Chapter 88: External and Internal Troubles
Since I had promised before March 15 that anyone who captured Hailanpao would be awarded the title of General Bian, the Dragon Banner Army and the Eight Banners stationed in Heilongjiang tried their best to attack the city. Fortunately, they only attacked their own people and did not argue with each other, so there was no such thing as I was worried about dragging each other down.
The business in the capital is a big deal. In my spare time when there is no important battle report these days, I am thinking about this problem. Dechang is a member of the Immortal clan. Logically speaking, it is impossible for him to have such great ambitions. Even if someone instigates him, he has a brain. He should think about his identity and how could he do it for him? I really didn't care about this person before, and I really have to check him carefully when I go back. Behind this, it will never be as simple as it seems.
In the end, how many royal families have been wrapped in this group of people? This is quite a waste of thought. If there are too many, I can't do it all. In this way, my foundation will be unstable. I have to catch the leaders to do it so that they can know the consequences of offending me. Another important issue is children. An emperor has no children. This is indeed easy for some people to have some delusions. After returning to Beijing, I really have to pay attention to this point. I will give me much effort to give birth to a few princes earlier. From this point of view, after the war, the three-year grand prize show that was delayed by Cixi's death, should also be handled as soon as possible. This is not only a matter of enriching the harem, but also a political need. To a certain extent, the emperor's food, drinking, defecation and urination are all political.
I will return to the palace in two or three days. After more than ten days of work on land, it happened to be the palace examination when I arrived in Beijing. The palace examination has dropped to the second place in my heart. The first place is to consolidate the emperor's power. This time, I must be afraid of those people in the royal family. Thinking of this, I punched the book case.
Kou Liancai Wang Changtai came to serve him quickly. I looked at their terrified eyes and wanted to laugh a little. Finally, I held back and said calmly: "Didn't you report it on the front line?"
"Reply to the emperor." The two looked at each other with ugly faces, and they said with their heads down: "Yes, it's just that you are in a bad mood, and the servants dare not..."
Defeated? My heart skipped a beat, and I reached out and scolded, "Come on! Do you understand this military aircraft?" He pulled the report and glared at them, "This is the last time. Next time, I will directly ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to drag you out. Get out!"
The two looked at each other, stuck out their tongues, and retreated respectfully.
I had no time to pay attention to their actions, and opened the report and started to read it. As I looked, I not only frowned.
The former Eight Banners of Heilongjiang under the jurisdiction of Yiketang Abe and the Forward Battalion, which was temporarily controlled by Yiketang Abe, jointly launched a siege of 3,000 people. Under the cover of the artillery fire of Nie Shicheng's army, more than 3,000 infantry raids launched a strong attack on Hailanpao. At first, it was quite smooth. Nie's artillery fire suppressed the enemy's firepower, and the bombardment over the past few days finally opened several gaps on the walls in the east of the city. However, the problem lies in the high morale. More than 3,000 people flocked to the narrow gaps. At this time, the enemy's cannons roared without sound, and three thousand people squeezed into the small gaps and could not move forward and retreat. Nearly a thousand were killed by artillery shells, especially the veteran soldiers of the Forward Battalion.
, I thought it was a job that was as easy as picking up fruits, but I didn't expect to leave my life there. First, I was arrogant and stunned by the artillery fire, and turned into a hurry to seize the road. The front was about to retreat, and the back was blocked, and even more chaotic. I was fired by an enemy artillery wheel, and the infantry fired from the city's infantry, and more than 1,500 people in the vanguard escaped back alive. More than a thousand people in the back were scared. After Nie's troops calculated the enemy's artillery position to launch a counterattack, they quickly retreated. In this way, the originally high morale was immediately knocked down by seven or eight points, and the men from the vanguard battalion were clamoring to go back to Beijing. Yiketang couldn't suppress the gang and handed it to me a complaint.
He didn't understand what he said so clearly, but he said that the forward camp was arrogant and difficult to cure. He missed the opportunity when he went to the battlefield and begged me to take the forward camp away. I didn't need to think about it and understand that this matter was probably the fault of the forward camp.
Below is the new countermeasures of the Russians. All the local Chinese in Hailanpao were arrested and tied around the city walls one by one to deterrently, meaning that if the city is forcibly attacked, the first thing to do is to attack these Chinese people.
It was about to reach the fifteenth, but the situation there was still no way out. Although the Russians made a mistake that was probably insufficient this time, the Russians gained a temporary advantage after the beginning of spring, the border pressure on Heilongjiang will definitely be very high. If you suffer a defeat, although the British will help us, the help in the inland part will not be of much significance. This part still depends on yourself.
