Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 170

The land of Youyan.

The majestic Beidu City Wall stands at the foot of Yanshan Mountain.

This is the intersection of agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization, and it is the core of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

The plates of farming and pastoralism meet here.

Sincerely.

The Qing court's skill in dealing with the issue of nomads was higher than that of the previous Ming Dynasty.

In the former Ming Dynasty, this was the national boundary.

In the Qing Dynasty, this was the frontier where the Manchu and Mongolian nobles happily exploited the Han land.

With the wealth of the Han land, the Mongolian Eight Banners and grassland princes are supported.

The upper steppes bought by sharing wealth.

To deal with the lower class, the Yellow Temple was widely built. It is naturally difficult for the Mongols who believed in the Yellow Sect to restore the bravery of Genghis Khan's warriors.

In addition, the Qing court forced Mongolian young men to become monks and become lamas. Once they became monks, they would naturally not be able to hold hands with Mongolian girls. If they did not hold hands, they would not be able to have children.

There are fewer babies.

The total population of Mongolia is less.

The total population is small. On the one hand, the Mongolian princes above don’t have to worry about the lack of resources. The herdsmen will rebel like the Han farmers if they can’t survive.

On the other hand, the overall strength of the grassland tribes has also declined.

It is difficult to threaten the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

It can be said.

The Qing Dynasty's rule over Mongolia and Han was almost a master based on the experience and lessons of previous dynasties.

The "peak of feudal autocratic monarchy" mentioned in history textbooks is not aimless.

But now.

The enemy faced by this master of the feudal monarchy empire of the past dynasties is no longer the traditional peasant uprising army, but a semi-industrialized empire.

Inside the Forbidden City.

Lord Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty still insisted on working at the age of 81 and insisted on not retiring. He was bound to stand on the last post of the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Ama's health seems to be getting worse.

Why don't you know how to take a break?

It's really worrying.

The fifteenth elder brother Yongyan who stood by and waited on him thought in his heart.

"Not bad! Fukang'an did a good job this time. He taught the bandits to enter Henan Mansion alone. It seems that there will be a big war in Henan!"

Qianlong, who was concentrating on watching the battle report from Henan, showed a slight smile on his thin face.

The Green Banner Army had several tentative battles with the Taiping Army before.

Judging from the battle report.

It has achieved a lot of victories.

Seven or eight thousand enemies have been wiped out.

Even with a discount.

I'm afraid there are seven or eight hundred, right?
"Huang Ama, the battle in Henan is about to start. On the other side of Shengjing, Ni Ming's mule soldiers have already appeared in Gaizhou." Elder Brother Fifteen said, "Could it be that Ni Ming wants to take advantage of our war with the bandits?" When the time comes to send troops, the north and the south will attack the capital?"

Qianlong shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "Niming's move in Liaodong is to attract me to send a large army to go out and enter Liao to fight. favorable."

"Should they be allowed to cultivate in Shengjing?"

"Without three or five years, what role can the Niming army station in Shengjing play? Now it is better to be quiet than to move. The purpose of Niming's provocation in Shengjing is just to distract me. The key now It is to defeat the religious bandits first, so that we can concentrate on dealing with Sui Ming!"

Qianlong stood up and said.

"Where are the envoys from England, Russia, and Asbania (Spain)?" Qianlong asked.

"Huhuang Ama, there was a report yesterday that they had arrived in Yanzhou along the canal, but they actually proposed to go to Qufu to meet Yan Shenggong. The Shandong side dare not make a decision and wait for the court to make a decision."

Qianlong frowned slightly: "What are they going to see Yan Shenggong for? Let them go all the way north. I heard that these countries have set up embassies in Niming?"

"Returning to Emperor Ama, Yingjili and Asbania heard that they are going to fight against Niming. They failed to negotiate with Niming this time. Now they are going north, and they should be seeking to cooperate with us."

"Cooperation."

Qianlong frowned.

If it wasn't for Daming from the south, he really didn't want these foreigners from Europa to come in.

The utensils and ideas of these foreigners.

It is easy to lead the Han people of the Qing Dynasty to bad.

You can't help it.

But now more than half of the world is beyond the control of the Qing Dynasty.

And if the technology of foreigners is not introduced, the Qing Dynasty will probably be completely defeated by the South in a few years.

Even if it is a cup of poison to communicate with Western countries.

Now Qianlong must drink it too.

Before being poisoned to death by this cup of poison.

On the one hand, Qianlong wanted to defeat the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and on the other hand, he also wanted to win a decisive victory against Ming Dynasty on the battlefield-it was unthinkable to counterattack the south.

At least it is necessary to maintain the front line on the Qinling-Huaihe line.

In this way, the Qing Dynasty still has a place in the Central Plains. Relying on the human and material resources of the Central Plains and the support of the grassland tribes, the Guozuo of the Qing Dynasty can still be maintained, so that at least there can be a situation in the Northern Liao Dynasty.

If you persist in this way for a few years, at least you can't make yourself the king of subjugation in the Qing Dynasty, right?
Qianlong looked at the fifteenth elder brother Yongyan.

I don't know if Old Fifteen will become this unlucky guy?
"Cross the river! Cross the river!"

"quick!"

On the north bank of Jianhe River.

The head is wrapped in a red scarf.

