Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 601 The Battle of the Qing Dynasty ([-])
On September 1792, 9—that is, July 10, 57th year of Qianlong, the Qing army that captured Palangu took Nayakot, the summer capital of the Shah Kingdom, in one go on the second day.Because his subordinates were exhausted from fighting for days and there were too many generals who died in battle, Fukang'an immediately ordered the whole army to rest for two days, and arranged to collect the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle.

When the Qing army stayed in Yongya before, Gurkha King Uncle Badur Saye sent the big heads Putur Bangli, Gaji Langmujier Bangli, Dasar Nerxing, Xiaotou Balabadul Hawas 4 people and more than 20 entourages, together with the previously captive Galon Tenzin Banjul, Tashdun Zhubu, Nie Lamu Battalion Officer Nie Dui, Han soldiers Lu Xianlin, Feng Dacheng and his entourage, Tibetan 24 civilians, a group of about 50 people, went to Yongya Camp on June 25 to ask for an armistice.

At that time, Fukang'an had interviewed the four leaders and put forward five harsh conditions.These five items are: [-]. The Kuo army withdrew from the Palangu area and withdrew all the defenders; [-]. Prince Shabadur and Wang Shubadur Saye led all the big heads to surrender in person; [-]. After entering the bandits Since the culprit in Tibet, Sammarpa, claimed to have died, all his ashes, family members and disciples should be sent out for investigation; [-]. The gold and silver treasures from Tashilhunpo Monastery that were looted should be returned in full; [-]. Hand over the private contract signed by the ex-Tanjin Banjul under deception and coercion, and the matter of Tibet's payment of silver taels must not be mentioned again.

At that time, after the Kuofang envoys returned to Yangbu with the proclamation, they did not reply because they still had military strength and were worried that the Qing army would detain Prince Bahadur and King Uncle Bahadur Saye.However, when the Qing army was only one day away from Yangbu, the Shah Kingdom really panicked.

Kuo Fang’s actions were very fast. On July 25, the peace mission sent by Kuo Fang, composed of the big heads Di Udat Taba and Taman Saye, arrived at the Qing army’s camp and submitted a letter of Letter from Prince Bahadur.In this letter, Bahadur humbly asked General Fuyuan to forgive Kuofang's rudeness, and agreed to hand over the private contract documents with Tibet, the bones of the culprit Sammarpa, his apprentices, followers, and property, And the property looted from Tashilhunpo Monastery.

After reading the letter, Fu Kang'an said in a deep voice, "Why don't Prince Bahadur and Regent Uncle Badul Saye come?"

Kneeling below, Diudateta said respectfully: "Reporting to the general, the prince is ill, and the uncle of the regent is also ill, so I can't come to plead guilty in person."

Fu Kang'an sneered and said, "Hehehe~~ are you all sick? It's really time!"

After hearing what the translator said, Diudat Taba and Taman Saye were so frightened that they didn't dare to lift their heads. They only said that the prince and Uncle Wang were really sick and dared not lie.But both of them knew in their hearts that the two were still afraid of being detained by Fukang'an, so they didn't dare to come if they were beaten to death.

At this time, Diwudat Taba kowtowed again: "The Shah Kingdom is located in a remote place, and they did not know the might of the Great Emperor. They offended the Shang Kingdom and caused the two sides to meet each other. The wife of the culprit, Shamarba, fled before We are sending troops to hunt them down. As long as they are captured, they will be sent to the general immediately. In addition, many of the items we took from Tashilhunpo Monastery were lost along the way, and they were hidden by the head soldiers. Although they were ordered by the prince to hand them over , but there are still many that have not been found. As for the ingots obtained from Houzang earlier, some of them were melted down and cast into silver coins. This time, my subordinates brought the remaining objects and silver ingots. The gold album of the Sixth Panchen Lama It is also among them, and dare not hide one thing.

A fleeting grin appeared on Fukan'an's face, and he looked down at the two of them in silence.At this time, except for He Lin who was sitting next to the tent, the other generals of the Qing army were all standing with their tents attached, so quiet that only the sound of wind and rain outside the tent and the sound of the cowhide tent being swayed by the wind could be heard.Just when Diudat Taba, Taman Saye and others were almost suffocated by the suffocating silence, Fukangan suddenly raised his voice: "Come on!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his captain of the personal army walk in, called Qianer and said, "Commander, please give me instructions!"

"Give me an order to arrest all of Kuofang's followers! Don't let a single person escape!"

"Hey! The bid is obeyed!"

Diudat Taba didn't understand why for a while, but then he heard the screams of his subordinates outside the tent, and then he was shocked and said: "General, what does this mean? We are here to sincerely beg for peace this time!"

