Chapter 103 Semi-industrialization vs feudal empire

Qianlong was indeed under considerable pressure now.

The news coming from Hunan and Fujian is very bad.

November 3rd.

The Ming army occupied Chenzhou Prefecture and Hengzhou Prefecture.

Luo Dian, the head of the Yuelu Academy, voted for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty appointed Peng Jun as the prefect of Hengzhou and Ouyang Houjun as the prefect of Chenzhou. They quickly brought the two prefectures under their control. The local gentry expressed support for the Ming Dynasty and sent their sons south to Guangzhou.

He also sent family members to join the army and donated money and food.

November 7th.

The Ming army occupied Zhangzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian, and sent naval forces to destroy the Fujian Navy stationed in Penghu. Taiwan Prefecture was also occupied.

November 11th.

Feng Guanggui, the prefect of Changsha, abandoned his official position and left. The gentry from all over Changsha returned to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Daohua, the puppet king of the Ming Dynasty, moved to Changsha.

In the following days, wealthy families and gentry from various prefectures in Hunan defected to Ni Ming one after another.

Sun Shiyi said.

"Now if Hunan and Fujian are all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, then Ganzhou and Nanchang Camp in Jiangxi will be in danger of being cut off from the Jiangning Camp by the Ming Dynasty."

Only in this case.

On the one hand, the Qing army did not dare to take the initiative to leave the fortified city and seek decisive battles in the wild.

Instead, he made a gesture that the Ming army must break Ganzhou City before Zhu Daohua could lead his troops to Nanchang.

When to fight.

Then take all the courage to go to North China.

Just in case things come to a head.

"The key is where to place the battlefield? If it is to be placed in Nanchang Prefecture, then it is best to retreat directly from Ganzhou and strengthen Nanchang Prefecture. If it is to be placed in Ganzhou Prefecture, then it is also necessary to increase troops in Ganzhou."

More bad news appeared on the desk where Emperor Qianlong of Jiangning was walking.

Although according to the words of later generations.

Fukangan said.

As soon as Hunan was in the province, the Qing court officials who stayed in Guangxi were basically out of contact, and in all likelihood the entire province had fallen.

Qianlong could also retreat immediately. If he returned to the north, he might be able to maintain the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

After Sun Shiyi finished speaking, he lowered his head and sighed in his heart.

This required the Ming army to take the initiative to attack the city.

The situation took a turn for the worse.

His brows were furrowed and his face was solemn.

In fact.

"Will Ni Ming take the bait?"

The rise is too fast, right?

How did Sun Shiyi know?

These southern provinces provided at least more than 70% of the tax revenue of the Qing Dynasty and almost half of the population.

"Yes, if there is an opportunity to annihilate all the capable soldiers of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangxi in one battle, Ni Ming cannot give up this opportunity!"

This was a move to attract the Ming army to attack Ganzhou.

The food supply is worry-free, in other words.

Emperor Qianlong's retreat was clear.

Guangdong is now one of the most industrialized regions in the world.

"If we want to attract Ming Lai to attack, the battlefield cannot be placed in Nanchang, but in Ganzhou City!"

A bait that could make the Ming army abandon their existing plans and choose to break Ganzhou and besiege Nanchang.

Perhaps there is only this Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

"Everyone, Jiangxi must be defended. The Qing Dynasty will never lose the south of the Yangtze River!"

The consequence of concentrating the military forces of the southern provinces in Jiangxi was to allow Ni Ming to take advantage of the situation, bypass Jiangxi, and seize Hunan and Fujian in a big way.

The initiative on the entire battlefield is controlled by the other side.

Either.

The one who is speaking is Sun Shiyi.

The key is wealth and population!

"Sun Shiyi, what do you think? Is it feasible to launch an army in Nanchang?"

It's not under my control at all.

Bait?

"So we must create a condition, or a bait, that Ni Ming must attack."

It is a revolution that does not touch upon the fundamentals.

And now the fattest piece is about to be taken over by the Ming Dynasty.

But even so.

As time entered December of the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign.

Hailancha looked at Qianlong.

How did the Qing Dynasty support the Eight Banners, which numbered more than a million people, and how did it win over the princes of Inner and Outer Mongolia?

Even "high technologies" such as railways and trains were the first to appear in Guangdong.

How to keep Qianlong from being anxious?

Losing the south of the Yangtze River not only caused the Qing Dynasty to lose a large piece of land - in fact, from a land perspective, it was not particularly large, just a fraction of it.

this series of operations.

It's just improvement and reform.

As a savage native from the Northeast, he has climbed all the way to his current position by relying on his ability to fight.

Looking at it now.

"If our army shrinks back to Nanchang, then Ni Ming will have no worries. He can arrogantly capture all the southern provinces, and then mobilize superior forces to besiege Nanchang City."

This is not a traditional warlord struggle for hegemony or dynasty replacement battle.

We must continue to attract the princes of Mongolia to support the Qing Dynasty.

The collapse of any dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty was essentially a court where the Manchu and Mongolian aristocrats (mainly nobles and princes from Inner Mongolia) happily sat in the Han land and sucked blood to enrich themselves.

On the other hand.

He narrowed his eyes.

Now there is a way to attract the Ming army to attack Jiancheng.

Then we need to put our courage on the Han people in the north.

After Hunan was occupied by the Ming army.

The environment in the north has been greatly damaged, land fertility has been lost, and the sediment content in the Yellow River continues to increase.

The second method is that the Qing Dynasty has an absolute advantage.

The so-called purpose of going to Nanchang is not to fight the Ming army in Nanchang City.

Qianlong looked at his ministers with a solemn expression.

Now the Qing army wants to fight in the field with the Ming army, or it has enough artillery to be able to use artillery to form an evenly matched confrontation with the Ming army.

There is also an urgent desire to fight.

"This is the only chance at present for Ni Ming to give up conquering various places and instead engage in a decisive battle in advance."

To deal with big feudal empires like the Qing Dynasty.

If the South is lost.

Hailan looked at Qianlong.

It all starts with the financial collapse.

"There has to be a fight, and it can't be delayed any longer."
To be continued...