The Qing army broke the city in a battle, and all the 7,000 elite soldiers who had no time to evacuate were annihilated, and Dilsumshher was killed, and the Qing army was advancing rapidly from Jizhi to Resova, hearing the news, Gurkha Prime Minister Zhong Bahadur couldn't help but be shocked, and there was a feeling that the sky was falling!

This Gurkha invasion of Tibet was really a battle of the country, not only pressed all the troops, but also poured out financial resources to purchase a large number of weapons and ammunition from the British from Batra and Calcutta, and killed 7,000 in the first battle, almost more than half of the casualties, not only he couldn't bear it, but the Gurkha couldn't bear such huge losses!

Needless to say, the Qing army must have come straight to Duyangbu, Zhong Bahadur was flustered for a while, it was obvious that the combat power of the Qing army was much higher than that of the Gurkha army, otherwise it would not suffer such a big defeat, this battle could not be fought again, and it was necessary to beg for peace as soon as possible and let the Qing army retreat. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Resowa is the stronghold of the Gurkha army's key fortification, it is also a natural danger, the mountain is high and the river is deep, the water flow is turbulent, the Kuo army erects an iron chain bridge on the Resuo River, and builds watchtowers along both sides of the river, since the Qianlong period, after Fukangan led the army to attack the Gurkha, the Kuo army has added three watchtowers in Resova, strengthened the defense, and the watchtowers on the north and south banks have reached eight.

As the vanguard, Gong Deshu led his troops to Resova, and immediately organized artillery to attack the watchtowers on the north bank, and the troops suffered many casualties, knowing that the Gurkha army was brave, he also learned a lot, and learned to give full play to the advantages of artillery and Mini guns, and launched a long attack at a distance of 300 meters.

Under the strong firepower advantage, in less than half an hour, the three watchtowers on the north bank collapsed under the bombardment of artillery, and the Kuo army could not bear the pain of not fighting back, so they left more than 100 corpses and retreated to the south bank in a panic, but when they evacuated, they drew the planks on the chain bridge.

It's this trick again, Gong Deshu glanced at the narrow swaying chain bridge with contempt, with a playful look, Qianlong Fukangan led the army into Tibet to invade the Gurkha, and when attacking Resowa, the Kuo army used this trick, at the beginning, Fukangan sent Tibetan soldiers to cross the river from the upstream, and attacked on both sides, so as to cross the chain bridge, now, it's much simpler, and the artillery is bombarded.

"Howitzers are ready to prevent the enemy from breaking the cables." Gong Deshu said in a deep voice: "In addition, seize the time to level the ground and build artillery positions. ”

The waiting monk Grinqin led most of the troops to Resowa, and the land guns were dragged by the horses into the prepared gun emplacements one after another, and before the cannons were fired, the Kuo army cowering in the opposite watchtower began to fully rout.

The army crossed the Record Chain Bridge, pursued all the way along the way, as if no man's land, pursued 160 miles to Xiebru, and the Gurkha envoys hurried to finally arrive.

Monk Lingqin did not understand Tibetan, and there was no intention of quitting the army at all, so he simply lazily saw the Gurkha envoy and sent Hethe to meet him, and after a while, Hethe rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army to return, "The Gurkha asked for sincerity, promised never to commit it again, and the king and the prime minister were willing to go to Beijing for the Hajj, compensate five million rupees, and beg the general to withdraw from the army." ”

"Five million rupees? If you don't have more than two million taels of silver, you want us to withdraw from the army? Monk Lingqin laughed and said, "Was Zhong Bahadur's brain kicked by a donkey?" 10,000 troops entered Tibet, people ate horses and chewed, ammunition was consumed, soldiers were killed and wounded, and 2 million silver wanted to be sent away? After a slight pause, he said in a deep voice: "Get out!" ”

The Qing army refused to negotiate peace, as early as Zhong Bahadur's expectations, when Fukangan led the army to invade the Gurkha, he also refused to negotiate peace, he also repeated the old trick, and transferred troops to fortify layer by layer on the route of the Qing army's attack, he did not dare to hope that he could turn the tables, and hoped to delay time, because winter was coming soon, as long as he could drag the Qing army, he could keep Duyangbu!

Fukangan fell short that year, stopped at Navakot, and was only a day's journey from Yangbu, the capital of the Gurkha state, and finally stalemate, and accepted the surrender of the Gurkha when he saw it.

This mistake, Seng Lingqin naturally will not make it again, however, he did not change the route of the march, still followed the route of Fukangan's march that year, he knew very well that in order to annex the Gurkha, the Gurkha army must be completely disabled, for him, the most afraid is that the Gurkha army escapes, that is the endless trouble! The Kuo army intercepted along the way, but it was right in his arms!