The Far East Fleet Annihilation War in Vladivostok actually relied on the British to help.
But what about the Japanese attitude?
No matter what, the first thing is to take down Hailanpao first, and then defend Hailanpao and form a land surround against Vladivostok on the front line of Jilin. Therefore, I immediately issued an order to Iketang and Nie Shicheng, and immediately discussed with the Russians to exchange civilians and prisoners of war. At the same time, it is necessary to forcibly capture Hailanpao, which has only more than 10,000 people garrisoned, with more than 60,000 troops, and they cannot take such a big city. They will always be separated from my general sequence.
Although the Russians were reluctant, they could not withstand the double blow of losing the hearts of immigrants in the Far East, and the fear of punishment for future Tsars. In the end, they agreed to exchange prisoners. The two sides agreed to exchange prisoners on March 15th.
Before leaving, he ordered Dexin to severely denounce the incompetence of the commander of the Forward Battalion, and ordered Nie's troops to control the Fighting Cavalry and the Forward Battalion. If these two battalions were not well fought, the establishment would be abolished and the above two departments would be built. These children of the Three Banners had never suffered such pain. They were used to being arrogant in the capital on weekdays. They were originally angry and wanted to get promoted and make money. Now, after going to this battlefield to temper them, they found that the war was far from what they imagined. They wanted to control these real field troops.
I am full of confidence in taking Hailanpao. The difference between the enemy and the others is too great. Besides, Hailanpao is a city renovated by a trade market. It has limited reserves and is not strong in the city defense. It is just a matter of time.
In short, after this war, the Russians will discover that the era when thousands of Cossack cavalry could be used to be a hero in the Heilongjiang River Basin is gone forever!
When I returned to the capital, I did not choose the route of Helen Mansion when I came. Instead, I followed the Nenjiang River and walked on the Longjiang Prefecture line. By the way, I met the Chechen Khan tribe and the Korchin tribe who had dared to meet in Longjiang Prefecture. The Chechen Khan tribe was the main source of troops stationed in Kulun, so it was necessary to sound the alarm bell for their Khan and not do things that were dumb. Korchin is an old friend. Although his power is not as large as when he founded, it is still an important force between Zhili and Liaodong. The conversation is nothing new. The key is to treat Russia unanimously and not cause trouble. There are pro-Russian people in the tribe, so we must clear them.
On the night of Longjiang Prefecture's residence, he received an urgent report from Heihe. The exchange of prisoners was completed. Yiketang and Nie Shicheng let go of their competing hearts. The two agreed on a plan to cooperate in combat, and issued an ultimatum to the Russians in the city, citing the original text of the Sino-Russian Treaty, severely rebuking the Russians for not following their credit and forcing their occupation of the Qing Dynasty. They asked the Russian side to lay down their weapons and surrender before March 20. China will ensure their lives and send them back to Vladivostok.
When I saw this last sentence, I couldn't help but admire the ultimatum person. This is really a good way.
From a legal perspective, no matter where you go, it is illegal for the Russians to occupy Hailanpao, and the situation is obvious. It is impossible to defend. Even if you expect to come from Europe to support, it is still a question whether the news of the defeated soldiers can be transmitted back. When will the reinforcements arrive when they are transmitted back, it is basically an unforgettable thing.
If the ultimatum is required, it would be even better. Hand over the arms and the muskets and cannons are handed over. The subsequent events are obviously the prisoners, the prisoners used to attack Vladivostok.
The person who wrote this ultimatum obviously fully understood my strategic pattern. Hai Lanpao was secondary, and Vladivostok was the most important goal. I quickly learned the name of this ultimatum: Xu Shichang, from Tianjin, Zhili, grew up in Weihui, Henan. In the eighth year of Guangxu, he passed the juren, passed the juren, passed the 13th year of Guangxu, passed the Jin Dynasty, was appointed as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and served as the lecturer of Jin in the 15th year of Guangxu, and believed in middle school as the body and western learning as the use. When he was in Beijing, he had a close relationship with Li Hongzao. In the 16th year of Guangxu, Prince Li Shiduo received an edict to form the Dragon Banner Army, abandoned his pen and joined the army, and was very close to foreigners in the army. With his intelligence, he quickly mastered artillery command skills and was appointed as the artillery camp commander and was appointed as the fourth rank of military position.
I naturally know this person. He was just right at this time to show his talent. I didn't want to summon him at this time. Although with his ability, it was impossible to be limited to a small position like the artillery camp.
