New Shun 1730

The one who replaced Liu Yu was a mighty general from the Zhongji Camp, who also brought more than 400 soldiers from the Zhongji Camp.

The court probably knew the behavior of the changed frontier soldiers, and someone had to suppress them.

Otherwise, who knows if they would run back home and live their own lives when they saw that they could not hold on and the war was not going well. As the saying goes, if you attack with the wind, you will make progress like the wind, but if you hold on against the wind, you should seek someone else.

A mighty general of neither high nor low rank was sent to wait for the navy to arrive and lead the cooperation to avoid any mistakes.

The order from there was to let Liu Yu take a group of Beijing camp soldiers who had gone to Yongning Temple with him, and then select some soldiers from the frontier soldiers who had seen blood and performed well in the previous battles.

After the handover, a group of officers came quietly to congratulate Liu Yu.

The battle in the west was not going well, which was supposed to be a bad thing, but people's sorrows and joys were not the same.

All the officers felt that if the battle in the west was not going well, wouldn't it show that we were fighting here with Lord Liu? Will we be promoted after this trip?

Liu Yu did not get complacent, but carefully asked General Weiwu and Du Feng, who came, what was going on on the western front.

He might be caught by the emperor as a firefighter, so he should first ask what level the elite of the five battalions of the court were, so that he would have a better idea.

General Weiwu told Liu Yu about the battle of Muli Jiwei in the west in detail, and Liu Yu was shocked... These elites are elites, and they fought very beautifully.

This group of people felt that the battle there was difficult, mainly because of the comparison of the ambush and field battle reports of Liu Yu's side.

But in Liu Yu's opinion, the battle in the west was clearly very good.

These elites are very powerful.

In the early stage, many people died because they did not understand the attack and defense of the bastion.

This kind of experience is gained through practice, and it is impossible to be born. Death is an insurmountable price, it's normal, how many people died? The bastion experience in Europe was piled up with tens of thousands of deaths.

After the heavy artillery suppressed the bastion artillery in the later period, the elite heavy turtledove gunners drawn from Hetao lined up to suppress the bastion's firepower without chaos; under the cover, the honored veterans fought hand-to-hand and broke through the last line of defense of the bastion, and succeeded in climbing the city with a simple wooden ladder.

It took only a thousand people to attack the bastion with four or five hundred people stationed, and even at the end, they could still organize the backbone veterans to fight. The combat effectiveness of the elite is definitely worthy of the word elite. It is estimated that the whole country can only draw out 20,000 to 30,000 such troops, right?

Relatively speaking, with such a strong combat effectiveness, as long as the tactics are appropriate, the Luosha people can't hold the several fortresses here. It is entirely possible to bite a few more during the negotiation.

Since the emperor has given the order, Liu Yu dare not delay. He selected some soldiers and light cavalry to go with him, and found several people from the local tribes to be guides. Instead of taking the water route, he went straight through the valley road of the Lesser Khingan Mountains and headed straight for Mulijiwei.

When he was about to reach Mulijiwei, he could feel the strict defense here.

The leaders of the various tribes of Khalkha Mongolia had arrived, but the emperor did not hold a meeting because the military might was not enough to deter.

In order to prevent any unusual movements from Khalkha Mongolia, nearly 12,000 emperor's personal troops, honor guards and other cavalry were on high alert.

After the conquered Mulijiwei was simply repaired, the emperor's camp tent was temporarily stationed there.

There were no houses that met the specifications, so a bright yellow tent was used. Several vermilion tents were also set up in the city, which were prepared for the Mongolian leaders, and the rest of the Mongolian cavalry were stationed outside the city.

There were wooden boats transporting food and grass on the Nenjiang River, and Mongolian riders were not allowed to build tents along the river, probably to prevent unexpected situations and facilitate the emperor to run along the river.

When they arrived outside the city, Duke E, who was in charge of the security, first received Liu Yu and arranged for the people Liu Yu brought to camp near the city.

