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Anshun guards the main road through Yunnan, is the distribution center of goods in western Guizhou, a prosperous province of commerce and trade, a in the province, its strategic position is also very important, known as the belly of Guizhou, the throat of Yunnan, the lips and teeth of Shu and Guangdong. The name has always been a place for soldiers to fight, stationed in heavy guards, Guizhou Governor's Office is located in Anshun.

Guizhou governor Jiang Feiyuan was in Zhenyuan by the county king monk Greenqin on the spot to correct the law, Guiyang city broken, political envoy Wu Shifen, according to the inspection envoy Kong Qinglu, grain storage and patrol Guiyang and other places of military preparation of Dao Sun Qiduan, sub-patrol Guixi Weining and other places of military preparation Dao Fulian and other local officials all committed suicide and were killed, the Taiping army set fire to the city, the Taiping army has come to Anshun to .......

Admiral Zhao Wanchun personally went to the city wall to inspect and supervise the officers and soldiers to practice, and waited for the battle, while Chang En, the prefect of Anshun Prefecture, spared no effort to mobilize the gentry and merchants of the city, and the common people contributed money and people to do their best to assist the officers and soldiers in defending the city.

Two days later, tens of thousands of troops of the Taiping Army appeared outside Anshun City, looking at the red-headed army that seemed to have no end to the neat appearance, Zhao Wanchun's intuitive mouth was dry, he knew very well that the Taiping Army had been fighting in Hunan and Hubei in recent years, and it was far from being comparable to the Guizhou Green Battalion, and the firearms of the Taiping Army were far from being comparable to the Guizhou Green Battalion.

"Pass the order." Zhao Wanchun said in a deep voice: "Hold on for two days!" As long as they hold on for two days, the Yuanqi New Army and the Eight Banners New Army will be able to rush to reinforcements! ”

Only repaired for an hour, the Taiping army launched a strong attack on Anshun, in recent years, the Taiping army has obtained a lot of mini guns from the hands of Yuan Qi and the recruits of the Eight Banners, in the face of the Guizhou Green Battalion, completely occupy an overwhelming advantage, as soon as the war began, it hit the officers and soldiers who defended the city by surprise, but most of the time, they stormed the city wall.

Seeing that the Taiping army's offensive was so fierce, Zhao Wanchun finally understood why Guiyang would fall so quickly, fortunately, Anshun had strong troops, and the city defense was better than Guiyang's, in the case of no way out, all the officers and soldiers and regimental training soldiers resisted desperately, and directly launched hand-to-hand combat with the Taiping army on the city wall, and in just half a day, they repelled the Taiping army's three strong attacks in succession.

It wasn't until dusk that the Taiping army stopped attacking, Zhao Wanchun breathed a sigh of relief, and finally held on, but when he heard that the casualties were as high as more than 5,000 people, he was directly stunned, the casualties were so big, can he still hold on tomorrow?

The next day, until the sun rose, but still did not see the Taiping army attack, Zhao Wanchun couldn't help but wonder, what was going on? Yesterday was so fierce, why is there no movement today? Cheng Bites Jin and has three axes, and the Taiping Army has one axe?

"Military Gate, look." General Jiao Dakui pointed to the Tianjin camp and said urgently: "The bandits have been pulled out!" ”

Looking in the direction of his finger, sure enough, a group of Taiping troops was pulling west, Zhao Wanchun couldn't help but be surprised and happy, and before he had time to be happy, a sentry trotted over, "Report ——,to the army gate, send reinforcements from the bandit brigade to arrive." ”

Zhao Wanchun rushed to the northwest corner, and saw the Taiping army rolling in, mixed with a large group of mules and horses, seeing this situation, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, no surprise, the Taiping army really gave up attacking Anshun, it seems that the Taiping army captured a lot in Guiyang! Don't want to waste time and ammunition in Teluk Intan

Looking at the rolling army like a torrent, Zhao Wanchun and the generals behind him had extremely solemn faces, and they were both frightened and happy in their hearts, fortunately, the Taiping army did not continue to attack the city, otherwise, Anshun City would definitely not be able to hold out until dark.

"Military Gate ——, in the middle...... The one in the middle in the yellow robe...... Could it be a pseudo-king? ”

Pseudo-Heavenly King! Everyone's eyes immediately looked over, in the middle of the team was a large group of cavalry with bright armor, and the one who was guarded by the cavalry in the middle was indeed a yellow crown and yellow robe, even if it was not Hong Xiuquan, it must be one of the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"This is too blatant, why don't you try a few shots?" Someone whispered that if he could kill the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it would be a great achievement, at least the promotion of officials and knights would definitely be indispensable.

"Bastard!" Zhao Wanchun scolded in a deep voice: "Do you want to provoke the Taiping Army to slaughter the city? ”

Hearing this, everyone was silent, after yesterday's battle, everyone knew in their hearts that Anshun would definitely not be able to bear the wrath of the Taiping Army!

