Dominate the Country

Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, is a pearl in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. For Chinese people in the 21st century, Lanzhou ramen is more familiar to people than Lanzhou. It is indeed the most well-known brand in this city, and a famous delicacy that is popular all over the world.

Unfortunately, all this in history is about to change. The god of time travel allowed Chen Ming to travel to this era. The dynasty changed, and the influence of the revival of the Han Dynasty was so great that it was easy for Butterfly Butterfly to take the lives of a few common people. Isn't this easy? The founder of Lanzhou ramen, a fellow villager of the same surname in Henan whose exact name Chen Ming can no longer remember, will he have the opportunity and time to pass on the skill of making noodles to his classmate hh in the Imperial College?

And now Lanzhou is a place where the Qing Dynasty has heavily stockpiled troops. At the same time, a large number of bannermen and countless money and food materials are being transported to the west. However, Yongrong did not go west with him, but stayed in Lanzhou.

Of course, Yongrong did not want to live and die with Lanzhou City. It was because he knew that the Qing army had to fight hard here, otherwise even if the team reached Ganzhou and Suzhou, the entire team would be ruined.

Yongrong, who had never led troops before, never really realized that the damage to the army from the consecutive defeats was so great.

The main force of the Qing army under his command retreated from Xi'an to Yan'an, from Yan'an to Ningxia, and from Ningxia to Lanzhou. They cut off their tails and survived again and again, and when Yongrong didn't know it at all, the morale and military spirit were also broken.

When Yongrong heard that the team entering Lanzhou, even the relatively well-trained Eight Banners New Army did not obey orders and looted, he suddenly realized the danger of the matter. So how to deal with such a morale collapse?

It is very difficult, but also very simple.

The difficulty is the method of positive attitude, forcefully suppressing all riots, killing people, punishing, when the blood knife of military law makes the soldiers feel fear from the bottom of their hearts, this is considered a solution. Unfortunately, Yongrong does not have the strength to make such a solution, and he will not do so. All the people around him who didn't understand immediately understood after combining the two words "camp roar" with the current scene.

The Qing army now suffered one defeat after another, and each defeat was like a gecko with its tail cut off, abandoning a small number of people to save the majority. Yongrong was certainly not afraid that he would become one of the few people who were sacrificed, but the grassroots soldiers and officers, and even the middle and high-level generals were afraid.

The Battle of Luochuan, the Battle of Yan'an, and the current Ningxia, it was not just the soldiers who were lost.

Soldiers are living in fear, and it is conceivable how huge the mental depression accumulated day after day is. On the other hand, the military discipline in the Manchu army is unclear, and the so-called military discipline is shit when officers wantonly oppress soldiers. Now it is not just soldiers and grassroots officers who are abandoned, but middle and high-level generals can't report and have to be scapegoats. In this case, the officers' attitude towards their officers and soldiers is even more rude. In addition, the Qing army formed factions and fought overtly and covertly, and the contradictions accumulated day by day. Previously, they were suppressed by righteousness and military discipline. Now there is no righteousness. Yongrong himself ran faster than a rabbit time and time again. How could the Qing army in the northwest have righteousness? The military discipline was in chaos long ago.

The most important thing is that the Fu Han Army obviously intends to make persistent efforts to capture Lanzhou and half of Gansu before the cold winter comes. So what will happen to them? Especially the hopelessness of the future, the uncertainty of life and death, the slim hope, and the unknown time when they will die. What is it strange that the spirits of officers and soldiers are on the verge of collapse at this time?

So Yongrong also chose a simple, that is, a negative attitude: indulgence.

Let the soldiers indulge, two days if one day is not enough, and three days if two days are not enough. The pressure in the heart will always be released. This is the secret of Yongrong's regaining control of the army in just five days, and even the new green armed forces led by Ma Bai and the others were active together. The hh in Lanzhou City is good for the Green Church, but the latter are all believers of the Old Church, so they don't care. Heretics are more hateful than pagans, and this sentence also applies to the Green Church.

As the "happy" Qing army returned to the camp one after another, Lanzhou, the largest and most important city in the northwest on the bank of the Yellow River, was already full of crying, dead bodies, and black ruins that were still emitting light smoke.

Chen Qi had a large army in his hands, and it was impossible to send only a cavalry to cut off the return route of the Ningxia Qing army. At the same time as Dong Wei led his troops to move out, the more than 10,000 main forces of the teaching division in Gansu were also approaching Lanzhou. At the same time, the vanguard of the Shaanxi Fu Han Army, which followed the Weishui River through the Weishui Gorge and entered Qinzhou, Gansu, and the second division of a brigade of troops as the follow-up support force of Dong Wei's cavalry, were also rushing towards Zhongwei with all their strength.

