Chapter 723 Abulai: You are the only one called Qianlong?

Yanhan·Lingdi Period
Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat.

What a shame! Why are you bringing this up?
Liu Bei began to squint and look sideways.

The atmosphere in the hall began to become tense!
Liu Hong ate grapes as if nothing had happened.

"You guys don't want to eat?"

Throwing a grape into his mouth, he looked at the civil and military officials sitting on both sides, pointed at the grapes in front of them and said:
“This thing is hard to preserve.”

"If you don't eat it now, it will be unpalatable when the good taste has worn off."

“It’s a good time to eat now.”

"Not too early, not too late."

"Grape also knows his limits! Hahahaha!"

"Eat quickly!"

The ministers in the palace looked at each other and no longer looked at the "grape" in unison.

Liu Bei also withdrew his gaze. As long as Cao Cao knew the meaning of "retire after success", no one would make things difficult for him again.

Cao Cao also breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor's attitude is the best.

If he is really being praised all the time, he really needs to consider whether or not to run away to the sea.

……

Cao Wei.

Cao Cao's complacent face suddenly lengthened.

What are you talking about!

What has become of me?

A traitor?
Anyone who says this deserves death!
When Cao Cao heard this, he thought of Jiang Wei.

He felt indignant whenever he thought of Jiang Wei.

"Does that big-eared thief have some special ability?!"

I've never even met him, but he's willing to risk his own life to such an extent!
"I'm afraid this Salar will be extremely favored."

……

Ji Han.

Liu Bei was very happy when he saw this sentence!
What does this mean?
The hearts of the people in the world are still with Han!

He glanced at the opposite side secretly.

Looking at the dark faces of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, he laughed even more happily.

……

Period of Jihan and Emperor Huai

Zhuge Liang gently waved his feather fan, with a restrained gleam in his eyes.

It has to be said that the war determination and resilience shown by the Qing court in the Qing-Jungarian War were extremely rare in all dynasties.

But the problem is also obvious.

Without external pressure, would the Qing Dynasty also follow the same path as the Ming Dynasty?

He did not forget that there are many countries overseas at this time.

"Qianlong..."

Zhuge Liang looked at the sky.

It depends on whether he can be like Yongzheng and not be bound by the distinction between Manchus and Han people.

……

【Qianlong received the letter and ordered to pardon the crimes of Salar and the rebel leaders in Yili City, and ordered them to act according to the original plan.】

[At the same time, he ordered Celeng to lead his troops to Yili to support Salar's advance plan.]

[But before Qianlong's order could be sent to Celeng, Salar and his gang started fighting with Amursana.]

[The two sides met near Yili and fought for two days, with no clear winner.]

【At this time, the two Hezhuos arrived with their troops. 】

[Amursana joined forces with the armies of the two Khojas, and the Salar army was defeated and fled in all directions.]

……

On the canopy.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony and Openness.

An official bowed to Qianlong and said:
"Your Majesty, Salar failed to fight to the end with Bandi and Orong'an, and later surrendered to the Dzungar Khanate. I request that he be sentenced to death."

Qianlong, who was sitting on the dragon throne, glanced at him, then glanced at the civil and military officials in the court, and then slowly spoke:

"Salar was the first among the Junggars to submit to the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, as a surrendered Junggar general, we cannot treat him with the same strict standards as we treat the Eight Banners generals."

"In other words, if Salar can be loyal to the court, it is certainly worthy of praise, but if he cannot do so, it is also human nature."

"But the country has its own laws and the family has its own rules. So order Salar to kowtow and apologize in front of the coffins of Bandi and others."

No one in the court had any objection, and any objections they had had to be kept to themselves.

Finally, I shouted that Your Majesty is wise.

Qianlong nodded with a satisfied smile and said:

"However, there are rewards for merit and punishments for faults."

"For his meritorious service in leading his troops to attack Amursana, he was appointed as the Minister of the Interior."

……

Tang Xuanzong Period
Li Longji saw it.

Qianlong was really satisfied with that Sa.

