Dominate the Country

"Fight! Fight hard!" If the Qing army is not fought, it will become a pile of dog shit, and if Qianlong is not fought, his head will be covered with lumps. Chen Hui's anger and depression will not go away!

In September, the floods in the south have completely subsided, but the disaster relief work has not yet ended. The roars in the Han Palace have exploded again and again. Perhaps this is also because during the disaster relief process, the Supervisory Yuan and the anti-corruption department of the local police station jointly investigated and dealt with too many rats and borers, which made Chen Hui, who was already depressed, even more angry.

Chen Hui couldn't sit still as soon as September came. The pressure of flood control was gone, and he kept shouting to fight the Qing army! Fight hard!

This time he also sent all his precious guards to the battlefield. The Qing Dynasty took advantage of the floods in the south this year, and the repeated destruction of the river embankment by the sticking pole department really disgusted and frustrated Chen Hui!

Chen Ming accepted the order sternly, and was happy to see his father's request: "Don't worry, father. I will not be a human being until I avenge this vengeance..." Is Chen Hui the only one who was disgusted by the Manchu Qing's despicable tactics? Chen Ming was also very annoyed.

One or two million people in the whole south were affected by the disaster, millions of acres of farmland were flooded, more than ten thousand houses collapsed, livestock, property, and human lives, how big is the loss? It also caused a lot of trouble for Chen Han, whose foundation was unstable.

——When the dynasty was first established, it was the time to win the hearts and minds of the people. The flood in the south was a bad omen.

Regardless of the current disaster relief or the future river embankment construction, they are all things that Chen Han must do and must do well. And this will undoubtedly tie up a lot of manpower, material resources and energy of Chen Han. Although Chen Han also earned a lot of people's hearts and minds through this disaster relief, the Manchu Qing also greatly lost the hearts of the people in the south.

But the sticking pole department only had a few people and some worthless gunpowder, and Chen Han suffered a great loss. Moreover, Chen Han had to "thank" his men for showing mercy and not blowing up the river embankment directly in key places such as Jingzhou, Wuchang, and Jiujiang. Since the Chen family started the rebellion, how could they have suffered such a big setback?

"Damn it, if I don't show Qianlong a powerful lesson this time, I will be the shame of the time traveler!"

After returning to the Grand Commandery, Chen Ming issued a call for the 1st, 2nd and 4th Garrison Divisions that had returned to Henan, as well as the 5th and 6th Divisions that stayed behind, plus the Royal Guard Brigade, the Guard Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade and the Artillery Commander-in-Chief, all the main generals of the army rushed to the Grand Commandery.

When the First Division stayed in the southwest, the Second Division was stationed in Anqing [Miao Fuwei's Fu Han Army guarding Jiujiang belonged to the Second Division, and I seemed to have confused it with the Third Division before], the Third Division was stationed in Nanjing, and the teaching division was in Hanzhong, in addition to these four main forces, the chief officers of the remaining main combat forces of the Fu Han Army were all present.

This battle was ultimately a revenge, not a real Northern Expedition, so Chen Ming did not mobilize the local troops in Huguang and Jiangxi.

"We have only one goal in this battle, to eat up southeastern Henan!" Chen Ming hit the teaching stick hard on Chenzhou.

The army connected from Chenzhou to Xinyang, and Runing Prefecture in the middle was naturally to be eaten. That is, this move was to eat up Chenzhou, Runing, and part of Guangzhou east of Xinyang, and cover half of Henan in one fell swoop.

"The Second Division must also make some moves in Anhui. If we can't take Luzhou Prefecture, we must take Lujiang City. There is also northern Jiangsu, the target is Huai'an, and the navy, Ninghai in southern Liaoning [not Ninghai Prefecture in Shandong], Dachangshan Island [note that there is a big word in front, not Changxing Island in Miaodao Islands. The names are very similar], and Changxing Island near Fuzhou!" These are the combat targets of the Fu Han Army.

Ninghai in southern Liaoning is Dalian in later generations, although the exact location is slightly different, the region is the same. It is a peninsula in southern Liaoning that extends into the sea. Ninghai is like the thin waist of a dumbbell. If Ninghai is taken, the army will be stuck there, and no matter how many Qing troops there are, they can't get behind it. The navy will be anchored in Dalian Bay or Lushunkou, and a nail will be nailed on the Liaodong Peninsula, which makes Qianlong unable to sleep. The Tartars have gone too far this time, and the Fu Han Army must use the most severe means to fight back. Only when Qianlong is hurt will he behave!

This kind of despicable trick is just like the assassination in the secret camp of the Fu Han Army at the beginning. It is very troublesome!

It must not be "indulged", otherwise there will be no fun in the future!

Chen Wenzan, Chen Hongtao, Huang An, Gao Jinghui and others clenched their fists and swore to Chen Ming that they must beat the Tartars hard this time. Their lousy trick is too disgusting!

At present, the Fu Han Army has stricter management of sulfur and saltpeter in the territory. Even for medicinal purposes, just like Chen Ming's prescription drugs in his previous life, they must be prepared and purchased with a license stamped by a public hospital.