Chen Qi was not worried about the war in Ningxia at all. As long as Dong Wei can block the Qing army in Zhongwei, or even slow down the Qing army's marching speed, when the 10th Brigade of the Second Division arrives, the Qing army in Ningxia and the remaining Xinlu troops can be swept away in one battle.

Chen Qi is most worried about the supply of ammunition. The city that the training division will face is Lanzhou, the first important city in the northwest. The Qing army has built a lot of fortifications in Lanzhou in the past two years. If the artillery shells and rockets cannot be kept sufficient, the training division will bleed more blood if they attack Lanzhou.

Yongrong has not left yet.

The Eight Banners and carts of food and fodder are constantly transferred to Ganzhou and Suzhou, but Yongrong and the Qing army are still staying in Lanzhou. This is Potemkin's suggestion to Yongrong.

For an army with a broken morale, only blood can inspire their last courage. "If you don't want to see your army lose morale and become a mob worse than serfs after reaching the west of Gansu Province or the more distant Xinjiang, then let them bleed hard in Lanzhou."

"Only blood can make them remember their identity and their irreconcilable hatred with the Chinese. At the same time, after the army is hurt, their self-generated "will" will disappear like a flowing cloud."

In Yongrong's understanding, Potemkin's words mean the same thing. If the dog is disobedient, let the dog be beaten hard. This beating does not need to be done by yourself, but by the enemy's hands. In this way, the traumatized dog will return to you and be obedient.

It seems to make sense.

And doing so can also fight off part of the strength of the Fu Han Army, let the main force of the subordinates see blood, and the fire refines the real gold.

Although Yongrong did not comment on Potemkin's words, it was obvious from his subsequent actions that Yongrong intended to do so.

On the road from Weishui Gorge to Gansu, armies were moving in and teams of transport carriages were also moving. Including on the road from Hanzhong to Gansu, pack horses were carrying gunpowder, various ammunition and other materials in a pack manner, just like ants moving, transporting materials to Tianshui, and then these materials were transported to Gongchang little by little through carriages.

Gongchang was the starting point of Chen Qi's offensive against Lanzhou this time. From here, he could go south to Didao and move to Anding, and launch an offensive against Lanzhou from two directions. Because of the problem of logistical supply, it was not advisable to attack from two directions at the same time, and Chen Qi finally chose Anding.

Chedaoling, Jinxian, Jinjia Cliff, and then the provincial capital of Lanzhou.

"There are only 700 rockets in total? How can this be enough? Let the logistics department speed up the transportation. Before the end of the Ningxia war, at least 2,000 rockets must be transported, of which no less than 1,000 heavy rockets." Chen Qi didn't have to worry about the geographical survey of Gansu, because the dark camp was not a vegetarian. Although the news from Lanzhou City suddenly stopped in recent days. But Chen Qi was already familiar with the ditches and bumps along the way from Anding to Lanzhou. Now the troops are enough. As for the combat effectiveness of the training brigade, more than 10,000 people are enough to fight the 30,000 or 40,000 Qing troops in Lanzhou City. But the military supply can't keep up, so Chen Qi can only continue to hold back. "Commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief, urgent report from Lanzhou. Ten days ago, the Qing army in Lanzhou suddenly became chaotic, killing and looting, and indulged in excess..." In the evening, Chen Qi was looking at the Chinese translation of "Novgorod Chronicle", which is the most important document in medieval Russia. In a monastery in the Grand Duchy of Novgorod, people began to write chronicles from the beginning of the 11th century AD, recording major events year by year. This work continued until the end of the 15th century. Therefore, the major events in Russian history from the beginning of the 11th century to the end of the 15th century, including the historical events during the reign of the Golden Horde, are reflected in the "Novgorod Chronicle".

Chen Qi had previously read a Chinese translation of Nestor's "Chronicle", which is the earliest historical work in Russia. The "Chronicle" began in the middle of the 9th century AD and ended in 1110. It is the most important historical book in the Kievan Rus era.

China at this time was too far away from the West. In order to let the relatives and important ministers in the court better understand the West, Chen Ming had people collect all the historical books of all European countries and then organize people to translate them. For example, "Chronicle" and "Novgorod Chronicle", the latter has not been translated yet, a total of three volumes, and the Translation Office has only published the first volume. The translators were a few captured Manchu interpreters from the steppes after the Fu Han Army swept Chengde, and Mongolians who were fluent in Russian.

