Chapter 594: Denglais young soldiers prepare the road
While Zhao Xin was talking to Cao Peng, the "Jiaodong Detachment" of the North Navy had just captured Wendeng County. Another battalion had already crossed the Muzhu River to the west of Wendeng and was preparing to advance to Muping City on the Kunyu Mountain Road.
In the eyes of many people in later generations, the combat effectiveness of the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty was very rubbish. However, at this time, the divisions were divided into different regions. In history, the real reason for the corruption of the Green Camp of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not only the indiscriminate system, but also related to military politics.
Fukang'an said when he was assigned to the Green Camp in Shandong and Henan in the first few years that the drills in the Green Camp were like monkey tricks, and the combat effectiveness was terrible. However, this was not unique to the Qing Dynasty. It had been like this since the Ming Dynasty and had been passed down from generation to generation.
The so-called "different functions" means that many green camps are not only engaged in maintaining local security, anti-smuggling and catching theft, but also undertake military training and are responsible for combat and defense tasks; this is like having combat troops work as urban management and police officers when they are not assigned tasks.
The work of the Green Camp turned the Green Camp soldiers into slippery and lazy yamen servants. This was also the reason why the Green Camp was useless during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and in the end each region started its own regiment training.
In terms of military politics, although the training of the Green Battalion is like a trick in peacetime, as long as the war is frequent, it can still turn the imaginary into reality and the scattered into whole. Many of the shortcomings in peacetime will often be made up for in war; the most obvious example is the Sichuan Army.
and the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp, which were the local troops most used by the Qing court.
But Shandong Green Camp is really not good! Politically, Heshen is in power, bribery is common, corruption is common, and the military and political affairs are also corrupted. Militaryly, they have not fought for many years, and their combat effectiveness is rubbish; it is often the case that the Bei Navy just launched a few battles here.
Cannon, the green camp over there collapsed.
Fifteen years after the Shunzhi of the Manchu Dynasty, the Central Plains was settled, Shandong was quiet internally, and the inland defense was tilted towards coastal defense. At that time, the general military officer of Yizhou Town was transferred to Jiaozhou and changed to Jiaozhou Town; the general military officer of Linqing Town was transferred to Jiaozhou Town.
It was moved to Dengzhou and renamed Dengzhou Town. In the 22nd year of Kangxi's reign, Jiaozhou Town was abolished and renamed Jiaozhou Xie in Dengzhou Town.
When Beihai Town attacked Rongcheng four years ago, the entire Shandong Green Battalion included Governor Tibiao, Dengzhou Town, Yanzhou Town, and Donghe soldiers affiliated with the Governor of Hedao, with a total strength of 17,504.
From the 54th year of Qianlong's reign, the Ministry of War felt that Shandong's troops were insufficient and Dengzhou Town alone could not withstand the attack of the Northern Navy, so it went to Qianlong and asked for the addition of Yizhou Town and Qingzhou Town, which the navy also had jurisdiction over the land route.
It defends Laizhou Bay and can provide support to Dengzhou Town. The two towns have three battalions in the middle, south and north, each with a strength of 5,000. Among them, the garrison of Qingzhou Town is Gaojiagang Town, Qingzhou and Linqu, and the garrison of Yizhou Town is Yi
Shui, Yizhou Prefecture, Rizhao.
As the saying goes, when things are settled and the army remains, the army needs food and pay. The idea of the Ministry of War is very good, but the problem is that after years of fighting with the Northern Navy, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has used up 7788 yuan of the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs. As of the fifth year of Qianlong's reign,
In December of the thirteenth year, there were only 9.85 million taels of silver left in the household department of the Qing Dynasty, more than 12 million taels of silver were sealed in the inner treasury, and more than 6 million taels of silver were actually stored in the outer treasury; plus
The treasury revenue receivable for the following year is 41 million taels, and only 68.85 million taels can be used.
