Bright Spring

Just like all the internal and external wars of Ming Dynasty, those who raise troops must first seek "righteousness" and make a name for themselves.The general and the people around him, of course, knew these things, so they played the name of the Qing emperor, pointing out that the emperor was surrounded by treacherous ministers, and the direct evidence was the emperor's own words that "all courts are full of traitors".And count the crimes of those "traitors".

The general idea of ​​the call to arms is that traitors rely on power to deceive the Holy One, annex government-run companies, and erode national profits.The upper class monopolizes power and wealth, and billions of people are impoverished.The imperial court is corrupt and the people are greedy. Wherever you have to deal with the government, you have to seek relatives and bribes.The ministers have a vegetarian diet, poor management, and only focus on fighting for power and profit, resulting in the extremely selfishness of the people in the world, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, and lack of sense of public responsibility.From the imperial court to the folk, it is full of shamelessness and deceit, morality is degraded, and rituals and music collapse.

At that time, there were already radio broadcasts, and the information of the call to arms covered a wide range.And the folk people are no longer the people at the beginning of the country. Thanks to the popularization of education, the literacy rate is extremely high, and the wisdom of the people is gradually developing.For a while, public opinion exploded|exploded, and the government and the opposition were shaken.

The rebel army also promised to change the situation of the court after clearing out the traitors and chaotic parties.It didn't do much at first, as they were routed by the officers on the battlefield.

However, the rebel army, which was not suppressed by frontier generals before, has taken advantage of the opportunity to grow, and rebel organizations in various places have become a prairie fire.As soon as the proclamation came out, uprisings and riots spread everywhere, and half of the Ming Dynasty was almost paralyzed.Even the capital of the Ming Dynasty had riots.

The imperial court immediately summoned the army, composed of the Beijing camp and the local military camp, and went north to suppress the rebellion.The cabinet's opinion is to defeat the largest insurgent army first, to seize the people first, and then divide and rule.

It is a pity that the local army defected and the government army was defeated.After the end of the first battle, the situation became even more out of hand.

Some scholars in the field joined the uprising army, summed up the lessons of the failed uprisings of the past dynasties, and proposed a set of strategies, which widely involved military, political and financial fields (now it has become a historical document).Therefore, the rebel army claimed to only deal with treacherous ministers who committed the most crimes, and adopted a strategy of wooing ordinary rich people and capitalists.Sure enough, it worked. In many places, rich people who had no hope of defense, including some people with knowledge and ability, surrendered one after another.

The rebel army collected scattered forces from all over the country, used the surrendered officers to train recruits, and requisitioned factories in various places in the north to develop weapons.Heavy artillery was deployed in the north of the river, and the fire blockade threatened the Ming Navy fleet to enter the river, ready to go south at any time.

Half of the Ming court was lost. At this time, the emperor died of a sudden illness, and the capital was in chaos.

At that time, it was too late to find another member of the royal family to succeed to the throne, and it was easy to continue the infighting over whom to support.

The princes in the court weighed the pros and cons, and with the newly appointed chief minister of the cabinet and military ministers, they formed two ministers of civil and military affairs, imitating Zhou Dinggong and Zhao Mugong of the Zhou Dynasty to "community | peace", and temporarily led the imperial court's military and state affairs through a public | system.

First of all, the commander-in-chief of the capital's garrison sent people across the river to negotiate, proposing that the rebel army protect the imperial city, Zhujiazongshe, imperial mausoleum, and civilians.rebel army

He agreed to the request.

So the capital surrendered, and the second prime minister and some ministers, relatives and relatives of the emperor led the capital camp to flee south.They ran directly to Guangzhou, which was one of the important industrial and trade centers of the Ming Dynasty, and then sent troops to defend various important places in the north.

At this time, the rulers of the Ming Dynasty should have seen the terrible situation when the great empire collapsed, the dynastic structure lacking buffer and release mechanisms, the system that was too rigid, and the devastating damage when it collapsed.They probably know that they are wrong, the world is in chaos, if there is no change, everyone will die together, or just survive, no one will be spared.

Sichuan and other places are still waiting to see. The Wei family of the Duke of Wei is in Sichuan and has great prestige in the military circles; there is also the Wang family who fled from Beijing | Married to many nobles.

Overseas naval bases, Western America, and Australia did not speak out.

The Second Prime Minister of Gong | He intends to win over these forces, and then go north to fight the rebels.Of course, the rebel army also thought so, and they also wanted to win over the remaining elite troops and forces.At the same time, the two sides fought in various parts of the South, and progress was slow.

