Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 264 Let’s See Our Tsarist Russia’s Courage
Maybe send [-] troops across thousands of miles.

For any European country, it is a major event that requires the support of the whole country.

But for the Ming Empire at this time.

The [-] army is just a partial division.

It does not allow Emperor Zhu to give too much priority to the war on the North Sea.

But today in the Zhengda Guangming Hall of the Old Summer Palace, Emperor Zhu gave priority to discussing the war against Tsarist Russia with his courtiers.

"Your Majesty, I think that if the Russians are smart, they won't seek a field battle with our army, but will choose to rely on the bastion and river port of Irkutsk to consume with me, and at the same time, they may send elite cavalry to harass me The military logistics line, and it is even likely to open up a new battlefield in Central Asia-here is closer to the core of Tsarist Russia."

Now the chief of staff is Wang Dayong, who previously led the troops below.

"The Russians dare not go out of the city to fight?"

Hearing this analysis, Zhu Daohua felt a little unreliable—Emperor Zhu's intuition was correct, because now the scouts on both sides of the front line had already started a small-scale confrontation, but due to the long distance, Zhu in the rear The emperor has not yet received the information that the other party has launched a massive attack.

"Your Majesty, according to our information, Tsarist Russia built Irkutsk as their most important stronghold in the east. Since more than 100 years ago, they have built large star castles in this area."

At this time, there is a model of Irkutsk Castle on the sand table.

A large star fortress is surrounded by a large number of small star fortresses. Various fortresses that are convenient for fire crossing will definitely make the attacker pay a great price.

Emperor Zhu nodded

It seems that it is indeed the case. If it is me, I will not give up defending the city and choose to go out of the city to fight.

"Can they support tens of thousands of people to fight in Irkutsk?"

Zhu Daohua frowned and said.

Wang Dayong said: "Your Majesty, they can rely on the Yenisei River for supplies."

Zhu Daohua nodded upon hearing this.

"It seems that this battle will be delayed for some time."

Zhu Daohua thought.

But you can definitely win.

Because the occupation of Irkutsk is a plan that has been formulated, the [-] troops in the early stage are just the vanguard, and Emperor Zhu has ordered the heavy artillery troops to start.

The outdated bastion of Tsarist Russia can't withstand the powerful heavy artillery bombardment now!

but
If the Russians are defeated this time, will it wake them up, and even the whole of Europe?

Zhu Daohua thought.

He looked at the situation in Irkutsk, and then ordered someone to open another sand table.

This is a huge map.

A huge area from Liaodong Peninsula to Sakhalin Island.

All carefully crafted to scale.

Detailed information such as rivers and mountains are marked.

It can be seen clearly at a glance.

"The Northeast Development Corporation has sent agronomy experts to investigate, and is also preparing to build a railway connecting Aihui, Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, and Dalian Port. In addition, the railway from Beidu to Shenyang and Haishengwei to Harbin also needs to be completed at the same time. planning."

Zhu Daohua pointed to the map of the northeast and said.

"In addition, Heilongjiang has a very good river transport function. It can establish a port in Miaotun, the mouth of the sea, and find suitable areas along the river for the establishment of river ports."

"In this way, the immigrants in the Northeast can be divided into three parts. One part is Liaodong, which advances inland along the Liao River, Songhua River and other rivers, with Shenyang, Changchun and Harbin as the center."

"The other road relies on the port of Vladivostok to expand to the Xingkai Lake generation, and in the future can advance along the railway to Harbin."

"The third road starts from Heilongjiang's estuary and relies on Heilongjiang's river transport!"

Following Zhu Daohua's words, all the important officials present looked at the map of the Northeast with some doubts on their faces.

This matter of immigrant expansion is handed over to a company to take the lead.

Although the Ming court and the emperor took the majority of the shares in this company, it still made these ministers who were born as scholar-bureaucrats a little uneasy.

If the Northeast Development Corporation grows bigger, wouldn't it become the "shadow government" of the Northeast.

Where is the Ming court located?

Zhu Daohua also understood the concerns of the Ming courtiers present.

He said with a smile: "The Northeast has not been developed yet, so there is no need to worry about it. Anyway, we are crossing the river by feeling the stones, and if the Northeast model can be achieved, it can be used elsewhere in the future!"

"How is the recruitment of immigrants in the Central Plains today?"

Zhu Daohua looked at Gu Song, the left minister of the cabinet who was in charge of this matter.

Gu Song hurriedly said: "The recruitment of immigrants from all over the Central Plains is going very smoothly. The first phase of [-] households has been recruited. All the strong men are receiving musket training in Dengzhou, waiting to board the ship, and the distribution of households has also been carried out."