It was still along the Nenjiang River, heading south to the Dalai Hall, crossing the Korqin grassland, and returning to Fengtian. It was already March 27th when it arrived in Fengtian Shengjing. It was heard from the north that the Hailanpao garrison could not resist the strong military pressure and the pressure of the food reserves gradually bottoming out. Under the leadership of General Alekseev, the Supreme Commander of the Far East Military and Political Affairs, and Gribsky, the governor of Amur, surrendered to the Supreme Commander of the Qing army, Yiketanga, in accordance with the previous agreement, the Qing army guaranteed the safety of the Russian army's life, and the captives of more than 10,000 people were taken over.
Ten thousand people were detained locally, and under the command of the Eight Banners of Heilongjiang, they were used as hard labor to strengthen the city defense of Hailanpao and established a prefecture in Hailanpao. The court asked the dispatch of militants. I replied that Feng Xiang, deputy commander of Aihui, returned to Hailanpao from Chikle, and temporarily restored order with military control. The original Russian residents in the area were also regarded as smugglers and detained on the spot, and daily labor was used as punishment. The women and children were handed over to Alekseyev and Gribsky's personal guards, and more than 3,000 were taken to Vladivostok by the Dragon Banner Army to the local Russian army.
At this point, the first Hailanpao battle ended, and Hailanpao was officially brought under the rule of the central government since the Sino-Russia Beijing Treaty.
General Yiketang Aguben of Heilongjiang presented a list of meritorious personnel. Lian Shun Fengxiang tied for the first place for his bravery in combat. He returned from Beijing to Aihui to visit relatives and encountered the seventh-generation grandson of Yuan Chonghuan, who was in trouble, and used his bravery to suppress the resistance of the Russians. His brother, Yongshan, who was only 21 years old, was awarded for repelling Chikler. Each of the soldiers participating in the Heilongjiang River was promoted to one level and received a double salary that month.
Of course, I will correct the above treatment of Yiketang A one by one. After the reward was completed, I asked the general's garrison to move to Hailanpao, Heilongjiang, and take Hailanpao as the important town, and Xutu restored the lost land in the north. He also asked him to submit a development plan for Heilongjiang within a specified period. The population is relatively small, and I will immigrate from the Guanzhong on a large scale in the future. Those tenants in the mainland who have no land will be happy to breed and live on this new land, which is also a fundamental solution to the Liaodong issue.
Since the beginning, the Russians have repeatedly invaded the land in northern China. One of the reasons is that since it is your land, why are there no people here? This is a bad policy that Dorgon has had since entered the pass. Although in the tenth year of Xianfeng, considering the problems in the north, some switches were ordered. In just 30 years, Liaodong expanded from a nearly unmanned land to its current population of more than one million. However, the Qing Dynasty had a population of nearly 500 million. On such a vast land as Liaodong, there were only more than one million people, and the proportion was seriously inconsistent. Therefore, it was necessary to switch them in a comprehensive manner.
But this involves conflicts in concepts. The reason why Liaodong is the fundamental Manchuria is deeply rooted in some people's minds. This comprehensive switch will definitely arouse opposition from many people. And these people must have a considerable degree of intersection with those I want to rectify.
Humph, let’s clean up everything when I return to Beijing.
In Shengjing, we naturally had to issue orders to the military and political affairs of Fengtian and the land. Everything was still focused on the strategic goal of conquering Vladivostok. General Yulu of Shengjing was under more than 70,000 cavalry and infantry under the jurisdiction of General Changshun of Shengjing. He rushed to Yanji and Hunchun on all sides to support Yanji and Hunchun. At the same time, more than 20,000 people who were originally staying in Jilin Prefecture under Jilin Prefecture were transferred to Heilongjiang and under Yiketang A. The 20,000 cavalry and infantry who were originally stationed in Mishan Prefecture, when the Dragon Banner Army arrived, they were immediately assigned to Nie Shicheng on his control and advanced to Vladivostok.
At the same time, there are also orders to the Navy and the Prime Minister's affairs offices to immediately negotiate with the UK and start a joint fleet to complete the maritime encirclement of Vladivostok. The Navy Liu Buchan's troops completed the strategic blockade of Nagasaki Port. If necessary, they can declare to Japan that the Royal Navy will hold live-fire exercises on Jeju Island and the front line of the Korean Strait for two months. If any foreign ships break in, they will be sunk immediately.
This is a big gamble. What I bet is that I have been conditioning the army for more than half a year. Can I play this big game well - uproot the Russians' power in the Far East!
