"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, retreat! Ni Ming's main force has broken through the first formation!"
Qianlong's head was buzzing at this time.
Twenty thousand cavalry!
They were beaten into chaos by other people's mule soldiers!
The first line of defense was also lost.
The Ming army took the opportunity to press in two brigades at once!
Plus the Ming Army infantry brigade that had been surrounded.
Fifteen thousand troops arrived in front of the Qing army's second line of defense.
Fortunately
It was getting dark.
Otherwise, the Ming army may launch a direct attack, with 15,000 Ming troops.
Ten thousand people are invincible, and there are five thousand more.
How can the Eight Banners withstand the second line of defense?
The familiar smell of failure returned.
After spending a day on the front line, Qianlong, who was over eighty years old, was actually very sleepy.
But he still rubbed his eyes energetically and found that it was Fukang'an who was persuading him to retreat, and there was Eldenbao by his side.
Qianlong's expression changed greatly, and he pointed at Eldenbao and asked, "What's going on? Why are you back? Are you going to be defeated again?"
Eldenbao knelt on the ground with a mournful face and said, "Your Majesty!"
Qianlong's mood suddenly hit rock bottom.
"Your Majesty, withdraw now. We have done a good job in this battle. If we continue to fight, we will have to spend all our capital."
Fukangan also knelt down.
"Moreover, if we continue to fight, even if we can withstand it, we will still lose!"
"What did you say?" Qianlong's face turned cold.
"Your Majesty, the current cavalry can no longer rush the infantry." Fukangan shook his head and said.
After getting the news from the innermost part of Eldenbao that the Ming army had a large number of small rockets.
Fukangan knows.
starting today.
The role of cavalry has been greatly weakened.
future wars.
The competition is who has more muskets, rockets, and artillery!
Who has more firepower.
And in this regard.
How could the Qing court compare with the Ming Dynasty?
The population of the Qing Dynasty was originally small.
The system adopted is still based on the Eight Banners.
The real core strength is the Eight Banners, which has less than one million and less than two million.
The total population of Ming Dynasty is close to 40 million.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty can now mobilize manpower and material resources from Korea, Annan and other countries with a population of more than 10 million through the "vassal system".
In addition, the Ming Dynasty has always attached great importance to its relationship with Japan, a big country with a population of more than 30 million. Hundreds of thousands of samurai in Japan are eagerly waiting to be recruited by the Ming Emperor, and the Tokugawa shogunate is also quite serious in order to send away those fatal samurai. Cooperate.
so.
In manpower.
The Qing Dynasty almost used one to two million eight banners to fight against the Ming Dynasty and its vassals, plus Japan!
How can this compare.
And what's more terrible is.
Today's wars can no longer be fought and won by skilled archers and horses.
Today's war revolves around firearms.
How can the Qing Dynasty compare?
Qianlong felt dizzy for a while, but he understood what Fukangan meant.
The Qing Dynasty can no longer be defeated.
Not to mention the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners soldiers were at a huge disadvantage in terms of combat strength.
Even the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty could exchange lives with the Ming army on the battlefield.
Can Daqing afford it?
How many are the Eight Banners?
How many Han people are there?
Qianlong took a deep breath and spoke, his voice returning to calmness.
"It's getting late now, and it's not the time to fight. Please pass on my order, and all the flags should be returned to the military camp. Then I'll send a message to Mingliang of Zhulong Mountain to set up more flags on Zhulong Mountain, spread suspicion, and the main force of the unit will be withdrawn. Camp!”
'Your Majesty! '
Fukangan and others knelt on the ground and shouted.
The sage is the true sage.
After some tossing, the power of the Eight Banners was greatly improved.
The failure to defeat the Ming Dynasty was not Qianlong's fault, but that times had changed.
If this were one or two hundred years ago, Qianlong would definitely be regarded as the "Lord of Saints" of the Qing Dynasty just by integrating Mongolia.
But this is no longer the era when a skilled archer and horseman can conquer the world, and a skilled soldier can win a battle.
In today's wars, what we fight for is population and productivity. In this regard, Ming Dynasty undoubtedly has the absolute upper hand.
Qianlong looked regretfully at the Ming army building fortifications with torches on the front line, and sighed regretfully.
he knows.
It's actually safe to retreat now.
Because the Ming army had a small number of cavalry, it was unlikely that they would venture out at night and send cavalry to pursue them.
But this retreat.
Then you may never come back.
Right now.
Riding from the north.
Qianlong looked at it from a distance, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
Isn't this the first-class bodyguard, Delengtai, the former commander of the Eight Banners and Mongolia?
Isn't he responsible for guarding the Forbidden City?
Why are you here?
Did something happen to the Forbidden City?
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!!"
"Something big happened! The Han people rebelled!!"
Delengtai yelled and jumped off his horse before he could reach Qianlong. He staggered and rolled to Qianlong's side.
Qianlong frowned.
Of course the Han people rebelled.
The Emperor Zhu across from him is the number one Han rebel.
"What's going on?" Qianlong asked.
"It's Kong Qingrong! Kong Qingrong is rebelling!"
