Tuijiao Station is also called Angbang Duohong Station in Manchu, which means the crossing of the Jiao River. This is the fourth stop among the "seven stops and six stops" on the Jilin Wula to Ningguta post road.
It is located at the entrance of Zhangguangcai Mountains - the intersection of Saiqiwoji and Namuwoji. It is the only channel from the Mudanjiang River Basin into the Songnen Plain. It traces back to the Bohai State-run State Road, the Khitan Road, from Xixiangzhou to Yongming City in the Yuan Dynasty, and the land route northeast of Nadan Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty.
Traffic roads from different eras intersect and overlap here, and time and space span more than a thousand years. The hereditary replacement of place names bears in mind the vicissitudes of ancient roads.
The reason why Naqitai chose this place for negotiation is that it is only sixty-five miles away from Rafah Station behind him, and also far away from the Omohe Soluo Station occupied by the Northern Navy (Manchu, relaxed) There are eighty miles. Comparing the two sides, if there is any accident, the reinforcements of the Qing army can arrive faster than the Northern Navy.
Of the 705 miles of post road, the distance from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties was only 235 miles, and Zhao Xin had to walk 470 miles from Ninggu Pagoda.
On this post road of more than 400 miles, the Northern Navy has a platoon of garrison troops each at Shalan Station, Bierhanhe Station, and Omohe Soluo Station. In peacetime, they communicate with the rear mainly by relying on the erection of troops at Omohe Soluo Station. station radio station. As for the other three stops, messages were delivered by horseback or horse-drawn sleigh. Telephone lines will be installed between stations when road repairs are available in the spring of next year.
As of now, in the fifty-third year of Qianlong's reign, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has 23 post stations in the area under the jurisdiction of Jilin General Mansion, and 81 post stations in the entire northeastern region north of Shanhaiguan.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty's careless territorial management, the Manchu and Qing emperors in Beijing relied on these inns and cobweb-like rivers to firmly control the entire Northeast.
At present, this network has been broken. The Qing government's rule in the vast area in the middle and lower reaches of Heilongjiang has been fragmented by Beihai Town, and it can no longer form effective rule.
It was a rare sunny day when Liu Yong and his party, who set out from Wula, Jilin, arrived at Tuijiao Station. In the strong north wind, the sun in the sky shot out hazy rainbow-like beams of light in all directions.
On the hills, the low wind stirred up the soft snow, making a rustling sound in the bare forest. The vast snowfield bordered by the horizon is very clear. Only in the east at the foot of the mountain, the snowfield at the end of the horizon is filled with smoke, covered with a purple rosy mirage.
Several low-level officials on horseback looked at the scene in front of them and exclaimed in admiration. They said that this was a good omen and it seemed that the trip would go smoothly.
But Liu Yong, who was sitting in the carriage with the curtains raised, looked at the dense purple and frowned. As a famous scholar in the Qing Dynasty, Liu Yong was naturally well-read and well-remembered. He remembered that the "Li Dou Ming Yi" said that if a person rides on the water to rule, his government will be peaceful, and the scenery will be seen.
What is Jingyun? To put it bluntly, it is just four words, the clouds are bright. According to historical records, after King Zhou Cheng, the second monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, put down the rebellion of the Three Prisons (killing Uncle Guan, releasing Uncle Cai, and deposing Uncle Huo as a commoner), he saw a blue cloud emerging on the river bank, which was Jingyun.
Liu Yong put down the curtain and recalled the news from Qitai. Since Zhao Xin's victory over Rakshasa, there had been a lot of support from his subordinates. But this man was unmoved at all. He continued to build water conservancy farmland and expand roads, just like the Ming Taizu who "built high walls and accumulated grain".
Moreover, according to the information obtained by the spies, the Li Dynasty even sent envoys to communicate with him privately, but Zhao Xin asked the Li Dynasty for the land of Jiangyuan, showing that he would not give up until the land was given.
No matter how Liu Yong looked at it, he felt that Zhao Xin's behavior was inconsistent with etiquette and was very strange. If it were anyone else, he would have hooked up with Li Chao long ago.
"He doesn't have that many people, so what does he need so much land for? Can he hold it?"
While thinking about it, I heard someone outside the car say in a deep voice: "Sir, the retreating dragon station has arrived."
Hearing this, Liu Yong put aside his complicated thoughts, opened the curtain of the sedan chair and looked out. He saw an icy cold wind blowing straight towards his face along the gap, which made Liu Yong grit his teeth in excitement.
A hundred yards ahead, at the mouth of the river, a group of houses made of bricks and stones was clearly visible, and a group of walls built with wooden palisades surrounded a sixty-foot-wide courtyard.
At this time, the two Xie Ling who led the vanguard of the Qing army to arrive early and their subordinates, as well as the local Bi Tie Shi, Ling Cui, Wai Lang and Ma Tou (the former was responsible for clerical work, the latter managed cattle and horses, etc.) all went out to kneel to welcome the imperial envoy. .
