Chapter 83: Ili, the Eastern Capital
Both sides were testing that the Qing army had many soldiers, which was conducive to field battles, and the Truqins had fewer people, but the firearms were sharp and conducive to persistence, so they naturally stood up under the city of Tianjin.
The war in the east obviously alarmed Qitade. In order to prevent the Qing army from suddenly entering the Ili Province of the Empire, Qitade came here.
Ili, the capital of the Junggar Khanate, had simple buildings built before, which was obviously not in line with Qitade's legal eyes. At this time, four years have passed since the empire's five-year plan. The first railway across the east and west of the empire is about to be completed, and the branches of various provinces are also underway. In a few years, it will be a relaxing and pleasant thing to cross the east and west of the empire.
Qitade came by using the intermittent railway.
At this time, Karaganda, the largest city in the Imperial Border Governor’s jurisdiction, had been completed long ago, but after the completion, Qitade did not leave them idle, but continued to build Yili City.
After completion, Yili City is already a city wall of twenty miles in a radius, located on the north bank of the Yili River, a beautiful city on the beautiful Nalati Grassland, and is also the capital of Yili Province.
The surrounding environment of Yili City is beautiful, and Qitade's palace is also built here. So far, the empire has already owned Beidu Kreit (Tarijin), Nanjing Istanbul, Xijing Kiev. There are ready-made palaces in these places without exception. Only Yili City is newly built, Qitade regards this place as the location of the Eastern Capital.
Elista during the Khanate period had become the location of Zhongjing.
The Ili in autumn is so beautiful, but Qitade obviously did not come for the scenery.
Since the telegraph machine, a quasi-reverse artifact, and the trade relationship with the Qing Dynasty, the empire has been able to use the "Hui Du" merchants recognized by the Qing court (the Qing Dynasty's tribe name that believed in Islamic Buddhism for all tribes in the northwest region and vassal states) to have a series of trading stacks in Urumqi, Turpan, Hami, Hexi Corridor, Guanzhong Basin and other places, and use trading stacks to forward telegrams.
This seemed almost impossible to the Qing court. They stubbornly believed that it would take at least three months for what happened in Tianjin to spread to distant Europe.
Therefore, it is understandable that the Truqin army besieged Tianjin City will use the opportunity of the Bohai Sea and the Haihe River to freeze and then use it to kill it.
But how to deal with the relationship with the Qing Dynasty was also a headache for him.
If they were weakened too much, there was no need to think that the internal uprising would appear in a more violent form than the White Lotus Rebellion at this time. It is very likely that the great uprising like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in later generations would have occurred earlier.
The weakened Qing Empire will also be targeted by European powers. A Chinese Empire that was greatly weakened and dismembered was obviously not what he wanted to see.
The best way is to occupy it, but such an action is huge and he doesn't want to do it either. Moreover, since Tsarist Russia was weakened, they have no ability to go south to invade the Qing country. The most powerful Britain in Europe, also failed to catch up after losing the nanny of India.
However, India is too big. The Mughals and Marathas there will not focus all on the Truchens based on balance. Therefore, although the British cannot occupy the entire India as they did in history, they can still occupy the largest share of the great powers.
Of course, he could completely expel the British from India, but everything in the world pays attention to a balance and chaos. The effective way is to share equal interests, which will make colonists, including the British, feel that there is room, at least space to negotiate.
If all of them are taken over, it will be completely hostile and then stand on the opposite side of the whole world.
Truchen is indeed very powerful, but not strong enough to dominate the world.
I was thinking a lot but still had no conclusion, so I finally held a meeting to discuss it.
This time, the intelligence agencies were Norbu, Yesmu, Deng Ce and Su Wenyu of the Military Commission.
In fact, these people obviously cannot understand his thoughts, so at the beginning, they naturally rejected the contents of occupation, dismemberment, and conclusion of unequal treaties.
However, what Su Wenyu said about "concluding an unequal treaty" still reminded him.
Although Su Wenyu only thought of taking advantage of the opportunity to win a big victory in one battle to get some land and compensation, he still suddenly thought of something.
"This is my mother country. It would be a good thing to slowly influence him in the form of a trade port. It would be better to use the treaty to stipulate free population migration"
"The Qing Dynasty had too many people, and it might be a good thing to occupy more places when colonizing the world today."
"However, Emperor Qianlong claims to be the perfect old man, and his achievements are tremendous. Will he agree to this treaty?"
In any case, they must be put under strong pressure. This pressure is impossible before the Truqin army attacks Beijing.
And to do that, you must fight to determine the world!
After he expressed his thoughts, everyone was obviously confused, but they were still willing to see the decisive battle with the Qing army near Tianjin.
Qitade asked: "How many troops can be drawn from Hexian Town, the two governors in India now?"
