Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 196
In the 50th year of Qianlong, on June [-], Ding You.

When the last batch of [-] Han and Eight Banners troops transferred from the pass finally left the pass and arrived in Shengjing, the Qing court's troop deployment to the Northeast was basically completed.

At this time, outside the Ninggu Pagoda City, there were large army gatherings, and the densely packed tents were boundless.In the various camps, flags are flying, and generals are like clouds.

The imperial envoy's battalion for suppressing Fu Fu of the Qing court was set up in the general's yamen in the inner city of Ninggu Tower.In the flower hall, a huge sand table was placed in the middle.The entire sand table is extremely finely made, covering a vast area from Jilin to Ningguta, Hunchun to Fuerdan City, and the mouth of the Xila River, with mountains, roads, rivers, and lakes all in sight.

Beside the sand table, an old man in a gray jacket and a dark Baturu vest was discussing the terrain on the sand table with Fu Kang'an.This man looked to be 70 years old, with a long beard, two beards, a thin figure, a straight waist, a pair of triangular eyes, and a few white eyebrows sticking out.

This person is none other than Agui, a famous general of the Qianlong Dynasty, a bachelor of economics, and a first-class honest and brave man.

Because Agui was already old, Qianlong just ordered him to sit in the rear this time and act in the middle, lest Fukang'an should take revenge and lose his position.Now the entire army, north and south, is actually under the command of Fukang'an.However, as all the cannons cast in Jilin Ula were shipped and shipped, Agui, who was in Jilin Ula, finally went north and moved the imperial envoy camp to Ningguta.

Fukang'an on the side was looking back and forth at the sand table with his hands behind his back. "Commander, the report received yesterday said that the road repair team will reach Fuldan City in another eighty miles."

Ah Gui frowned and said, "The progress is still too slow."

Fukang'an cupped his hands and said, "I'm going to Hunchun with the army tomorrow, what else does Guangting Gong want?"

"The emperor is anxious!" Ah Gui clasped her fists towards the south. "A few days ago, a copy of the newspaper sent by the Military Aircraft Department stated that this year's disaster in the Central Plains has spread to southern Zhili, Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and most of Hubei. Changping warehouses in various places are opening warehouses to release grain. It is difficult to transport grain to the north. Many canals in Xuzhou and Dezhou have dried up."

Fukang'an was silent for a while before saying: "Didn't someone go to Siam and Annan to buy food?"

Agui said: "It's not urgent. The household department has sent me several urgent reports to complain."

Fukang'an gave a disdainful "cut" and said, "He Shen is not in charge of the household department. He"

He hadn't finished speaking when he saw Agui's personal soldier Geshha come in, called Qianer and said: "Commander, the lord is back."

Fukang'an's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he only heard Agui say: "Let him come to the flower hall."

After a while, Na Qitai walked in with Anthony.After seeing the ceremony, and waiting for the soldiers to serve tea, Ah Gui asked, "How was your trip?"

Na Qitai put on a dignified face, cupped his hands and said: "Return to Commander-in-Chief, Zhongtang, those people are not from Oros, they seem to be Bannermen or Han Chinese."

With a sound of "clang", the teacup in Fukang'an's hand fell to the ground.He got up abruptly, stared at Qitai firmly, and asked word by word: "What did you say?!"

"Zhongtang, it's true! I met their chief outside the city of Fuldan. He admitted everything, and he did it all."

Fukang'an was dizzy, and his originally fair face became more ferocious. "The city of Fuldan is lost?!"

Agui's eyes were shining brightly, and he said to Na Qitai: "You start from the beginning, don't miss a single detail."

Eight days later, Qianlong, who was in the Old Summer Palace, received an urgent note from Agui and Na Qitai for six hundred miles.The news in the memorial made Qianlong extremely shocked and at the same time very angry.

Last year, one general died, and more than 2000 people were lost in the battle; this year, tens of thousands of troops gathered again, and it was about to start, and only then did they know who the opponent was.Do you really think that you will not dare to kill when you are old? !That bastard Duerjia stayed in Jilin for a year, what did he do for food!
What surprised Qianlong the most was actually his suspicion of Zhao Xin's identity.Where did this person who speaks fluent Beijing movies and even knows the name of the governor of Tsarist Russia in Irkutsk come from?Where did his soldiers come from?
According to Na Qitai's memorial, that Zhao Xin claimed to be a survivor of the previous dynasty.For some reason, Qianlong immediately thought of the Zhao Wang lineage of the former Ming Dynasty.He has a lot of knowledge and strong memory. In his memory, the Zhao Wang line of Zhu Ming's royal family seems to have died out.

