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Emperor Qianlong sat on the top, and at the bottom were eight Beile Yongxuan, eleven Beile Yongxuan and twelve Beile Yongxuan, three adult sons of Emperor Qianlong, plus several princes and ministers of military aircraft, six Manchu and Han Shangshu, and the dignitaries of the clan in Beijing and the first and second grades were all present.

Twenty or thirty people gathered in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and their breath was very depressing.

Why so? Of course, it was because the news of the fall of Fuzhou reached the capital.

Fujian has 4,000 or 5,000 banners [total], 3,000 training troops equipped with muskets, as well as the superintendents of Mingfu and Hunan, plus 30,000 or 40,000 green battalions and people. These people withstood the fierce attack of the rebels of the Heaven and Earth Society, and not long ago there was good news, Chen Jie defeated the Fujian bandits with a weak victory, and beheaded Zhao Mingde, one of the bandit chieftains. Beijing City was overjoyed for several days after receiving Mingfu's report. And how long has it been? Fuzhou is finished?

Looking at the entire battle of Fuzhou, from Lianjiang to the general's mansion, it took three days for the Han army to be fully defeated. The entire upper echelons of the Qing court are going to be bad!

Everyone here is well aware of the topography of Fuzhou. It is so dangerous, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water, it is difficult to find a few places in the whole world that have better terrain than Fuzhou. Even if Wu Bida betrayed the grace of the saint, took the Fujian Navy to reverse the water, and opened the door of the Minjiang River, it would not be lost in three days, and tens of thousands of soldiers would be wiped out?

This is more exaggerated than the record in the "Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty" that the Qing soldiers broke more than 20 thieves before and after, reduced their total soldiers to 20 members, deputy generals 41 members, 72 participants, more than 68,500 horse infantry, and Fujian Xiping.

Even if everyone in the world now knows that the green camp is unbearable, and it is reasonable for the Fu Han army to fight like a bamboo, it should not be defeated so quickly. simply ripped off the last pair of pants of the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. And more importantly - Huang Shijian surrendered.

The first-class duke of the Great Qing Dynasty has surrendered! This is unheard of.

Although Duan Xiulin before and Wu Bida now are both admirals, they are completely different from Huang Shijian. The latter is the Haicheng Duke of the Qing Dynasty, and the first-class duke also surrendered, can the Han still believe it? A dark cloud completely enveloped the city of Beijing.

Fuzhou General Mingfu, Fujian Governor Ening and many other senior officials were martyred, and the two leading figures in the Fujian Navy and Army surrendered, first Wu Bida, and then Huang Shijian, and they were all Han soldiers, and the defeat of Fuzhou seemed to be logical.

But influence was already fermenting in the heart of Manchu rule, the city of Beijing. Among the people here, whether they are Manchu or Han, they all hate Wu Huang to the core!

Although that is still on the lips, who can guarantee that it will not actually become a reality in the future? No reasonable person would think that was a good thing, and once Manmeng's suspicion of the Han people leaked out on the surface, the Qing Dynasty would be finished. But this suspicion is the most difficult to dispel.

Besides, the Qing army in Fuzhou, thousands of children of the Eight Banners who have been tempered by the battle array, the superintendent of Mingfu and Hunan, and the training army in Fuzhou, these are the fundamental forces of the Qing court to stabilize Fuzhou. Many of the weapons used in the flag soldiers, the superintendents, and the training of the army were directly transported to Fuzhou by sea from Beijing. Although they didn't 'imagine' that they were as powerful as the Eight Banners New Army, they also thought that the combat effectiveness of these armies was far superior to that of the Green Camp and the people.

As a result, these teams, which were quite powerful in the face of the Heaven and Earth Society Righteous Army, faced the Fu Han Army, and the huge city was finished in only three days. All the members of the Eight Banners in Fuzhou City were killed......

When the news reached Beijing, the heads and brains of the Qing court center, especially the heads and brains of the flag people, all had a feeling of broken hearts.