In terms of expenditure, the annual disbursement of silver to each province is more than 36 million taels, the annual disbursement of silver to the treasury (including the salaries of the Eight Banners) is more than 10 million taels, the annual military supply of Jilin front line is more than 5 million taels, and the annual disbursement of silver to Hedao is more than 36 million taels.
The annual management salary is 4 million taels, and after taking into account the 4 million taels of tax exemptions and deferments for disasters in various places, there will be less than 8 million taels left in the end.
At this time, the Qing government was already in great financial difficulty, so when the salary was insufficient, it had to make donations.
If "donations" were carried out in the past, the Manchu and Qing court would have to save some face and pay great attention to methods. For example, if the wealthy families who were persuaded had savings but little donations or were unwilling to donate, the local officials would come to persuade them in person.
Treat each other with courtesy, be courteous and courteous, and impress the other person with friendship and nostalgia or yin and yang retribution. Anyway, in the end, everyone will be happy on the surface.
But since the Northern Navy launched the "Outer Mongolia Offensive" and the Qing government sent troops northward to "resist the enemy", everything has changed. Are you following the temptation? Stop talking nonsense!
Nowadays, donations have become the performance indicators used by the imperial court to assess the performance of provincial governors. They are collected from all the people and allocated by force. At the beginning, they say a few nice words, and then they are intimidated. Those who are unable to report donations can only bribe the officials to exempt them from donations, which is a lot of worry.
They bribed officials to donate less. So much so that Ruan Yuan lamented in a secret letter to Beihai Town: "It's called persuading donations, but it's actually extortion. A well-to-do household or someone whose family is only moderately well-off can get up to one hundred or two thousand taels, down to one hundred and two thousand taels.
To a hundred or dozens of dollars. They only care about selfish pursuits and do not care about accusing the country of grievances. As a result, the wailing mourners have almost no physiology!"
With the fall of Wendeng City, news of the invasion of Beihai pirates finally reached Dengzhou and Laizhou. At the same time, Ninghai Prefecture, Fushan, Haiyang and other places sent emergency documents one after another, saying that the green-clad Beihai had been found in their jurisdictions.
The infestation of thieves made Cao Zhitian, the Denglai Qingbingmen, confused and unable to judge the movements of the Northern Navy.
Cao Zhitian knew that it would be difficult to defeat the Northern Navy with only the strength of Denglai and Qing Dynasty, so he immediately submitted a letter to Ji Qing, the governor and admiral of Jinan, requesting the deployment of Yizhou soldiers and Yanzhou soldiers to support Denglai;
The deputy general ordered him to lead his troops to Dengzhou and Laiyang respectively to assist in the defense.
Don't look at what I said before that Shandong Green Camp has nearly 30,000 troops, but even if the governor agrees, there won't be many troops, and Den Laiqing has to find a way on his own.
Here we will explain the military system and functions of each department of the Green Camp.
The hierarchical division of military regions in the Qing Dynasty can be divided into five levels: one military region, two towns, three standards, four associations, and five battalions. In each military region, the "town" is the basis, and each town has a chief military officer.
The commander-in-chief of the town; the chief military officer has an admiral (sometimes the governor also serves as the governor) above him, and below him there are deputy generals, staff generals, guerrilla generals, capital commanders, garrison commanders, thousand commanders, and general commanders.
The troops led by the chief military officer are called "Biao", the troops led by the deputy generals are called "Xie", the troops led by the participating generals, guerrillas and generals, and the garrison leaders are called "battalions". The pacesetters are specially prepared for deployment in combat, and the troops led by the deputy generals are the key to guarding.
In other words, the troops of the Jinan City Guards Camp, Laizhou Camp, Jimo Camp, Wuding Camp, Andong Camp, Ningfu Camp, and Shoule Camp cannot leave their jurisdiction to fight.
, can only defend the local area. What can really be mobilized from various places in Shandong are pacesetters and supporting troops.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In addition, all province-wide military operations are never a matter of one province. Surrounding provinces also send troops to assist in the suppression, so the Manchu Qing Dynasty's practice is to send a bachelor over.
