Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 586 Fukang'an's Battle to Destroy the Country
How big is fifty square kilometers?About the size of seven thousand standard football fields.

Deng Fei pretended to study on the map for a long time, and finally circled a location on the south bank of the Kolidam River 65 kilometers away from the local governance.

The largest town in this area by far is Pazhayarai, located south of the estuary of the Kolidam River.This place was originally called Ayiratalli, which means "Land of a Thousand Temples", and it was the ancient capital of the Chola Dynasty in the Middle Ages.

In fact, he and Zhao Xin have already calculated this. If they want to cooperate with Tipu Sultan to attack the British in the south, the Northern Navy can drive straight along the Kolidam River.

When Leclerc saw that Deng Fei had chosen this place, he thought it was pretty good.He considered it from his own perspective. Once the British in the north launched a sea attack, the ships of the Northern Navy could arrive in more than three hours.In addition, if you want to go to the Kingdom of Mysore, you can reach the capital by walking more than 300 kilometers west from the local government.

Since he wanted to assist Tipu Sultan, before setting off, Deng Fei would go to Mysore City to meet the Sultan once.He decided not to delay the matter, and set off immediately before the British reacted.Governor Leclerc wrote a personal letter to Tipu Sultan, boasting about Beihai Town.

The Beihai No. 75 made an artillery display when the governor visited the Raytheon before. With only three rounds of shooting from two 100mm guns, it blew up a wooden house as a target on the beach three kilometers away. The power really shocked the French.When they learned that the shells of this artillery cost as much as 388 livres per round-that is, [-] grams of gold, Governor Leclerc and his officers were all stunned.

Later, when Deng Fei and the others brought a 12-pound gun carried by the Thor ashore for display, the French felt that this was also quite good, and it was convenient to move and easy to imitate, so they bought [-] guns at once.

On June 1792, 6, more than 30 people led by Deng Fei followed the special envoy and interpreter sent by Governor Leclerc, plus a troop of 500 native soldiers, carrying 12 Beihai town percussion rifles and two With a [-]-pound gun, he embarked on a journey to the Kingdom of Mysore.
Beihai Town fought fiercely with the French in South India, and plotted against the British together, while the Qing army in the north also launched, and the second Qing Dynasty war officially started five days ago.

In order to quickly annihilate the Kuo army on the Chamu Mountain Pass (south of today's Zongka Town, Jilong County) to achieve the purpose of surprise combat, on June 1792, 6--that is, on the night of the sixth day of May in the 24th year of Qianlong, five thousand Qing troops were in the Under the cover of the dense drizzle, they were divided into five teams and left the camp.

Fukang'an asked Batulu guards Zhang Jingzhe Senbao and Weng Guoerhai to lead a team each, march along the east and west sides of Chamu to the left and right mountain ridges of the Kuo army camp, and send another team to go around the mountain ridge and enter the rear of the Kuo army. Cut off the way; Taifei Ying'a led Amantai, Erdengbao and other guards to attack from the front;In their northeast direction, there are more than 2000 rattan soldiers and garrison troops led by Hui Ling and Zhang Zhiyuan, the chief soldier of the Green Battalion, as a reserve team.

Due to the rain, the stream in the valley of Chamu Mountain has changed from the usual trickle, and the water potential has become surging.The Qing army waded through the water, and when they encountered steep and dangerous places, they all climbed up with the light of torches. However, such terrain was really distressing for the firearms battalion carrying two 12-pound guns. It was dawn the next day when the team reached the attacking position.

Chamu Mountain is a high mountain with dense forests. The Kuo army built two stone towers at the pass, with stone walls on three sides, and only left a door on the north side. If the Qing army wanted to attack, they had to rush up along a small path on the north slope. .

"Marshal, do you want to fire a few shots first?" He Lin was quite confident in the two Beihai town 12-pound guns he brought, which were many times more powerful than the mountain-splitting guns of the Qing army.

"No! If we startle the enemy, we can only attack from our backs, and this battle can only be fought in close quarters!" Fukang'an has done enough homework beforehand and is very familiar with the terrain here.He said to his subordinate soldiers: "Go and tell Tai Feiying'a to let them climb the mountain quickly and open the gate of the village! Let the Musketeers aim at the gate and come out one by one and kill the other!"

"Whoo!"

Because it was to conquer the dangerous mountainous area, Tai Feiying'a led troops from Jinchuan.When they came to the wall of the Kuo army camp, Tai Feiying'a personally led people to step over the wall, first cut down a few Kuo troops who were on guard, and then opened the gate of the village.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Firearms Battalion armed with percussion rifles from Beihai Town swarmed up, divided into five rows, and blocked the gate of the village.When the Kuojun rushed out of the watchtower, there was a loud roar of bullets and gunpowder smoke, and hundreds of Kuojun were killed on the spot.After that, Jinchuan soldiers rushed into the first stone watchtower, shouting and killing, and the sound of weapons colliding loudly. In less than a stick of incense, the north watchtower had been taken down.

