Dominate the Country

Nanjing Minghuang City, now the Han Palace.

The smell of Chinese medicine faintly spread into Rodong Ni's nose. As a favored minister around the King of Han, Rodong Ni started his own journey of kneeling and licking, and inevitably started the way of 'Chineseization' in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. He has drank this traditional Chinese medicine more than once.

To be honest, although Rodong Ni is still very devout to God, he trusts Chinese doctors more than Western doctors. European doctors' methods of cutting, cauterizing (red-hot irons) and bloodletting, as well as diarrheal remedies, laxatives and other treatments, are so ridiculous and sad compared to the ancient Chinese medical skills that have been passed down for thousands of years. Even some Portuguese people who have chosen Chinese nationality still firmly believe that those extremely bitter soups are the devil's witchcraft, which is ignorant and ridiculous.

But Luo Dongni firmly believed in Chinese medicine. The most obvious example is smallpox. This devilish disease is completely helpless in the West, if drinking holy water can be considered a method. Nearly one in ten people dies from this disease, and most people who get it are young or older children. But in China, 'variolus' has been around for a hundred years, and the Medical Department has been studying 'cowpox' in the past two years.

Rodong Ni's eyes have been watching the progress of this research, and the King of Han also attaches great importance to this research. It has been going on for more than a year and has never been affected or disrupted by anything.

As far as Rodoni knew, almost none of the prisoners who were used for 'experiments', including some captive children [Bannermen], got the terrible disease of smallpox after being vaccinated with cowpox. Many people who were infected with smallpox were rescued by doctors at the Medical Department through a method, and the survival rate was over 80%.

Rodoni believes that when this result is made public by China's new government, his stubborn compatriots will all drop their stubborn heads.

However, it was precisely because of his great confidence in traditional Chinese medicine that Luo Dongni was even more worried. He was worried about the health of Chen Hui, King of Han Dynasty. What medicine should I drink to be safe and sound?

From his observation, Chen Hui's health now is far worse than when he first came to Chen Hui's side. As for the reason, Rodoni also had some mental guesses, but he would never dissuade him.

Because he believed in the words of dissuasion, many people around Chen Hui must have said so. Even Chen Hui himself knew about his health problems, but he still did not change anything, which in itself explained the problem.

"Russians? Are they going to get involved in the war in China?" After hearing the reason why Chen Hui called him into the palace, Luo Dongni was shocked.

"God, St. Petersburg is crazy! Russia is crazy!" He really couldn't imagine why Russia had the courage to intervene in ancient China's war. Did Catherine II think she was invincible just after defeating the Ottomans? Already?

Rodong Ni still clearly remembered the "Army Construction Outline" submitted by the Metropolitan Governor. In the future, China's national standing army alone will reach a scale of more than one million people.

Twenty main divisions, each with a strength of 25,000 men, which is a strength of 500,000 men; twenty local garrison divisions, each with a strength of 15,000 men, another 300,000 men ; A Praetorian Guard, that is, three infantry divisions plus a cavalry division plus an artillery brigade, and other troops, which is 100,000 people. This brings the total to 900,000 people! It's just infantry!

There are also six to eight divisions of cavalry, which is another hundred thousand men.

Then there will be the Navy, Marine Corps, and coastal defense forces, with a total of up to 150,000 people. Then the rest are the gendarmerie, overseas troops, etc., with a total number of 40,000 to 50,000 people.

The initial planned total troop strength is as high as 1.2 million!

When Rodong Ni saw this extremely huge number, his whole body was shocked. This number includes the total standing armies of all European countries except Russia.

Chen Han also has another reserve plan, as well as the Boy Scout plan that he has to stick to.

Of course, Rodoni knew that the "1.2 million" military plan was still on paper. The Fuhan Army could only start to form such a huge standing army after establishing a stable rule. But the most important thing is that Rodoni believes that China has the strength to form such a huge standing army. It is really a "crazy" move for Russia to provoke the huge China with its current strength. .

"Russia's economic hinterland is thousands of miles away from China's prosperous land. Its trade with the Manchu Qing Dynasty is limited to a small amount of Kyakhta and other small trades. Why do the Russian monarchs and ministers let the Manchus take chestnuts from the fire for the Qing Dynasty?" This is what Chen Hui is most puzzled about. .

Russia has not yet conquered Central Asia, let alone Xinjiang. What benefits can the Manchu and Qing Dynasties promise them to allow Russia to jump on the sinking ship of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties?

"Your Majesty, the Russians are synonymous with greed in the Western world, and their desire for land is endless. Xinjiang is not within the reach of the current Russians, but what about the outer Northeast? It is as good as the Russian territory in the Far East. Connect."

Chen Hui was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head, "This is impossible. That's the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty. How could it be ceded to a group of foreigners?"

But other than this, Rodoni was not a roundworm in Catherine II's belly, and he couldn't think of any other reason.

Rodoni walked out of the Han Palace with a smile on his face, not affected by the conversation in the palace at all. From his slightly raised eyebrows, people who are familiar with him can see that Rodoni is in a happy mood at the moment. Because he has a "big bomb" to explode!

