In the fiftieth year of Qianlong's reign, June 20th, Dingyou.
When the last batch of three thousand Han Eight Banners troops transferred from the pass finally left the pass and arrived in Shengjing, the Qing government's troop deployment to the Northeast was basically completed.
At this time, outside Ninggu Pagoda City, a large army gathered, and the densely packed tents were endless. In various camps, flags were fluttering and war generals were like clouds.
The Qing government's camp for suppressing imperial envoys was located in the General's Yamen in the inner city of Ninggu Pagoda. In the flower hall, a huge sand table was placed in the middle. The entire sand table is extremely finely crafted, covering a vast area from Jilin to Ninggu Pagoda, Hunchun to Shuang Castle, Shuang Castle to the mouth of the Xila River, with mountains, roads, rivers and lakes all visible.
Next to the sand table, an old man wearing a gray jacket and a dark batulu vest was discussing the terrain on the sand table with Fukang'an. This man looked to be in his seventies, with a long beard and a beard, a thin figure, a straight waist, and a pair of triangular eyes with a few white eyebrows pointing outwards.
This person is none other than the famous general of the Qianlong Dynasty, a bachelor of economics and a first-class conscientious and brave man, Agui.
Because Agui was already old, Qianlong just ordered him to sit in the rear and make arrangements in the middle to prevent Fukang'an from losing his position due to his shame. Now the entire army in the north and south is actually under the command of Fukang'an. However, as all the cannons cast in Wula, Jilin were shipped out, Agui, who was based in Wula, Jilin, finally went north and moved the imperial envoy camp to Ninggu Pagoda.
Fukangan on the side was looking back and forth at the sand table with his hands behind his back. "Commander, the report I received yesterday said that the road construction team will reach Fuldan City in another eighty miles."
Agui frowned and said, "The progress is still too slow."
Fukang'an cupped his hands and said, "I will go to Hunchun with the army tomorrow. Does Mr. Guang Ting have any other instructions?"
"Your Majesty is anxious!" Agui said towards the south, cupping his fists and cupping his hands. "A copy of the newspaper sent by the Military Aircraft Department a few days ago said that this year's disaster in the Central Plains has extended to southern Zhili, Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and most of Hubei. Changping warehouses are opening to release grain in various places. It is difficult to transport grain northward. Many canals in Xuzhou and Dezhou areas have dried up.”
Fukang'an was silent for a while and then said: "Didn't you ask people to go to Siam and Annan to buy food?"
Agui said: "It's too late to help. The Ministry of Revenue has sent me several urgent letters to complain."
Fukang'an gave a disdainful "cut" and said: "He Shen is not in charge of the household department. He..."
Before he finished speaking, Agui's personal soldier Geshiha walked in and called Qian'er to report: "Commander, that gentleman is back."
Fukang'an's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he heard Agui say: "Let him come to the flower hall."
After a while, Naqitai walked in with Anthony. After receiving the ceremony and waiting for the soldiers to serve tea, Agui asked, "How was your trip?"
Na Qitai had a serious look on his face, cupped his hands and said, "Go back to the Commander-in-Chief, Zhongtang, those people are not Oros, they seem to be bannermen or Han people."
With a "clang" sound, the tea cup in Fukangan's hand dropped and fell to the ground. He stood up suddenly, stared at Na Qitai, and asked word for word: "What did you say?!"
"Zhongtang, this is true! I met their leader outside Fuldan City. He admitted that everything was done by him."
Fukangan's head was dizzy, and his originally fair face became more ferocious. "Fuldan City is lost?!"
Agui's eyes were shining brightly and he said to Na Qitai: "Tell it from the beginning and don't miss a single detail."
On June 28, Qianlong, who was in the Old Summer Palace, received an urgent request from Agui and Naqitai for a 600-mile trip. The news in the memorial shocked Qianlong and made him very angry at the same time.
Last year, one general died and more than 2,000 men were lost in battle; this year, tens of thousands of troops gathered again, and when they saw that they were about to launch, they knew who their opponent was. Do you really think you won’t dare to kill anyone when you get old? ! That bastard Duerjia stayed in Jilin for a year, what did he do for food?
What frightened Qianlong the most was his suspicion of Zhao Xin's identity. Where did this man, who spoke fluently in Beijing movies and even knew the name of the Russian governor in Irkutsk, come from? Where did his soldiers come from?
Na Qitai's memorial said that Zhao Xin claimed to be a survivor of the previous dynasty. Qianlong's Bo Wen Qiang remembered that he clearly remembered that the Zhao Wang line of the Zhu Ming royal family had become extinct. He ordered people to find the records of ancestors and the family tree of Zhao Wang in the Ming Dynasty. After checking it, he found that the records above were very clear:
Zhu Ming's line of Zhao kings originated from Zhu Gaosui, the third son of Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty. In the 39th year of Jiajing, with the suicide of Zhao Kang and Wang Kang, whose posthumous name was Zhu Houyu, Zhu Ming's Zhao Fengguo actually had no direct descendants. The subsequent kings of Zhao were selected from Zhu Houyu's concubines. The last king of Zhao was named Zhu Youfeng. He was granted the title during the Longwu period of the Southern Ming Dynasty. The title was in Nanning, Guangxi, and he only served as king of Zhao for one year.
