[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

In the war, we still need to concentrate our strength to fight the battle of annihilation. After the Sichuan army rested in Shanhaiguan for a while, it basically adapted to the northern climate and soil.The logistics in Sichuan and Shu were also running smoothly, and a large amount of materials were transported to the Jiliao area through the newly built official road.

Xing Xiuyan marched towards Jinzhou with the Yellow Shirt Army and the New Army, and Tu Yuanyi also started to act.

Tu Yuanyi wanted to take the Panshan area first, and ordered the new Hubei army from Huludao to go north to Jinzhou.

The senior military officers held a combat meeting in front of the imperial court and decided to divide two armies to attack Panshan. The Hubei new army was responsible for the main attack, while the white-shirted army outflanked the left wing of Panshan, while the red-shirted army was responsible for the layout of the only way to Panshan, Shenyang and Liaoyang. Blocking reinforcement positions.The Panshan area was originally an important town, and the Zhenglan Banner was originally stationed with elite troops, but after the war between the two sides, another [-] civilians were recruited.

If it weren't for the fact that the Houjin army wanted to protect Shenyang and Liaoyang, the population of Houjin was small and the economy was weak, and it was necessary to guard these sites and spread out the people. It is really rare to have an army of more than 1 in such a place.

Soldiers are extremely fast. When Tu Yuanyi assembled three armies of 9 people and just left Jinzhou, less than half a day later, the Queen led the Yellow Shirt Army and the New Army to take over the Jinzhou Fortress to prevent the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao after the Jin Dynasty.Jinzhou defended against danger, even if the opponent had ten times the troops to besiege, they could still hold out for a period of time.Xing Xiuyan has two armies in his hands. If there is an army of Hou Jin to surround and attack the flank of the Red Shirt Army, Xing Xiuyan can still send an army to bite the opponent's flank.

Feudalization has also been accelerated in the past few decades in the later Jin Dynasty, and the land of Liaoning is also like the Han people who built a city and flourished farming.This is not to enter the Central Plains, just kill, burn, and loot. How can they abandon their important towns and cities, and there are still their people in the city.Some of the common people were originally coated with Han people, and some were the masters of banner people, all of which are the foundation of the post-Jin Dynasty.

Zhenglan Banner is guarding the city of Jincheng Panjin in the hope that Jin Hongli will send troops to rescue it. Later Jin people domesticated Haidongqing all the year round and used it widely in the army. Military news soon spread back to Shenyang from Panshan.

There are also some birds in Da Zhou. The Prince of Xining stationed in the Shuofang Grassland. Hu and Han are intertwined in that area. They have learned some techniques of domestication.Jin Haoren, Jin Shiyue's son, is Jia Xichun's husband, and he loves raising birds the most.

To make the best of his talents, Tu Yuanyi made him an official in charge of communication birds, ranking fourth.Whether it is domestication of homing pigeons or domestication of the departments and personnel of messenger birds of prey are under his control.It took a lot of money, but Jin Haoren did show results. In this respect, the distance with the northern people has been shortened to a great extent.

And the first level of the Central Army of the Great Zhou Army has an important office to do information management. These people are all from Sichuan colleges.Anyway, if it is not a special period, the code of Arabic numerals is used to transmit the credit, so I am not afraid that the later Jinren will intercept the goods.

Jin Hongli also mobilized the army to guard Shenyang and Liaoyang, and the spies sent to the outskirts of Jinzhou also sent news back.

Wu Liang, a smuggler from Dazhou, and his gang transported the batch of firecrackers to Shenyang. They traveled thousands of miles around Mongolia, and then came here via Siping.Because the key pass of Jinzhou has no possibility of transporting supplies to Shenyang after the emperor comes.

Jin Hongli led the ministers to personally meet the group of businessmen, accompanied by three Han ministers in addition to those Manchu officials.Those who are not afraid of alien races to seize the country of China, who are not afraid of alien races to slaughter the Han people, as long as they have milk, they are mothers.They may have some talents that are underappreciated, and they will not be able to pass the Jinshi examination in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they will not be able to make a fortune.