Because Liu Yong had been sitting in the sedan for too long, when he got off the carriage with the help of his servants, he took two heavy steps on the ground with his two slightly bowed legs. He looked a little confused and said to an assistant: "Zhao Ni's Is the person here? Then why don’t you see me?"
"Reply to your Majesty," the assistant leader who was asked knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said, "My lord, I arrived yesterday afternoon and took people to the northeast early this morning. The general has been stationed in the northwest for these years, so he has no idea about this place. We are not familiar with the mountains and rivers, so I will stay to greet you until the end of my life."
"What's the status of the defense?" Liu Yong had calmed down a lot after a while, and his originally confused triangular eyes gradually regained their vitality.
"Five hundred men from the forward battalion have been deployed on the western hillside, and a thousand cavalry have been deployed in the woods south of the post station. If there is any movement, they can cross the river and rush to help in less than a stick of incense."
Liu Yong said solemnly: "Although we are not here to fight, we still can't be careless. Zhao Ni's treachery is extraordinary, and we must be more careful."
"Hey! I will obey your orders!"
At this time, Zhao Xin and a battalion of troops had already set off from the Omohesuoluo Post Station. In addition to the troops walking on the post road, two reconnaissance teams led by Elu were also conducting reconnaissance in the forests and hills on both sides. .
Cao Peng had been riding a horse for several days, and his thighs and buttocks were so painful from the saddle. When he set out to mount his horse in the morning, the guy looked in agony and muttered, "You know how tiring it is to ride a horse." Coming" and the like.
Zhao Xin is actually not much better than Cao Peng. He rarely rides horses. But in front of all his subordinates, he had to endure it no matter what, even though it hurt to death.
On paper, the Eighty Mile Mountain Road is not far, but in fact it is very difficult to walk. The group of people had only traveled forty miles until it was almost dark. After the sun came up the next day, we continued on our way. It was almost ten o'clock when we met the Qing army's sentry troops.
After the two sides contacted each other, the Qing army team led the way, and the Beihai navy advanced along the post road from behind. It was only after two o'clock at noon that they arrived near the post station at the mouth of the Tuijiao River.
Zhao Xin did not agree to go to the inn to rest. Who knows what tricks Liu Yong and Na Qitai would play. If you can't beat someone on the battlefield, it's not uncommon for them to resort to tricks below. So he led his team across the frozen river and camped in a field east of the inn.
It was still the same as before. First, clear an open space and set up a big tent. Then Zhao Xin went in and walked around. It was filled with materials for setting up the camp.
This time, Na Qitai finally understood why the Beihai Navy's camp was set up so quickly.
This man stood on a high platform within the wall of the post station, holding a monocular telescope in his hand to look carefully. I saw a guy in a dark blue coat and a few people digging for something in a field a few hundred steps away from the Bei Navy camp.
After a while, an officer from the Northern Navy crossed the Tuijiao River and said a few words to a Qing general on his side. After that, Na Qitai saw his men run away and ran towards the inn.
"Sir! Those guys said they were going to blow up the soil soon!"
Gu: "What? Exploding soil?" Na Qitai didn't react and looked at his men blankly.
"They said it was too cold and the ground was too frozen to dig, so they had to use gunpowder to blow it up."
When Na Qitai heard that he was going to blow it up with gunpowder, he quickly said to the soldiers beside him: "Go and tell Master Liu quickly, don't shock him!"
At this time, because of Liu Yong's clean official reputation, people had already spread him into a figure similar to Bao Qingtian. These Eight Banners soldiers outside the pass are also familiar, so the accompanying officers and soldiers respect Liu Yong from top to bottom. If it was really because that group of rebels fired off cannons that scared Liu Yong, then Qitai could not escape the blame.
Not long after the soldiers left, Liu Yong arrived after hearing the news. He walked up to the high platform, took the telescope handed by Qitai, and said, "What are these guys doing?"
"Master Liu, they are digging the earth to set up camp."
Liu Yong was surprised and said: "The wood all over the mountains and fields is not enough?"
Na Qitai said: "Judging from the few contacts I have had with Zhao Ni, this person will always do something unexpected."
Liu Yong said "Oh" and stopped talking, looking at the opposite side intently.
After almost a while, Liu, Na and others on the high platform heard a long whistle from the other side of the river. Some North Navy officers and soldiers who were standing suddenly fell to the ground, followed by a boom. Long's thunderous voice echoed on the ground.
"Not good!" Na Qitai hurriedly pulled Liu Yong down. He thought that in the next second, fire would be accompanied by earth and rocks flying into the sky, and it might even hit the inn.
