is not so simple, we are now in Jinling, except for the canning workshops set up in the state, we have already been able to test qualified canned food, as well as tinplate canned food, these things are made, we will have a large number of military canned food production capacity!" ”

Canned military food is a good thing, it can easily store excess meat, etc., and can be done for several years or even more than ten years, and will not rot and deteriorate.

And in the south of the Yangtze River, the water and soil are warm and humid places, every spring and summer, there will be a large number of large quantities of fruits on the market, it is simply cheap, a basket of fruits often only need one or two pennies to be able to buy, but once it is out of season, several taels of silver may not be able to buy a suitable fruit.

This gives Zhu Han's canning workshop a lot of profit margins!

Canned food, which is shelf-stable and easy to transport, is more suitable as a reserve military ration than ordinary grain.

And even more importantly!

The gunpowder workshop set up by Zhu Han, under the guidance of Zhu Han, made a new type of gunpowder.

This gunpowder is filled with white sugar and replaces part of the charcoal, which can be used as a very stable new type of gunpowder.

This gunpowder can be used to craft powerful rockets.

This kind of rocket can provide more sustained thrust when launched, which means that it can hit farther and more accurately.

Zhu Han named it honey gunpowder or white sugar gunpowder.

White sugar gunpowder needs to use a large amount of white sugar, which naturally makes white sugar an important military product.

After listening to Zhu Han's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang was pleasantly surprised, and he didn't expect that this sweet sugar could be used as gunpowder.

"Seventy-five, you really think long-term!" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

For the praise of the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Han was naturally full of joy.

He said with a smile, "We are now extremely short of sugar, sugarcane raw materials are only in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the most abundant sugarcane production area in the world, the local sugarcane accounts for almost seven or eight tenths of the world's sugarcane production, we set up a city in Guangzhou, you can buy local sugarcane in large quantities, and then make sugar, as long as the monopoly of sugar, the sugar profit not to mention, sugar gunpowder alone, can become our great weapon." ”

Therefore, an important purpose of Zhu Han's funding of the Guangzhou Rebels was to control the sugar production in the entire Liangguang area in the name of entering the Guangzhou Bosi.

Mastering the production of cane sugar is mastering an important raw material for the arms industry.

For Zhu Han's general layout, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy.

"Seventy-five, your belly ability is really unexpected to me!"

Zhu Han smiled slightly, and said to the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, don't be in a hurry to praise me first, wait for us to take Guangdong, and then develop for a year or two, and then take Chen Youliang and the Central Plains, I have a greater ability for you to see!" ”

Listening to Zhu Han's words, Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed and said:

"Good! Then let's just wait and see what you can do! ”

Ten days later.

Lin Guifang, the chief helmsman of the Guangdong Righteous Army, led nearly 100 warships in Jinling and set off south to return to Guangzhou.

These merchant ships that accompanied Lin Guifang to the south carried a large number of weapons, armor, muskets and artillery, all of which were urgently needed military supplies for the Guangdong rebels.

After these materials arrived in Guangzhou City, the rebel troops from all walks of life throughout Guangzhou immediately cheered.

They can now not only protect their local power, but also get strong reinforcements like Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu!

Naturally, one by one rejoiced.

For Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses, who were about to attack from the north, they did not know that the strength of the rebel army in Guangdong had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Chen Youliang's reconnaissance of the military situation in the Guangdong region was only heard through some reconnaissance in the northern part of Guangdong.

The northern part of Guangdong is the most isolated place in Guangdong, and many of the local rebels have little communication with Guangzhou.

Therefore, after Chen Youliang's Han army explored northern Guangdong, he thought that he knew the situation of the entire Guangdong rebel army, so he immediately relaxed and relaxed.

As the general of the unified army, Zou Pusheng, the general of the military division, soon led an army of 100,000 from Hunan into Guangdong.

A few sporadic small resistances along the way were easily defeated by the Han army led by Zou Pusheng.

Then, they quickly stepped out of the mountains of northern Guangdong and entered the Pearl River Delta plain in Guangzhou.

But!

Here, Zou Pusheng encountered a powerful army that he didn't expect!

Rumble!

Boom!

Boom Boom!

Bursts of fierce artillery roared on the battlefield, stunned the Han army coming from afar.

