Cutting 1719

Chapter 525 Qianlong's Struggle

In Yunchun in October, the weather is getting cooler and cooler, giving people an inexplicable sense of comfort, but once another month passes, in November, the cold weather will make everyone get used to staying inside.

At this time, the Russian soldiers in Yunchun and the soldiers of the Qing army who were incorporated into the Russian army began to prepare for drills. They wore colorful clothes, carried various muskets on their shoulders, and some There are bayonets hanging from the waists of the people, and the faces of those people are even more yellow and white-from the surface, this is not a fighting army.

Emperor Qianlong stood on the podium, staring blankly at the army below. Since he was not used to the chill, he put his hands in his sleeves, as if he wanted to express his emotions—as for the people around him. The Russians all looked very excited.

Earl Sara Wula smiled, looked at Emperor Qianlong who was like a weak chicken, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, look how strong our boys are!"

Emperor Qianlong looked at the army that looked like miscellaneous brands, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, frowned and said: "But, I think they are really not enough, just the kind of aura similar to Chu Ni."

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, you really don't know much about military affairs!"

The Earl of Sarawula was obviously not as knowledgeable as the courtiers under Qianlong. He unceremoniously taught the young man in front of him, saying: "Those armies that are only showy are not real warriors. The reason why the Qing Dynasty lost is because they lost It’s superficial, but now after being trained by the Russian Empire’s military, the cowards of the Qing Dynasty can also become warriors.”

Emperor Qianlong was silent. He was not sure if he knew military affairs, but the attitude of Earl Sarawula reminded him of the bragging of the courtiers of the Qing Dynasty. Under their bragging, the warriors of the Qing Dynasty were also invincible.
Seeing that Qianlong didn't talk back, Earl Sarawula snorted coldly and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, let you see how powerful they are!"

After saying this, Earl Sarawula didn't wait for Qianlong's reaction, and immediately started to let the army conduct drills. After hearing a cannon, a large number of Russian soldiers began to line up and fire guns. It's more like that.

"Bang bang bang-"

The thick white smoke not only covered the Russian soldiers who were shooting, but also made Emperor Qianlong slightly startled. He smelled the gunpowder smoke in the air, and looked at the Russian soldiers who were shooting in front of him, but he was shocked. An incomprehensible sadness that he could never go back.

Emperor Qianlong deeply remembered that he had personally inspected the firearms battalion back then. The soldiers of the Qing army were so brave that day. It seems that their bravery can only be reflected on the training ground, but today's Russian soldiers It's also very brave, but what kind of performance does it really look like on the battlefield?
The drill time of the Russian army was not too long. At least Earl Sarawula obviously didn't want to waste precious ammunition. In addition, he saw Emperor Qianlong's expression of displeasure, so he immediately chose to stop the drill and sent someone to send Emperor Qianlong sent it back to the palace.

The so-called Xinggong is just a relatively spacious courtyard with more than a dozen rooms inside, at least it is considered a big house in Yunchun. Of course, this Xinggong was not given to Emperor Qianlong by Sara Wula, but Xu Yuanmenghua He paid 50 taels of silver and bought it from Sawaula. In addition to the yard and house, there are twelve horses.

In addition to the palace, Xu Yuanmeng and Zhang Tingyu worried that the successors of the Qing Dynasty would be completely extinct, so they spent money to buy more than a dozen wives and aunts in Yunchun, all of whom were Manchurian women who had fled to Yunchun. Yes, I hope that Emperor Qianlong can throw himself on these Manchu women every day, so as to leave an heir to the Qing Dynasty.

For this so-called palace and concubines, Emperor Qianlong didn't like it at all, he even felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart, it was almost a prison for him to be imprisoned.

"Xu Yuanmeng, do I want to stay here forever?" Emperor Qianlong's face was full of anger, like a boy who was really entering the rebellious period.

Xu Yuanmeng had a little more white hair on his head, and he sighed softly: "Your Majesty, we can only stay in Yunchun for now. Otherwise, if Ning Chu catches you, your Majesty will inevitably suffer."

Emperor Qianlong had thought about it for a long time, and he retorted: "I can go to seek refuge with the Mongols, it's better than being angry with the Raksha people here every day."

Mongol?It's really simple to think about.
Xu Yuanmeng shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty, let's not talk about how we go to Mongolia, but the Mongols are unreliable at the moment. Even the Eight Banners of Chahar have already gone to the capital. Emperor Zunning is the Great Khan of Mongolia."

