The Travelers of the Heavens

"Wang Chengfeng!"Suddenly, Chi Lian walked into the tent angrily.

"Hey, isn't Chi Lianzi watching the artillery bombardment from the front? Why did he come to my place? Wang Yu asked as he picked up a square iron box.

The thin green square iron box he picked up was not a weapon, but a biscuit box.

"Why don't you let me enter the city?" Chi Lian asked

"When the soldiers take Jiangning, we will go into the city together." Wang Yu took out a biscuit and said while eating it

"I'm a general!"Chi Lian said.

It really does happen. Chi Lian is a"first-class general" with four stars on her shoulders, but she doesn't usually wear that military uniform. Later, Chi Lian got very excited and gave herself a mixed style. He has appeared on the international stage many times, forming a beautiful scenery. This is a story later.

Chu Bufan is a"special general", also commonly known as a"five-star general".

There is also a"second-class general", shoulder Three stars each, such as the Corps Commander mentioned in the previous chapter.

The following are Lieutenant General Commander, with two stars on the shoulders.

There are also Major General Division Commander and Major General Brigadier Commander, with one star on the shoulders.

These military ranks were all created by Chu Bufan, Wang Yu was happy to see them eating foreign meat

"You are a general, but I am the Marshal of Xining Dingguo Anbang, you must obey my orders," Wang Yu said

"you"Chi Lian Qi Knot

"Haha, please calm down. The situation is too chaotic. After the situation in the city stabilizes, we will hold an entry ceremony. Then we can enter the city in a grand manner. What do you think?" Chu Bufan persuaded Chi Lian

"A five-star general coaxes a four-star general. This is probably the only scene in the world.

"snort!"Chi Lian put the sniper rifle on the table and snorted with one hand on his hip.

"Your Highness, I wonder if you agree with the proposal I just made?" Chu Bufan said to Wang Yu

"Okay, we will arrange the 15th Division to line up later and we will enter the city," Wang Yu said

""Yes." Chu Bufan responded.

Jiangning City did not hold out for long, and it was declared to have fallen in just two quarters of an hour.

Two divisions of Kyushu soldiers entered the city without encountering any resistance. There were people running away and people affected by the shelling everywhere. The wreckage of the houses they arrived, and some broken limbs near the breach in the city wall, were obviously caused by the shelling just now.

The soldiers maintained order in Jiangning, shot some people who took advantage of the chaos, and then reported that they could enter the city..

Wang Yu, Chu Bufan and others rode into the city with their troops on tall horses.

"Jiangning is really the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, but the name is really bad." Wang Yu rode to the center of Jiangning City and said to his left and right

"What His Highness said is absolutely true, such a good place should not be called such a mediocre name," Chu Bufan said

"Your Highness, the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion has been packed out. Your Highness is kindly requested to come in and have a rest." After receiving the report, a division commander of the Fourth Army told Wang Yu

"Okay, let's go and see the Governor's Mansion of Liangjiang." Wang Yu nodded and took people to the Governor's Mansion of Liangjiang.

At this time, the inside and outside of the Governor's Mansion were full of Kyushu Army soldiers with live ammunition. There were two machine guns on both sides of the door, and some passages in the courtyard. Machine guns are also deployed, and even machine guns are deployed on the roof, which can be said to be heavily guarded.

"These two rivers have always been a prosperous place for the Qing Dynasty, and this Governor's Mansion is even more impressive than the two Guangdong provinces." Chu Bufan looked around and said

"It looks pretty good." Chi Lian also looked up and down, left and right.

"Walk! Go quickly!"

"Don't kill me, foreigner, don't kill me"

"Come on you!"

Sounds like this came from outside the hall.

"woman?"Chu Bufan and others turned around and saw a group of soldiers driving two women over.

"Who are you?"Chu Bufan asked the two women

""My lord, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me, I am the concubine of the Governor of Liangjiang, he ran away and left us here," the woman in her thirties said with runny nose and tears. The other one looked like She was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Chu Bufan thought she was the daughter or niece of the thirty-year-old woman.

"Oh, then she is"Chu Bufan asked again

"Sir, I am also the concubine of the Governor of Liangjiang, he.. He just admitted me to the Governor's Palace a month ago"The girl of thirteen or fourteen said timidly

"ah?"Chu Bufan was a little surprised, but soon felt that it was nothing.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the Nine Provinces, Ten Thousand Kingdoms and the Great Zhou Empire. Chu Bufan has been invited to attend several similar weddings.

"Give them some money and let them go," Chu Bufan ordered.

"Thank you very much, sir, for not killing me. Thank you very much, sir." The two girls hurriedly kowtowed in thanks.

"Go, go." Chu Bufan waved his hand.

The soldiers took the two women away.

"Order the entire army to rest and reorganize, and then dispatch two artillery regiments to the riverside to set up defenses. We must strictly guard against it and never allow the enemy to cross the Yangtze River one by one." Chu Bufan called a team-level officer and ordered.

""Yes." The officer responded and called the orderer to deliver the order.

