Early May in the fifth year of natural selection (the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign)
The Manchu and Qing armies from the east, south, and west marched southward at the same time with great momentum, preparing to put down the war in Dayi with one battle.
Due to Zhang Rui's sudden disappearance, Yijun's army inevitably experienced a small amount of turmoil. Although Guangzhou quickly issued a clarification, Zhang Rui has never shown his face, so it cannot completely dispel the doubts of all parties.
The prince was too young, and there was a certain lag in the spread of restricted news. While many people in the local army were still in a state of confusion, Qianlong also took the opportunity to instigate rebellion and lobby important personnel in the major military regions of the Yijun. Among them was Ma Jiulu, commander of the Loyalty Army, who was tempted by Qianlong's offer of the hereditary King of the West in the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and finally chose to rebel.
However, the Yi Army is different from the traditional army. It is not only under the orders of the most senior military generals. In addition to the commander, the military deployment of the Yi Army is also subject to the military commander.
In order to better control the army, Ma Jiulu naturally wanted to persuade Qian Lushan to rebel together, but Qian Lushan, who had always been deeply loyal to the emperor, naturally refused.
As for Qian Lushan who refused to submit, Ma Jiulu was not prepared to harm his life. He only wanted to kidnap Qian Lushan before making any plans. But he didn't expect that the Manchu envoy who was following him suddenly rose up and killed Qian Lushan, forcing Ma Jiulu to board the Manchu warship.
There was no way to turn around, so Ma Jiulu could only assemble his troops in the name of "Qingjun Side" and prepare to go south to attack Guangzhou.
However, it was obvious that Ma Jiulu overestimated his control over the army and underestimated Zhang Rui's checks and balances on the army.
The Zhongyi Army has most of the generals who are descendants of Guangdong and Guangxi. These people came with the initial bandit suppression army and are extremely loyal to Zhang Rui. How could they turn their guns and attack him just because Ma Jiulu gave an order? Recalling his former comrades-in-arms.
Moreover, Qian Lushan, the commander of the Loyalty Army, has never shown up, which is abnormal.
Therefore, even if Ma Jiulu used the name of "Qingjun Side", the troops below were just dilly-dallying, waiting for news from Guangzhou.
As the order from Guangzhou came down, Ma Jiulu found that except for a few people around him, he could not mobilize others. Then his rebellion was quickly discovered, and he himself was captured by the Shadow Guards, and he was captured along with him. There was also the Manchu envoy.
What Ma Jiulu never imagined was that he overestimated the strength of the Manchus.
The Manchu and Qing East Army that attacked Jiangsu had some advantages at first, but were quickly defeated by the Tiger Army led by Li Guozhong, and even retreated to the hinterland of Shandong and became defensive.
As for the Southern Road of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was only struggling to support it in Henan. In addition, almost all the people in Henan were attracted by Dayi in the south. Even many Eight Banners disciples in Henan area secretly voted for Dayi, so Zhang Jia. Gui's ability to maintain his territory was the result of the great efforts of the generals.
The only one who has gained an advantage now is the West Route Army led by Wu Ya Zhaohui. Thanks to the rebellion of Ma Jiu Road, they occupied many important passes from the beginning and obtained many advanced weapons of the Yi Army, resulting in The loyal soldiers defending here suffered a large number of casualties.
The Zhongyi Army suddenly changed greatly, and the army was already in turmoil. In addition, the West Route Army led by Wu Ya Zhaohui suddenly attacked while having an advantage, so the Zhongyi Army's counterattack was really inadequate.
And Wuya Zhaohui took advantage of Ma Jiulu's extra gifts and the equipment and food supplies that he continued to seize, and his strength became stronger. It only took more than ten days to occupy half of Hubei province.
As the Qing Dynasty's West Route Army invaded Hubei, Wuya Zhaohui once again used the policy he had adopted in Northwest Mongolia to burn, kill, and loot the people in Hubei, and drove the captured people to attack the Yi army's positions, and then used The cavalry charged and killed.
Since the Yi Army had always been promoting the idea that the military and civilians were one family, it was not easy to shoot at innocent civilians. It was unable to respond for a while. This caused a large number of casualties to the soldiers of the Zhongyi Army, and they could only retreat and defend.
In mid-May of the fifth year of natural selection (the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign)
Wuya Zhaohui discovered that this method was feasible, so he immediately wrote a letter back to Qianlong. After Qianlong saw the letter, he did not do anything
After much hesitation, Fu Cha, Fu Heng, Zhang Jia and Agui came down to deal with the Yi army in this way.
Therefore, Fu Cha, Fu Heng and Zhang Jia Agui had no choice but to come down and capture the surrounding people, especially the old, weak, women and children, who rushed to lead the charge. They actually forced the Tiger Army and Red Field Army, which had always been in an advantage, to retreat and defend.
When ideas conflict with reality, everything seems so out of whack.
The continuous losses ahead have called into question the strength of the imperial court and made the people feel uneasy.
At this time, Ma Jiulu was also escorted back to Guangzhou by the shadow guard Kuai Ma.
Ma Jiulu's rebellion led to a series of crises and aroused great anger in the court. At this time, Zhu Wanying was no longer the innocent girl who was designed to be killed by Gao Chengxiang and wanted to plead for him. She knew very well that as long as she was not strong, she would be swallowed to pieces.
The missing Zhang Rui and the young prince are where her courage and reliance lies. Therefore, with the joint assistance of the courtiers, shadow guards and guards, Zhu Wanying gradually grew into a decisive and killing queen.
Therefore, Ma Jiulu paid the price of Lingchi's execution of the Heyi tribe for his greed.
The end of May in the fifth year of natural selection (the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign)
The Manchu Qing's method of benefiting the people to attack the Yi army went extremely smoothly. The East and South Route armies showed vague signs of recovering their lost territory, and the West Route Army also took advantage of this method to occupy half of Hubei. The burning, killing, and looting became more intense, causing the people of Hubei to continue to flee south, and the infrastructure was destroyed. .
Seeing the continuous victories of the Qing army, some of the Eight Banners and the Green Camp who surrendered to Dayi could not help but regret it, which once again caused confusion in the Yi army's morale.
At this time, Zhang Rui, who had been missing for many days, finally announced his return at the Huaiyin military camp in Jiangsu.
After hearing the news, Tiger Army Commander Li Guozhong immediately gave up his frontline job and went to Huaiyin to escort the troops in person. After identifying Zhang Rui, he immediately sent the news back to Guangzhou via radio. Guangzhou immediately released the information after receiving it.
All of a sudden, it was like the magic needle returning to the sea, and the soldiers and people of Dayi Dynasty were calm and jumping up and down for joy.
After Zhu Wanying received the news that Zhang Rui was in the Tiger Army, she burst into tears. No one knew how she survived these days. Now I am finally relieved.
Zhang Rui's return also strengthened the determination of those who were still wavering to continue to follow Da Yi.
This is the power of leadership.
