Chapter 886 Wei Wei rescued Zhao Liu Bingren all the way to Hanzhou Port, and before he could return to the camp, he received an order: "General Liu, Governor Hong ordered you to go to the Governor's Mansion immediately!"
”Liu Bingren looked at the order, confirmed that it was correct, handed over the troops to the chief of staff, and immediately led the personal guards to Suzhou City, of course, this is not the Suzhou City of the Ming Dynasty, but the Suez City of North Africa, which is now renamed the New Suzhou City, and the port of Hanzhou is actually the original Alexandria.After occupying the Nile Delta, Quan Xu proposed the Sinicization of Jincheng.In the 21st century, it is very good to see well-preserved centuries-old ancient buildings, but in the West, such architectural complexes, and even such cities, are not uncommon, thanks to the stone buildings that are prevalent in the West, such buildings, if they do not suffer special changes, can generally be preserved for a hundred years, or even longer.Quan Xu felt very regretful in later generations, the only ones that have been preserved, basically Buddhist temples, or some pagodas, wooden buildings are too difficult to preserve.In Xinhua Province and North Africa, Indochina or Luzon provinces, houses are basically built with reinforced concrete or bricks.The purpose is to preserve more traces of the literary name for future generations, for example, the current Hanzhou Port, which is engraved with three huge Taishan stones with the three big characters of Hanzhou Port, and the other is the navigation tower of the port, which is also a rock and reinforced concrete structure.Theoretically, the life of cement concrete itself is almost unlimited, but this is an ideal situation, and it is far from practical.The active ingredients in concrete are hydrated calcium silicate and calcium hydroxide, which are alkaline, therefore, cement should avoid contact with acidic substances, but what cannot be avoided under natural circumstances is acid rain, which will be a cohesive substance in the concrete.There are no traces of industrial pollution in this era, which means that the shelf life of cement is longer, and Quan Xu also wondered that in later generations, a building of more than ten years, how much there will be concrete weathering, but in the Daimyo Mansion, the town of Quanjiazhuang has been built for more than ten years, and this city is almost the same as the period when it was just built, and there is almost no change.Liu Bingren rode all the way, encountered towns and military stations, immediately changed horses, the speed was still quite fast, it took more than three days, Liu Bingren arrived at the Suzhou City Governor's Palace.This Governor's Mansion is actually still the original Governor's Palace, but Liu Bingren feels that there have been obvious changes, first of all, the guards on the periphery, and many new faces have appeared.He frowned slightly."
Meet the Governor!"
There is still a clear difference between the governor of the Ming Dynasty and the governor, simply put, the local governor of the Ming Dynasty is only a military position, that is, he is only responsible for the training and training of the garrison within the jurisdiction of the governor's office, of course, theoretically including the security work in the jurisdiction, no one dares to rebel in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, unless the brain is kicked by a donkey.Don't say it, such people are not nothing, the original Beizhili, now Hebei Province once had a rebellion, a rich man, was fooled by a fortune teller, saying that he was the true son of heaven.As a result, this old man really believed it, rebelled with his own family and servants, and also established a country with great difficulty, that is, more than 3,400 acres of land owned by the rich man and his son, his wife became the queen, the eldest son became the prince, the second son was named Shang Shuling, the third son was a general, the eldest daughter-in-law was the princess, and the housekeeper became the prime minister.Later, after being denounced by the people, the town guard in the jurisdiction surrounded the mansion of the rich man with more than 100 militiamen, and after a fierce battle, overthrew the country and sent the puppet emperor Zheng Fuze to the capital.Of course, the governor is different, this is the real feudal official, who manages the army and the people, Hong Chengchou and Li Yanqing, the governor of the new provincial governor's office, are both governors with military ranks, of course, the ranks of the two are different, Hong Chengchou is a lieutenant general, and Li Yanqing is a major general.The main reason is that the two forms are different, the number of garrisons in Xinhua Province is small, and the formal pressure is not severe, unlike North Africa, where strong enemies are around, and it can be said that there are enemies on all sides.Liu Bingren had just saluted, and Hong Chengchou also returned the salute, and introduced to a relatively thin middle-aged man beside him: "Lord Sun, this is Rear Admiral Liu Bingren, the commander of the Navy!"
”Liu Bingren suddenly realized.He had already received the news that Hong Chengchou needed to return to his hometown to guard his filial piety, and the new governor of North Africa was Sun Chuanting, the former speaker of the Shaanxi Council and the secretary of the Ministry of Communications!
