Early the next morning, Fukang'an first received a thank you note, and then went to the Ministry of War to return the king's flag and the imperial envoy's customs defense. After that, he led three hundred personal guards and left for the west of Beijing.
And when he leaves, the Protestants in Gansu will be killed in large numbers.
After Fukang'an arrived in Xi'an and took over the imperial envoy from A Gui, he had no idea who the generals in Jingying camp were related to. However, those who led the army to escape were served by fifty army sticks. All the errands were removed and replaced by deputies, and he finished the fight himself.
The military sticks had to be imprisoned to wait for the court to deal with them. For a while, everyone in the Beijing camp was crying and howling as they were beaten with military sticks.
Later, during the military parade, Fukang'an bluntly told his officers and soldiers that if there is anyone who is afraid of fighting in the face of the enemy, regardless of his official position, he will be killed immediately.
After a series of threats with beatings and threats, he asked his personal guards to carry out boxes of silver. Fukang'an shouted passionately: "A man has made a great contribution in one fell swoop! Serve the country and serve the emperor! I, Fukang'an,
An will not hesitate to die and break his body to pieces to repay the kindness of heaven and earth! If you fight this battle well, I will not take any money from you, it is all yours! I recommend you, and everyone will be promoted!"
At this time, everyone in the firearms camp, who had been frightened by Fukang'an, was excited by these words and the white money on the stage!
"I am willing to serve the emperor! I am willing to die for the commander-in-chief!"
On the tenth day of August, Fukang'an led 5,000 Jingying firearms troops from Xi'an to the Yanchuan line. After secretly discussing the strategy with Li Shiyao, he allocated 3,000 troops from the Yansui troops and quietly crossed Yang Jinshui and Pan Yunjian.
The two rivers follow the Jing River all the way to the west and go straight to Longde County on the south bank of Tianshui River.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of dozens of cannons, the already dilapidated Longde County town fell on that day, and thousands of rebels were killed and injured.
On August 12, Fukang'an continued to lead his army westward, and captured Jingning County at the junction of Tianshui River and Kushui River in two days. The recovery of Jingning quickly restored communication between Xi'an and Lanzhou, which had been interrupted for many days.
After receiving Fukang'an's order, the Ganliang soldiers, Alxa cavalry and Ningxia reinforcements stationed in Lanzhou did not dare to slack off, led their troops to attack bravely, and captured Huining in five days.
Fukang'an returned to Lunde at this time and recruited and selected more than a thousand "brave soldiers" and "good gunners" among the local Han people and veteran religious people. After some preparations, he launched an attack on Didian Mountain on August 21.
Feint attack. The Qing army coming from Huining cooperated to launch a sneak attack from behind the mountain. The Didianshan rebels fought back bravely, but the Qing army could not attack the mountain and began to besiege. However, Ma Wenxi, who was guarding Didianshan, surrendered to Fukang'an.
Begging for surrender greatly weakened the New Religious Army guarding the mountain, and Didian Mountain was soon lost. More than 300 New Religious Army soldiers died in this battle.
At this time, Zhang Wenqing and Ma Siwa's troops, who were about to arrive at Changwu, heard that the rear was lost and immediately withdrew their troops to come back for reinforcements. Li Shiyao led the Shaanxi Dubiao Battalion and the Yansui Army to bite the opponent's back like candy.
The Ma Siwa tribe of the Protestant Church was very angry at Li Shiyao's "dog skin plaster", so they set up a battle array in Chongxin and prepared to fight with him. Seeing this, Li Shiyao immediately withdrew his troops for twenty miles and formed a stronghold to defend himself.
Ma Siwa waited for three days in Chongxin but did not see the other party coming, so he led the rebel army to evacuate Chongxin under the cover of night. When he arrived near Huating, Li Shiyao and his men followed him. Ma Siwa simply ignored him.
, withdraw directly to Shifeng Fort.
On August 27, the Fukang'an and West Route Qing troops attacked Panlong Mountain in two groups with superior force, killing more than 300 people in one battle.
With the defeat of Longde, Jingning, Didianshan, and Panlongshan, the Shifengbao rebels fell into an isolated and helpless situation, and the originally good situation immediately took a turn for the worse. And the rebel Li Kekui's troops who were far away under Baoji City had already given up attacking Baoji and led the army.
The army returned for reinforcements. Li Shiyao's troops deliberately avoided his attack, got out of the way, and allowed Li Kekui's troops to enter Shifeng Fort.
At this time, the Qing army's five-pronged army was like five outstretched fingers, already hanging over the head of the New Doctrine Army.
On September 1, Fukang'an received news from Li Shiyao that the last rebel army had entered the pockets he had laid, so his "five fingers" began to clenched fists together. The Qing troops from all walks of life immediately pushed towards Tongwei.
Arriving at Lulu Mountain on September 13th, we passed the Shuangyan Trail and arrived at Shifengbao on the 15th.
Shifeng Castle is located on the main pass leading to Fuqiang, Tongwei, Huining, Anding, Qinzhou, and Gongchang. It is located in the mountains. The castle is high on the top of the peak, surrounded by cliffs on all sides, which is very steep.