But who would have expected that after a while there was no movement. The two looked up again and saw that the fields were filled with smoke and dust, making it impossible to tell what had happened. When the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, we saw that in a small field of two acres, the ground was as hard as iron plates and was turned into pieces of soil as if it had been plowed by a huge iron plow.
Next, a scene appeared that made Liu and Na two even more stunned!
Next to a group of busy soldiers of the Northern Navy, two rumbling monsters stretched out their ten-foot-long yellow giant arms, shoveled the soil on the ground through the bucket in front of the giant arms, and then walked for a while After the road, they were poured into square baskets made of unknown materials.
Those square baskets have been arranged in a straight line for more than ten feet, about two feet high. There seems to be a bag inside, and the shoveled soil is put in these bags.
When the soil in a square basket was almost full, Na Qitai finally realized that it was unimaginable that the Beihai Navy's camp was built like this. No wonder a camp was built after just one night!
At this time, the west bank of Tuijiao River was filled with Qing troops watching the excitement, and they were all dumbfounded. Some people even forgot that the two sides were hostile and wanted to walk across the ice to take a closer look. As a result, they were driven back by the North Navy who were responsible for guarding the other side.
Several sharp-eyed Eight Banners soldiers shouted: "There is a person inside that monster!"
"Oh my God! Is this thing manipulated by someone?"
"Good guy, with such great strength, a shovel must weigh dozens of kilograms! How much food do you usually need to feed?!"
A veteran of the Eight Banners seemed quite experienced. He thought for a while and said, "I guess eating grass won't work. I'll have to feed him black beans, and I'll have to add two raw eggs every day!"
Several flag soldiers around were dumbfounded: "You still have to eat eggs?! Who can afford to feed this! With this kind of money, it is better to raise two more cows."
"Raising cattle? Can your cattle have such strength?"
Liu Yong pointed blankly at the two yellow and black monsters with their giant arms stretched out, and he was stunned: "These rebels are really good at strange skills, but they are amazing. If Farmers have this tool, how much can they save in the labor of clearing wasteland and cultivating land?"
The noisy Qing army watched on the river bank for a long time, until Na Qitai saw that it was getting more and more outrageous, and ordered someone to take a few of them back outside the inn and beat them with military sticks, and then the group of people dispersed angrily.
After dark, the Beihai Navy camp was still brightly lit and noisy with people. Liu Yong was curious about how the lights could be so bright, so Na Qitai explained the electric lights he saw in Beihai Town, which shocked Liu Yong. Even the thunder and lightning in the sky can be used as usual. This is like a monster instead of a mortal!
After all the walls of the Beihai Navy's camp were built, the "two-headed" monsters disappeared into the opponent's camp.
After nightfall, the Beihai navy had dinner, and except for the guard sentry and swimming sentry, everyone else fell asleep peacefully. But the Qing army was kept awake all night by the scene during the day. Many people, including Liu Yong, did not fall asleep until the early morning.
Early the next morning, both parties had breakfast, and the officers in charge met again by the river to communicate and negotiate.
As usual, the Beihai Navy set up a tent exposed to the wind on the east bank of the Tuijiao River, while the Qing army sent people to place seven or eight braziers around it as a place for negotiations.
Just after ten o'clock in the morning, Liu Yong, Na Qitai and several Eight Banners generals led more than 20 armored soldiers from the forward battalion and crossed the river to negotiate. At this point, Liu Yong finally met Zhao Xin, whom he had been waiting for for several months.
Liu Yong, who is over sixty years old this year, is a stocky man with a medium build, a rectangular face with dark red undertones, and a pair of piercing triangular eyes under thick eyebrows. There was a thick beard on his lips and a goatee on his chin, but there were not many wrinkles on his face. He wears a winter hat with a ruby top, a yellow mandarin jacket over his eight-python five-clawed robe, and a pair of black high-top white thick-soled soap boots. He is not sloppy.
And Zhao Xin, who is just over thirty-one years old, is tall and has a neatly trimmed face with no stubble on his face. The eyes are bright and lively under the thick eyebrows, under the strong nose, the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, and he looks like he is smiling but not smiling. Both he and Cao Peng were wearing the winter camouflage uniforms of the Northern Navy, and they looked particularly strong under the thick coats.
"You are Zhao Xin who pretended to be Zhu Ming?"
"Haha, that's right. You are Mr. Liu Chongru, right? You are indeed Qianlong's humerus minister! Sorry, I have been repairing Rakshasa and kept you waiting for several months."
Zhao Xin looked at the man opposite him who was famous for his law-abiding and honest character, and was praised by many film and television works of later generations. He was also the biggest culprit of the "Dongtai Yizhulou Case", and his heart was quite complicated.
And when Liu Yong looked across from him, the man who made the Manchu Qing court uneasy all night, and who was already described as the number one rebel in the sky with a fangy face and three heads and six arms among the people in Beijing, an ominous premonition arose spontaneously!
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