"That's right. The generals in front were all timid, but this was the only one who had the courage to fight back."

"We must not hurt the heart of such a loyal minister."

"As for these useless crooked melons and cracked dates, they are injured and so are they."

Yang Yuhuan rested her chin on her hand and swung her belt out of boredom.

"Sanlang's words make perfect sense, but why didn't he do it?"

Li Longji stopped talking.

This girl needs education!

……

In the first month of the 1756st year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (), Emperor Qianlong launched the second Pingzheng Campaign. This time, the Qing army also divided into two routes, the western and northern routes. The western route was led by General Celeng of Dingxi and was the main force, while the northern route was led by General Hadaha, the left deputy general of Dingbian, and was the diversionary force. 】

[The four Khans of the Dzungar Khanate who were officially appointed by Emperor Qianlong and other people who had not rebelled also mostly followed the army westward, and those who had rebelled also returned one after another.]

[Amursana's troops were in a state of panic. The two Khojas had a conflict with the Dzungars and left the Ili region in anger. Amursana was in a state of panic and was in a hurry to reorganize the troops that had been dispersed due to the internal strife.]

[The Qing army made rapid progress. Before the enemy could regroup, the vanguard of the Western Route Army, led by Minister Counselor Yu Bao, had already reached the Tekle River.]

……

On the canopy.

A general was looking at the sand table when suddenly loud shouting was heard outside the tent.

"My lord! My lord!"

The general frowned and looked at the soldier, saying unhappily:

"What's the matter?"

The messenger knelt on one knee and clasped his fists and said:

"Sir, General Yubao is here to report!"

"Amursana was chased down and captured by Norbu!"

"Send it immediately!"

The general stood up from his seat in shock when he heard this.

He pounded his fist on his palm and laughed:
"God helps me! God really helps me!"

"Quickly bring me paper and pen! I want to report the victory to His Majesty!"

The officer beside him whispered:

"General, this matter is unclear."

"As the saying goes, if people take it easy, things will be smoother if they take it easy. It's better to find out the situation first and then..."

The general simply pushed him aside and strode forward.

"Stop making noise! ​​I have my own conclusion!"

"Order the troops to set up stoves on the spot! Report victory!"

……

[The Tekle River is only a day's journey from Amursana's military camp, separated by a mountain.]

[Just as Yubao was preparing to lead his troops to attack, a subordinate of Khalkha prince Norbu came to report that Amursana was captured by Norbu while he was escaping by cutting ice to clear a path, and would be sent to the military camp, so please wait to receive him.]

【After hearing this, Yubao ordered the troops to stop advancing and sent someone to report to Celeng.】

【After receiving the report, Celeng also ordered the entire army to stop advancing, and sent a letter to the capital to announce the victory with a red flag. 】【At that time, Emperor Qianlong was on his way to the east, and was overjoyed when he heard the news. He immediately issued an edict to confer Celeng the title of first-class duke and Yubao the title of third-class duke, and issued an edict to the whole country and abroad that the military mission had been completed. 】

【Qianlong also changed his mind temporarily because of this incident and decided to go to Tai Mausoleum in Yizhou to report the good news in front of Yongzheng Mausoleum.】

……

Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Period
The veins on Yongzheng's forehead were throbbing and he had a half-smile on his face.

"What a filial son!"

He didn’t even go to Qufu, just to run to Yizhou to tell me this “good news”!
"He is truly my great son..."

Yongzheng just felt his teeth itching.

……

[Just as the frontline troops and the government and the people were celebrating the victory, the victory report turned out to be fake news.]

[It turned out that this was a delaying tactic set up by Amursana. Seeing that his own soldiers had no fighting spirit and were in disarray, he thought it would be difficult to resist the Qing army, so he sent people to pretend to be Norbu's subordinates to trick the Qing army.]

……

Datang.

Inside Wangyun Pavilion
Little Li Zhi sat on the railing and scratched his forehead.

"Are you kidding me?"

"You can be fooled by this?"

If this kind of trick can be taken...

He can cheat nine times a day! Nine times!
No repetition at all!