Zhu Daohua nodded. Fifty thousand households means 25 people.

Fortunately, there are already old military bases near Liaodong and Vladivostok, and they are also familiar places that the Ming court can firmly control.

The only thing that needs attention is the situation at the mouth of Heilongjiang.

There are some indigenous tribes controlled by Tsarist Russia active there.

According to the plan.

From the first batch of [-] households, [-] households will be allocated to Heilongjiang Estuary, where the Ming Army will station a brigade.

After the first batch of 20 households arrived and gained a firm foothold, the second batch of [-] households will arrive in batches in the spring of next year!
The immigration of 50 households will be transported within three years.

If this is handed over to the Ming court, I don't know how much it will cost.

But now this matter is handed over to the Northeast Development Corporation. The resettlement is a contract signed with the Northeast Development Corporation. How to build fortresses, how to open up wasteland, how to establish management, health care and other systems are all in accordance with the previous Summarized from the experience and lessons learned from the reclamation in Lanfang, Liaodong, and Vladivostok.

With 150 households as a village, the management committee is elected through elections. In the early stage, collective labor is used to open up wasteland, and in the later stage, labor is carried out as a family unit. The pioneering head office also needs to provide medical services at prices below the market, including selling medicines and building hospitals.

Among them, what the Ming court can do is to establish an education system.

In this way, collective farms can be established in various parts of the Northeast according to almost the same process.

Occupy all the land that can be developed into arable land as quickly as possible.

The total population of 500 million is enough for the Northeast to form a positive economic cycle.

Three years of work.

The benefits are in the future.

For Emperor Zhu.

The importance of the battle in Irkutsk is indeed less important than the development of the Northeast.

This battle is too important for the Russian Empire
Mikhail Kutuzov, who went south with the army, thought.

But now Mikhail's face is very dignified and full of worry.

Because in this army going south.

The thought of underestimating the enemy is hardly concealed.

The regular troops of the Russian Empire mobilized from Moscow were full of inexplicable confidence in this battle with the Chinese.

This made Mikhail even more worried about the prospect of this battle.

He posed the question countless times to Crown Prince Paul and Commander-General Repnin.

But they were all ignored - he was just a defeated general, and he was also deprived of military command and his position as governor of Eastern Siberia.

Therefore, the words of Mikhail now have no influence on this army at all.

Mikhail, who was riding on the horse, couldn't help showing despair on his face.

he knows.

It is very likely that I will witness an unprecedented failure of the Russian Empire.

"His Royal Highness, our opponent is not the regular army of the Ming army, but the remnants of the Qing Empire, their defeated general, and the number is not large, only 2." Victory on the battlefield.

The Ottoman Janissaries were very elite, but they were defeated several times by the Russian Empire's army.

And in Moscow at this time.

In the eyes of many Moscow nobles.

The Chinese Empire is similar to the Ottoman Empire, a typical oriental feudal classical empire.

They may have a large population, and the scope of their rule is quite broad.

But in terms of military capabilities, it is not as powerful as Western countries.

This is especially true in terms of military mobilization capabilities and army organization capabilities-the Ottomans can buy a lot of advanced equipment, but hasn't the Russian Empire taken away the land along the fertile Black Sea on the southern battlefield.

Maybe Daming is better than Osman.

But what they encountered now was not the regular army of the Ming Empire.

It's just a remnant of the former Qing Empire that was incorporated.

If you don't even dare to take the initiative to attack such an army.

At that time, facing the regular army of the Ming Empire, wouldn't the Russian Empire want to directly hand over the eastern territory to the Chinese?

"Is there no regular army from the Ming Empire?"

Crown Prince Paul frowned.

"According to intelligence, the Grand Marshal's Mansion of the Ming Dynasty only sent a staff group to command this army. The opponent we are facing is the army of the former Qing Empire. They are the defeated generals of the Ming army—and according to intelligence, they and The Ming army was almost overwhelmingly defeated in the war, without any ability to fight back!"

Admiral Repnin pouted and said.

These days, he was a little annoyed by Mikhail's failure remarks.

So Mikhail was sent to the logistics unit.

But now he is not too daring to underestimate the Ming army.

"Maybe the Ming army is really a little bit stronger than us. But what reason do we have to be afraid of the Qing army that was defeated by them?"

"If we are afraid of even the army of the former Qing Empire, which was vulnerable to the Ming army, how can the Russian Empire be a neighbor of the Ming Empire?"

General Repnin said.

"That's right, we must show the courage and combat effectiveness of the Russians on the battlefield!"

Crown Prince Paul of the Russian Empire took a deep breath and said.

(End of this chapter)