Because of the particularity of the situation in Fujian, because of the continuous operations of the Qing army in Fuzhou, and because of the series of achievements of the Qing army in Fujian against the righteous army of the Tiandihui in this province, these people have great confidence. Perhaps they didn't think that the Qing army in Fujian could really withstand the onslaught of the Fu Han army, but they could delay a little more time and buy more time for the Manchus......

Who would have thought that this would be the case.

Several senior officials were martyred, which proves that Fuzhou's resistance was exhausted and tenacious. But despite all the efforts made in this way, it still could not resist the flood offensive of the Fu Han army, which further highlighted the absolute superiority of the Fu Han army in combat effectiveness.

Before summoning the princes and ministers, Qianlong's hands trembled after reading the report, and he asked Fu Heng, "Could this be fake?" ”

Fu Heng replied: "The slave thinks it's true. It's still worth believing in such a big thing as sticky rods. Moreover, the rebels are violent, and they are like a whale swallowing the southern country, even if there are one or two exaggerated exaggerations in this article, they should also be treated as truthful. ”

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The whole congress will not only be sad in the East Warm Pavilion, the most important thing for the Manchus at present is to boost the morale of their own people.

"Guangxi Admiral Xu Chenglin has personally led the 24th Battalion of the Border Army to Guangzhou, Guizhou Admiral Bai Ling A has also thrown 10,000 Guizhou soldiers into Guangxi, and Yunnan Ha Guoxing has also gathered nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, and his subordinate Chu Yao Town Ma Biao has already waved his army into Nanning ......"

"The governor of Sichuan, Altai, came to play, and Dong Tianbi led the army from Ningqiang Prefecture [Hanzhong] to the south Zheng [Hanzhong Fucheng] approaching ......"

"Gansu Admiral Lu Lu and Hanzhong Chen rebel army fought fiercely in Fengxian ......"

"Xi'an Deputy Governor Nayan Department Arrives at Shaanning Hall......"

A large stack of folds came up. It seems that there is no gratifying progress on either side, but with such an uproar and a large list of contents, the atmosphere of the entire Dongnuan Pavilion immediately became a lot more lively.

Are the officers and men of the southwest and northwest still very hardworking? There was no dry silver paddling, the imperial court let Sichuan and Guangdong to Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to relieve millions of taels of silver, and also allowed the warring local Xinjiang ministers to set up their own gold checkpoints, the power was put down, and overnight the imperial court seemed to return to the time when it first entered the Central Plains, but in the end, the efforts were not in vain, and the officials and troops in the southwest were still loyal.

Today, the Manchu and Han ministers of the Dongnuan Pavilion have all experienced the people before and after the uprising of the Han Army, and their psychological endurance is quite outstanding.

Fuzhou is the capital city of Fujian, and the loss is very shocking and throbbing. But as long as the southwest officials and troops don't come out of anything, everyone will have a bottom in their hearts. Because the Fu Han army wants to go north in a big way, it will have to thoroughly deal with the military situation in the southwest, and the southwest is geographically complex, so it can mix with the Fu Han army for a few years. What Beijing lacks most now is time.

With time, they can organize and train the new army, if they have time, they can cast guns, and if they have time, they can move back to the Kanto region in large numbers and operate outside the Guandong, and they can set their eyes on North Korea and dig the wall of North Korea to make up for the lack of Daqingguo. It all takes time!

So much so that after agreeing on the names of Mingfu and Ening, all the ministers in the Dongnuan Pavilion disappeared from their initial hesitation and fear.

At the end of October, the Qing court, with Hailancha as the deputy capital of Shengjing, led 5,000 new troops of the Eight Banners, 5,000 Zhili training troops, and escorted a group of more than 30,000 honest people drawn from various banners to the north outside the Guan. This is the first team sent out in Beijing since Chen Ming went to Changzhou.