This place was originally an old fort, which had been uninhabited for many years. In March of the 46th year of Qianlong's reign, the Hui people Ma Zhengfang and Ma Zhuang came to the fort to repair it, build walls and dig kilns. After Su 43's failure, the Qing government searched the Protestant churches
The Protestants had long regarded Shifeng Fort as a secret stronghold. After several repairs and improvements, a high wall was built on the top of the peak, three deep trenches were dug outside the fort, and hundreds of cave dwellings were built around it.
The Protestants had stored a large amount of food and equipment in the fort. Outside the fort, there were rugged mountain trails and overlapping ditches. The rebels set up camps in the south and on the east and west sides of the fort, with densely packed tents, preparing to defend to the death.
On September 18, all five armies under Fukang'an's command were in place, and he immediately ordered a strong attack. The neo-religious army was condescending and repulsed the Qing army several times.
On September 21, Agui arrived at the military camp from Xi'an. Fukangan ordered various Qing troops to try to cut off the Huashuichuan waterway, and bombarded the barracks in the fort with artillery for two days, and then joined forces to attack again.
On the 23rd, the Qing army launched a large-scale offensive. The New Doctrine Army fought bravely in the face of a strong enemy and resisted with all their strength, making it impossible for the Qing army to attack the cliff. In the end, the Qing army only occupied a corner of the mountain. Unfortunately, it was to no avail, and there were many casualties.
Many. However, the rebels also suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and their leader Li Kekui was killed.
At this time, tens of thousands of Qing troops gathered under Shifeng Fort and blocked it layer by layer. The New Religious Army had already taken wings and was unable to escape. However, there were no more than 6,000 capable fighters in the fort, and there were tens of thousands of rebel family members in the fort. As the water supply gradually increased,
The food was exhausted, and even if the rebels had food, it would be difficult for them to eat it; they could only save a little bit by waiting for rain, but it was not enough at all.
During this period, as the three trenches outside Shifeng Fort were lost one by one, the rebel leader Zhang Wenqing had no choice but to let the rebel family members go down the mountain to survive.
On the second day of October, 2,500 members of the Protestant family descended from the mountain and surrendered. Agui and Fukang'an ordered their guards to roll out the strong men among them in groups of ten. They killed them immediately after the roll call, and eight hundred people were executed that night.
Late that night, Zhang Wenqing led the insurrectionary troops in the fort to charge down the mountain. Ma Siwa took cover behind him, climbed over the long trench, and charged bravely. Fukang'an had already taken precautions, and encouraged by the heavy reward, various Qing troops began to besiege madly.
The Qing army, who was jealous of the money, also took the risk. For a while, guns and arrows were flying up and down the mountain, and fire arrows were raining down. Thousands of people died in the battle inside and outside the trenches, and corpses were scattered everywhere. Zhang Wenqing was hit by several arrows, and he and Ma Siwa retreated to the fort.
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At dawn, thousands of Qing troops began to swarm up the mountain and rush into the fort to hunt them down. Zhang Wenqing, Ma Siwa and more than 1,700 people were killed. At this point, Shifeng Fort finally fell, and the uprising of Tian Wu and Zhang Wenqing completely failed!
In the history of another time and space, Fukang'an, Agui, and Li Shiyao killed a total of 11,000 Protestants. And because of the appearance of Zhao Xin, the Gansu rebellion in this time and space was far larger than the scale in real history.
The epidemic spread to all counties in Longdong.
Before and after this battle, Fukang'an led his troops to massacre nearly 20,000 people of the New Doctrine Army and their families. After the war, he captured more than 6,000 Shifengbao and Didian women and children, and rewarded them to the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp and the Sichuan soldiers respectively.
, Fanbing. Later, more than 500 Protestant family members were found and sent to Jiangning, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou respectively, and were rewarded as slaves to the officials and soldiers of the provinces. After the war, countless villages in the Longdong area were reduced to ruins.
After this battle, Fukang'an regained his former confidence. At this time, he had been appointed by the Qing government as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, replacing the accused Li Shiyao to handle the aftermath of Gansu.
As for Li Shiyao, Qianlong scolded him in his edict for "playing by mistake" and because he was not good at military service. He was first ordered to be executed in prison and then executed in the autumn. Later, he was changed to be imprisoned and imprisoned.
(Historically, in the next year, the fiftieth year of Qianlong's reign, Li Shiyao was released and became the commander-in-chief of the Han army under Zhenghuang Banner, riding horses in the Forbidden City.)
However, although Fukang'an was busy dealing with post-war affairs in Shaanxi-Gansu, after a big victory, his originally depressed mood came back to life. The failure at the Fuljiaha River Estuary made him still uneasy!
So he secretly sent his family south to Guangzhou, entrusting thirteen merchants with large sums of money to find new muskets, artillery craftsmen and warship manufacturing techniques from the Westerners. Once he had new cannons and warships, he was going to ask Qianlong for orders to go north again and fight Jilin again.
, avenge the shame!
(At the beginning of the 49th year of Qianlong's reign, Guangdong salt merchant Tan Dayuan sued Li Shiyao when he was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The general merchant of the Thirteenth Bank, Shen Jizhou, had bribed Li Shiyao with public funds and committed illegal acts. Qianlong then ordered Fukang'an to go to Guangzhou in person to act as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to hear the case.