Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 750
Zhenjiang, Jurong, Dantu, Jiangyin, and the Yangtze River stretch for hundreds of miles, and there are six river crossing points. The Ming army, which has been resting for several years, once again rolled forward and rushed to the battlefield.

The 20 Ming troops gathered in the Yingtian Military Region served as the main force of this Northern Expedition. They had not fought for a few years. Instead of losing their fighting spirit with the peace, these legions and Beifu divisions became mediocre and went to the battlefield again. On the contrary, it made them shine with astonishing coldness like swords that had just been unsheathed.

In the past dynasties, the birds are exhausted, and the good bows are hidden.The swords and guns were put into Kuma and sent to Nanshan, for fear that the common people would rebel against them, but now the emperor has no power, and the ruling Congress desperately needs armed forces to defend its hard-won regime. It has experienced two major wars and three years of professionalism After training, the Ming Army, this invincible iron army that once fought against invincible opponents in East Asia, has once again radiated new life.

The enemy is on the opposite side of the river, and the war is just around the corner. One division after another, the soldiers of the division lined up on the battleship with bayonets and rifles and grenades in their waists. Nu also knows that launching an attack on Dengzhou will inevitably cause a rebound from Ming Dynasty. The Jiannu Yangzhou camp on the opposite side has already been on alert. The soldiers of more than 60 divisions are the great divisions that are rising with great fanfare. Let me join you Jiannu A head-to-head battle!
For the Ming Empire, the Northern Expedition this time has even surpassed Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition. That time it was to fight for the world, but this time it is to regain the ancestral land that haunts the soul, regain the ancestral temple, the community, and solve the almost extinction The slaves of the Chinese legal system, on the riverside, whether they are the northerners who fled south, or the aborigines born and raised in the south of the Yangtze River, regardless of whether they are military members or not, countless people gathered by the riverside, waving their hands and shouting goodbye.

"For Daming, come back alive!"

"Hit the Tartars, beat the Tartars hard!"

"Fathers and folks, don't worry, son, I will fight bravely and drive those barbarians out of our land!"

Amidst the enthusiastic farewell, a soldier in the boarding team suddenly couldn't hold back his emotions and rushed out of the queue, kowtowed three times to the old father with white hair and tears outside the fence, and He made a solemn promise to the folks who were seeing him off, and then he resolutely returned to the team without looking back, shedding tears of men.

This scene, in the noisy port, did not know how many scenes appeared.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the ferry in the south of the Yangtze River hadn't finished crossing, and the roar of the cannons in the north of the Yangtze River had already sounded. It was the Yangtze River Navy who took the lead in bombarding the Qing army along the coast of Yangzhou. The roar of the cannons once again made people's hearts excited with courage.

Zhenjiang, Wangjiang Tower.

At this time, Xiaobao was also wearing black sunglasses. He looked like a Zhongnanhai bodyguard. He was standing on the balcony with two revolvers on his shoulders, surrounded by cabinet soldiers. Presiding over state affairs, Song Qingshu, who sits in the command headquarters of the Central Government Office, held a binoculars and watched his huge warship disappear in the middle of the river.

"Chief!"

Not thinking about the battle in front of him at all, Zhou Yanru, the second assistant behind him, was still sweating profusely, holding his fists helplessly.

"Don't worry about the war. This time, General Li Dingguo and General Zhou Yuji are commanding the two armies on the left and right respectively. With the establishment of the slave Yangzhou camp, they can't resist it. On the other hand, the national debt is your proposal. Now the cabinet door You are about to be trampled, so hurry up and think of a way!"

How many people fought back in ancient times?Especially in this battle against Jiannu to fight for the world and take back their homeland, most of the soldiers have already embraced the consciousness of dying on the battlefield, but they don't know that their headquarters has not prepared so much for the time being. It was much easier than they imagined.

But when it comes to this national debt, Zhou Yanru has a headache. He can be regarded as an old man in the political arena. He has been in politics for more than ten years. The national treasury was filled, and the 1000 million national debt proposed by Song Qingshu was sold out in two days. Now there are many big business owners and celebrities from all walks of life putting pressure on Congress to demand that some national debt be released.

Who made the subscription of national bonds not only show strong patriotism, but also profitable!Even some civilian workers who did not grab the national debt bond, relying on the Labor Party, also launched a protest.