At this time, Rodoni's head is almost hanging a banner with capital letters-I'm going to expose the news-!

"Dear Robert, don't doubt my sincerity. I can swear to God that what I say is true. The barbaric Russians have inserted themselves into the Chinese civil war with shocking courage. They stand behind the Tatars in the north, and the troops they sent will arrive in China at the latest next year. His Majesty the King of Han is very angry about this!"

Neither Rodoni nor Robert can say when the Chinese civil war will end, but who will be the final winner? Both of them are undoubtedly convinced that it is Chen Han. "The army led by His Highness has already taken Tianjin. If it weren't for the severe cold that greatly limited the navy's transportation capacity, Beijing would have been taken by the Han army now." Rodoni also knew that in the early spring of next year, on the eve of the war, Chen Hui would officially proclaim himself emperor, and then march north to unify the world. Although he didn't have much feeling about the concept of unifying the world, he knew what Chen Hui's proclaiming emperor meant.

"The final decisive battle between the Tatars and the Han people is about to come. From the current situation, the Han people have an absolute upper hand. Do you know? I just heard from the King of Han that Guide, Kaifeng..."

There is a map of China hanging in Robert's room. Rodoni pointed his finger at the location of Henan, Kaifeng Prefecture and Guide Prefecture, "The Qing army here has completely evacuated. Now in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the area south of this great river, only here, Luoyang, is still controlled by the Tatar army."

"Beijing is in danger. The Tatar emperor is summoning the army here to help. This generation has Many Eastern cavalry and Tatar native troops. Although they have to give up a large area of ​​land for this, they now have to ensure the safety of Beijing first. "

"The Han army in Henan has already gone to the land abandoned by the Tatars. As long as the Tatars lose the decisive battle under the city of Beijing next year, from here to here, the land larger than the entire Portuguese mainland can be easily brought under the control of His Majesty the King without any war. Oh, at that time, it should be His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire. "Since the Ming Dynasty, the West has always called China the "Chinese Empire", or China for short.

"And even if the Tatars win the Beijing Defense War next spring, it will not stop the overturning of the general trend. Whether in terms of money and food, or in terms of industrial strength, the Tatars are at an absolute disadvantage. "

Rodonni drank a glass of brandy, which was the French cognac brandy that Robert asked someone to bring back from Europe. The burning wine is indeed much more flavorful than rum. "The Russians are recklessly intervening, and their careless behavior will bring themselves a huge disaster. As allies, do Portugal and the British Empire need to fulfill their obligations as allies... to remind the greedy polar bear?"

Rodonny failed to get a definite answer from Robert, but he had done his best. Whether it was for Chen Hui or for a certain invisible alliance formed after the Seven Years' War.

And not to mention the sudden bustle of Nanjing's 'Shangguan Street', nor the local troops that arrived one after another, not to mention the progress of the Fu Han Army in Sichuan, or the confrontation between Zheng Zhu of Annan and the 'Three Heroes of Confucianism', or the confrontation between the Xishan Army and Guangnan, as well as the changes in the situation in Nanyang, the re-fighting of Siam and Myanmar, and even the eagerness of the chieftains of Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan such as the Jinchuan, the Daxiao Jinchuan, and the wars in Anhui, Henan and the Northwest, just talking about Chen Ming now.

Beijing and Tianjin suddenly became silent, and just when Chen Ming was puzzled by the sudden retreat of Hailancha, an unexpected heavy snow dyed the entire Zhili white.

Beijing and Tianjin, covered by ice and snow, suddenly lost the tense feeling they had before. Outside Dagukou, warships of the Fu Han Army moved to the Caofeidian waters. Soon, a group of them will turn from Caofeidian to southern Liaoning.

Chen Ming also received a secret report urgently transmitted by the secret camp. The Qing Dynasty is going to move the capital? ? ? This unexpected but reasonable answer caught him off guard. On second thought, "No wonder Hailancha suddenly wants to withdraw. So this is the case."

"Your Highness, if this news is leaked, the morale of the Tartars will drop by three points."

"So, we have to get this out as soon as possible. It's best to ruin this matter." Chen Ming immediately made up his mind. This matter must be ruined! Damn, if more than one million bannermen go to the Northeast, how can they be easier to deal with than if they stay in Beijing?

As the Qing army gradually withdrew from Henan, Agui had ordered his deputy general Wen Fu to lead 20,000 troops to Handan to gather the defeated troops of Yinglian and Shuhede, which immediately became an army of 40,000 to 50,000. Don't worry about their combat effectiveness, just looking at the number of people is quite intimidating.

At the same time, Agui also dispatched an Eight Banners infantry and cavalry to quickly return to Beijing for support. Although this would greatly reduce the combat effectiveness and reliability of the Qing army on the central front, Agui could not care less. The troops were led by Mingliang, a rising star of the Fucha family, and now they have all reached Baoding. Agui himself also led an army to Damingfu, Hebei, on the one hand to guard against the sudden northward advance of the Henan Fu Han army, and on the other hand to threaten Dongchangfu in northwest Shandong, that is, Liaocheng and Linqing.