"Thinking of asking for peace now? It's too late!" Fukan'an said in his slightly hoarse voice: "Since Bahadur and Batur Saye are both 'your body is ill', then the commander-in-chief will lead the Let the army go to Yangbu to visit, and hear how they will defend themselves. Take these two people down!"

In the middle of the night on July 26, five thousand Qing troops left Nayakot under the cover of darkness and went straight to Yangbu, the capital of the Shah Kingdom.

Early Nepal was composed of dozens of tribes that did not belong to each other. In the late 20th century, the Gurkha tribe living in the northwest of Paleb emerged.Under the leadership of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the leader of the Shah Dynasty, they took advantage of the civil strife in Baleb and annexed the three tribes of Baleb and more than 20 other small tribes around them in 1769 years.In [-], the Shah Dynasty moved its capital to Yangbu, which belonged to Baleb, and formed the unified Gurkha Kingdom.

Due to the high mountains and densely populated areas in Gurkha, it is difficult to be self-sufficient, and there is an urgent need to expand its territory to the surrounding areas.In 1777, the two-year-old prince Bahadur Shah succeeded to the throne, and his uncle Badul Saye was regent.Because the south is West Bengal occupied by the British, Gurkha knew that he could not afford to offend, so he pointed the finger of expansion at Tibet, Brukba and Zhe Mengxiong.

Yangbu is called "Kathmandu" in Nepali. It is located in the confluence valley of the Bagmati River and the Bixingmati River. The scale of the whole city is not as large as the Forbidden City of the Qing Palace.In addition to the palace built with red bricks, the most conspicuous building in the city is also a three-story Hindu temple dedicated to "Chorakatha". The interior of this temple is supported by a single log, so it is also called "Gas Shamanda Chalet".Yes, the name of the city is derived from this temple.

In order to motivate his subordinates and deter the Gurkhas, Fukang'an ordered before the start of the war that the sword should not be sealed for three days after the capture of Yangbu, and the only requirement was not to set fire.As soon as these words came out, the more than 5000 Qing soldiers cheered thunderously, and each of them was sharpening their swords, full of murderous intent.

The reason for doing this is that since the Qing army crossed the Himalayas, there have been no towns along the way, and they have all fought hard in the valleys.In addition, due to the difficulties in logistics and transportation, Sun Shiyi, Hui Ling and others are the first to meet the needs of military rations and ammunition for bows and arrows.

Although there may not be a place to spend the money if you take it, isn't that what everyone is fighting to the death!
Facing the wolves and tigers of the Qing army, the morale of the Kuo army was completely low. Although they had made defensive preparations, their civil engineering works were hard to resist under the fierce bombardment of the Qing army's 12-pound guns.In the past, the Qing army was able to defeat the Kuo army who refused to defend in the cliff fortifications, but now on the flat ground, the Kuo army is even less of an opponent.

In the early morning of the second day of the battle, the Yangbu Palace fell, and the regent Batur Saye had to retreat to Patan City on the south bank of the Bagmati River with the remaining men.Fukang'an knew that success or failure depended on one move, and that Patan City was only four miles away from Yangbu, so he immediately ordered the whole army to cross the river, and then divided into three groups to encircle Patan City. Batursa must not be allowed to escape. Lose.

At noon on July 29, facing the fierce offensive of the Qing army, the few remaining Kuo troops put down their weapons and surrendered one after another. Batur Saye knew that the situation was over, so he had to take a group of big and small leaders out of the city to beg for surrender.Afterwards, the Qing army began looting in Yangbu and Patan, and the temples in the city suffered disaster.If you want to talk about Buddhist temples, the Qing army will still have scruples. After all, there are many Tibetan soldiers from Jinchuan in the team.But the problem is that the Gurkhas believe in Hinduism. The Qing army denounced those Hindu gods as demons and heretics, and they were merciless. In addition, what Hinduism likes to do most is to pile up gold and gemstones in temples to express their piety. What will happen? Needless to say.

Two days later, Fukang An ordered several surrendered guys to carry a call to arms written in both Tibetan and Chinese, and to know the leaders of Gurkha respectively.In order to fear that there would be many dreams and troubles at night, the regent Batur Saye was imprisoned for three days, and was escorted to Jilong by several Qianqingmen guards to wait for Qianlong's punishment.

So far, the battle of destroying the country, which lasted for seven months from Fukang'an Qingqi to Tibet, has finally come to an end.As for the 15-year-old prince Bahadur who heard the news, he fled to Patna and went to the British for help.
In late September 1792, a fleet consisting of the Thor and two three-masted motor sailing ships set off from Madras. After more than ten days of sailing, they crossed the equator westward along the Maldives and passed through the Seychelles to the south. Mauritius finally arrived at the French base camp in the southern Indian Ocean - Bourbon Island, which is called "Reunion" in another time and space.