Because the officers and soldiers chose a favorable location, built trench fortifications, and mobilized a large number of artillery and first-generation armored vehicles to garrison, such a battlefield is simply a meat grinder, and it is difficult to tell the winner in a short time.The intensity of the war gradually decreased, and both sides began to win and separate.

The imperial court finally took advantage of the war in the West and raised the banner of nationalism.This is a double-edged sword. The court had analyzed the pros and cons in detail before, but now it can't control so much.

At that time, Europe was already in a mess, and De Yizhi was fighting fiercely with France; after Ottoman, Germany's ally, joined the war, he was the first to press down on Yi and the Ming army, drawing Ming into the battle group.

The Second Prime Minister's government sent a military order telegram to the overseas military town, ordering the nearest military port to increase its troops.At that time, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Erxiang government in the south, the industrial capacity was greatly reduced, and the stock of ammunition for front-line military supplies was seriously insufficient. However, the Erxiang government still sent a fleet to transport large quantities of munitions to the western theater in order to preserve Ming's sphere of influence.

For a long time, in order to prevent the division of overseas military forces, the Ming court could not manufacture ammunition and weapons, let alone complex heavy weapons that required more industrial chains, so overseas armaments were all dependent on local supplies.

All the government's announcements began to promote nationalism, and Ming's world sphere of influence must not be lost, and made many decisions to support the remarks.

The rebel army occupying the capital made a decision that the leader ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and issued an imperial edict overseas in the form of an imperial edict.At the beginning, the capital's thinking should have been based on the justification of the name and the spread of the name; at that time, most people still failed to change the traditional concept, thinking that the Ming Dynasty must have an emperor.But judging from the results, this is a stupid move.

Many overseas bases accepted the military order of the Second Prime Minister's government and began to send troops to the West to aid them. Of course, they also received arms and military salaries from the mainland.The Wei family and the Wang family led the Sichuan army and joined the Second Prime Minister's government. They were willing to obey all the government's military and political orders, and announced that they had entered a state of war mobilization.

Although the official army is still at a disadvantage on the frontal battlefield, the overall situation has begun to reverse.Created prerequisites for the second large-scale battle later...

The European battlefield is changing rapidly, and countries continue to be drawn into the battle group because of old conflicts.

First the French Revolution caused war among nations, and as a result

Under the pressure of the war, Deyizhi coup d'état, extreme nationalism and racial supremacy got out of control, fully activated the war machine, and together with the allies gained the advantage on the Western Front, and expanded across the board in Southern Europe, North Africa, and the Arab region.

Britain, Russia, East America and other regions joined the war one after another.

In the early days of the war, Britain and France were fighting, and they were originally enemies.Because the war of independence broke out in East America, France strongly supported the Americas and wanted to weaken Britain.The British were furious.

However, with the development of the war, the Deyizhi and other alliances are likely to dominate Europe, or at least dominate the situation.The British immediately gave up their old grievances and joined the French camp, because in contrast, Britain has always pursued a continental check and balance policy, and Deyizhi's dominance has touched its core interests.

On the North African side, the Ming army had long noticed the military threat, and the Ottoman Empire was under pressure.After judging the situation, the Egyptian Governor's Office decided to abandon the "Westport" fort on the east side of Alexandria and concentrate its forces on the Eastport Fortress of the Suez Canal.

The consideration of the Governor's Palace is that the military port in the Mediterranean Sea is isolated, and the naval reinforcements are insufficient, so it is easy to be surrounded by heavy troops on land.When the Ottoman army invaded, there was no strategic significance in defending Westport.

However, according to the tradition of the Ming army, it is unreasonable to abandon an important town before the battle.So the garrison general of Xigang led 100 people to stay on his own initiative, and they were destroyed together with his position in the artillery fire all over the sky, and used their lives to offset the crime of abandoning the city and abandoning the land.

With the Donggang Fortress as the center, the Ming army built several trenches and fortification positions, intending to defend the line of defense.Among them, the reinforced concrete fortress is half underground and half above ground, and has the largest caliber fortress gun in the world.As a result, the Ming army, with its inferior forces, resisted the early attack of the Ottoman army dozens of times, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.There is no way for the Ming army to retreat, and behind it is the sea of ​​Suez Bend.

Although the Ming army was still in the lead in industrial weapons at that time, the major countries in the world had completely entered the era of hot | weapons, and the disparity in military strength would still be exhausted soon.

