The Land of Swallows.

The majestic northern capital city wall stands at the foot of Yan Mountain.

It is the intersection of agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization, and it is the core place of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Farming and nomadic plates meet here.

Sincerely.

The Qing court was more skilled in dealing with the problem of nomads than the Ming Dynasty.

In the former Ming Dynasty, this was the national border.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was the frontier of the Manchu and Mongolian nobles happily exploiting the Han lands.

With the wealth of the Han land, he raised the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the princes of the grassland.

The upper echelons of the steppe are bought by sharing wealth.

To deal with the lower classes, the Yellow Temple was built, and it was naturally difficult for the Mongols who believed in the Yellow Sect to recover the bravery of Genghis Khan's warriors.

In addition, the Qing court also forced Mongolian strong men to become monks, and when they became monks, they naturally could not hold hands with Mongolian girls, and they could not give birth to babies without holding hands.

There are fewer babies.

The total population of Mongolia is smaller.

The total population is small, on the one hand, the Mongolian princes above do not have to worry about the lack of resources due to the large number of people, and the herdsmen will not survive and rebel like the peasants of the Han land.

On the other hand, the overall strength of the steppe tribes has also declined.

It would be difficult to threaten the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

Arguably.

The Qing Dynasty's rule over Mongolia and Han China was almost a culmination based on the experience and lessons of previous dynasties.

The "pinnacle of feudal monarchy" mentioned in history textbooks is not untargeted.

But now.

The enemy faced by the conglomerate of the feudal monarchy was no longer the traditional peasant rebel army, but a semi-industrialized empire.

Inside the Forbidden City.

At the age of eighty-one, Lord Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty still insisted on working and insisting on not retiring, and was bound to stand on the last shift of the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Amma's health seems to be getting worse and worse.

Why don't you know how to take a break?

It's really exciting.

The fifteenth elder brother Yongyan, who was standing on the sidelines and waiting, thought in his heart.

"Not bad! Fukangan did a good job this time, the bandits entered Henan Mansion alone, it seems that there is going to be a big war in Henan! ”

Qianlong, who was intently looking at the battle report from Henan, showed a smile on his thin face.

The Green Flag Army had previously engaged in several tentative battles with the Taiping Army.

Judging by the battle report.

However, a lot of results have been achieved.

Seven or eight thousand enemies have already been annihilated.

Even if it's a discount.

I'm afraid there are seven or eight hundred, right?

"Huang Ama, the big war in Henan is about to start, and on the side of Shengjing, the mule soldiers who rebel against the Ming Dynasty have already appeared in Gaizhou." The fifteenth elder brother said, "Is this anti-Ming going to take advantage of the time when we are fighting with the bandits to send troops to attack the Beijing division in the north and south?" ”

Qianlong shook his head when he heard this, and said: "The move of the reverse Ming in Liaodong is to attract me to send a large army out of the pass to fight in Liao, the reverse Ming has the advantage of the navy, and the supply is more convenient than our army, and fighting in Liaodong is beneficial to the reverse Ming." ”

"Do you just let them settle in Shengjing?"

"Without three or five years, what role can Shengjing's anti-Ming military tun play? Now it's better to be quiet than to move, the purpose of the rebellion in Shengjing is to divide my heart, and the key now is to defeat the bandits first, so that we can concentrate on dealing with the rebellion! ”

Qianlong stood up and said.

"Where are the emissaries of England, Russia, and Asbania (Spain)?" Qianlong asked.

"Back to Huang Ama, there was a quick report from Malai yesterday that they had arrived in Yanzhou along the canal, but they actually proposed to go to Qufu to meet Yan Shenggong, and Shandong did not dare to call the shots, waiting for the court to make a decision."

Qianlong frowned slightly: "What are they going to do to see Yan Shenggong, let them go all the way north." I heard that these countries have set up embassies in the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Back to Emperor Ama, Yingli and Asbania heard that they were going to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, and their negotiations on the Ming side failed this time, and now they are going north, they should be seeking cooperation with my Qing Dynasty."

"Cooperation."

Qianlong frowned.

If it weren't for the Ming in the south, he really didn't want to let these foreigners from Europa come in.

These artifacts and thoughts of foreigners.

It is easy to bring the Han people of the Qing Dynasty badly.

Don't be careful.

But now more than half of the world is beyond the control of the Qing Dynasty.

And if the technology of foreigners is not introduced, the Qing Dynasty may be completely defeated by the south in a few years.

Dealing with Western countries is even a cup of poison.

Now Qianlong must also drink it.

Before being poisoned by this cup of poison.

On the one hand, Qianlong wanted to defeat the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and on the other hand, he also wanted to achieve a decisive victory against the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield - a counterattack on the south or something was unthinkable.

At the very least, it is necessary to maintain the front line on the Qinling-Huaihe line.

In this way, the Qing Dynasty can still be regarded as having a place in the Central Plains, relying on the manpower and material resources of the Central Plains and the support of the grassland departments, the Qing Dynasty's national glory can still be maintained, so that at least there can be a situation in the Northern Liao.

If you persist like this for a few years, at least you can't make yourself the king of the Qing Dynasty, right?

Qianlong looked at the fifteenth elder brother Yongyan.

I don't know if the old fifteen will become this unlucky guy?

"Cross the river! Crossing! ”

"Quick!"

The north bank of the Jianhe River.

A red scarf is wrapped around his head.

The soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom, armed with muskets, horizontal knives, and cloth iron armor, began to wade across the river at the urging of Shangguan.

