Chapter 429: Heaven Doesn't Fulfill People's Wishes
"Okay, great. I didn't expect Fu Hengda to bring so much artillery, so that we were no longer afraid of the elephant soldiers in Burma. As for the rest of the Burmese army, I believe that the warriors of the Qing Dynasty will not be afraid of them. "Niu Hulu. Shanqin said excitedly.
"It's natural, Lord Kindness is tired these days." Looking at Niu Hulu. The look of the mood swings of the kind, Fucha. Fu Heng was quite emotional.
With no sharp weapons in his hands, he has always felt like he was forced to resist. Fu Heng can understand very well.
I think that after he took over the Jiangnan Bandit Suppression Battalion, he was not pressed and beaten by the bandits' military firearms, but he was driven all the way from Hunan to Shandong, not to mention how aggrieved he was.
Fucha. Fu Heng felt that if he could mobilize a large number of spears and artillery at any time to fight against the bandit army as he did now, there would be no reason why he would be defeated so quickly.
Of course, Fucha. Fu Heng would not feel that he would attach so much importance to artillery now, and the reason why he attached so much importance to muskets was because of the loss in the bandit army.
You must know that now the imperial court still strictly prohibits the green battalion soldiers from mastering firearms, and it is even stricter, not to mention that the people can have them.
"Hey, I don't dare to be tired. It's just that it has not been able to defeat the Burmese army and drive the Burmese people out of the territory of our Qing Dynasty, which is really a disregard for the grace of God! "Niu Hulu. The good relatives said and bowed to the north.
"The emperor also knows the hard work of the good relatives, and he hangs it in his heart. Let's work together to get the Burmese out. "Fucha. Fu Heng comforted.
"Yes, yes... Fu Hengda is right. "Niu Hulu. Shanqin suddenly came and continued in spirit: "Although it is tense in wartime now, it is also a happy event to meet Fu Hengda today. We'll leave the rest of the matter at that. Today, I prepared a banquet for Fu Heng people, and I ask Fu Heng people to appreciate their faces. ”
"Kind relatives are invited, Fu Heng doesn't dare to disobey. I'm coming. "Fucha. Fu Heng immediately chimed in.
Chinese officialdom has always been a wine table culture, unless it is the collapse of the sky in front of us. Fu Heng didn't dare to disobey.
The purpose of this banquet was to introduce the local gentry and officials of all parties to him, although these people may not be able to enter Fucha on weekdays. Fu Heng's magic eye. But now that the war is tense, Fucha. It is necessary for Fu Heng to show his face in front of them and promise them some benefits, so as to obtain the greatest support from the local government.
"That's good, Fu Hengda people are tired all the way, I won't disturb Fu Hengda's rest first, and other specific military affairs, after the banquet, I will discuss them with Fu Hengda one by one." Niu Hulu. Said the kind-hearted.
"That's fine, everything has a good relationship." Fucha, who is also feeling tired at the moment. Fu Heng didn't do much hypocrisy, and went down with the trend. After all, he was really tired from the non-stop rush along the way.
Although he knows that the military situation is like fire, he doesn't understand the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and everything can only be left to Niu Hulu. Let's talk about it after the wine banquet prepared by the kind relatives!
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Yunnan, Lincang
The Burmese army is stationed in a camp
Since the Burmese army invaded Yunnan at the beginning of the year, it has reached Lincang in less than three months, and the speed has made Yongjiya feel a little incredible.
Although they will also encounter desperate resistance from Yunnan along the way, they have also been defeated one by one under the strong attack of the Burmese army.
Victories along the way, the surrender of the local Tusi and the burning and looting of the local people all boosted the morale of the Burmese army. And the thousands of women in the barracks who were taken captive by the Burmese army for the army to commit prostitution all made Yongjiya feel that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a paper tiger.
So much so that after the "strength of wine", Yongjiya arrogantly released words in the army that Burma would break through Kunming in three months and take Yunnan in six months.
Yong's "bold words" made the Burmese army happy. At this time, few of the Burmese army would take the Manchus in their eyes anymore, and in their eyes, Yunnan was the meat in their mouths.
It was another miserable night for the women in the camp.
"Your Majesty, I received a secret report that the southbound army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has arrived in Kunming and will arrive at the battlefield in the near future." After the banquet, Yong Jiya, who had returned to the camp, was listening to the intelligence officer Yongla. Buying a tooth for the front of the report.
"Do you know exactly how many people are coming? Who's in charge? Yongjiya changed his previous free and easy, and immediately asked anxiously.
"Back to the emperor, the specific people have not yet been figured out, and the current secret agent learned from the Qing Dynasty Mansion Report that they have at least more than 100,000 soldiers, of which nearly 60,000 are soldiers of the Manchu Eight Banners." Yongla. Maimai replied calmly as if he had already memorized it.
"It's Fucha who is in charge. Fu Heng. Fucha. Fu Heng is the younger brother of the deceased Empress Xiaoxianchun of Qianlong. He once shined in the pacification of the Sichuan Rebellion and was awarded the title of first-class duke. However, he lost in the pacification of the southern anti-thieves last year and was treated by the guilty family, but this time he didn't know why he was reused by Emperor Qianlong again. ”
"A defeated general who can't even pacify a group of mud-legged rebels is not enough to be feared. I had heard about the Manchu Dynasty's pacification of the Sichuan Rebellion from those Tusi in Yunnan, mainly thanks to Yue Zhongqi, a veteran who stayed during the Yongzheng period. I saw that Yongjiya was full of disapproving analysis.
"Yue Zhongqi, as a descendant of the famous general Yue Fei, has the ability. If he is still here, it will be a nuisance for me in Myanmar. But unfortunately, Yue Zhongqi is dead. And Fucha. Fu Heng couldn't pacify the rebels from the poor people in the south, which also proved that his ability was just like that. So Fucha. Fu Heng is not worth being afraid of. On the contrary, we should rejoice. ”
"The emperor is right, that is, a general who was put up by family relations, I really don't know how to worry." Yongla. Maimaiya immediately agreed.
"But did you find out the other generals who came with him this time?" Yongjiya continued to ask.
"I don't know at the moment, I only know that there is another person named Zhang Jia who is accompanying me. Gui's generals were very well regarded. Fu Heng's attention, it is said that he was rewarded by the Manchu court for his meritorious service in pacifying the anti-thieves in the south of the Manchu Dynasty. "Yonla. Maimaiya replied after a moment's thought.
"Then this guy needs to pay attention." Yong Jiya said.
"Yes."
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Twenty-third year of Qianlong, April
The Qing and Burma took Shuangbai County in Yunnan Province as the battlefield, and each invested nearly 100,000 troops to start the war.
At the beginning of the war, the morale of the Burmese army had the upper hand against the green battalion soldiers who only held cold weapons, especially the addition of the Burmese elephant soldiers and artillery, so that the green battalion soldiers of the Manchu Qing forward were almost defeated.
However, with the addition of the Manchu Eight Banners, a large number of artillery and muskets were distributed on the battlefield, which made the Burmese army stunned by the Manchus at once.
Several battlefields were fought fiercely, and both sides suffered heavy losses.
At this point, the two sides have entered a tug-of-war. Burma found that the Manchus were not as weak as they imagined, and the Manchus also understood that Burma's strength was indeed not to be underestimated.
However, just when both sides were helpless, something unexpected happened on the Manchu side.
Fucha. Fu Heng received bad news. Rebellions broke out again in the land of Jinchuan in Sichuan, and their rebellion was very likely to cut off the source of military logistics in the north.