Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 222 Let's attack in another direction
Just when the main force of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated by the guards regiment led by Emperor Zhu himself.

In Boye County, Baoding Prefecture.

The 17 troops of the Eight Banners led by Qianlong were stationed here at this time.

There is not much left of the grand ambitions of going south from the capital.

Originally, the Qing court was full of ambitions, thinking that with a large number of cavalry, this battle would not be lost even if it could not be won.

A tie with Zhao Si's Northern Expedition Corps can always be achieved.

The reality is brutal.

After the two sides conducted a small-scale trial on the battlefield south of Zhengding Mansion.

The Northern Expedition of the Ming Army began to take the initiative to launch an attack.

Under the gaze of the hot air balloons of the Ming army, the cavalry advantage of the Qing army could not be displayed at all.

Their massing is easily observed by the eyes of heaven.

The terrible thing is that during this period of time, the weather in North China is so good that the visibility is very high.

When the Qing army gathered in the wild, it couldn't withstand the artillery and rocket bombardment of the Ming army, and when it got out of the way, it was easy to be targeted by the mule soldiers of the Ming army.

Especially when the Northern Expedition Corps of the Ming Army launched an attack on its own initiative, the defense lines of the Qing Army were broken through one after another. As a last resort, Qianlong could only lead the Qing army back all the way.

Withdrew from Zhengding Mansion to Baoding Mansion.

If we withdraw again, we will return to the capital.
Just now.

Inevitably, the news from the battlefield shocked the Qing army from top to bottom, from Qianlong to the generals leading the troops, everyone was shocked.

too frightening.

An army of less than 10,000 troops actually defeated the [-]+ army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom head-on in the dignified battle.

The Qing army has experienced how powerful the old battalion soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are.

Even if Qianlong formed the Great Eight Banners, he incorporated the Baoyi Army in the capital, the remaining elite of the Green Battalion, and the Mongols outside the pass into the Eight Banners, at least doubling the strength of the Eight Banners.

The Eight Banners' system of military-political integration and military-civilian integration is actually very convenient to organize a community of interests, turning some people into their own people, which is conducive to rule and war.

But even so.

Facing such a terrifying Ming army, the Qing army did not have much confidence.

Coupled with the fight against the Ming army's Northern Expedition Corps, the Qing army was a little bit afraid to continue fighting the Ming army. The complacency at the beginning of the formation of the Great Eight Banners has been exhausted.

Especially those Mongolian cavalry who were full of self-confidence and fighting spirit, are now a lot weaker.

On the one hand, of course, no benefit was gained from entering the customs and fighting this time.

There was no siege, and no spoils were obtained.

On the other hand, it was because the Mongols discovered that they seemed to be unable to keep up with the Han in cavalry.

When entering the customs.

The Zasaks of Monan and Mobei Mongolia are promoting the glory of their ancestors to the Mongolian herdsmen.

After hundreds of years.

The Mongols set foot on the land of the Central Plains again! !
At this moment, just as at that moment.

But with the continuous confrontation between the two Qingqi.

The Mongolian cavalry equipped with scimitars, bows and arrows was no match for the Ming army's dragoon cavalry.

Their scimitars and bows are useless at all.

under these circumstances.

The great emperor (Qianlong) transformed some of the Mongols into dragoons like the Ming army, who were equipped with muskets, mounted on horses and maneuvered to fight, and dismounted like infantry holding muskets to fight in formation.

This situation made the morale of the Mongolian soldiers unprecedentedly low.

Mongols should use scimitars and bows to win.

What's the matter with fighting with muskets now?

However, if Qianlong didn't have so many muskets, he was even going to turn all the Mongolian soldiers into dragoons
The previous battle of Qingqi between the two sides showed that.

The Mongols who rely on scimitars and bows are basically in a state of being tortured.

On the contrary, the Mongols, who were also equipped with muskets, were able to deal with the dragoons of the Ming army on the battlefield—after all, their riding skills were much better than those of the Han.

This more or less restored the confidence of the Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners—it wasn’t that we couldn’t do it, it was that the Han people were playing tricks, fighting well, how could we use muskets in matters between warriors.

How insidious and cunning.

Buddha must not bless them.

The former Boye County Government has now become Qianlong's Chinese army camp.

After the Qing army entered Boye, the local people were in bad luck.

The Eight Banners soldiers ran amok in the city, looting property and raping women.

And also to arrest people.

Capture young men and women—this is preparation for escape.

Historically, the main purpose of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji's repeated entry and plunder was to plunder people and property.

