Dominate the Country

"Report——, Mr. Li, the Governor of River Transport, urgently report!"

"Report——, urgent report to Dengzhou!"

"Report——, urgent report from Ninghai Prefecture!"

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Time entered late August, that is, after the Fuhan Army in Hanzhong stormed Gansu, the Chen-Han Central Committee, with Prince Chen Ming as its commander, personally led a main force of more than 30,000 amphibious and land artillery troops to cross the sea to attack Shandong. Chen Han did not hide the news at all, and showed it to Qianlong openly, but Qianlong was disappointed. He did not take out the precious Eight Banners New Army in his hand to go to Shandong.

The Imperial Envoy Fu Heng did have a group of new Eight Banners troops around him, but there were only 500 of them.

Chen Ming's first move did not immediately fall in Jiaozhou Bay, but in Yantai, which immediately caused a large number of Qing troops on the Jiaodong Peninsula to gather in Dengzhou Prefecture. Then the Hunyuan Cult and Qingshui Cult armies in Shandong also started to stir violently. One after another military intelligence reports from Southeast Shandong and Tai'an were sent to the signing room, which was almost no worse than Jiaodong. Military intelligence reports from both sides were continuously sent into Jinan City, making the cold and silent atmosphere in the governor's Yamen even more intense.

At the end of August, the Shandong governor's yamen office was extremely difficult to sign and rent. Several yamen officers wanted to resign from this place, which was jokingly called the "little military aircraft." How can this look like the feng shui treasure land of the past?

Every boss can scrape three ounces of frost off his face, even three times a day!

"Master Zhang, the general trend of the world is now a foregone conclusion. The south is prosperous and the north is declining. I won't just talk about righteousness and wrong. Even if Master Zhang considers himself and his family, he should abandon the secret and turn to the bright and raise the flag anyway."

"Is it possible that your Excellency is trying to use Jiaozhou's water and land troops to resist my tens of thousands of troops?" The speaker laughed. "I'm not looking down on the soldiers and horses of Jiaozhou. This is really an act of mantis trying to block a chariot. With the power of my army, and with the wisdom and prowess of His Royal Highness, I struck with all my strength. In Jiaozhou, not a single tile remained, but all were reduced to ashes. It’s also powdery.

Going against the general trend with small efforts is actually self-destruction. Adults should think twice before acting. "

"Besides, your lord may not know it yet, but my prince, your highness, misses your merits a lot. The year before last, Mr. Zhang was able to protect the peasants and people in Ludong, restrain the soldiers, and cause less killings. This meritorious service can be worth ten great victories."

Master Zhang's face suddenly changed, "Sir, are you trying to frame me?"

"Why should I deceive you, Your Excellency? There are many people who know about this matter. But I am not just making up nonsense."

Your Highness the Prince is very fond of you. Why don't you bring order to the chaos and keep the people of Jiaozhou safe? "Now Chen and Han have strong soldiers and horses, sufficient military expenditures, and the main force is the local garrison. They have many soldiers and generals, and they are also capable of conquering and fighting. Although the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are included in the Han army flags, they have also searched out all the Manchu and Han Mongolian coats under them. flag, but the total number of the new army is only 50,000, and half of the ordnance colonels still use old-fashioned shotguns.

Qianlong definitely wanted to equip all the new guns and artillery to the new Eight Banners Army, but he had to take into account the feelings of the place and the feelings of the Green Camp. Qianlong did not dare to take that risk, so the Eight Banners New Army still did not have all the flintlock muskets.

Although there are still a large number of shotguns and cold weapon troops in the Fuhan Army's garrison troops and even the main force, the number of troops who have changed their equipment has already surpassed that of the Qing army. And as time goes by, more and more soldiers in the Fuhan Army will abandon their cold weapons and replace them with flintlock guns. Because in terms of money, food, scale, and manpower, the gun and artillery bureau of the Fuhan Army was much larger than the military bureau of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. "Your Excellency, Jiaozhou is the place that will bear the brunt of this battle. If you really want to follow the Qing Dynasty all the way to the dark side, Jiaozhou will definitely be overthrown by the Qing Dynasty. If the war starts, Jiaozhou will be overthrown by the Qing Dynasty. It is not the behavior of a wise man to go his own way."

