If Hong Xiuquan wanted to move Yang Xiuqing, it would not be possible overnight. After all, Yang Xiuqing was still the de facto most powerful person in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he had more power than Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven, both politically and militarily.
Therefore, after the Jiangnan camp was destroyed in the third year of Xianfeng, Hong Xiuquan began to think and make plans to get rid of Yang Xiuqing.
Using Yang Xiuqing to reach an agreement with the Huai Navy, it was only the first step to transfer Yang Xiuqing's troops stationed in Tianjing City to the outskirts of Tianjing to defend the Huai Navy.
This is the second part of the all-out Western Expedition to build a stable rear for yourself and at the same time secure your retreat.
Contact other kings to deal with Yang Xiuqing together, and make good use of Wei Changhui, who has control of part of Tianjing's internal guards, and let him take charge of it. This is the third part.
The next step is to wait for the opportunity. When King Yi Shida opens and King Yan Qin Rigang has taken care of the affairs in the west and is able to free up his hands to coordinate the work outside Tianjing, then it will be a good opportunity to take action.
Tianjing City is still very peaceful at least for now. Even Zhang Dongxu, who is in charge of Tianjing's intelligence work, has not found any clues. I have to say that Hong Xiuquan is serious this time and has done things very covertly.
Therefore, Dong Shuheng is not aware of the changes in Tianjing yet. Huai Haijun will also have to spend time digesting the newly occupied Anhui and some of the state capitals in Jiangxi.
In these newly occupied areas, it is necessary to first establish the military government institutions of the Huaihai Navy, and in addition to attack some local forces, and then win over some local forces.
The local powerful forces in Sizhou have been relatively strong since ancient times. The so-called powerful forces in Huaixi refer to the powerful forces in Sizhou.
When the Second Regiment of the Huaihai Navy's First Division entered Sizhou, it encountered no resistance from the local government, but encountered resistance from the local powerful.
The six major families of Zhou, Wang, Li, Xue, Shi and Feng in Sizhou joined forces to resist Huai Haijun so that Huai Haijun's decrees could not leave Sizhou City.
Why do these six major families have to fight against Huai Haijun? It turns out that Huai Haijun built irrigation canals and regulated Hongze Lake, turning many of the original floodplain areas around Hongze Lake into fertile farmland.
After each flood, a large amount of silt is left on the land around these lakes, so these new fields are very fertile.
Sizhou is on the west side of Hongze Lake. Of course, the local forces also wanted to get involved in these lands. However, they were ruthlessly rejected by Huai Haijun.
In order to prevent the land from being occupied, Huai Haijun opened up all the land into farms. With a farm, it is natural to recruit workers. Since the treatment at Huai Haijun Farm is better, many tenant farmers from powerful landlords' families went to the farm to work as workers.
In this way, the landlord's land is no longer cultivated, so he can only lower the land rent and recruit tenants from other places. However, the demonstration effect of the farm is very strong, and it continues to attract landless farmers to join.
Therefore, the contradiction between Huai Haijun's farm and Sizhou's powerful people became increasingly deep.
Some powerful landlords used the same method used by previous landlords in the Dongtai area, occupying farm land without authorization and organizing farmers to cause trouble on the farm. However, the farm militia was not a vegetarian.
Huai Haijun's new farms will recruit old militiamen to join them. Especially if they are built in Sizhou, a place where Huai Haijun's influence is weak, the proportion of old militiamen recruited will be very high.
The fights between the local tycoons were basically about the large number bullying the small number, so the six major families organized four to five thousand people and pushed towards the farm in a mighty manner.
When these people advanced to the checkpoint on the farm with various weapons and even farm tools, they saw three neat rows of militiamen holding muskets.
These militiamen wore the farm's military green work uniforms, the farm's unique brimmed cloth hats, and grenades hanging on their bodies.
A militia leader holding a tin loudspeaker shouted: "Folks, stop and don't be bewitched by those landlords. If the landlords threaten you, come to our farm. Farm employees don't have to pay taxes. They are paid every month."
You can get a salary, have cheap food to sell, and your children can go to farm schools..."
Landowner: "Don't listen to their tricks, they are all lies!"
"Don't go any further. We'll shoot you if you cross that red line. What will happen if your mother-in-law and your children die?"
Landowner: "Don't worry, they don't dare to shoot. If someone dies, the government will come to trouble them."
"Our farm belongs to the Governor, and the government will not interfere with the farm's affairs."
The servants of the powerful family quickly rushed towards the farm with these people in their arms, their shouts drowning out the shouts of the farm militia leader.
Soon the attacking crowd crossed the set warning line.
"Bang bang bang..." The neat gunfire of militiamen's fragmentary guns rang out. The sound of gunfire and the smoke were intertwined, creating a full sense of sound and image.
The servants who were running at the front all fell down in an instant. When the people behind saw this posture, they immediately dropped what they were doing, turned around and ran away. Didn't they agree that the other party would not dare to shoot?
The militiamen did not come forward to pursue them. They were just ignorant and deceived people. The Huaihai Navy did not bother to commit more crimes.
If he wants to control this gang of powerful landlords, Huai Haijun has a number of methods.
After the First Division and the Second Regiment entered Sizhou, these powerful people behaved a lot and began to engage in passive resistance. Many of these powerful people have been passed down from their families for hundreds of years, and their influence is deeply rooted in the local area. The common people have various reasons.
