Chapter 2833 Water Transport
"Why did this traitor get into the palace?" The security in the palace must be strengthened, what if the girl goes to the palace like before? No one will save me this time! Qianlong thought of Ziwei again, he still doesn't understand why this girl saved him again and again, what did he do back then?
"Um, this..." The ministers all lowered their heads, not knowing how to deal with it. The officials didn't dare to say anything about it. Otherwise, what if they were held accountable?
"Hehe." Seeing their expressions, Qianlong understood a lot, "Call the officials who have served in the senior officials to Beijing, inquire in detail about the origin of the rebels, and select another capable general to go to the senior officials to quell the chaos!"
It turned out that when Lin Shuangwen started the incident, it was Fukang'an who went to quell it, but now that Fukang'an is still a child, Qianlong had to choose another general. The officials discussed it. Now there are not many generals in the court who can fight. Agui had just quelled the chaos in the northwest, so he could only be called to the southeast to quell the chaos.
"Ah Gui worked in the Northwest and Southwest before. He has never been to the Southeast, and he is not familiar with water warfare. If Ah Gui is to lead the army, we must help him find a deputy who is familiar with water warfare!" Qianlong was not confused yet.
"Shi Bigong, the current commander-in-chief of Langshan in Jiangsu Province, has served as the commander-in-chief of the generals before, and is familiar with the sea routes and geography of the generals. If Shi Bigong is the deputy general to assist Agui, the generals will be pacified!" It is not easy to find a general who is familiar with the water station, and the ministers discussed for a long time before they thought of this unsatisfactory candidate.
In this case, he hurriedly drafted an edict, ordering Agui to go south quickly, making Shi Bigong ready, and ordering the coastal areas of Fujian to take precautions to prevent Shen Long's army from attacking.
However, Shen Long's goal is not Fujian. After pacifying the officials, he dealt with the internal affairs and wiped out the local opposition forces, and at the same time separated people to occupy Qiongzhou. Qiongzhou's iron mines are well-known, and they must be taken if they want to rebel. Now There were not many people in Qiongzhou, and their defenses were more lax than that of the generals, so Shen Long took this place with ease.
Before Shen Long had trained many talents in mining and smelting, they started mining on Qiongzhou Island and built blast furnaces to prepare for smelting according to the map given by Shen Long.
Hearing that Qiongzhou had fallen, the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi were shocked overnight, many officials hurriedly closed the port and strengthened their guards to prevent Shen Long from attacking, but unfortunately Shen Long did not intend to take care of them, but directly led the fleet northward to the vicinity of Jiangning.
Back then, Zheng Chenggong also tried to besiege Jiangning and cut off the water transport of the Manchus. Unfortunately, Zheng Chenggong's navy was not strong enough to cut off the canal. In addition, his strategy outside Jiangning city went wrong, and he was defeated by the Manchu defenders, resulting in a fall short.
With the goal of cutting off the water transport, it is necessary to control the Yangtze River below Zhenjiang and the forts on both sides of the river. To complete this combat task, the Zheng family lacks: the marines that can defeat the Qing army in land battles, and the naval guns that can destroy the Qing army's navy and the forts on both sides of the river. Although Zheng Chenggong It is famous as a navy, but most of the ships under its command are offshore defensive warships, and there are not many artillery pieces, so they are not up to the task.
But Shen Long is different. The artillery of his warships is far superior to that of Zheng Chenggong. After entering along the Yangtze River estuary, he quickly defeated the Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Dynasty, destroyed countless warships, and the rest quickly fled against the current. Not daring to fight Shen Long, he easily occupied the waters near the mouth of the Yangtze River.
All the way from Songjiang Mansion to Zhenjiang, and then to Jiangning City, and surrounded Jiangning City, the Governor of Liangjiang was terrified. If Jiangning City fell, the court's water transportation would be cut off.
Since the late Tang Dynasty,
China uses the wealth from the southeast to support the soldiers and horses in the north, and the southeast is used as a money bag to support the border guards in the north with money and food, so as to solve the threat of the north.
This has led to any change in the southeast, which will lead to the loss of the largest money bag of the empire, which will lead to the collapse of the entire empire. If Jiang Ning is lost, once the four million shi of grain every year is cut off, the grain reserves near the capital will not be able to support it. How long will it take, the capital will face a food shortage, and the foundation of the country will also be shaken.
If it was replaced by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who attacked Jiangning from the road down the river, they could still rely on the sea to transport grain and barely maintain the stability of the capital, but Shen Long came from the sea, and now the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River are all under his control. Within the sphere of influence, who would dare to transport grain northward? Isn't this sending food to others?
Therefore, this Jiangning is a game that cannot be lost. The governor of Liangjiang hurriedly asked the court for help, and at the same time recruited all the soldiers in Liangjiang to come to Jiangning to help defend the city.
I don't think this just fell into Shen Long's calculations. He could actually win Jiang Ning a long time ago. If he doesn't do anything now, he just intends to encircle the points to fight for reinforcements. Using Jiang Ning as a bait to lure the Qing soldiers to gather and wipe them out.
The lifeblood of the water transportation was blocked, and he was not worried that they would not come. After a short time, almost all the troops of the Qing Dynasty in Liangjiang gathered outside Jiangning City, and Shen Long sent troops to fight.
The governor of Liangjiang at that time was Yin Jishan, a famous minister of the Qianlong Dynasty. Like Agui, he came from the Zhangjia family, so he was not incompetent. I don't want to just make things convenient for Shen Long.
"Now there are tens of thousands of troops gathered in Jiangning City and outside the city, and the bandits will surely be taken down!" When Shen Long first came to the city, Yin Jishan was terrified, but now he mustered up his courage again when he saw the reinforcements coming.
Shen Long immediately commanded the army to fight, and Yin Jishan was even happier. You didn't come to fight when there were few people before, but now you bump into them with strong soldiers and horses. Isn't this courting death?
However, the next scene frightened him and the officials watching the battle in the city. I saw Shen Long's army lined up in a hollow square and forced towards the Qing army. Wan Qing's army was defeated with ease, leaving behind countless corpses and fleeing in all directions, Shen Long's army hardly suffered any losses.
This battle not only wiped out the reinforcements of Jiangning City, but also terrified the defenders on the city. When Shen Long's army began to attack the city, they hardly had the courage to resist, and Shen Long used tunnels to dig them into the city. Blow up a section of the city wall with explosives, and then attack the city.
Yin Jishan and many Manchu and Han officials in the city became Shen Long's captives, and Jiangning City also fell into Shen Long's hands. Since then, the water transportation was completely cut off by Shen Long, and the capital fell into panic.
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