The fourth day of June. Chengde Mountain Resort.
During the day, Qianlong went to Shuxiang Temple and Guang'an Temple among the eight outer temples to burn incense. The former is a lamasery built in the 39th year of Qianlong's reign, and is known as the "Qianlong Family Temple". This is because in the system of Tibetan Buddhism, the emperors of the unified dynasty of the Central Plains are regarded as the reincarnation of Manjushri Bodhisattva.
After the emperor returned to the palace at noon, Qianlong went to Yanyu Tower to prepare for dinner (you read that right, Qianlong had dinner at 2-3 pm; continued to handle government affairs from 3-5 pm, entertained from 5-8 pm, and went to bed at 8 pm , get up at 4 o'clock in the morning.)
At this time, Qinggui rushed outside Li Zhengmen and asked to see the driver. As soon as he handed over the sign, he saw He Shen's sedan arriving. He had an average constitution. He came all night from the capital and was still sore all over. He thought he might get seriously ill again this time.
At this time, there were not many officials waiting outside Lizheng Gate. They were all chatting in the pergola outside the door. At this time, seeing He Shen's sedan falling down, they all got up from the pergola and walked over, regardless of the strong sunlight at noon. Either greetings or greetings are flattering.
Qinggui had a peaceful temperament and did not want to offend the popular Heshen, so he also went outside to chat with Heshen.
He Shen first asked his subordinates to hand over the sign, and then he said hello to the people who came to get close to him while talking and laughing. He took good care of everyone for a while, and none of the people present felt that they were left out.
"Mr. Shuzhai, when did you arrive?" He Shen smiled and cupped his hands and asked Qinggui.
"Thanks to Zhongtang, the journey has been smooth. We arrived this morning. It happened that the emperor went to Shuxiang Temple to burn incense. So he didn't come to hand over the sign until after noon." Qinggui took two steps closer and asked Heshen in a low voice: "Zhongtang, Did the emperor call me here because of the matter in Jilin?"
He Shen nodded with a smile and said: "The last piece of information about Marshal Fu is here. The emperor said that we should listen to Duke Shuzhai's opinion on this matter."
Qinggui was about to ask again when he heard Li shout from the main gate: "Long live the Lord to call Heshen Jin to see you!"
He Shen smiled and nodded to everyone around him, then turned around and went in.
Qianlong had just finished eating and was rinsing his mouth. He didn't say anything when he saw He Shen coming in. He pointed at the table in the room and asked him to sit down. After he wiped his face with a hot towel, he said, "Is Qinggui here?"
"Here we come. I happened to meet you when I came outside the door just now. I'm waiting to be called in."
Qianlong was very excited at this time and said to Heshen: "Let me tell you a few words first and call him later."
"Yong Yan came in and chatted with me for a long time before I handed down the key last night. One was in the northwest and the other was in Jilin. Although Tian Wu had been killed in the northwest, the rest of the party, Ma Huzi, Li Huzi and others, dared to gather together to make a fuss. Attacking cities and plundering fortresses is like the White Lotus Sect among monks. Today, I have mobilized soldiers from Beijing, Sichuan, Alxa, Ordos and Mongolian soldiers from various places to rush to the northwest to assist in the suppression. What a clown, you actually mobilized a large number of soldiers Only then can we destroy it.”
He Shen smiled and said, "Master, there is no need to worry. Master wants to create the 'Ten Complete Martial Arts'. Agui Zhongtang is also a man who has been in battle for a long time. He can't help but fight some rebels."
Qianlong added: "It's a pity that Fukangan went to Jilin, otherwise it wouldn't be so difficult to deal with Agui."
He Shen felt a little bit dissatisfied. Not to mention Yong Yan, Fukang'an was no less favored by Qianlong than him. But he really didn't understand the battle formation, so he said: "The unrest in the country is all the responsibility of the prime minister, and it is all the fault of the servants' inability to handle things properly. The Oros illegally occupied the land of Longxing in the northeast, and it was not possible for Fukang'an to be so civil and military." People who are talented and know the affairs of the barbarians are not allowed.