But it seems that he is serving as a bodyguard for the children of the Eight Banners who returned to the Northeast. And by no means south-

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In the city of Fuzhou, the confiscation work is still in progress, just like Nanjing and Hangzhou at the beginning, Fuzhou is also the same gold and silver sea.

The Fu Han army swept the entire city of Fuzhou, and only those officials and merchants who colluded with them spit out a large amount of money, grain, and materials.

The Fu Han army took the money very reasonably, they only took the amount of shares where the officials were, and they did not dig up the roots with a pout. Of course, profiteers, evil businessmen, and bullies and market bullies still have to be copied cleanly. But other than that, it's really civilized and civilized. Even for some businesses with a good reputation without obvious evil deeds, if they can't get together for a while, as long as they sign an agreement and finalize the interest, they can also suspend the time.

In just ten days, the income of the Fu Han army exceeded one million taels of silver.

And as long as the silver is in hand, what will the Fu Han army do with them, the businessmen who colluded with the Manchu officials, and after the silver is in hand, the Fu Han army will have no restrictions on them. They, the old and young in the family, can freely enter and leave Fuzhou.

It is said that before and after the war, many Fuzhou people fled from the city to the countryside, and now they are returning one after another, and the market has been lively in just a few days......

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Ningqiang Prefecture in Hanzhong, which is a county in the southwesternmost corner of the entire Hanzhong Province, is crossed by the Jialing River in its western part and goes straight into Sichuan. The current governor of Sichuan, Dong Tianbi, took a lot of effort to gnaw this place of settlement.

It is very easy to fight Ningqiang Prefecture and advance into the city of Hanzhong, all the way to the official road, many post stations, and usually follow the road to the north first, turn east in Qingyangyi, first the county, and then the city of Hanzhong.

There is a big Anyi in front of Qingyang Station, there is a Wuding Mountain in front of Daan Yi, and Wuding Mountain is Yangping Pass to the west.

If there is no war, it will not take a few days to run all the above places to all the above-mentioned places, relying only on 11 carts on both feet.

But now it's a time of war, so it's a big problem.

The Fu Han army stuck the only road, and the Qing army could only gnaw hard step by step. Or take great risks, abandon all heavy weapons, and take a detour through the mountains. But if you don't succeed in doing so, it's all over.

Dong Tianbi has captured the Berlin Post, with Wuding Mountain in front and Yangping Pass on the side, and the Fu Han army is equipped with heavy troops.

Dong Tianbi must take both into account if he fights again, otherwise he will continue to move forward if he captures Wuding Mountain and does not take Yangping Pass? And if Dong Tianbi's Sichuan soldiers can capture Yangping Pass, he can even follow the Jialing River to Fengxian and join the soldiers and horses on the North Road. At least the communication between them is open.

Nothing else. It is only said that if the grain from Sichuan can be transported to the north through the Jialing River - Baishuijiang Town in Luoyang, Hanzhong, it will be a big shot in the arm for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Although the section of the river from Baishuijiang Town to the source of the Jialing River in Fengxian County has many water shallows and twists and turns, it is not navigable. But when it comes to the Baishui River, the Qing army can transport Sichuan grain and rice to Gansu.

It doesn't have to be transported to Shaanxi, and if the problem of Gansu is solved, it will help the Qing army a lot.

In Chen Ming's previous life, it was said in the sea that the following Guangyuan could be navigated. It is easy to be understood by people that it is not possible to be above Guangyuan. In fact, when Chu and Han were fighting, Xiao He stayed in Bashu, and he had already used the Jialing River to send Shu grain and rice for military needs. In the Han and Tang dynasties, there were also many records of navigation, and when the Manchu and Qing feudatories raised troops, the section of the river below Baishuijiang Town in Luoyang was also the food lifeline of the Qing army. Many times, because the grain ships were burned by the Wu army, and the army lacked food, the offensive was greatly declined.

So this temptation is absolutely great for Dong Tianbi.