The firecracker factories and fireworks factories that were originally only slightly managed in various places have now been banned from a large number of small workshops, leaving only a few large-scale factories. This measure forced the prices of fireworks and firecrackers in various places to soar by 20 to 30 percentage points in August and September.

Police from all over the country, including the garrison troops, often patrol the riverbanks and check the ships and vehicles transporting goods.

The entire Chenhan city is quietly changing because of the disaster at the sticking pole. The most direct impact of these changes is the transportation based on water transportation. Which of the military leaders present is not furious when talking about this matter?

To be honest, Chen Ming despises Qianlong in this matter. It's not that he despises Qianlong's trick, but that he despises Qianlong's "heart" - looking ahead and behind.

According to Chen Ming, Qianlong is not 'ruthless' at all. If he really wants to do something shameless, just like his father Yongzheng did to his own brothers, or Chiang Kai-shek bombed the Huayuankou of the Yellow River, he will do something big on the bank of the Yangtze River. No matter how many civilians are killed or injured, how many innocent people are injured or killed, and how many people lose their hearts, he will definitely be able to severely hinder the Fu Han Army in the short term. Buy yourself the necessary time!

But Qianlong obviously doesn't have this 'ruthlessness'!

He doesn't have this 'ruthlessness', and he can't resist such 'temptation'. He is hesitant, so how can Chen Ming look up to him?

The consequence of the Qing Dynasty doing this is that it is certain to start a war now. The Fu Han Army, from top to bottom, is eager to fight, and their fighting spirit is 'boiling'!

"Don't worry, Grand Commander. I will mobilize all the military forces I can." The day of the battle was set on September 16, ten days later.

The army was divided into two routes. One route started from Xinyang and attacked northward and eastward to contain the Qing army's forces in Runing and Guangzhou. The main forces of this route were the 14th Brigade of the 2nd Garrison Division, Lulong Division, and the 4th Division in Xiangyang. The rest of the army followed Chen Ming out of Yancheng.

With one order, the three armies obeyed.

Several main combat units were fully mobilized, a large number of logistics troops, and young men recruited by the Logistics Department and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, a large number of military supplies, food, medicines, etc. were transported. Henan, a small place, was mobilized so extensively that not only the spies lurking in the sticking pole, but also some well-informed ordinary people knew that the court was going to mobilize troops.

And the people under Chen Han's rule, even those corrupt scholars and cynics who still had pigtails in their hearts, could not say a different voice on the surface about the mobilization of the Fu Han Army. The whole southern country was shouting and killing the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Han had the powerful weapon of official newspapers, and its propaganda work was far beyond the reach of previous dynasties. Even the Qing Dynasty frequently spread rumors, throwing the breaches of riverbanks on the Fu Han Army, saying that Chen Han did not repair water conservancy projects, was incompetent in governing the country, and was a thief crying "catch thief", wanting the common people and scholars to be deceived. But how could their voices be as loud as the official voice of the Fu Han Army?

The most important thing is that the Fu Han Army did a perfect job in the three-month flood relief and disaster relief work. Food and clothing relief was in place, and taxes were reduced for the people who had nothing under the flood, and a large number of small loans were provided. This kind of service project launched by the bank is gradually swallowing up and squeezing the market of popular usury and loan sharks.

The official voice of Chen Han was backed by solid work. The people saw that Chen Han's prestige and reputation increased, which means that Chen Han's credit value increased, which means that the people believed what Chen Han said officially. Compared with those rumors and the big-character posters and small leaflets frequently posted by the Sticking Office, the common people in the south now believe more in what is written in the official newspapers.

God has pity on us. Two years ago, the dark camps in the south were like rats in the dark, spreading rumors, posting big-character posters, distributing small leaflets in the downtown area, etc., but now these methods have become the "work" of the Sticking Office. Current events are changing, changing.

Forty-six-year-old Xiong Wenbing is the village chief of the 033 Military Village in Zhenping County.

Three years of affluent life without worries about food and drink have made this old man who walked out of the mountains of Yunyang that year have a rosy face and light steps. People who don't know him will think he is a fifty-year-old man - his face is still older than his age, and they can't imagine the appearance and heavy mood of this tall old man when he walked out of the Yunyang Mountains: he was skinny, like a firewood stick, with ribs clearly visible on both sides, not much meat on his body, and his footsteps were heavy as if he was filled with lead!

At that time, Xiong Wenbing had to walk out of the mountains with despair and helplessness. Their shack, one or two hundred people, and less than two thousand kilograms of food in total, could not survive the winter. At that time, these people held the mentality of living one day at a time, followed the Fu Han Army's recruitment team, and left the food-deficient Yunyang Prefecture.

But the old man with a dead heart never thought that this step did not lead to a dead end, but that everyone in the shack fell into a blessed nest. After arriving in Henan, they had food to eat, clothes to wear, sleep to sleep, and land to plant. Even though they worried about whether the government troops would come and destroy all the happiness in front of them in the first two years, the days they lived were the unimaginable good days they had imagined when they lived in the huts in Yunyang Mountain.

