Qianlong probably didn't remember how many troops he had folded under the Fu Han army. Since last year, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has mobilized as many as more than 100,000 troops, and tens of thousands of troops have been lost.

When the Fu Han General's Mansion was just established, there was a man in Luoyang City who wrote an article attacking the Fu Han Army, praising the Qianlong Dynasty, the people of Wufu were Yin, the army was strong, the emperor worked hard, and the Xinjiang officials were salty and dignified, right and wrong, good and bad, and they did not dare to show favoritism; Involved in deception, punishment followed. Therefore, the northwest has been using troops for many years, and the world has shared the blessing of peace; That is, it is difficult to be quiet and easy to move, such as Taiwan, and it has not seen a military revolution for 30 years.

But just as this person wrote, 'the northwest uses soldiers for many years', and there is Qianlong, an emperor who can play, shop, and spend money, there is really no money saved in the Manchu treasury. Now the Fu Han army has suddenly erupted, and the Manchu treasury has been drained.

The Manchu Qing army, which attacked the Han army, is now supported by local financial resources, such as Shanxi.

Since the eight imperial merchants in the early Qing Dynasty, the Shanxi Jin merchants have entered their heyday in Chinese history, although the eight imperial merchants of that year have been defeated one after another, and the remaining Fan family is still surviving. But the new Jin merchant families have already risen in Shanxi, such as the Yuci Chang clan, which is the longest and largest among the many Shanxi merchants engaged in trade with Russia in Kyakhta. Tea, cloth, silk, furs, and a number of silver money houses between Moscow and China, the family business is more than millions.

The Cao family in Taigu is also a wealthy Jin merchant who is now prominent. The business has spread to half of China, and abroad has developed to Moscow. The business projects include silver money, silk, cloth, woollen wool, pigments, medicinal materials, furs, groceries, foreign goods, wine, grain stores, etc., with more than 30,000 employees and a total capital of more than 10,000 taels.

Jiexiu Hou, known as "Hou million", said that his family had assets of seven or eight million taels of silver.

There are also the Kang family of Qujia in Qi County and Pingyang Mansion (now Linfen City), the latter is recognized as the richest man in Shanxi, and his own assets amount to more than 100,000 taels of silver.

These wealthy merchant families, every family runs a silver bank. Each of them had an extremely deep relationship with the Manchu government.

The Fan family has declined, and the real family background is not comparable to these powerful and wealthy at all, but the Fan family is still a business card of Shanxi Jin merchants, and other families, no matter how rich you are, can you compare with the Fan family, which is both official and business?

After beating Fan Yubin's brothers and saving Kang Mazi millions of taels of silver, and transferring millions of loads of grain and grass, the Fan family was protected by Kang Mazi. Fan Yubin is Fan Yongdou's grandson, and when Kangxi attacked Dzungaria, Fan Yubin sold military rations at his own expense at a price lower than two-thirds of the official price per stone of rice, showing his incomparably emotional loyalty to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He scraped together 1.44 million taels of silver, and the replenishment of military rations was counted as more than one million stones, saving the Qing government more than 600 taels.

The loyalty of the Fan family was rewarded richly. Many people in the Fan family were awarded official titles, and the first Lianhui was prominent for a while. Fan's Yuzi generation and Qing character generation, there are 20 people in official positions, Fan Yubin served as the Taifu Siqing, Fan Yuqi served as the political secretary to participate in politics, Fan Yuqin was promoted to Zhengding General Military Officer with martial arts, and later served as the governor of Guangdong. Fan Yongdou and Fan Sanba were also valued as their descendants, and were posthumously presented as hussar generals, senior doctors, Fengzhi doctors, Ru Linlang, etc., and their wives were also posthumously presented as Mrs. and Yiren.

The Fan family of the Kang Mazi and Yongzheng dynasties was a wealthy merchant family with the imperial court and the market of Xialian, half merchant and half official.

Even after entering the Qianlong Dynasty, the Fan clan obviously declined, but Fan Qingji was still the number one among the Jin merchants.

As early as April, Fan Qingji united with the wealthy families of Shanxi's major wealthy families to raise more than 4 million taels of silver for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and countless grains and cloths. Then he also took the lead and borrowed nearly 10 million taels of silver from the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the major ticket numbers.

This is very abnormal.

The Qing Dynasty's imperial court borrowed money from Shanxi ticket numbers, which should have been a phenomenon that only appeared in the late Qing Dynasty, because Chen Ming's crossing was actually advanced by 100 years.

These wealthy merchants in Shanxi were still very confident in the Manchu Dynasty, and the silver was sent to the Qing army. All they got was a few pieces of paper and a piece of praise from Emperor Qianlong.

It was the existence of these people that really solved the urgent needs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. At least, the situation has developed to the present, and the Qing army has never cut off military salaries. Then there is the looting and squeezing of places by leading soldiers from all walks of life, such as Chen Huizu's land for Chenzhou Mansion, the land is no longer three feet high, but three feet of land.