Although the strength of the Guangdong Righteous Army is very scattered, they are brave and good at fighting, and they are familiar with the terrain, and the scouts sent by Zou Pusheng to explore the horses, and the 7788 who were wiped out by the Guangdong Righteous Army, are completely ignorant of a lot of information ahead.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the Pearl River Delta Plain, Zou Pusheng saw the Guangdong rebel army that suddenly appeared, and immediately felt that something was wrong!

Especially when the roaring artillery sounded on the battlefield, Zou Pusheng was even more shocked in his heart!

With such a powerful artillery, why does the Guangdong Righteous Army also have it?

Don't......

Is everyone in the world now equipped with artillery?

The artillery of the Guangdong Righteous Army smashed into the array of the Han army one after another!

Fierce wails rang out among the troops.

However, these Cantonese rebel artillerymen were unskilled, and after they fired a shell, they reloaded very slowly.

This also made Zou Pusheng feel some relief in his heart.

After all, as long as the whole army was unfolded, and then charged, he believed that with the elite strength of the Han army, he could crush the Guangdong rebels on the opposite side.

After a round of artillery bombardment by the Guangdong Righteous Army, the Han army remained calm!

And there was no panic at all, which made the Guangdong rebels suddenly have a trace of worry in their hearts.

Because when this batch of artillery came from Jinling to Guangdong, the Guangdong Righteous Army had all visited it, and the power of these artillery pieces was huge, and the flames and huge sounds that made many people in the Guangdong Righteous Army collapse to the ground in fright, not to mention standing motionless to bear the blow of these artillery.

Therefore, Chen Youliang's Han army was able to stand still in the face of artillery bombardment, which was indeed much stronger than the Guangdong righteous army.

At this time, Lin Guifang, the helmsman of the Guangdong Righteous Army, stood in the position of the Chinese army on horseback and asked a general wearing plate armor beside him, "General Zhang, what should we do next?" ”

"Another artillery bombardment?"

The person in front of him, known as General Zhang, was none other than Zhang Dingbian, the left commander of the musketeers under Zhu Han.

As a representative of the new army, the new weapons of the Jinling Weapons Workshop are naturally tried out by the new army.

The musketeers used the most exquisite and novelties, so Zhang Dingbian was sent by Zhu Han to Guangdong this time to guide the rebels in the use of artillery and other new weapons, and as a military observer to observe the actual combat of the new weapons.

Hearing Lin Guifang's words, Zhang Dingbian smiled lightly, and then said,

"Master Lin, now the enemy on the opposite side can still maintain a position in the face of artillery, it is not easy, the gunners of our rebels are still very familiar, if this continues, I am afraid that when the short arms are connected, they will not be able to shoot three artillery and two cannons, and now it is time for our rockets to come on the field!"

Lin Guifang nodded and said, "Yes, then there is General Lao Zhang!" ”

Subsequently, under the command of Zhang Dingbian, a platoon of soldiers pushed four-wheeled vehicles to the front of the line.

These four-wheeled vehicles are lined with four huge cylinders that are thick and long.

This thing is the newly developed sugar rocket in Zhu Han's gunpowder workshop.

White sugar gunpowder can greatly increase the range and accuracy of a rocket.

This was a rare opportunity for actual combat, and Zhang Dingbian was sent to observe the power of the new rocket on the battlefield.

I saw that as the rocket cars were placed in place, Zhang Dingbian waved his hand and shouted in order.

"Ignition!"

"Ignition!"

With a command, the rocket gunners raised their torches and lit the fare behind the rocket's buttocks.

With a sneering sound, these rockets burst into a roar!

Straight into the air, and then made a smooth horizontal leap.

When these rockets are castrated......

With a bang, he plunged into the battle formation of the Han army on the opposite side!

Bursts of orange flames erupted, followed by puffs of black smoke!

The power of these rocket artillery is not only that, they let out a sharp whistling before hitting the enemy, and hundreds of rockets fired at one time can no longer support these soldiers of the Han army.

Bang!

The Han army was in chaos!

Countless soldiers began to scatter and flee to avoid the rockets coming from the sky.

The entire Han army was in chaos, and General Zou Pusheng ordered the drums of war to be beaten and the queue reorganized!

But the results were minimal!

Taking advantage of the chaotic gap, the Guangdong rebels on the opposite side were already shouting and launched a desperate charge!

Kill! Kill!

Kill!

In the midst of the shouts, the Guangdong rebels attacked left and right, and the central pressed the formation, and the Han army led by Zou Pusheng was immediately defeated and retreated!