In the winter of 1646, the third year of Shunzhi, Huizhou town general Li Shilian, the commander of the 13th battalion and the commander-in-chief of the fourth battalion and others welcomed Zhu Youyi to Xingning and appointed him as the supervisor of the country. Beishan Temple was used as the place to handle government affairs. Li Shilian called himself the pavilion. department.
In February of the fourth year of Shunzhi, Tong Yangjia, the governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Li Chengdong, the admiral of the Manchurian administration, sent people to recruit him to surrender. Zhu Youyi knew that he was no match, so he shaved his head and became a monk. In June, Li Shilian took Zhu Youyi into Guangzhou to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. After that, Zhu Youyi was placed in the Xichan Hall of Guangxiao Temple.
In June of the same year, Chen Zizhuang, an old minister of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Chen Bangyan made an appointment to capture Guangzhou. They sent people to contact the former Ming Dynasty Guangzhou Guard commanders Yang Guangshuan and Yang Jingye as internal agents. They also recruited 3,000 Huashan bandits to pretend to surrender to the Qing army, and agreed to attack on July 7th. After the drum, there was trouble inside and outside. Unexpectedly, the incident was revealed, and Tong Yangjia killed Eryang and Sanqianhuashan bandits. He also ordered Zhao Wang Zhu Youping to hang himself in Guangxiao Temple, and his son Zhu Cishe was also executed.
Is he a bannerman? Against yourself, this
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Aren’t you full? The more Qianlong thought about it, the colder he felt in his heart. He immediately ordered the people at Sticking Branch to follow Zhao Xin's age and appearance as told by Na Qitai. First, they secretly visited various houses in Beijing, and second, they went south to find out whether Zhu Youyi had any descendants. .
According to Agui's memorial, Zhao Xin claimed to be a survivor of the previous dynasty who came back from overseas; if this person was really a descendant of King Zhao of the former Ming Dynasty, the matter would be serious. What's more, their hands have reached into the south of the Yangtze River, and they dare to kill salt merchants and rob women blatantly and with great fanfare. Check, must check strictly! We must uncover the foundation of this group of people in Jiangnan.
As for the war in Jilin, during the past six months, the imperial court had tightened its belts to mobilize military rations, fully prepared soldiers, horses and ordnance, and the road to Fuldan City was almost completed. At this point, I can't agree even if I don't fight Qianlong.
In this case, let's fight first and then talk. As long as this group of people can be eliminated, all worries will disappear.
On the first day of July, Qianlong confirmed the revised military strategy of Agui and Fukang'an, and decided to send troops to attack with three forces. Seven days later, Agui and Fukangan, who received the edict, decided to launch. Agui was in charge of Ninggu Pagoda, and Fukang'an led the army to Hunchun, and then headed north.
Agui and Fukangan had decided to take action at this time and no longer hesitated. The ninth day of the seventh lunar month is Gengxu day. This day is a strong day, so it is appropriate to offer sacrifices. It is said in the Book of Rites that foreign affairs should be handled with hardness and internal affairs should be handled with softness. After receiving the emperor's order, Agui reviewed the three armies at the military camp outside Ninggu Pagoda the next day. After offering sacrifices to the Earth God and the tooth flag, more than 20,000 people divided into north and south groups and left Ninggu Pagoda. .
On the road, from north to south, from west to east, the black soldiers and horses could not be seen to the end. Behind the large army, nearly 10,000 civilians summoned from Zhili and outside the customs followed the army to transport weapons, food and grass.
Those bannermen who live in Ningguta stood by the road with their young and old to watch, watching the march of the army. For the local banner people, they have never seen such a scene since Kangxi sent troops to attack Yaksa; besides, the scale this time was far greater than that of Kangxi.
Amidst bursts of cheers from the farewell crowd, Fukang'an's eight-carrying sedan followed the Chinese army all the way south.
The southern army was commanded by Fukang'an, with a total of 15,000 people, including 14 Eight Banners Manchu and Han firearms battalions, five forward battalions, one heroic cavalry battalion, and 5,000 soldiers who retreated from the barbarians. This group of people started from Ninggu Pagoda and marched 600 miles all the way to Hunchun along the lines of Malehuli, Saqiku, Gahari, Hashun, Mukderhe and Mizhankaron. Afterwards, they will join up with the 3,000 artillery troops who arrived in Hunchun earlier, and go north along the Kalun Post Road on the East Road until they reach the south bank of Suifen River.
