Chapter 143 (7) Don’t lose too fast

It is said that the Qiujiang River in that city has a ball on it. Not to mention the wide river surface, the south of the river is surrounded by mountains and is higher than the north bank.Annan's soldiers stood condescendingly, firing artillery along the river, staring at the Qing soldiers. This river is not easy to navigate. If the Qing army crossed the river on rafts, the Annan soldiers only needed to bombard them with a few cannonballs, and the Qing soldiers would die in the middle of the river.So Sun Shiyi convened a meeting of cadres above the company level, calling on everyone to work together to think of ways to cross the river.At the meeting, the commanders and fighters at all levels said in unison: The leader is wise, the leader is far-sighted, and the leader is what he says... But there is a general Zhang Chaolong, who does not sing praises to the leader, but says: Are you all out of your mind?What does it matter if Annan's soldiers fired artillery along the river? Their artillery is dead, so are we also dead?We only need to move upstream or downstream, isn't it easy to cross the river?

Sun Shiyi was overjoyed, and slapped Zhang Chaolong on the shoulder: "Very well, I am optimistic about you, and this glorious task is entrusted to you." Zhang Chaolong rolled his eyes, and then he realized why everyone praised the leader. If you don't praise him, the consequences will be very troublesome.In desperation, Zhang Chaolong had no choice but to take his soldiers and marched upwards for 20 miles. When he found that there was no Annan soldier on the other side, he made a bamboo raft, crossed the river at midnight, walked around behind the Annan soldier, shouted, and killed the general.

But An Nanbing thought that he was short-minded, and others were short-hearted, so he lay on the gun emplacement and refused to move.Hearing that the Qing soldiers came to kill him later, he was very confused: what's going on?I didn't see the Qing soldiers crossing the river, why did they kill them from behind... Because they couldn't figure out such a difficult problem, they couldn't fight back, so they were defeated, Zhang Chaolong beheaded thousands of people, and then greeted the main force to cross the river. The third river is called Fuliang River. This river is just outside the gate of Annan Capital City. As long as you cross the river, the battle will be considered as a victory.So Ruan Hui took this river seriously, and he rowed all the warships to the south bank.The bamboo forest on the north bank that was about to be captured by the Qing soldiers was also cut down, so that the Qing army had no materials for making rafts.

It doesn't matter if you don't have materials to make materials. Who said that Qing soldiers must build ships by themselves?Still according to the previous method, soldiers were sent to move upstream. After moving dozens of miles away, they found a fishing village nearby. The fishermen were happily paddling small boats and singing the song of fishing light: the fisherman girl is at the seaside, weaving Weaving fishing nets, weaving and weaving... The Qing soldiers shouted: fellow countrymen, we are the army of the imperial court, and we are here to survive. Now we want to requisition your boats, how much money do you need, tell me.

The fishermen asked: What is life and death in small words? The soldier replied: The bastard only knows...Fellow townsman, we rowed away your boat.After rowing back, in the middle of the night, more than a hundred soldiers quietly crossed the river in small boats, and found a big boat. , Annan's soldiers all jumped into the river, and they didn't even have the slightest heart to fight. Coming back with a big boat, Xu Shixiang, the admiral of Guangxi, boarded the boat with two hundred soldiers and crossed the river first.Then this boat began to carry Qing soldiers with two hundred people. It went back and forth a total of ten times, and two thousand Qing soldiers crossed the river.Just as they were about to fight, they found that Annan's soldiers had already disappeared without a trace.

That counts as a win. Sun Shiyi and Xu Shixiang led the mighty Qing soldiers to enter Licheng, and found that the city was so outrageous that it was unimaginably simple: it was surrounded by earthen barriers, only a few feet high, with clumps of bamboos planted on top, and butterflies flying around. It's a bit like a large garden of a medium-sized family, lacking strategic value.In the central area of ​​the city, there is a large area of ​​ruins, and the ground is full of broken red bricks. These red bricks are the buildings of the previous palace, and now they have been demolished by Ruan Hui.

While watching, a beggar suddenly came out from the crowd, with hands and feet, white and tender like a woman: You are finally here, I want to kill you. Sun Shiyi was very surprised: who are you, you are talking like this? The man said: I am Li Weiqi, king of Annan, I knew that the imperial court and the great emperor would not ignore me, and would definitely send troops to help me restore the country. really?Sun Shiyi expressed doubts: You wait, I will find someone who knows the king to identify it.So I found the king minister Ruan Huisu, and saw Ruan Huisu hugging the beggar and crying: King, you are suffering, begging every day, you are not bullied by the gang of beggars... you are really the king.

Sun Shiyi's victory memorial was quickly delivered to the imperial court. Qianlong received the report and immediately held a grand reception in the Jinluan Hall.At the reception, he said emotionally: I am a man who has no great abilities, but is a wise man.Therefore, I think that only one word is enough to evaluate me, and this word is awesome... Just as he was talking, a door official quietly came over: Your Majesty, there is bad news... Qianlong changed his face: what bad news? The gate official said in a low voice: Gurkhas crossed the snowy mountains and invaded Tibet. The Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama and many living Buddhas formally appealed to the central government for help.

Qianlong: ...What is it called Gurkha? Gatekeeper: I heard that it is a strange country called Nepal. In that country, the status of cattle is quite high. Niu... Qianlong rolled his eyes vigorously: You don't want to piss me off, do you?Judging by your expression, is there any worse news? Not bad at all.The gate official said: Just now, I received a report from Sun Shiyi that Ruan Hui, the leader of the Annan rebel army, fought back against the capital frantically. Our army was defeated and the whole army was wiped out. Only Sun Shiyi fled back to China alone. no?Qianlong was dumbfounded: Please, even if it is a big defeat, don't go so fast, okay?My celebration party is not over yet!