1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 985 Great Qin New Army
On September 1681, 9, Zhenjiang.

"Mr. Deng, why haven't I received any orders to move out?" Lu Tingyou, the chief instructor of the left wing of the Qi Army's new army stationed in Daqin, and Lieutenant (Lieutenant Colonel) Linghui reined in the reins, and stopped the horse on the left wing of the new army. In front of Deng Chuanping.

"Mr. Lu, at four o'clock in the morning last night, I received a military order from the Nanjing Metropolitan Government, requesting that all [-] officers and soldiers from the left-wing headquarters be moved to Jiangning County to participate in an actual combat exercise to see the effectiveness of the new army's training." Deng Chuanping said seriously: "This exercise focuses on actual combat to deal with sudden military changes. Therefore, the Dudu Mansion has not notified your Qi State Staff Group for the time being."

"Can you let me have a look at the military order of the Governor's Mansion?" Lu Tingyou still doubted himself.

Damn, just because of your Daqin military's slow temper and your military plan full of loopholes, how could there be no clues at all, so that our Qi Army Staff Group in Nanjing did not issue any instructions or information.

"Professor Lu, I have just said that this maneuver will focus on actual combat, and all military orders conveyed will be ignored to ensure the secrecy of military operations." Deng Chuanping said impatiently: "Furthermore, why do I need to inform you of our Daqin's new army maneuvers? You are just a military instructor invited by my Daqin. You must abide by your duty and don't interfere in our Daqin's military affairs!"

"..." Lu Tingyou was robbed for a while, so choked that he couldn't say a word, he stayed on the side of the road, and watched Deng Chuanping kick his horse away in a daze, raising smoke and dust all over the ground.

Damn, what are they all about!Lu Tingyou spat fiercely on the ground, feeling his blood surging at this moment, wishing he could pull out his command saber and slash the left-wing general of the Great Qin New Army.

Three years ago, Daqin imitated the Qi army model and began to establish a new army, preparing to effectively improve the level of military equipment and combat effectiveness of the Qin army.As we all know, a modernized army, especially an all-firearms army, is not only brave enough to reflect its combat effectiveness, nor does it rely solely on advanced weapons and equipment, but more importantly, it depends on the army's usual combat training and the degree of mastery of weapon performance.

The Qi State's impressive achievements for decades, especially the myth of undefeated in the mainland's intervention wars, have fully demonstrated the powerful combat effectiveness of the Qi State Army.At that time, Sun Kewang and a group of generals in the army did a lot of work for this. In addition to sending dozens of military "students" to Qi State to learn professional military skills, they also hired more than 100 Qi State military officers with high salaries. He taught and came to Daqin not far away, and was responsible for the training of the new army and the actual operation of some important military departments.

The military training of the State of Qi upholds the consistent rigorous style of the Army of the State of Qi, and puts a lot of effort into the drills of the new army of the Great Qin Dynasty, showing a strong professional ethics and sense of responsibility.These teachings are strict in governing the army, with clear rewards and punishments. They not only instilled a lot of modern army concepts in the new army of the Great Qin Dynasty, but also required the officers and soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty to strictly implement the various military regulations of the Qi Army and strictly enforce the discipline of the troops.Even the maintenance of the weapons, the instructors have to work hard to manage them.

The officers and soldiers of the Qi State Army are all professional soldiers. The rigid military life all the year round has cultivated their extremely serious character, and they are also meticulous in teaching and training.

When an official from the Dudu Mansion of the Great Qin Dynasty inspected the new army, he was deeply touched by this. He commented on the military instructor of Qi State that "he took care of military affairs all day long, and he never had time to entertain himself. He tasted it in the toilet, as if he was sending semaphore orders."Not only that, Qi Guojiao also attached great importance to the discipline management of the troops, and the officers and soldiers were extremely strict in control and punishment. There was a saying among the new army of the Great Qin Dynasty that "Don't be afraid of the army, but be afraid of teaching and learning".

Under the training and management of Qi's military training, the construction, development, and regularization of the Great Qin New Army have made great progress, and their training and management levels have also quickly approached those of Beiming, Wei, and Luzon. level, and its combat effectiveness far exceeds that of other old-style armies of the Qin State.

However, there has always been an old saying in the ancient land of China: People who are not of my race must have different hearts.Although the Qi State and the Great Qin State share the same origin, and their civilization and language are in the same line, they belong to other countries after all, and Qi State still has a strong political and economic influence in the Great Qin State.As the status and prestige of Qi Guoxie in the Great Qin New Army continues to rise, the senior officials of the Great Qin military have also begun to have a heart disease that worries them the most. Are the Qi people planning to control the most powerful new army of the Qin State under their control? hand?

With Qi Guoxie's management in the army getting better and better, and his status and prestige gradually improving, this suspicion has also deepened day by day.Although the Great Qin New Army has gradually become a modernized army, objectively speaking, the middle and high levels are still traditional feudal bureaucratic thinking. In their eyes, although professionalism and skills are also important, obedience and loyalty should be placed first. The first one.

