Kowloon wins

Chapter 1155 Great Victory at Lake Balkhash

After a night of turmoil, all the cliques of the fourth master, father and son were captured, and the traitorous police chief, He Da, was also captured on the spot at the palace dinner. Early the next morning, Hong Qing led a group of officials to the Temple of Heaven to worship heaven. At the grand ceremony, the fourth master and his party's rebellion were announced to the world, and the titles of father and son were abolished. Among them, the fourth master was sent to Jingling to accompany the fourteenth master to guard the spirit of Emperor Kangxi, and Hongli was kept in captivity. In Shengjing, the rest of the small family will be confined to the capital, and all traitors will be imprisoned. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Hai Tao, and Zuodu Yushi Tao Yi will be the chief and deputy presiding judges. The time limit is one month, and all the traitors will be strictly interrogated. , So far, the Siye Group, which has spanned the ruling and opposition parties for decades, has been completely destroyed.

On January [-]th of the fourth year of Renhe, Xiao Zhenshan sent a good report from Shuozhou, Shanxi, stating that all the White Lotus Sect who had raised the flag to rebel had been wiped out, and all the bandit chieftains Du Yunshan and Li Zhuo had been arrested; A telegram was sent from Kaifeng, saying that the chaos of the White Lotus Sect was over, but the thief chieftain Lu Dingsheng was missing. The emperor did not go into the matter, but issued an order to behead all the captured White Lotus Sect bandits and abandon the market, and reiterated that The resurgence of the White Lotus Sect is strictly prohibited in various places. As a result, the whole country once again set off a crackdown on the White Lotus Sect, and many hidden remnants of the White Lotus Sect were arrested. After this vigorous rectification, the White Lotus Sect that has been active in China for nearly a thousand years has finally become a historical term. Since then, there has been no revival.

On January 29th of the fourth year of Renhe, Haitao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and Tao Yi, the censor of Zuodu, jointly signed the book, stating that the case of Siye's treason had been concluded and that many of the traitorous party members had pleaded guilty, and the preliminary trial results were attached Among them, 17 people were sentenced to hang, seven out of twenty were sentenced to Dapi, hundreds of people were sentenced to exile, and nearly a thousand people were sentenced to various prison terms. After first-class treatment, the matter will be concluded.

As soon as the first month is over, spring returns to the land. With the collapse of the Si Ye Group, the domestic situation has stabilized, and everywhere is thriving. However, the battle clouds in Western Xinjiang are densely covered again—after a winter's rest, they have regained their strength. The Russian army assisted by Western countries not only added a large number of new weapons, but also added nearly 40 new troops. At this time, the total strength of the Russian army confronting the Qing army on the line from Lake Balkhash to Lake Saserkol has reached 21. There were tens of thousands of troops, but the Qing army, which had not increased its troops, was still [-]. There was already a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides. The Russian army was ready to move again, and sent small groups of troops several times to test the Qing army's defenses, seeming to have the intention of launching an attack first.

On the third day of February in the fourth year of Renhe, Yue Zhongqi sent an urgent telegram, reporting the specific battle plan to the emperor. You can decide for yourself."

After receiving Hongqing's call back, Yue Zhongqi immediately held a front-line military meeting and announced that the "Thunder Project" had officially started. The infantry division is in the lead, and the troops are divided into two groups, attacking in turn, making a breakthrough at one point, and sweeping the tactics on both sides, in order to penetrate the enemy's three lines of defense in the shortest time, and force the enemy to start a frontal decisive battle with us in Aktoka, so as to serve the enemy. The Southern Frontier Guard Li Minxing's unit, which secretly attacked from Congling, created the best fighter plane to raid the enemy's flank.

Coincidentally, with a large number of supplements, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Grand Duke Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov, was ambitious and also formulated a surprise combat plan, code-named "Operation Thor's Hammer". At 14 a.m. on the fifth day of February, four infantry corps and two Cossack cavalry corps, with a total strength of [-], were deployed to launch point-to-point uninterrupted attacks on the Qing army's defense line in order to break through the Qing army's defense line in one fell swoop, thus creating a huge opening for the main force. Relying on the superior force to defeat the fighter planes of the Qing army cluster in one fell swoop.

The commander-in-chiefs of China and Russia almost thought of going together. Not only the time of attack was exactly the same, but also the choice of breakthrough point was almost completely overlapped. As for the troops invested, the powerful Russian army was obviously more than doubled. Of course, in terms of equipment, even after the repairs, the Russian army is still a bit behind the boss of the Qing army. Not to mention that the gap in artillery cannot be shortened in a short time, even the gap in individual weapons is also very small. It still exists - a year has passed, since they figured out the power of the Qing army's machine guns and grenades, Western countries have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in research and development, and have also produced the first generation of machine guns and grenades, but In terms of power, it is far inferior to the standard weapons used by the Qing army. There is no other. Western countries have not yet developed yellow explosives and smokeless gunpowder. All kinds of weapons are still filled with black gunpowder, which is inherently insufficient. Therefore, in terms of the overall situation, although the Russian army has a large number of people, it does not actually have the upper hand in terms of attack power.

On the fifth day of the fifth day of February in the fourth year of Renhe, the attacking troops of the Chinese and Russian armies left the defense line almost at the same time. The casualties were heavy, and both soldiers and horses were forced to retreat to their own defense lines. The Qing army naturally refused to give up, and chased after them, killing the Russian army in a panic. The main force of the Qing army seized the opportunity to sweep away the enemies on the first two lines of defense of the Russian army, without giving the Russian army a chance to shrink its forces, and wiped out more than [-] enemies in one battle.