But as far as Jilin is concerned, it is really not enough for Jin Laosheng. Fukang'an Zhezi said that the E people camped on the shore three thousand miles southeast of Ninggu Pagoda, cutting wood and repairing ships. The slave thought that in a bitterly cold land, the population was already sparse; when winter came, the E people would leave because they couldn't bear it any longer. The slave feels that even if he does not send troops, he is sure to win! "
"You've already planted the fields and why don't you send out troops?" Qianlong frowned. "What if the E people stand firm, like Yaksa did back then, how many soldiers will it take to pacify them? We must not forget the lesson learned from the Holy Ancestor! And once the E people wander around in the South China Sea, who can guarantee that they will not invade Shenyang?"
He Shen raised his head and glanced at Qianlong. Seeing that the emperor showed no sign of anger, he followed Xin and said, "The sage is no better than the master. The servant is just following the rules. The master is sage and the candle is shining, and the servant quickly sends gunpowder and silver grain to Jilin." , send more money so that Fukang'an can purchase gunpowder and food in North Korea, and save the cost of traveling."
Qianlong nodded, and then said to the eunuch beside him: "Call Qinggui to come in."
Taking advantage of this moment, Qianlong said to He Shen again: "Don't help An Lin with his matter. This person is extremely despicable, so I asked Fukang'an to send him as a horseman. I heard that you are still helping him travel?" "
When He Shen heard this, he quickly knelt down and said: "I don't dare. I don't know who said this. It's all nonsense. Shengming has no master. An Lin gave some to the slave during the New Year." The money, the slave has already handed it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The slave will never dare to take this kind of money!
However, An Lin's mother was old and had only one son, so she asked someone to find a slave to intercede. The servant thought that it was pitiful for an eighty-year-old lady to have no son to take care of her, so she mentioned it casually. "
Qianlong sighed and said: "You have been managing finances for the imperial court for many years. I know the hard work, but others don't. The rise of things must have a beginning. The coming of honor and disgrace must be like their virtues. When flesh rots, worms appear, and fish dries up and beetles appear." If you neglect yourself and forget yourself, you will cause disaster... I am old and I don't say that I know everything clearly, but there will always be rumors. I am very happy that you are thinking of me wholeheartedly. But you have to guard against gossip! "
He Shen was lying on the ground, his eyes were red, and he said with a choked voice: "Without the cultivation of the master, how could I be where I am today? This kind of kindness is so great that it is difficult to repay it! The slave only wants to repay the kindness of the master!"
A quarter of an hour later, Qinggui entered the hall. Qianlong waited for him to salute before asking: "Qinggui, have you read Fukang'an's book?"
"This slave has already read the copy of the report from the Military Aircraft Department."
"What do you think of the 'oil field expert' that Fukangan mentioned?"
"Master, the surname You is already rare. Before I left, I asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to check. Most people with the surname You live in Heze, Shandong, and no one in the clan has ever been assigned to Ning Guta. So how could this person follow him? It is not yet clear whether the Oros people are involved in the matter. However, I have sent a letter to the governor of Shandong and sent someone to visit Heze."
Qianlong nodded slightly noncommittally, and then said calmly: "Fukangan's statement said that he recruited a thousand naval forces from North Korea. What do you think of the North Korean navy during your tenure as General of Jilin these years?"
Qinggui thought for a while and replied: "The current king of the Li Dynasty is called Li Zhen. I heard that this person is able to control the two factions of the times in the court with ease, and he has quite a few tricks. He is also very respectful to our dynasty. This is A few years ago, we set up a strong camp and conducted rigorous training to strictly investigate smuggling at sea. Therefore, I feel that the combat effectiveness of Li Chao's navy is not bad."
"Well. Since you are here, there is no need to rush back. Later, you and He Shen will go to find Brother Fifteen to help you with the details. I always feel that something is wrong about Jilin."
"Hey!" He Shen looked up and saw Qianlong looking tired. Knowing that the duel was coming to an end, He Shen and Qing Gui bowed and left together.
More than two thousand miles away from Chengde, near the mouth of the Fuljiaha River, Fukang'an and his troops were landing.