Some middle and high-level officers of the Great Qin New Army had long complained a lot due to the strict management of Qi State’s military training, and had even disliked Qi State’s training for a long time, but dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

In addition, out of the consideration of the future development of the new army of the Great Qin State, the military instructor of the State of Qi suggested several times to the Governor's Mansion of the Great Qin Dynasty to put an end to the nepotism between the generals of the army, remove unqualified officers, and strictly prohibit the spread of the local gang system in the army.This move undoubtedly offended many middle and high-level officers in the new army.

Under such circumstances, some grudge generals of the new army either intentionally or unintentionally practice foreign skills in training, or overtly and covertly teach Qiguo's military teachings.These bad behaviors often make the military instructors of Qi State furious and denounced as soldiers, but facing this group of military generals who are well versed in human relationships and extremely tactful, they often have nothing to do.

However, considering the traditional friendship and allies between Qin and Qi, the "provoking" people in the new Qin army did not dare to go too far, let alone make it clear, so as not to completely offend the people of Qi.In this bumpy situation, the two sides tried their best to slowly raise the combat effectiveness and armament level of the Great Qin New Army to a new level.

"Teacher Xi." Xiong Renfu, the left-wing general of the new army, passed by on horseback and handed him a water bottle. "It's hot, drink some water."

"I'm not thirsty..." Lu Tingyou said angrily, but the kettle handed over had already been stuffed into his hands, and there was a note attached to the kettle.

Xiong Renfu nodded to Lu Tingyou, and then rode straight forward.

"Nanjing." While no one was paying attention, Lu Tingyou secretly opened the note.

"Nanjing? More than [-] officers and soldiers from the left wing want to enter Nanjing City under the pretext of going to Jiangning for exercises. Could it be..."

"Mutiny!" Xie Genshan, the army instructor and Yuwu school lieutenant (captain), whispered next to him.

"That's right!" Lu Tingyou crumpled the note into a ball, then stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it, "When you stop for a rest, you take a few people with you and don't stop. Immediately rush to Nanjing and report it to our Qi State. Army Staff Group in Nanjing."

"Yes, sir!"
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September 9, at three o'clock in the morning, in the Palace of Qianqing in the Forbidden City.

Chengde Emperor Sun Zhenghao, who had been in a coma for more than ten days, did not survive the hurdle of life and death after all, and died in Qianqing Palace three days ago.The cabinet immediately announced that the whole country mourned, that marriage holidays and entertainment were prohibited, and that all people in the city should wear plain clothes.

Today is the third day of Emperor Chengde's death, and also the first day of his coffin. The huge nanmu coffin is parked in the main hall, and Emperor Daxing has been enshrined in it at this time.Yesterday in Dalian, 120 sets of crown clothes and six jades (jade bi, jade cong, jade gui, jade hu, jade Zhang, jade huang) were arranged around the coffin according to the etiquette system.The traditional sacrificial utensils for offering sacrifices to the four directions of the heaven and the earth are to honor heaven with a biscuit, honor the earth with a cong, honor the east with a gui, honor the west with an amber, honor the south with a zhang, and honor the north with a huang.

The crown prince, Sun Hongxiang, who is about to succeed to the throne, has put on the heaviest "cutting down" clothes, which are made of the thickest raw linen, and the broken parts are exposed. Unadorned for mourning.

According to the system, during the period of Emperor Daxing's coffin, all clan ministers, princes' wives, etc. must mourn for Emperor Daxing.Kneeling on the ground, Yi Wang Sun Zhengqi looked at the dark night outside, reached out and rubbed his numb right leg, then waved to the eunuch who was waiting on him, helped him sit in a wheelchair, and was about to leave.Before leaving, he looked back at Sun Hongxiang who was kneeling in front of the coffin, with a strange smile on his face.

At this time, Qi Ziyi, who had been promoted to the Empress Dowager of Qin, was sitting on the porch in the second-heaviest Qi fading suit, staring blankly at the huge coffin in the hall, and seemed completely uneasy about the departure of King Yi Sun Zhengqi Sleep.

"Empress Dowager." Ningzhu, the maid of honor, walked gently to Qi Ziyi's side, her face was a little dignified.

"What's the matter?" Qi Ziyi asked, his voice hoarse and dry.

"There have been military movements in Xuzhou, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, and Chuzhou." Ningzhu said in a low voice, leaning down.

"It's supposed to come, it will come after all." Qi Ziyi sighed, "I don't know how many people will die after such a commotion."

"...Empress Dowager, strike first, and then attack others." Ningzhu reminded.

"Go and call the prince."

"Yes.... Empress Dowager, the Crown Prince has succeeded to the throne on the same day as Da Lian."

"Oh...then invite the emperor here."

After a while, the new king Sun Hongxiang came to Qi Ziyi and looked at his mother suspiciously.

"I'm going out of the palace later. Be careful in everything in the palace." Qi Ziyi warned: "After returning to the palace, wear plate armor inside the mourning clothes, and protect the legs, ankles and wrists. Also, put this Bring two pistols with you, just in case."