However, when they arrived at the Port of Saint-Denis, the size of the fleet had changed from three to seven, four of which were two-masted pirate ships captured near the Arabian Sea west of the Maldives.

Since Deng Fei and the others left the Bay of Bengal and entered the Indian Ocean, the accompanying French businessmen and military officers reminded him to pay attention to pirates.

It is said that from the end of the seventeenth century, Antongil Bay in the north of Madagascar and Fort Dofan in the south have become safe havens for pirates in the Indian Ocean.For example, the famous "Captain Kidd", Henry Avery, and Thomas Tew all used Antongil Bay and St. Mary's Island as their safe havens.However, since 1720, the golden age of European pirates has come to an end, and now the pirates in the Indian Ocean are mainly Arabs.

The leader of this group of pirates is a guy named Jalahma, who is cruel and cruel, and has more than 2000 men.Based on Khor Hassan and Antungil Bay on the Arabian Peninsula, they plundered passing merchant ships in the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf all the year round; silk, cloth, spices, jewelry, coins, gold and silver, there was nothing they did not rob , and occasionally recruited crew members from black slaves trafficked on merchant ships.

Incidentally, in many artworks about pirates in later generations, the pirate leader is often depicted as a one-eyed man wearing a blindfold.However, according to the historical records of the British, Jalahma was the first pirate leader to wear blindfolds.

Sure enough, when the fleet passed the Maldives, a pirate fleet composed of more than 20 large and small ships suddenly appeared from the northwest direction. Attack, trying to capture this huge monster ship.However, as Beihai No. [-] and No. [-] showed their fangs, and the eight heavy machine guns on both sides of the Thor's ship opened fire, the menacing pirates suffered the heaviest blow in their lives-sinking seven ships and capturing them. Three, and the rest turned around and fled back to the Arabian Sea.

Deng Fei also went after them lazily. He ordered the ships to salvage the pirates who fell into the water, and detained them in a cargo hold of the Thor.He intended to sell the three boats when he reached Bourbon Island.

Speaking of the earliest stronghold of the French in the western Indian Ocean, it was actually Fort Dofan in the southeast of Madagascar. Bourbon Island was originally a place of exile.After more than 100 years of development, the residents of Bourbon Island have approached 5 people, three-quarters of whom are black slaves.

The decline of Fort Dofan actually stemmed from a dumbfounding incident in 1672.At that time, a ship carrying several French women stopped at Doufan Castle. The women on board were originally planned to be sent to Bourbon Island-to be the wives of the settlers there.Unexpectedly, these women jumped off the ship in the middle of the night and escaped, staying in Doufan Castle and marrying the French here.The problem is that these French men already have wives, and now they divorce the Antanosians they married for the sake of the "beautiful" French women.As a result, on Christmas Eve of this year, the angered Antanosians launched an attack on Fort Dofan, and more than 2000 French people were massacred, especially those who abandoned their wives and children to marry French women. The few survivors Eventually fled to Bourbon Island.

This incident has taught us a truth, that it will kill people if they start messing around and abandon them all the time.

The arrival of the Thor and the Chinese caused a sensation on Bourbon Island. Tens of thousands of people rushed to the harbor of Saint-Denis to look at this blue and white "giant ship". As for Beihai No. [-] and No. [-] The two sailing ships became less conspicuous.Fortunately, there were Frenchmen from the local administration on board, and after they landed, they presented a letter from Leclerc, the governor of the local administration; Moriarty, the governor of Bourbon Island, who learned the news, immediately agreed with Beihai No. [-], No. [-] and the other three captured prisoners. The pirate ship moored at the port, and led his guards to meet him at the port in person.

After seeing Deng Fei, Moriarty was very surprised by the other party's fluent French. He immediately invited the Beihai Town mission to the Governor's Mansion as a guest. Arrived on board to rest.

He can't do it if he doesn't come back. Zhao Xin and him agreed to meet in these two days.

In the middle of the night, the port of Saint-Denis became more and more quiet, except for the creaking noises of the moored ships being driven by the waves, and the occasional sound of passwords from French soldiers on patrol.At this time, all the sailors on Beihai No. [-] had fallen asleep, and only Deng Feieru and the captain Haipingzhi were standing on both sides of the ship with night vision binoculars on the deck, looking around.

Suddenly, a figure appeared on the beach 200 meters west of Beihai No. 150, and it disappeared in a flash.After a while, the figure appeared [-] meters away again, stayed for about half a minute, and then disappeared again.

When the figure appeared 30 meters away from Beihai No. [-] for the third time, Erlu had already seen the other person's figure clearly. He excitedly came to Deng Fei's side and said softly, "Here we come!"

(End of this chapter)