Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 152 Before the Northern Expedition, Break the Way!
"The plan for the Northern Expedition is initially to use [-] troops, including [-] infantry, [-] dragoons, and [-] cuirassiers as the main force. They will cross the Yangtze River, take Xuzhou and Shandong, and encircle Beijing!"

In the Grand Marshal's Mansion, Zhu Daohua was sitting at the main seat, and military adviser Tao Biquan was introducing the Northern Expedition plan initially determined by the General Staff.

The purpose of this Northern Expedition is to take all the Han land!
Drive Man Qing out of the pass!
Wait for Tao Biquan to finish speaking.

Zhu Daohua said: "I said before that the land of Manchuria is the back road of the Manchu Qing, but I want to cut off the back road of the Manchu Qing! What's the plan of the General Staff?"

Zhu Daohua didn't want the Manchurians to go to Manchuria in the north. It would be better to drive them to the grasslands, and then drive them all the way west, so that the Eight Banners of Manchuria can take a good look at a group of nomadic tribes in the west.

"Your Majesty, the General Staff believes that if we want to prevent the Qing Tartars from retreating to Manchuria, it is best that we have enough strength in Manchuria."

"Do you want to garrison Manchuria?"

Tao Biquan shook his head and said: "Manchuria is the private land of the Qing Dynasty. Han people have always been forbidden to enter. Except for Fengtian and Liaoyang in Liaodong, and Aigun in Heilongjiang, the population of other places is extremely sparse. If you station large troops in Manchuria, the logistics must be from Jiangnan transportation, if the garrison is small, it is useless, but if there are more garrisons, the logistical pressure will be great!"

"So, the General Staff's plan is to reclaim Manchuria!"

"Reclamation of Manchuria?!"

Zhu Daohua was taken aback.

And this kind of operation?

Bypass the Central Plains and immigrate directly to Manchuria?
Can it work?
"That's right, it is to settle in Manchuria. You can station a small number of troops in Manchuria, and then emigrate to settle in Manchuria, just like in Borneo, and establish military settlements!"

"If dozens of military settlements can be established in Manchuria, it is not certain whether the Manchu Qing will dare to retreat to Manchuria."

"What's more, if we can induce the Manchus to march into Manchuria, relying on these military bases to fight against the main forces of the Manchus, our side will have an advantage in logistics!"

Zhu Daohua nodded upon hearing this.

He is no longer an outsider.

Now Manchuria is barren, except for a few cities where the Eight Banners are stationed, in the wild it is mainly the "department of fighting animals" of the Manchu Qing.

There are very few people.

If it is said that Qianlong was worried that the way back would be cut off, he would send a large army to Manchuria to fight the Ming army.

Then his army's logistical supplies must rely on supplies within the pass.

Although from a distance.

The logistics line of the Ming army was longer,

But the Qing court needed to rely on land transportation.

The Ming army can be transported by sea.

The two parties are not at the same level in terms of transportation costs.

Therefore, if fighting in Manchuria.

Then the advantage of the Ming army will be even greater!

"Besides, if Qianlong sent troops out of the customs, and the Ming and Qing battles were fought in Manchuria, it would also prevent the fierce battle and turn the Central Plains into scorched earth!"

Gu Song on the side added.

"Will Qianlong send troops out?" Zhu Daohua frowned slightly.

"It's hard to say, but if you build a military camp in Manchuria, then Qianlong must be under a lot of pressure."

Definitely. ,

After all, it was the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty.

If it is occupied by Daming first.

What a system that can be.

"Where do people come from?"

Zhu Daohua asked again.

"In the land of two rivers, there are a lot of poor people without food and clothing. There are 10,000+ landless civilians in Songjiang Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture. They earn a living by looking for errands on the docks and canals. They can be organized to go to Manchuria."

Let people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang go to the Northeast?
Zhu Daohua couldn't help hesitating.

I don't know if these people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will blame themselves in the future.

After all, everyone knows that Jiangsu and Zhejiang will sooner or later be the wealthiest place in China.

But the Northeast doesn't seem to be bad either.

The roe deer is beaten with sticks to scoop up the fish, and the pheasant flies into the rice cooker.

It is also one of the four major black soil plains in the world.

The degree of fertility of the land is definitely the first in the world.

Resources are quite rich.

The population is still small.

It seems that those who immigrated to the Northeast are not considered bad luck?
Zhu Daohua rubbed his chin and thought.

"Does the General Staff have any plans to set up an army station in Manchuria?"

"Your Majesty, the General Staff thinks it is possible to occupy Changshan Island first, use Changshan Island as a springboard to build a bastion in Liaodong, and then send armed troops to Liaodong. After gaining a firm foothold, the scope and scale of the military settlement can be expanded. Dozens of military settlements can pull out tens of thousands of guns in Manchuria at any time, even if they don’t send large soldiers, it’s impossible for the Qing Dynasty to eradicate these military settlements without tens of thousands of regular soldiers.”

"Changshan Island, Liaodong."

Zhu Daohua stared at the map of Northeast China.

He suddenly said, "Has the navy inspected Vladivostok?"

"Vladivostok?"

Several naval staff officers looked at each other, wondering why Zhu Daohua suddenly mentioned this rather unpopular place.

Liaodong had a large-scale reclamation and development in the Han Dynasty, which can be regarded as familiar land.

Vladivostok is already a place in the extreme north, and the Han people rarely set foot here.

"A patrol boat has been there, but no one has been sent to land and check."

