Dominate the Country

[Today 9000+, three chapters, the last two chapters are big chapters, updated in the evening]

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On the 20th of the first lunar month, Chen Ming led his troops down the river. On the 22nd, Huangzhou was captured. Chen Ming asked the team to smash the city gates, take away all the military supplies that could be taken away from Huangzhou City, and collect more than 50 beggars under the age of 15, all of whom were thrown into the Boy Scouts, and then withdrew from Huangzhou and continued to advance eastward.

On the 25th, the Fu Han Army captured Qizhou, continued to smash the city gates and emptied everything, rested for a day, and the troops continued to advance eastward. They stopped before entering Tianjia Town, a key place. Originally, there were 5,000 Jiangxi soldiers stationed here. Now most of them have retreated to Jiujiang. The Fu Han Army did not attack Tianjia Town immediately, but launched an attack on Xingguozhou on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Xingguo Prefecture is located in the southeast of Wuchang. It belongs to the low mountain and hilly area in the southeast of Hubei. It is in the transition zone from Mufu Mountain to the alluvial plain of the Yangtze River. There are many low mountains in the northwest, southwest and southeast, and they are inclined to the east and the middle, forming an incomplete mountain basin. Although it is a prefecture, it has no county and is under the jurisdiction of Wuchang Prefecture. In the past, this place was not very prominent in the map of Hubei, but Chen Ming remembered that it was a very important county with mineral resources in China in the 21st century and one of the eight major copper production bases in China. And there are rich reserves of gold and silver.

Chen Ming didn't believe that the locals were really unaware of the treasure land. If there were private mines as developed here as in Lushan, the army would be able to recover a lot of slaves after a sweep. These are all trustworthy sources of soldiers.

With this plan, Chen Ming stayed in Tianjia Town for three days, and then patted his butt and left unhappily. He didn't even get two duck feathers. There were many private mines, but the people had disappeared long ago.

The Qing army deployed both land and sea forces in Tianjia Town. In November last year, 5,000 people from Jiangxi Green Camp were stationed in Tianjia Town, but as the situation in Hubei developed, at least 3,000 of these 5,000 people were transferred to Jiujiang. So facing the aggressive Fu Han Army, the Tianjia Town garrison, which was small in number and low in morale, fled in a swarm before the vanguard of the Fu Han Army arrived.

If someone really paid attention to the movements of the Yangtze River Inland Navy - the head of the Yangtze River Navy Camp of the Qing Army, it would be funny to find that several navy camps deployed by the Qing court in the Yangtze River were passively gathering in one place.

First it was the Hankou Navy Camp of Hanyang Association, then the Yueyang Navy Camp of Hunan, and now it is the Hukou Navy Camp of Jiujiang Association.

The Hankou Navy Camp was defeated outside Xiangyang City first, and then joined the Yueyang Navy Camp, and then they were defeated outside Wuchang City; then they fled to Huangzhou Prefecture, and the two navy camps that ran to Tianjia Town joined the Hukou Navy Camp, and now they are fleeing again.

After fleeing all the way, Anhui's Wuhu Camp, Anqing Camp and Jiangsu's Taihu Association and Jiangyin Camp must be in sight.

After leaving Tianjia Town, Hukou is in sight. Jiangxi's 10,000 to 20,000 Green Camp militias are deployed in Jiujiang and Hukou. Anhui has also raised 5,000 to 6,000 civilians and 5,000 Green Camps that were urgently withdrawn to strictly guard the provincial capital of Anqing. Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops are also making every effort to reinforce Anhui. Especially the team in Xuzhou is urgently heading south to Anhui from Guide Prefecture.

With a large number of soldiers, the situation that Chen Ming is facing at this moment is much more severe than the Taiping Army in the original time and space. The Taiping Army that captured Wuchang that year rushed along the river for 2,000 miles in a month and reached the city of Jiangning. Their morale was boiling and they were invincible. The Fu Han Army, however, wanted to advance steadily. Their goal was not only to directly target Jiangnan, but also to strike at the prestige and strength of the Qing government and court, and to disrupt the entire Jiangnan.

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In the Yangxin Palace, Emperor Qianlong lay on the dragon bed, his face full of worry.

Chen Ni in Wuchang went straight down the river and was about to attack Jiangxi and Anhui. The Burmese battlefield, which had been in a very good situation before, also had a big reversal after the New Year. After the news of the fall of Wuchang reached Emperor Qianlong's ears, he had already thought of transferring Mingrui back to the court to govern the affairs of the rebellion. Aligun was not bad, but he was not as strong as Mingrui. As a result, on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the Xibe Bridge, the rear route of the Qing army entering Burma, was in danger. If we count the time, it almost coincided with the attack of the Fu Han Army on Wuchang.