It is indeed the Chinese army of the Taiping Army that came, Zhao Wanchun saw not Hong Xiuquan, but Wei Changhui, the king of the north, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan are all behind, Hong Xiuquan, who has always had a habit of sitting in a sedan chair, because the chasing soldiers are in a hurry, and he can only walk by horse, Feng Yunshan is the same, riding a yellow horse a few steps behind.

Before Feng Yunshan could dismount from the camp, Luo Xuan hurried over, and went straight to Feng Yunshan and whispered: "Your Highness, Yin Youcai, the new army of Yuanqi, sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that he wanted to see His Highness have something important to discuss. ”

Yin Youcai? Feng Yunshan glanced at Hong Xiuquan cautiously, thinking that it was impossible to hide this matter from the other party after all, he immediately followed into the big tent, seeing that he looked like he wanted to say something, Hong Xiuquan waved his hand and retreated from the attendants in the big tent, and then said, "What's the matter?" ”

After hesitating, Feng Yunshan said, "Your Majesty, Yuan Qi sent a messenger ......." ”

Hong Xiuquan now has no good impression of Yuan Qi, and immediately said in a deep voice: "It's nothing more than persuasion, I don't see it." ”

"It shouldn't be persuasion." Feng Yunshan pondered and said: "Your Majesty, the enemy is in a hurry, and he has lost a lot of baggage along the way, and it is easy to replenish food, but ammunition cannot be replenished ....... ”

Hearing this, Hong Xiuquan frowned slightly, he didn't know that the Taiping army was now at the end of the crossbow, once the ammunition was exhausted, the Taiping army could not easily attack the city, the reason why he gave up attacking Anshun was to save some ammunition, although the Mini gun was good, but the dependence on ammunition was too great, and their self-produced gunpowder was barely usable, but the bullet was not good.

Although he knew that it was nothing good for Yuan Qi to take the initiative to come to the door, it would not hurt to make contact, and after a slight groan, he said, "Then let's see." ”

Feng Yunshan went all the way south under the leadership of Luo Xuan, came to a temple - Longquan Temple, and crossed the courtyard in the west, and saw Yin Youcai, who was dressed as a gentry, quickly greeted him, and couldn't help but smile, "This king was blind back then, and he didn't know that Brother Yin was a famous general of Yuanqi...... ”

Yin Youcai smiled and arched his hand: "It was really helpless to deceive King Nan back then. ”

Feng Yunshan waved his hand and said with a smile: "General Yin doesn't need to be polite, just his own master." ”

The two entered the room with greetings, and the monk who was waiting for him to offer tea and retreat, Feng Yunshan said directly: "Should the shopkeeper of Yida be persuaded by General Yin to come down?" ”

"The big shopkeeper let me come down to show the way for the Taiping Army." Yin Youcai didn't go around in circles, and said straight to the point: "The big shopkeeper hopes that the Taiping army will enter Burma, and the Yiwang Shi Dakai has led 100,000 troops to the north from Nanning, which should be through Baise into Yunnan or Guizhou, and the Taiping army has more than 200,000 troops, enough to sweep through Burma, if necessary, Yuanqi can give the necessary funding, the map of Burma, the situation in Burma, and the information of the battle between Qing and Burma and the battle of Ming and Burma can be provided." ”

Into Myanmar? Feng Yunshan frowned, "After entering Burma, Yuan Qi won't pursue?" ”

Yin Youcai said slowly: "King Nan should know that the big shopkeeper of my family has always been unwilling to be an enemy of the Taiping Army. ”

Hearing this, Feng Yunshan couldn't help but be moved, if the Taiping army entered Burma, Yuan Qi and the Eight Banners New Army stopped pursuing, but it would give the Taiping army a chance to breathe, otherwise if the pursuit continued like this, it would only be a matter of time before the Taiping Army was wiped out, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "Yuan Qi is ready to go all out to conquer the west?" ”

"Nanwang Mingjian." Yin Youcai knew that he couldn't hide it, and he didn't hide it, and said truthfully: "The big shopkeeper is determined to quickly quell the civil strife before the westward expedition, and the Taiping army must enter Burma within half a year, otherwise, Yuanqi will go all out to encircle and suppress." ”

"Can a batch of firearms and ammunition be funded?"

"Yes, but it can only be delivered after the Taiping army enters Burma."

Feng Yunshan nodded and said, "This king can't be the master of this matter, and he has to ask the king of heaven." ”

"One more thing." Yin Youcai continued: "If it is agreed, the Taiping army can no longer attack the city and plunder the people in Yunnan and Guizhou, we will plan the march route for the Taiping army and provide the necessary food and grass supplies. ”

Outside Anshun City, in the big tent of the Chinese army, after listening to Feng Yunshan's report, Hong Xiuquan was silent for a long time, but Wei Changhui said: "Yuan Qi is credible? ”

"Credible." Feng Yunshan bowed his head and said, "Yuan Qi plans to send troops in the northwest on a large scale, and he has no spare strength to take care of us. ”