”"The last general will meet Lord Sun!""
You're welcome!"
The officer of the North African Army garrison is Guo Shaokun, a major general of the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty, Guo Shaokun's record is not prominent, and he does not seem to have a good record, as a descendant of Quan Xu, he is almost the same as Yuan Zongdi's background, however, he is the head of the Quan Xu personal guard brigade and the third son-in-law of Shen Mingze.At this time, the North Permanent Garrison Army was divided into three brigades, a total of 18 regiments, and a total strength of less than 20,000 troops, which was the basic military force maintained in North Africa.Of course, the reserve force of the Ming Dynasty is absolutely outstanding, and now the Ming Dynasty has established a total of 542 towns in North Africa, and at least 500,000 horses can be pulled out at any time once the war is needed, and North Africa is different from the Ming Dynasty.Although there are only 2 million people here, more than 90 percent of them are under the age of 45, and if the war situation worsens, it is not impossible to pull out an army of one million even if all men and women go into battle.After Sun Chuanting met with the generals of the army and navy, they had a simple meal and held an informal meeting on the current situation.Hong Chengchou has stepped down, he looked at Sun Chuanting and said: "Our Ming and Europa people are not less open and secret, but these European Europa people are too cunning, they took advantage of General Hua's raid on the Wolmore Empire, to help the Wommore people resist our Ming, Your Majesty was angry, ordered to withdraw the main force of the expeditionary force, and together with General Hua, the Dutch East India Company was cleared!"
”In this war, there is no right or wrong, just a conflict of interests.The Ming Expeditionary Force fought overseas for three or four years, and the soldiers were also very tired, so they had to take a large-scale rotation to let the soldiers go home to visit their relatives.In this way, the pressure on the Ming Royal Navy is very huge, and there are still a large number of warships that need to be overhauled.This is the basic problem, the time to overhaul a ship usually takes two or three months, plus some ships are damaged, weapons and equipment need to be maintained, which means that at least two or three months, North Africa will not have the opportunity to receive support from home."
We can't sit idly by and watch the Ottomans destroy Venice!""
Everyone knows this truth, but the problem is that we can only pull out forty-nine Exocet battleships to fight now, and only six main battleships!""
Quantity is not a problem, fighting a war is never a competition for numbers!"
Guo Shaokun said with a smile: "Last time, didn't General Liu lead twelve warships and achieve a big victory with fewer enemies and more enemies?"
”"Have you forgotten how the 761 ship sank?
What will we do if the Ottomans do it again?
”The Flying Fish 761 battleship was a battleship of Liu Bingren at the beginning, in the naval battle of Venice City, when the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, thick smoke billowing, and the burning wreckage of the battleship, so that the Flying Fish battleship ignored the wreckage of an Ottoman warship, who would have thought that this wreckage actually exploded unexpectedly when the 761 battleship passed by, and was directly blown open half of the bow, and the sea water instantly poured into the cabin, and in less than a pillar of incense, the 761 battleship sank, and forty-five naval officers and men died.It's not that the Ming Navy is afraid of losses and sacrifices, but the problem is that the naval guns of the Ming Navy are very advanced and must not fall into the hands of the enemy, but in fact, the No. 761 battleship did not have time to salvage the ship's naval guns.Because of the new naval guns of the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire also issued a very high bounty, and the British also offered a million-pound bounty.There is also a very real problem, they are just the Ming army in North Africa, and their main duty is to safeguard the interests of the Ming in North Africa.After the end of this banquet, Hong Chengchou officially left Suzhou City and returned to China to keep filial piety, in this case, Sun Chuanting also began to stare at the complicated situation in front of him.The Ottoman Empire is like a stone in a pit, stinky and hard, and belongs to the iron-headed doll, although it can't beat the Ming army, but they don't admit defeat, they will attack the Ming people whenever they have any chance, so that the Ming people don't even dare to use it, if the Ottomans cooperate honestly, the development of North Africa will definitely be faster.As the saying goes, the ass determines the head, and the head determines the thinking.Sun Chuanting is now the governor of North Africa, naturally to take into account the overall interests of North Africa, now the Ming and the Netherlands have been completely torn face, and because of the relationship with Spain, the trade of the Ming has actually been affected, a large number of merchants and nobles who originally cooperated with the Ming Dynasty were either targeted and purged, or were bankrupt and closed.This has seriously affected the trade interests of the Ming Dynasty, and the role of the Venetian city-state republic in Europe is to act as an intermediary, giving the glass-hearted Europa a decent excuse.Once the Republic of Venice was wiped out by Britain, France, and the Netherlands, the Ming would not only lose a vassal state.Yes, the Ming Dynasty has never established a history of equality with foreign countries, and even the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of the Venice city-state is also meant to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, after all, many trade issues are in this form.Tribute.Of course, this is what Quan Xu did to coax Chongzhen to play, and he actually knows what is going on, but the problem is that now Quan Xu has become the emperor, and he personally promoted it as a guarantor in this incident of establishing diplomatic relations, and it cannot be exposed.So here in Sun Chuanting, his understanding is that Venice is the younger brother of the Ming Dynasty, and now that the younger brother has been beaten, it must be a loss of face for the boss to make a noise, which will affect the majesty of the Ming Dynasty.The objective problem is that North Africa, as the closest to Venice, does not have enough strength to relieve the siege of Venice.At the moment, the army supporting Venice has not yet arrived, but the situation facing the Venetian city-state is worse than expected."