No matter how experienced the Han army is, in the face of these terrible rocket bombardments, it will suddenly be overwhelmed!

Although the military general Zou Pusheng has rich experience, he has never faced such a situation, and he does not know how to save the defeat for a while.

Defeated!

Defeated! Run!

Run!

Zou Pusheng, the general of the military division, led his own soldiers to quickly flee the battlefield on horseback.

Seeing that the main general Zou Pusheng had fled, the rest of the Han soldiers fled one after another, and the subsequent Guangdong rebels chased and killed all the way, killing the hundreds of thousands of Han troops all over the field.

A large number of soldiers did not make it to escape, and they became prisoners of the Guangdong rebels.

Subsequently, under the personal pursuit of Lin Guifang and other generals of the Guangdong Righteous Army, they pursued for more than 300 miles, drove the Han army out of the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong, retreated into Hunan, and then gave up!

Lin Guifang and other generals of the Guangdong Righteous Army set up camp checkpoints in the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong to prevent Chen Youliang from sending troops to retaliate again, and then led the army back to Guangzhou!

After returning to Guangzhou, Lin Guifang and other generals of the Guangdong Righteous Army praised Zhang Dingbian one after another!

Their greatest contribution to this battle was created by the new rocket army led by Zhang Dingbian!

Hundreds of sugar rockets drilled into the array of the Han army and disrupted the enemy's phalanx, and then gave the Guangdong rebels a chance to win with one blow.

All the generals of the Guangzhou Righteous Army realized that this white sugar rocket was a divine weapon!

If you don't have this kind of thing in your hand, if Chen Youliang calls again, it will be completely finished.

"General Zhang, I don't know if there is such a rocket?"

After three rounds of wine, after three rounds of wine at the celebration banquet, Lin Guifang took the lead in asking.

The rest of the generals of the Guangdong Righteous Army also cast curious glances.

Zhang Dingbian is also very satisfied with the power of the new rocket, and he is quite complacent at the moment, he said to Lin Guifang and others, "This kind of rocket, the gunpowder workshops in Suzhou and Jinling can make a hundred in a day, with this kind of rocket in hand, the district mayor Chen Youliang these miscellaneous soldiers, there is no need to worry about it at all!" Master Lin, if you need to protect the territory and the people, it is enough to buy one or two hundred new rockets from the deputy marshal! Let Chen Youliang never dare to step into Guangdong again! ”

Lin Guifang and the others immediately felt very reasonable after hearing this, and they heard from Zhang Dingbian's mouth that the output of this new type of rocket in Jiangnan is very high, and if they buy another one or two hundred spare, it should not be difficult, so Lin Tingfeng and others immediately jointly gave Wu Wang Zhu Yuanzhang a good news.

The Guangdong Righteous Army not only praised and thanked King Wu for this military assistance!

He also said that he wanted to buy another 200 new rockets to prevent the remnants of Chen Youliang from counterattacking.

Regarding this suggestion, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang agreed without hesitation after asking Zhu Han.

Zhu Han was also very happy about the situation of the Guangdong rebels relying on new weapons.

The strength of the Guangdong rebels is scattered, and if they are gathered into one, it will really not be conducive to their control of Guangdong in the future.

It's easy for them to rely on these new weapons now.

These new weapons are more or less for Zhu Han, and they are a treasure that is difficult to find for the Guangdong Righteous Army.

If they don't provide them with these weapons, then the Guangdong rebels will lose their strong ability to protect themselves.

Therefore, after Zhu Han sent more than 200 rockets, he immediately sent people to set up the Guangzhou City Bosi in Guangzhou, and quickly sent a group of capable officers to build them.

Just as Zhu Han was expanding his influence to Guangdong, Chen Youliang's military general Zou Pusheng led the remnants of the army to defeat and fled back to Hanyang in embarrassment.

As the first battle since the founding of the Han Dynasty, Chen Youliang was furious after such a tragic defeat.

If it weren't for Zou Pusheng being his confidant, he would have always been loyal.

Chen Youliang has to settle accounts with him no matter what.

In this case, Chen Youliang just reprimanded him a few words, and then asked him to go home and rest.

Within two days, Zou Pusheng was recruited back from home and reinstated as an official.

For the battle of Guangdong, Chen Youliang never expected that he would be defeated so quickly and completely.

Under Zou Pusheng's explanation, Chen Youliang had a general understanding of the whole process of the battle.

