Chapter 428: The strange disappearance of the thief...

Helin had been staying in the capital. Although he had asked Qianlong for battle many times, Fukang'an, the number one general of the Qing Dynasty, had already appeared. Therefore, Qianlong did not agree to his request, or Heshen was also interfering with it. After all, this was his only brother. At this time, the situation in Huguang area was corrupt and it was difficult to make contributions in the short term, and it might even be convicted. Therefore, Helin had never been able to take a step forward in the capital.

Later, due to the ineffective operation of the official army, and the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect became increasingly affected, Qianlong was furious and unknown how many senior officials at the level of the general were removed from office, and even the admiral of a province were pulled down. Moreover, there were many Qingting generals who died at the hands of those rebels, which made Heshen secretly glad that his younger brother was fortunately not involved in this mess.

However, when there were rebels in Zhili, Qianlong's seven orifices were smoked. In order to shock the world and to prove that the Qingting still had powerful force to control the world, Qianlong finally activated Helin, who was still in the capital, who was still in the capital.

Everyone was not worried that Helin would fail, including Heshen. You should know that although the Qingting was corrupt, a group of powerful soldiers and generals were left behind in continuous wars. What's more, in order to remove this rebel army in the shortest time, Qianlong even drew a group of troops from the Shenji Camp and the Cavalry Camp, and then drew a group of elite Mongolian cavalry from Mongolia, gathering up a large army of 70,000 to 80,000. It is necessary to wipe out this rebel force in the shortest time, and ordered the Zhili Green Camp to cooperate with the operation, which made Helin himself full of confidence, but who knew that he had rushed forward and rushed forward in a row. After catching up with the rebel force, the vanguard was defeated and fled.

Yongbao saw the gaze that He Lin cast, and nodded heavily: "It seems that the Mongolian Eight Banners Ginseng Leader Rigude did not lie. If not, how could those rebels repel a Mongolian cavalry or even defeat it?"

"No, could these thieves actually have connections with the Western barbarians? You know, the court has extremely strict control over firearms, and the officers and soldiers have also contacted the thieves' team several times before. Apart from some muskets and some small cannons, there were no heavy cannons at all." A genius next to him raised his own question with a puzzled look on his face.

"It's a pity that the Ryugude has been taken to the capital, otherwise we should be able to ask for something more." Yongbao said regretfully. Not only was he defeated by the rebels, but even the main general was killed in battle. The Ryugude's responsibility is definitely small, and He Lin was really not interested in hearing the croaker of the Mongolian Eight Banners crying and directly ordered him to be locked and taken to the capital. By the way, the Mongol Eight Banners defeated the Mongol Eight Banners and the rebel team had already crossed the Xuanhui River and sent the emergency military information back to the capital.

"What can he ask? That coward is completely scared." Another general replied. "Those arrogant and arrogant Mongols finally tasted the pain this time."

He Lin just glanced at the man lightly and said in a deep voice to the general who was still standing in front of him: "Start up the construction of the floating bridge. Tomorrow morning, our army must set foot on the south bank!"

"The last general obeys the order!" After receiving the order, the general rushed out of the central army's tent.

After the generals left the camp, He Lin sat back to his seat and frowned and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid things have changed."

"That's right." Yongbao, who stayed behind, also frowned: "No matter what the Eight Mongolian Banners are, they can deal with a group of mud-legged thieves. Even if the other party relies on the large number of people, they will be unable to win at most. How could they be defeated to such an extent?"

"Reinforcements, they must have reinforcements. Otherwise, the Japanese Gude would not have frequently talked about the black-clad thieves who protected the rebels across the river. However, when will such a fierce and capable thieves be added on the ground of the Qing Dynasty?" This question deeply confused He Lin, and the counselor, Yong Bao.

Because according to the description of several Mongol Eight Banners generals of the Ryugude, it was a powerful rebel force that was even far more powerful than the firepower of the Qing army. They not only had strong combat power, but also had great power in their artillery. More importantly, the muskets in their hands were like they could fire countless times without loading ammunition, and of course, there were also those black iron balls that would explode when thrown out with their hands.