Governor Qiqi, Major General Guo Shaokun asks to see!""
Biography!"
Not long after, Guo Shaokun came to Sun Chuanting and gave a military salute."
Governor Sun, the last general has come to discuss something with you!""
What's the matter?"
Guo Shaokun said without thinking: "It's about Venice!"
”"Oh, tell me about it!""
For the sake of national interests, we, the Viceroyalty of North Africa, cannot sit idly by and watch the Republic of Venice be destroyed!"
Guo Shaokun's biggest headache is actually the aura on his body.As the general of today's lineage, he is also the son-in-law of Shen Mingze, the prime minister.Guo Shaokun wants to say that he became Shen Mingze's son-in-law, and there is a small episode in it.Shen Mingze's third daughter, Shen Pei, joined the army without telling Shen Mingze, of course, he knew about it later, but he knew the rules, but he didn't interfere.After all, at that time, Shen Mingze was Quan Xu's adviser, and he couldn't help it, Quan Xu had already married, and his children were too young, and he became the target of Wenchen's doctor.Shen Pei went to the army, which is a good thing.After many years, Shen Pei became the head nurse of the hospital directly under the Quanxu Guards Brigade, with more than 200 female soldiers under his hands, and Guo Shaokun was promoted to the head of Quanxu's Yiwei Regiment.Guo Shaokun is also a person who follows Quan Xu, he is well-informed, and the knowledge involved is very complex, which attracted Shen Pei's love, and the whole family army does not have a rule that prohibits soldiers from falling in love with each other, but it is not allowed to deviate.waited until the two talked about marriage, and then they knew that Shen Pei was Shen Mingze's third daughter.Guo Shaokun once considered giving up this relationship, but was coerced by Shen Pei with a grenade to either get married or die together.But after becoming Shen Mingze's son-in-law, Guo Shaokun was tragic.Because of his identity, he was considered to be a relation, and he was also teased by his peers, so he was angry and watched Yuan Zongdi release him, and he also released it, becoming the chief of staff of the colonel of the new 15th Division at that time, and later formed an expedition to the Ottoman army, and he signed up to participate.Actually, this is an army that really wants to prove itself.After Guo Shaokun said his plan, Sun Chuanting immediately reacted: "Siege Wei to save Zhao!"
”This actually coincided with Sun Chuanting's thoughts, and he asked with a smile: "Since you thought of the plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, you should consider that for the Ottoman Empire, we have too few soldiers and horses to attract their attention, but even if we gather all the North African garrisons, it will only be 20,000 horses!"
”"We can recruit the militia, mainly the militia, from Hanzhou, Suzhou each to draw 50 towns of militia, and I will draw three regiments from the garrison to form an army of 100,000, put on a posture of attacking the Jordan River, I can't help but not be nervous about the Ottoman Empire!"
In fact, due to the lack of manpower and the fact that the Ming Dynasty was not like the Europa Colonial Army, which was aimed at expansion, the occupation methods of the two sides were different, and the Ming Dynasty did not expand the occupied area.Even in occupied North Africa, the only four major cities were Suzhou (Suez), Hanzhou (Alexandria), Huzhou (Giza), and Kaizhou (Cairo).