He Lin had been staying in Beijing, although he had also asked Qianlong to fight many times, but Fukangan, the first general of the Qing Dynasty, had already appeared, so Qianlong did not agree to his request, or rather, He Shen was also making a hindrance, after all, this was his only younger brother, and at this time, the situation in the Huguang area was erosive, and in the short term, it was difficult to make contributions, and it was even possible to be convicted for it. Therefore, He Lin has never been able to take a step towards Jingshi.

After that, due to the ineffective combat of the official army, and the White Lotus Rebellion spread more and more, Qianlong was furious, I don't know how many high-ranking officials at the level of deputy general of the general army were cut down, and even the governor of a province was pulled off the horse, and there were many Qing court generals who died in the hands of those anti-thieves, which made He Shen secretly glad that his younger brother was fortunate not to set foot in this troubled water.

However, when there was also a thief in Zhili, Qianlong's seven tricks of qi smoked, in order to shock the world, in order to prove that the Qing court still had a strong force to control the world, Qianlong finally used He Lin, who is still in Beijing, as the commander.

All the people are not worried that He Lin will fail, including He Shen, you know, although the Qing court [***], but the continuous war, still left a group of strong soldiers, not to mention, in order to clean up this rebel army in the shortest possible time, Qianlong even transferred a group of men and horses from the Shenji Battalion and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and a group of elite Mongolian cavalry from Mongolia, and made up an army of seventy or eighty thousand, which must be wiped out in the shortest possible time, and ordered the Zhili Green Battalion to cooperate with the action, This made He Lin himself full of confidence, but who knows, after continuously hurrying and hurrying, the vanguard force had caught up with this anti-thief force, and was actually defeated by the anti-thief and fled.

Yongbao saw the gaze cast by Na He Lin, and nodded heavily: "It seems that the Mongolian Eight Banners Consulate said Gude was not lying, if it weren't for that, how could those thieves repel or even defeat a Mongolian elite horse?" ”

"It shouldn't be, could it be that these anti-thieves have nothing to do with the Xiyi people? You must know that the court has extremely strict control over firearms, and before, the officers and soldiers have also been in contact with this anti-thief team several times, except for some guns and some small cannons, there is no heavy artillery at all. A general next to him asked his question with a puzzled expression.

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"It's a pity that the ministry has been sent to the capital, otherwise, we should be able to ask for some more things." Yongbao is a little regretful. Not only was he defeated by the thieves, but even the main general was killed in battle, and the responsibility of the ministry said that Gude must not be small, and He Lin was really not interested in listening to the cry of the Mongolian Eight Banners, so he directly ordered him to be locked up and escorted to Jingshi. By the way, the Mongolian Eight Banners were defeated, and the anti-thief team had already safely crossed the Xuanhui River, and the emergency military information was transmitted back to the Beijing Division.

"What can he ask? That coward is completely out of fear. The other general replied. Those arrogant Mongols finally tasted the pain this time. ”

He Lin just glanced at this person lightly, and said in a deep voice to the general who was still standing in front of him: "Speed up the construction of the pontoon bridge, tomorrow morning, our army must set foot on the south bank!" ”

"The last general obeys!" After the general received the order, he quickly ran out of the Chinese army's tent.

After the generals left the camp, He Lin sat back in his place, and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid things have changed." ”

"That's right." Yongbao's brows, which remained, were also tightly locked: "No matter how the Mongolian Eight Banners are, clean up a group of mud-legged thieves, even if the other party relies on the strength of the crowd, they are at most invincible, how can they be defeated to such a point?" ”

"Reinforcements, they must have reinforcements, otherwise, the Ministry of Gude would not frequently talk about those black-clothed thieves who protect the anti-thieves crossing the river, but when did I have such a fierce and capable thief army on the ground of the Qing Dynasty?" This question deeply puzzled He Lin, as well as the counselor minister Yongbao.

Because according to the description of several Mongolian Eight Banner generals in Gude, it is an anti-thief force with a powerful, even far more than the firepower of the Qing army, they not only have strong combat effectiveness, but also, their artillery is very powerful, and more importantly, the firearms in their hands are like being able to fire countless times without loading ammunition, of course, there are those black iron balls that will explode when thrown by hand.

However, in their statements, He Lin and others only accepted some of them, after all, the guns that can be fired countless times without loading ammunition are not to say that they have never seen them, even if they have never heard of them, He Lin has also been in contact with them in Guangdong and Annan, plus he has a good personal relationship with Fukangan, and Fukangan has also told him in private about the strength of those Westerners' firearms, but he has never heard of Westerners having such murder weapons.