The reward for meritorious service could only be carried out after the battle was over. In addition, the prisoners captured by Liu Yu took the water route, so there was no way to review them during the war to boost the military's prestige.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, or perhaps because the atmosphere was too tense, Duke E did not say anything extra to Liu Yu, but just patted him on the shoulder and nodded at him.

After resting for half an hour and changing clothes, he heard the emperor's summons.

After entering the big tent, he kowtowed and swore in his heart. There was no one else in the tent except the emperor, eunuchs, and guards.

The emperor neither praised nor rewarded him, but got to the point and asked directly: "Are you sure you can capture the castle of the Luosha people in the west to show the power of the imperial army in the eyes of the Khalkha people?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know how tall the castle is, how many defenders there are, and what the soil is like. I dare not answer."

Li Gan hummed, thinking that this is true, he was impatient again. But Liu Yu was very rare for not being arrogant after winning.

"Your Majesty wants to attack the city, I will do my best. I wonder if the big Kongming lantern I made that day is still there?"

The emperor was stunned and thought of that thing.

When it was made, the capital was shocked. Liu Yu said that he was thinking about the border war and his loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. In fact, the emperor was so conservative that he was ready to run away to Southeast Asia.

Later, when he was questioned at Jinshui Bridge, the thing was not returned to Liu Yu immediately. This time, the emperor did not think that the thing would be useful.

Now that Liu Yu said this, the emperor suddenly woke up.

Yes, isn't that a siege weapon? If you fly it to the sky and use a telescope to see the situation in the city, wouldn't it be clear? To the west is a large grassland, where it is hard to find trees, and it is impossible to build a watchtower as high as a hot air balloon.

Besides, the Khalkha Mongols have never seen this thing, so it will be a good opportunity to shock them.

Originally, Li Gan planned to use this war to make the Khalkha Mongols surrender completely. After the war, there will be a meeting, and the meeting requires a lot of preparation.

The Mongols believe in the Red and Yellow Sects, which are all Buddhism. Some animals in Buddhist scriptures have special meanings.

When the meeting was held, Li Gan planned to send people to get the tribute animals such as elephants and lions from the capital, one is to show the style of the Celestial Empire, and the other is to respect their beliefs.

One of the main reasons for the surrender of the Khalkha Mongols was that the Rakshasas believed in the Eastern Orthodoxy, and there were Lamas and Yellow Sect Buddhist temples in the capital. Getting two elephants to decorate the facade and to celebrate the occasion will make the Khalkha people happy, as they are definitely closer to the people than the Dongzheng people who always nag about the Holy Mother.

These things are transported slowly, but if we use the grassland post line to rush for 800 miles, some small items can still be transported quickly.

Thinking of this, he didn't know what strange request Liu Yu would make, so he said: "If you have any other requests, tell me all of them. Ask the fast horse to deliver them. Just tell me, I just want this battle to make the Khalkha people surrender."

Liu Yu asked tentatively: "I do want something else. But although I want it, whether it can be used still needs your majesty's decision."

"Just tell me."

"I also have a few Western military uniforms tributed by French missionaries in my home. I believe that there must be a lot of such tribute Western military uniforms in the capital. I want dozens of sets of blue Western military uniforms from France, a French blue iris flag, and a French flag with a white background. When two armies clash, all is fair; at the negotiation table, we should be even more treacherous. These things may help the Celestial Empire to cheat a few miles of land from Luosha."

The things he wanted were really unrealistic. Li Gan was a little puzzled for a while, and then he reacted.

"You mean, let our soldiers wear it and trick the Russians into thinking that the French are also contributing in this war? France is thousands of miles away and does not seem to border Russia. Even if there are some soldiers, what's the use?"

Liu Yu was just testing it just now. If the emperor is not interested or does not want to do it at all, then he can't do anything. Shut up and keep climbing up. After climbing up, consider opening your eyes to the world.

Since the emperor did not deny it immediately, there is obviously a chance.

If you choose an ally or potential ally in Europe at this time, the best target is France.

First, the French navy cannot beat Britain. Britain has now reached India and its influence in Southeast Asia is growing. France has no chance of any conflict with Dashun for the time being, and there is no land border. The French navy and the East India Company will definitely be played around by the British navy.