When he went to the school field to try out the gun, Wu Liang personally demonstrated a target shooting, which shocked Jin Hongli and the ministers present, because the new gun could hit the target even a hundred paces away.A frail businessman like Wu Liang has never practiced riding and archery. As long as he is given a blunderbuss, he can defeat the bravest queen Kimba Tulu.

After Jin Hongli saw it, he felt deep fear.But he took advantage of the unequal southern border of the Great Zhou to launch a war, just wanting to win a partial victory, and then let the Great Zhou use money to feed him during the peace talks.He accumulated strength step by step, and cooperated with some smugglers in Dazhou again, hoping to establish an organization as powerful as Yang Huaigu's system before.

But the changes in Dazhou exceeded his imagination. The war in the south did not make Dazhou internally and externally difficult. He suffered a big defeat when he attacked Jinzhou last year.The bordered blue flag is almost gone, and the bordered blue flag has been reorganized in the past six months, and the shortage of personnel has been transferred everywhere.

Xilinjueluo-Anahai is Jin Hongli's brother-in-law, his sister is the imperial concubine, and Anahai has become the minister of the Ministry of War, and Han Shangshu Fan Siqi is also very favored by Jin Hongli.Most of the later Jin courts were like this. There were probably not as many officials as Da Zhou, but the six ministers were all from a post-Jin man and a Han.Many internal documents and practical matters are managed by the Han Shangshu, while later gold dignitaries have various relationships.

For this kind of Han officials in the post-Jin court, they played with Chongzhen like they did in the Ming Dynasty, but they worked harder to be good slaves.They can be officials here, but they will not be able to get out of the ten-year cold window in the Great Zhou Dynasty. These Han people want to win gold and win the Central Plains more than anyone else.It seems that their resentment for being underappreciated in Da Zhou can be vented.The corruption rate of the Han Chinese who were officials in the later Jin Dynasty was much lower than that of the former Ming Dynasty or even the present Dynasty.

E Nahai asked Wu Liang, "Are there many such guns in the Zhou army?"

Wu Liang said sincerely: "I have heard their uncle Xing Guo say that there are many. Sichuan Army's 10,000+ troops are prepared, because with this kind of gun, they will be invincible on the battlefield in Annan. Empress Xing, a woman, can defeat Annan. The country was destroyed."

Of course, Wu Liang exaggerated things as big as he could, otherwise what would he do if he spent so much money buying firecrackers?The later Jin court must be willing to pay money.Anyway, stuff is really good stuff.

Fan Siqi said: "Your Majesty, the Construction Department of the Ministry of War is also working overtime to build thirty red cannons. We may not be afraid of them then."

In official history, the Qing Dynasty did have the ability to manufacture red cannons, and they were cast in imitation of Portuguese cannons.In the early years, Hou Jin also accumulated some foundation through smuggling groups and recruited some craftsmen, such as building cities, making weapons, planting and other technologies still needed Han people.In official history, even after entering the customs, the Manchus did not farm land, and they got hard-core crop money.

Wu Liang was afraid that Jin Hongli would be angry and refuse to pay when he quoted the price, so he said: "Although the red cannon is powerful, it is not as convenient as this kind of gun. You haven't turned the muzzle yet, and they can use this kind of gun to come up." Beat people to death."

Jin Hongli is also quite familiar with the way of marching, knowing that the red cannon is heavy and it is quite useless to carry it.

"That's right, this firecracker still has advantages. Fan Aiqing, take it down and see if I, Dajin, can imitate it."

E Nahai said: "Your Majesty, I, Jurchen Wushuang in riding and shooting, may not be worse than this blunderbuss."

Jin Hongli didn't speak in a dull mood, but he knew in his heart that if he wanted to win the most familiar warriors, Dajin could gather 10 horses, which is invincible.But the population of the Han people is more than a hundred times that of the Dajin, and they don't need to practice at all. As long as they have this kind of gun, they can pull out a person like Wu Liang to fight.What kind of horrible concept is this?