At this time, the sea surface, which was originally clear and clear, had turned gray, and drizzle began to fall in the sky. Dozens of warships in the bay were lined with masts, all swaying gently. The originally calm sea was no longer blue and became pitch black. The sky was low and the clouds were dark, and the waves on the vast sea were foaming and crashing onto the beach.
Fukang'an raised his eyes and looked at the dense black forest of Sihet Mountain. The knotted velvet on the banner behind him was trembling rapidly in the wind. The Jilin Ula garrison soldiers who boarded the ship and followed them this time were going to sea for the first time, and they vomited and staggered while sailing on the ship. At this moment, in addition to more than a hundred Hunchun armored soldiers, the knights from Jilin Wula all had pale faces, and their legs were paralyzed as soon as they arrived on the shore. The horses accompanying them were also in very poor spirits, and more than a dozen of them had fallen ill.
Fukangan was furious when he saw the state of his soldiers. But he knew that Jilin was not the south. These Manchu and Han warriors were not used to water battles, so it was not easy to persist. Moreover, it was raining and it was inconvenient to fire the musket.
"Immediately set up camp for repairs, rest for half a day, and set off early tomorrow morning. Immediately send a ship to notify the North Korean Navy and launch at the beginning of the morning tomorrow! Our army will block the enemy's retreat from the west and north!"
A Batulu guard saluted and replied: "I obey the order!"
Hailancha cupped his hands and said: "Commander! Let me be the vanguard tomorrow! Please give me the two hundred Sauron soldiers, commander-in-chief. Each of them will have a pot of wine, a pair of bows and arrows, and a sword. I will The day after tomorrow, we will take them into the mountains to explore the road."
Several Batulu guards also stepped forward to greet Fukang'an and said in unison: "I would like to go with the Navy Gate!"
Fukangan nodded and said nothing.
Hailancha and several Batulu guards saw him like this and didn't know what happened. The Marshal Fu in front of me is not usually like this!
"Commander, what's bothering you?" Hailancha leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
Fukang'an frowned, turned to look at the gray and unclear horizon in the distance, and said, "I always feel that there is something I didn't expect. But what exactly is it?"
Hailancha was a veteran of wars. He considered it carefully for a while and reviewed it from the beginning to the end, from the preparations before sending troops to the landing. "Is there any omission? What happened to this inexplicable worry about gain and loss?"
Hailancha suppressed the questions in his mind and said to Fukang'an: "Commander, you have already made careful plans and prepared all the matters before the expedition. I think you are tired?"
Fu Ankang thought that this might be the case, as he had not been to sea in these years. Maybe he was like this because he was not used to the waves. He shook his head vigorously, smiled and said to Hailancha: "Maybe I am worrying too much. Let's go ashore and have a look!"
Hai Lancha said with a smile at this time: "Having a commander like you is a blessing for us warriors."
After setting up camp in the evening, Fukang'an, who still couldn't let go, called over the accompanying Hunchun Navy. After repeatedly confirming the situation of the "Eren" ship, he started to have dinner.
On the once deserted coast, the slanting wind and drizzle still continued. In the camp, some lamp oil was poured on the bonfire for heating, and it burned brightly, dispelling the chill of the soldiers. Hailancha specially ordered the soldiers to cook several large pots of pepper soup, and each soldier was given a large bowl.
After the armored soldiers received their dinner, they all went back to their tents to devour it; dozens of Han slaves carried fodder and began to take care of the horses.
At this time, in a tree pit on the hillside 500 meters away from the north side of the military camp, Ding Guofeng was covered from head to toe with a grass-green rainproof cloth, observing the Qing army camp through an infrared night vision telescope.
What he was holding in his hand was a Zeiss NV5.6X62T infrared night vision telescope. Relying on the principle of low-light enhancement, this night vision goggle can capture the low light scattered on objects, intensify it 20,000 times, and then display it on the phosphorescent screen of the night vision goggle. Shadow objects 500 meters away can be observed at night with a magnification of 5.6 times. This night vision device was originally used to observe wild animals. After trying it out, Zhao Xin felt that the performance was pretty good, so he bought it for Ding Guofeng and others to use as reconnaissance equipment.