Qianlong ordered people to find "Shizu Shilu" and the family tree of Zhao Wang's lineage in the Ming Dynasty. After checking, they found that the above records were very clear:

Zhu Ming's Zhaowang family originated from Zhu Gaosui, the third son of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di.In the 39th year of Jiajing, with the suicide of Zhao Kangwang (Kang Wei's posthumous name) Zhu Houyu, Zhu Ming's Zhao Fengguo actually had no direct descendants, and the subsequent Zhao Wang was selected from Zhu Houyu's concubine.The last King of Zhao was Zhu Youfen, who was granted the feudal title during the reign of Longwu in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the state was in Nanning, Guangxi.

In the winter of the third year of Shunzhi (1646), Huizhou town general Li Shilian, the capital of the thirteenth battalion and the commander-in-chief of the fourth battalion welcomed Zhu Youfen to Xingning, where he was regarded as the state supervisor, and Beishan Temple was used as the place to handle government affairs. Li Shilian Claiming to be the Ministry of Cabinet.

In February of the fourth year of Shunzhi, Tong Yangjia, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and Li Chengdong, governor of the Qing Dynasty, sent people to surrender.Zhu Youfen knew that he was invincible, so he shaved his hair and went home.In June, Li Shilian brought Zhu Youfen into Guangzhou to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.After that, Zhu Youfen was placed in the West Chan Hall of Guangxiao Temple.

In June of the same year, Chen Zizhuang and Chen Bangyan, former ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty, made an appointment to attack Guangzhou. They sent people to contact Yang Keguan and Yang Jingye, the former commanders of the Guangzhou Guards of the Ming Dynasty in advance, and recruited 3000 bandits from Huashan to surrender to the Qing army. They agreed on July [-] with three drums. After that, internal and external incidents occurred.Unexpectedly, when things came to light, Tong Yangjia killed Eryang and the three Qianhuashan bandits, and ordered Zhao Wang Zhu Youfen, who was in Guangxiao Temple, to hang himself, and his son Zhu Cishe was also executed.

Is he a bannerman?Isn't it too much to turn against yourself!The more Qianlong thought about it, the colder he felt in his heart, he immediately ordered the people at the sticking pole to follow Zhao Xin's age and appearance played by Na Qitai. First, they secretly searched for each family in the capital, and second, they went south to find out whether Zhu Youzhen had any descendants. .

According to Agui's memorial, that Zhao Xin claimed to be a survivor of the previous dynasty who came back from overseas; if this person is really a descendant of King Zhao of the former Ming Dynasty, the matter will be serious.What's more, their hands have already stretched into the south of the Yangtze River, and they dare to kill salt merchants and rob women in a brazen and grand manner.Check, be sure to check!It is necessary to uncover the background of this group of people in Jiangnan.

As for the war in Jilin, during the past six months, the imperial court had tightened their belts to mobilize military rations, soldiers, horses and ordnance were well prepared, and the road leading to Fuerdan City was almost repaired.For this sake, even if you don't fight Qianlong, you can't agree.

That being the case, let's call first.As long as this group of people can be eliminated, all worries will disappear.

On the first day of July, Qianlong confirmed the revised military strategy of Agui and Fukang'an, and decided to send troops to attack and suppress all three forces.Seven days later, Agui and Fukang'an, who received the edict, immediately launched the attack.Agui sits in the town of Ninggu Pagoda and dispatches in the middle. Fukang'an leads the army to Hunchun, and then goes north.

Ah Gui and Fu Kang'an had already decided to launch it at this time, so they no longer hesitated.After receiving Qianlong's edict, Agui inspected the three armies at the Dajiao Field outside Ningguta City the next day.

The ninth day of July, Gengxu Day.This day is just day, suitable for offering sacrifices. "Book of Rites" says that in foreign affairs, the sun is strong, and in internal affairs, the sun is soft.After killing three animals and offering sacrifices to Yaqi, more than 2 horses divided into two routes, north and south, and left Ninggu Pagoda.

On the main road, from north to south, from west to east, there was no end to the black soldiers and horses.Behind the brigade, nearly [-] peasants gathered from Zhili and outside the pass followed the army, transporting weapons, food and grass.

Those bannermen who live in Ningguta, the old and the young, stand by the road and watch, marching bravely for the army.For the local banner people, since Kangxi sent troops to fight Yaksa, they had never seen such a scene again; besides, the scale this time was far larger than that of Kangxi.

Amidst bursts of cheers from the seeing-off crowd, Fukang'an's eight-carrying sedan chair followed the Chinese army flag all the way south.

The army on the South Road was commanded by Fukang'an, with a total of 5000 people, including 5000 firearm battalions of the Eight Banners, Manchu and Han, five vanguard battalions, a Xiaoqi battalion, and 3000 people from the "Retired Barbarian Army" composed of border residents.This group of people started from Ninggu Pagoda, marched [-] miles all the way, and arrived in Hunchun along the line of Malakuri, Saqiku, Gahari, Hassun, Mukdhe, and Mizhan Karen.After that, it will join with the [-] artillery troops who arrived earlier, and go north along the Karen post roads on the East Road until it reaches the south bank of the Suifen River.

