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Since the Qing Dynasty entered the country, it has adopted a high-pressure rule and forced the people to shave their heads and change their clothes, which are unpopular. The rule of the Qing Dynasty was entirely based on military victory.
The current military setbacks will inevitably put the Qing Dynasty’s rule in jeopardy.
From a psychological point of view, when a person falls into danger, his suspicion will inevitably increase.
There is no doubt that the current situation in the world is extremely dangerous for the Qing Dynasty. As the top of the ruling class, Duoduo and others have already felt that their feet are constantly shaking. At this time, suspicion will inevitably increase.
Zu Dale was ordered to encircle and suppress the rebel army in Luyi County near Bozhou. He dispatched 500 cavalrymen, but 200 rebels managed to escape and their whereabouts are unknown.
Duoduo therefore suspected that Zu Dale had deliberately let the mob run away, so he sent someone to hastily call him back. As soon as Zu Dale entered the hall of the prefecture government, Duoduo slapped him hard on the face. Pa! Pa! The crisp sound startled the guards outside the hall.
Duoduo was not satisfied, and kicked Zu Dale to the ground again. If Ning Wanwo hadn't come up and held him back in time, the furious Duoduo would have kicked him a few more times.
"You are a complete good-for-nothing. Even a group of rioters cannot handle you. What use are you..." Duoduo's eyes were blazing as he pointed at Zu Dale lying on the ground and cursed.
Zu Dale knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Please spare my life, Your Majesty. Those rioters gather together as soldiers and disperse as civilians. The local people provide them with cover. Unless we kill them in large numbers, we can't get rid of those rioters. But Your Majesty has ordered us not to kill the local people at will. This general..."
Duoduo shook Ning Wanwo off, stepped forward and kicked Zu Dale hard in the chest, shouting with a ferocious look on his face: "You are incompetent, yet you dare to push the responsibility onto me. Come on, drag him away..."
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, calm down!" Ning Wanwo's expression changed suddenly. He shouted to stop her.
Duoduo finally regained some sanity, and then shouted: "Drag him away and give him 40 military sticks! Then take him to jail and wait for his punishment!"
“Your Highness, please spare my life…” Zu Dale begged as he was dragged out by the guards who rushed in. Duoduo didn’t even look at him again.
Ning Wanwo sighed sadly and said to Duoduo: "Your Majesty, although Zu Dale did not fight well, it is understandable..."
"What about Zu Dabi?" Duoduo interrupted him coldly, "Zu Dabi defected to the enemy and rebelled. If we don't take the opportunity to deprive the Zu family of their military power, we never know when trouble will break out. You don't have to worry about this matter. I have my own ideas."
Ning Wanwo was stunned, and then he realized that Duoduo was taking advantage of the situation. He was silent for a while, but couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, Zu Dabi was captured, and Qin Mu personally invited him to drink. It is hard to conclude that Qin Mu is not using a strategy to sow discord. The Zu family is a big family in Liaodong. Zu Dashou, his nephew Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa and others are all generals who led troops..."
"You don't have to say any more. This is why we must weaken the Zu family as soon as possible to prevent them from becoming a major threat to the Qing Dynasty."
Duoduo was just about to send someone to question Zu Zepei and Zu Zesheng. Suddenly, a messenger stumbled in from outside, knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Your Highness, Aobai... Aobai..." The messenger saw Duoduo's cold eyes and secretly hated himself for running into the hall. Wasn't it better to kneel outside the door just now
"What happened to Aobai?" Duoduo's words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, word by word, scaring the messenger so much that he kept talking nonsense.
"Your Majesty, Aobai has surrendered to the Qin State. And..."
"Damn it!" Duoduo roared. The messenger finally couldn't help but crawled a few feet away and continued, "Your Majesty, I also heard a piece of news. I heard that Teng Jitai of the Sunite tribe also sent people to Shouzhou. It is very likely that he colluded with the Qin army..."
The messenger glanced at Duoduo quickly and was surprised to see the unexpected rage. Duoduo seemed to be stunned, even his eyes were a little dazed.
Ning Wanwo hurried over and asked, "Where did you get this news? Did Teng Jitai really send someone to Shouzhou?"
The messenger quickly replied, "I heard from the people near Shouzhou that Meng Ke, the commander-in-chief of the Qin army, personally went to the Huai River to welcome Teng Jitai's men. Teng Jitai sent his captain Huluo to Shouzhou, and Aobai also went to Shouzhou to surrender to Qin that day..."
The messenger's words made Ning Wanye panic. If the impact of Aobai's surrender to Qin would not be immediately apparent, then Teng Jitai's collusion with Qin would immediately deal a heavy blow to the Qing Dynasty.
If this matter is not handled properly, it will inevitably trigger a chain reaction among the Mongolian tribes. The alliance between Mongolia and the Jurchens may fall apart, and they may even turn from allies into mortal enemies.
The total strength of the Jurchens and the Han army flags when they entered the Pass was less than 100,000. After entering the Pass, they swept across the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, they mainly relied on the Green Camp soldiers to act as the vanguard.
After several major defeats, the Green Camp soldiers have almost completely collapsed, and the remaining forces of the Manchu and Han army flags combined are less than 50,000.
Today's Qing army is no longer the "invincible" force it once was. Repeated defeats have almost destroyed the spirit of the Qing army, and many soldiers have even suffered from "Qin phobia."