Jin Hongli somewhat regretted instigating this war, but the opportunity was rare at that time, and since he ascended the throne, he also wanted to gain full control over the court.On the other hand, the economic blockade has been strictly enforced since Dazhouduan lost the Shanxi Merchants Group more than ten years ago. Although there are people like Wu Liang, the supplies have been reduced by more than half, and the prices have more than doubled.This made the economy not as difficult as that of the Houjin people in the south, and even the Han people who were allocated land for farming complained because they had to pay more taxes.

"No, we must make it too, Fan Aiqing, you ask the Ministry of War to step up the copying."

Wu Liang was worried. They wanted to imitate. If they succeed easily, then he may not be able to get the money smoothly. But if the imitation fails, if Houjin fails completely, he will have nowhere to make a fortune.

Wu Liang and his group kept twenty good guns for their own use, so there were only twenty first-class guns, and Jin Hongli and the two princes each had one, and the rest were handed over to the Ministry of War.Wu Liang still went to the household department to ask for money as usual, but when he heard the amount, the household department, who had lived like a beggar in recent years, did not dare to agree, so the minister reported it to Jin Hongli.

When Jin Hongli heard the amount, he was so heartbroken that he wanted to withdraw it, but at this time he still couldn't tear himself apart from the smugglers.

Fan Siqi took the blunderbuss back to the Construction Department of the Ministry of War, but showed it to the craftsmen there, and the craftsmen all called it ingenious.A gun/barrel like that would have been difficult to make, and then they discovered that the rifling in the barrel was beyond their imagination.

Master Zhang directly said that this cannot be done, and Fan Siqi said: "What the emperor wants is not impossible, it must be done."

Master Zhang said: "The thread at the end is pulled evenly and neatly. This kind of kung fu cannot be practiced for decades. Even if there are such people, they can't pull much in a month. I hold the iron of the gun/pipe again. It is also different from what I have seen. We have to drill such iron first, and then cast it into such a uniform tube, as well as the various parts of the gun/body, and then we will consider the rifling. Besides, it is made of What do you need to pull it out with a utility knife? The knife needs to be small enough to be inserted into the pipe, but strong enough to be able to pull out the thread. These things are very complicated to make, much finer than casting cannons.”

Fan Siqi couldn't help feeling cold, and said, "Can't you think of a way?"

Master Zhang said: "Unless I go and see how they are made."

Fan Siqi went back and replied to Jin Hongli that it was difficult to imitate such firearms/guns, while Hanchen Zhang Xiaohe suggested to cooperate with Japan. Japan began to imitate the Netherlands to manufacture firearms in the early years, and it was faster than Houjin in this respect.At the beginning, Houjin also formed an alliance with several Japanese feudal lords, and Japan also sent ronin warriors to Dazhou to help the Shanxi Merchants Group.

In fact, Jin Hongli planned to negotiate a peace, but he was the one who launched the war brazenly at the beginning, and he didn't have a step down. Now it is not easy to achieve victory in the final battle.

However, the Han officials dared not talk about the peace negotiation, but the Houjin people were very enthusiastic, thinking that Lao Tzu was the strongest.

Jin Hongli was looking at the map in the study, and when he was secretly worried, Enahai came to see him, and urgently reported that Da Zhou had taken action, and Da Zhou's heavy troops were overwhelming Panshan.

There are three elite banners stationed in Shenyang, while there is one banner in Liaoyang, one in Panshan, one in Siping, and one in southern Liaoyang.

The so-called Eight Banners stipulates that every 300 people has a Niulu, every five Niulu is a forehead, and every five foreheads is a Gushan, and Gushan is a banner.Therefore, the real elite of each banner is only 500 people.For example, 2 people died in the Xianglan Banner at the beginning, which is actually equivalent to a "reinforced flag", but there are not so many cavalry.