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, you can wave your army into Burma." Wei Changhui said slowly: "With Yuanqi to support firearms and ammunition, it is not difficult to sweep away Burma, at the time of Qianlong, the Qing demon entered Burma to fight with only 30,000 troops, and he could hit Ava, the capital of Burma, and our army of more than 200,000 people can completely sweep through Myanmar, there is no need to fight around Yungui and Yuanqi." ”

"Yuan Qi didn't have a good heart." Hong Xiuquan said in a deep voice: "This is to use our hands to destroy Burma!" ”

"The lesser of two evils." Wei Changhui said in a deep voice: "Instead of going around in Yungui and Yuanqi, it is better to enter Burma." "The Taiping Army has been chased by the Yuanqi New Army in the past few months, and he can't even sleep well, he really doesn't want to fight with the Yuanqi New Army anymore, the other party has a steady supply of ammunition, continue to fight, sooner or later they will run out of ammunition and be wiped out!

Hong Xiuquan was full of unwillingness, but he was helpless, in the face of the aggressive Yuanqi New Army, he also had no confidence, and after a while, he said: "That's it, promise them!" ”

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“....... Qianlong's flaunted ten martial arts, the battle of Qing Burma, in fact, did not live up to the name, the battle of Qing Burma, the Qing Dynasty did not win. Bao Shichen sipped hot tea and said eloquently: "In the thirtieth year of Qianlong, Fu Heng, the Minister of Military Aircraft, a scholar of Baohedian University, and a loyal and brave prince of Fengyi, led an army of 30,000 to conquer Burma in three ways.

In July, Fu Heng braved the miasma out of the division, sent more and more troops from Teng, went deep into the fierce arch, raised more than 2,000 miles of soldiers without blood, as if entering a no-man's land, and finally hit the nail in the old Guantun, known as the capital Ava barrier.

Lao Guantun is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Burmese army set up wooden villages, water villages, according to the danger and resistance, Fu Heng mobilized the main force to storm for more than 20 days, artillery bombardment, fire attack, digging tunnels and blasting, all kinds of tactics are used, but it is impossible to break through the old Guantun.

The Qing army could not attack for a long time, and as a result, it contracted a miasma disease, the epidemic spread, more than 31,000 people in the navy and army, more than half of them died, but more than a month, only more than 13,000 people survived, and even the commander Fu Heng was also infected with a vicious disease.

The casualties of the Burmese army were not small, they were worried that the war would continue for a long time, and they were also worried about being flanked by Siam, so they took the initiative to propose peace, and before waiting for the peace to be discussed, Fu Heng returned to China, so the battle of Qing-Burma could only be regarded as an undefeated ending at most. ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled: "Qianlong is known as a perfect old man, which is a bit ....... ”

"The battle was not won, but Burma finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty." Bao Shichen smiled and said: "On Qianlong's 80th birthday, the king of Burma, Meng Yun, was afraid of the Qing Dynasty and Siam due to internal and external difficulties, and on the basis of sending an envoy to pay tribute earlier, he sent an envoy to pay tribute again, asking for the resumption of trade and canonization, and Qianlong canonized him as the king of Burma, resumed normal trade, and Myanmar officially became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. ”

That's not brazen, Yi Zhishu nodded slightly, but Bao Shichen changed his words, "Britain has launched two wars against Burma, and Myanmar will not become an English colony like India, right?" ”

"It's a little better than India." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "However, the ambassador sent by the British and Indian governors to Burma has the privilege of participating in the early dynasty of the Burmese king, so it can be regarded as a semi-colony." ”

Bao Shichen said with concern: "Will the Taiping army in Yunnan and Guizhou be at the mercy of Burma?" ”

"They have no other way to survive than to enter Burma......" Before he finished speaking, Cao Gensheng came in and reported: "Big shopkeeper, Yin Youcai sent an urgent telegram." ”

After receiving the telegram, Yi Zhizhi smiled and said, "Hong Xiuquan has agreed to enter Burma." ”

After reading the telegram, Bao Shichen frowned and said: "When the Taiping army enters Burma, will there be a conflict with England?" ”

"It's inevitable." Yi Zhishu took a cigarette as he spoke, lit it on a charcoal fire, took a few puffs, and then said slowly: "Burma borders India, and it is very close to Assam, and it is a springboard for the British to invade Southeast Asia. ”

"What is Assam? Important? ”

"Assam is suitable for growing tea, and the British have opened up large-scale tea plantations in Assam." Yi Zhizhi said that he originally used the Assam Tea Garden to impress Wu Bingjian and won Wu Bingjian's support, but after more than ten years, he almost forgot the Assam Tea Garden, and now the British tea garden in Assam should be on a scale, right? You have to make good use of the Taiping Army.

Bao Shichen naturally knew the position of tea in the foreign trade of the Qing Dynasty, and when he heard that the British had opened up tea plantations in Assam on a large scale, he was also shocked, "The lord will not let Assam go, right?" ”

"Naturally not." A touch of fierceness flashed in Yi Zhi's eyes, "If you can't grab it, you will destroy it!" ”