There is no such thing as the Kangxi and Qianlong eras

Chapter 131 I am an Eight Banners, let me enter

The city of Changde has been under military control for more than two months.

It took two months to break up and streamline the more than 10,000 Qing soldiers who surrendered when the city was captured. Among them, the old and weak surrendered soldiers who had committed minor crimes became civilians, while those who had committed serious crimes were directly turned into laborers, following the army and making meritorious contributions while serving their crimes.

"Commanders, a telegram has arrived from Yuezhou Prefecture."

Bai Nan, He Shunan and Xu Sanlang were looking at the map and discussing the war situation in the government office at this moment. When they saw the soldier who came hurriedly to report the news, they quickly stood up and took the telegram.

He Shunan smiled and said, "Great! Great! After more than two months of holding back, the general is finally going to take action against these Qing dogs from western Hunan."

Bai Nan and Xu Sanlang also took the telegram and passed it around, their expressions changing from serious to delighted.

They stayed in Changde City for more than two months and were almost exhausted. They were either busy commanding the surrendered soldiers and civilians to repair the city walls or comforting the people. The only thing they did that had anything to do with military affairs was probably the streamlining of the surrendered Qing soldiers and the daily exercises of the Han soldiers.

Now, after holding it in for more than two months, I can finally hold it in.

Bai Nan was delighted, but then calmed down and asked, "It's only been two or three months since the last war ended. This year's taxes should have just been collected. Is there enough food to fight the war?"

He Shunan said, "I'm not sure, but the general has already issued the military order, so he must have a countermeasure. Besides, even if we are short of food, don't the Qing dogs in Xiangxi also lack food? Fu Kang'an and He Lin are both dead, and the food supply route of the Qing army in Xiangxi has been cut off by us. Compared to us, their situation will only be more difficult."

Bai Nan smiled when he heard this: "That's right, then how do we fight now?"

Xu Sanlang pointed at the map on the table and said, "The telegram has already said that we should attack Chenlong Pass first. Without breaking Chenlong Pass, we can't move south and cannot seize the strategic initiative. We must put some pressure on the Qing dogs in Xiangxi and not give them time to react."

Bai Nan reminded him, "The Manchurian Slave Army has been established for almost two months, but it hasn't fought a single battle yet!"

He Shunan grinned and immediately called over a personal soldier: "Go, tell Fu Zhina of the Nuer Army to come over to see me immediately. Also, ask Boss Pang to stop by the government office and tell him that he has something important to discuss with him."

"Yes."

……

Speed ​​is of the essence in war. Only three days after receiving the telegram, the Han army set out.

Of course, three days is definitely not enough time to collect food and supplies. These are all military rations and supplies that have been stored in the warehouse in advance. They have long been planning to go south to fight.

Even the civilian laborers were reorganized from ready-made surrendered soldiers, and all the surrendered soldiers who had previously been incorporated into civilians were semi-forced to be recruited again.

Siege equipment and the like were out of the question, as they were all previously unused stocks.

The Han army sent out 8500 soldiers, 5000 of whom were Han soldiers and 500 were slave soldiers, followed by thousands of surrendered soldiers and civilians.

"What's going on? Where did the soldiers come from?"

"What soldiers? These are Han soldiers! The Han soldiers are coming!"

"Are they the Han soldiers who are giving us the land from the landlords? Then I have to go and greet them, but why are they making such a big scene?"

"I heard from the county elders that the Han soldiers seem to be going to fight with the government troops in the south..."

"..."

The Han army did not have too many soldiers, only about 8,000 men, and including civilians, it barely reached 20,000, but they managed to create the appearance of an army of hundreds of thousands.

As soon as the army passed Taoyuan County, its strength doubled again.

Because the people of Taoyuan County heard that the Han soldiers were going to fight, and that they were going to fight against the Qing army in the south, they all scrambled to be laborers for the Han army. Those who could not be laborers also wanted to be guides.

On the one hand, the Han army's land distribution won the hearts of the people, but on the other hand, the Qing army was too unpopular.

In other words, the exploitation is too harsh.

In order to supply food and fodder to the more than 100,000 troops in western Hunan, draining the land of Huguang was not enough. It was also necessary to eliminate the officials and generals who took bribes and falsely reported vacancies. The people of Changde had already been exploited by the Qing army.

In addition, in the previous few months, the Han army had successively captured Jingzhou, Changsha, Hengzhou and other places, directly cutting off the Qing army's logistics and food supply. Without the financial support of Huguang, the Qing army in western Hunan relied entirely on transfusions from Changde, Chenzhou, Baoqing, Yongshun and Yuanjiang.

This is the food supply for an army of more than 100,000. Even if the officials and generals are not greedy and do not take up the remaining quota, and squeeze the people to the last drop of blood, the pressure of money and food will explode.

The people of Changde have long hated the government and its soldiers (Qing army)!

These people would not think that the root of all this was because the Han army cut off their food supplies. Even if the Han army had not come here, they would have been living a tight life.

Now, the Han army came, distributed land to them, reduced their taxes, and waived all the taxes and rents they had previously owed.

What is this called?
Traitor? Traitor to your mother!

This is clearly the great judge. When the great judge comes, there will be fairness. When the great judge comes, there will be a peaceful and prosperous era.