Jin Hongli looked at the ministers of military aircraft present, but he was very anxious in his heart, and asked, "Is there no news from Zhungeer and Horqin?"

Jin Yunli, the owner of the Zhengbai Banner, said: "Your Majesty, the Mongols are at the ends of snakes and rats. At this time, Da Zhou is coming fiercely. They must not come at this time."

Obviously, because of the war in the southern border of the Great Zhou, the Mongols agreed with them to form an alliance and share their interests, but now because the Great Zhou quickly changed into a country in the south, and the Daling River was destroyed in the battle of the Lanlan Banner, they all retreated.Jin Hongli was really annoyed.

E Nahai said: "Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent, and Panshan must be protected!"

Chong Shan, who was also from a foreign relative, said: "Your Majesty, for the present plan, it is better to quickly adjust Liaoyang Zhenghong Banner to go south to support Panshan. Panshan cannot be lost."

E Nahai said: "Adjusting Liaoyang's Zhenghong flag, isn't that a trap for the enemy? What if they enter Liaoyang?"

Chongshan said: "If Panshan is lost, Shenyang will be in danger!"

Jin Hongli walked back and forth, feeling extremely bored, and Prince Huseyi Jin Hongzhi said: "Your Majesty, the Southern Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of troops are suppressing the border, and their Annan Rebellion has been quelled, and the Mongolian allies have retreated. We really have no chance of winning!"

Jin Yunli said: "How can you grow others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige?"

Jin Hongzhi said: "We have seen how powerful the firearms of the Southern Dynasty are. If we really want to fight, we will not gain any advantage. If it was the original Jiliao defenders, it would be fine, but the Imperial Guards of the Southern Dynasty came to attack us. I heard that the Southern Dynasty The queen is here too."

Jin Yunli said: "It can be seen that there was no one available in the Southern Dynasty, and the emperor had to use his wife to fight."

Ona Kaidao: "While we send people to spy on the possibility of peace talks, we will deploy troops to reinforce them at any time. It is of course good to sit down and talk. If we don't talk, we can't delay the matter."

Fan Siqi said: "I'm afraid the emperor of the Southern Dynasty will not give up. The merchants from Shanhaiguan just came to Shenyang, and they have dealt with the dignitaries of the Southern Dynasty. I heard that the emperor and empress of the Southern Dynasty were very belligerent. And it is so laborious to mobilize the people." , They must get enough benefits."

Jin Hongli understands this meaning, what is enough benefit, even if it is paying tribute to a minister, it is no problem.But Dajin has been established for nearly a hundred years, how can it go to the title of Emperor in his hands?

How ambitious they were originally, and took the opportunity to launch a war. They did not expect that they would fight so quickly to suppress the Mongols of the Zhungeer and Horqin tribes, let alone those tribes who were hiding behind and were ready to take advantage of it.

"Speed-tune Zhenghongqi and Xianghuangqi go south to support! Let's fight!" Jin Hongli gritted his teeth, "Be careful of the enemy's firearms in field battles, and don't approach them easily, harassing and surpriseing the tired enemy."

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The Hubei New Army and the White Shirt Army divided into two groups to besiege Panjin City, while Zhao Wenlong led the Red Shirt Army to insert several positions between Shenyang and Panshan.

The Red Shirt Army was a competitor of the New Army back then, and they were also the heroes of destroying the White Lotus Sect. He still learned the method of blocking positions from the Queen.They dug trenches in full swing, and the infantry just hid behind the trenches and fired their guns.The artillerymen also hid behind sandbags.This kind of trench warfare did not become mainstream until after World War I, but it was used in the East by Xing Xiuyan 200 years in advance.If the impact of the most terrifying Jurchen iron cavalry does not work on them, the arrows and even shells they shoot in the distance will have extremely little damage to the Zhou army.

It would have been better for them if they should have fielded them before they made their position.

Tu Yuanyi personally followed the Hubei new army to supervise the battle outside the south gate of Panjin.

