Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 194 The Battle for Sea Power in the Indian Ocean!
"Your Majesty, you must never abandon the capital. If there is a land of Yanyun in the Qing Dynasty and the imperial court is still in Beijing, then the world is still orthodox. If the hopes of scholars retreat northward to the grasslands, will it be the end of Beiyuan?"

Dong Gao was recalled from Sichuan first.

The Qing court was frightened by Sun Shiyi's straightforward surrender to Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Qianlong did not dare to set up any more Sichuan regiments to train the chief military officer.

Sichuan is still nominally part of the Qing Dynasty, but in fact it is already a situation where the regiments in various places are divided and there is no leader-no one can actually talk about it. Sichuan will be more troublesome.

Of course, it's just trouble, because Da Ming has more important things to do now.

Therefore, the province of Sichuan is still under the banner of the Qing Dynasty for the time being, but the Qing Dynasty cannot command the province of Sichuan now, nor can it collect grain and husbands from Sichuan.

And Dong Gao, who had returned to the center, had actually been marginalized. Although it was a military aircraft, he hadn't been summoned by Qianlong for a long time to ask questions.

Qianlong frowned when he heard the words.

Bei Yuan's fate?
What happened to Bei Yuan?
Lan Yu, a general of the Ming army, led the battle in Yuerhai, and completely wiped out the Yuan family in the First World War. Dozens of horses including Gusi Timur and Prince Tianbaonu fled away.The Ming army won more than 120 people, including the second son Di Baonu and the former prince Bili Tufei and the princess, 15 officials, more than [-] men and women, [-] horses, cattle and llamas, and seals, books, gold and silver seals, etc.

After this battle, Beiyuan suffered a devastating blow.

Since then, Mongolia has fallen into continuous internal strife. Although there were several short-term unifications during the period, it was ultimately impossible to restore the momentum of the Great Mongolia.

If the Qing Dynasty also retreated to the grassland like the Yuan Dynasty, it would be worse than the Beiyuan royal family.

The Golden Family is at least the Khan respected by the Mongols.

What about the Eight Banners of Manchuria?

Without the wealth of the Central Plains, how can the Aixinjueluo family order the Mongolian tribes?
"Then according to you, what should Daqing do?"

Qianlong asked.

"Fight! There are still hundreds of thousands of powerful soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, among which there are no less than 20 soldiers from the Eight Banners. There is also a strong city to rely on, backed by the desert grassland, and a land that spans thousands of miles. Why can't we fight in Yanyun? We can divide our troops into Shanhaiguan , Zhengding Mansion, defending the capital."

Dong Gao said loudly.

When Qianlong heard the words, a gloomy look appeared on his face.

Hello Dong Gao.

You are a traitor.

This is to let the elite of my Eight Banners lose as much as possible, so that the Han people can rule the world!

Many Manchu ministers also turned gloomy when they heard the words.

But they dare not say anything.

Dong Gao is talking loudly, and everything is for the Qing Dynasty, what can you say?Do you dare to kill the fighters?

Didn't the Qing emperor become Zhao Gou?
On the contrary, Dong Gao has been famous through the ages.

It's really too bad, for the sake of a little bit of name recognition, he doesn't care about the life and death of the Baqi disciples!

"Invincible!"

Ah Gui couldn't help but said.

As the commander of the army, he knows too well that under the current situation, fighting in the north and south separately is courting death.

And Daqing couldn't fight anymore.

With all the money and food land lost, how can we continue to fight?
You can't let soldiers go to war hungry, right?

"Why can't we fight? I have 20 heavenly soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. Are you still afraid of going against the Ming?"

Dong Gao asked back.

Since the Ming Dynasty in Guangdong.

Hanchen in the Qing court did not dare to speak softly.

Now the Hanchens are a little bit open.

Anyway, this world is full of you.

Let's just yell and be done.

Agui's language is blocked.

Why can't we fight?

Isn't this obvious.

Because the Eight Banners are no longer heavenly soldiers.

Now it is not the Eight Banners that are invincible, but the Ming army.

Even the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners not only couldn’t beat the Ming army, but they might have stretched their hips when facing the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom.
But the Eight Banners collapsed, and they were no longer heavenly soldiers. This matter was like the emperor's new clothes in the Qing Dynasty.

Many people know it, but just can't say it.

Whoever says this will die.

But since you are all heavenly soldiers, why can't 20 heavenly soldiers guard Shanhaiguan or Zhengding Mansion?
Ah Gui's face was livid, she stared at Dong Gao and fell silent.

Dong Gao sighed in his heart.

When Qianlong left him in Sichuan at the beginning, he wanted him to lead Sichuan Tuanlian and the Ming army to fight desperately.

In the end, Sun Shiyi was so smart that he surrendered with a backhanded hand, and he even got a British Duke of Ming Dynasty.

Just as Dong Gao was anxiously waiting for the Ming army to enter Sichuan.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom came out of Tongguan, and the Central Plains fought again. The Ming army took the opportunity to open up a battlefield in Liaodong.

As a result, all parties paid less attention to Sichuan.

And Dong Gao was also recalled to the capital because of Sun Shiyi's incident, losing his position as governor of Sichuan and chief military officer of the Sichuan regiment.

The position of the Duke of the country is just like that.

There are not tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in hand.

Why did Daming give you the position of Duke?
What a pity.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is a bit similar to that of Wei, Shu and Wu of the Three Kingdoms, but the strongest one is undoubtedly Ni Ming," He Shen said.

"Three Kingdoms? You mean that if Niming is the State of Wei, then my Qing Dynasty is the State of Wu, and the bandits become Liu Bei instead?"

Qianlong frowned and said.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

It used to be a military enlightenment textbook for the first and second generations of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

Back then, the Batulus of the Qing Dynasty conquered the world by relying on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Of course Qianlong also saw it.