Because they were all ready to leave, Qianlong also broke the jar, even if this is Zhili Province, at the feet of the emperor.

It stands to reason that they are the most loyal people in the Qing Dynasty.

But he still couldn't care less about it.

If those Mongols are not allowed to vent their anger, he really has nothing else to reward and motivate them to fight.

In the hall of Boye County Government.

Qianlong, Fukang'an, Mingliang, Helin, Eredengbao and others gathered together, except for a few generals.

Even Heshen, Wang Jie, Liu Yong and other civil servants and senior officials also came.

It looks like he moved all his Qing court here.

"Your Majesty, the Taiping Taiguo was defeated, and the puppet emperor of the Ming Dynasty has led his troops to the north, and publicly played the banner of "recovering the Central Plains". The purpose is very obvious, and every time they occupy a place, they hold a local examination , county examinations, using local scholars and recruits as officials, posing a posture of completely consolidating a place by occupying one place."

Liang Liang looked at the people in the seats and reported the latest situation.

"Now the Ming army has a total of four armies coming towards the capital. The first is the Liaodong Army Corps on the North Route, the Northern Expedition Corps of the Ming Army on the direction where Shandong and Zhili are handed over by the East Route Army, and the 10,000 side divisions under Luo Dingshan's command on the West Route Army. And the middle road is the guard regiment led by Emperor Niming who just defeated the [-]+ army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

"The direction of the four-way army is very clear, they are coming for our army and the capital behind!"

Following Fukang'an's words fell.

The faces of the generals of the Qing army present changed slightly, and everyone's faces were quite solemn.

The four-way army, a regiment of guards defeated the 10,000+ elites of the Taiping and Taiguo.

Now the four armies come together.

Can the Qing Dynasty stand it?
Everyone looked at Qianlong who was sitting in a high position.

Qianlong's complexion was much better than before.

Qianlong in history still had a good life for several years.

Although he was hit repeatedly in this time and space, Qianlong looked very strong, he was not knocked down, and he had the energy to fight repeatedly.

Qianlong looked at Fukang'an who had just rushed over from the capital.

The Zhili and Shandong provincial regiments led by Fukang'an were not very effective in training troops, so about 70 million people and a large amount of food entered the capital in Zhengding Mansion, Baoding Mansion, and Xuanhua Mansion.

After arriving in the capital, the regiment training soldiers were scattered and organized into the Eight Banners, and after they were controlled, they came to the front of the army to obey orders from Qianlong.

Fukang'an saw Qianlong's eyes and looked over.

He also hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, when the five armies of the former Ming Dynasty invaded Liao, my emperor Taizu "don't care how many times he came, just go all the way", defeated the Ming army, and this battle became the key between my Qing Dynasty and the former Ming Dynasty. turning point."

Qianlong frowned slightly when he heard the words.

"Could it be that our army has to concentrate its forces and only focus on the Ming army all the way to fight?"

Qianlong said.

Which way can you fight?
It seems that the road on the Luoding Mountain side is the weakest.

But this road is partial, and it is not far from Zhu Daohua's guards, so they can echo each other at any time.

not to mention.

What's the point of defeating the Ming army along the way?
The Ming army will still advance in three directions and encircle the capital.

"Your Majesty, I said just go all the way, no. Just fight all the way."

Oh, don't fight?

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

But if you don't call, where will you go?
"Just go all the way? Where?"

Fukang'an looked at Qianlong.

He knew the Emperor Qianlong's thoughts too well.

Liu Zhixie of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated so strongly.

Emperor Qianlong was also afraid.

That's why he retreated all the way to Boye.

But the Emperor Qianlong was concerned about face, and his 10,000+ army went south, and he ran away for every inch of merit.

This hurt morale and Qianlong's prestige too much.

So he will not take the initiative to withdraw.

"We're just going to attack north!"

Fukang'an said.

Attack north?

What is there to attack in the north? The Ming army is in the south.

The Liaodong Army is in the north, but it won't be within reach for a while.

And there is a capital city in the middle
"Okay! Then attack north, I want to mobilize the army against the Ming, and look for opportunities to defeat the enemy!"

I finally want to escape. No, I am attacking north and northwest.

The generals of the Qing army present also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Long live God is wise!"

Everyone shouted.

Qianlong stroked his beard, but he sighed in his heart.

"I admit defeat. I'm going to withdraw from the Central Plains. In this way, Zhu Daohua, you should let my 200 million Eight Banners go, right?"

(End of this chapter)