Li Chengqian glanced at the sky, continued to look through the memorials, and said nonchalantly:

"Amursana's trick is indeed not very clever. As long as Yubao sends someone to Norbu to verify it, we will know the truth."

"But Yubao believed it without a second thought and reported this unconfirmed news directly."

"Celeng also failed to verify the truth and reported to the capital without even thinking about it. As a result, he made a mistake that made the whole world laugh and cry."

"Zhi Nu, what do you think are the two of them doing?"

Little Li Zhi was stunned for a moment.

He looked at his eldest brother, then glanced at his father-in-law and little Sizi who were catching butterflies in the distance.

Then he looked at his elder brother.

Li Chengqian was looking at the memorial in his hand, nodding or shaking his head from time to time, and occasionally making a comment.

It seemed as if that question was just a casual one.

Little Li Zhi calmed down and answered seriously:
"Celeng and Yubao fell into the trap because they were eager to make achievements, but the main reason was that they lacked the ambition to make progress."

Li Chengqian stopped and looked at little Li Zhi.

Little Li Zhi looked into his elder brother's eyes and continued:
"Yubao is thinking about how to win without fighting and gain without working. And Celeng is the same."

"It's only a day's journey. Even if Amursana has really been captured, he can definitely catch up and meet up with Yubao."

"But he stopped advancing."

"One of these two counts as one."

"They are all delaying military operations! They should be executed!"

Li Chengqian nodded with a smile in his eyes.

……

[Because the Qing army stopped advancing, Amursana took the opportunity to escape. By the time Celeng and Yubao discovered that the so-called capture of Amursana was completely false, Amursana had led the remnants of his army north across the Kulonggui Ridge and approached the southern border of Kazakhstan.]

[In March, the Qing army recaptured Yili.]

[However, with Amursana escaping the net, the significance of recovering Yili had been greatly reduced. Qianlong insisted on "capture the leader first" and instructed Celeng and others that "all matters related to Yili can be delayed for now, and the first priority should be to capture the rebel."]

【Celeng and others should have pursued the enemy with all their strength to atone for their crimes, but Celeng, under the pretext of "collecting refugees, comforting lamas, and settling unemployed poor people", stayed in Yili and only ordered Yubao to be in charge of the pursuit.】

[Yubao and Celeng were not on good terms, and they usually restrained each other. After receiving the order, Yubao barely chased to Kulonggui Ridge and did not go any further. He only sent a deputy commander, Wuleden, to lead 50 people to pursue, and then returned, using the excuse of insufficient horses and food as an excuse to stop the troops from moving.]

[Ulerden, who was pushed to the front, saw that his superiors were doing the same, so he followed suit and stopped advancing westward without authorization.]

[The Qing army generals passed the buck to each other and made one mistake after another, which allowed Amursana to escape calmly until he reached the territory of Left Kazakhstan.]

[Kazakhstan was adjacent to Dzungar Khanate, and the Qing Dynasty was pacifying the Khanate, which made it feel that it was in the same boat as the lips and teeth. Therefore, the Left Kazakh Khan Abulai welcomed and supported Amursana and even married his daughter to him.]

[Qianlong was furious about this, thinking that Amursana was already at the end of his rope, but was still able to escape to Kazakhstan, which was entirely due to the incompetence of the generals on the front line.]

[He issued an edict to dismiss Celeng and Yubao from their posts and to send them to the capital to be punished. He also replaced Celeng with Daldang'a as the General of Dingxi and continued to pursue Amursana from the Kazakhs.]

……

Ming Dynasty and Hongxi Period
Zhu Gaochi looked at the sky carefully.

"After a long period of peace, there is no fighting spirit."

"The quality of the generals is not as good as it was during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng."

Zhu Zhanji also sighed:

"It's exactly the same."

When the Qing Dynasty was founded, the Eight Banners Army was unstoppable.

But during the Qianlong period, it also degenerated.

"I really can't figure out how the Han and Tang dynasties maintained their military strength..."

