Just when the main force of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was crushed by the Guards Corps led by Emperor Zhu himself.

In Boye County, Baoding Province.

The 170,000 troops of the Great Eight Banners led by Qianlong were stationed here at this time.

There is not much left of the original ambition to go south from the capital.

Originally, the Qing court was complacent, believing that with a large number of cavalry, even if it could not win, it would not lose.

A tie with Zhao Si's Northern Expeditionary Corps can always be done.

It turned out to be a harsh reality.

After a small probing on the battlefield south of Zhengdingfu, the two sides were conducted.

The Northern Expeditionary Corps of the Ming Army began to take the initiative to attack.

Under the gaze of the hot air balloons of the Ming army, the cavalry superiority of the Qing army could not be shown at all.

Their assembly is easily observed by the eyes of heaven.

What's worse is that the weather in North China during this time is too good, and the visibility is very high.

When the Qing army in the field was assembled, it could not withstand the bombardment of the Ming army's artillery and rockets, and when it dodged, it was easy to be targeted by the Ming army's mule soldiers.

Especially when the Northern Expeditionary Corps of the Ming Army took the initiative to attack, the Qing army's defense line was broken through one by one, and Qianlong had no choice but to retreat all the way with the Qing Dynasty army.

Evacuated from Zhengding to Baoding.

If you withdraw again, you will meet the capital

Right now.

It was inevitable that the news from the battlefield shocked the Qing army, and everyone from Qianlong to the general who led the troops was shocked.

It's horrible.

With less than 20,000 troops, they actually defeated the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom head-on in the battle of the Great Palace.

How powerful the old battalion soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are, the Qing army has been taught.

Even if Qianlong formed the Great Eight Banners, the Baoyi Army in the capital, the remaining elite of the Green Battalion, and the Mongols outside the pass were all incorporated into the Eight Banners, at least doubling the strength of the Eight Banners.

The Eight Banners, a system that integrates the military and the government and the soldiers and the people, is actually very convenient for organizing a community of interests and turning some people into their own, which is conducive to ruling and conquest.

But even so.

In the face of such a terrifying Ming army, the Qing army did not have much confidence.

In addition, the battle with the Northern Expeditionary Corps of the Ming Army also made the Qing army a little reluctant to continue to fight with the Ming army, and the complacency at the beginning of the formation of the Great Eight Banners has been exhausted.

Especially those Mongolian cavalry, who were originally full of self-confidence and high morale, have now withered a lot.

On the one hand, of course, there is no benefit from entering the customs and fighting this time.

There was no siege and no loot was obtained.

On the other hand, it was because the Mongols found that they seemed to be unable to catch up with the Han Chinese in cavalry.

At the time of entry.

The Zasaks of southern and northern Mongolia are proclaiming the glory of their ancestors to Mongolian herdsmen.

Hundreds of years later.

The Mongols once again set foot on the land of the Central Plains!!

This is as good as that moment.

But with the continuous exchange of light horses on both sides.

The Mongol cavalry, armed with scimitars and bows, was no match for the dragoons of the Ming army at all.

Their scimitars and bows are of no use at all.

In this case.

The Great Emperor (Qianlong) transformed some of the Mongols into dragoons like the Ming army, that is, equipped with muskets, mounted on horses to maneuver and fight, and dismounted like foot soldiers holding muskets to fight in array.

This situation made the morale of the Mongol soldiers unprecedentedly low.

The Mongols should have used scimitars and bows and arrows to achieve victory.

What's the deal with fighting with muskets now?

However, if Qianlong didn't have so many muskets, he would have even been ready to turn all the Mongol soldiers into dragoons

The previous battle of the hussars of both sides showed.

The Mongols, who relied on scimitars and bows and arrows, were basically tortured and killed.

On the contrary, the Mongols, who were also armed with muskets, were able to compete with the Ming dragoons on the battlefield - their riding skills were much better than those of the Han Chinese.

This more or less restored the confidence of the Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners - it's not that we can't do it, it's the Han people who cheat and fight well, how can we use muskets in matters between warriors.

It's so insidious and cunning.

Buddha must not bless them.

The original Boye County Ya has now become Qianlong's Chinese army camp.

After the Qing army entered Boye, the local people were even poured blood mold.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners committed misconduct in the city, plundered finances, and raped women.

And also to arrest people.

Capture young men and women - this is to prepare for escape.

Historically, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji's repeated raids were mainly aimed at plundering people and goods.