The Chen Han lobbyist in front of Zhang Quanshun, the current commander-in-chief of Caozhou Town, Shandong, who is based in Jiaozhou, has come to his door for the third time. Zhang Quanshun can no longer do the behavior of "smiling coldly and serving tea to see the guests off". Because the Fuhan Army had really arrived, yesterday evening a Western-style sailboat carrying the flag of the Fuhan Army strolled around the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay and then left in the distance. Zhang Quanshun knew in his heart that the Fuhan Army was really coming. How could he dare to be 'shameless' again? Then he would have to drink wine as a penalty instead of eating.

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In Qingyanli, Jiuzhou, when Emperor Qianlong listened to Fu Heng's report about Caozhou Town's commander-in-chief Zhang Quanshun leading his army to surrender to the enemy, his expression no longer contained the initial fury and hatred.

Several admirals have surrendered, so what does the general soldier mean? He no longer heard Duan Xiulin's hysterical shouting of "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts" when he surrendered. That's because these eight words have been engraved in his heart long ago.

"Tell Xu Ji that reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive soon. Let him fight well in Shandong! I will not treat heroes badly!"

"Let's forget about the reinforcements in the northwest. Send another batch of pay and a batch of firearms and ammunition to Lanzhou, so that Guosang'a must defend it." In the 19th year of Qianlong's reign, the governor of Gansu was eliminated. The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu moved from Xi'an to Lanzhou to serve as governor. However, due to the needs of the war, the Manchu Qing Dynasty restored the position of governor of Gansu two years ago, and the chief envoy Guosang'a filled it.

"I will use all my strength where it is needed most." Qianlong seemed to be convincing himself. What he did was quite a bit like giving up on Gansu. "Tell Wu Dashan that if there is another mistake in military pay or weapons this time, let him come to see you personally."

"Cha!" Qianlong issued successive orders, and the military ministers got busy.

Laiwu County. The effect of the Fuhan Army's attack on Shandong was obvious. The Qingshui Religious Army, which had been surrounded by Shandong's Qing troops and had no way out, easily captured Laiwu County two days ago. At this moment, a military meeting related to the future destiny of the Qingshui Sect was being held. As the liaison officer for the Fuhan Army, Chen Qian was also present.

The water sticks and shelves in the county government lobby were removed, and many chairs were placed densely. The Qingshui Cult system only has officers at the battalion level, and the Qingshui Cult's main battle force is more than 10,000 people. The battalion's military strength is very small, with numbers of twenty or thirty, but I don't know if these people have voted. After the restoration of the Han Army, there will still be a few with battalion-level titles. Chen Qian even saw several women in today's event, such as Wu Sanniang and the Wang family's sister-in-law, and he knew many more. There is no way, the Qingshui Sect, which was born out of the White Lotus Sect, is greatly influenced by the "Wu Sheng Old Mother", and the status of women is not low at all.

Based on his own experience, Chen Qian is even less likely to look down on women. He was born into a wealthy family in Dengzhou, his family was wealthy, he was a womanizer, he was only in his early twenties and he had a group of wives and concubines, but he was not good at running a business. The family's property is entirely managed by his smart and capable eldest wife Li Yuanyuan. Even the current errand was the one that Li Yuanyuan pulled last summer. Only then did the Chen family have a direct connection with the secret camp, and only then did this position fall into Chen Qian's hands. Surprisingly, Chen Qian, who was incompetent in business, had a very good psychological quality. He traveled many times to the inland and the seaside of Shandong without leaking any news, which also made him completely fall in love with this exciting feeling - finally being able to do it. I feel the value of my existence in a place other than women.

Before the meeting started, Chen Qian greeted the leader he was familiar with. He had come to the village more than once or twice.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived with a large army. Shandong will change its color soon. There is no need to elaborate on our mission in the next one or two months. I have already mentioned it, fight.

We are called to this meeting today not for military arrangements, but to emphasize one point, the discipline issue that the Fuhan Army has always emphasized. This is one of the magic weapons for the Fuhan army to conquer the world. Now go and ask the people in the countryside? How many of them don’t know that the Fuhan Army has a mountain of military discipline and does not burn, kill or loot? You ask them again what the military discipline of the Qing army is like?

You don’t have to dislike my mother-in-law’s words. I always follow this discipline no matter what happens. It’s impossible not to do this. Because there are always people in our team who violate discipline intentionally or unintentionally. As for those few, I won’t name them here.