The Qing army of more than 10,000 troops advanced rapidly all the way, seven battles and seven victories, and in half a month, the troops came to the capital of Gurkha under Yangpu! The prime minister who actually controlled the military and political power of the Gurkhas, Zhong Bahadur, committed suicide in despair, and the puppet Gurkha king, Surendra, opened the city gates to welcome the Qing army into the city.

Shanghai, Zhenhai Mansion, Changle Book House.

Cao Gensheng walked into the room quickly with an excited face, and said with a smile: "The big shopkeeper, Mr. Wei, Tibet has reported success, the monk king has captured Yangbu, the capital of the Gurkha country, the prime minister Zhong Bahadur committed suicide, and the Gurkha king Sulendra has returned to obedience." With that, he hurriedly handed over the telegram.

"Good! Good! Yi Zhixiang said hello twice with a smile on his face, taking down the Gurkha and capturing Yangbu is equivalent to nailing a nail in southern Tibet! Got a bridgehead! The climate of Gurkha Yangbu is much stronger than that of Tibet, and the altitude is only more than 1,000 meters, which is far lower than the altitude of Lhasa and Tashilhunbu, and far more convenient than Tibet's garrison.

Waiting until the beginning of spring next year to annex Sikkim and Bhutan will not only be enough to ensure the security of Tibet, but also much closer to Assam, which is conducive to recovering Assam, the tea base of the British in Asia!

Assam was originally part of Burmese territory and was seized by the British, but in order to recover Assam in the name of justice, it is necessary to finally solve the Burmese problem.

Seeing the smile on his face, Wei Yuan hesitated for a moment before reminding: "The monk king occupies the Gurkha, and the Taiping army stirs up the situation in Burma, so the lord is not worried about the British making trouble?" ”

The British looking for trouble? Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "The Gurkha is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, the Gurkha sent troops to invade Tibet, and the imperial court sent troops to pacify it, its nature is to quell the rebellion in the country, which belongs to the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty, what do you do with the British?"

Burma was also a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and the Taiping Army itself was a rebel army, which was also an internal affair, and even if the British were worried about endangering British interests in Burma, they would not solve it through diplomatic channels, but would only resort to force! ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Gensheng and instructed: "Send a telegram to the Military Aircraft Department, in order to ensure the safety of Tibet and avoid the British from controlling the Gurkha, the Gurkha must be included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, the progress of laying the Tibetan cable telegraph should be accelerated, and the two supply lines of Sichuan-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet should not be slackened because of the great victory, especially the Qinghai-Tibet line, and it is necessary to ensure that a large number of supplies are transported to Tibet at any time. ”

After Cao Gensheng left, Wei Yuancai said: "Transporting supplies from Sichuan and Qinghai to Tibet consumes a lot of time, and it takes a long time, and from the map, Gurkha is not far from the sea....... ”

"Gorkha is not far from the sea, and Kolkata is also a good port ......." Yi Zhishu shook his head slightly as he spoke, "However, that place is occupied by the British, and it is not easy to take it over." ”

Jingshi, Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace, Xinuan Pavilion.

Xianfeng sat on the kang and spread out several telegrams on the table to compare them carefully, and several telegrams were from Tibet - Monk Grinqin, Minister Manqing in Tibet, Dalai Lama-Kadrup Gyatso, and Deputy Minister Hetga.

Tibet's great victory, annihilating more than 13,000 Gurkha troops, and capturing Yangbu, the capital of the Gurkha country, was not done even by Qianlong, and even the Dalai Lama Kaizhu Gyatso sent a telegram to congratulate, Xianfeng was naturally very happy, besides, this time it was Seng Grinqin who led the troops into Tibet, and there were 3,000 new troops of the Eight Banners, but it was a real achievement of the imperial court!

However, Seng Lingqin, Man Qing, and Hethe all mentioned the substantial increase in the quota of soldiers, which made him feel a little unsteady, very unsteady! The two brigades, 15,000 people, originally had a quota of 3,000, and the quota was expanded by 12,000, modeled after the establishment and training of the New Army of the Eight Banners.

This is simply silver falling from the sky, a great good thing, but Xianfeng is not at all down-to-earth in his heart, Mini guns are good things, land artillery, howitzers are good things, but these good things become waste without ammunition, Tibet has expanded the new army on a large scale, just to annex a few small vassal states around Tibet? Or does Yi Zhizhi want to get involved in Tibet?

After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't make a decision, glanced at Peng Yunzhang who was kneeling below, and said, "What do you think about the increase in the number of Tibetan soldiers?" ”

Peng Yunzhang's kneeling feet were a little numb, and after hearing this, he knew that Xianfeng was entangled in this matter, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen secretly thinks that the increase in the number of soldiers is to annex several small vassal states in southern Tibet, and Tibet not only has soldiers, but also native soldiers and monk soldiers. ”

These words hit the nail on the head, Xianfeng suddenly woke up, if he was not allowed to increase the number of soldiers, Yuan Qi would inevitably turn around and support the monks and soldiers of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, and that would be the bigger trouble! It is equivalent to saying that he has no room to refuse at all!