Because they were all ready to leave, Qianlong also broke the jar, even if this was Zhili Province, at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

It stands to reason that they are the most loyal to the people of the Han land in the Qing Dynasty.

But he still can't care so much.

If the Mongols weren't allowed to vent, he really couldn't have anything else to reward and motivate them to fight.

Inside the hall of the Boye County Government.

Qianlong, Fukangan, Mingming, He Lin, Erle Dengbao and others gathered together, except for a few generals.

Even He Shen, Wang Jie, Liu Yong and other high-ranking officials also came.

It looks like he moved all the Qing Dynasty court here.

"Your Majesty, the Taiping Taiguo army was defeated, and the puppet emperor of the Ming Dynasty has led his troops to the north, and openly played the banner of "recovering the Central Plains", the purpose is very obvious, and they also occupy a place, they will hold a township test and a county test in the local area, and take the local talent and raise people as officials, and put on a posture of completely consolidating a place when they occupy a place. ”

Bright looked at the people in the seats and reported the latest situation.

"Now the Ming army has a total of four armies coming in the direction of the capital, one is the Liaodong Corps on the North Road, the Northern Expedition Corps of the Ming Army in the direction of the East Route Army Shandong and Zhili, the West Route Army is the 10,000 partial division under Luo Dingshan, and the middle road is the Guards Corps led by Emperor Ming himself who has just defeated the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

"The direction of the four-way army is very clear, it is coming towards my army and the capital behind it!"

As Fukangan's words fell.

The faces of the Qing generals present changed slightly, and everyone's faces were quite solemn.

The four-way army, a guard corps of people has destroyed more than 100,000 elites of the Taiping Taiguo.

Now the four-way army is coming together.

Can this Qing Dynasty stand it?

Everyone's eyes looked at Qianlong, who was sitting in a high position.

Qianlong's face was much better than some time ago.

Qianlong in history still has several years to live.

Although he has been repeatedly hit in this time and space, Qianlong looks very strong and has not been knocked down, and he has the momentum of repeated defeats and battles.

Qianlong's eyes looked at Fukangan, who had just arrived from the capital.

The regiments of Zhili and Shandong provinces led by Fukangan were also not very useful, so about 670,000 people and a large amount of grain entered the capital in Zhengdingfu, Baodingfu, and Xuanhua Mansion.

After arriving in the capital, he scattered and scattered the regimental training troops and incorporated them under the command of the Eight Banners, and after controlling them, he came to the front of the army under the order of Qianlong to obey orders.

Fukangan saw Qianlong's gaze and looked over.

He also hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, when the former Ming Five-Way Army invaded Liao, my Emperor Taizu "didn't care if he came a few ways, just went all the way", and broke the Ming army, and this battle became a key turning point between my Qing Dynasty and the former Ming Dynasty. ”

Qianlong frowned slightly when he heard this.

"Isn't it that our army also wants to concentrate its forces and only stare at the Ming army all the way to fight?"

Qianlong said.

Which way have you played?

It seems that the road on the side of Luo Dingshan is the weakest.

But this is a partial division all the way, and it is not far from Zhu Daohua's guards corps, so they can echo each other at any time.

Not to mention.

What's the point of defeating the Ming army along the way?

The Ming army will still march in three ways and encircle the Beijing division.

"Your Majesty, what I'm talking about is just going all the way, no. Just fight all the way. ”

Oh, don't fight?

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

But if you don't fight, where do you go?

"Just go all the way? Where to go? ”

Fukangan looked at Qianlong.

He knew too well the thoughts of this Qianlong Emperor.

Liu Zhixie of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated so strongly.

Emperor Qianlong was also scared in his heart.

That's why he retreated all the way to Hirono.

But this Qianlong Emperor loves face, and the army of more than 100,000 people went south, and he ran away directly.

This hurt morale and Qianlong's prestige too much.

So he won't take the initiative to say withdraw.

"Let's just attack north!"

Fukangan said.

Attacking north?

What is there to attack in the north, the Ming army is in the south.

The Liaodong Army is in the north, but it can't reach it for a while.

And there is a Jingshi Jiancheng in the middle

"Good! Then attack north, I will mobilize the anti-Ming army and look for an opportunity to break the enemy! ”

Finally want to escape. No, it's to the north, to the northwest.

The Qing generals present also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Long live the wisdom!"

The crowd shouted.

Qianlong stroked his beard, but sighed in his heart.

"I admit defeat, I'm going to withdraw from the Central Plains, so Zhu Daohua, you should let me go of the two million Eight Banners, right?"

(End of chapter)