"The Mongolian Khan? What kind of Mongolian Khan is he a Han?"

Emperor Qianlong's mouth grew big, he really didn't understand why the good-looking Emperor Ning was going to be the Mongolian Khan.
Xu Yuanmeng thought that Tian Cong Khan was not a Manchu in those days, and it is not surprising that the Han people are sweating profusely now, but the appearance of Emperor Qianlong made him more determined, that is, to let Qianlong have more sons come out, in order to choose a suitable emperor in the future
While the two were thinking about each other, Zhang Tingyu hurried into the palace with a look of excitement on his face, and when he saw Qianlong, he knelt down with a thud.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor! Daqing is finally saved!"

"How come it's saved again?"

Not only did Qianlong fail to understand the question of whether the Qing Dynasty could be saved, but even Xu Yuanmeng was confused.

It's over for a while, and it's saved for a while, let's play with people!

Zhang Tingyu hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty, I heard that Zhungeer has sent troops. They want to unify Mongolia and attack Ningchu. When the time comes and the two of them fight, I, Daqing, will naturally benefit from it!"

"Wait? Zhungeer wants to unify Mongolia?"

Emperor Qianlong's expression suddenly changed. He knew that this matter had started since the time of his grandfather. Although Zhungeer had never been successful, in Emperor Qianlong's heart, Zhungeer had always been an enemy. .

"That's right, Cewang Allah Butan has sent troops to attack the three tribes of Khalkha. At that time, whether it is the Russians or Chu Ni, we must focus on him, and my Qing Dynasty can take the opportunity to develop myself secretly, maybe It can also take some advantage." The confident smile on Zhang Tingyu's face made Emperor Qianlong feel confident.

Xu Yuanmeng also just heard the news, he was surprised and said: "But once the three Khalkhas are taken down by Cewang, our last bit of influence on Mongolia will be gone."

"Hmph, what influence does Chechen Khan have? They have already begun to hook up with the Russians and Ning Chu, and they will decide which side to take refuge in after asking for a price from both sides."

Zhang Tingyu snorted coldly, continued to look at Emperor Qianlong and said: "Your Majesty, we don't care who wins or loses right now. The Mongolian affairs have nothing to do with us. It's better to create a powerful enemy for them. When the time comes Neither the Russians nor Ning Chu will easily attack the emperor again."

Emperor Qianlong was a little confused, and sighed slightly at the moment: "I can't do anything here, even if I don't want to wait, I can only wait."

But Zhang Tingyu shook his head, knelt down and said, "For the sake of the country and society of the Qing Dynasty, please ask the emperor to have more children, so that there will be hope in the future!"

When Qianlong was working hard to sow seeds for the Qing Dynasty, Ning Yu brought his second assistant Li Fu, privy envoy Ning Zhongyi, and the left servant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zhao Xiantai to discuss the future governance of Mongolia.

Judging from the current situation, it has become a foregone conclusion for Ning Chu to regain Monan Mongolia, and since Sun Jiagan's mediation in Mobei Mongolia and Zhungeer's invasion, after some management, it is not a big deal to regain Mobei Mongolia The question is, as for Moxi Mongolia, it is very likely to be won in the future. Then, how to manage it is a bit of a headache.

Mongolia is different from ordinary places. For example, the Guannei regime really has a strong influence in Mongolia. There is really only one Qing Dynasty. Even the Ming Dynasty cannot control Mongolia. Although it has been suppressing the development of Mongolian tribes in the past, but later There was still a change of civil engineering. It can be said that until the Ming Dynasty fell, it was also in the stage of falling in love with Mongolia.

On the contrary, the Qing court's control over Mongolia was quite deep. The policy of "marriage to build temples" almost completely disintegrated the Mongolian forces in Monan, so that it really no longer had an impact on the Qing court. The attack also increased the control of Mobei Mongolia to some extent.

However, the policy of "building temples by marriage" also has great drawbacks. Ning Yu doesn't really want to adopt it, and he still has some ideas of his own.

"After the settlement of Monan Mongolia, the sixteen 49 banners should be entrusted with the policy of grace and power. Each of them will be crowned as the king of the county and the residence of the capital will be rewarded, so as to stabilize people's hearts. As for the implementation of counties and counties in Mongolia and parallel new policies. , should also be done as usual, and if there are those who violate or question and oppose, they should be punished and killed."

