Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 123

Chapter 123: Military aircraft discussion
As we all know, the Eight Banners were the basis of the Qing Dynasty's rule.

The Qing Dynasty was able to dominate the world, although it had a certain relationship with the mutual compromise and complicity between the Qing Dynasty and the Han gentry.

But it still relies on the intimidation of the invincible Eight Banners soldiers!
Otherwise, would anyone really think the money rat tail looks good?Or is it true that some people would be willing to be so humble that they would be willing to be slaves of a foreign race?

To put it bluntly, it’s not about deterrence through force!
But now in Guangzhou, Ming thieves killed thousands of Eight Banners soldiers in one fell swoop and captured tens of thousands of Bannermen prisoners of war.

The Eight Banners was full of invincible cowhide, but now it was blown away!

Once the Qing Dynasty lost the intimidation of the invincible Eight Banners soldiers, the authority of the imperial court would be greatly affected.

By then, the whole world will probably be in chaos.

"Yang Jingsu, Yongwei, Fulongan, damn it!"

"Is this how they repay my trust in them?!"

Qianlong said through gritted teeth.

Now he hates Yang Jingsu, Yongwei, and especially Fulongan for betraying his trust.

Especially Fulongan!

Qianlong was filled with hatred when he thought that Fulong'an, who had high hopes for him and was appointed as an imperial envoy to take charge of the war against bandits in Guangdong and Guangxi, stationed troops in Yongzhou and watched Guangzhou fall and tens of thousands of Eight Banners fall into the hands of bandits.

What exactly does Fulongan want to do?
Do you respect yourself? !

Now Qianlong is really disappointed with Fulong'an.

If Fulongan were in front of him now, Qianlong might not hesitate to order his death to thank the world.

Seeing this scene, everyone around them kowtowed and repeatedly asked the emperor to calm down.

Taking a deep breath, Qianlong suppressed his anger and spoke.

"Send the order and summon the Minister of Military Affairs and the Six Ministers to Yangxin Hall to discuss matters!"

After finishing speaking, he said to Li Yu next to him.

"Go back to Yangxin Hall!"

Li Yu hurriedly got up from the ground, not daring to say anything. He waved his hand and ordered the eunuchs who were chasing him to drive back to the Yangxin Palace.

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Not long after, the military ministers who received the order from the palace went out separately.

Yu Minzhong, the foreman of the military aircraft, Agui, the crown prince's Taibao, Yuan Shoudong, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, Liang Guozhi, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, Heshen, the left minister of the Ministry of household affairs and the commander of the Eight Banners infantry army, all arrived outside the imperial city.

These are the military ministers in the current Qianlong Dynasty!
In fact, there were two brothers, Fulong'an and Fukang'an, among the original ministers of military aircraft.

However, now that Fulong'an has gone south to defeat the bandits as an imperial envoy, and Fukang'an has been appointed as the general of Heilongjiang, the positions of the two military ministers are naturally vacant.

Several military planes did not wait long before they saw the central gate of the imperial city open, and Qianlong's personal eunuch and the eunuch in charge of the Forbidden City, Li Yu, came out to greet them.

"My lords, hurry up and follow me, my master is waiting for you!"

After Li Yu saw the group of people, he hurriedly greeted them.

After hearing this, several people walked quickly and followed Li Yu towards the imperial city.

Halfway through the journey, Yu Minzhong, the leading military aircraft, asked.

"Eunuch Li, do you know that the emperor called me and other ministers late at night for something important?"

Yu Minzhong is already old. Now he only holds the title of foreman in the military aircraft department, but he hardly manages anything.

Therefore, he felt quite confused when Qianlong summoned him for a meeting late at night.

Hearing this, Li Yu looked around with a troubled expression, then lowered his voice and spoke.

"It's a military report from Guangdong and Guangxi!"

"The war situation in Guangdong and Guangxi has happened again, and the emperor is angry."

"My lords, remember to be careful what you say!"

Qianlong summoned military ministers to Yangxin Palace to discuss this matter.

In this case, it would be natural for Li Yu to reveal some information to the military and aircraft ministers in advance.

Otherwise, with Li Yu's caution, he would definitely not talk nonsense to foreign ministers.

Several military aircraft heard this and looked at each other.

Every face has a solemn look visible to the naked eye.

"The battle situation in Guangzhou? But what outrageous things did the puppet soldiers do again?"

Agui asked.

He is one of the few military ministers in the Manchu and Qing Dynasty's military aircraft department who are truly proficient in military affairs. Therefore, he naturally knows the war in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Li Yu nodded.

"exactly!"

"According to the news coming back from Guangdong and Guangxi, the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi is now very bad. Even Guangzhou has fallen into the hands of Ming thieves."

"This time the emperor is really angry!"