He can basically conclude that it must be Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han's brothers who intervened in the Guangdong Righteous Army.

Subsequently, Chen Youliang sent many secret agents to find out the intelligence of the battle of Guangdong, and one by one the information was transmitted back to Hanyang, and Chen Youliang could basically conclude that the brothers Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang supported the Guangdong Righteous Army.

This is the reason why the Guangdong Righteous Army defeated the Han army led by Zou Pusheng!

In particular, the kind of rocket used by the Guangdong Righteous Army with great power, long range, and very accurate accuracy made Chen Youliang feel extremely surprised.

"Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers, they can give this such a magic weapon to Guangdong Lao, which shows that there must be something more powerful in their hands, I originally thought that 1,000 artillery pieces, plus some stratagems at a time, should be able to seize Jiangnan, but now it seems that it is simply a soft stone!"

"There are no two or three thousand artillery pieces, no, even if there are two or three thousand artillery pieces, I am afraid that this kind of rocket of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han will be more than lucky!"

Emperor Chen Youliang of the Han Dynasty was suddenly depressed.

He is summarizing the reasons for the defeat in the battle of Guangdong this time with Zou Pusheng.

Zou Pusheng's mistake in this command can be said to be obvious, but in that unexpected situation, no matter how powerful the general is, he will fall into a hurry.

A general like Zou Pusheng, who has mediocre talents, is even more difficult to recover from defeat.

After hearing the words of Emperor Chen Youliang of the Han Dynasty, Zou Pusheng hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, now the Zhu thief is rampant, and the Guangdong old man is also following the fox and the fake tiger, we must find another way, this artillery rocket is something invented by the Zhu thief, the power is so huge, we must learn!"

Chen Youliang expressed his very much agreement with this remark.

The last sneak attack on Jinling was a fiasco, and it was defeated under the artillery of the Zhu thief.

This time the raid on Guangdong failed, and it was defeated by the rocket of the Zhu thief.

In this way, the biggest culprit in the defeat of the two wars was the backwardness of ordnance and equipment.

Chen Youliang suddenly made up his mind and said: "You must learn these two killer skills of the Zhu thief!" ”

"Otherwise, let alone fighting for the world, even if you want to save Huguang's place in the future, I'm afraid it won't be easy!"

It is not unreasonable for Chen Youliang to be so worried, he is untenable in terms of inner loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and then makes enemies on all sides, there is Liu Futong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty in the north, Zhu Yuanzhang who has been attacked by himself in the east, there are Cantonese people who have just been defeated and fled back in the south, and Ming Yuzhen and others who are not dealing with him in the west.

"But, how can you learn these two divine weapons of the Zhu thief?"

That's a big problem.

"Such a divine weapon, they actually have the confidence to hand it over to Guangdong Lao, which means that it is difficult to imitate it, what good way can the military advisor steal these two secret weapons of the Zhu thief?" Chen Youliang asked humbly.

Zou Pusheng's eyes rolled, he thought for a moment and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister is not completely sure, but there is a way to give it a try!"

Chen Youliang hurriedly asked, "Say it quickly, what way?" ”

Zou Pusheng says:

"I heard that Zhu Thief is in Jiangnan, what kind of new Confucian learning is being promoted, it is all some novelties such as Gewu Zhizhi, the secret of this gunpowder artillery rocket, I'm afraid it is hidden in this new learning, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers are in Jiangnan Daxing Nankong!

That is, the new Confucian school, in the name of retro Confucian righteousness, can be said to be well-known.

Chen Youliang has heard of it in Huguang for a long time, and even he has moved this mind to engage in Confucianism, but after Huguang was fought over by the Tianwan Red Turban Army and the Yuan Army several times, his literary style has already withered, and he is a little powerless to set up Confucianism.

"Military advisor, do you mean that we should send someone to steal the new Confucian learning?" Chen Youliang asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's exactly what the minister thinks." Zou Pusheng said.

After some discussion between Zou Pusheng and Chen Youliang, both of them believed that the mysterious weapons such as artillery rockets in the hands of the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers must be related to the Confucian New School of Southern Confucius.

Maybe the old master Confucius back then really had the ability to reach the sky, and he had already drummed it up

Some mysterious weapons, but because of the loss or deliberate collection of later generations, they did not let the world know, and now I don't know how, let the two Zhu Yuanzhang brothers learn it, and then they drummed up so many novel weapons.