The public trial of Qianlong was an idea in Emperor Zhu's mind.
In his opinion.
The crimes committed by the Manchus since their entry into China must have a symbolic end of sufficient weight.
Especially if Manchu and Mongolia are to be regarded as Chinese Cossacks.
A trial in the true sense of "all crimes should be attributed to the emperor Aisin Gioro" is even more necessary.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria have a rough calculation of more than 1.5 million people.
After one or two hundred years of marriage, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Monan Mongolia have almost become one.
There are also more than one million people in the Mongolian tribes in Monan.
This adds up to a population of more than three million.
Not to mention the current technical means.
Even if you use the tactics used to defeat the Germans in World War II, they still won't be able to defeat them.
If you can't kill them, then there are millions of people who are the mortal enemies of the Ming Dynasty!
It would be very troublesome for these people to learn from the future and bearded men carry bombs tied to them every day to carry out terrorist attacks in big cities - the population of the Ming Dynasty is so mobile now, no matter how powerful the Jin Yiwei is, it is impossible to control everything.
Moreover, Emperor Zhu is also a modern and outstanding young man who has been educated by me for more than ten years.
When I was in school, I had Mongolian and Manchu classmates.
Later generations are all members of the same family in Greater China. Although some are closer than others, on the whole everyone gets along relatively harmoniously.
We must really make up our minds to slaughter all the more than three million Manchu and Mongolian tribes.
This decision is really difficult to make.
What's more, Tsarist Russia is now ready to move on the border, giving Manchuria and Mongolia an opportunity.
Emperor Zhu now wants to use Manchu and Mongolian as his sword, so naturally he wants to give peace of mind to all the Manchu and Mongolian tribes.
Then a public trial in which "all crimes are attributed to Qianlong and the rest are ignored" seems to be very symbolic.
But how would Qianlong interrogate him?
How can Manchuria and Mongolia become Cossacks of the Ming Dynasty?
The specifics need to be carefully considered.
Liaoxi, Ningyuan.
The Liaodong Corps of the Ming Army was ready for a full-scale attack on Shanhaiguan.
Ma Xinmin, who was hired by the Liaodong Corps as a civilian follower, had already withdrawn from the newly completed artillery position.
Huge barrel-shaped mortars pointed toward the sky at a 45-degree angle.
Ma Xinmin touched his sore shoulders. This was the first time he had seen such a huge and heavy cannonball.
A cannonball requires two civilians to carry it to the position on a pole.
This is a hillside about one mile away from Shanhaiguan.
The mortar position was set up on the reverse slope of the hillside to avoid being directly targeted by the city defense artillery at Shanhaiguan.
The mortar set at this position can eject the shells into Shanhaiguan.
"Hey, have you heard? The Tatar emperor has been captured, and Agui in Shanhaiguan won't last long."
"If nothing else, sleepiness has trapped them to death1"
"I heard that a lot of surrender letters have been sent in the past few days."
"It's a pity. Originally, this Agui could be their Manchurian Wu Sangui. Now it's better. Qianlong has been captured, and he can't be Wu Sangui even if he wants to."
The peasants who carried the cannonballs up the mountain felt much more relaxed when they came down the mountain, talking and laughing as they walked down the hillside path.
It was really hard work for them to carry the shells up the mountain these days.
Fortunately, the food standards of the Ming army were good.
Three meals a day.
When I wake up in the morning, I eat meat buns or noodles with canned whale meat. There is a huge demand for whale oil in the Ming Dynasty, so many private businessmen in the Pearl River Estuary and Yangtze River Estuary formed whaling teams to go to sea. Catch big fish.
Therefore, whale meat is very cheap now. Of course, unless you live by the sea, you can still buy fresh meat. Elsewhere, you can only eat dried meat, cured meat, and canned meat.
The Generalissimo's Office also spent money to purchase a lot of whale meat for critical supply to the front line.
These days I almost feel sick after eating whale meat - Ma Xinmin never thought that one day he would smell the meat and its color would change.
And he heard that whale meat tastes similar to pork - Ma Xinmin has never eaten pork. After all, his family is an honest believer.
I don’t know if those Han people deceived him.
There was a meal of rice at noon, cooked by a Hunanese chef in the army.
Ma Xinmin was not used to eating at first, but he got used to it later - he had done too much hard work, and the local Hunan dishes that are heavy in oil and salt can indeed replenish salt and physical energy.
Rice is also served at night.
Worked for several months.
Ma Xinmin actually gained a lot of weight every time he lost weight.
With such sufficient protection for civilians, it is not difficult to understand why the Ming Dynasty fought fiercely.
"Today's work is over. I heard that the military camp in Vladivostok is recruiting people from us. If you go there, you will have the opportunity to join the army first."
someone said.
Ma Xinmin pricked up his ears.
If he can join the army, it is indeed a good way out for Ma Xinmin. He knows some writing, and if he makes a contribution in the army, he can recommend him to the Army and Navy Officers Academy for further study.
The current Ming Dynasty does not have the style of being noble and powerful.
And civilian officials usually have no control over the military.
If Peng Jun, the governor of Liaodong, wants to manage the army, he must also hold the title of commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Corps.
So today's Ming Dynasty has entered an era of shining military uniforms!
The generous treatment of soldiers has greatly attracted young people to join the army.
Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty now expands its army, it is not afraid that no one will do it.
At this time, Peng Jun, the governor of Liaodong, also observed Shanhaiguan with a telescope.
"General Town, it seems that Agui doesn't want to be Wu Sangui anymore."
Feng Zhaoji, one of the brigade commanders beside Peng Jun, smiled.
"If you don't want to do it, don't do it. The emperor has given an order to attack Shanhaiguan!"
Peng Jun put down the telescope and said with some regret.
Not being able to lead troops to participate in the Battle of the Central Plains, I really missed a lot of opportunities to make meritorious deeds.
However, the Liaodong Corps was watching here in western Liaoning, which also prevented the Qing army in Guihua City from coveting Liaodong.
"Since this Agui doesn't want to be Wu Sangui, then just be his loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty." Peng Jun took out his pocket watch, "At a quarter of noon, the mortar position and the howitzer group were fully launched, and the Shanhaiguan Pass was blown to the ground!!"
Peng Jun said sharply.
Through hot-air balloon reconnaissance, it can be found that Agui built a large number of parapets and trenches in Shanhaiguan, and may have also dug some caves to hide soldiers.
In an attempt to use these fortifications to cause huge damage to the Ming army.
Of course Peng Jun will not let his subordinates suffer huge casualties just because of a Shanhaiguan pass!
therefore.
Only then will those huge mortars be moved up the mountain.
The mortar shells weighing more than 60 kilograms will be thrown into the pass, and the violent explosion will collapse all the temporary rigid facilities built by the Qing army.
If nothing else happens
After this round of shelling.
There are probably not many people who can move in Shanhaiguan.
Inside Shanhaiguan.
The Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army, who had been surrounded for half a year, sat around the iron pot.
The few soybeans in the iron pot have become thinner and thinner.
Today, there are only a few soybeans in the pot, but a large pot of water is boiled.
Many Eight Banners soldiers were too hungry to walk, leaning against the wall and staring numbly at the noon sun.
Because the Great Wall near Shanhaiguan was blown up by the Ming army.
The current Shanhaiguan is actually an "isolated pass", and it is impossible to replenish troops and materials through the Great Wall - in fact, the Qing government cannot take care of the defenders of Shanhaiguan.
Originally, Agui had people plant sweet potatoes on the nearby hillside, but the Ming army killed them again.
So now there is basically no food in Shanhaiguan. The war horses have been killed and made into bacon. The beans and wheat fed to the horses are all eaten by people.
If the Ming army continues to besiege. ,
Sooner or later, the tragic situation of "people eating each other" will appear in Shanhaiguan.
The "rumors" spread in the past two days shocked the hearts of the troops in Shanhaiguan.
It is said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was captured, the Qing Dynasty was defeated miserably in the Battle of the Central Plains, and the fifteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were competing for the throne in Beijing.
The Qing Dynasty was effectively finished.
However, these rumors were firmly refuted by the guard general Agui.
It was claimed that these were all "propaganda wars" by the Ming army to shake the morale of the military.
The Qing Dynasty was as stable as Mount Tai in the Central Plains!
However, Agui's words obviously could not inspire the fighting spirit of these soldiers guarding the pass.
Although they don't know whether the news of the Qing Emperor's arrest is true or false.
But by now, it is obvious that there are no reinforcements and no food and grass.
Even if Qianlong was not captured, it became more obvious that the Qing Dynasty was at a disadvantage on the battlefield.
Agui, still neatly dressed, came out to inspect.
But the gloomy color on his face was always difficult to hide.
Of course he knew that it was probably true that Emperor Qianlong was arrested.
The fact that hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners troops were defeated is probably not false.
Maybe now the whole city of Beijing belongs to the Ming Dynasty
As a Shanhaiguan garrison, he couldn't do what Wu Sangui wanted to do.
It seems that I have no choice but to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty.
Why should the Qing Dynasty have loyal ministers?
Agui thought.
Right now.
boom! boom! boom!
A dense muffled sound came from the Ming army position to the north.
Agui looked around.
I saw a round, seemingly huge cannonball rising from behind an unknown mountain peak, rolling towards the Shanhaiguan Pass.
"This is."
Agui was stunned for a moment.
As dozens of shells hit the ground.
boom! !
The extremely violent explosion shook the entire pass.
Agui stumbled and was knocked to the ground.
My eardrums buzzed.
Goshiha beside him was saying something anxiously in his ear, but Agui couldn't hear anything.
His nostrils and ears were bleeding.
With such a violent explosion, even if you are hiding in a cave, you are afraid that you will be shocked to death, right?
Agui thought.
next moment.
Dozens more artillery shells soared into the sky
"What a power!"
Peng Jun also looked at the scene in the telescope in horror.
"Headquarters, this is a siege gun specially designed by the Lantau Arsenal. What stands out is its explosive power. One shell is filled with dozens of kilograms of yellow gunpowder."
Feng Zhaoji beside him sighed with emotion.
"It seems that not many of the defenders in the pass will be spared. Let's start the attack after the bombardment lasts for half an hour!"
"Follow the order!"
Peng Jun looked at Shanhaiguan.
At this point, the Liaodong Corps will join forces with the Guards Corps and the Northern Expedition Corps.
Driving into Beijing with great force! !
Recover Shenjing and return it to the old capital.
(End of chapter)