Li Yu has been serving Qianlong for decades. He has been serving Qianlong since he was a prince.

Li Yu understood Qianlong's temper better than most people.

Even He Shenhe, who is now nicknamed Concubine He in the outer court, cannot compare with Li Yu in terms of understanding of Qianlong.

Li Yu knew whether Qianlong was really angry.

Guangzhou fell!

Now there are only these four words left in everyone's mind!

Now that Guangzhou has fallen, what about the Eight Banners in Guangzhou?What about Guangzhou Thirteenth Line?
Everyone can realize that the war situation between the Qing Dynasty and Guangdong and Guangxi is really ruined.

No!It’s not just the Guangdong war!

If Fulong'an cannot stop the Ming army's offensive in Hunan, then the whole southern country may change.

Now, almost everyone's expressions darkened.

The Qing Dynasty could not lose the south, just like the west could not lose Jerusalem.

They did not dare to think how the Qing court could survive once it lost the taxes, money and food from the south.

Without giving the group of them much time to think, they quickly arrived outside the Yangxin Hall.

Li Yu went in and called, and then Yu Minzhong, A Gui and other military ministers were summoned.

The group of people entered the Yangxin Hall, without hesitation, they all saluted Qian'er and knelt in front of Qianlong.

"Old minister/slave, please see the Emperor!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Qianlong took a deep breath, waved his hands and said.

"Exemption, peace, and a seat!"

After everyone sat down, Qianlong ordered Li Yu to hand over the urgent report sent by Guangdong and Guangxi [-] miles to a group of military ministers for circulation.

"Let's all take a look. This is an urgent report sent by Guangdong and Guangxi via a [-]-mile express service!"

"The General of Guangzhou, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the Admiral of Guangdong and other important officials were all lost in the battle. Guangzhou fell into the hands of Ming thieves, but Fulongan, the imperial envoy, sat back and watched the situation in Guangdong completely deteriorate."

Here, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the admiral of Guangdong and other officials are definitely dead.

But General Guangzhou was only captured, but Qianlong just thought he was dead.

Qianlong could not imagine the serious consequences that would come if the Guangzhou general surrendered to the Ming thieves because he was greedy for life and afraid of death... "Everyone, please tell me how the Qing Dynasty should handle the war situation in Guangdong and how to change the candidates for the imperial envoy."

When Qianlong said this, his tone seemed calm on the surface.

But his knuckles that turned white because he was holding a string of prayer beads so hard showed that he was not actually as calm as he seemed on the surface.

Qianlong now has plans to replace the imperial envoy and bring Fulongan back to the capital to hold him accountable.

However, after Qianlong asked, there was only silence in response to him.

None of the military and aircraft ministers spoke. In the huge Yangxin Hall, there were only sounds of turning pages of books.

It was the military and aircraft ministers who were reading the urgent reports sent from Guangdong.

After a while, Agui was the first to speak.

"If I return to the emperor, I will tell you that Fulongan's current response is correct."

"The rebel forces in Guangdong and Guangxi are corrupt, and the imperial decree given to them by the imperial court is that they can only mobilize troops from the four provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi, and Guangdong."

"Here, the troops of Guangdong and Guangxi have been severely damaged in front of the Ming thieves."

"Now the only troops Fulongan can dispatch are Hunan and Guizhou."

"The total number of Green Camp garrisons in these two provinces is only equivalent to the number of Green Camp troops in Guangdong."

"Furthermore, both provinces have to reserve a portion of their troops to garrison in places, and they cannot all be mobilized at once."

"It can be seen that the troops that Fulong'an can dispatch now are stretched thin compared to the Ming thief's soldiers."

"In my slave's opinion, Fulong'an is now leading troops to defend Yongzhou, Hunan, to guard against the Ming bandits' march northward, to prevent the bandits from expanding to the two lakes, instead of fighting in waves. This is actually a mature and prudent move."

Agui and Fu Heng have a very good relationship, and Fulongan usually calls him Uncle Shi.

Therefore, he would naturally stand up and help Fulongan turn around in front of the emperor at the critical moment.

Qianlong couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.

Because he doesn't like to be questioned!
But there was no attack, because what Agui said made sense.

Based on Agui's analysis, Fulongan was facing a situation where he could not rush into the army rashly.

Once Fulong'an is also defeated, it will not only ruin the war situation in Guangdong and Guangxi.

After pondering for a while, Qianlong continued.

"Agui, how do you think the court should respond to the war between Guangdong and Guangxi?"

After hearing this, Agui stood up and said.

"Returning to the emperor, I think that the Qing Dynasty should send another imperial envoy who knows the military to take charge of the military forces in Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei and other provinces, and cooperate with Fulong and An to attack Guangdong and Guangxi."

Agui's idea is very clear. Now that the bandits are expanding, the suppression of bandits cannot be left to the southwestern provinces.