He was riding on a tall golden Arabian horse, wearing the uniform of the Imperial Army designed by Xing Xiuyan for him with a black dragon-embroidered gold belt, and high leather boots.

Gushan Ezhen (banner owner) Asiha of the Zhenglan Banner looked at the densely packed army in Dazhou, and couldn't help being terrified. The entire Panjin City has only [-] soldiers and horses, how can he win a field battle with them.

A Siha saw the dragon flag of Dazhou from the distant view, and was horrified. It was the emperor of the Southern Dynasty who personally conquered it.

A Siha looked at the cronies around him, and saw that they also showed fear on their faces.

Asiha shouted loudly: "It turns out that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty came here in person, and the old man is the owner of the blue banner, Asiha. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Asiha's voice was like a boom, and the shout came out, and Tu Yuanyi pulled the rein: "I am Tu Yuanyi, and today I am seeking rebellion. If you surrender now, I can still consider letting you go." One life, but if you are stubborn and don't follow the will of heaven, you will die without a place to die."

Tu Yuanyi didn't yell loudly, but his majestic and clear voice was heard by everyone in a radius of several miles, and Asha couldn't help being surprised.

Asiha said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Dynasties, it is said in the books of the Han people that they are bound to kill themselves. Last year, Da Zhou slaughtered 2 soldiers and civilians of ours. How can it be so much?"

Tu Yuanyi said: "You barbarians, who refuse to be educated, harass our frontiers, and kill my people, why do you beat them back today? The Han people have been a country of etiquette since ancient times. You treat me with sincerity and courtesy, and I return courtesy. If you want to fight, then Let me show my sword with you! Since you want to seek death, it is my grace to you to make you perfect! Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away!"

"Those who offend China will be punished no matter how far away they are!" Xiao Jingyun, who was following the emperor, also shouted.

"Those who offend me Huaxia will be punished even if they are far away!"

The tens of thousands of soldiers below shouted loudly, which made Asha and the others lose their momentum even more.

Asiha said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, we have beaten you and you have also beaten us, so it will be considered even. Why did the Southern Dynasty accept it if it doesn't get better?"

Tu Yuanyi said: "Facing a country of bandits and barbarians, and a group of bandits who have been thieves for hundreds of years, you can't understand people's words. When you rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, you almost wanted to take control of the Central Plains, occupy the homeland of Liaodong, China, and become kings. The emperor and the monkey are crowned. They fought a few victories in the early years, and they boasted that the Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, and they cannot fight when they are full. Such actions are deceiving me. The Han family has no sons? God? For thousands of years, in the north of China, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Turkic, Fuyu, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolia, how many nomadic peoples have risen, flourished for a while, and were ambitious. They all dreamed of drinking horses in the Central Plains. Sweeping the world. But where are they now? The only ones who have never been thrown into the garbage dump of history for thousands of years are the Chinese nation! This land, our Han family has been here, belongs to the Han family, you either go away , Either surrender, or keep the head!"

Xiao Jingyun couldn't help igniting the excitement when he was a young man who had to meet the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor's arrogant words seemed to echo in his ears, and he couldn't help saying nonsense: "What a man and a hero!"

The emperor finally showed a domineering aura. Although the entire court was under his control, the emperor with a strict wife and a loving father sometimes really did some eye-catching things.As the emperor's favorite minister's brother-in-law, Xiao Jingyun knows too much inside story.

A Siha shouted: "It seems that a bloody battle between Dajin and Nanchao today is inevitable."

Tu Yuanyi laughed and said: "That's natural! Today I will advance and retreat with the soldiers, and if we win, we will die together!"

The golden Arabian horse stood up halfway and let out a cry. He turned the horse's head, and the infantry in the middle opened a path, and the emperor rode in.All the soldiers focused on him with admiration. At this moment, in their hearts, no Qin Emperor, Han Dynasty, or Wu could compare to their emperor.

The confidential second lieutenant Tu Xu who followed his father was even more admirable. His father and mother are so outstanding. As their children, he is both proud and under great pressure!