The second watchtower of Kuojun was built on the high ground in the south. There are two stone walls on the periphery. There are musket shooting holes on the wall.The Kuo army in the fort saw the fall of the watchtower in the north, and found that there were Qing troops on the east and west mountain ridges. They knew that there was nowhere to escape, so they defended according to the watchtower, fired guns and stones, and beat the attacking Qing army to the ground. .

Seeing this, Fukang'an immediately ordered his subordinates to push a 12-pound cannon up the mountain pass, blasting it at a distance of 600 meters, and ordered Tai Feiying'a to lead the army to attack from the outer wall on the west side of the watchtower.When most of the Kuo army was desperately resisting in the west wall, De Lentai led 12 Sauron soldiers to blow up a big gap in the first wall on the east with 18-pounder bombs, and then the Qing army in the middle road They rushed in along the gap like a tide. After a fierce hand-to-hand battle, the Kuo army killed nearly a hundred people and captured [-] people.Fukang'an did not interrogate them, so he ordered them all to be beheaded.

The Qing army won the first battle and their morale was booming. Fukang'an immediately sent someone to order Chengde, the admiral of Sichuan, and Zhang Zhiyuan, the chief soldier of the Green Battalion, to lead 300 troops as a partial division to contain the Kuo army on the front line of Nielamu. He himself led the main force to attack Ji. attack.When marching to the densely forested Magarhaerjia area, more than [-] Kuo troops who came from Jilong just bumped into each other head-on, and a fierce battle broke out immediately.

This time, the Kuo army finally showed their fierceness in combat. They attacked from the bottom of the mountain and killed or injured dozens of people, but they did not back down.

Seeing this, Fukang'an took most of Sauron's soldiers to ambush behind the boulder in the middle of the mountain, leaving Helin, Huoqiying, a dozen Baturu guards, and Zhang Jing to stay on the mountain to lure the Kuo army to attack.Sure enough, the Kuo army was fooled, and swarmed towards them holding a large red flag; when they rushed to the middle of the mountain, Fu Kang'an led his troops to kill, shot and killed the leading general of the Kuo army on the spot, and seized the enemy's flag.At the same time, He Lin ordered the Firearms Battalion, Batulu's guards, and Zhang Jing to launch an attack. For a while, guns roared in the forest, arrows rained like rain, and there were swords and swords everywhere, and blood flowed in the ditches.

At this time, the power of Beihai town's percussion cap was revealed. The brown bass bought by the Gurkhas from the British was no match in terms of distance and accuracy.Afterwards, the Qing army chased and killed them for more than ten miles. During this period, the Kuo army relied on the pass to guard against it. So when [-] officers and soldiers from the firearms battalion arrived, the two sides launched a large-scale musket shooting.

Taking advantage of the gap between the profile army's loading ammunition, Solendakur's soldiers hid behind a rock as big as a door and kept firing arrows, causing heavy casualties to the profile army.When the remnants of the Kuo army fled to the Jilong camp, there were only more than 20 people left.

On the ninth day of May, the Qing army set up camp in Bangxing.While waiting for the artillery from the rear to arrive, Fukangan took people to check the enemy's situation on the road.The barracks built by the Kuo army in Jilong still consisted of two parapet walls, made of stacked stones. The outer stone wall was two feet high, and under the wall were densely covered with antlers and crossbars.In addition, the Kuo army also built a tall watchtower near the river in the northwest of the camp to protect the water intake.In addition, there is a watchtower in the northeast and southeast of the camp, and fortifications have also been built in the Lama Temple at the foot of the mountain, and people are stationed there.

In the early hours of May 12, several other [-]-pound guns and ammunition supplies from the rear arrived at Bangxing, along with thousands of Qing troops from Dzongkha.In view of the sufficient strength of his men, Fukang'an made a plan to attack all the strongholds of the Kuo army at the same time, so that they would be attacked everywhere and could not take care of each other.

His tactics this time are exactly the same as Zhao Xin's previous methods, that is, to fight continuously with fierce, swift and powerful attacks, and never give the enemy a chance to breathe!
That's right, after fighting Beihai Town for so many years, Fukang'an has already seen through Zhao Xin's tricks, just three tricks.However, the firepower of the Northern Navy was so fierce that the Qing army was often overwhelmed as soon as it came up, causing heavy casualties.However, the two sides fighting now have been replaced by the Qing army and the Gurkhas, and Marshal Fu immediately realized the beauty of it.

Of course, being able to do this is based on a strong logistical supply.Thanks to Fukang'an's two months in Tibet, he planned to transport a large amount of food, grass and military supplies to Dzongkha in the local area, so that he could rush so recklessly.If it relies on the supply of the Sichuan-Tibet line. Forget it, the military supplies shipped from Dajian Furnace three months ago are still halfway!
On the morning of May 12th, tens of thousands of Qing troops were divided into seven groups, and under the cover of fierce fire from several [-]-pound guns, they launched a fierce attack on various targets of the Kuo army at the same time.Kuo Jun was condescending, and soon realized that the situation was not good, and immediately fired back.

The Qing army first attacked the Kuojun bunker on the southeast ridge. When the 12-pound guns blew up the tower, the remaining Kuojun rushed out. All were killed.Later, the Lama Temple was also bombed down by the Qing army with artillery, and it fell down with a drum.

