Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 344 Battle against Ancient Ning Pagoda ([-])
Liu Sheng and Fan Tong walked up the mound, raised their binoculars and looked towards the battlefield to the west, only to see that gunpowder smoke still filled the distance, and black smoke rose from the Qing army camp a few kilometers away.

On the 75mm artillery position of the Northern Navy, ten artillery pieces were still firing at the Qing warships fleeing across the river.Under the mound, the logistics troops from the village seven miles away have also arrived.They drove the carriage, passed through the trenches carefully laid out by the Qing army, and rushed towards the Qing army camp impatiently.

Fan Tong, who was on the battlefield for the first time, saw such a scene, and his heart exploded with pride, and he shouted: "Happy! It's really you, Da Liu, five armored vehicles scared the Qing soldiers away!"

Liu Sheng curled his lips, put down the binoculars and said, "What's the point of beating your own people? The Beihai Navy wants to dye its own battle flag red with the blood of foreign enemies."

Fan Tong was not convinced: "We belong to the rebels now, this is the Eight Banners army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!"

Liu Shengdao: "In the final analysis, the Eight Banners are still Chinese in general. What I want to fight most now is Rakshasa!"

Yes, when it comes to fighting the Eight Banners, Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng have the most say in Beihai Town.The two of them have been fighting all the way from Xiong Island to the present, laying down a piece of sky for Beihai Town.But if you really ask him how it feels for the two of them to play Man Qing, Zhao Xin will change the subject with a smile, but Liu Sheng doesn't want to talk at all.

In the final analysis, the fights were fought against his own corrupt past.

This taste, don't mention it.
Fan Tong is full of excitement now, he has not realized this fact; in his opinion, Liu Sheng must have quarreled with him because his young daughter-in-law is from Hezhe.Mentioning Han chauvinism in front of him at this moment is purely self-inflicted.

"Let's go, let's go to the Qing army camp to see if there are any good things."

"You go first, I still have something to do here, I'll be there in a while."

Fan Tong waved his hand, got on his horse with his two guards, and headed excitedly towards the Ningguta camp.

The Ningguta camp was over, and after visiting Mingming, who was vomiting three liters of blood and was unconscious, Na Qitai felt that it was time to go out on his own.

He thought that Zhao Xin was still leading the Northern Navy in front of him, so with the mentality of being slaughtered, he ordered people to take a boat across the river with anxiety to discuss the details of the "redemption fee".

It should be said that those sent by Qitai were acquaintances, Zhang, Qian, and Huang. They had all met Zhao Xin a few years ago, but the problem was that Liu Sheng didn't show up that time.So when the three envoys were led by soldiers to see Liu Sheng, they were all startled.

Why isn't that smiling King Zhao here?Who is this tall and strong guy who was reincarnated with a bear spirit sitting on the main seat?Who is that fat man sitting on the top with a smile on his face?

After some greetings, Zhang Yubei carefully explained the purpose of the three of them coming, but Liu Sheng couldn't help sneering after listening.

"We don't want the redemption fee this time. Go back and ask Na Qitai to leave the city and surrender! I don't have time to spend with him!"

The three of Zhang Yubei were shocked, and hurriedly said: "Why did you say that, General? If 8000 taels of gold is not enough, please tell me the amount, General, so I can raise it as soon as possible when I get back."

"Crack!" Liu Sheng slapped the table and said angrily, "Bastard!"

"General, spare your life! The villain is just passing on the words of the deputy Dutong."

Fan Tong, who was on the side, said: "I might as well tell you the truth, the Rakshasa army has already crossed the border and invaded. In a few days, they will go down the Heilongjiang River. The Manchu and Qing courts have been thinking about dealing with us all day long, but our Northern Navy is I want to go north to fight Rakshasa."

The three of Zhang Yubei looked at each other and said to themselves that you are a liar!Returning Rakshasa, it was all a matter of thousands of miles away, how could you group of rebels know?
Among the three, Qian Yuchong cupped his hands with Fan Tongtong and said, "Master Fan, even if he wants to attack Rakshasa, the troops stationed inside and outside the city will make way for him. Why bother to attack the city and make tens of thousands of people miserable?"

Fan Tong held a whip in his hand and said with a dignified expression: "Hmph, we are afraid that the Manchu court will stab us in the back."

"Whether we fight Rakshasa or not, we will take down Ninggu Tower this time!"

