Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 178 Nanyang Naval Battle, Liaobei Land Battle.

Whoosh!
An arrow shot.

A carrier pigeon piercing through the air.

in this era.

The carrier pigeon is the fastest means of long-distance communication.

A carrier pigeon can send messages across thousands of kilometers.

Of course.

The security and stability of this means of communication is difficult to guarantee.

After all, during the flight of thousands of kilometers.

Hunters and birds of prey are threats to homing pigeons.

But this is not impossible to solve.

That is to release more pigeons.

Carrier pigeons landed from the sky.

A lean man rushed up quickly, grabbed the pigeon in his hand, and took out the letterhead carried by the carrier pigeon.

"Sure enough, it's for the British!"

"What's the message?"

"The Ming Expeditionary Force boarded the ship, and the 36 warships of the Indian Ocean Fleet came out in full force."

"Did you find the tortoise?"

"Not on the letterhead! Do you need to destroy this den?"

"Keep it more useful!"

After a short conversation between the two members of Jin Yiwei, their figures disappeared into the night.

at the same time.

On the vast ocean more than two hundred miles away from the Strait of Malacca.

Twelve Wei-class ironclad ships sailed quietly under the traction of twelve three-masted Dafu ships.

Twelve Wei-class ironclad ships set out from a secret port.

Code Name: Turtle!
India.

Calcutta.

The warm sunshine shines on the ruling center of British India,

The Hooghly River, a tributary of the Ganges, the mother river of Indian civilization, runs through the city.

Benefit from the warm and humid climate in South Asia.

The Hooghly River has a large runoff and a well-developed shipping system.

On both sides of the sparkling river, there are various handicraft factories everywhere.

The Ganges River Basin gave birth to a developed agricultural civilization.

This is the birthplace of the four original ancient civilizations of mankind, but now it has become a field of aggression visited by the great powers in turn.

What the real appearance of ancient Indian civilization should be, no one knows now.

The natives who created this splendid ancient civilization, most of the Dravidians in India belong to the lower castes, even "untouchables".

And later rulers.

Including the Aryans, Persians, Turks, and Mongols, they are all rulers of high castes in India today.

So sometimes you can even tell the caste level from the skin color - in India, the darker the skin, the higher the probability of being a lower caste, conversely, the lighter the skin color, the more likely it is a high caste .

The British at the Governor's Palace in Calcutta at this time.

According to India's white and black standards.

Should also belong to the high caste, right?

It's just that the colonists who come to India now are different from the invaders who invaded India in history.

They do not seek to rule India directly, to be the lords of the Indian people.

It's for money.

They did not send any officials, but used Indian compradors to rule as much as possible.

At this time in the Governor's Palace in Calcutta.

The new Governor of India, Richard Wellesley, who had just assumed office, received a piece of news that shocked the British people in India, including him, to the point where cold sweat broke out on their backs.

The Ming Empire sent an army of 7 people, ready to land in India!
The first batch of 170 troops, aboard more than [-] galleons, and under the escort of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Ming Empire, headed straight for India!

The friction between the two sides caused by the cotton cloth market has now rapidly expanded to a full-scale confrontation between the two sides in the South Asian subcontinent.

Even when coming to India.

Both Prime Minister William Pitt Jr. and the cabinet have envisioned such a scenario.

But when the Ming Empire really decided to occupy India by force.

Richard Wellesley also seemed a little flustered.

Confront such a great empire in the South Asian subcontinent.

Britain has no advantage at all.

This is especially true if the Chinese are given a solid foothold in the South Asian subcontinent.

It's not just a comparison of national strength - it's distance.

Europe is too far away.

And Daming is too close.

"We need to be ready to fight the Chinese on land!"

Arthur Wellesley, commander of the 73rd Mountain Division, said.

By this time.

The younger brother of the Indian governor, who was regarded as an aristocratic dude, seemed calmer.

"We now have two divisions of 8000 troops. This is an unprecedented garrison force in India. In addition, we can call up [-] Gurkha cavalry, [-] Punjabi cavalry, [-] Sikh cavalry, and [-] Bengali cavalry. There are light cavalry, [-] Bangladeshi infantry, and a total force of more than [-]. In addition, we can recruit Indian mercenaries to join the war! On land, we don’t need to fear the Chinese at all.”

Arthur Wellesley said.

"Why do we have to fight on land?" Nelson shook his head and said, "Such a large fleet expedition, just wipe them out at sea!"

"Are you sure?" Richard asked.

"If the Chinese Indian Ocean fleet only has 36 main bombardment gunships, then we are absolutely sure to defeat them!"

Vice Admiral Nelson said confidently.

"The Chinese have already dispatched, and our warships should also leave port!"

Nelson stood up.

"This is a new era of ocean warfare, and the victory of this war will once again establish the British Empire's ocean hegemony in the world!"

"If we win, the Emperor Ming must accept the treaty we want them to sign."

"What if we lose?" Arthur Wellesley asked.

Nelson glanced at Arthur Wellesley and frowned.

In the Indian Ocean, when two huge fleets were heading towards each other.

at the same time.

In the early morning, it was just dawn.

An army of thousands of men rolled to the north.

This is the marching column of the Third Army of the Liaodong Theater of the Ming Army.

The goal is Haicheng, which is located on the banks of the Shahe River.