However, among their statements, He Lin and others only accepted some of them. After all, they had never seen the muskets that could be fired countless times without loading ammunition. Not to mention that they had never heard of them. He Lin had been in contact with him in Guangdong and Annan. In addition, he had a good personal relationship with Fu Kang'an, and Fu Kang'an had also told him privately about the strength of the Western firearms, but he had never heard of such a murderous weapon in the West.

The Westerners were good at firearms, while the Qing Dynasty was good at riding and shooting. This was the perception of Helin and other Qing generals. If even those Westerners did not have such firearms, how could a small rebel have such a powerful weapon?

Therefore, revolver is regarded as a weapon that only exists in the illusion by the Mongols because of their defeat in the war.

However, as for the kind that can be thrown by hand, He Lin naturally regarded it as a small-trumpet flowering bullet. However, even so, He Lin's heart was filled with vigilance and doubt. Four thousand Mongolian cavalry are definitely not comparable to miscellaneous soldiers. Moreover, in this era, cavalry not only has strong maneuver power, but more importantly, it has strong impact and destructive power. Even if the opponent is a pure firearm unit, it is absolutely impossible for the elite Mongolian Eight Banners to easily defeat this elite Mongolian Eight Banners.

But the fact is right in front of him. Even if He Lin wants to break his head, he would never have imagined that the combat effectiveness of this thief army has far exceeded that of other firearm troops of this era.

Their mortars that can reach ten to twelve rounds per minute, mines hidden under the surface, grenades that can be thrown, revolvers that can fire six bullets in a row and load ammunition will not be more than twenty seconds, and barbed wire used to build defensive positions, full of sharp steel barbs...

Everything appeared in Liang Pengfei's army just to improve combat effectiveness. If it weren't for the time being too short and the machine gun was still in the research and development stage, and the rebels could not have retreated for the first half of the year, otherwise, there would have been no Mongolian cavalry that could easily escape the position. Moreover, the end of the battle would have been faster.

However, all this is enough to change the war mode of this world, and the first to enjoy this change was the group of unlucky Eight Mongolian Banners.

The next morning, the Qing army was finally able to cross the Xuanhui River, but when they were crossing the river, the thief army that made a lot of noise in Zhili had already passed through the Shejia Wharf in the eastern part of Haifeng, following the river channel of the Goupan River into the Bohai Sea. The last ship also left the Shejia Wharf when the Qing army crossed the river.

After the Qing army followed their footsteps to Shejia Wharf, they were extremely shocked to find that nearly 100,000 rebels had disappeared without a trace at this Shejia Wharf.

No trace of the thief was found within a radius of ten miles. The Haifeng County Magistrate and others reported that within ten days, a group of thieves in black surrounded the Haifeng County. They could not know what happened at the Shejia Wharf.

However, it should be certain that since the nearly 100,000 rebels have lost their traces here, there are only two possibilities: one, collectively jumped into the river and committed suicide. Of course, this possibility is really pitifully low. The other possibility is that a huge fleet took the rebel troops away.

"Hundreds of thousands of rebels, they were all picked up by others in three or four days?" Standing at the messy Shejia Wharf, looking at the swaying river water under the wind and snow, He Lin couldn't help but subconsciously wrapped the fox fur on her body, but she couldn't stop the chill in her heart. "Unless my Qing Dynasty gathered all the warships, I'm afraid it can be done, right?"

Behind him, Yongbao and others' expressions were also ugly, and they were full of shock and disbelief. However, even if they wanted to inquire, they had no way to inquire, because all the people in the five-mile radius of Shejiagang Wharf disappeared without a trace, only those houses and those furniture that had not yet been covered with dust proved that there were still living people here not long ago.

This extremely strange ending made these generals feel a little chilling. "Is Yingyi coming again?" A general wiped a handful of sweat wrapped in snow foam and muttered in a low voice.

"Ying Yi?" Yongbao shook his head in disbelief: "Ying Yi shouldn't have such courage. Besides, there are nearly 100,000 people, and only a few ships?"

"Search it for me, search carefully, it's fifty miles in a radius, no, a hundred miles in a radius, I don't believe it. Who in the world has such great ability to do this?" He Lin left this sentence, turned around and left the dock. Tens of thousands of Qing troops took such a long time to chase and suppress the rebel force. In the end, not only did they lose their troops, but they also slipped away from their noses and disappeared.

He Lin no longer knew what to do. Not only him, but also the generals behind him were all in a daze...
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