Although the order to mobilize troops has been issued, Qinggui still felt that the troops on the side of Daxiu La were not enough. He wrote an urgent memorial yesterday afternoon, and at the same time mobilized the Imperial Envoy to deploy 3,000 Khalkha cavalry from the Zhelim League. Support the hunting of animals.
"Commander, it's getting late, why don't you take a rest first?" The eyes of the staff on the side were also bloodshot. He looked at Qinggui with concern and advised him to rest.
The wrinkles on Qinggui's forehead gathered together in one place, and he shook his head slightly.
The staff member said: "Commander, are you worried about the Lafa River?"
Qinggui placed the lantern on the table beside him and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "If we only talk about blood and bravery, those Beihai soldiers are not the enemies of our Eight Banners soldiers. But Zhao Xin is full of tricks and sharp cannons in his hands. , succeeded many times. It’s so difficult!”
During the battle at Ning Guta last year, Qinggui had no time to react and the battle was over. Although he knew that the Beihai Navy had powerful firepower, he still couldn't help but slander Mingliang.
However, today, he finally realized how Mingming felt after his defeat. Qinggui suddenly remembered what Mingliang said in tears when he visited him in prison a few months ago:
"Shu Zhai Gong! It's not that I, Ming Yin Zhai, have the ambition to fight against the enemy. Today, I risk beheading and tell you something from the bottom of my heart. If the imperial court does not use the power of the whole country to suppress Zhao Ni, if he, Zhao Xin, does not Due to this act of self-destruction, our Qing Dynasty may be in danger within ten years!"
Fucha Mingliang, who is that? Although he had several ups and downs in his official career, he had fought countless battles, large and small, since his invasion of Burma in the 33rd year of Qianlong's reign. In every battle, he took risks and attacked fortresses. No one doubted his military ability, and even Qianlong favored him. There are plus.
But the power of revitalizing the whole country? Unbeknownst to others, Qinggui, who had served as Minister of War, was very clear-minded. Today's world is different from that of forty years before Qianlong. Not to mention Beihai Town, there are other turmoils that can only be calmed down by the power of the court.
To this day, the only Eight Banners troops that dare to fight to the death are the Tianshan Banner Camp and the Beijing Camp, and one of them is dead. However, because Qianlong was always wary of the Han people, and the land outside the pass was also the land of Longxing, he would rather let the Han troops who had left the banner return to the Eight Banners, which would increase the financial burden on the court, and never send the green troops out of the pass.
According to statistics from the Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty during the 50th year of Qianlong's reign, there were a total of 59,530 Manchu soldiers under the Eight Banners, 16,843 Mongolian soldiers under the Eight Banners, and 24,052 Han soldiers under the Eight Banners, with a total strength of 100,000. In contrast, the total number of Green Camp troops in the pass is 589,000.
In other words, even if the Qing court had an unknown plan, it exhausted all the strength of the country and launched an expedition against Beihai Zhenlao Division, with a total of 300,000 soldiers.
Less? Nothing less! Three hundred thousand soldiers are just soldiers, and correspondingly, a civilian team of 300,000 to 400,000 people is needed. During the Battle of Sarhu in the former Ming Dynasty, the Ming court sent only 200,000 troops, claiming to be 470,000; however, it actually lost more than 45,000 troops and was defeated across the board.
"Alas~" Qinggui felt that he had done everything he could and should do. All that was left was to wait for changes on the battlefield and then look for opportunities.
While I was meditating, I heard Gesheha say outside the door: "Commander! There is someone holding a token outside the general's residence, saying that he is your old friend."
Qinggui frowned, thinking where could an old friend show up in the middle of the night? Moreover, there is now a night curfew in Wula City, Jilin. Except for soldiers, ordinary people are not allowed to walk on the streets. Even if there is an emergency military situation outside the city, the fire sign must be checked before the rattan basket can be hung up.
Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice: "What token?"
Ghoshhar walked into the house and offered an object with both hands. Qinggui took a look and saw that it was an ivory tablet half the size of a palm. It was round and smooth, but the surface had turned brown due to time.
However, after he saw clearly the Manchu text engraved on it through the light, he was suddenly shocked and asked urgently: "Where is that person? Bring him quickly!"
This Geshiha had been following Qinggui for many years, and it was rare to see Qinggui lose his temper like this. He replied: "He was already being looked at outside the gate."
"Bring that person over quickly!"
Gesheha said worriedly: "Commander, this person in the middle of the night must not be a bad person..."
"Nothing! Go quickly!"
After Geshiha took the order, after a while, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door. At this time, Qinggui had already withdrawn from his staff and subordinates, and was sitting alone on the Grand Master's chair in the room, motionless.