The four of them arrived here in the evening. On the map, the straight-line distance from Beihai Town to here is only more than 20 miles, but the four of them walked more than 40 miles to get here. There are no roads in the mountains and forests, so it takes four people to travel.
"What should I do?" Serdan asked Ding Guofeng in a low voice beside him. "It looks like they won't leave today."
Ding Guofeng put down his telescope and asked, "When do you think they will attack?"
Serdan thought for a while and said: "I've been to all the woods here. Even with a guide, no one dares to go into the mountains at night. At night, tigers come out, it's too dangerous. I guess it will have to happen tomorrow. It’s dawn.”
After hearing this, Ding Guofeng took out a small notebook from his arms. Using the light of a small flashlight inside the rainproof cloth, he wrote down the estimated number of Qing troops and horses in the notebook, then tore off the paper and handed it to Serdan. Said: "Ask Elu to go back and report the news immediately. Tell Mr. Zhao that the enemy will launch an attack at dawn tomorrow."
"What about us?" Hengji asked behind him.
"Wait! Our mission is to lead the Qing troops to our preset positions." Ding Guofeng said without hesitation.
It was already late at night when Zhao Xin received the news from Elu. He immediately sent people to notify everyone of the situation.
Liu Sheng and Wang Yuanfang have entered the preset position with 500 soldiers equipped with SKS. This place is located on the west side of the camp, outside a valley at the southeastern foothills of Sikhet Mountain, with a wide view all around. A month ago, the logging team led by Chen Qingsong had cut down all the large trees here; they originally planned to cultivate farmland.
However, after Wang Yuanfang looked at the terrain here, he asked Chen Qingsong not to cultivate it for the time being. Because whether it is a beast or a local aboriginal, it is possible to come down from here and attack the camp. So Chen Qingsong took Wan Zao, Shiosuke and others to dig a ditch three meters deep, two meters wide and hundreds of meters long. First, it was temporarily used to guard against ferocious beasts; second, it could be used for irrigation in the future. Aqueduct. I ended up using it today!
Yachiro and other five hundred soldiers were now guarding behind the mound on the southeast side of the ditch. The sudden light rain in the afternoon continued until late at night, freezing these soldiers to death. Liu Sheng also urgently arranged for his people to take cotton coats from the warehouse and put them on the soldiers.
As for the remaining 1,500 recruits, since shooting training has not yet started, Zhao Xin and others discussed and asked these people to go to the east bank of the Xila River and temporarily put them under the command of Chen Qingsong and Katayama Kanbei to avoid causing chaos. .
Zhao Xin, Wu Siyu, Deng Fei, and Zhao Liang were responsible for guarding the Thor on the south dock with thirty sailors. After dawn, drones will be released to conduct reconnaissance of the mountains and forests on the west side.
In the cockpit, Wu Siyu yawned and asked Zhao Xin: "Mr. Zhao, how many Qing soldiers do you think will come?"
"I really can't say this. The news that Elu sent back just now said that there are always more than 2,000 people. But I have always been uneasy. I know about it on land, but what about the ones on sea?"
Wu Siyu said: "Aren't there just those dozens of large wooden boats on the sea?"
Zhao Xin took a sip of the strong tea, shook his head and said, "I don't know either. It would be simple if there were only those dozens of wooden boats."
Although Elu brought back the news that the Qing army would take action at dawn, there were so many allusions to night sneak attacks in history that Zhao Xin and others did not dare to relax, and they continued like this until dawn.
On the other side, Ding Guofeng and the others, who were responsible for reconnaissance and luring the enemy, did not dare to close their eyes all night. When it was almost dawn, they discovered that there was movement in the Qing army camp. The soldiers began to get busy, and a group of people who looked like civilians also began to feed and drink water for the horses.
An hour later, it was already dark. A group of about a hundred Qing soldiers, wearing cotton armor and holding well-fed horses, walked out of the east gate of the camp aggressively and headed east into the rolling mountains.
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