Chapter 76: Heavy Snow Falling on the Swallows Part 7: Incident in Long'an Temple (Part 1)
One month passed in the blink of an eye.
Time has come December 1787.
Strangely, since the Qing army recaptured Xibenmen, Truqin's army did not launch a counterattack, but stayed quietly under the city.
Of course, it is not realistic to be completely "quiet".
The "king army" that could be transferred north of the Yellow River to the vicinity of the capital is still hiding in Baoding Prefecture. Due to food and grass problems, the entire Baoding Prefecture has almost harmed it, which is very similar to the official army in the late Ming Dynasty.
The army of kings south of the Yellow River has crossed the Yellow River and is moving towards the capital.
Perhaps the Truqins deliberately left a channel for Yongyan and Agui in the capital to communicate inside and outside, or perhaps it was because only five reorganizers were not enough to completely cover the city with a radius of nearly a hundred miles, leaving too many gaps.
So, Yongyan's orders went to Baoding one after another, asking the Zhili Governor Liu E to lead his army to the vicinity of the capital as soon as possible. However, since the 5,000 elite vanguards of the Gubeikou Admiral Sun Qingcheng were wiped out, Liu E had been scared out of fear. Although he verbally agreed to send troops as soon as possible, he actually did not move.
If Liu E doesn't move, it doesn't mean that Ashina doesn't move.
Nowadays, all rivers near Jingji have begun to freeze. If you sit down and watch the so-called king-supporting army arrive continuously, although they are like cannon fodder, they also need to consume cannon shells after all, right?
If the enemy doesn't move, I have to move.
Since the enemy troops in the city dare not come out, the besieged army does not need to arrange so many times. Ten days ago, Asina dispatched four brigades and advanced along the official road from the capital to Baoding. He arrived in Baoding in one day and night!
You should know that the roads in the capital have strict regulations. All goods must come in from Tonghui River and Guangqumen East Gate, and all personnel must come in from Guang'anmen West Gate. Therefore, the official road from the capital to Baoding is built wide and straight.
Although it was covered by heavy snow, it did not affect the Truqin army with sufficient equipment at all.
The sudden arrival of Truqin's army made the king-supporting army gathered under Baoding City without any defense. Nowadays, the king-supporting army was also impatient to go out to fight the jungle, and all stayed near the city.
The Truqin army of four brigades immediately launched a rapid attack on the King's Rescue Army around the city. Truqin was all cavalry, and the firearms were sharp. Most of the King's Rescue Army were infantry. How could it resist?
In one day, Wuwu Yangyang's army of kings stationed around Baoding City collapsed. Under the attack of cavalry, most of them were wiped out, and a small number fled to the countryside.
This is not over yet. Baoding City is the location of the Zhili Governor's Office, and there are still some things. The Truqin army simply took another day and night to attack it!
Then the food and money stored in the city's official uniforms were looted, and finally returned to the capital leisurely!
This scene immediately frightened the follow-up army of kings heading towards Baoding, and they hurriedly crossed the Yellow River again and retreated south of the Yellow River.
However, this time no news was passed to the city. Truqin's army strengthened its blockade of the city. According to Asina, "Don't even think of flying in a fly!".
Although the minds in the city did not know the news outside, they did not prevent them from continuing to immerse themselves in the "joy" of continuing to "confront" with the Truqin army.
Time can smooth everything, and time can also change everything.
Although they did not understand the intentions of the Truqins, as time extended, they gradually approached their previous goal of "trying to delay time as much as possible". At this time, Qitade and the Yili reorganizer had one month left before the source of the Onon River, and realizing the dreams they had previously imagined became clearer.
The so-called "drunk and dreaming" are sometimes a means, but sometimes isn't it a result?
As time goes by, the mind and mind continue to strengthen this situation. Even the first general of the Qing Dynasty, Agui, and the later emperor Yongyan, cannot escape the vulgarity.
Of course, isn’t this also a way to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city?