The southeast also needs to be mobilized!

Integrating the entire southern force, the army pressed down on the border and defeated the Ming thieves in one fell swoop.

Before Qianlong could speak, he heard He Shen speak.

"In this case, is it too much to make a fuss about?"

"I am afraid that the national treasury will not be able to support the mobilization of troops from nine southern provinces to fight against the thieves."

In Heshen's view, the thieves are just wreaking havoc in Guangdong and Guangxi, and it is enough to mobilize the troops from the provinces bordering Guangdong and Guangxi to fight against the thieves.

The imperial court suddenly mobilized troops from nine provinces to jointly suppress the army. The momentum was so great that those who didn't know better thought it was to level the Three Feuds!
The more important issue is that the more troops are mobilized, the more money and food the court needs to spend.

He Shen was afraid that the national treasury could not support such a large-scale war!
You must know that in recent years, the imperial court has visited the south of the Yangtze River and built the Old Summer Palace. Each item has been a big expenditure.

It has long been difficult to make ends meet!

Liang Guozhi, the Minister of Household Affairs on the side, also spoke.

"Yes, General Agui, is it too aggressive to pursue thieves like this? I am afraid that the Ministry of Finance cannot support such a large-scale deployment of troops."

Liang Guozhi is the Minister of Household Affairs and is in charge of the money bag. No one knows better than him how much the Qing treasury cannot make ends meet.

Even the veteran Yu Minzhong on the side spoke.

"General Agui, it's better to reduce the size of your troops as much as possible!"

"If the imperial court uses troops on a large scale, it will probably cost a lot of money. The money and food in the treasury are all the people's support."

“It’s better to be frugal!”

Seeing everyone expressing their opinions like this, even Emperor Qianlong on the side also spoke.

"Agui is indeed making a fuss out of a molehill!"

In Qianlong's view, the money in the treasury was still used to build his own garden, but it could not be wasted on fighting against thieves.

Seeing this, Agui didn't feel like saying anything more, so he just spoke.

"If this is the case, the imperial court will need to use at least three provinces including Fujian, Jiangxi, and Yunnan to mobilize troops, and it will also need to withhold taxes from Hubei, Anhui, and Zhejiang to support the frontline war."

In Agui's second suggestion, Hubei, Zhejiang, and Anhui were excluded, but Yunnan was added.

Because Yunnan and Guangxi are adjacent, the imperial court can mobilize troops from Yunnan and launch attacks on Guangxi to share the pressure faced by the imperial army on the frontal battlefield.

However, Hubei, Anhui and Zhejiang need to bear the money and food supplies required for the frontline war.

After hearing this, everyone fell into silence again. No one stood up to agree with Agui's opinion, but no one opposed it.

But in the end it was Qianlong who made the final decision.

"Okay! Just follow Agui's suggestion!"

Qianlong still didn't care about the Ming Dynasty. He didn't think that the imperial court needed to mobilize so many manpower and material resources to wipe out a small pseudo-Ming traitor.

But the problem now is that Guangzhou has fallen, the Eight Banners in Guangzhou have been wiped out, and the bannermen have become prisoners of the Ming army.

Qianlong must show enough attention to the Ming army. Only in this way can it appear that the Eight Banners in Guangzhou are not such waste.

Well, use this to reshape the false image of the Eight Banners being invincible.

"Which minister do you think can take on this important task? To be in charge of the suppression of bandits in the south?"

Qianlong asked, wanting to find suitable candidates to lead the army.

In fact, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Qianlong's first choice now is Agui.

However, Agui is Qianlong's trump card, and for the time being, he is reluctant to play this trump card.

Agui heard this and suggested.

"Your Majesty, I would like this servant to come and see. Hai Lancha, the minister in charge of the bodyguard, may be able to take on this important task."

"If Hailan Cha can mobilize a Sauron soldier from outside the customs to conquer Guangdong and Guangxi, we can definitely defeat the Ming thieves and conquer Guangzhou."

Hailancha is Agui's old subordinate. He fought against Zhungeer, participated in the Qing-Burma War, and annihilated Jinchuan and Jinchuan.

When Agui fought in Jinchuan and Xiaojinchuan, Hailancha served under him.

Agui highly praised his abilities!

Not to mention the Sauron soldiers!
It is the sharpest blade in the hands of the Manchu Qing court. Wherever soldiers are needed, Sauron soldiers are indispensable in any major war.

In Agui's view, if Hailancha can lead Sauron's troops southward, the war situation in Guangdong and Guangxi will be worry-free, and the matter of pacifying the thieves will be considered settled.

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PS: I have to go to the driving school to practice course two later, so the update tonight may be delayed.

But don’t worry, there will definitely be a second one.

(End of this chapter)