Now that the Fu Han Army is becoming stronger, Nanyang no longer seems to have to worry about the Qing army coming in. At least Xiong Wenbing no longer believes that the Qing army can still pose a threat to Nanyang. The happy days can last for a long time. The most important thing is that his sons and grandchildren can continue to live such a good life. Xiong Wenbing feels that he cannot repay Chen Han's great kindness even if he is torn to pieces.

As a vested interest in the rise of Chen Han, Xiong Wenbing is Chen Han's iron loyalty. This time, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Logistics recruited civilians. Regardless of his age, Xiong Wenbing led 30 laborers in the village and became a member of the transport team.

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On September 16, Chen Ming led the mobilized garrison division and the personal guard brigade, the guard brigade, the cavalry brigade and the artillery unit, and the army marched from Lushan to Yancheng.

The troops of the Fifth and Sixth Divisions joined forces along the way. When the army crossed the Sha River, the total strength had exceeded 40,000.

Agui, who was stationed in Zhengzhou, was not an idiot. He had long received news of the large-scale mobilization of the Fu Han Army and the frequent transportation of logistical materials. Knowing that Chen Ni in his eyes would certainly fight the Qing army when winter came.

In the summer, the tricks of the sticking pole directly made Chen Hanyu unable to move on land. The latter suffered such a big loss. According to the character of Chen Ming and Chen Hui, they would never swallow this breath and suffer this loss in vain.

Now revenge is coming! Agui is not afraid at all!

On the second day after Chen Ming led his troops out of Lushan, Agui, who received the news, also led 10,000 cavalry south to Weishi. When Chen Ming led his troops across Shahe and advanced to Zhoujiakou, Agui also led the cavalry to Chenzhou Prefecture.

The current situation and Chen Ming's view are the inevitable situation on land in the future.

The Qing army infantry stationed in important places, and the cavalry galloped around. If the Fu Han Army wanted to fight, while attacking the Qing army's position on one side, they had to guard against the Qing army's large cavalry on the other side. That's why Chen Ming brought the cavalry brigade over for this battle.

This battle is a kind of drill and preview of future wars.

In addition, the news from the northwest in the past two months is very encouraging. Wang Fulin has at least established a firm foothold in Gansu. Several capable generals selected from the cavalry brigade have performed well, especially Dong Wei. He led the cavalry to repeatedly defeat the Qing army and the local militia and religious groups in Gansu. This made Chen Ming's expectations for the cavalry regiment increase suddenly.

This time, the Fu Han Army mobilized 60,000 combat troops on the battlefield in Henan. Including the logistics troops, the total number is close to 100,000. [All units have completed their organizational structure, and each division has three brigades]

How many troops will the Qing army mobilize? Chen Ming doesn't care. Because in his opinion, with such combat power, there should be no battle that cannot be won.

As Agui personally led the cavalry to arrive, Wang Tenglong also led a part of the Shaanxi Green Camp cavalry to kill, and Xi'an General Fulu also brought nearly 20,000 Qing troops, together with more than 10,000 people led by Henan Governor He Yan, from Kaifeng Prefecture to Fugou, which is further north of Xihua.

In this way, together with Iletu Benyou's men, the Qing army also assembled nearly 100,000 people.

Among them, there were more than 20,000 cavalry!

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The late autumn sun was like a layer of orange-red lampshade, emitting soft light, shining on the body and face, warm.

The golden sunlight sprinkled on the earth, shining on the armor worn by Chen Ming, and the bright armor seemed to be rolled with a golden lace by the sunlight.

Chen Ming was no longer riding the original Mongolian horse. He now had two snow-white Arabian horses and two British purebred horses in his stable. This was specially sent by Robert to Chen Ming. There were originally twelve horses, but two of them died on the road. When the ten horses were sent to Chen Ming, Chen Ming gave eight more to his father. Chen Hui gave two more to Chen Ming, and then one to Chen Cong, one to Chen Quan, and he also kept four horses in his own palace.

In this era without cars, horses are "cars". The value of a good horse is that of a good car in the eyes of many people. Especially in the Chen Han high-level where polo is becoming increasingly popular, the trend of raising horses and raising good horses has long been prevalent in Lushan.

Chen Ming hardly plays polo. Well, he admits that he is a little timid. When he turns the pole, he always uses all his strength. If the pole sweeps someone's horse leg or hits someone's polo pole, it will be directly swept off. He is now incredibly strong.

These four good horses fell into his hands, and there was only one function - war horses! As war horses, they appeared on the battlefield with Chen Ming.

Chen Ming was protected by the Guards Brigade on the left and right. In front of him were five neatly lined up musket battalions, and behind him were more numerous large troops. On the left and right are the cavalry brigades, and further in front of the array is the completed artillery position.

Last night, Chen Ming sent the logistics troops to build the neat artillery positions overnight. The rattan frames filled with sand and the sacks filled with sand strictly protected the cannons in the positions.

Five-jin cannons, eight-jin cannons, ten-jin cannons, and the heaviest twelve-jin cannons.

Outside the territory controlled by the Fu Han Army, in the territory of the Qing Army, the roads in Henan are really bad. A twelve-jin cannon and the gun carriage require five oxen to pull it. Damn it!

The bad road conditions made Huang Jingting curse!