I was still very nervous. The combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy, the fourth largest in the world and the number one in Asia, has not been tested in actual combat. Although in terms of wargame deduction, the Royal Navy, together with the Sino-British Joint Fleet, is enough to destroy any maritime opponents in East Asia. But this is after all, it is a practical battle, and the process of war is often not as easy as imagined.
The Japanese should know very clearly what my purpose is. Although they don’t know the chess piece I installed in Hokkaido, they should know very keenly that my goal is even if this time it is not him but an old Russian, then once the Russian is finished, it will be his turn next!
After thinking about it, he added an order to Yuan Shikai, asking him to suspend his actions in North Korea. At the same time, he ordered the Counselor of Japan, Wang Fengzao, to organize the imperial envoy to Japan, to collect Japanese military and political movements every day, and send them back to the study room, military headquarters, and Prince Su Shanqi.
After I returned to Beijing, Shanqi's Qingzhengyamen would divide a part to be responsible for international intelligence affairs, and he would be responsible for the original Qingzhengyamen. Liu Guangdi was responsible for the original Qingzhengyamen.
After leaving Shengjing, I had been walking around for nearly ten days and finally arrived in Beijing on the fifth day of April. The princes and ministers who were welcomed in the suburbs were as usual, but they were obvious. When I looked at my gloomy face, my expression was more awe-inspiring than before.
As soon as I returned to the palace, before everything was moved, I summoned Prince Gong Yixin to the palace to inquire about the recent progress. Yixin was scolded by me in public in the court that day. It was the strategy I agreed with him to imitate Zhou Yu of the Three Kingdoms to fight Huang Gai. With his status and reputation in the royal family, he was newly deposed, and naturally he would be valued by Ronglu and his group.
Sure enough, the news Yi Xin brought me was amazing. The power of standing on that side was a bit surprising. The one that made me most heartache and surprised me the most was Prince Li Shiduo, who leaned as a pillar and handed the Dragon Banner Army to him.
Looking at my shocked and unbelievable expression, Yi Xin knelt down and apologized: "Emperor, many servants will die. Unworthy descendants will mislead me, and unworthy descendants will mislead the country!"
I was shocked again. Could it be that Zaiying... Zaiying, who doesn't know the truth, also wants to rebel against me? So he asked in confusion: "Zaiying?"
"Zaiying is unfilial, she has been blamed by a slave. She has been a little heavier. She is the doctor...", saying this, Yi Xin was so crying that she couldn't continue. I couldn't bear it in my heart, so I helped him up and said, "What's wrong? Uncle Six, please tell me slowly, they are all my own brothers, so I will forgive me."
"I am not filial, I am sorry for my ancestors..." Yi Xin looked dazed. Although I was sad, in order to figure out the huge darkness behind this, I still listened with a hard heart: "I have four sons in my life, and my youngest son died young without blessings. My defiant son Zai Cheng harmed the late emperor Tongzhi. My defiant son Zai Ying spoke disobedient words and felt unrestrained... My defiant is not virtuous and incompetent... My defiant asks the emperor to die!"
I was shocked when I heard this. Why? Why? How big is it?
Put down my hand to comfort Yi Xin, and I paced back and forth in the study with my hands behind my back, listening to Yi Xin's crying.
But the story still starts with the actor Zaifeng likes. The actor named Yang Cuixi, whose nickname is Erniu, was sold to a Lehu family named Yang at a young age. At the age of fourteen or five, he fully developed his body and was beautiful. He was born with a lustful and had a good voice and good at singing * charming songs. He was famous for his popularity in Tianjin Wei, and he had a passionate fight with a local talent named Li Shutong. (Li Shutong, namely Master Hongyi, was mostly the reason why this person became a monk because of this actor. If there is time to go ahead, please forgive me for the plot needs.)
After Zaifeng took it to his private favor, he often showed off his show off while drinking and having fun among his princes and grandsons in the capital. Finally, during a meeting after drinking, Yang Cuixi's aquatic and beautiful personality finally aroused the covetousness of Prince Li Chenghou. Chenghou has a strange hobby and likes to raise strange pets such as snakes and hedgehogs. He took it out to tease Yang Cuixi. After a while, he quickly got it. What kind of identity is Zaifeng? How could he care about Chenghou?
A prince who broke the tribute and scolded him. At first Chenghou gave in. Finally, after Zaifeng slapped Yang Cuixi, Chenghou joined the battle group and started to curse Zaifeng. Later, the circle grew bigger and bigger. Prince Rui's prince Dechang and Prince Yu's prince Benge, two brothers, stood on Chenghou's side. Benge, who had drunk a little, suddenly said: "Don't you rely on the emperor! Sooner or later, you can't rely on it!"