Fortunately, at this time, reinforcements came in accordance with the military order of the Second Prime Minister's government. The naval fleet's heavy artillery fire reinforcements and the landed army reinforcements saved the Donggang Fortress.

A few years later, when the civil war in Ming Dynasty ended and they entered the battlefield on the western front of the world, the nations finally saw the horror of the main fleet of the Ming army. Victory in the European battlefield.As a result, the Ottoman Empire disintegrated, forming a wonderful border line on the coast until now.

And the Ming Dynasty was reborn for the first time in the midst of the deaths of countless people.The dynasty will usher in a brighter dawn. When it rises from the disaster, people will sum up the experience and lessons. Only with the sweat and heart of the people can they rebuild the glory of the former empire and re-sing the song of Jinling in the ruins of war.

...Gao Xu stood by the seaside, looking at the tranquil sea surface of the Gulf of Suez, water birds were flying in the air, and the air was fresh.There are some small sports sailboats floating on the sea, a peaceful scene.

But he could imagine that there were huge iron ships and rows of gun muzzles covered here back then, and the black smoke shrouded the air like dark clouds.The Ming people, who have always been conservative and modest, used blood and fire, and the price of their lives, to fight for their own interests and status.Due to historical limitations, some wars may be neither right nor wrong, or even evil|evil, but if you don't dance with wolves, how can you survive in troubled times?

The Thousandth Chapter 17 The Wide World

Today's Donggang Fortress has long been abandoned, and the modern garrison no longer needs such fortifications.After going through vicissitudes of life, it has been preserved and has become a relatively unpopular scenic spot.

The former bomb craters on the bunker are mottled, and even the largest fortress gun in the world at that time has become a must-see exhibit here.Gao Xu caressed the bumpy marks on the wall, and under the guidance of the tour guide, he climbed up to the fortress along a narrow stone ladder.

There are indeed few tourists, and there are only a few other white people who come up to visit.

Finally, I saw the fortress gun. The parts at the tail had long been rusted into a ball, and the gun body had also turned brown, without any metallic luster.But its posture remains the same.The giant cannon barrel slanting towards the sky seems to be telling the mighty momentum of the year.

Gao Xu seemed to see the thick smoke rising, the earth tremble and the mountains shake, and he seemed to hear the roar of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Countless people fought bloody battles in a foreign country thousands of miles away.

However, apart from feelings, there is really nothing to see in the ruins of this fortress.After everyone left here, Gao Xu asked again, and there was a cemetery of Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers killed in battle nearby.Then he bought a few bouquets of flowers and went over.

Compared with the ruins of the fortress, this cemetery should be taken care of.Walls were built around it, and a stone tablet erected in front of the densely packed tombs was also cleaned, and some withered bouquets were placed in front of the tablet.

Gao Xu stepped forward, put flowers in front of the stele, and looked at the strange names engraved on the stele with complicated emotions, all in Chinese characters.He clasped his fists to perform the ancient military salute, bowed to the stele and the cemetery, and said silently in his heart: Brothers, I have come to see you.

Miao Jin stopped Mona, and Yang Kui, a retired Ming soldier, did not come up to disturb her for the time being, and the three of them waited silently for Gao Xu.

Gao Xu stood in front of the stele for a long time, carefully reading the name on it silently for a while.Many people should have died in the defense of the Donggang Fortress. Most of the officers' names were engraved on the stele, and the words "waiting for others" were used to replace those who were not engraved.

Then Gao Xu sang a few words to the cemetery, "Hunxi, go back, go back to my hometown."

When Gao Xu led the army to conquer Annan, he learned from the generals in the army.The short songs are chanted and sung in a simple and simple way, without too many sad tones, only a sudden call, as simple as calling the folks to go back to eat, but with the passage of time, the singing now feels a bit vicissitudes.

After everyone left the ruins of the Donggang Fortress, Yang Kui's attitude seemed to be a little different, and he even offered to open the door for Gao Xu.

After visiting the Suez Canal and the Donggang Fortress, Gao Xu discussed with Miao Jin, planning to find another hotel to stay for two or three nights, rest and stroll for a while before returning home.It is too hot here, and the two of them are not very interested in those ancient temples.

Mona suggested in the car: "In the coastal town southwest of Suez, there are many foreigners. There are hotels, night markets and bars. I know a classmate from the same school there. He is a local. How about asking him to come with us? Take you for a walk. The environment here is better than downtown Cairo.”