The war will continue, and the wealth of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong should not be underestimated.

If the Fu Han army really wants to pry the foundation of the Manchu Dynasty, it is really indispensable for the Fujian Heaven and Earth Society, and Chen Ming doesn't know if they can burn the flames of war into Guangdong and Zhejiang, but as long as they mess up Fujian, are they still worried that Zhejiang and Guangdong will not be affected?

In particular, the geography of Fujian is complicated, there are many people and few places, and the chaos is really big, hehe, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will have troubles.

The mixed yuan religion is in Shandong, the heaven and earth will be in Fujian and Taiwan, and the general's mansion is in Henan, these are the three nails, which are constantly bleeding the Manchus. Maybe there will be big and small Jinchuan in Sichuan, and there are still Miao people in Xiangxi, Guizhou, and it is also the Manchu Qing Dynasty that has leveled the northwest and Tibet, otherwise it will really be a beacon fire and gunpowder smoke all over the sky.

And Chen Ming led his troops to sweep along the Yangtze River like a 'rogue', how long could the Manchu Qing Dynasty hold on?

Three years? Five years?

Or longer?

Don't forget, there were many natural disasters in China during the Qianlong Dynasty. That period of time, the Qianlong period (1736-1795), was a very important period in the history of natural disasters in China. According to the statistical analysis of later generations, the catastrophic natural disasters during this period were mainly floods, droughts and hailstorms. Disasters are frequent, and there are many counties and departments affected by disasters; There are great differences in the regional distribution of various disaster types, and there are obvious spatial clusters. The occurrence of disasters presents temporal continuity and concentration, etc.

When Chen Ming was a keyboard warrior in his last life, he argued with a certain type of person about whether the 'Kangqian Prosperous Age' was true or false, and Chen Ming really felt that the so-called Kangqian Prosperous Era was a big lie. He searched the Internet for research papers on the causes of frequent natural disasters in China during the Qianlong Dynasty and the evolution of the Manchu disaster relief policy, and he still remembered the natural disasters in the Qianlong Dynasty. That's not what the prosperity of the world looks like.

During the 60 years of the Qianlong Dynasty, there were more than 1,100 natural disasters of all kinds, including more than 500 floods, two or three hundred droughts, and three or four hundred winds, frosts, hailstorms, snow, locusts, earthquakes, and plagues. However, he knew that the Qianlong Dynasty had been suffering disasters year after year, and the total number of disasters was much more than that during the 92-year reign of the Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Yongzheng dynasties.

For example, this year, in the 33rd year of Qianlong, there was no flood disaster -- Xuzhou was man-made, but there was a drought, Shandong, Hunan, Hubei, and Guizhou were all drought, and Shandong was the most important; There is a drought in 18 prefectures and counties in northern Jiangsu, with Taizhou as the priority. In terms of this influence, the Fu Han Army is the most direct beneficiary.

In the past, the Jiangnan Jiangbei people who defected to the Han Army were mostly unemployed shipwrights and sailors, but more recently, they were salt workers from the North Jiangsu Salt Factory, including Yanding. The 12 salt farms under the Taizhou Salt Administration and Judgment were all dry, because the Manchu officials fled, and the salt factories were in a state of anarchy, which was extremely chaotic. The drought caused a fire in the local reeds and grasses, which directly added more than 3,000 young people to the Fu Han army.

In addition, there was also a locust plague in northern Jiangsu.

"Qianlong Lao'er must be anxious now. Press the gourd to float the scoop. Although the Qing Dynasty was not terminally ill, it also had many problems. Now it's all hanging in front of his eyes. ”

News from Beijing that just last year, Emperor Qianlong was still building the Old Summer Palace. Jianyuan Garden was just completed last year, and the Lion Forest of the Old Summer Palace, which was built in imitation of the Lion Forest in Suzhou, was finally stopped in the summer this year. Chen Ming felt that the lion forest in the Old Summer Palace, Qianlong Lao'er had never restarted the work.

Today's Qing Dynasty has been harmed by him.

So many troops were piled up in Henan, Shandong, and along the Yangtze River, pouring money, grain, and all kinds of military supplies like a bottomless pit. Although the time cannot be compared with the great uprising of the Sichuan-Chu White Lotus Sect in history, when it comes to the blows and traumas to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Chen Ming feels that it is not bad.

The Sichuan-Chu White Lotus Sect revolted and seemed to be making a lot of noise, but in fact, they had not captured a few important towns. The rebel army took a small county town, or an ordinary state capital, and they never took a place like Xiangyang, let alone a provincial capital and a military and political center such as Jingzhou.

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Wusongkou. More than a dozen warships of the Fu Han Army moved slowly, and they were the last batch of ships of the Fu Han Army Naval Division Battalion left behind in Wusongkou. Now, these warships will also say goodbye to this strategic point that they have occupied for many days.

