"Then let's move on to the progress of the expeditionary force. www.biquge.info According to the information sent back from East Asia four days ago, our army has basically controlled the first line of the North Great Wall, and many passes, including Malan Pass, Gubei Pass, and Juyong Pass, have been firmly controlled by our army. The Army's Shenwu Regiment also succeeded in seizing Shanhaiguan four days earlier before Fukangan. Zhao Daling moved the topic to the next one.

Liu Tian couldn't help laughing and said: "This time, I blocked them out again, but this time, I'm afraid there is no Wu Sangui to switch it for them." ”

There are several bigwigs who also have smiles on their faces, and they are obviously very optimistic about the situation.

Zhao Daling said: "Until we captured the capital nearly two months ago, there has not been any Qing army gathering large forces to attack us. There was still a part of the Qing army in Nanzhili, but they kept a tight line and did not take a step to the north. It is speculated that we launched a round of expulsion operations before, which greatly shocked the Qing army, and we did not plan to launch any provocation until there was no superiority in strength and any chance of victory. Shandong, which was closest to Zhili, had a large recruitment of Qinwang's army, but there was no real military movement, while the situation in Shanxi was more complicated, and the new mixed Yuan army had begun to create a greater sense of urgency for the Qing army. The most serious situation should be about the northeast, Fukangan has contacted General Jilin and Longwu and Heilongjiang General Fu Yu, entangled the Qing army in the three eastern provinces, if nothing else, at least 30,000 troops. However, the vanguard of Fukangan was still a step slower, and after our army seized the Shanhai Pass, it immediately went out of the pass and defeated its vanguard of 2,000 people, thus occupying the battlefield advantage. ”

Xue Yue was old in the military formation and said: "The 30,000 army led by Fukangan. That is, the kind of goods. Although it may be that the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army outside the Guanwai is the strongest among the Eight Banners in this era. There are also a lot of fierce warriors of other ethnic groups such as Oroqen, but we occupy Shanhaiguan and have a favorable location, and the biggest factor restricting Fukangan is not the troops, but the logistics. It took a while for Fukangan to complete the dispatch of troops, because under the previous system, he could not complete the dispatch without the imperial court. Fukangan finally integrated the forces of Shengjing and coordinated the forces of Jilin and Heilongjiang before sending troops. And the trouble behind will continue, the ownership of the three garrison generals is not clear, and they will inevitably continue to compete for leadership, after all, everyone wants to be in front of the king. In addition, the current reserves and economic situation outside the Guanxi may not be enough to support the Qing army outside the Guanxi for a long time. If they are unable to break through the Shanhai Pass and stalemate for several months, then logistical difficulties will automatically collapse them, lacking military rations and salaries. After entering the winter, there was not enough cold clothing, which was enough for the Qing army outside the Guanwai to dissipate. ”

Zhao Daling obviously agrees with this. He nodded and said, "That being said, we still have to be vigilant against Fukangan to make any moves that will cause us trouble." ”

In fact, Fukangan shouted the banner of a 100,000-strong army. This is because the Tang people did not understand the military system of the Qing army at all, and even if there was no intelligence system, there were many records in the historical materials of the people. They know for sure that during the Qianlong period, Shengjing garrisoned more than 16,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, which were under the jurisdiction of General Shengjing, and were stationed in 40 cities such as Shengjing, Liaoyang, and Kaiyuan. There are more than 9,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners garrisoned in Jilin, which are under the jurisdiction of the Jilin generals, and more than 7,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners and Solundahur are stationed in Heilongjiang. There are more than 35,000 soldiers stationed in the three eastern provinces.

The so-called 100,000-strong army is simply a lie, and Guanwai has always been used as a private place for the Manchu royal family, restricting the migration of Han Chinese, and there is not even a garrison of the green camp. In other words, these 30,000 troops are all the Qing troops outside the Guan. Even at this time, the three-way army of Longwu, Fu Yu and Fukangan had not yet fully converged, and Fukangan led the army to advance by himself, but he did not take all the troops with him.

Although the march and war of the Qing Dynasty were not as cumbersome as those of later generations, there were still many things, and with the problem of efficiency, it was difficult for Fukangan to guarantee the ability of an army of 30,000 people to go out for a while. Even though he was the garrison general of Shengjing and commanded the military and political power, under the Chinese-style feudal system, a garrison general was able to fight a large-scale war with the support of the imperial court, but it was extremely difficult for him to use the ability of his own province to fight a big war.

Moreover, the degree of development outside the customs itself is low, the population is also small, and even the military rations come from foreign transportation to a large extent, and a large number of military rations outside the customs in the Qing Dynasty come from shipping, and now the Tang Navy has completely blocked any ships to and from the Bohai Bay, and there will be no ships transporting grain from the south to arrive outside the customs. In other words, Fukangan not only cannot support the 30,000 army to continue fighting, but he may not even be able to feed the 30,000 army soon. There is no green camp outside the gate, but there are Han Eight Banners, and the Han Eight Banners are not producing, unlike the Green Camp where military households are in Tuntian. Therefore, these 30,000 mouths are enough to make Fukangan's army disappear automatically.