But you have to know that the Fuhan Army has arrived, and a large force led by His Royal Highness is landing in Jiaodong. Mr. Chen is also here today. I will emphasize military rules and regulations one last time. Military rules and regulations cannot be violated for the last time!

No matter who he is, including me, Wang Lun, if he makes a mistake, he will be punished.

In war, people inevitably kill people, but those killed must be Tatars. Whoever dares to show a knife to the people's heads in the future, or who can't control what's in his crotch, I'll say it first, take away his military post, and then judge him through military discipline, and let him surrender to the people. They pay with their lives..."

"Don't think I'm joking."

There was silence in the lobby, and no one thought that the angry Wang Lun was telling a joke. Everyone's expressions were awe-inspiring.

"The other thing is to pay attention to the wealthy households in various places. Even if you want to confiscate your family and exterminate your family, you have to wait for the order from above. Only follow the order after you understand the order clearly. If anyone is blinded by wealth, don't blame the military law for killing them."

"We have suffered through the hardships of the past few years, and now that the good days are coming, don't die at the hands of your own people just because you can't control yourself."

"We will all be soldiers from now on. When you are a soldier, you must behave like a soldier. You will not be freer than before. If any of you can't stand this restriction, please report to me as soon as possible. I will respond to the boss." Wang Lun really didn't want to see it. My brothers, apprentices, adopted sons and daughters, died under the sword of their own people at this moment 'before victory comes'.

But he also knew that the Fuhan Army would not change its policy because of his small Qingshui Sect. These military regulations and disciplines are the foundation of their foundation. They will not give in to themselves, so they can only adapt to the rules and regulations of the Fuhan Army.

Everyone was listening to Wang Lun's speech carefully. Even brother and sister-in-law Wang Lun, who had been preparing to go home and enjoy the blessings long ago, were no exception!

"Finally, there is one more thing I want to tell you." Wang Lun picked up a folder on the desk, opened it and cleared his throat, "Now, convey the orders of the Governor-"

"Boom!" Everyone straightened their waists reflexively. Everyone, including a few female generals, straightened their waists. The chair under the belt's buttocks made a noise.

"From today on, our army will be reorganized into the 5th and 6th Shandong Garrison Brigades. From today on, each unit will be formally incorporated into the Fuhan Army garrison. They will implement the same military regulations and disciplines as the Fuhan Army. From today on, military ranks will be implemented in the army. system!"

New recruits who have been in the army for less than half a year and have not made any meritorious service are classified as private soldiers. Those who have been in the army for more than half a year are automatically converted to second-class privates. Soldiers with military exploits can also be converted to first-class privates or promoted to sergeants based on merit. Above the sergeant there is the sergeant major. The sergeant major can serve for a long time and is divided into five levels. The highest level five sergeant major is equivalent to the plus captain. "As for the remaining officers, they correspond to the leaders and leaders of the Qingshui Sect. It depends on their positions.

"Now I announce the list of officers of the fifth brigade, sixth brigade, and above the battalion." Wang Lun glanced at the people present. It can be said that most of the names of the people present today are on this list.

Although the garrison rank is one level lower, the battalion commander is only a sergeant. The regiment commander is the right lieutenant, the brigade commander is the left lieutenant, and Wang Lun himself has the title of "general", but he has not obtained the corresponding official position, only the title of deputy commander of the garrison.

As for Yang Mingzhao, who had defected to the Fu Han Army before, he also has the rank of "general". Of course, he has lost the position of Shandong General Officer, but he still has the title of the commander of the First Division of the Shandong Army, and he is also the commander-in-chief of the Shandong garrison.

"Because Yang Mingzhao defected early, he took away the titles of the First Brigade and the First Division. But this is nothing. Our Qingshui Sect's athletes are tough and have practiced martial arts for many years. They are much better than those guys in the Hunyuan Sect who are deceiving the gods and ghosts. Your goal is not the Second Division of the Shandong Army, but to be selected into the main force."

Wang Lun's words made everyone present extremely excited. The four words "main force" suppressed the influence of Yang Mingzhao's "First Division" at once. As for the army, no matter how it changes, the title of "first" is always the most attractive.

However, compared with the main force of the Fu Han Army, the Shandong Army First Division is just a chicken head even if it is the "first division"!