"Your Highness, we have achieved half of our strategic goals. We are just waiting for the Qing court to send people again, and then we will give them a hard blow," Chu Bufan said.

"Haha, I don’t think so." Wang Yu smiled and said

"I'd like to hear from you," Chu Bufan said.

"I think it is more practical to open all the sea ports south of the Yangtze River than to extort their silver," Wang Yu said

"Your Highness means"Chu Bufan said

"We need to be able to come and go freely on this land reasonably and legally. If we can obtain the privilege of stationing one or two troops, that would be better," Wang Yu said

"I think it's okay to come and go freely, but I'm afraid it won't be possible to station one or two troops. This is an insult to the sovereignty of the Qing court. With all due respect, although this country is rotten, it is not to the bone. I think even if I risk my life, the capital's Emperor Jiaqing will not agree to our stationing such a huge army," Chu Bufan said

"Well, forget that I didn’t say it, we’ll see what happens then; you give the order now to dispatch the First Army to seize all the official silver in stock south of the Yangtze River." Wang Yu suddenly thought of something and said to Chu Bufan

""Yes, Your Highness." Chu Bufan wrote down a written order and sent it to the area where the First Army was located.

After receiving the order, the First Army sent troops with Jiang Ning as the core to start receiving and looting official silver. Suddenly, the Qing Dynasty The southern part of the empire fell into chaos again.

Wang Yu's purpose was to turn the prosperous Jiangnan into a barren land. Two days later, he added an additional order. The First Army also planned to kill salt merchants and other wealthy merchants in the Liangjiang and even the Huaihe area. , and seized salt, iron, tea and even various textiles.

Suddenly, the two rivers and Huaihe rivers flowed with blood, and artillery fire continued. This kind of looting and massacre lasted for two months.

By the fifth year of Chongning (the fifth year of Jiaqing in Jiaqing) In November, the collection of official silver, salt, iron and other materials was almost complete, and all the famous and wealthy merchants in Jiangnan were almost wiped out. The economy of the Jiangnan region suffered a devastating blow.

Far away in the capital, Emperor Jiaqing also received"foreigners""Drinking the Yangtze River, the news came that the 100,000 Qing troops were almost completely wiped out.

The chubby Jiaqing Emperor fainted in anger. The Qing Emperor suddenly fell into a coma, and the palace was in chaos. The eighteen-year-old second elder brother Min Ning was waiting day and night to fight for his It left a better impression on his father. In fact, it was completely unnecessary. He was secretly appointed as the crown prince as early as last year, and Minning was the later Emperor Daoguang.

This second elder brother, Minning, was with Emperor Jiaqing when he was still a prince. The first son born to his first wife Xitala's direct descendant Fujin. From the perspective of direct concubine, Minning is the eldest son. This status is a great blessing for him.

However, Minning's biological mother was relatively unlucky. As early as the second year of Jiaqing ( He died in 1797 AD at the age of thirty-seven and was posthumously named Empress Xiao Shurui.

The situation in Jiangnan was corrupt, and the emperor fell ill and fell into a coma at this time. The ministers of the Qing court hoped that the second elder brother Minning could be here At this critical moment, he stepped in to take charge of the overall situation on behalf of his father.

"Now that the war is unfavorable and the emperor's dragon body has violated the peace, I ask the second elder brother to take charge of the overall situation." Dong Gao said to Minning

"The servant seconded the proposal and asked the second elder brother to take charge of the overall situation." Qinggui, who was dismissed and stayed in office, also agreed with Dong Gao's opinion.

Other military ministers also expressed their agreement. At present, except for Minning, there seems to be no other suitable candidate.

"Master Dong, Qingzhongtang, I am still young and have no qualifications. If I fail, I will lose the majesty of the Qing Dynasty and lose the face of Emperor Ama. Don’t let these adults mention this matter again." Minning actually said He even declined

"Second Brother, the situation is extremely critical now. The foreigners have already reached the Yangtze River. If the foreigners cross the Yangtze River and go straight to the capital, the consequences will be disastrous. I ask Second Brother not to refuse," Dong Gao said sadly.

"What Master Dong said is very reasonable. Second Elder Brother must not refuse. I am willing to listen to Second Elder Brother's orders," Qinggui said.

"In this case, fine, I will take charge of the overall situation for the time being and wait for Emperor Amar's dragon body to recover." Min Ning half-heartedly agreed to the requests of several military ministers.

"The second elder brother is loyal to the country. The emperor will definitely praise the second elder brother when he finds out." Qinggui complimented Minning.

"Qingzhongtang, Master Dong, what's the situation in Jiangnan now?" After quieting down, Minning asked

"The Green Camp garrison of our Eight Banners in the south of the Yangtze River was completely wiped out by foreigners, the treasury was plundered, and Jiangning was also captured by foreigners. I heard that foreigners set up hundreds of cannons on the edge of the Yangtze River," Qinggui said.

All this information came from Qing court spies. It was reported that the Jiuzhou Army was not strict in investigating these disguised spies.