The more Fan Tong said, the more unreasonable it became. Liu Sheng hurriedly interrupted, looked at Zhang Yubei and the three of them and said, "Go back and tell that Qitai, and I will give him one day. If you don't surrender, the Beihai Navy will bombard the city! I said do it!"

After speaking, he waved his hand to signal the guards to see off the guests.

The three envoys returned to Ningguta City with gloomy complexions, and when they saw Na Qitai, they told Bei Haijun what he meant, and the lord exploded when he heard it.

"You haven't seen that Zhao Xin?"

"Liu Sheng? This officer has the impression that he is like a bear. Why is there still someone called this name? Oh, Fan Tong."

"What? They don't want any money this time?! Grandma's! I'm fighting with them!"

"Raksha? Hmph~hahaha~~ If Rakshasa crosses the border, General Heilongjiang will deal with it, so it's none of his business!"

Just when the adult was chattering, as if he was going crazy, his subordinate Goshha came to report, and Qiqihar sent the flight documents, and it was extremely urgent!
The Rakshasa invaded on a large scale and destroyed the five cities of Rafkai within a few days. General Hengxiu of Heilongjiang begged Marshal Ming to quickly dispatch troops to the north for support!
After Na Qitai heard it, his eyeballs and chin slammed on his feet. The house is leaking!
Now Fucha Mingliang is bedridden and comatose, and the biggest official in Ningguta City is Na Qitai from the first rank.As a high-ranking general of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, this guy's first reaction was not to send troops, but to think that Luo Sha and Zhao Xin were colluding with each other.

There's nothing wrong with him thinking that way, how could it be such a coincidence?

Indeed, if Tsarist Russia knew that Beihai Town defeated the Qing army and made them realize the weakness under the tiger's skin of the Qing Empire, the Empress who was far away in St. Petersburg would just think about it, and her great-grandson Alexander II would have to wait for her real action.

From this point of view, Beihai Town was indeed one of the driving forces behind the Russian invasion.

Of course, the most important reason is that the Tsarist Russians have been coveting the middle and lower reaches of Heilongjiang for many years; even after the two battles of Yaksa, their ambitions for the Northeast still exist.

Na Qitai originally wanted to solve the predicament through negotiation and payment of the redemption fee, because there was a precedent with Beihai before;

"That's right, Bandit Zhao has even played out the banner, how can he live in a corner in a remote place?!"

Fighting is definitely impossible, but you can't make up your own mind about retreating, otherwise you will be the first to lose your head when the time comes, and it is the kingly way to bear the responsibility together.

Na Qitai wanted to understand all this, so he immediately sent his subordinates to invite the generals inside and outside the city to discuss with the office.

An hour later, the back hall of the vice capital's yamen was already full of people.From the deputy capital commander to the wing commanders of the battalions, from the generals to the third-class guards, everyone who could come except those who were seriously injured came.

Na Qitai first showed the emergency report from Qiqihar, and said with a serious expression: "Everyone, the thief Zhao is ambitious, colluding with Rakshasa, and plotting my territory in the Qing Dynasty! What they say now that they want to go north to resist Russia is really absurd!"

He glanced at all the generals present, noticing that all of them looked ugly and remained silent.Most of these people were wounded and their armor was torn. They sighed in their hearts, so they got up and cupped their hands to the south, saying: "The Emperor Meng will not give up. My Qitai has gone from a sixth-rank blue feather guard to today's step. Jiang Jiang The bandit Zhao on the opposite side is going to attack the city tomorrow, and I have decided to lead the entire army and civilians in the city to defend Ninggu Pagoda and be loyal to the country! I hope that you will work together with me to be loyal to the emperor, kill the enemy and serve the country!"

All the generals present look at me, I look at you, and I explain to myself that the commander-in-chief led tens of thousands of people, defended layer by layer, and worked hard for two years, but he couldn't stop it. Your lord wants to defend it with the thousands of remnants inside and outside the city. ?

You can't make a joke like this!
Those quick-witted brains could understand what this grown-up was thinking, but they made up their minds not to speak first.

No hurries?There is always someone more anxious than yourself.

After a moment of silence in the second hall, Terdenche, the Mongolian vice-captain and head of the Zhengbai Banner sitting at the top, said, "My lord, Bandit Zhao is powerful, with powerful firearms, and he is good at using sorcery and evil methods. My lord." Do you think it is better to retreat to Jilin Ula?"