The army on the North Road was led by Lieutenant General Du Erjia, with a total of 500 people, including a firearms battalion in the Eight Banners Manchuria, two forward battalions, 1000 cavalry from the Zhasak Mongolian Department, and [-] people from the Barbarian Army.This road goes east across Daling, along the southern foot of Hunda Mountain, and goes east along the Suifen River.

After arriving at the south bank of the Suifen River, the army of the South Road divided into two groups; Fukang'an was stationed on the south bank of the Suifen River, and Chengdu General E Hui led one to attack westward along the Suifen River and from the west of Fuerdan City.

In this battle, the Qing court almost mobilized nearly 38% of the firearms troops of the Eight Banners. Except for the Tianshan Banner Battalion far away in Ili, which needed to deter the northwest, the Beijing Battalion and the Eight Banners' firearms troops stationed in various provinces came out in full force.We must know that when Qianlong attacked Jinchuan and Jinchuan in [-] years, the Qing court only used the Eight Banners and three thousand birds, and the rest were green battalion troops from all over the country.

Because the artillery unit had arrived in Hunchun ahead of schedule, the army on the southern front moved very smoothly.Even if it rains, it will not have a big impact on the newly repaired roads.

In ancient times, in most cases, a maximum of [-] to [-] miles per day was required for marching, otherwise a large number of soldiers would be left behind.And this can only be done with a large number of pond horses and rangers.Tens of thousands of people marched out, and if they could not find a source of water, they would have to wait to die.

Of course, if certain special circumstances are encountered, an army traveling lightly may travel hundreds of miles a day.Then it is necessary to reduce the size of the troops, abandon the luggage, and reduce the scope of investigation. This is not uncommon in the history of ancient warfare.

Even in modern times, the attrition problem of rapid marches has not been well resolved.During the War of Liberation, a cavalry force of about 400 in the People's Liberation Army ran for [-] kilometers and took four days. In the end, only forty cavalry arrived and maintained a good condition, and the rest of the cavalry were all left behind.

Fortunately, Fukang'an was well prepared, and there are many rivers in Jilin.From Ningguta to Hunchun, from Hunchun to Karen, Mongolia, he has made arrangements in advance for all roads, water sources, and camping conditions.What's more, the road from Ningguta to Hunchun is an inside line, and there is no need to worry about the enemy's sneak attack, so the marching speed of the army can sometimes reach fifty miles a day.

The problem is, Zhao Xin and the others don't know at all.A group of people waited extremely anxiously, it's already July, why hasn't the Qing army come yet?

This is where the trouble of unequal information lies. Zhao Xin and the others don't understand the ancient marching speed at all.Ding Guofeng led his troops out for several days, but he didn't even see a ghost. He was afraid that the Qing army would arrive as soon as he came back, so he led his troops to the north, west, and south of Fuldan City on the ground with a radius of fifty miles. Wandering around, occasionally sending people back to pick up supplies.The two speedboats deployed in the Suifen River sailed westward for seventy miles, but they found nothing.Liu Sheng then ordered them to expand the search area.

Among the three people in Mali, the most unlucky ones belonged to Wang Yuanfang and the others who were hiding at the northern foot of Tongken Mountain.Not to mention eating compressed biscuits and eating canned food every day, even lighting a fire at night has to be careful, for fear of being discovered.Zhao Xin twice asked Wang Yuanfang to bring the team back first, but he refused both times, saying that he would use it as a camping training.

The position under Juergen's city is not safe here.A heavy rain in early July filled the trenches with water.Zhao Xin first cursed the damn weather, and then immediately arranged for a team of migrant workers to come in and rush to dig drainage ditches.Ordinarily, this kind of thing should have been prepared in advance, but who made people like Zhao Xin have no experience at all.Although Liu Sheng and the others had served in the army, they were not in the field army, and they were not good at soil work.

Zhao Xin also understood at this time that the so-called growth seems to have to go through countless times of tossing.It's not that easy to be a famous general!
He didn't know at the moment that Qianlong, who was far away in Beijing, actually linked his name with the royal family of Zhu Ming because of his own nonsense.The people at the sticky pole searched in Beijing for more than ten days, but they had no clue at all.And Sun Shiyi, the acting governor of Guangdong and Guangxi far in the south, also couldn't figure out why the emperor suddenly wanted to investigate Zhu Youfen's descendants after receiving the edict from Beijing.

Countless people continued to suffer like this, and in the end even Chen Qingsong couldn't take it anymore, and said that if the Qing army didn't come, he was going to go north with the exploration team to inspect the wasteland.

On July 28, the speedboat patrolling on the Suifen River sent back a message that small-scale Qing cavalry began to appear on the river bank a hundred miles northwest of Jurgen City.Immediately afterwards, Ding Guofeng and the others sent a message from the southern line that a large number of Qing army scouts appeared sixty miles south of the Suifen River.

"It's bad food!" After Zhao Xin received the news, he quickly realized that this situation was completely different from what he had expected. The Qing army was encircling it on three sides!
(End of this chapter)