It hasn't had time to rain in the north yet.

The river is not deep.

The deepest part is only submerged to the waist.

Liu Laoba was also among the people who crossed the river.

As a pioneer.

They had to cross the Jianhe River first, and then set up defenses along the river to cover the accompanying auxiliaries to build pontoon bridges.

After the pontoon bridge is built, the horses, grain, grass, and baggage of the large army can be transported smoothly.

Liu Laoba was wearing a rattan card on his head, and his musket, iron armor, and musket were tied to the rattan card.

As the first generation of government soldiers.

Liu Laoba is very able to endure hardships.

The weather in the north is now warmer.

But after a winter freeze, the river water was still as cold as a bone.

Liu Lao Bashen walked forward with one shallow foot at a time, his body was shivering with cold, and his lips became blue and white.

But Heavenly soldiers like Liu Laoba have no complaints at all.

Without saying a word, he followed the person in front of him and walked forward gritting his teeth.

The surface of the Jianhe River is not wide, and soon Liu Laoba stepped on the south bank. 、

"Armor! Fast! ”

The officials roared.

A group of government soldiers moved quickly.

This time he crossed the river as a vanguard, so he did not bring a slave soldier and did not ride a horse.

Liu Laoba skillfully put on the cloth armor, and the rattan card was buckled on the top of his head - this rattan card is the shape of a hat, which can be worn on the top of his head to avoid the stray arrows thrown from the projectile.

The horizontal knife is hung on the waist, and the gunpowder is not wet with water, and then the team is quickly formed. Stand up with muskets in hand.

The Taiping army crossed the river, and the Qing army naturally did not have no reaction.

The cavalry of the brigade rode up.

wants to take advantage of the fact that the Taiping army has an unstable foothold.

"Array!!"

The commander of the Taiping Army's side was Ran Tianyuan, a member of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Before the White Lotus Sect uprising, he was a good man who was the king of the mountains in Sichuan, known as the "sweeping king".

It's fierce.

is now a Hou Ye under Liu Zhixie.

Soon.

A strict queue was formed.

Let the horse team sent by the Qing army not dare to attack the infantry formation, but only dare to wander around the periphery.

"Quick! Send the cannon over! ”

Liu Zhixie, who was on the other side of the river, ordered.

In the current war, artillery is the absolute protagonist.

If there is no cannon.

When the Qing army pulls up the artillery, the Taiping army's infantry will be bombarded.

Relying on the cover of Ran Tianyuan's troops in front, Yi Sou Somu quickly drained into the water, broke through the river, and rushed towards the other party.

"Cannon up! Give me a hard bang! ”

This time, it was Fukangan's general Erle Dengbao who was sent out.

Lead a thousand-man centaur and three Green Flag Infantry battalions.

About two thousand seven hundred.

The horse team was the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners brought by Fukangan from Beijing.

The three Green Flag Pawns are the elite selected from the Green Flag.

Erle Dengbao himself was a banner man, and he was a minister of guard beside Qianlong.

So it was more than enough to command this thousand-strong Mongolian horse team.

In fact, the Qing army had already discovered that the other party was going to cross the river.

However, it did not hit halfway.

Fukangan was worried that the Taiping army would shrink back to Tongguan after discovering the difficulty of crossing the river.

Then it will be difficult to do it in the Qing Dynasty.

It is necessary not only to deploy a large army in Henan to block the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also to prevent the Ming Dynasty from going north.

Therefore, Fukangan's plan was to wait for the other party to pass some of the men and horses before launching an attack.

It's right on the edge of this river.

Give the other party a head-on blow, win a game first, and then talk about it.

It's very shrewd.

After seeing the opponent's rapid formation of an infantry phalanx, Eledenbao also responded in a timely manner, allowing him to pull the cannon up from behind.

However, he completely misestimated the ferocity of the Taiping army on the other side.

To know.

The more than 1,000 Taiping troops who crossed the river first were all government soldiers like Liu Laoba, who divided the manor.

They were originally the elite of the old battalion in the White Lotus Sect, and their skills in cutting people had been tested in dozens of battles.

At the same time, their morale is now extremely high, and their will to fight is more than one grade stronger than the green flag of the Qing army on the opposite side.

When Ran Tianyuan found that the Qing army on the opposite side was shrinking the formation, intending to pull the cannon up from the rear to fight the dignified formation.

He immediately gave the order to charge.

More than 1,000 Taiping soldiers who had just completed crossing the river had not repaired much, so they immediately held rattan cards and horizontal knives.

Lined up in a three-layer horizontal formation, they pressed up against the infantry of the Qing army's green flag soldiers on the opposite side.

This move killed the old master with a random punch, so that Erle Dengbao almost didn't react.

His Green Banner pawns only had time to fire a single shot, and the two sides collided with each other.

This crash.

The two sides were close to each other, and the gap in morale and fighting will was fully manifested.

"Kill the demons!"

Accompanied by an earth-shattering shout.

A thousand Heavenly Soldiers dressed in cloth iron armor and armed with rattan cards and horizontal swords suddenly crashed into the large array of infantry led by Erle Dengbao.

The battle formations of the two sides became scattered at the first moment.

The battle formations on both sides were intertwined.

The 1,000 Mongol horses who had made a detour from the periphery and were ready to attack the flanks could only stare dryly.

The Green Bannermen's formation, which was scattered under a single blow, collapsed in almost a short time.

(End of chapter)