"I heard that Vladivostok has a warm current flowing through it, and it is a natural ice-free port in Manchuria." Zhu Daohua pointed to the map and said, "The budget for reclaiming Manchuria will be doubled. In addition to Liaodong, Vladivostok will also establish a series of military settlements! "

"Your Majesty, is Vladivostok too far away?"

Tao Biquan and Gu Song looked at each other and asked aloud.

"This is not against the Manchus, but against Russia!"

"Russia?" Tao Biquan and Gu Song looked puzzled.

They are quite familiar with domestic affairs, but when they look abroad, these traditional scholar-bureaucrats are blinded.

On the other hand, Napoleon Bonaparte, who was a foreigner but made an exception as Duke of Jia, came over with great interest.

"The Russians are indeed pursuing a ice-free port in Eastern Siberia. If Vladivostok is really ice-free all year round, they might take some action!"

said Napoleon.

Zhu Daohua smiled, and said, "I can't guarantee whether Vladivostok is an ice-free port, but the Russians have such a strong desire to expand. They have expanded from Eastern Europe to the coast of the Pacific Ocean, and they have already reached the limit of their eastward expansion. Therefore, they Next, it is likely to look to the south, including the Balkans, Central Asia, Mongolia, and Manchuria!"

"Manchuria must not be allowed to be touched by the Russians. This is the best black soil plain. The land is extremely fertile. If it is developed, it can support hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of my military settlement in Vladivostok is not just to target the Manchus, but also Much of it is aimed at Russia's possible expansion to the south."

Zhu Daohua said.

Tao Biquan and Gu Song looked at each other, Tao Biquan frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the core area of ​​the Russians is thousands of miles away from China, how can they have the strength to expand in Manchuria?"

Don't have strength?
Zhu Daohua was noncommittal.

"Whether they have power or not, this piece of land must be taken, and they must be resettled and reclaimed to make it a Han land like the Central Plains and Jiangnan!"

Zhu Daohua said.

There was something else he didn't say.

After gaining a firm foothold in the northeast, you can seek to establish river ports on some rivers flowing to the Arctic Ocean in East Siberia, and rely on river transportation to occupy East Siberia.

Anyway, Tsarist Russia does not have many troops in East Siberia now, and Ming only needs to send a small amount of troops, or even dispatch troops from the military station in the Northeast, which is enough to drive out Tsarist Russia's forces.

"It's easy to send troops, but it's probably not easy to build castles and ports. You can't recruit coolies to work there." Song Guogong Zhao Si who was sitting on the side said.

Zhao Si is still the Minister of the Army, but his Minister is basically a rubber stamp, and he is only responsible for stamping.

During this period of time, I did not go down to lead troops, and my body began to gain weight.

It looks a little rounded already.

Let Zhu Daohua look a little worried.

This guy is only in his 40s this year, but because of repeated injuries when he was young, his physical condition is worse than that of ordinary middle-aged people in their 40s.

Now that he is pampered again, the symptoms of the three highs are quite obvious.

Originally, Zhao Si didn't want to get involved in the general council's affairs.

But Zhu Daohua ordered him to come to the Imperial Conference Room from the Army Department six kilometers away.

It is also strictly forbidden to sit in a sedan chair or ride a horse.

Can only come on foot.

In addition, Zhu Daohua also made an exercise plan for him, and every day he had to walk a few kilometers from his Duke Song's mansion to the imperial meeting room to listen to orders-in fact, it was nothing, just to join in the fun.

Walking to the palace every morning, I usually eat with Zhu Daohua at noon, and deal with the officials and staff below, and then walk back in the afternoon.

After walking like this for a few days, I managed to suppress the crazy weight gain.

"You can recruit two to three thousand strong men in Liangjiang to build forts and bastions, and then you don't have to come back. You can issue a gun and farm tools to build an army along the south bank of the Heilongjiang River."

Commander Luo Ding Shandao of the Military Training Department.

As the brigade commander of the first dragoon brigade, Luo Dingshan was promoted again.

Now, as the commander of the General Staff Training Division, he is fully responsible for the training of several dragoon brigades.

If nothing else.

The command position of the first dragoon regiment will fall on him.

Commanding tens of thousands of dragon cavalry to fight, Luo Dingshan will have more opportunities to make meritorious service in the Northern Expedition to the Qing Dynasty next year.

If he made great contributions, Luo Dingshan might be able to become a general at the age of less than 30 years old.

"It's not impossible to recruit coolies from Liangjiang, anyway, they will emigrate to Manchuria in the future."

Zhu Daohua said.

"Since that's the case, let's first form a Manchurian Reclamation Division with the participation of the cabinet, army, and navy. Let Song Guogong be responsible for this matter!"

Zhao Si was taken aback.

Eyes blinked.

what happened?

No matter how you hide from things, you can't hide from them.
"Song Guogong naturally doesn't need to go to Manchuria himself, but should keep an eye on this matter."

Zhu Daohua looked at Zhao Si and said.

Before the age of 50, I want to retire and receive a retirement salary.

I am too sorry for my salary.

Moreover, the Manchuria Land and Reclamation Department requires the cabinet, the army and the navy to invest their strength, so it is better to let Zhao Si, a veteran, keep an eye on it, so as not to delay the matter.

"This matter must be completed before next spring, and the first batch of military settlements must be planted before spring. As long as the grain is planted, this military settlement will be considered a stand."

(End of this chapter)