Take charge of the overall situation (Refer to the Qingshui Sect Wang Lun's rebellion. In addition to sending the bachelor, he also transferred 2,000 forbidden troops from the Jianrui Battalion and the Firearms Battalion.)
For Cao Zhitian, who served as the Denglai Qingbing Preparatory Road, although leading the army to fight was a matter for the commander-in-chief and deputy general below, it was his responsibility to formulate a strategy for retreating from the enemy and supervise the camps and counties along the coast. Once he entered the state
If there was something wrong with the government, he would be the first person targeted by the imperial court, and he would be beheaded directly. In severe cases, his head would be lost.
Cao Zhitian arranged all the things at hand overnight, and took his men on board the ship from Haimiao Pass north of Laizhou early the next morning, and arrived in Dengzhou late that night. As soon as he entered the city, he didn't care about being tired all the way.
Immediately go to the General Military Yamen to convene a meeting between Dengzhou civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.
The Northern Navy is about to attack at home. No civil and military officials in Dengzhou can think of sleeping. Due to the local principle of non-control of civil and military affairs, everyone is waiting for Lord Cao to prepare troops.
Everyone was greeted in the flower hall first, and Cao Zhitian sat opposite Entheme from west to east. Others including the prefect, Tongzhi, Penglai County Magistrate, Guerrilla, Dusi, and other civil and military officials sat at the bottom (according to the Qing system).
, when the commander meets the admiral, it is the same as when the admiral meets the governor. If the admiral brings a first-grade Spyker, the governor will meet to the west, the admiral will meet to the east, and the other will meet with the enemy.)
Cao Zhitian asked as soon as he came up: "The previous submission said that the Beihai Pirates came with more than 20,000 troops?"
Enthelmo, the commander-in-chief of Dengzhou Town, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid there are not 20,000 people. But five days ago, the general sent his soldiers disguised as fishermen to investigate at Chengshanjiao. According to the news they brought back, there are only 20,000 people at the moment.
There are twenty-four huge ships moored at the fish pond. According to estimates, each ship can accommodate 300 people, so there will always be 6,000 or 7,000 people."
Lan Jia Zan, the magistrate of Dengzhou, said: "The officers sent by the government's Zhuang Ban have reached as far as Ninghai Prefecture. According to the news sent back in the afternoon, the previous reports that there were pirates in the county were just rumors, and no one has ever seen it with their own eyes."
Since Yang is too far away, I don’t think there will be any definite news until tomorrow.”
After hearing this, Cao Zhitian was heartbroken. The six or seven thousand Northern Navy troops were not something that the soldiers and horses of Denglai Qingsanfu could handle. The most troublesome thing was that there was a sea one mile north of Dengzhou Fucheng, and there were big ships of the Northern pirates.
If it came, whether it was Shuicheng or Fucheng, they would all be within the range of the opponent's artillery. So he quickly asked: "Where are the security guards currently stationed?"
Enthemer said: "The general is also worried about the cannons of the North Sea Pirates, so all the troops have withdrawn from the water camp. At present, the troops in Zhenbiao are camped south of Rouge Gang. It is close to the county seat and is convenient for transporting rice and grain. They can be used at any time.
Troops were mobilized for support without disturbing the people. The warships from Shuiying were arranged to go to Sang Island."
"How is the situation in Chengshan Camp? Where is Wendeng?"
Lan Jia Zan said: "People from the low-level official's express team went to Haiyang to investigate, but they didn't see anyone from the Chengshan camp. However, there were more than 200 people who escaped from Wendeng. I heard from those who escaped that,
The cannons and rifles of the North Sea Pirates were so powerful that as soon as they came into contact, more than a hundred of them were killed."
Cao Zhitian thought for a while and said to everyone present: "In your opinion, what do the Beihai pirates want to do when they invade Shandong this time?"
As soon as everyone heard it, they understood instantly. What Cao Daotai meant was that the Beihai Pirates came to occupy territory or rob people? If it was the latter, then it would be fine. We have plenty of people in Dengzhou. But if it was the former...