"It's just that there is one more Zhungeer now, and there are Russians plotting behind it, I'm afraid this move will be too aggressive, and it will be soft." Li Fu was still somewhat worried.

Ning Yu chuckled, "Right now, Monan Mongolia is in my hands. If they dare to resist, I won't mind punishing them severely. As for the three tribes of Khalkha, if they are not stupid, I will keep their heirs in the future." , but if I dare to mess with the Russians, I will naturally not soften my heart."

Hearing the emperor's shouts of beating and killing, Zhao Xiantai, the left servant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was a little worried. He said softly: "It's just that this move can recover Mongolia, but it can't be controlled."

"I think that even if we blindly impose benevolence and righteousness, it will be difficult to change the current status quo. It took the Qing court nearly a hundred years to gradually use Monan for its own use. I might not be able to spend a longer time."

Ning Yu snorted softly, but said again: "The matter of national integration is the right way. I can spend a longer time to completely and gradually dilute the Mongolian population, so as to promote national integration."

"This is by no means a century-old effort"

"But I think that only in this way can I completely establish the teaching of the King of Great Chu."

Ning Yu pursed his lips, "After Mongolia is settled, I will send all the Confucian scholars in the Confucian Academy to Mongolia to educate the people well. After hundreds of years of work, I will completely control Mongolia."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Fu was overjoyed, and immediately recalled the words and deeds of countless sages in his mind, among which enlightening the common people is a great merit.

And the Confucian scholars who have made efforts and sacrifices for this matter are naturally the pioneers who have dedicated themselves to the way of the sages. Their sacrifices are still very meaningful.

Ning Yu nodded and said, "The real problem now is how to fight on the grassland in the future."

Strictly speaking, since the founding of the Han army, it has been fighting across the swamps and waterways in the south for a long time, and there has only been one Northern Expedition in the north, and the Mongolian battle has never been fought before. What is missing for this is extremely difficult. make up.

Ning Zhongyi, the privy envoy, sighed. It was obvious that he had been studying this issue for a long time, and said, "Your Majesty, the current problem with our army has always been the lack of horses. Apart from the lack of horses, there is even a shortage of horses. There are not many cavalrymen with experience, if they really compete with the Mongols in the grassland in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with it."

"But our cuirassiers, didn't they destroy the Mongolian cavalry one after another during the Northern Expedition?" After all, Li Fu knew too little about military things.

Of course Ning Zhongyi understood the secret, and said with a wry smile: "We only have 8000 cuirassiers at full strength, and the remaining [-] are mounted infantry. Although the cuirassiers are powerful, they are not particularly large in the vast grasslands." threat."

Ning Yu naturally understands the problem. Strictly speaking, it belongs to the different positions of the cavalry. During the Northern Expedition, the Mongolian cavalry was always charging, so the casualties were extremely heavy. On the surface, thousands of cuirassiers can easily become the sesame seeds sprinkled on the face. It seems to have a sense of presence, but its effect is indeed limited.

In addition, compared to the Mongolian horses with rough skin and thick flesh that are easy to feed, Arabian horses are almost a nightmare to put on the grassland, because the ordinary grass on the Mongolian grasslands cannot meet the needs of Arabian horses at all, like the Fuhan army feeding Arabian horses on weekdays When the horses were fed, they were fed alfalfa, oats, wheat bran, corn, and bean cakes. The standard of food was not comparable to that of Mongolian horses, and the output of the Mongolian grassland itself could not meet the needs of Arabian horses.

Secondly, the Mongolian horse has extremely strong endurance on the Mongolian grassland. It can run long distances, and this is a common way for Mongolian cavalry to attack. On the contrary, the Arabian horse does not have good endurance. It is better at sprinting, so In terms of endurance, it was also beaten by Mongolian horses.

To put it bluntly, when fighting on the grasslands, the terrain and climate are always factors that cannot be ignored. Perhaps the cuirassiers are indeed elite, but as long as the Mongolian cavalry is good at dragging, they can drag the precious and delicate Arabian horses to death. , perhaps the engagement is impossible at all.

"Great Chu needs more Mongolian horses, and they must be used to form mounted infantry."

Ning Yu stroked his chin, his face thoughtful.

(End of this chapter)