By the eighteenth day, Qianlong himself was in a bad mood and in a very bad mood. There was bad news from Yunnan again, Mubang was lost. Minister of Counsellor Zhuruna committed suicide, and Mingrui's retreat was completely cut off by the Burmese soldiers.

Although there was no specific news from Mingrui, Mingrui's situation could be imagined with his retreat cut off. This was the golden general in the hands of Emperor Qianlong. To be honest, Mingrui was much stronger than his cousin Fuheng in terms of fighting skills.

After Zhaohui and other famous generals in the early period of Qianlong died one by one, Mingrui had already become Qianlong's number one thug without Agui's help.

At this time of great anxiety, news came from Hubei that Chen Ming led his troops down the river to the east. Qianlong was so angry that he even got a little sick. This scared all the princes and ministers in the whole city.

Qianlong must not make any mistakes at this time, otherwise who would sit on the dragon throne? His current sons are either unpopular or still in their infancy. If Qianlong has any misfortune, the sky in Beijing will fall.

But the fact proved that Emperor Qianlong, who lived to be 89 years old, was still in good health. His complexion improved a lot in just two days. But it was also true that he was worried. It was as if he had a heavy breath stuck in his chest.

After the first month of the year, Emperor Qianlong conferred Guan Yu the title of the Loyal and Righteous Godly Martial and Spiritual Guan Sheng Great Emperor. This was the third time that Emperor Qianlong had taken care of Guan Yu since he ascended the throne. As early as the tenth year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, the Ministry of Rites followed the imperial edict to avoid Guan Yu's taboo; in the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, the Ministry of Rites followed the imperial edict to change the posthumous title of Zhuang Miao to Shen Yong; including Emperor Qianlong's father, Emperor Yongzheng, as well as Emperor Shunzhi and Emperor Kangxi, the later generations of Guan Gong, the Martial Saint, were completely promoted by the Qing Dynasty.

Without the Qing Dynasty, there would be no Guan Gong today.

And why did the Qing Dynasty admire Guan Yu so much? This is inseparable from the fact that Yue Fei was a naked goddaughter.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the Martial Temple was abolished, and since then, the Martial Temple has ceased to be worshipped. However, during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, Yue Fei was posthumously conferred the title of Yue Sheng Emperor, and Guan Yu was posthumously conferred the title of Guan Sheng Emperor at the same time. Although the Martial Temple was abolished, two Martial Saints, Yue Fei and Guan Yu, appeared among the people. After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, if they had to choose between Yue Fei and Guan Yu, they would naturally choose Guan Yu.

Who let the Tungus wild boar skin be the ancestor of the Jurchens?

Moreover, China has been developing opera since the Song Dynasty, and the folk Three Kingdoms drama is particularly popular. Ordinary people can't read a few words, they don't know history books, and the so-called storytelling is all heard from legends, storytelling, or drama. Among the Chinese folk, the Three Kingdoms drama is particularly popular, and the image of Guan Gong is very tall.

The government of all dynasties has also noticed this. At first, Guan Yu was only saved and deified in Buddhism. During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Guan Yu was named Zhonghui Gong and Wu'an Wang. In the Ming Dynasty, Guan Yu was conferred as "The Great Emperor of the Three Realms, the Godly Power Shocks the Heavenly Lord, Guan Sheng Emperor", and some signs can be seen. Obviously, these rulers are for the educational function of drama in society.

Because Guan Erye in the drama is Guan Yunchang, who is righteous and righteous in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. His name represents the two words "loyalty" in the theme of Chinese traditional culture.

The Qing Dynasty was a country of barbarians. The defense against barbarians was a difficult problem that could not be accepted or publicized, but it was also difficult to criticize and deny, so it could only be treated coldly and ignored. In Chinese history, when ethnic minorities entered the Central Plains, any dynasty could only vigorously promote "loyalty" and "righteousness" and inherit and carry forward this tradition. The Qing Dynasty was the same.

At the moment when the General's Mansion shook the world, the Qing Dynasty suddenly conferred the title of Guan Erye the Loyal and Righteous God of War and Spiritual Protection Guan Sheng Dadi. The intention was very obvious. However, it also made Chen Ming disdainfully think that it was: the donkey in Guizhou had run out of tricks!