The situation outside the Guanxi is somewhat similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, the population is too small, and the irony at this time is that this scene is very similar to the late Ming Dynasty, when the underpopulated Qing army outside the Guanwai was bent on killing the Guannei, but unfortunately the Tang army was not at all like the Ming army that had no combat effectiveness at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Deng Xiyi said: "Now this situation is still different from what we expected before, we thought that at least some feudal officials would organize the army of King Qin to fight with us on a relatively large scale, but now it seems that there is not even a person who can convince the people and appeal to all the forces of King Qin." ”

Yao Weichun said with a smile: "In more than ten years, maybe Fukangan can have such strength, but now he is just a young man." Gui may have some such ability now, but Gui is now in Sapporo. In all positions, no one has the ability to see the big picture. This is also related to the highly centralized monarchy of the Qing Dynasty. The imperial court has been overthrown by us, and almost all the feudal officials are fighting on their own, and some even can't control the power of their own province now. We can even estimate that it will not be long before a part of the 'Zeng Guo Clans' of this era will emerge in various places, raising their own funds and recruiting their own troops, and building a local army built with the traditional feudal ideology and morality of loyalty to the monarch on the basis of regimental training. Moreover, it is almost unstoppable for the Han people to regain military power and ability. ”

Yao's analysis was echoed by others. It wasn't until the Tang Dynasty eliminated the existence of the imperial court from the equation that all the old models no longer existed. No one ever thought that the empire was so fragile and so weak in its grip on all places. Of course, this is not true, because the scalpel-like precision and strength of the earth conquered the capital, uprooted the imperial court, and trapped hundreds of thousands of Manchus in the capital, this kind of thing is simply not something that normal people can imagine. But it is precisely for this reason that this empire has no leader, and no matter how powerful it is, it cannot be gathered.

During the Qianlong period, although the Eight Banners Army was a little more than when it entered the customs, the main force was in the capital, about 100,000 people. However, the 100,000 Eight Banners army was the first to collapse, and a large number were killed, and a large number were captured and exiled. In addition to the more than 30,000 Eight Banner Army outside the Guan, there are still 45,000 Eight Banner Army garrisoned in other places in the Guan, but they are scattered in various places and their combat effectiveness is limited. General Ili still has more than 10,000 Eight Banner Army stationed in the Western Regions, and this wave of people can basically be excluded, because they can't even walk from Xinjiang to the Central Plains without the support of outside soldiers and food.

For those Manchurians, the thousands of Eight Banners Army under their command can be said to be their lifeblood, and it is something that cannot be lost at all. The city is full of the families of these soldiers, and the Manchu people at this time must be like a great enemy, if there is no accident, these Eight Banner Army will not even appear on the frontal battlefield, because it is certain that these Eight Banner Army will not be defeated, even if the Manchu Qing court retains it in the end, then the empire will no longer be Manchu in the future.

King Qin must be diligent, but the Manchu people will definitely let the Han people fight the Han people, pick up the Han people who are eager to be promoted to make a fortune, make meritorious contributions, and serve the country loyally, and establish a landlord regiment to train the army, or the dog-legged slave arm, to launch a counterattack against the Tang army.

However, at this time, most of the Manchurian adults have not yet come to their senses, and some people even strictly control their own rule, for fear that some people will jump out and pull themselves down. In addition, even if someone organizes regimental training, or goes further to local armies such as the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, it will definitely not be a very short-lived thing. Zeng Guofan's training of the Hunan army was relatively fast, and it took half a year, and this was only the time from the time he was approved to train the troops and the time he began to dispatch, in fact, it took a longer time for the Hunan army to become an army.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Hunan army is absolutely unsightly, for the Tang army, even if there is a Qinwang force that is only several times that of Zeng Guofan and has a military capacity several times that of the Hunan army, in front of the Tang army, it is only from an ordinary ant to a slightly stronger ant.

At the same time, the Qinwang army will recruit regiments to train their arms, and the Tang army will also engage in servant troops. Bai Nan's ability and efficiency will only be stronger and higher than those of the ambitious Qing people, and the resources at his disposal are too many and too good, so there is no doubt that the Wuwei army will be formed more quickly. Then the Hunan army and the Huai army will not be a threat at that time.

Judging from the current situation, it has not yet been grasped that there is any noteworthy training of the landlords' regiments, and the main enemies of the Tang Army are still the Eighth Banner Army and the Green Battalion Army, and they are the Eighth Banner Army and the Green Battalion Army that have not gathered their strength and clenched their fists. (To be continued.) )