"November, December, the first month..." Chen Ming calculated the time. If the floating ice in Bohai Sea is to be completely thawed, it will take at least the second half of the first month. If the navy approaches Dagukou again, it will be the beginning of February next year. Now it is still October, and there are three months in between.

"Xiong Bingzhang, have someone search Tianjin City again to see where there is still gunpowder stored." Chen Ming didn't want to leave Tianjin, but the logistics supply was not enough. Whether it was rockets, paper bombs, artillery shells, or gunpowder, they were all in short supply. The remaining amount was fine for a few battles, but if there were more, the musketeers would become spearmen. Their only supply now was the main fleet of the navy that was about to leave. All the ammunition stored on the ship would be moved down!

"Your Highness, why don't you send a general to stay in Tianjin." Then go to Caofeidian to take a boat and leave? Since Chen Ming was reluctant to leave Tianjin, and the material reserves in Tianjin were really a bit dangerous. Xiong Bingzhang suggested.

"Tianjin is a thorn in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, and we must remove it as soon as possible. Military supplies are insufficient. If I leave by boat under such circumstances, it would be like abandoning the army and leaving the soldiers to bear the brunt..." Chen Ming felt very embarrassed and a little embarrassed. Deserting from the battlefield is like this.

"Your Highness is wrong. Your Highness is not a general of an army, but a prince, with a body of ten thousand chariots. The world's situation is in your hands, how can you compare yourself to a general?" Xiong Bingzhang disagreed. What a rare thing. Look through Chinese history books, how many people have the face to accomplish great things? In the current world situation, he must return to Nanjing. Chen Hui will be crowned emperor next year, how can he be without Chen Ming, the prince? "What's more, the army will march north next year, with more than 200,000 troops. If your Highness does not preside over and command the three armies, who in Nanjing can be competent for this position?" It is easy to find a high-sounding reason.

In the final analysis, it all depends on whether Chen Ming can overcome the hurdle in his heart. Although for Xiong Bingzhang himself, it is a lucky thing to have a monarch like Chen Ming who is more respectable and has integrity.

Chen Ming was silent for a while, and waved his hand to let Xiong Bingzhang go to do the work.

Xiong Bingzhang, who returned to his own territory, immediately wrote two letters and sent them to Gao Jinghui and Lu Long in Yangliuqing and Caozhuang respectively.

The prince just had no way out of this matter. When the king is in trouble, the ministers will do their best. As long as Gao Jinghui and Lu Long shouted, the matter would be settled. But what Xiong Bingzhang never expected was that these two letters were first delivered to Liu Wu before they were taught to Gao Jinghui and Lu Long.

Chen Ming waved his hand again. Liu Wu retreated at the right moment. "This guy is quite interesting." It was not surprising that Xiong Bingzhang advised Chen Ming to leave Tianjin. What Liu Wu did not expect was that Xiong Bingzhang would write letters to Gao Jinghui and Lu Long. The nature of these literati should not be overestimated.

…

It snowed heavily in Beijing and Tianjin, and the northwest was also bitterly cold. Chen Qi held a combat meeting with the main officers of the teaching division in Fengxian, the northernmost area controlled by the Hanzhong Fu Han Army.

"Brothers, the situation in the world is developing very quickly. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already conquered Tianjin. Next year, our army will be able to flatten Beijing. The performance of the 1st and 2nd Garrison Divisions is very encouraging. You have all read the previous edition of the internal publication. The rankings of these two teams have not increased, but their scores are getting higher and higher.

And the 1st Division has taken Chongqing and all of East Sichuan. This achievement is real and not far from us. What do you think we should do?

Our teaching division is the first elite of the Fu Han Army and the foundation of the entire army! Everyone present should know the origins of the officers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions. Most of them are from our teaching division. Damn it, do we want our teaching division to fall behind the apprentices?

This is absolutely not possible!" Chen Qi slapped the long table in the conference room. The officers of the teaching division present also blushed and their necks were thick. It must not be possible, absolutely not, otherwise how can their teaching brigade save face?

"So. We have to take Baoji and also set off a big red fireworks in Shaanxi." As Agui withdrew his troops to the north, and part of the Qing army in Gansu returned to Gansu, the pressure on Hanzhong was even smaller. They had to deal with the situation in Gansu while also clenching their fists to hit Shaanxi.

Now the whole world has been divided into pieces.

The First Division fought in the Southwest, the Training Division fought in the Northwest, and the rest of the troops attacked Beijing, swept Zhili and Shaanxi, and then there were Northeast Mongolia.

It is also very important, but it is not as important as the First Division and the Training Division. If the First Division and the Training Division can eat up the food in their respective pots early, they will no longer have to worry about being blasted. Among them, the gold content of the Training Division's merits is stronger than that of the First Division.

And to win the first place, to compete for the first place, this is the nature of soldiers!