Aliman's 30,000 troops were defeated by Zhu Lingye's rebel army outside of Qinzhou.
Moreover, Zhu Lingye was leading the army to chase after Ali Man. They had already reached Shangsi Province with unstoppable momentum. Gui Province was in a state of emergency, and no one could stop the Yan Huang National Defense Army.
This shocking news spread from the radio station to the north and south of the Yangtze River in less than 24 hours, causing a huge uproar.
Ever since Qianlong enacted the law, no one had rebelled for many years.
Even if there were, they would be suppressed by the imperial court as soon as they appeared, and their heads would roll like a river.
Who was Zhu Lingye? How could he wipe out 30,000 elite soldiers of the Southern Army?
For a moment, everyone was talking about Zhu Lingye.
A large number of people thought that Zhu Lingye could not succeed. After all, he only had more than 10,000 people.
So what if he was strong in combat? The Imperial Court had an army of more than one million soldiers, and they could recruit a few more in a short period of time.
Ants could bite an elephant to death, and the old master could be killed by random punches. Zhu Lingye's final outcome was his defeat and death.
However, there were also a small number of people who disagreed and believed that Zhu Lingye might be able to overthrow the Qing court.
Why did he think so?
Zhu Lingye was in Gui Province in the southwest!
The mountainous climate in Gui Province was hot, and the terrain was complicated, which was not conducive to the deployment of the large army. This gave Zhu Lingye a good opportunity.
As long as Zhu Lingye took advantage of the terrain to slow down the Qing army, he could slowly consume the Qing army's strength and expand the size of the Yan Huang National Defense Force in the battle.
Moreover, because of the successive years of disasters, the Qing army could not last long in Gui Province.
Occupy the southwest and use the southwest as the foundation to expand the army and prepare for war. When the time was ripe, send troops to annex the south and the probability of overthrowing the Qing court was very high.
Unfortunately, this was just a fantasy.
Ninety-nine percent of them were not optimistic about Zhu Lingye because he had too few troops.
He was able to defeat Aliman because Aliman underestimated his opponent and rushed forward. Zhu Lingye was lucky enough to win.
When the Imperial Court really took it seriously, it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed!
Forbidden City, Heart-nourishing Hall.
"Emperor, the Southern General Aliman led 200 of his guards into the Hundred Thousand Mountains and disappeared!”
"The Zhu army has a large number of vehicles and is advancing at an extremely fast speed. They have already reached Shangsi Prefecture and are expected to arrive outside Shangsi City in the afternoon.”
" Shangsi City only has one city defense unit, it can't stop the attack of the Zhu bandits with a large number of cannons. It's only a matter of time before it falls..."
Minister of War Aligon carefully reported the battle situation. By the end, cold sweat was dripping down his back.
Because the Emperor's aura was extremely terrifying, like a ferocious beast that wanted to devour people.
Qianlong, who was forty-nine years old this year, looked a little old.
There was no other reason than that his life had been too terrible since he ascended the throne.
He had thought that the Qing Empire had experienced the reform of his grandfather, Emperor Kangxi, and the hard work of his father, Emperor Yongzheng. The country was already peaceful and prosperous.
There were no rebels or foreign vassals in the country, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Ever since he was young, he had been doted on by his grandfather Kangxi and father Yongzheng. In addition, his father Yongzheng did not have any sons, so it was certain that he would inherit the throne.
Just as he had imagined, his father, Yongzheng, had passed away. He was only twenty-five years old when he ascended the throne. It could be said that this was the most energetic time in a person's life. Moreover, there were no powerful officials like Oboi in the court at this time. He could easily become an emperor. It could be said that his luck was really good.
However, things did not go as he wished!
Just as he was about to show off his abilities and inherit the will of his grandfather and father to create a prosperous era that was even richer and stronger than the Kaiyuan Era and Yongxuan Era, a disaster descended.
In the sixth year after he ascended the throne, because foreign merchants were strictly prohibited from selling tobacco in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, the 14-nation alliance led by the Empire of the Sun Never Sets and France invaded brazenly.
First, they gathered more than a hundred battleships and bombarded several major coastal cities. Then, they landed from Tianjing and attacked all the way to Yanjing City.
The 400,000 strong army couldn't hold off the 30,000 strong alliance army for seven days, and the casualties exceeded 200,000.
From then on, he knew that the Qing Empire was not the strongest empire in the world. Any Western power could easily defeat the Qing Empire.
If he couldn't win, then he would cede territory and pay compensation!
In the first trade war, more than 100,000 square kilometers of coastal land were ceded to the foreign powers. Almost all the coastal cities fell into the hands of the foreign powers, and the compensation reached an astonishing 420 million taels of silver.
He decided to open up the country and learn from the foreign powers to build a modern army. He would use the money saved by his grandfather and father to buy the warships and weapons of the foreign powers at a high price.
Where there is a will, there is a way. After seven years of development, the year came to 1748, and the First Royal Fleet of the Qing Dynasty, which had been invested heavily, officially formed its combat strength.
They had six battleships with a displacement of more than 20000 tons, sixteen heavy cruisers with a displacement of 9,000 to 12,000 tons, eighteen light cruisers with a displacement of 4,000 to 7,000 tons, and twenty-two destroyer with a displacement of 1,500 to 3,000 tons!
With this scale, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was the top ten in Asia, right?
However…
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