However, when Barutu's bodyguard Bayantai led his men to attack the bunker near the river, the Kuo army, who was worried that the water source would be cut off, launched a counterattack like crazy.Faced with round after round of artillery fire from the Qing army, a corner of the bunker was quickly blown down. The Kou soldiers who were shooting from the heights panicked and jumped into the river one after another. Most of them were drowned, and those who managed to swim ashore were also killed The Sauron soldiers who were patrolling on horseback shot and killed them on the spot with bows and arrows.

In short, with the assistance of five 12-pound guns, the Qing army's attack on the watchtower was much smoother.Every time, the bombs provided by Beihai Town were used to blow up the watchtowers, and then the musketeers and archers went up for a few rounds to shoot. , It was not until the evening that all the watchtowers were conquered.

At this time, it was raining heavily, and the Qing army was extremely tired from continuous fighting, but Fukang'an did not intend to give the Kuo army a respite, so he urged all the ministries to attack overnight.

The Kuo army in the camp was not afraid of death, relying on the stone wall and launched a confrontation with the Qing army. When the muskets ran out of bullets, they threw stones back and defended against death.

When Fukang'an saw it, he ordered the other officers and soldiers of the five routes to attack together, and sent the easy-to-carry mountain splitting cannon to the collapsed Linhe watchtower, set up a fort, and kept shooting at the gun holes and lookout windows in the Kuo army camp.The 12-pound artillery provided by Beihai Town fired quickly and accurately, and the artillerymen of the Kuo army in the camp were howling like hell when they were bombed.

After it was completely dark, tens of thousands of Qing troops lit torches, illuminating the outside of the Jilongkuo military camp like daylight.The Qing army tied thick wood into a ladder and erected it on top of the first stone barrier. Jinchuan soldiers and ants climbed it, and only then did the first stone barrier be demolished.

An unprecedentedly tragic battle erupted immediately, Jinchuan native soldiers and Kuo soldiers were completely mixed up, swords and guns struck, sparks flew, and some people fell down screaming from time to time.Everyone was killed until blood flowed on their faces, rainwater, blood and muddy water mixed with stumps kicked back and forth under the feet of both sides.

Until late at night when midnight was approaching, two 12-pound guns finally blew up the northeast corner of the second stone wall. The Kuo army in the camp retreated to the southwest in a panic, but there were stone cliffs on that side. Rolling all the way down the hillside, the Jinchuan native soldiers were also red-eyed at this moment, and jumped down, chasing and killing all the way to the foot of the mountain, killing all the fleeing soldiers.

So far, it took only 5 days for the Qing army to attack Jilong on the sixth day of May and regain all the lost ground.Fukang'an ordered the whole army to rest for three days, and while writing a letter to report the victory, he urged the rear to supply food, grass and ammunition.The 12-pound gun given by Beihai Town is easy to use, but the rate of fire is too fast and it consumes a lot of ammunition.

On May [-]th, the Qing army marched to the Resuo Bridge dozens of miles away, and a battle across the Himalayas, which was extremely rare in history, began!

The Resuo Bridge spans a tributary that flows into the Gyirong River from the east, and after this is the territory of Gurkha.The Kuo army built a pontoon bridge with wooden boards on the tributary, and built a stone watchtower on the Solala Mountain three or four miles away on the north bank, and two large watchtowers near the river on the south bank to resist defense.

When the Qing army took the lead in capturing Shika on the north bank, the Kuo army on the south bank immediately withdrew the bridge to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river.Seeing this, Fukang'an ordered the army to retreat, and asked Bayantai to lead part of the Qing army to make a feint attack by the river, and then pushed over a 12-pounder gun, firing it from time to time, which made the Kuo army on the other side of the river extremely nervous.

At the same time, he ordered Amantai, Zhesenbao, Moergenbao, Wenggoerhai and others to lead the Jinchuan soldiers to sneak along the river from Qianlu Mountain in the east to the shallow water in the upper reaches.When they arrived six or seven miles away from the Resuo Bridge, they cut down big trees and made rafts to cross the south bank.

At this time, the Kuo army was preparing for a feint attack on the other side of the river. When they saw the Qing army suddenly coming from the south bank, they were shocked and hurried out of the fort to resist.The Qing army on the north bank took advantage of the momentum to quickly build a bridge, marched on both sides, and then captured the stone fort.After that, the Kuo army collapsed one after another, and the Qing army chased and killed them all the way. When they reached Sedam, they had entered the territory of Gurkha for more than 30 miles.

After entering the Gurkha border, the Qing army's offensive slowed down due to the terrain.There are cramped mountain paths everywhere, clusters of rocks, and mountains are layered on top of each other, with no way to get through.Fukang'an had no choice but to move forward slowly while building the road.

At this time, Bahadur, the regent of Gurkha, had received the battle report from the front, and he and the other leaders were all shocked, knowing that once the Qing army was allowed to rush out of the Himalayas, it would be a disaster for the country.So on the one hand, they gathered their elite troops to Dongjue, and on the other hand, they sent people to the East India Company in the south for help.

(End of this chapter)