"My lord, I don't know if I should say something at the end." De Chenger, the leader of the Shotgun Guard Military Academy and the forward of the Jianrui Battalion, who was sitting beside him, also spoke.He is Zhenghuangqi of Mongolia, and his uncle is Kung Labutan, Prince of Horqin Heshuo.

Na Qitai said in his heart that there is a door, and he said solemnly: "But it's okay to say."

Decheng said: "The general thinks that apart from Hunchun, there are only [-] soldiers in Ula, Jilin. Although we are waiting to defend the city and die for the country, why should we cherish this body, but if Ula in Jilin falls, there will be no heavy soldiers outside the pass! It must be a little tricky My lord and the emperor will not blame us."

With the first two heavyweight "players" coming out, others also spoke up.

"Yes, my lord, keeping Jilin Ula is the most important thing."

"It doesn't matter if you bid to defend the city and serve the country, but if something happens to Jilin Wula, I will wait for a hundred deaths and no redemption!"

"What about Rakshasa? Master Evergrande is in an emergency!" As soon as Na Qitai said this, the room became cold again.

Compared with the Northern Navy, all the generals here are extremely contemptuous of Rakshasa.But the problem is that all the weapons and supplies are lost at the moment, and the food and grass are insufficient. If they really want to go north to fight Luocha, they will have to rely on the support of Jilin Wula. After all, the largest shipyard in Liaodong is in Jilin.

No boat, no guns, what a fart!
Terdenche said: "We have no control over this matter, and we must make a decision from Lord Lue before we can send troops. The most important thing now is to withdraw to Jilin Ula and fight again with the whole army. Now Zhao Ni is like a wolf like a tiger. If he really fights with Luo Sha Collusion, sooner or later there will be a gap between them."

Hi!Dozens of "soy sauce crowd" said in their hearts that the super-adults understand clearly, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.

Na Qitai pretended to ponder, and after a while, he suddenly patted the armrest of the Grand Master's chair annoyed, with tears in his eyes, he got up and knelt down facing south, the generals in the hall didn't know why, and "shua" appeared in front of Na Qitai. A vacant lot.

"Your Majesty! The guilty minister has failed the Emperor's entrustment, and now it is Baojilin, so it can only be like this!" Na Qitai said, and respectfully kowtowed three times.

The generals of the Qing army in the hall looked at it, not to mention how bored they were, if you dare to face it, you still play this game, my lord? !

Even though they thought so, everyone hurriedly faced south and knelt down, kowtowing in the direction of Beijing city to plead guilty.

Officers and soldiers are leaving!It doesn't matter whether the people in the city live or die!
Thousands of Qing troops were about to retreat from Ninggu Pagoda. The news could not be hidden from the people in the city, so the people in the city panicked.The most unlucky ones were the various shops in the city. All the horses and cattle, carts, trolleys, and trolleys in their shops were requisitioned by the Qing army.

"Mr. Jun! Please, leave us two cars. There is still a warehouse in the backyard!"

"Vice Chief Commander has an order! Conscript vehicles of various sizes to transport military supplies. If anyone disobeys, he will be killed on the spot!"

Seeing the Qing soldiers looting all the vehicles, horses and cattle in the courtyard, the owner of the shop slumped on the ground, crying and shouting: "It's over, it's all over now! 8000 taels of ginseng, what can I do?!"

The guy on the side persuaded: "Boss, pack it up quickly! It's better to let the big guy carry it on his back, as much as he can carry."

The shop owner wiped his tears and said, "That's the only way to go."

Compared with the rich and powerful businessmen, the tens of thousands of banner people and Han people in the city were in a bad situation.According to Na Qitai's order, everyone in the city must go south with the army.

No boat or horse?Then you give me legs!Anyone who dares not to leave will be killed on the spot!

For the local exiled Han people, wherever they go, they are still slaves to armored men, and it is warmer to go south; but for the local banner people, that is really no way out.Their land and their homes are all here, and there is nothing left in the south.

Once the current Bannermen are ruined, life will still be miserable!I really thought that Bannermen were hardcore crops.