The successful recapture of Xibianmen strengthened this idea, and the passing of the old host of Long'an Temple gave them another opportunity.
This day was the day when the old host's body sparked. The old host was a Taoist monk who served three generations of emperors. Even Yongyan was cured by his prayer when he was a child. Although the situation was very complicated, in the face of the great dilemma of siege, they would try everything that could avoid disasters.
The way of monks and Buddhas is obviously one of them.
At noon, the sky was gloomy and it seemed that another heavy snow was brewing. Yongyan from Yuqing Palace was also restless.
His restlessness was not entirely caused by the siege, but rather that he was waiting for a result.
It was already past mealtime, but Yongyan couldn't eat it at all. He just walked around anxiously in the study, stretching his head out from time to time, as if waiting for something.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was a burst of rapid footsteps outside the palace. Yongyan immediately walked out of the door as soon as he heard this.
After a while, a little eunuch came over panting, and then fell to his knees. His body kept shaking and he hadn't spoken for a long time.
Yongyan kicked him to the ground and cursed: "A dead servant is usually a fierce dragon spirit, but he can't do it now?"
The little eunuch is Yongyan's personal eunuch. He has a good relationship with his master and servant on weekdays. He was kicked by Yongyan and then leaned down in the snow. If he had been put in the past, he should get up immediately and apologize to Yongyan.
However, a smile appeared on his face at this moment. Yongyan was happy when he saw it. He grabbed his collar and then lifted it up.
"It's done?"
The little eunuch then knelt down again.
"Congratulations to your master, congratulations to your master, it's done!"
"How?"
"Three crystal clear relics were transformed, one of which was as big as an egg!"
"Really?"
....
In the afternoon, Yongyan personally led the team, and all the officials above the third rank in the inner city were dispatched, leaving only Agui to guard the inner city.
Their target is obviously Long'an Temple!
Welcome the Buddha's bones!
A group of hundreds of people rushed towards Long'an Temple under the escort of the Imperial City General, Chief Batulu, and the commander of the Xishan Ruijian Camp, Tefeiyinga.
At this time, Hudson, who had occupied Long'an Temple for a month, had no excuse to continue to occupy it. One thousand people from the Xishan Ruijian Camp in Tefeiyinga took over his duties, and Hudson had to temporarily move the camp outside the temple.
A grand burial ceremony for the welcome of Buddha bones was held in Long'an Temple. The presidency of the ceremony was the host of Fayuan Temple, the master of the young monk Huitong. As for Huitong, it was the one who suddenly broke in and presented a letter to them while Mingliang and others were discussing the matter, and took advantage of the opportunity to enter Long'an Temple to send a letter to Hudson.
The only generals in the inner city who followed Yongyan here were Agui's eldest son, Abida, the nine-gate admiral, but the Mingliang in the outer city, Sun Shiyi, Zhang Chengxun, Sun Qinglin, Zhao Yuebi and other admirals and above were all here.
The ceremony lasted for three hours. When the huge and crystal relic was wrapped in yellow silk and presented it to Yongyan, at that moment, Yongyan seemed to feel that everything was under control.
When I looked up, it seemed that the sky was not gloomy, but that there was a lot of sunshine that was about to break free from it. Looking around, the annoying thick snow seemed to reflect the earth very brightly.
Holding the relics in both hands, looking at the sky again, and silently chanting the Heart Sutra in my heart...
When he was about to close his black and swollen eyelids due to lack of sleep, he heard a sound, and three rays of light that came with the sound.
Those were three dazzling fireworks surrounding Long'an Temple. If it was a nice and clear weather, these three fireworks would not be able to see clearly even if they were released. But today is a cloudy day, with extremely thick clouds, covering the entire city like dusk.
So he could see the three fireworks completely.
Three brilliant fireworks!
Another sound came, which was the movement caused by the explosion of fireworks.
Then three lines of big characters appeared in the gloomy sky.
"Expelling the Tartar slaves"
"Restore China"
Chapter completed!