At this precarious time, if the Mongols broke away again or even became enemies of the Qing Dynasty, it would be a huge disaster for the Qing Dynasty.
No wonder Duoduo was struck by lightning when he heard the news, and was completely stunned.
"Your Highness, wake up, wake up quickly." Ning Wanye was so anxious that he didn't care about anything else and walked forward to shake Duoduo's shoulders.
Duoduo came back to his senses, his Adam's apple moved up and down, he swallowed twice, and said with difficulty: "Master Ning, do you have any good advice for me?"
Seeing Duoduo, who had always been tyrannical and brutal, so dispirited, Ning Wanwo suddenly had an ominous feeling, as if he had seen the end of the Qing Dynasty.
"Your Highness, at this critical juncture, I hope you can cheer up. Regardless of whether the news that Teng Jitai colluded with the Qin State is true or false, as long as this news spreads, it will definitely lead to unpredictable consequences. The most urgent task is that Your Highness must first gather the leaders of the Mongolian tribes and appease them. Promise them more benefits to prevent them from turning to the Qin State. In addition, you must immediately report this matter to the Regent, and let the Regent come forward to form an alliance with the Mongolian tribes again. In short, the most important thing right now is to stabilize the Mongolian tribes. This matter cannot be delayed, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous..."
"Okay, let's do as Master Ning says." Duoduo was so confused that he had no idea what to do.
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In Shouzhou City, Meng Ke entertained Huluwo with good wine and delicious food every day, and also invited him to watch the training of Qin soldiers.
The large parade ground was filled with murderous aura, smoke and dust, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Looking at the Qin soldiers who were battered but unruly, Huluo was shocked by this training method that was almost like actual combat.
The more he watched, the more uneasy he became. You know, the Han people can easily mobilize millions of troops. If every army is trained like this, how terrifying will the Qin army be!
Meng Ke stood on the podium with him and said calmly, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, General Huluo. I heard that the Sunite tribe ranked fifth among the Mongolian tribes during the reign of Genghis Khan. They were the best at riding and archery. I'm sure these little tricks of my men will not be worthy of General Huluo's approval."
"General Meng, you are joking. General Meng's soldiers are as fierce as wolves and tigers, which makes people afraid. No wonder the Qing army suffered defeat after defeat. Now it seems that the Qing army's defeat is not unjust." Huluo's words were very sincere. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that when the Qin army defeated Xihan, they used a powerful firearm. General Meng, can you let me see the power of this firearm?"
"Why not?" Meng Ke whispered to the personal soldier beside him, and the personal soldier went to get the rocket.
Rocket lances were a rare weapon in the Qin army, and Meng Ke was only able to obtain five rocket lances and twenty rocket shells, which were very precious. But in order to intimidate Huluwo, Meng Ke did not hesitate to take out this treasure for a test.
In order to enhance the visual effect, Meng Ke had people pile up some wood and mud in a corner of the parade ground, and secretly stuffed about ten pounds of explosives into it.
Then a soldier galloped down the parade ground with a loaded rocket. "Yu!" The soldier suddenly stopped his horse, quickly took the rocket from the victory hook, lit the fuse, carried it on his shoulder, and aimed at the pile of wood in the distance.
The Rocket-Luluwo has been famous for a long time. It is said that Xihan was defeated by this powerful firearm in Lai'an. Ten thousand cavalrymen were almost wiped out. Ten thousand cavalrymen, what a terrible weapon this must have been.
Although Huluo had not seen the power of the rocket with his own eyes, this weapon had long been said to be miraculous. Seeing that this legendary powerful weapon was about to be launched, Huluo could not help but hold his breath and his heartbeat accelerated.
Chi! Suddenly, a tongue of fire spurted out, and the rocket flew towards the woodpile with a dazzling tail flame. Boom! There was a loud noise that shook the earth, and the flames rose several feet high. The ground was shaking continuously, and the wood and sand and stones were blown to pieces, scattering twenty or thirty feet away. The explosion point was filled with smoke and dust, and the flames were dazzling...
This power was beyond Huluwo's imagination, and he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. If one rocket had such power, how terrifying would it be if there were hundreds or thousands of them? Moreover, it could be easily launched from a warhorse, and its mobility was so strong, no wonder Xihan's 10,000 cavalry were easily annihilated... ..
“This... this is too..." Huluo opened his mouth and couldn't finish a sentence.
Meng Ke laughed secretly in his heart when he saw Huluo's face change drastically. The yellow explosives filled in the rocket were already quite powerful, and now more than ten pounds of gunpowder were detonating at the same time, so the power was naturally extraordinary.
After seeing the power of the rockets with his own eyes, Huluo was secretly glad that he did not continue to be an enemy of the Qin army, and his attitude towards Meng Ke became more respectful.
He waited in Shouzhou for a few days, and finally several hundred captured tribesmen arrived. Meng Ke did not want to keep him any longer, and gave him some food, fodder and weapons, and let him return to Ying with several hundred tribesmen.
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ps: There are still two days left, hold on, hold on! Brothers, you must hold on! To be honest, for me, who is on the monthly ticket list for the first time, it is difficult to calm down. I am very afraid that this wonderful expectation will be dashed at the last moment.
I bow again, and with a nervous heart, I ask for monthly tickets from all the book friends, and look forward to your support. I am buried in writing, and I have nothing, so I can only repay you with words.
obeisance!
.(To be continued..)
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