The one who replied was the prefect Lan Jia Zan, who said: "According to the news from Rongcheng, the Beihai Pirates directly occupied the county government office this time, counted the grain in the Changping warehouse, and issued public notices to calm the people. They were not like before.
This is the first time I mentioned recruiting refugees like that."
Cao Zhitian knew that he was in serious trouble as soon as he heard this. He sighed and told about his plans to write about Qingzhou Town and Jiaozhou Association. Only then did everyone feel a little at ease. But then he thought about it, not even the tens of thousands of troops in the imperial court were
The opponents of the Beihai Pirates, even if all the soldiers from Shandong came, would only be more than 20,000 people. The Jiaodong area is long and narrow from east to west and narrow from north to south. If the Beihai Pirates sent gunboats to patrol the north and south, the tens of thousands of Qing troops would not be able to line up Kunyu Mountain and Rushan.
Can't move away.
"We still have to recruit young people and order all villages and villages to help defend."
Lan Jia Zan said: "People have been sent to all counties to recruit young men to handle the mountain pass. In addition, people have fled to the city these days. Penglai County has also recruited many people and is stepping up training. But the food and salary are not enough...
....”
Cao Zhitian said to Enthemo: "The donations from Dengzhou haven't been sent to the feudal lord yet, right?"
"No."
"I remember there were 41,085 taels?"
"The old man's dog has such a good memory!" Entehemer cursed in his mind, and said with a bitter look on his face: "I have been in arrears for nine months since I raised the bid. Master Cao, look..."
"Let's give it two months first. Let's all be in the same boat and bear with it! I will explain it in writing to the feudal lord's office."
After Cao Zhitian finished speaking, he stood up and bowed his hands to everyone in the hall and said: "Everyone, the most important thing right now is to secure the capital. We must not let the North Sea pirates easily seize the water camp. Once Penglai is lost, the North Sea pirates will use this as a stronghold.
, we can attack Lushun in the north, and attack Dakou in the west. What happened in the year of Jiyou will happen again! Our personal life and death are minor matters, and the safety of the emperor and the capital is a big deal!"
"The current problem is not that our troops are weak, but that we must be united and determined to share the same hatred of the enemy! Although the Kuang traitors are attacking in large numbers, they can go deep into the Jiaodong mountainous area and must obtain food locally. Previously, the emperor had issued an edict, strictly ordering coastal counties and counties, such as Beihai
When thieves come, we must fortify the walls and clear the fields so that the enemy has no way to feed. As officials guarding the land, we shall swear to live and die with the city! Anyone who abandons the city and flees will be killed without mercy! You must encourage the soldiers and young men and boost their morale!"
Entehemer was a little confused: "Master Cao, you must also know the situation of the Green Camp's weapons and equipment. The North Sea pirates, both officers and soldiers, are armed with rapid-fire rifles, which can fire several rounds in an instant. Even if a large army gathers,
We recruit young men and women, but how can we defeat them with swords, guns, bows and arrows?"
"Oh! What do you think, Commander Yi En?"
"Well..." Enthemo glanced at Lan Jia Zan, who immediately answered: "Master Cao, I discussed this matter with Commander En before I took my humble post, and they all thought it was feasible, but I have to ask you
Set up a charter.”
Cao Zhitian felt very unhappy when he heard his hesitant words. He interrupted and said, "Master Lan, what do you want to say? You might as well speak out!"
Lan Jiazhan was heartbroken, thinking that if Dengzhou was really lost, he would have to sacrifice the ball. Let's get through this first!
"Folk firecrackers..."
Huh?! Cao Zhitian's eyes suddenly lit up, he twirled his beard and said for a moment: "Okay, let's do it! Tomorrow morning, we will send someone to summon the people's hunters according to the list. Anyone who has a gun at home will be called!"
Enthemer said: "I'm afraid there won't be enough saltpeter and sulfur products. We also need to find someone to make iron bullets."
"It doesn't matter, I will send someone to come back to Laizhou with a handwritten letter tomorrow morning for gathering."