"It's just that Wei Guo and Liu Bei are attacking Sun Wu together now, but the servant thinks that the religious bandits will find out after contacting the Ming army that they alone cannot defeat Sun Wu."

"Talk to the bandits?"

"It's not necessarily impossible to make peace with Suiming." He Shen said.

"Make peace? Is Zhu Daohua willing?" Qianlong looked at the other people in the hall.

If peace can be made, Qianlong is of course one hundred willing.

But peace comes at a price.

And it depends on people's faces.

"Your Majesty, now that the water transportation is cut off, millions of Bannermen in Beijing can only consume food in vain. It is better to evacuate some to Guihua City, Taiyuan and other places to eat. In addition, you can also send envoys to contact the religious bandits and Niming."

Liu Yong suggested.

"How about the religious bandits? How about Ni Ming?" Qianlong looked at Liu Yong and thought to himself: This is the old and prudent opinion.

"There were several conflicts between the religious bandits and the Niming Northern Expeditionary Army, but they failed to take advantage of it. Presumably they also knew the strength of Niming. Ming, at least let the religious bandits realize that if they concentrate on attacking the Qing Dynasty northward, it will only be Da Ming who can take advantage of it."

Indeed it is.

The previous situation was that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was fighting northward with all its strength.

And the Ming Army's Northern Expeditionary Army picked peaches behind.

This is how Anhui, northern Jiangsu, southwestern Shandong, Jizhou and other places were brought under the rule of Ming Dynasty one by one.

If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom continued to move northward, I am afraid that when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom soldiers finally surrounded Beijing, the Ming Dynasty would have occupied the entire Central Plains without bloodshed.

If Liu Zhixie, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was not a fool, he would not have honestly fought in the front and let the Ming army pick peaches in the back.

The conflicts and frictions between the two sides near Zhengding Mansion have already shown that the tacit understanding between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty together has been broken.

The current Central Plains has entered a complex situation where the three forces are hostile to each other.

under these circumstances.

It really gave the Qing court the space to "combine vertically and horizontally".

"For the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it can be said that it is a united war against the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the imperial court will send people to Ningyuan to meet the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, saying that he is willing to exchange the capital for the lives of millions of bannermen. The Qing Dynasty will withdraw from the Central Plains. The Ming Dynasty needs to transport 200 million stone grain to the Qing Dynasty. !"

Liu Yong said.

"Whether the Ming Dynasty agrees or not, as long as peace talks can be started, it will be an opportunity for the Qing Dynasty."

When Qianlong heard the words, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

Will Zhu Daohua be willing to exchange the capital for a way of life?
In the case of unbeatable conditions, peace talks may be the best choice.

Qianlong nodded: "It's a way to make peace with Zhu Daohua. Now that he has got Liaodong, if there is a chance to take the entire capital, he will definitely be tempted."

Qianlong rubbed his temples: "These ministers will discuss it first in the past two days. Whether it is war, peace, or departure, we must come up with a way."

Fight, and, go.

The initiative was not entirely in the hands of the Qing court.

Qianlong is clear about this.

Two days later.

Qianlong made a decision.

On the one hand, Agui led [-] Eight Banner soldiers, and then mobilized [-] Lu Yong to guard the pass at Shanhaiguan.

The defense system of Shanhaiguan is very complete, with [-] troops guarding it, no matter how powerful the Ming army is, it will be quite difficult to completely capture Shanhaiguan.

The basis of peace talks is to clearly show that they still have the capital to fight.

On the other hand, it is also ready to evacuate Beijing.

One million Eight Banners, old and weak, women and children, all organized into troops, began to withdraw in batches to Guihua City outside the Gangguan Pass. At the same time, they recruited various Mongolian tribes, collected cattle, sheep and horses, and when necessary, nobles from the Eight Banners also went to the grasslands. grazing.

In addition, Fukang'an was appointed as the chief of the South Camp to unify the command of the battle in the pass.

After preparing for evacuation and war.

The Qing court also began to prepare for peace talks with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Ming Dynasty.

The envoy to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was Dai Quheng, the number one scholar in the 43rd year of Qianlong.

And the one who went to Ningyuan to seek peace was Liu Yong, a scholar of Tiren Pavilion.

for a while.

Liao battlefield.

The Liao army of the Ming army was busy occupying Ningjin completely.

Central Plains battlefield.

Hundreds of thousands of troops from the three sides confronted each other around Zhengding Mansion, not daring to move rashly.

The Qing court also planned to negotiate and profit from the confrontation among the three parties.

The entire northern battlefield has entered a period of calm.

At this time, in the Indian Ocean thousands of miles away.

Under the escort of 36 three-dimensional schooner bombardment gunboats, 100 Wei-class ironclad ships, and [-] two-masted flying scissor bombardment gunships of the Ming Indian Ocean Fleet, they transported more than [-] soldiers from the coalition forces of the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty, Ying Fan and Wu Fan, More than [-] cargo galleons with a large amount of military supplies, weapons and ammunition, food, etc. have quietly crossed the southern waters of the Andaman Islands and are heading towards the Ebony Coast in the northern part of the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and the South Asian subcontinent. .

And on September [-]th.

The patrol speedboats of the fleet exchanged fire with the cruisers of the British Eastern Intervention Fleet flying the British Union flag!
Just this afternoon.

The privateer fleet led by Captain Cai Qian, who was sent to the southeast coast of the South Asian subcontinent to investigate, brought back news.

The British Eastern Intervention Fleet has already left the port of Calcutta under the leadership of the commander, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson of the British Navy! !

A large-scale decisive battle that will determine maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean and control of Eastern trade routes.

It is about to kick off in the Bay of Bengal!

(End of this chapter)