When Goshiha led someone into the house, Qinggui noticed that the guy who claimed to be his "old friend" was walking with a limp, wearing a cotton coat, a badger skin hat on his head, and a mark on his face. There were a few bloodstains, and his right hand seemed to be injured, with a piece of cloth wrapped around it.
When he saw the man's face clearly and recalled it, he couldn't help but be startled and blurted out: "It's you?!"
The man opposite smiled but said nothing, but winked at Qinggui. Qinggui understood and asked Geshiha to step back, and told him to hold the second door with his hands and not allow anyone to come in.
When Goshiha was far away and could no longer hear the sound of footsteps, the man called Qian, bowed and said: "I pay homage to Tang Ajunise and see the commander-in-chief!"
"Please get up quickly. Please keep this ivory plaque away." Qinggui looked at the ivory plaque on the table, but never wanted to touch it again.
The reason for this is that on the tooth plate, "Shang Yu's Reserved Place" is clearly engraved in Manchu from top to bottom and from left to right.
Speaking of this institution, there is another name called "sticky pole place", which is called "blood drop son" in later interpretations.
In fact, Shangyu's backup place has existed since the Kangxi period. The initial purpose was to select people who were agile and flexible in work from among the noble sons of the Eight Banners, and were responsible for such things as supporting the emperor, raising the lid, and catching fish while the emperor was on a hunting tour. After these young people have experienced these daily chores, they can then become the emperor's bodyguards.
As the emperor's personal staff, Shang Yu's backup office naturally became one of the emperor's eyes and ears for understanding external information. However, during the Kangxi era, their role was not great. They mainly reported some rumors from the streets and alleys.
Since the Shunzhi era, the secret agencies in charge of the emperor were actually the General Affairs Department and Luan Yiwei; for example, the famous Jiangnan Sanwei was Kangxi's eyes and ears stationed in Jiangnan.
The Shangyu Standby Office was really known to later generations after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, and it was not until the Jiaqing period that its function as a secret agency was abolished. The biggest reason is that Heshen came from this organization in the early days and gradually took charge of it, which Jiaqing, as the emperor, would never tolerate.
Gu Ke, let me digress. In another time and space where Zhao Xin was, some Qing fans, or whatever, actually concocted the story that Qianlong sent the guards of Sticking Branch to Europe. It is said that the Qing court, such as the British Industrial Revolution, was all clean, which proves that when Margani visited China, Fukang'an was dismissive of European military technology.
However, in this statement, what year, month and month does the so-called "Manchu file" belong to? Who is the translator? Why is there no paper on such important historical data?
Even if we are unwilling to give up on information that is not even available in the National Archives, we can’t make up nonsense!
In fact, Qianlong's main channel for understanding Europe was the same as Kangxi's through Jesuit missionaries. Listening to their stories is one thing, but looking at the letters exchanged between missionaries and their European hometowns is the biggest source of information about Europe.
Do you still remember Wang Dahong and Ba Maozhen who were sent by Qianlong to imitate Beihai Town rifles? Once these missionaries work in the office, they will never be able to go back. The only way they could contact Europe to get the latest news was through letters.
Wang Dahong, who worked in the Qing Palace Construction Office, once mentioned in a letter to his European friends that the Lifan Yuan had to open and check the letters he sent every time to confirm that no palace secrets had been leaked before allowing them to be sent out.
Those sent out must be opened and inspected, and those sent in must also be inspected. Don’t forget that in the early and mid-Qing Dynasty, Catholics were prohibited from entering the interior to preach. If the missionaries in the construction office have some connection with Macau, the problem will be troublesome.
In the twelfth year of Qianlong's reign, Dominican monk Bai Duolu disguised himself as a missionary in Fujian from Macau and was beheaded outside the west gate of Fuzhou on the order of Qianlong. In the thirteenth year of Qianlong's reign, four other Spanish monks, Shi Francis, Hua Yajing, De Francesco, and Fei Ruowang, who were arrested successively, were also executed.
It is said that the reason why Fukkangan looked down upon the British weapons mentioned by Macartney was because the Qing army had defeated the Burmese army and Gurkha soldiers armed with British and French guns, whether in Burma or southern Tibet. Even in the Fourth Qing-Burmese War, the Eight Banners troops defeated tens of thousands of Burmese troops, including 1,500 French mercenaries.
A farming civilization with a culture of "restoring the land and relocating it" is faced with a group of bandits who wear the cloak of "civilization" and have their hands stained with blood. They use the form of a state to plunder and expand, and even massacre and colonize. They have a national criminal tradition, which is far from a sentence. "Not thinking about progress" can be explained clearly!
Too far away...
His eyes returned to the signing room in the General's Mansion. When Adjuni, the worshiper in Shang Yu's spare room, calmly put the ivory card into his arms, Qinggui asked in a low voice: "I don't know if you have any advice for your visit late at night." ?”