After night fell, the Qing army suspended its offensive, and the Russian army took the opportunity to adjust their deployment and sent heavy troops to guard the two highlands leading to Akdouka—the [-]th highland and the [-]th highland, in an attempt to contain the Qing army's attack. The next day, the Qing army adjusted their deployment and stormed the two highlands with all their strength. They fought fiercely for a long time, but they were not defeated. The casualties of soldiers on both sides were not small. .

On the eighth day of February in the fourth year of Renhe, after three days of adjustments, the Qing army changed its tactics. It only guarded and did not attack the [-] highlands. It concentrated the main firepower and troops of the whole army on the front of the [-] highlands, and concentrated bombardment with heavy artillery and mortars. The key fortifications of the Russian army were cleared at fixed points. Although the Russian army also concentrated a large number of artillery troops in an attempt to start an artillery battle with the Qing army, it was a pity that the artillery was not powerful enough, and the number was far less than half that of the Qing army. After a fierce battle for a long time, more than half of them were lost. , had to withdraw from the battlefield sadly. So far, the advantage of firepower projection on the battlefield has completely transferred to the hands of the Qing army.

On the tenth day of February in the fourth year of Renhe, the Qing army bombarded the Russian military fortifications for three consecutive days, destroying all the ground fortifications. A division of the Qing army took advantage of the situation under the cover of artillery fire and launched a strong attack. The disadvantaged position, but refused to give up this strategically important place, and continued to fill in the troops on the [-] highland. In one day, the highland changed hands several times. Not only that, the Russian army also launched from the direction of the [-] highland. Although they were repelled by the Qing army, they effectively contained the Qing army's strength. The two sides fought bloody battles all day long, and the [-] Highlands were still in the hands of the Russian army, but the Russian army suffered significant battle damage. It was much higher than the Qing army-the Qing army suffered more than [-] casualties, while the Russian army lost more than [-] people.

Successive attacks on the two highlands failed, and the Qing army's offensive had to slow down a little. Although the small-scale shelling and offensives never stopped, there was no such high-intensity attack as on the tenth day of February. In view of this trend of stabilization, the Russian army took the opportunity to adjust the deployment of troops, and again transferred a large amount of munitions from the rear, preparing to launch a counterattack, in order to drive the Qing army back.

On February 12th of the fourth year of Renhe, the supplemented Russian army brazenly launched a counterattack, investing [-] troops at one time, trying to break through the defense line of the Qing army in one fell swoop, but unfortunately encountered the plot of a landmine array set up by the Qing army early After being bombarded by the artillery of the Qing army, within two hours of the war, the Russian army was defeated and returned. The Qing army took advantage of the situation to launch another strong attack on the [-] and [-] highlands. The troops of four divisions were invested at one time, and they took turns to attack, day and night, and the irrevocable Russian army defended desperately.

In the early morning of February [-]th in the fourth year of Renhe, when the main force of the Russian army was attracted by the fierce battle between the two highlands, the [-] troops of Li Minxing's border guards who attacked from the direction of Congling bypassed the narrow and long Balkhash. The lake suddenly appeared on the left flank of the Russian army. Without waiting for the Russian army to adjust its deployment, Li Minxing's troops launched a desperate charge, with [-] cavalry all-out charge, the infantry swept behind, and beat the Russian army. The army was caught off guard. At the same time, the main force of the Qing army in the frontal battle also launched a strong attack again. They took down the [-] highland in one fell swoop and opened the way to attack Akdouka. The commander of the Qing cavalry group and Lieutenant General Rong took advantage of the situation. Leading the main force of the cavalry to attack quickly, and echoing with Li Minxing's troops, completely overwhelmed the defense system of the Russian army. At the end of the war, the Russian army was defeated, and Grand Duke Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov led the remaining troops More than [-] people fled westward frantically, and the Qing army chased after them, annihilating the rearguard troops of the Russian army one after another.

On March [-]th in the fourth year of Renhe, the remnants of the Russian army escaped back to the Volga River Basin by chance. So far, less than [-] of the more than [-] Russian troops who went out to the expedition were lucky enough to return home. The rest either died in battle or were captured by the Qing army. A large-scale battle between China and Russia ended with the complete victory of the Qing army.

On March [-]th in the fourth year of Renhe, the Qing army’s pursuit troops left more than [-] troops stationed in the Turghut Khanate, and the rest of the ministries began to move northward to join the Third Army that attacked from the Central Siberian Plateau, attacking with an absolute superiority. In Ufa Fort, General Leo Tolsky, the Russian defender, saw that the Qing army was too strong to stop, so he did not dare to defend the city. He ordered the entire army to withdraw across the Ural Mountains, and burned Ufa Fort to the ground before leaving. After reaching the flat ground, the Qing army did not pursue it any further, but stopped at Ufa Fort, drove tens of thousands of Russian prisoners of war, rebuilt Ufa Fort, and turned it into a frontier defense center for the Qing Dynasty.

On the ninth day of April in the fourth year of Renhe, the Russian Empire, unable to fight any more, feared that the Qing army would take advantage of the victory and enter its European part, so it had to dispatch a peace mission. Emperor Renhe ordered Yue Zhongqi to be the chief negotiator to start negotiations with the Russian side. Arguing, the two sides reached an agreement on the first day of May, at the cost of the Russian Empire ceding the whole of Siberia and compensating the Qing army for 1000 million taels of silver, and reached a peaceful consensus, known in history as the "Sino-Russian Treaty of Ufaburg". So far, the war in the northwest of the Qing Dynasty has been completed Finish……

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