Chapter 413: Gui's Thoughts
Hu Fei's incident was only a small episode of China's westward expedition, after successfully taking Guangxi and Guizhou, China rested for a few months, and then marched in two ways to take Yunnan, and since then all three provinces have been brought under China's rule.
"It's all barren land! If you lose it, you lose it! Qianlong is now numb, and he only sighed lightly after hearing the news that these three provinces were lost.
"Your Majesty! That saffron will not respect Confucianism, only know how to be ruthless! It will not last long! He Shen cautiously persuaded, "We only need to recuperate for a few years now, and watch the enemy defeat itself!" ”
"Watching the enemy defeat himself? Isn't this what those ministers of Chongzhen said in the late Ming Dynasty about our Qing Dynasty? Qianlong glanced at He Shen, "What, now you have this idea?" He has now extinguished the idea of competing with the Red Flower Society, and just wants to live one day at a time, Xi'an is not as prosperous as the capital, but it is also good, and there are natural dangers such as Tongguan, so he must be able to last a little longer, right? It's just that the women in the northwest are not as gentle and lovely as the girls in the south of the Yangtze River!
"Your Majesty, it's just that Yungui and Guangxi are lost, and Sichuan Kewan can't be lost! Now we are only rich in Shuzhong under our rule, and half of the court's current consumption is supplied by Shuzhong, if it is lost, it is unimaginable! Fukangan didn't care about angering Qianlong at this time, and when he saw that he was depressed, he gritted his teeth and admonished.
Hey, I forgot about the woman in Shu! Soon after arriving in Shaanxi, the queen mother gradually lost weight because of the water and soil, and she didn't insist on seeing the first emperor for a few months, Qianlong was not sad at the time, on the one hand, she thought that she kept the edict of the first emperor that led me to the current situation, and I don't know if she has the face to see the first emperor? On the other hand, there is no discipline at all, and the whole person has become decadent and debauched, so when I heard Fukangan's report, the first thing I thought about was not how to defend Sichuan, but the women in Shu.
Fortunately, he hadn't completely lost his mind, and waved his hand. "Let the governor of Sichuan, Altai, mobilize troops and horses to defend it strictly, the chaos in the northwest was quelled by us a few days ago, and then let Ah Gui bring some men and horses to support!"
In recent years, China did not use troops against the Manchus, and for the safety of the rear, Qianlong sent A Gui to kill the past along the route of Xi'an, Lanzhou, and Dihua, and the Qing army could not deal with the Chinese army. But it's no problem to fight a dozen of those local rebellious aliens, Ah Gui's army feels the long-lost victory, the blood almost stains the ancient Silk Road, and Ah Gui's name can cure children in the northwest generation to cry at night!
As for the forces of the Red Flower Society in the northwest, they have already received the news of Ah Gui's march, some of them have lurked on the spot, and some have joined Ah Gui's army and helped Ah Gui lead the way. The tribes that did not submit to the discipline of the Central Plains were soon slaughtered.
Mu Zhuolun's side was sometimes good and bad, whenever he wanted to collect the remnants of the warriors of various tribes to strengthen himself, he would always encounter Ah Gui's army, and after a battle, he suffered heavy losses, but when he fled, the Qing army chased him again for some reason; But when he took in the men and horses of other tribes, the Qing army would suddenly appear again.
If this is the case again and again, Mu Zhuolun, Huo Ayi and others are completely dead to the fight for hegemony in the northwest, and they took their subordinates to find a place to shrink. plans to wait for Chen Jialuo to dominate the world, and he has a relationship with Huo Qingtong. Presumably, wealth will be indispensable in the future!
When Ah Gui received the news of the transfer of troops, the spirit accumulated after many victories disappeared in an instant, not to mention that he had no way to defeat the Red Flower Society's army, that is, these men in the northwest under his command all grew up in a dry land with wind and sand since childhood, and when they arrived in a humid place like Shuzhong, let alone fight. Whether or not you can survive the soil and water adaptation is a problem.
Ah Gui set his eyes on the northwest, and suddenly had such a thought in his heart, since the Central Plains can't be defended, why not go to the northwest? In ancient times, from the Xiongnu, Turkic to Khitan, they all made a career in the west after being defeated by the Han people in the Central Plains. I can't beat the Red Flower Society with muskets and cannons, and I can't beat the barbarians who wield scimitars? Speaking of bows and horses, who have the warriors of the Qing Dynasty been afraid of? Besides, after so many years of hard work, the people of the Ministry of Industry have also figured out some ways to musket, wouldn't it be easier to fight those barbarians who can't even match the iron weapons?
A few days ago, Wu Baxi of the Turgot Department sent someone to ask for the annexation, saying that he couldn't bear the oppression of the Rakshasa people and wanted to return to the rule of my Qing Dynasty! When Ah Gui received the envoy, he inquired about the situation in the west and learned that the Turks were under the rule of the Rakshasas, and at that time Ah Gui had such thoughts, he had fought with the Rakshasas outside the capital, and their combat power was far worse than that of the Red Flower Society! And there are many grasslands with fertile water and grass in the west, which can accommodate so many people!
Hey, I'm leaving a way back for the Qing Dynasty! Now that the Northeast is occupied by Prince Zhuang, even if you want to go back to the Northeast, you can't go, and when Xi'an North is broken in the future, you must leave a seed for the Manchurians no matter what!
Therefore, after Ah Gui got the news of transferring him to the southwest, he immediately secretly summoned his hardcore cronies, and ordered his most loyal general to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to peep into the west, and he returned to Xi'an with the weak army that had been screened out.
Ah Gui knew that he couldn't count on this majesty, and he began to secretly study which one of the clans in Xi'an could become the Ye Dashi of the Qing Dynasty
Ha, how could Ah Gui have such an idea? Chen Jialuo was taken aback after receiving the news from the intelligence department, he didn't really think that Ah Gui had the strength to fight in Europe like the Huns, Turks and Mongols, and now neither the Rakshasa nor the Ottoman Empire could be gnawed by Ah Gui!
But what if they don't go all the way to the west, but go to South Asia after stirring up Central Asia? The British Empire doesn't have a lot of troops in India right now! It seems more acceptable to have these people in front of me to clean up the enemy, and then wait for them to appear in front of the locals as liberators after they have been killed, rather than attacking them directly?
Now it is only a matter of time before he recovers the entire Central Plains, Chen Jialuo gradually considers the problems of various surrounding countries, and Ah Gui's new idea gives him a good choice.
"Don't startle the snake first, keep an eye on Ah Gui, and find some more people who are familiar with the situation in the Western Regions to send him to see how far he can go!" After thinking about it, Chen Jialuo gave an order. (To be continued......)