With his current status, even as a bachelor of economics and holding the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, he would not dare to have anything to do with Shang Yu's reserve office, let alone a private meeting in a secret room. But since the other party dares to come as an "old friend", there must be something big going on.
Zhu Nise cupped his hands and said: "Commander, Zhao Ni himself appeared at Xiaobai Mountain at Shenzheng time yesterday, and has now arrived at the rebel camp at Laoye Ridge."
"What! Are you serious about this?!" Qinggui's complexion changed drastically, and the muscles on his face trembled with his complicated emotions.
Zhuni replied calmly: "I saw it with my own eyes and I am absolutely not deceiving you! That's why I risked my life to come here and asked the commander to mobilize his troops overnight to kill this beast!"
Qinggui looked at the injuries on the opponent's body, knowing that the opponent must have experienced a narrow escape from death before crossing the North Navy's defense line. But how did he cross the Lafa River's defense line? Could it be... Qinggui stopped his thoughts in a hurry and did not dare to think about it again. He thought for a moment and said: "Deploying troops is not a problem, but can you lead the way?"
Zhu Nise cupped her fists and said, "To be honest, I still have a few colleagues on Laoye Ridge. When the time comes, we can coordinate internally and externally and act according to the opportunity."
"Okay!" Qinggui's face was filled with joy, he patted the armrest of the Grand Master's chair, stood up and said with his hands in his hands: "Your merits will be credited to our great Qing Dynasty! Please accept my respect!"
It was already past three o'clock at night. In the Beihai Navy camp on the west side of Laoye Ridge, Zhao Xin was still awake and drank one cup after another of tea. Guisheng, who was guarding outside the tent, kept yawning, while a dozen guards were paying full attention, paying attention to the movements around him from time to time.
News came back from the eastern front in the evening that Jiuzang's troops encountered stubborn resistance from the Qing army when they attacked the Yingchengzi fortress. Although the vanguard company repelled several attacks by the Qing army, it was unable to conquer it due to lack of heavy weapons. It was not until the main force of the three regiments who had defeated the Tongken Mountain Fortress came to support them. After firing dozens of cannons, the Qing troops on the fortress saw that they were defeated and set fire to all parts of the fortress before fleeing in panic.
Based on the interrogation of the prisoners, the Northern Navy learned that the Qing general in charge was none other than Zhao Xin's old acquaintance, Na Qitai.
Fortunately, after the Yingchengzi fortress was captured, there were no more Qing fortresses to the west as far as Erduoli. Jiuzang said in the telegram that the leading company had set off overnight and was expected to arrive at the Burhatu River in the evening the day after tomorrow.
Walking more than 500 miles for three days may not seem like much, but in fact it is life-threatening. Zhao Xin estimated that it would take at least five days for Jiuzang's main force to reach the Burhatu River. The mountains and forests in that area are densely populated by wild animals, including not only tigers, but also black bears and wild boars. These beasts are also nocturnal foraging animals, which will definitely cause obstacles to the march of the troops.
"Whether it's the Golden Grain Layer or the Big Bear, I can't stand it."
Hearing Zhao Xin muttering to himself, Hu Ji, who was also looking at the map, said, "Sir? What did you say?"
"Oh." Zhao Xin chuckled and said in a hoarse voice: "I estimate that after this battle is over, there will be a lot of tiger skins and bear skins."
Huji yawned and advised: "Sir, it's getting late, please rest quickly."
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "This battle is not easy to fight. If you want to contain the Qing army in the Hunchun camp from withdrawing westward to support Jilin City, in addition to the marching speed of Jiuzang, it also depends on the progress of Deng Fei. As long as the Marine Battalion If we can control the Hunchun River waterway, the government security can only mobilize troops by land."
Hu Ji rubbed his swollen forehead and asked, "Sir, what if Hunchun's Qing army crosses the Tumen River and enters the Li Dynasty?"
"Yeah, no matter how powerful the Thor is, it can't go up the Tumen River. But..."
Zhao Xin did not say anything further, but smiled. In his heart, he wished that the Qing army could escape across the Tumen River and enter the Li Dynasty. This would give the Northern Navy the best excuse to go down the Tumen River and take Maoshan City directly. As for whether Li Chaojun and his ministers had a headache, and whether they would send someone to negotiate again, he decided not to see him until then, and we would talk about it after the fight was over.
When Hu Ji saw Zhao Xin showing that deceptive expression again, he thought to himself, don't worry too much, the lord must have arrangements.
In fact, Zhao Xin also had arrangements for the people of the Li Dynasty at the southern foot of the Yangtze River. By then, all of them would be sent by the Northern Navy to Nerchinsk and Chita to farm, while the southern foot of the Yangtze River would be left to those poor families who were transported from central Sichuan.
If the guarantee is not complete, there will be a "Nerchinsk Autonomous Prefecture" in the future, hahahaha!
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