In addition to Russia, there is also the British "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle". This is a chronicle written by people in the courts and temples of the Anglo-Saxon states since the 7th and 8th centuries AD. After the unification of Britain, when Alfred was in power, he organized a group of scholars to delete and add to the chronicles accumulated from various places before, and compiled them together, named "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle".

The first general historian of Britain was Henry, the Archdeacon of Huntington, who wrote "History of Britain", which narrated historical events from the time of G.J. Caesar to 1154.

Then there is a series of works by the British chronicler M. Paris. This person's works record the formulation of the British "Magna Carta" in 1215 AD and the origin of the British Parliament.

Then there are France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, Byzantium, Hungary, etc.

While Chen Ming organized a large number of translators to translate the history books of these European countries, he also asked some Chinese scholars to compile a "General History of Europe" in line with the times. Newton and Rodoni were both very enthusiastic about the compilation of "General History of Europe" and took the initiative to participate.

Chen Ming has a hundred confidences that when this "General History of Europe" is compiled, China, at least the high-level officials, will have a clear understanding of Europe and Western civilization.

The contradictions between Britain and France, the relationship between Britain and the Netherlands, the relationship between France and Russia, the relationship between Russia and Austria and Prussia, as well as the former glory and wars of France and the Netherlands, France and Prussia, France and Italy, and France and Austria, as well as Spain and Portugal, which have long withdrawn from the political center of Europe...

A systematic cognition will play a great role in the future communication and transportation between China and the West, and even war.

Chen Ming also believes that "The General History of Europe" is definitely a huge historical project for the West of this era. When this book is interviewed, when this book changes from Chinese to Latin, English, French, German, and Russian, and appears in front of the whole of Europe, China's prestige will definitely be instantly raised.

Compared with the works of Chinese historians since ancient times, the history of Europeans is too...

Even though Chen Ming knows how powerful the future of European civilization is, and knows that even the current Europe has been reborn and its overall strength is not inferior to that of China, but like Ji Yun, who presided over the compilation of this "General History of Europe", thinking about the fragmentary historical materials, he also feels that the past Europe is really lame.

Chen Qi is one of the leaders of the future Fu Han Army's northwest strategy. Don't worry about how much military talent he has. This is how all dynasties in China have come. As long as the people who started their careers with the emperor do not make big mistakes or suffer big defeats in the process, their status will always rise. Such as Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, Cao Shen, Xiahou Ying and Liu Bang, and Tang He and Zhu Yuanzhang.

These people are essentially the same as Chen Qi, but they are very different in their forms of expression.

The war dominated by guns and firearms is completely different from the cold weapon era. Strategy is not useless, but it is no longer as magical as the previous thousands of years of war. The level of development of firearms in this era determines the rules and order of war in this era. In terms of flexibility, let alone compared with cold weapon troops, even compared with the modern war era after the emergence of breech-loading guns and breech-loading cannons, it is as stiff as dried meat that has been stored for a thousand years.

The Fu Han Army is even more so. Fighting firepower and logistics. As long as they can maintain the delivery of firepower in the war and have a calm brain, is it surprising that Chen Qi, Chen Yongsheng, Gao Pingshan, Huang Jie and others have risen to such a high position?

No matter how easy it feels, we cannot deny their talent in firepower delivery. Chen Qi has been studying Russian history these days. He also read a lot of archived manuscripts copied from Beijing, such as those from the Grand Council, the Lifanyuan, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Revenue. The Qing Dynasty fought with local forces in the northwest for a hundred years. These archives are the most needed information for Chen Qi.

He must know the geographical topography of Xinjiang, right? Who among the forces in Xinjiang is closest to the Qing Dynasty and who is hostile to the Qing Dynasty? Do you know the factions and historical origins of the local forces in Xinjiang?

"The Qing army cleaned up Lanzhou?" Chen Qi was surprised. The Xingyue Temple in Lanzhou is the center of the Old Green Sect in the northwest. Many Ah-Oms of the Old Green Sect studied in Lanzhou years ago. When the chaotic soldiers came together, the Xingyue Temple...

"How is the Xingyue Temple?"

"Xingyue Temple in Qiaomen was set on fire by someone, and only ruins and broken tiles were left."

Chen Qi jumped up excitedly. Qiaomen is one of the largest temples in the Old Green Sect. It is one of the four ancient temples along with Dongguan Temple in Xining, Huajue Temple in Xi'an, and Id Kah Temple in Kashgar, Xinjiang. "This fire is good, it is good." It burned the hearts of the old Green Sect. The Qing Dynasty is the result of its own evil!