Of course, the rebellion in Jinchuan and Jinchuan troubled the Qing army, but the Burmese army was not as stable as Mount Tai.
Since the arrival of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty's army to conquer Burma, the Yunnan chieftains who had taken refuge in Burma like grass on the wall had felt ripples in their hearts again.
Although Myanmar seems to have the upper hand, they are completely unsure whether Myanmar can gain a foothold in Yunnan. As a result, some chieftains who were forced to provide military rations to the Burmese army began to find excuses to delay.
If this matter had been put in the past, Yong Jiya would definitely send troops to attack them directly. But the war is now tense. In order to avoid causing more trouble and ensure smooth logistics supplied by Myanmar, Yong Jiya turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye.
But if this is the case, it is not a big problem for Myanmar. After all, when Yong Jiya was considering the attacking Burmese army, he never expected that Yunnan could satisfy the Burmese army's military rations locally. As long as the Myanmar army is in Yunnan, the logistics and food routes are smooth all the way. However, this is not easy.
The Burmese army burned, killed and looted along the way in Yunnan, which made many Yunnan people who had suffered family destruction and death hate Myanmar deeply. With the support of those chieftains who dared to resist the Burmese invasion, they launched a desperate attack on the Burmese army, which put considerable pressure on the Burmese army's logistics. Slowly, the Burmese army began to run out of rations.
However, the Qing army was completely unaware of all this. At the same time, in addition to Jinchuan and Jinchuan, the Manchu and Qing court at this time was also troubled by their so-called "Longxing Land".
In recent years, there have been frequent wars between the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty, and the Russian Minister of the Far East felt that he had sensed an "opportunity to take advantage of." So they used the "Convention of Nerchinsk" to invade the Greater Khingan Range.
You know, Tsarist Russia did not "understand" the Manchus at all.
As early as the Kangxi period when they advocated "one emperor through the ages", Tsarist Russia used less than a thousand troops, and the Holy Emperor Kangxi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty obediently gave away more than three million people to the north of Heilongjiang and the Waixing'an Mountains. Russia.
Later, during the reign of Yongzheng, the Manchu Qing Dynasty signed the Treaty of Branches and the Treaty of Kyaktu with Russia, ceding 300,000 square kilometers of land in the southern part of Lake Baikal and the Angara River Basin to Tsarist Russia.
Now in the Qianlong era, there is no reason why Qianlong should be an exception. Since both his grandfather and father had contributed to Tsarist Russia, it was time for Qianlong to express his views. Moreover, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were still at war, and Tsarist Russia felt that it would definitely take a serious bite on the Manchu and Qing Dynasty this time.
At the beginning of the 23rd year of Qianlong's reign, Tsarist Russia used the pretext that some serfs were shot dead by Manchu soldiers. Then they quickly expanded the matter and assembled more than a thousand troops to launch an attack on Heilongjiang.
In the following ten days, the Tsarist Russian "army" that crossed the border carried out a frenzied killing of the people in Heilongjiang. They all slaughtered the old, weak, women and children, and the ground was frozen red for a while.
There were not many Manchu and Qing defenders on the Heilongjiang border. Coupled with the differences in weapons, the Heilongjiang border quickly fell.
Heilongjiang garrison general Akzan Suhaci immediately sent people to negotiate with the Russian "army" after receiving the news of the massacre, but what he got was an agreement to cede territory. In the end, Akzan Suhaci, whose negotiations were fruitless, had no choice but to organize an army to resist and reported to the court.
Beijing
Forbidden City
Qing Dynasty, court meeting
Qianlong, who had just returned from the Temple of Heaven to worship heaven, never expected that he would receive urgent military information from Heilongjiang. Qianlong had to expect that there would be changes in Tsarist Russia on the border, but he did not expect that it would come so urgently.
Ever since the "short-haired thieves" rebelled in the south, I don't know what happened to the Qing Dynasty in the past few years. There have been frequent wars and natural disasters.
Not to mention the "short-haired thieves", it was not easy to pacify Junggar, but Gansu was causing trouble again, and after pacifying Gansu, the great and small people in the Western Regions were restless.
The army was mobilized to pacify the Western Region, and the Burmese army came to join in the fun. The empire has deployed troops to quell Burma, and the large and small Jinchuan in Sichuan is not a worry. Not to mention that there are various famines and floods in various places.
Qianlong felt that it must be because he had offended God by being too ambitious in the past few years, so God sent so many disasters to the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Qianlong went to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to heaven and pray.
For this reason, Qianlong also invited famous shamans from the "Longxing Land" in the northeast to pray at all costs. Unexpectedly, he would receive such military information just after the sacrifice to the sky. At this time, Qianlong had to return to the court to hold a meeting to discuss.
"Dear dear friends, what do you think about the Tsarist Russia sent by Suhachi to invade our Heilongjiang border and burn, kill and loot?" Qianlong asked, sitting on the dragon throne.
At this time, Shu Mulu, Shu Hede, the Minister of War of the Ministry of War, inevitably stood up and said: "Returning to the Holy Spirit, I believe that Heilongjiang is the place where our Qing Dynasty thrives, and the root of our national lineage must not be lost. "
"That's why I believe that although Tsarist Russia is strong, we, the Qing Dynasty, are a celestial dynasty and are not easy to bully. We must send troops to counterattack Tsarist Russia's invading forces so that they can curb their ambitions."
"This slave agrees with what Lord Shuhed said..."
"This servant also agrees with Master Shuhed's words..."
Subsequently, many ministers from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia also seconded Shumulu Shuhed's statement. Of course, all the Han ministers did not express any meaning.
Because when it comes to the issue of "Longxing Land", they have to be cautious and don't express opinions if they can, lest one bad thing leads to criticism, which leads to the confiscation of homes and the death of people.
Moreover, any sensible Han minister would understand that Qianlong only asked for the opinions of the ministers of the Eight Banners, and they, outsiders who could not be called "minions", had no right to express their opinions.
"I have no objection to sending troops to fight Tsarist Russia, but where will the soldiers' food and salary come from?" A different voice was heard among the voices of agreement. This person was Niu Hulu Aligun, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
"Where can it come out? Of course it comes from your household department." Shumulu Shuhed looked at Niu Hulu Aligun and said angrily.
"Hubu? Our Hubu no longer has the money to support sending troops to Heilongjiang to fight Russia." Niu Hulu Aligun replied.
"Arigun, what do you mean? Are you going to ignore my land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty?" Shumulu Shuhede immediately angrily questioned Niu Hulu Arigun.
"It's not interesting, it's just that there is no money in the treasury settlement. If you, Shu Hede, can find a way to get the money, you can do it for me as the Minister of Household Affairs!" Niu Hulu Aligun replied unceremoniously.
Note ①: It means Xinjiang. The term Xinjiang was only adopted by Qianlong later!