"Your Majesty." A eunuch reported at the door: "Mu Yin handed over a sign asking to see him, saying that there was a Shanghai telegram. ”

When Shanghai called, Xianfeng specially ordered him to submit it as he arrived, and when he said, "Let him come in." ”

Seeing that it was empty, Peng Yunzhang kowtowed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, the telegram is fast, and it is an eventful time, and the military situation is heavy, so Wei Chen prayed for more manpower ...... the military aircraft duty room." ”

Hearing this, Xianfeng realized that it was really time to add new people to the Military Aircraft Department, Yixun was dismissed, Mu Zhang'a was sick and on leave, Lin Zexu went to Henan to govern the river, Ruilin was reassigned to General Xi'an, and now there are four military aircraft left in the Military Aircraft Department: Peng Yunzhang, Mu Yin, Du Han, and Wenqing, and Wenqing is still a newcomer.

Now Heilongjiang uses troops, Tibet uses troops, the southwest is troublesome, and there are many things in the northwest, Shandong disaster relief, Henan river governance, things are complicated, and they have to be dealt with quickly, the four of them are indeed a little busy, he secretly pondered, Hubu Shangshu Baiye is a suitable candidate, and Su Shun ......., Su Shun is familiar with easy to be content, and he has stayed in the Nanyang Navy for a few years, so that Su Shun is on duty military aircraft, which can be regarded as a signal - a signal to ease relations with Yuan Qi.

After a little thought, he spoke: "Proposed purpose, the household department Shangshu Bai Ye will be on duty on the military plane, and the household servant Su Shun will study to be on duty." ”

"Wechen obeys." Peng Yunzhang was secretly surprised in his heart, Prince Gong Yixun entered the military plane, breaking the ancestral system that the prince was not allowed to interfere in politics, Yixun was on duty, and let Su Shun enter the military plane, which broke the ancestral system that the children of the clan were not allowed to interfere in politics, and he didn't dare to talk much, after all, Yixun can enter the military plane, why can't Su Shun?

In addition, the household department Shangshu Bai Ye and Su Shun are all in favor of the imperial court envoys to the West, and it seems that Xianfeng is taking this opportunity to show his attitude.

After Mu Yin came in to greet him, he immediately presented a telegram sent by Yi Zhishu from Shanghai, and after Xianfeng read it, he didn't think much about it and said, "Call back, allowed." It was also forwarded to Monk Grinqin. ”

Xianfeng was not too resistant to the annexation of vassal states, and if the Qing Dynasty did not annex them, the British and Russians would also annex them, but there were many vassal states in the Qing Dynasty, and they should not be too ugly to cause panic among other vassal states.

Seeing that Xianfeng was so casual, Mu Yin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in this way, there will be more ...... of county kings with different surnames in the Jingshi." ”

"Do you want to say that it is contrary to the ancestral system of not being crowned king with a different surname?" Xianfeng glanced at him, and said indifferently: "The vassal king is the king of the county, so he can't be demoted to a duke, besides, there are fewer people who violate the ancestral system?" ”

Bai Ye, Su Shun's edict to enter the military plane on duty has caused quite a stir in the officialdom of the Beijing Division, and the most important thing that the officialdom of the Beijing Division lacks is the essence of people, Xianfeng clearly told the senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee that he is in favor of sending envoys to the West, and Bai Ye does not need to say it, he is the head of the household department, and he supports the envoy to the West, and there is nothing to say about the military aircraft on duty.

What is surprising is that Su Shun entered the military plane on duty, although the Qing Dynasty has an ancestral system in which the children of the clan are not allowed to interfere in government affairs, but there is also an ancestral system in which the princes are not allowed to interfere in government affairs.

The problem is that Su Shun has basically been idle all these years, and he has not done any serious errands, let alone political achievements, why did Xianfeng break the ancestral system that the children of the clan were not allowed to interfere in government affairs, and let Su Shun enter the military plane?

The most exciting thing is the children of the clan in Beijing, after the ancestral system that the children of the clan are not allowed to interfere in government affairs is broken, does it mean that the spring of the children of the clan is coming?

As the person concerned, Su Shun calmed down after being happy, and after thinking about it carefully, he left the mansion and went to the telegraph office in Jingshi, and sent a secret letter to Yi Zhicontent, which was both good news and inquiry.

Others don't know why he can join the military aircraft, but he himself knows very well, the reason why Xianfeng made an exception to let him enter the military aircraft is because of his relationship with Yi Zhicontent, whether he can gain a foothold in the military aircraft, it all depends on the relationship between the imperial court and Yuan Qi, and the strength of Yi Zhixiang's support for him!