Second, France is a "filial son" of Catholicism. Unlike Spain or Portugal, it is not keen on missionary work. It has also formed an alliance with Turkey and arrested the Pope and put him under house arrest. With frequent religious incidents in the imperial court and the imminent ban on religion, France should also be willing to take this opportunity to replace the Jesuits' dominant position in China.

Third, the exchanges between France and Dashun were close, and the maps with longitude and latitude were also drawn by a group of French people. Although France has maps, they are useless. Before defeating Britain and taking over India, it has no ability to covet China. If France explodes and defeats Britain and takes over India, and Dashun has not completed the initial military reform... then there is no hope, just wait for the sound of a cannon and the red flag to roll up to save itself.

Seeing that religion will be banned after this battle, Liu Yu still hopes to take this opportunity to leave a large window for foreign exchanges.

His "mentor", the Minister of the Government of Rites and the Supervisor of the Imperial Observatory, Dai Jinxian, is about to go to Rome, but there is no need to think about it, there is no effect, and the group of rigid old men in Rome over 80 years old cannot have this flexibility.

This is just a symbolic effort made by the court to block the mouths of the believers in the imperial court for the ban on religion.

Just because the Protestant and Catholic religions have been fighting for decades, it is destined that whoever is the most conservative will be the Pope. This is a stress reaction, and there is nothing you can do about it.

It was not until the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo that the Pope allowed the Guochao believers to worship their ancestors and Confucius.

That was because in Japan, some believers who did not worship the emperor were "punished by heaven", and the puppet Manchukuo wanted to worship Confucius to instill slave education, so they dug out an old paper and believed that believers worshipping their ancestors and Confucius was not considered idolatry - the paper was issued in 1258. The reason is also very simple. That year, the Mongols captured Baghdad and trampled Khalifa to death, and they were about to capture Jerusalem. Tolui's daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law were both Nestorian Christians. The Pope exclaimed that the Crusaders came from Mongolia. In order to lick the Mongols, he had to issue an edict, saying that customary worship was not considered idolatry that violated dogma - of course, this piece of paper exists now, but those old men can't find it at this time.

This war against Russia may be the best opportunity for Dashun to contact the West in decades.

Once the war with Russia ended, the northwest was pacified, and the ban on religion was implemented, the country would likely turn conservative.

Although the official ideology of Dashun at this time was derived from the pragmatic school of Ye Shi and Chen Liang, which was integrated by Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi, no one dared to guarantee that they would not take advantage of this ban on religion to fully return to the old ways. It might not be as good as the stress response of a large paramecium under external stimulation, but rather bury their heads in the dream of the Celestial Empire.

As long as you don't open your eyes, the outside world does not exist.

If he can’t take this opportunity to leave a door for the future, Liu Yu estimated that even if he climbed up in the future, it would be extremely difficult to open the door and see the world.

Now that he deliberately mentioned this matter, Du Feng had already given the emperor a shot of prevention. When he mentioned it again at this time, the emperor was not so surprised.

Liu Yu took the opportunity to say: "You can also let the Duke of Qi add one more clause when negotiating with Luocha. When the King of Poland dies, Luocha should support the father-in-law of the King of France to restore the throne of Poland, so that the Luocha people will be sure that France also contributed to this war."

"The throne of Poland has nothing to do with the country. But the so-called negotiation is nothing more than asking for a high price and paying it back on the spot. Since the price has been asked, let the Luocha people bargain. It’s nothing more than a few dozen uniforms and two flags. If you can get back even an inch of land, it will save the blood of the soldiers. , soldiers sweat. If it is useless, Your Majesty should just give it to the soldiers as a reward. "

"Your Majesty, flags and military uniforms are nothing but cloth. Without cloth, where can we produce Songjiang cotton and Suzhou brocade? But what about land? Who in the world can produce even an inch of land now?"

"During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the south of the Yangtze River was barren, so how could we know that there would be fish and rice in the future? Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions were unknown, so how could we know the benefits of digging through? Although this place is barren now, who dares to assert that the northeast will not be fertile in the future and the world will be full?"