Now, the Han soldiers who brought them good days are going south to fight those damned Qing army officers and soldiers. Everyone who is a human being has to help them, not only to repel the Qing army and prevent it from coming back, but also to take revenge.

At Chenlong Pass, the Qing army’s chief general guarding the pass was named Yang Fang.

Good boy, this guy is a remarkable person. Yang Fang is one of the three extraordinary men in Guizhou, the other two being Li Shijie and Liu Qing.

The former directly drove the Gurkhas out of the country, and the latter was a famous honest official in Sichuan Province. He relied on the reputation and credibility of "Liu Qingtian" to recruit more than 30,000 White Lotus rebels.

Being on par with these two, he certainly can’t be an ordinary person.

The opportunity for Yang Fang to become rich and powerful was also outrageous, because this guy was originally a scholar, but he failed the exams many times, which meant he was a poor student. He had to give up literature and take up military affairs. After joining the army, he relied on his identity as a scholar to become a chief clerk.

then……

Because he was so good at fighting, Yang Yuchun, who was leading the troops at that time, discovered him and was very surprised. He thought that such brave generals were not uncommon, and there were many scholars, but it was strange to see a brave general among scholars.

As a result, Yang Fang was promoted by Yang Yuchun as an exception, and was first appointed as a general. He followed Yang Yuchun to suppress the Miao Rebellion. In just a few months, Yang Yuchun was awarded the title of "Jinyong Baturu" and was admired by Fu Kang'an for his extraordinary bravery.

Although Yang Fang lacked experience, he was promoted to garrison officer of Taigongying. In the fifth year of Jiaqing, he was also awarded the title of "Chengyong Baturu".

In the film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," this guy led the army to suppress the rebel Tianli Sect. He also captured Zhang Geer (the leader of the Baishan Sect) alive and even managed to survive the Opium War, fighting the British but losing. He was later exiled and died of illness in his hometown.

It’s a pity that Yang Fang is unlucky!

It should be said that both Yang Fang and Yang Yuchun were unlucky. Their mentor Fu Kang'an died in battle. As Fu Kang'an's trusted subordinates, they were naturally marginalized by He Lin.

It just so happened that Jiang Sheng repeatedly sent letters to Xiangxi for help, and He Lin took the opportunity to send Yang Fang to Chenzhou. Yang Yuchun was even worse off, and was kicked out to Guangdong.

"Captain Yang, several scouts have been spotted approaching from outside the pass!"

"Shoot arrows to scatter them."

Yang Fang was inspecting the city gate. He was not very alert when he heard the news. He waved his hand and gave an order.

The Qing soldier who reported the news did not retreat, but instead looked embarrassed: "But..."

Yang Fang asked, "But what?"

The messenger replied, "Captain Yang, you should go and see for yourself!"

Yang Fang was a little confused, but he still led his personal soldiers to the city wall to look out from the heights.

Sure enough, I saw a few scouts approaching. No, why were the clothes and armors those scouts were wearing a bit weird?

It looks like...it looks like the cotton armor of the Manchu soldiers! ?
"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

The scouts approached quickly and stopped about fifty or sixty steps away from the city wall, just outside the archers' maximum range.

One of the Manchu soldiers raised his loudspeaker and said, "I am Hesheli Fuzhina, commander-in-chief of the Manchu Zhenghong Banner, and a close general of Marshal Fukang'an. Open the door for me immediately!"

The shouting was amplified by the loudspeaker and was carried far and loud. Almost all the Qing soldiers on the city wall heard it clearly.

Immediately, several Qing soldiers, frightened by the prestige of the Eight Banners, subconsciously opened the city gates to welcome the Eight Banners into the city.

Yang Fang reacted quickly, drawing his sword and slashing at the bluestone bricks in front of him. "Everyone, come back! Archers, release your arrows and shoot these imposters to death!"

It was useless. All the Qing archers stood still and looked at each other in confusion.

Because the next second, several Manchu soldiers outside the pass all took off their hats, revealing the rat tails on their heads.

It’s not a fake, it’s the real thing!

Yang Fang felt sick instantly. He really thought that the rebels were pretending to be Eight Banners soldiers and wanted to trick them into opening the city gate.

But now that the braid has come out, it is most likely to be true.

Even if it is not real, his soldiers have to recognize that the other party is real.

"Give me!"

Yang Fang snatched the bow and arrow from an archer and shot an arrow at Fu Zhina who was still shouting outside the pass.

Fu Zhina was also a veteran on the battlefield and had much more experience than Yang Fangke. He immediately pulled the rope and easily dodged the arrow.

"Shhhhhh!"

Yang Fang had already shot the arrow, and the remaining archers could not stand still, so they could only draw their bows and shoot arrows.

But although he shot the arrows, his accuracy was completely useless. Arrows rained down, and not only did he miss the target, but he also missed by a long distance. It was obvious that he was shooting randomly on purpose.

Outside the Great Wall, Fu Zhina was still shouting wildly and provocatively through a loudspeaker: "I am from the Eight Banners of Manchuria, of the noble Hesheli clan. The Empress of Emperor Kangxi is my ancestor. How many heads of you, a Han general guarding the Great Wall, are worthy of being chopped off? How dare you shoot arrows at me? Could it be that you have long harbored rebellious intentions and are planning to rebel against the Qing Dynasty?"

Yang Fang's face turned completely black and she felt numb.

The traitor actually played this trick?
(End of this chapter)