As soon as these words came out, all the noisy people were stunned. Zai Ying, who had not spoken much, slapped Benge in the face and scolded him a few words. He pretended to be playing, pulled Chenghou and Benge who had already woken up, and gave up a few good words and left quickly.
Zaifeng was not a stupid person. When he woke up, he woke up and cursed the noisy Yang Cuixi and drove away. He thought about the words I had said to him recently. He woke up with a sudden sensation. Although he was young, he was still calm and thought that he could not go to find Yi Xin. No prince in Beijing could trust him very much. After thinking about it, he immediately went into the palace to find Zai Teng. He knew that Zai Teng was a rough man, so he didn't dare to say it clearly, but just asked him to strengthen the guards in the palace. The guards who were not very relieved in the palace were to drive out. Zai Teng didn't understand what he said, but he didn't dare to be careless, so he did as he said.
A few days later, Yi Xin came to the door. Yi Xin noticed the abnormal behavior of several juniors at home. After learning that it was related to Zaifeng, he came to find Zaifeng in person. At first, Zaifeng made a vacancies. It was not until Yi Xin showed the secret decree I left him that Zaifeng completely believed him.
These two most noble iron-hat kings, one old and one young, quickly figured out the plan of Zai Ying and others: Fengtai Daying, controlled by them, Fengtai, which was controlled by various relationships, Fengsheng Abu, was forced to persuade the old man Yi Xin when he was attacking, and used his relationship to control more than 20,000 people in the infantry commander Hui Chong's army. After the Dragon Flag Army returned to Beijing, they used Shi Duo and Ronglu to assassinate Nie Shicheng, more than 10,000 people. In their opinion, with more than 10,000 people at hand, controlling Beijing was not a problem at all. Then, Cixi's will will be corrected, and I, the emperor, will be abolished, and the son of Zai Ying, Pu Wei, was the emperor. Because Pu Wei was only ten years old, it happened that Zai Ying, Chenghou, and three people were regents.
As for Dechang’s affairs, I asked, and found that Yi Xin knew nothing. I thought it was Dechang’s trick, so I wanted to have a yellow bird behind him...
After hearing all this, I couldn't help but take a breath. These bastards are young after all, and they don't know how to restrain themselves, and they were actually made out by Zaifeng all at once.
He sighed and asked Yi Xin, "Where is Zaiying? I'll go see him."
Yi Xin, who was lying on the ground, raised her head and looked at me with tears in her eyes and said in confusion: "Your Majesty, you..."
I recall that Zaiying went to Tianjin in person when I seized the palace, and was rude when the Japanese were causing trouble... Why did this child be so chaotic?
He sighed and started to get up, and squeezed out a smile to stroke his shoulder and said, "Sixth Master, I am also wrong with this matter. I should have informed Zaiying in advance... Alas, otherwise I would not have been urged by those people."
"Your Majesty, think twice..." Yi Xin took a deep breath and calmed down his emotions and said, "This is destiny. How dare the slave explain to him that he is so arrogant? If you want to be urged by others, you have seen fewer people in the past six months? The key is that you must have a country in your heart, the country left by the ancestors!"
After panting, he said firmly: "Emperor, such a disobedient son cannot be kept, and it is not worth your hard work for him. I saw Zai Cheng's death with my own eyes, and it is not heartbroken at all. This temperament has been tempered, and the same is true for this disobedient son. I will never dare to have any resentment towards the emperor." After calming down, I have returned to the pure and profound appearance of the past, and said lightly: "Yi Xin said that a ruthless person, I have never been an emperor in my life, but I have always regarded this country as my Yi Xin's... Only when I treat these unworthy descendants can I have the face to meet my ancestors!"
I looked at the old man and felt moved, and two lines of clear tears couldn't help but stay.
"This time the emperor used troops in Liaodong and defended his ancestors' foundation. Even if the slaves were ruined, they could not see these unworthy descendants who divided the emperor's gods in the capital. If there is any loss in the front line, my Qing Dynasty's Dragon Rise Land was reduced to the hands of the Rakshasa, how can our generation be ashamed to enter the ancestral tomb? Where can we go to find the ancestral tomb? Emperor!"
He was excited for a while, raised his head to look at me, and after a moment of silence, he said lightly: "What will the emperor plan to deal with those three families?"
Chapter completed!