The North Route Army was led by Deputy General Du Erjia, with a total of 7,500 people, including a firearms battalion from Eight Banners Manchuria, two forward battalions, 5,000 cavalry from the Zasak Mongolian tribe, and 1,000 from the barbarian army. This road goes east across the Daling, along the southern foot of Hunda Mountain, and heads east along the Suifen River.
After arriving at the south bank of the Suifen River, the southern army divided its troops into two groups; Fukang'an was stationed on the south bank of the Suifen River, and Chengdu general E Hui led a force to the west along the Suifen River and launched an attack from the west of the Twin Castles.
In this battle, the Qing government mobilized nearly 70% of the Eight Banners' firearms troops. Except for the Tianshan Banner Camp far away in Ili, which needed to intimidate the northwest, the Eight Banners' firearms troops stationed in the Beijing camp and various provinces came out in full force. You must know that when the Qing Dynasty attacked Jinchuan in the 38th year of Qianlong's reign, the Qing government only used the Three Thousand Bird Guns of the Eight Banners, and the rest were green battalion troops from various places.
Because the artillery unit had arrived in Hunchun in advance, the army on the southern front moved very smoothly. Even if it rains, it will not have a big impact on the newly repaired roads.
In most cases, the march in ancient times was only thirty to forty miles per day at most, otherwise a large number of soldiers would be left behind. And this can only be achieved with a large number of pond horses and rangers. Tens of thousands of troops went out to fight. If they couldn't find water, they would have to wait to die.
Of course, if encountering certain special circumstances, an army traveling lightly may be able to travel hundreds of miles a day. Then the size of the troops must be reduced, the baggage should be discarded, and the scope of exploration must be reduced. This is not unusual in the history of ancient wars.
Even in modern times, the problem of attrition during rapid marches has not been well solved. During the Liberation War, a cavalry group of about 400 people from the People's Liberation Army traveled 200 kilometers and took four days. In the end, only 40 cavalrymen arrived, maintaining a good condition, and the remaining cavalrymen all fell behind.
Fortunately, Fukang'an was well prepared, and there are many rivers in Jilin. From Ninggu Pagoda to Hunchun, and from Hunchun to Karen, Mongolia, he had made arrangements in advance for all roads, water sources, and camping conditions. What's more, the road from Ninggu Pagoda to Hunchun is an inside line, so there is no need to worry about enemy sneak attacks, so the army's marching speed can sometimes reach fifty miles per day.
The problem is, Zhao Xin and the others are anxiously waiting. It's already July, why haven't the Qing troops come yet?
This is the trouble with information asymmetry. Zhao Xin and others have no idea about the ancient marching speed. Ding Guofeng led his troops out for several days without seeing even a ghost. He was afraid that the Qing army would arrive as soon as he returned, so he led his troops on the ground covering a fifty-mile radius on the north, west and south of Fuldan City. Wander around and occasionally send people back to collect supplies.
The two speedboats deployed in Suifen River both drove seventy miles westward, but found nothing. Liu Sheng then ordered them to expand the search scope.
Among the three people, the most unlucky ones were Wang Yuanfang and others who were hiding at the southern foot of Mulengwoji Mountains. Not only do I eat compressed biscuits and eat canned food every day, I even have to be careful to light a fire at night for fear of being discovered. Zhao Xin twice asked Wang Yuanfang to bring the team back first, but he refused both times, saying that they would just use it as a camper.
The position under Jurgen City is also unsafe here. A heavy rain in early July filled the trenches with water. Zhao Xin first cursed the damn weather, and then immediately arranged for the migrant workers to enter the field and grab the
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Dig drainage ditches. Normally, this kind of thing should have been prepared in advance, but people like Zhao Xin have no experience at all. Although Liu Sheng and the others had been soldiers, they were not in the field army, and they were not good at soil work.
Zhao Xin also understood at this time that the so-called growth seemed to have to go through countless twists and turns. It’s not that easy to be a famous general!
He didn't know it at the moment, but because of his random fabrication, Qianlong, who was far away in Beijing, actually connected his name with the Zhu Ming royal family. The people at Sticky Gang had been searching Beijing for more than ten days and had no clue at all. After receiving the edict from Beijing, Sun Shiyi, the acting governor of Guangdong and Guangxi far in the south, was also confused as to why the emperor suddenly wanted to investigate Zhu Youyi's descendants.
Countless people continued to suffer like this. In the end, even Chen Qingsong couldn't bear it anymore. He said that if the Qing army didn't come yet, he would go north to inspect the wasteland with the exploration team.
On July 28, a speedboat patrolling the Suifen River sent back news that small Qing cavalry began to appear on the river bank a hundred miles northwest of Jurgen City. Immediately afterwards, Ding Guofeng and others sent news back from the southern front that a large number of Qing army scouts appeared sixty miles away on the south bank of the Suifen River.
"It's bad!" Zhao Xin reacted quickly after receiving the news. This was completely different from what he expected. The Qing army did not come from the west at all, they encircled it on three sides!
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