The Xiyi people are good at firearms, and the Qing Dynasty is good at riding and shooting, this is the cognition of He Lin and other Qing generals, if even those Xiyi people don't have this kind of firearms, how can the little thieves have such sharp weapons?

Therefore, the revolver was regarded by He Lin as a weapon that only existed in the illusion because the Mongols were defeated in the same language.

However, as for the kind that can be thrown by hand, it is naturally regarded as the kind of trumpet flowering bullet by He Lin, but even so, it makes He Lin's heart full of vigilance and questions, four thousand Mongolian cavalry is definitely not a miscellaneous soldier can be compared, besides, in this era, the cavalry not only has a strong mobility, but more importantly, it has a strong impact and destructive power, even if the other party is a pure firearms troops, it is absolutely impossible to easily defeat this elite Mongolian Eight Banners.

But the facts are right in front of him, and even if He Lin wants to break his head, he can't imagine that the combat effectiveness of this anti-thief army has far surpassed other firearms units in this era.

They had mortars that could fire 10 to 12 rounds per minute, mines that hid beneath the surface, grenades that could be thrown, revolvers that fired six rounds in a row and could be reloaded at intervals of no more than twenty seconds, and barbed wire full of sharp steel spikes for defensive positions......

Everything appeared in Liang Pengfei's army only to improve combat effectiveness, if it weren't for the fact that the time was too short, and the machine gun was still in the research and development stage, and the retreat of the rebel army could not wait for half a year, otherwise, I am afraid that there would really be no Mongolian iron cavalry who could easily escape from the position. Moreover, the end of the battle will be much faster.

However, all this is enough to change the pattern of war in this world, and the first to enjoy this change is the group of unlucky Mongolian Eight Banners.

Early the next morning, the Qing army was finally able to cross the Xuanhui River, but when they were crossing the river. The anti-thief army that made a lot of noise in Zhili had already passed through the Shejia Wharf in the east of Haifeng and went straight into Bohai along the course of the Gopan River under the response of countless ships, and the last boat also left the Shejia Wharf when the Qing army crossed the river.

After the Qing army followed the footprints to Shejia Wharf, they were extremely shocked to find that nearly 100,000 thieves disappeared without a trace at this Shejia Wharf.

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And there was no trace of the thief within a radius of ten miles, the county magistrate of Haifeng County and others reported that between the ten days, there was a group of anti-thieves dressed in black, surrounded the city of Haifeng County, and they could not know what happened at Shejia Wharf.

However, it should be certain that since the nearly 100,000 anti-thieves have lost their traces here, there are only two possibilities, one of them, collectively committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river, of course, this possibility is really low, and the other possibility is that there is a huge fleet of ships that took this anti-thief force away.

"100,000 anti-thieves, in three or four days, they were all picked up?" Standing at the messy Shejia Wharf, looking at the turbulent river under the wind and snow, He Lin couldn't help but subconsciously wrap the fox fur on his body, but he couldn't stop the slightest coolness in his heart. "Unless I concentrate all the warships in the Great Qing Kingdom, I'm afraid I can do it, right?"

Behind him, the expressions of Yongbao and the others were equally ugly, and they were full of shock and disbelief. However, even if they wanted to inquire, there was no way to inquire, because the people within a radius of five miles from the Shejiagang wharf had all disappeared without a trace, and only the houses and the furniture that had not yet fallen into dust proved that there were still big living people living here not long ago.

This kind of extremely strange ending made these generals feel a chill in their hearts. "Could it be that Yingyi is here again?" One of the generals wiped a handful of sweat wrapped in snow foam and muttered quietly.

"Yingyi?" Yongbao shook his head in disbelief: "Yingyi shouldn't have such courage, besides, this is nearly 100,000 people, and they only have a few ships?" ”

"Search for me, search carefully, a radius of fifty miles, no, a radius of a hundred miles, give me all the exploration horses, I don't believe it, in the world, who has such a great ability to do this." He Lin left such a sentence, Le Ma turned around and left the dock, tens of thousands of Qing troops, it took so long to chase and suppress this anti-thief army, in the end, not only lost the soldiers, but also slipped away from under the nose and did not know where to go.

He Lin didn't know what to do anymore, not only him, but also the generals behind him were all at a loss......

Within a few days, the 800-mile urgent military report was presented to Qianlong's desk, in exchange for the angry and dumb roar of the eighty-year-old immortal Qianlong Emperor, and a strange and unspeakable atmosphere shrouded the hearts of those ministers who heard about it......

(To be continued)