"Mother, is the thief going to start?" Sun Hongxiang asked calmly after taking two flintlock pistols from his mother.

"It may be at dawn, or it may be a little later. But at this time, there is nothing wrong with being careful." Qi Ziyi patted Sun Hongxiang on the shoulder, "In the palace, protect yourself, and your younger brothers and sisters. . . . Now, everything can be carried through.”

"It's my son." Sun Hongxiang nodded,
"My son is going to grow into an adult." Qi Ziyi lovingly stroked his son's head.

Immediately, Qi Ziyi left the palace under the protection of several maids and guards.
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Qingyang Prince's Mansion, Chief Governor Feng Weiwu (son of Feng Shuangli) was awakened by the butler, and the anger that had just risen was instantly extinguished by the words reported by the butler.

"The queen mother came alone?"

"Going back to the prince, the queen mother came here in a soft sedan chair with only a few personal maids and guards." The housekeeper said in fear: "At this time, the queen mother is waiting in the reception hall."

"Oh." Feng Weiwu shook his head, trying to wake himself up, "...change clothes with me immediately."

When Feng Weiwu rushed to the reception hall, Empress Dowager Qi Ziyi was drinking tea leisurely, with a calm expression, as if she was a temporary visitor.

"Minister, see the Queen Mother." Feng Weiwu bowed respectfully to Qi Ziyi.

"King Qingyang doesn't need to be polite." Qi Ziyi put down his teacup, and after looking at the Great Qin veteran, "I visited late at night and disturbed King Qingyang. I am here to apologize."

"Empress Dowager, don't do it!" Feng Weiwu bowed deeply again after hearing the words, and said fearfully: "The old minister dare not be the empress dowager's gift."

"King Qingyang, Daqin needs you right now. The lives of my palace and the new monarch are hanging by a thread, and I also need your help." Qi Ziyi looked at the still dark night outside, no longer wasting time, and said bluntly, "Someone is taking advantage of it now. When the late emperor's bones were still cold, he intended to cause chaos and wanted to abolish the establishment, so King Qingyang might protect my orphans and widows?"

"..." Feng Weiwu narrowed his eyes immediately, looked around, and did not respond.

"In the 21st year of Guangde in the former Ming Dynasty (1675), during the battle of Qierhaizi, a certain person has always been brooding, deeply hating the late Qingyang King (Feng Shuangli) for not rescued in time, and was besieged by the Qing army, and became disabled. , Losing the position of crown prince." Qi Ziyi said softly: "King Qingyang, has he ever thought about how to deal with it in the future?"

"Hiss..." Feng Weiwu's eyes froze when he heard the words, and he looked up at the empress dowager.

"King Qingyang is the elder of the two dynasties, and the minister of the humerus of my Great Qin. In addition, the late King Qingyang has made great achievements in setting the tripod and our Great Qin. I think that the word Qingyang can be more than one word."

"Queen Mother, many of the troops stationed near Nanjing are from the Yiwang family." Feng Weiwu said in a deep voice, "Moreover, the soldiers on the left and right wings of the new army are members of King Yi's followers, and their garrisons are in Zhenjiang and Chuzhou. You can go to Nanjing in a short time."

"Light soldiers attack Nanjing, and it is inconvenient to carry artillery with them." Qi Ziyi said: "Nanjing city is high and thick, and there are more than ten thousand soldiers and horses in the capital camp. .”

"Without the king's order, you must not arbitrarily mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp."

"So, King Qingyang accepts the decree." Qi Ziyi finally breathed a sigh of relief, took out an imperial decree with a jade seal from his bosom, and handed it to Feng Weiwu.

"I obey the decree." Feng Weiwu only hesitated for a moment, then reached out to accept the imperial decree.

"Queen Mother, how will the soldiers and horses of the five cities in Beijing deal with it? Are the Royal Palace Guards reliable?"

After receiving the imperial decree, Feng Weiwu became a grasshopper on the same line with the queen mother and the new king, and carefully reminded that there were still some King Yi's army forces in Nanjing.

"The soldiers and horses of the five cities and the imperial guards of the palace, the palace has its own plan." Qi Ziyi said: "King Qingyang only needs to keep the soldiers and horses outside the city out. In this way, those who plan to rebel will be successful." Water without a source, tree without roots, can only be caught with nothing.”

After persuading Feng Weiwu, Qi Ziyi stopped staying and left in a soft sedan outside the side door of the palace.After a while, the lights of Prince Qingyang's Mansion were lit up one after another, and there was a din of people, and people kept rushing out of the mansion, towards the several garrisons of the Beijing Camp.

"Empress Dowager, shall we go back to the palace?" Ningzhu, the close maid of the palace, asked softly.

"No, let's go see King Yongchang (Bai Hui, son of the late King Yongchang Bai Wenxuan)." Qi Ziyi said: "Before the sky is bright, let's get another insurance."

(End of this chapter)