……

Qing Dynasty - Taizong Period
Huang Taiji knew that the descendants of the Eight Banners would definitely become corrupt.

He never thought that he would corrupt so quickly!
"There's no need for these two to live!"

"Zungar..."

Huang Taiji paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

Qianlong is now like looking at the mirror of Li Longji.

If the Dzungar Khanate was completely destroyed, would Qianlong end up like Li Longji?

……

【Abulai tried his best to protect Amursana and pleaded for him to Emperor Qianlong, saying that Amursana was "like a poor bird that has fled to the forest, and it is not difficult to capture him, but he begged the emperor to show leniency and spare his life."】

【Qianlong's attitude was very firm and tough. Seeing that the Kazakhs were unwilling to hand over Amursana, he ordered the Qing army to enter the country directly to capture him.】

In April of the 1756st year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (), Emperor Qianlong ordered the Minister of Personnel, Daldang'a, to lead an army of people, and Fuldan's son, Hadaha, to lead an army of people, and the troops were divided into two groups to enter Kazakhstan.

[The Qing troops from both the north and south routes entered the territory of Zuo Kazakhstan.]

【Abulai saw this and decided to send troops to help Amursana fight. The two of them went their separate ways to fight the Qing army.】

……

Song Zhenzong period
Zhao Hengtian admired:
"How could these two have such a close relationship?"

“It’s a world of difference from the previous capture of Dawachi.”

Liu E leaned against the railing, holding her chin with one hand and fanning herself with the other, and said coldly:
"This man is just coveting Amursana's pasture."

"The two territories are adjacent to each other. After he leaves Amur behind, the next step should be to plan to annex the pastureland."

Zhao Heng was stunned for a moment, then said:
"But having this courage... is worthy of praise, right?"

Liu E glanced at him helplessly.

"This Abulai dared to refuse the Qing Dynasty's request simply because he had not yet experienced the power of the Qing army."

"Next, the Qing army should teach him a lesson."

"After this lesson, let's talk about courage."

……

[In July, the Qing army fought three battles with Amursana and the Kazakh army.]

[The first battle took place in Yar. The Qing army's Dingxi general Daldang'a led a thousand men, and Amursana led a Kazakh army of two thousand men.]

[The Qing army won, killing more than 570 people.]

[The second battle took place in Nura, with Dardanga leading a thousand men and Amursana leading the remaining Kazakh army of more than a thousand men.]

[The Qing army won, killing more than 340 people.]

[Amursana was nearly captured, but he escaped by disguising himself as a Kazakh.]

[The third battle took place at Bayan Mountain. Abulai personally led a thousand soldiers to support Amursana, while Hadaha led 3,000 Qing soldiers to fight.]

[The Qing army won, the Kazakh army was completely annihilated, and Abulai escaped alone. ]

[After the war, Abulai submitted a letter of apology to the Qing court, and Amursana fled westward again.]

……

{Abulai: Your name is Qianlong, right?}

{Qianlong: What bad luck! There are always dogs blocking the way!}

{To be honest, Daldang'a was indeed Celeng's elder brother. At that time, he was only separated from Amursana by a valley, only two or three miles away.}
{Amursana used the same old trick again, and ordered a Kazakh to dress up as Abulai's subordinate and come to the Qing army camp, falsely claiming that the Kazakhs had captured Amursana, but they had to wait for Abulai to arrive before they could tie him up and hand him over to the Qing army. Before that, the Qing army was asked to suspend the attack.}
{Surprisingly, Daldang Azhen followed the same mistake as Celeng and Yubao and believed the words of the visitor. Fearing that the attack would lead to a fallout with the Kazakhs, he foolishly agreed to the other party's request and ordered the entire army to stop chasing and station troops to wait.}
{Then Amursana took the opportunity to escape once again.}
{Qianlong was very generous that he didn't die of anger.}
……

【Up to this point, the battle was going very smoothly. 】

[However, in the middle of the 21st year of Qianlong's reign, the situation in the northwest took a sharp turn for the worse again! ]

……

(End of this chapter)

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