Dong Tianbi didn't know the news that Fuzhou had been captured by the Fu Han army, and he was holding a telescope at the moment to look at the position of the Fu Han army opposite. Since Chen Qi took his instructor to capture Hanzhong last year, he has fought against the Fu Han army many times. Seriously, he doesn't think he's ever won a battle. In those so-called 'victories', the Sichuan soldiers under him suffered more casualties than the Fu Han army.

Around Dong Tianbi, there were more than a dozen officers of all sizes. These people are all Dong Tianbi's old subordinates. Dong Tianbi has been rolling in the Sichuan Upgrading Camp for one or two decades since he was awarded the rank of Wujin Soldier. After the former Sichuan Governor Ma Mingxun was killed, Dong Tianbi sat in the position of Sichuan Governor, which made no one dissatisfied.

People who have the same experience as Dong Tianbi are still many people in the current Sichuan army. Because Sichuan is close to Hubei, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has repeatedly transferred green battalions from it, and the commanders, commanders, generals, adjutant generals, and staff generals ...... fallen one after another at the fall of the Fu Han army. When the old man went, the new man came up. Whether it is a soldier or an officer, the Sichuan army has been changing rapidly in the past two years.

Altai has a lot of trust in Dong Tianbi. Because Dong Tianbi is a native of Daxing County, Shuntian, that is, from Beijing. The little relatives are all in Beijing, Dong Tianbi will never dare to rebel?

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The artillery of the Fu Han Army on the hill opened fire on Dong Tianbi. Dong Tianbi scolded fiercely, 'turtle son', and led people to retreat down the mountain. Living in Sichuan for one or two decades, Dong Tianbi's Sichuan dialect is extremely authentic.

As the clock ticked to noon, violent explosions rang out on the battlefield. It was deafening and overwhelming, obscuring any sound on the ground. Flames and gunsmoke continued to rise on the front-line positions at the foot of the Fuhan Army.

"Damn, smack a mouthful of soil." Jiang Kui took two mouthfuls in a row, closed his eyes, and opened them for a long time.

He is now the deputy battalion officer of the teaching brigade. The position on this hill was guarded by them, and Jiang Kui personally rushed to the front line. As an officer who came out of the army camp school, Jiang Kui couldn't play with infantry and artillery coordination. But haven't you ever eaten pork and never seen a pig go? His vision is not bad at all.

This artillery bombardment of the Sichuan army, as well as the infantry attack launched with the shelling, the infantry artillery coordination was very bad! Or not at all!

Dong Tianbi's infantry was slow like a turtle crawling.

The artillery bombardment did not last long, when I saw a lot of smoke columns rising from the position of the Fu Han army, the Sichuan artillery on the opposite side stopped with satisfaction, and the infantry at the front saw that the sound of the artillery had stopped, but they were bolder, and a ghost cry of 'wow, yaa', and groups of infantry neatly placed their guns to attack the position of the Fu Han army. The bright bayonet made Jiang Kui's eyes at the back of the telescope almost glazed.

Dong Tianbi directly threw in 1,000 troops, divided into two groups, intending to crush the position of the Fu Han army in one fell swoop. And after a thousand people lined up in a horizontal line, they launched an attack, and the momentum that erupted was quite terrifying. Who let the instructor not have many cannons in the current position!

Chen Han's cannon is no longer valuable, and he can't equip a single instructor with thousands of cannons and mortars, right? Let them gather dozens of cannons from any defensive position or sniper position?

As for the flying thunder cannon, the power is huge, but the gap between the Sichuan army and the crack is also large.

But Jiang Kui only smiled coldly when he looked at the Sichuan soldiers in the distance. The Sichuan army fought like this, and this battle did not need to worry about the main force halfway up the mountain and on the top of the mountain, let alone ask for reinforcements. Only this one team on the front line can easily clean them up.

"Rocket artillery ready!" Jiang Kui looked at the Qing army and shouted. Besides (to be continued.) )