Haicheng is just to the south of Liaoyang. Once Haicheng is reached, the Ming army will be able to reach Liaoyang, an important city in the Qing Dynasty's Shengjing. Once Liaoyang is approached, Fengtian City will be on the lips of the Ming army.

at this time.

A ride to the south.

The knight on horseback is very young.

About seventeen or eighteen years old.

But he already carried the rank of captain on his shoulders.

He rode all the way south.

The infantry along the way lined up on both sides of the road, and in the middle were artillery drawn by draw horses, and mounted infantry who got off their horses and walked forward leading their horses.

One army, three brigades, 5000 people.

There are various arms such as infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and heavy soldiers.

This army is newly formed.

An army brigade from Panhai in the south was incorporated, and the garrison of the Liaodong Tunken Division was organized into a brigade, and another brigade was also drawn from the Liaodong Army Tunnel.

Before Da Mingzi's fleet arrived at Lushunkou, the order and an army brigade that arrived earlier had already arrived in Gaizhou City.

Peng Jun, the chief of the Liaodong Land and Reclamation Department, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the third front army.

Peng Jun was originally a civil servant, but after he was transferred to be the general manager of the Liaodong Land Reclamation Department, he had to manage the land reclamation and the military.

Now he has also been transferred to a military position and given the rank of a major general. Now he is leading the soldiers to Haicheng, and he wants to put on a posture of marching into Liaoyang, forcing the Qing Dynasty general Lin Ning of Shengjing not to dare to act rashly.

Create a safer environment for the army to land.

Peng Zhuangyuan in history is now riding on a Mongolian horse.

Hang Chi Hang Chi action together with the army.

From a talented scholar to a warrior.

Peng Jun didn't have any complaints.

Because this Liaodong Tunken Division is a place that can really do things.

And he was transferred from a civilian officer to the military.

Yun Wen Yun Wu.

Wait until the battle in Liaodong is over.

Regardless of qualifications or ability, the chief official of the land of Liaodong and Liaobei should also be his own.

In a land as large as Liaodong and Liaobei, the population is small and the land is fertile.

It is certainly impossible to divide it as thinly as Handi.

An official must be arranged to take charge of the immigration and reclamation. At the same time, he must have certain military capabilities to fight against the remnants of Tsarist Russia and the Qing Dynasty.

If you consider it comprehensively.

It is only suitable for you.

Maybe wait until the battle is over.

I am the governor of Daming and Liao.

Be the governor of Liaodi for a few years.

The future of going straight to the center to become a prime minister is just around the corner.

There is no rule in Ming Dynasty that a military officer cannot be a prime minister.

Moreover, my military position is only nominal, for the convenience of commanding the third front army.

In essence, he is still a civil servant.

In addition, Peng Jun is from Hunan—he knows very well that no matter how much the emperor of tomorrow trusts the Cantonese Party, he is also the emperor, and he has a mind to strike a balance.

Now the left and right prime ministers of Ming Dynasty are all Cantonese party members.

This is because officials from other provinces have not yet qualified enough to stand up.

And now it seems.

The emperor had a plan to support the Hunan Party into the central government.

So in the past two years, both Peng Jun and Ouyang Hou can be said to have made great progress.

Now Ouyang Houjun has gone to Borneo to serve as the governor of Lanfang, and is steadily advancing the process of occupying Borneo.

And I came to Liaodong.

compared to Borneo.

Liaodong is a good place to make contributions!
The first prime minister of the Hunan Party is none other than himself!

"Report! We found the earthen fortress of the Qing Dynasty. There are more than [-] people stationed there. It seems to be a mixed garrison of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Han Army of the Eight Banners!"

The young captain who came on horseback said loudly.

"Order, the army rests where it is, and the 33rd Brigade pulls out this bunker!"

Peng Jun ordered.

Step by step, all the way to the north.

As long as nothing goes wrong.

Even if the Shengjing General's Mansion sent all the soldiers of the Eight Banners, it would not be able to do anything to the third front army under his command.

This Liao land is too open.

Starting from Gaizhou, we walked hundreds of miles.

It turned out to be deserted.

Such a good site is so deserted, and the biggest benefit for Qing Da is to use the slaughtered people to hunt some furs, dig some wild ginseng and the like.

What a crime.

"Follow the order!"

The captain hastily raised his hand in salute.

rode away.

Looking at the back of the young captain.

Chen Jianhui, commander of the 11th Brigade of the Army who was beside Peng Jun, smiled and said, "How?"

"That's right, orders and prohibitions, don't be arrogant or impetuous."

Peng Jun nodded and said.

"This is the future Duke of Lan. Someone from above has explained, try not to let him go to dangerous areas."

Peng Jun nodded.

The young captain is the heir of Luo Fangbo, Lord of the Lan Kingdom. Since Luo Fangbo has no heirs, he can only find a son of the Luo family who is the closest in blood from the Luo family in Jiaying Prefecture to be his heir to inherit the title of Duke of Lan. - Otherwise, wouldn't it be a joke if the priests of Lord Lan Guo, who was retired from Ming Dynasty and the country, were cut off?
In the eyes of others, Luo Jinyue, the little prince of Lan Guogong who has accumulated virtues for many lifetimes and has reached the peak of luck, was awarded the rank of captain after graduating with honors from the Daming Army Academy, and now he volunteers again To be transferred to the most dangerous Liaodong battlefield to fight.

In the eyes of many people, this probably means that the brain is trapped by the door.

Don't be a good little father-in-law, come to be a leader
(End of this chapter)