From the last years of Kangxi, due to the increase of the Eight Banners, the number of wars has decreased, and the proportion of the Banners to pick the armor has continued to shrink, so the livelihood of the banner people has been revealed, and it has intensified in the Qianlong period.Since the seventh year of Qianlong, the Qing government promulgated the "Decree to issue the flag for the people"; for decades, a large number of Han army bannermen have been abolished, either locally naturalized, or reorganized into the green battalion.

Although the Manchurian Eight Banners will not be abolished, if they want to get that share of food and rice, they must "fill in the gaps".

Manchurian Eight Banners men are called "Dingkou" once they reach adulthood, and the standard of adulthood varies from period to period.During the Qianlong period, the adult standard for Qiding was to be eighteen years old and over 1.6 meters tall.

What?Your child is nineteen years old and only 1.5 meters tall?Well, then your child will be a "minor" for the rest of his life
For ordinary Bannerman families, after passing the adult qualifications, they still need to take an exam, such as riding archery, infantry shooting, and Mandarin. Only after passing the exam can they fill up the vacancies.

Why do you say it is possible?Because the vacancies of the battalion heads of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia are fixed.For example, the Xiaoqi camp has 40 vacancies for one leader; the guard camp with good conditions has 17 vacancies for one leader; as for the forward battalion born out of the Baya Labaijia soldiers, it belongs to the emperor's pro-military guards, and there are only 2 vacancies for each leader. lack.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there were only more than 100 males in one assistant leader, and there were plenty of vacancies; but in the late Qianlong period, there were more than 300 males in one assistant leader, and more than half of those who went to become officials could not fill the vacancies. income!
Historically, in the middle of Daoguang period, the imperial court’s finances were tight, and the money and food of the bannermen began to be distributed at a discount, and the price of goods rose. A low-level bannerman received two taels of silver every month.Still mention cage bird?Pull the cart and carry the big bag, you!
Therefore, no matter which country eats the imperial food and salary, it is the same, and the same is true for the bottom banner of the Tokugawa shogunate across the sea.

Turning his gaze back to the Beihai Navy, the soldiers in charge of guarding the situation on the other side had been aware of the situation on the other side since the evening. The sound of crying, people shouting and horse neighing came faintly from the river.After receiving the report, Liu Sheng only asked the soldiers on duty to strengthen their vigilance, and did not arrange for reconnaissance; in his mind, it would be useless for the Qing army to fight across the river tomorrow, and everything would be over.

In fact, Liu Sheng and Fan Tong really didn't have time to take care of these things. They were so busy just dividing their labor to take in the prisoners and collect the supplies.Except for those large and small artillery that were too late to be transported away, the amount of food and grass left in the Ningguta camp alone is scary.

At nightfall, Liu Sheng couldn't help feeling a little dizzy when he saw the initial material count.There is no need to transport food, cloth, and silver, but those bronze cannons are what Beihai Town urgently needs; Zhao Liang is currently short of copper because of the production of bullet casings and shell casings.

After noon the next day, under the cover of deafening artillery fire, the North Navy crossed the Huerha River in a dozen assault boats.As a result, when I went to Ningguta City, I saw that the four gates of the whole Ningguta City were wide open. Except for a dozen families of bannermen who had no time to escape, kneeling outside the Nanxun Gate, not even a single resisting Qing army was seen.After inquiring, I found out that the Qing army engulfed the people in the city, and they all ran towards Wula, Jilin before dawn!

When Liu Sheng and Fan Tong heard the news, they were almost overjoyed.Cooperating on the other side of the bank made a fuss all night, so it turned out to be busy running!
The battalion commander of the Beihai Navy who was crossing the river asked on the walkie-talkie what to do, Liu Sheng said what else to do, chase after him!

Afterwards, Liu Sheng felt that Mr. Ning Guta's deputy governor was really calculating!
He let these crying people walk behind the army, and only sent a small number of Qing troops to escort them, while he and other Qing generals had long since disappeared.When Bei Haijun chased after them, the Qing army who was in charge of escorting them left the people and ran away. In the end, Bei Hai Hai was too busy to take these people back to Ninggu Pagoda.

On the second day after Ningguta City was captured, Zhao Xin, who was thousands of miles away, had just arrived in Boli with the third regiment of the Beihai Navy.They only rested in Khabarovsk for one day, and then they took dozens of Hezhen hunters from Balk Village and local Khabarovsk guides, and headed upstream towards Heilongjiang City under the clearing of two patrol speedboats.

(End of this chapter)