Su Wenyu replied: "The two places originally had an army, and Hexian Town has already drawn a division. If it is drawn, it will be unstable. India can draw a division"
"Unstable? Can Guangnan, Khmer, and Siam have a threat to Hexian Town at present? I have issued an order to Asalai, asking Sanjice to lead a division to set off immediately. According to the voyage, it will be within ten days of time"
"In addition, I gave Toure an order to draw a division to Tianjin City and told him that it must be a complete cavalry division with a tall body of Mawarima, so let Harach be the commander of this division, and the same is true for Sanjice"
Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, Qitade said: "The autumn in the northern part of the Qing Dynasty is very short, and winter is coming soon. At that time, the decisive battle of cavalry will definitely be indispensable. Most of the soldiers and horses under the governor of Zhili were infantry, while the Eight Banners of Manchuria from the Mongolian grassland and Kanto were cavalry."
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"They were repeatedly defeated by our army, besieging rather than fighting to the decisive battle, so that our minds of retreating because of the lack of food and grass were obvious. Naturally, we cannot obey their own ways, and if we want to fight to the decisive battle, we must use cavalry with strong power"
"Sangjice is my Turkut man, and Haraqi is a Nogai. They are both good at cavalry warfare and can stand alone. Especially Haraqi, who performed quite well in the Battle of the Indus"
"The North China Plain of the Qing Dynasty is very large and can be galloped across the board. The decisive battle is near Tianjin City, but the key battle may not be there. In that case, cavalry with extremely strong energy must be used"
In fact, it was Harach, not Sanjitze who made him make this decision, and Harach's surprise attack on Khyber Pass in the Battle of the Indus still remembers it.
Su Wenyu said: "Your Majesty, it is said that the Qing court has a 100,000 army near Beijing City. Among them, there are three camps outside the capital, each with about 20,000 troops. There are 20,000 Eight Banners in the city of the infantry commander of the yamen. At present, they have only drawn the Green Camp soldiers under the command of the governor of Zhili, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia outside the pass."
"Obviously I don't want to fight our army in a decisive battle. If that's the case, just transfer the 60,000 elite troops from Tongzhou Camp, Miyun Camp and Fengtai Camp"
Qitade nodded, "You said it right, and I mean it. Among the three camps, the Tongzhou camp has the largest number of people, but the flag soldiers and green camp soldiers are mixed. The Miyun camp is mainly based on the eight banners of Manchu, Mongolian and Han, but the number reaches 20,000, which is definitely of different quality."
"Only Fengtai Camp to the south and Xishan Ruijian Camp to the west are not many people, but they are the elite of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and are easy to succeed. It is said that Fengtai Camp has less than 10,000 troops, while Xishan Ruijian Camp has only 3,000"
"If a cavalry surrounds here and hurts it severely, it will definitely attract the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia that besiege Tianjin, which will create opportunities for Marha's troops. Otherwise, a long-term confrontation under the city of Tianjin is not a solution"
Su Wenyu nodded, "Your Majesty, in this way, our army has only one army near Tianjin City. Isn't it a bit thin? If the Qing army near Tianjin City goes to rescue Fengtai Camp or Xishan Ruijian Camp, the ones who are dispatched must be the Kanto Eight Banners soldiers on the periphery"
"They are stationed near Yangliuqing Town, and obviously they also have the intention of contacting each other. In addition, there are also many cavalrymen in the Tongzhou Camp and Miyun Camp. There are at least tens of thousands of cavalrymen in the Miyun Camp, so they will definitely be dispatched. When our army is dispatched, it is mostly based on brigades."
"If you suddenly encounter tens of thousands of Qing cavalry in the wild where you are unfamiliar, you will not be able to exert your advantage in the firearms"
Qitad nodded, "What do you mean?"
Su Wenyu said: "Since you want to launch a surprise soldier, I would rather not be far away. You should simply attack the Tongzhou Daying and attract the Qing army near the Miyun Daying and Tianjin City to rescue, which will also be effective."
"Or go ashore directly from other places and then attack one of the three armies besieging our army fiercely. The minister suggested directly attacking the Eight Banners of Mongolia. They had the largest number. Once they attacked the unit, most of the Eight Banners of Manchuria stationed in Yangliuqing would not come to rescue them."
"If you can succeed in a short time, you can attract the troops from the Tongzhou Camp and Miyun Camp, and then slowly annihilate them. As for the Fengtai Camp and the Xishan Ruijian Camp, they will definitely not be dispatched to defend the capital"
"Once the Green Camp soldiers stationed on the west bank of the Haihe River are dispatched, Marha's troops can launch a counterattack. Most of the Green Camp soldiers are infantry, and they can also be quickly annihilated."
"Therefore, the key to this battle is whether it can defeat the men and horses of the Eight Banners of Mongolia"
Qitad nodded, "Well, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, so let's leave it to Marha, Haraqi and others to deal with it on the spot"
He also said: "This battle is quite a bit bad. Let Ashalai go north to command. By the way, since this incident was caused by Cebu Island, Kang Xiaozi also sent a brigade to follow him, and as Ashalai's mobile power"
Chapter completed!