Qianlong was shocked when he heard this.
Yanshenggong Kong Qingrong? 1
What is he against?
How could there be rebels in the Kong Mansion?
How can this be? !
"Kong Qingrong is spreading rumors in Beijing, let's talk about it."
"say what?"
"Say that Your Majesty, you were killed by Ni Ming, leaving the Seventeenth Prince to succeed you. Kong Qingrong and Dong Gao were the ministers of Gu Ming. They kidnapped the Seventeenth Prince and took control of the outer city of Beijing. They are now attacking the inner city. The fifteenth elder brother of the city within the city."
"What happened to Old Fifteen?"
Qianlong frowned.
"The fifteenth elder brother believed the rumors and ascended the throne before the seventeenth elder brother. Kong Qingrong also quickly made the seventeenth elder brother the emperor!"
Qianlong's head buzzed when he heard this.
This is great.
There were three emperors in the Qing Dynasty!
Qianlong took deep breaths continuously and stared at Delengtai: "I am so good, how can the capital believe that I am dead?"
"We don't believe it either, but those Han people say so."
"You believe what they say?"
"Your Majesty, the number of Han people in the capital is no less than one million. Moreover, many of them are training regiments from Zhili and Shandong. They are all busy with troubles. Moreover, the capital has been extremely short of food recently, and a lot of things have happened. It’s a food robbery incident.”
Delengtai said while lying on the ground.
Qianlong rubbed his temples and looked at Fukang'an and Eldenbao who were also stunned.
"Withdraw troops and return to Beijing!"
"Your Majesty, something big happened in the capital!"
At this moment.
The command post of the Emperor of Heaven has been stationed in a village.
And at this time.
Zhu Daohua also received news from the capital.
"Okay! Now the Qing Dynasty has three emperors!"
Zhu Daohua couldn't help laughing when he saw the news from Jin Yiwei.
When Fukang'an swept a large number of refugees into the capital.
Jin Yiwei mixed a lot of sand into it.
As the war in Baoding Prefecture was raging, the lack of food in the capital led to many robberies, and the public security was in unprecedented chaos.
The Jinyiwei spread rumors in the capital, and through Yanshenggong Kong Qingrong, took control of the Shandong Tuanlian military camp, and established the "Shenggong Army" based on this, and hijacked Emperor Liwei, the seventeenth son of Qianlong.
"The Yanshenggong Confucius Mansion still has great appeal among Shandong people, and it is possible to depose and establish an emperor, but it is really not easy."
Zhu Daohua put down the information in his hand and said.
The dignified Duke Yan actually did what Dong Zhuo did.
This really made Emperor Zhu feel uneasy - even though it was Emperor Zhu's royal guards who held Duke Yansheng hostage and did it.
"Your Majesty, the Qing Tartar Emperor probably also got the news, and he will most likely retreat tonight!" said military advisor Tao Biquan.
Zhu Daohua nodded.
"I'm afraid he will move towards the capital as soon as possible. Now there are two emperors on the Qingta side of the capital, and there is an old emperor leading the Eight Banners outside. Three emperors have appeared at once, so they are very busy. ”
Tao Biquan smiled.
"Yeah, I really didn't expect Yan Shenggong to be such a heroic figure!"
Wang Dayong on the side said with emotion.
This is not possible!
I am a good Yanshenggong!
How did he become Dong Zhuo? !
At this moment.
There was already chaos in Sijiu City. In fact, a few days ago, a lot of true and false news circulated in the city, and people were very confused.
Most of the Eight Banners officers who were training in the Shandong regiment were killed by the Jin Yiwei. Some of them were more clever and ran away in advance when the situation was bad.
And after mastering Shandong Green Camp.
The forces of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, headed by Wang Dingjia and Jinyiwei Qianhu Fang Ke, took the opportunity to seize an Eight Banners grain warehouse in the capital. Since the Qing Dynasty was preparing to evacuate the customs, there was actually grain in the capital, but it was not circulated to the capital. Just on the market.
With food in hand, the Holy Gong Army began to expand its army on a large scale.
Based on the 30,000 Shandong regiment training, 70,000 to 80,000 people were recruited from among the Han people in Beijing.
The 110,000-strong army was mobilized at once.
Jin Yiwei also kidnapped a Qianlong son in Bada Hutong.
It is the seventeenth elder brother Aixinjueluo Yonglin.
"Holy Duke, please give the order!"
Wang Dingjia came to Kong Qingrong's side and said.
"Order? What order?" Kong Qingrong regretted it now.
I am a good Yanshenggong, but he actually participated in this abolition!
Although the leaders are Wang Dingjia and Fang Ke.
But they are doing things under their own banner!
In the eyes of the outside world.
That is when Kong Qingrong, Duke Yansheng, proclaimed his seventeenth elder brother Yonglin as emperor!
It's really like falling into the Yellow River and not being able to wash it away.
Well done Yan Shenggong.
Now he is Dong Zhuo!
Can I still be a good Yanshenggong in the Ming Dynasty in the future?
I am a good person!
I'm not Dong Zhuo!
Kong Qingrong thought with a sad face.
(End of chapter)