The problem is that Song Qingshu intends to take back the Lianghuai this time, and push the border to the Huaihe River. Ten million taels will not be used, and almost 1000 million taels of emergency money every year is just right. Although the annual profit of three thousandths is not much, ten years It's also 400 taels, if you want another 30 million, it will be 1000 taels. Even if the Ming Dynasty is much richer than when Lord Chongzhen was in power, the silver is not so defeated.

Zhou Yuji's face was full of sorrow, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth when he mentioned Song Qingshu. He learned the national debt trick from Britain. During the Seven Years War between England and France, the French pushed the British Empire to its limit. In order to build the Royal Navy, The British Parliament issued treasury bonds in its name, making the British Royal Navy greatly overwhelmed the number of France for a time. Only then did the victory of the Seven Years War and the legend of the British naval hero Nelson come to be.

However, national debt can not only be used in war, the republic of Song Qingshu era has issued national debt more than once or twice, the development of the western region, the railway roads that run through the country in infrastructure construction, and the construction of ports, none of them have left the shadow of national debt. Without even turning his head, Song Qingshu said indifferently.

"Since everyone is willing to subscribe for treasury bonds, let's issue them. It happens that the railway from Yingtiantong Hangzhou to Fuzhou is going to be built recently, and it was cut off due to lack of funds. It just so happens that another 1000 million national bonds will be issued, and the freight will be used to pay for it. , the best of both worlds."

"This……"

Borrowing money from ordinary people once, Zhou Yanru felt that it was enough to lose the face of the heaven and the kingdom. Looking at Song Qingshu's unfinished appearance, he guessed that this was not the last time, and there would be a third, fourth, and nth time, but he hesitated for a moment. Zhou Yanru suddenly felt that this was not a bad idea. How many years in advance the infrastructure could be built, and the rest was to enjoy the fruits of victory.

Anyway, one sheep is also chased, and two sheep are also released. Or, another 2000 million national bonds will be issued to connect Fuzhou to Guangdong and Guangxi, and the railway to Guizhou will also be repaired?
Everything is difficult at the beginning. With this precedent, it will be much easier to continue. Just when Zhou Yanru also began to indulge in the benefits of borrowing money to build roads, the decisive battle between the Ming army and the Qing army in the direction of Yangzhou also began to unfold. up the curtain.

At this time, I have never encountered an enemy like the British army in the late Qing Dynasty. The Yangzhou camp of the Qing army just placed cannons messily on the Yangtze River tidal flats and fought back in the river. This is what it looks like now. Twenty Yingtian battleships with more than 400 cannons almost turned over the tidal flats. In the dense artillery fire, the gunners of the Qing army, wooden repellent horses, and stacked fortifications were all under the fire. Overturned and destroyed in the roar.

The shelling lasted for an hour and a half, and the artillery fire of the Qing army on the shore was basically muted. At this time, the troop carriers behind had almost arrived, and the battleships in the front began to loosen their positions, allowing the landing craft behind them to follow the gap between the big ships and go to the shore. rush away.

I don't know how many times Li Dingguo has violated the regulations. With his [-] divisions of the Seventh Front Army, Li Dingguo rushed to the forefront of the whole army again, and the soldiers behind were desperately boarding the wheel of the sand ship. The infantrymen with bayonets in front had red eyes and panting like cows, wishing they could go up to the river beach to fight immediately, while at the front, Li Dingguo, standing under the regiment flag with two revolvers on his waist, was holding up his command saber, and was still fighting. Roaring and shouting.

"Quick! Quick! The first battle to restore the mountains and rivers, I, Li Dingguo, will be the first to cross the land in the north of the river!!!"

At about [-]:[-], the first batch of troop carriers flew onto the mudflat under the rain of arrows and bullets like the migratory locusts shot up by Jiannu from the river. Immediately before they could even shoot, they went directly into the fortifications and fought with Jiannu. The defenders began hand-to-hand combat.

Almost exactly the same as the Korean Qing army in the later generations, the Qing army in the Jiangbei Camp in Yangzhou could withstand the fierce artillery fire for almost two hours, but they could not hold on for more than ten minutes in hand-to-hand combat. At around [-]:[-], they stood by the river The Yangzhou Qing army began to retreat backwards.

It's really overwhelming, almost took down a firepower point at the speed of running, three trenches, and defeated half a battalion of the Qing army with the double guns slung in his waist. This has already hit the back of the defensive position on the beach, this madman The commander of the front army actually wanted to charge forward, so panicked that Huang Shu, the commander of the 29th Division, hurriedly grabbed him with a mournful face.