Under the urging of the Shangguan, the Tianguo soldiers with muskets, horizontal knives, and cloth-faced armor began to wade across the river.

Now the north has not had time to rain.

The river is not deep.

The deepest part is only submerged up to the waist.

Liu Laoba was also among those crossing the river.

as a pioneer.

They had to cross the Jian River first, and then set up defenses along the river to cover and build pontoon bridges with the auxiliary troops.

After the pontoon bridge is built, the horses, food, and luggage of the large army can be transported smoothly.

Liu Laoba has a rattan card on his head, and his musket, iron armor, and musket are tied to the rattan card.

As the first generation of soldiers.

Liu Laoba is very hardworking.

Although the weather in the north is getting warmer now.

But the river water that has been frozen for a whole winter is still bitingly cold.

Liu Laoba walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, his body was shaking from the cold, and his lips turned blue and white.

But soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven like Liu Laoba have no complaints at all.

Without saying a word, he gritted his teeth and walked forward with the person in front.

The surface of the Jianhe River was not wide, and Liu Laoba soon set foot on the south bank. ,

"Put on armor! Quick!"

The superiors roared.

A group of government soldiers moved quickly.

This time I crossed the river as a vanguard, so I didn't bring slaves or ride horses.

Liu Laoba skillfully put on the cloth face armor, and buckled the rattan card on top of his head—this rattan card is in the shape of a bamboo hat, and can be worn on top of his head to avoid projectile arrows.

Hang the horizontal knife on the waist, check whether the gunpowder is wet with water, and then quickly form a team.Armed with muskets, they marched forward.

When the Taiping army crossed the river, the Qing army would naturally not fail to respond.

The cavalry of the brigade came on horseback.

I want to take advantage of the Taiping Army's unstable foothold to gain a foothold.

"Array!!"

The commander of the Taiping Army is Ran Tianyuan, a member of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Before the White Lotus Sect's uprising, he was a hero who was the king of Zhanshan in Sichuan, known as the "King of Sweeping the Floor".

Very aggressive.

Now he is a Marquis under Liu Zhixie.

soon.

A strict queue lined up.

The cavalry sent by the Qing army did not dare to attack the infantry formation, but only dared to wander around the periphery.

"Quick! Send the cannon!"

Liu Zhixie, who was across the river, ordered.

In today's war, artillery is the absolute protagonist.

If there is no cannon.

When the Qing army pulled up the artillery, the Taiping army's infantry would be bombarded hard.

Relying on the cover of Ran Tianyuan's leading troops in front, Yi Sosoumu quickly drained into the water, broke through the river, and rushed towards the opponent with all his might.

"Bring up the cannon! Give me a hard bang!"

This time it was Fukang'an's general Eredengbao who was sent out.

Lead a thousand cavalry team and three green flag infantry battalions.

About 700 people.

The cavalry is the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners brought by Fukang'an from Beijing.

The three green flag pawns are elites selected from among the green flags.

Erle Dengbao himself was a bannerman, and he was a minister of guards by Qianlong's side.

Therefore, it is more than enough to command the Mongolian cavalry of 1000 people.

In fact, the Qing army had already discovered that the opponent was about to cross the river.

But it didn't hit halfway.

Fukang'an was worried that the Taiping army would shrink back to Tongguan after finding it difficult to cross the river.

At that time, it will be difficult for the Qing Dynasty.

It is not only necessary to deploy a large army in Henan to block the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also to prevent the Ming Dynasty from going north.

Therefore, Fukang'an's plan is to wait for the opponent to pass a part of the troops before launching an attack.

Just beside the Jianhe River.

Give the opponent a head-on blow, win a game first.

The calculation is very shrewd.

Eredenbao also responded in a timely manner after seeing the opponent quickly form an infantry phalanx, and asked the rear to pull up the cannon.

However, he completely miscalculated the ferocity of the Taiping Army on the opposite side.

To know.

The more than 1000 Taiping troops who crossed the river first were all soldiers like Liu Laoba who had divided the manor.

They were originally the elite of the old battalion of the White Lotus Sect, and their skills of killing people had been tested in dozens of battles.

At the same time, their morale is extremely high now, and their fighting will is more than one level stronger than the green flag of the Qing army on the opposite side.

When Ran Tianyuan noticed that the Qing army on the opposite side had shrunk and was about to pull up the cannon from the rear to fight in a dignified formation.

He immediately gave the order to charge.

More than 1000 soldiers of the Taiping Army who had just finished crossing the river immediately held rattan cards and horizontal knives,

They lined up in a three-layer horizontal formation and pressed up against the Qing army's Green Banner infantry.

Eredenbao almost didn't react to this blow to kill the old master.

His green flag infantry only had time to fire a shot, and the formations on both sides collided.

Under this collision.

The gap in morale and fighting will between the two sides is fully reflected.

"Kill the demon!"

Accompanied by earth-shattering shouts.

A thousand soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven, wearing cloth-faced iron armor, holding rattan cards and horizontal knives, suddenly slammed into the infantry formation led by Eredenbao.

The battle formations of both sides became disorganized immediately.

The battle formations on both sides were twisted together.

The [-] Mongolian cavalry that made the periphery turn around and prepare to attack the flanks could only stare blankly.

The formation of the Green Banner Soldiers, who were scattered under one blow, almost collapsed in a short period of time.
(End of this chapter)