Have to listen to them.
If these people didn't come forward, it was really difficult for the army to do anything with them. In the end, Dong Shuheng made the decision and sent out a special force to remove all the core members of these big families.
However, Dong Shuheng did not commit any more crimes and instead exiled these people to Sakhalin Island.
Things in these places are still trivial. Spring has begun now, and in the Far East, the time for the Russians to counterattack is almost here.
Dong Shuheng still didn't know that Nicholas I approved a Far East revenge plan in early January.
This plan would mobilize 50,000 Cossack cavalry from Lake Baikal and Siberia to attack the Heilongjiang region of the Qing Dynasty, because the Tsar believed that things in the Far East were done by the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, he believed that the Qing Dynasty did it with the support and instigation of Britain and France, because the Qing Dynasty had no maritime power at all, and the report showed that the Qing ships were all of British style.
Therefore, Nicholas I believed that the Qing Dynasty must have formed an alliance with Britain and France, and they were attacking Russia from both east and west.
How could the powerful Tsarist Russia endure the provocation of a backward and ignorant Qing Dynasty? Therefore, Nicholas I made a bold decision. He wanted to start a war on two fronts. He firmly believed that Russia’s hundreds of thousands of troops east of the Ural Mountains could completely defeat the enemy.
Able to conquer Heilongjiang of the Qing Dynasty.
You must know that the Russians have been coveting the Heilongjiang Basin for a long time. Russia tried to invade the Heilongjiang Basin nearly two hundred years ago, but that attempt failed.
However, after such a long time, Russia has grown into a major European country, while the Qing Dynasty has gradually declined.
The clues can be seen from their surrender to the British, which shows that this great country in the Far East has lost its former glory.
The Qing Dynasty may not even be as good as Turkey now, but Turkey still has the courage to go to war with the powerful Russia. Nicholas I believed that as long as his army marched to Heilongjiang, he would be able to capture this fertile land in one fell swoop.
The great and noble Russians will thrive in this fertile land. Those lowly yellow people are just like the Indians in America. How can they deserve such good land?
Since the logo of Russia is a double-headed eagle, both ends should be strong. The Russians have spent too much experience in Europe over the years. Although they have won the title of "European Gendarmerie", they have not gained much recognition.
Affordable.
It is better to bully the Qing Dynasty, a cowardly and decadent country, and occupy real land, warm and moist land.
In the order, Nicholas I appointed the Governor of Eastern Siberia Muravyov as the commander-in-chief of the Far East Expeditionary Force. After the Heilongjiang thawed in May, he led 50,000 regular troops and 50,000 militiamen from the Chita area down the river.
Push all the way to the Heilongjiang River Basin, kill all the yellow-skinned monkeys there, and avenge the Far East Navy.
At this time in Temple Street, people had survived the two most severe cold months. In the weather of 30 to 40 degrees below zero, they had to hide in warm wooden houses to urinate.
Some soldiers from the south had seen enough snow. Some wooden houses in low-lying areas were almost buried by the snow.
This is still in Temple Street, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides and close to the sea. The mountain peaks provide some protection from the cold current blowing from the north. The sea adjusts the temperature a little, so the weather is not that bad.
I heard from the Oroqen people in the forest that going further north through the Waixing'an Mountains is a plain area, and the climate there is even colder. Sometimes even reindeer may freeze to death.
"My dear mother, I can finally come out and take a breath!" Today is a sunny day. It is February. The temperature during the day can occasionally return to about ten degrees below zero, and people can already go out and move around.
The weather began to turn cold after the cavalry brigade led by Lin Wei arrived at Temple Street. They only had time to do a period of adaptive training before they had to stay in the house. In addition to sleeping all day long, they only bragging and spanking. Lin Wei did not
The solution is to let the soldiers learn cultural knowledge every day, which is very painful for these cavalrymen who have background as thieves.
But there is no way. If you want to be promoted to an officer in the Huaihai Navy, you must be literate and have knowledge. To be promoted as an officer, you must pass the cultural examination with a minimum guarantee.
Fortunately, after they came to Temple Street with the ship, they expanded a lot of buildings. Otherwise, people can squeeze in. The war horses are large and need a lot of stables. Without these stables, these Mongolian horses would probably be frozen.
Many died.
Workers at Temple Street Farm and the lumberyard also stopped all activities. Even the fishing team stopped.
Today, everyone can finally come out of the wooden house to relax. To put it harshly, many people are as happy as newly released prisoners.
"Er Niu, I heard that you peeed and froze that thing?" A soldier joked with another soldier in anger.
"Bullshit, I just peed on an ice skate. What's the matter? My guy is doing well, but it's a pity that I can't try it with you." The other soldier was not to be outdone and retorted directly.
Lin Wei did not leave these people idle. Some of them, led by the locals, patrolled the surrounding areas. There were some small fortress outposts on the periphery, which must be inspected regularly, otherwise the enemy would not know if they had taken it.
There were also some people who cleared the snow on Temple Street. Anyway, these people had no place to release their energy that they had been holding back all winter.
The people from the fishing team were going to the river for winter fishing, which required a large number of manpower. All the people from the logging team came to support them.
Everyone has eaten salted fish all winter, and now they want to try something fresh.