"General, I can't charge anymore. I haven't met the Jiannu Cavalry Brigade until now. If I rush forward rashly, it is easy to repeat the defeat of Phoenix Mountain in the Battle of Yixing in the 19th year of Chongzhen!"

Huang Shu has never gone on an expedition to India with Li Dingguo, otherwise he would not have said so. The main force of the Mughals with more than 20 troops and [-] cavalry were defeated in the first battle by the main force of the expeditionary force of less than [-]. In his eyes, it was no longer a scary monster, but a dough that could be whipped as much as he wanted, and he threw away Huang Shu's hand suddenly, Li Dingguo turned back and roared angrily.

"Afraid of a ball! The Eight Banners cavalry has no more than four thin legs. The bullets will kill them. If they encounter them, they will kill them with bayonets and muskets. I beat [-] Tibetan cavalry in Mughal, and I didn't even look at them. How long is the head or how long is the hammer!"

"The commander-in-chief chose our Seventh Front Army to attack the Yangzhou camp, just to report victory to Jiangdong's elders today. If you, Huang Shu, are afraid of death, you can get the fuck back on the boat and change to someone who is not afraid of death, and fight with me!"

Pushing the division commander and the colonel staggered, Li Dingguo held up his revolver like a lunatic and shouted back to the infantry striding out of the tidal formation.

"Brothers, recover Yangzhou, follow me!"

Being a soldier is not afraid of death, and not being a soldier if you are afraid of death, especially in an honorary unit like the Beifu Army, almost sitting on the ground. The commander of the 29th Division also had red eyes from being irritated, and he also shouted angrily with his command knife Run up the ditch.

"Fucking hollow phalanx, run forward, follow the general, go to Yangzhou!"

As expected of the Sword of Ming Dynasty, the twelve divisions of the Seventh Front Army didn't even wait for the follow-up supplies, and ran straight in the phalanx for more than half an hour. Hundreds of catties of explosives were stuffed into the gate of Yangzhou City. After the sound, the courageous soldiers of the Ming army rushed into the famous capital of Jianghuai again regardless of their own safety.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Eight Banners that had been hanging in the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion for three years were cut down one after another. Huang Shu, the commander of the 29th Division, personally hung up the Xuanlong fire-breathing national flag of Ming Dynasty. On the streets, people were wearing chant uniforms, dejected Even so, Li Dingguo pinched his waist in dissatisfaction and muttered depressingly.

"Damn it, it slipped so fast, I didn't catch a real tartar, and I didn't even get a single one to fight!"

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Li Dingguo's words are really not bragging. It took two or three days for Jiannu to attack Yangzhou, and Li Dingguo's solitary army captured this Huaihe city in less than a day. There is really no one who can fight.

But it’s no wonder that the Jiangbei camp of the Qing army in Yangzhou today and 200 years later, the Jiangbei camp where the Qing army suppressed the Taiping army was almost composed of indigenous people from the Jianghuai River. The Manchus suffered heavy losses, and this is also the tragedy of the ethnic minorities. The civil strife in the Ming Dynasty lasted for decades, and tens of millions of people were killed or injured, but Song Qingshu was still able to stop hundreds of thousands of troops and continued to fight, but now Jiannu died and injured Among those captured, only half of the real Jianzhou men left before entering the customs. The Eight Banners troops have to rely on capturing the Oroqen. Savage Jurchens like Ewenki form the Sauron cavalry to support the scene. However, Jianzhou Jurchen is in danger of dying.Dorgon is a mature politician. Before attacking Dengzhou, he had expected that Ming Dynasty's revenge would be tragic. He ordered the Yangzhou camp in advance, ordering Meng Manchu and even the Han Eight Banners to retreat to the north bank of the Huaihe River, abandoning the two Huai.

The Huai Army of the later generations Liu Mingchuan can be called a powerful force, and once fought against the French invaders in Taiwan, but now the Huai Shang children have not yet recognized the masters of the Qing Dynasty, so it is conceivable how powerful the green battalion formed by them can be.

After resting for an hour, the management personnel sent by the follow-up army had just arrived at the gate of the city, and Li Dingguo's Seventh Front Army couldn't wait to assemble a team at the north gate of Yangzhou again.

The cavalry trotted on the two wings, and the infantry of the brigade carried their rifles and ran like square tofu cubes. Even Li Dingguo took out the energy he had during the training and ran forward with the army on foot. The night gradually rose During the run, the soldiers could not even see each other's faces clearly. Only the leader's torches were crackling and burning, but everyone was holding their breath. up!
(End of this chapter)