Because, the Fu Han Army's strategy for Puxi has ended. A large number of seized ships were loaded into the boats and civilian boats towed from both sides of the Huangpu River, and the naval division battalion of the Fuhan Army would cooperate with the army troops to enter the canal from the Wusong River to the west.

Chen Ming obviously knew that the current combat strength of the Navy Division Battalion could not guarantee the safety of the Yangtze River waterway, and he would be a fool if he wanted to return to Jiangyin, Zhenjiang, and Nanjing with hundreds of ships captured and attacked the Yangtze River waterway.

Looking at the waterways of southern Jiangsu, the Wusong River is an excellent passage through which the fleet can directly enter the Grand Canal and even Taihu Lake. Of course, the upper reaches of the Wusong River were under the control of the Qing army, and this was another reason why Chen Ming wanted his army to turn westward. This can definitely force the Qing army attacking Wuxi to retreat to Suzhou!

-- The army marched through Shanghai, passed through Qingpu, and then went straight to the city of Suzhou. It can be regarded as another form of encirclement of Wei to save Zhao.

The Wusong River belongs to the Taihu Lake water system, which is about 250 miles long and is the largest tributary of the Huangpu River. With an average width of about 15 to 20 zhang, the river is the main water communication line and important waterway in Shanghai and Suzhou.

When the news of the sudden attack of the Fu Han army and the westward march of Wusong reached Suzhou, Suerde's face changed suddenly. He also thought that the Fu Han army would withdraw from the offensive route, it was hard to imagine that Chen Ming's courage would be so great, and he would dare to enter with a large army in such a narrow passage as the Wusong River. Didn't he know that the narrow Wusong River was the most ordinary fishing boat, and turning into a fire boat could also make the fleet of the Fu Han Army a mess?

Regardless of the ultimate fate of the fleet of the Fu Han army, Sould knew that his plans were bankrupt. This news should be reported to Rong Bao quickly, and Rong Bao will definitely return to Suzhou as soon as possible. "Providence is so, as it is."

His friends in Beijing had already gossiped that the emperor was ready to put him in the position of governor of Shandong. Fu Nihan, the former governor of Shandong, was transferred to the Sixth Division. Although this is only unconfirmed gossip, it confirms the possibility of his ascent in a certain way. If Rong Bao can defeat Wuxi and Changzhou before Chen Ming wields his troops, the troops will enter Zhenjiang. So even if Chen Ming waved his troops to attack, he was not victorious and returned, but was forced to withdraw his troops. The promotion of Surd to governor is a complete certainty.

But now that plan is not going to happen.

Not only can Soule no longer look forward to a better future, but he also has to pray to God that Chen Ming will return victorious, just to transport the captured and forced Rong Bao to be returned, not to really think about Suzhou.

The main force of the Fu Han army swept through the south of the Yangtze River, and Chen Ming's team of course carried some cannons. Compared with the total strength of the artillery of the Fu Han army, this is only a part of it, but compared with the artillery of the Qing army, it will definitely be able to win.

Wuxi at this time.

Rong Bao still has no hope of victory. The siege of Wuxi by the Qing army has been carried out for the seventh day.

Wuxi's East City Gate Cave was completely blocked by the Fu Han army with stones and soil bags, not only that, the Fu Han army also built a chest wall and a fence at the other end of the city gate hole, if the Qing army removed all the obstacles in the city gate hole, they also wanted to enter the city smoothly.

Wei Xiuzhi has changed from the initial anxiety to the current peace and security, and he feels that the war is not so terrible. The Qing army is also a real waste of firewood, there are so many people outside the city, but there are all the words cowardice and fear of death on the top of their heads. Otherwise, in the current state of the Han army, the Qing army has taken Wuxi City, so it should pose a substantial threat to the city defense, right?

You must know that when the Qing army began to attack and feint around the clock, Wei Xiuzhi was already preparing to break through and flee north. It was found that the Qing army's tactical arrangements were very correct, but there was no substantial change in combat effectiveness.

As long as the Qing soldiers are afraid of death, as long as they are unwilling to pay huge casualties to give the final blow to the Fu Han army, this Wuxi city will always be firmly in their hands.

Wei Xiuzhi, who was sitting in the Wuxi County Ya, heard the sudden cheers outside, and was about to send someone to find out the reason, when his personal soldiers ran in with surprise on their faces: "Director, director, the Qing soldiers have withdrawn, the Qing soldiers have withdrawn......" The surprise simply broke the heart of this pro-soldier.

Just when the whole army was extremely tired and fell into an absolute disadvantage, the enemy who had the upper hand suddenly withdrew.

Wei Xiuzhi was stunned for a moment, and then a spirit stood up: "Tell the scout to find out the news quickly." "Is it the Metropolitan Governor who has come back with his troops? I didn't hear from the Governor.

The Qing soldiers outside Wuxi City were depressed, but Wang Zhizheng was very happy, stretched his waist, the army was going to retreat, this battle was about to end, and he wanted to go home...... (To be continued.) )