Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 420 Destroy the Qing Dynasty!

Borjigit and Xingzhen still looked somewhat doubtful after hearing this.

But in the end, they all nodded silently to show their agreement.

Of course, there is no other way if they don't agree.

Given the current situation, they actually only have two choices: either flee north in advance while the Tang army is still on the way and head to Jilin and Heilongjiang further north to avoid the Tang army's attack.

Or, they could hold on to Shengjing and wait for Qingxiang to lead the army from the Western Expedition to return for support.

But if we analyze it carefully, we will find that the Qing army now has only one choice, which is to hold Shengjing and wait for reinforcements.

Because today's Jilin and Heilongjiang are not the Jilin and Heilongjiang in history after the Qing Dynasty went to Guandong.

That is the real old forest and the Great Northern Wilderness.

Ningguta is considered a densely populated place.

If the Qing government really fled to Jilin and Heilongjiang, the local grain production would not be enough to feed the entire Qing government.

By then, the Qing army will be starving!

Once the army goes hungry, the consequences will be quite serious.

……

On June 27th, the Tang army, which was marching north by water, finally arrived outside Shengjing City in a mighty force.

Cannons and boxes of weapons and supplies were unloaded from the ship.

The Tang army began to make arrangements for the siege.

Li Yiwen stood outside Shengjing City, looking at the not-so-grand city in front of him, and thoughts began to arise in his mind.

This battle is most likely the last battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

After this battle, the great cause of the Tang Dynasty's change of dynasty will be completely completed!

Yang Fuqing on the side was introducing the Tang army's troop deployment for this battle to Li Yiwen.

"According to the predetermined plan, our army will launch the main attack from the south of Shengjing City, and the other three walls will be feint attacks."

"It is expected that within one day, heavy artillery will be used to knock down the walls of Shengjing, and then the army will enter the city to engage in street fighting!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yiwen asked curiously.

"street fighting?"

"Does the Qing army still have the ability to fight street battles with our army?"

Yang Fuqing said very honestly.

"should not."

"But this is Shengjing after all, and the Qing army might explode."

“It never goes wrong to plan ahead!”

Upon hearing this, Li Yiwen nodded in agreement.

"Launch the offensive as soon as possible!"

"The latest news is that the war in Chengde has ended."

"Marshal Feng led his troops to directly defeat the Eastern Qing army's western expedition and captured Chengde."

"We can't fall too far behind here!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fuqing nodded immediately.

"What the Marshal said is very true."

……

Shengjing!

Chongzheng Hall!
Borjigit finally received news from the west.

Among them, there are two good news and one bad news.

The first piece of good news was that Gui Liang led his army to capture Chengde and put down the rebellion in Xiqing.

The second piece of good news was that after the Eastern Qing army invaded Chengde, Qingxiang's mutiny was successful and Gui Liang was killed smoothly, eliminating the hidden danger of a coup on their side.

The bad news was that the Tang army sent troops from Zhangjiakou and raided Chengde.

After World War I, the Qing army's Western Expedition was completely wiped out.

After hearing the news, the entire Qing court fell into deathly silence.

On every face, there is despair and despair visible to the naked eye.

"The Western Expedition is over..."

Borjigit was still somewhat incredulous and muttered as he sat there.

Xingzhen at the side also turned pale and opened her mouth to speak, but her throat was so dry that she couldn't speak at all.

She couldn't help but feel despair!
Does the Qing Dynasty really have a future?
If the Qing Dynasty was going to end like this, then what was the purpose of this coup?
Borjigit took a deep breath and asked in a miserable voice.

"My Lord, is there any chance for our Qing Dynasty to break out now?"

Borjigit now regrets his decision.

If she had known that the Western Expedition Army would be annihilated, then when the news came that the Tang army was advancing westward along the Daliao River, she should have ordered the Qing army to abandon the city and retreat northward in advance.

If the Qing Dynasty had retreated northward earlier, how could it have fallen into such a situation today?

However, things have come to this point, and no matter how much Borjigit regrets, he can't change anything.

Now the only hope Borjigit can place is to break through.

It’s a pity that the Tang army has surrounded the city with heavy troops, and it is still unknown whether the Qing army can break through.

When Wang Mian heard this, a hesitant expression appeared on his face, but he still spoke.

"The Shengjing City is now surrounded by the Tang army on all sides. It will not be easy to break out."

"But rest assured, Grand Empress Dowager, I will do my best."

"I will definitely escort you to a successful breakout!"

But at this moment, a loud bang of artillery fire was heard outside.

Immediately afterwards, the sounds of artillery fire became continuous.

Boom! Boom!

The deafening sound of artillery fire almost resounded throughout Shengjing.

The Tang army began to bombard Shengjing City.

Shell after shell poured down on the city walls of Shengjing.

……

The shelling lasted for most of the day.

The explosions never stopped.

The Tang army fired thousands of artillery shells in one breath.

Finally, with a loud bang, a gap was blasted in the wall of Shengjing by artillery fire.

The city wall collapsed with a loud crash, and bricks and stones flew everywhere.

The Tang army soldiers rushed towards Shengjing City in a mighty manner along the gaps created by artillery fire on the city wall.

The Qing troops in the city were already in panic because of the sudden coup, and now that the Tang army was coming, they almost surrendered at the sight of it.

"Kill! Kill the Tatars!"

"The Tang Dynasty is victorious!"

"..."

The Tang army rampaged through the streets of Shengjing City with reckless abandon.

Soon, the vanguard of the Tang army fought their way into the Shengjing Palace.

Borjigit and others attempted to break out under the protection of the imperial guards, but as soon as they left the palace, they encountered a group of Tang soldiers.

After a burst of musket fire, most of the imperial guards around Borjigit and others were killed.

Seeing this, the remaining people no longer dared to resist and chose to surrender.

Borjigit and his people were all captured by the Tang army, including Xingzhen and Yi's illegitimate offspring.

……

Early July of the first year of Kaitai in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yi, who was in the capital, received good news from Liaodong and the grassland.

The Tang army's Northern Expedition progressed quite smoothly.

Today, the Eastern and Western Qing dynasties have been successfully eliminated and the Manchu Qing regime has been completely overthrown.

The Qing Dynasty, which had been wreaking havoc across the world for two hundred years since the end of the Ming Dynasty, was put to an end by Li Yi himself.

"Hahahaha!"

"The Qing Dynasty is finally destroyed!"

At this moment, Li Yi felt so relaxed.

In his opinion, although he is not yet able to lead the Chinese nation back to the top of the world.

However, just because he destroyed the Qing Dynasty ahead of time and saved the Chinese land from decades of suffering, his time traveling through time was not in vain.

After closing the military newspaper sent back from the front line, Li Yi slowly exhaled.

Then he gave instructions to Zhang Zhidong who was standing beside him.

"Xiaoda, pass on my orders."

"Order Jiangnan Governor Fan Xiyuan to go to Nanjing on my behalf to pay tribute to the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum."

"Our Tang Dynasty conquered the Qing Dynasty and re-created the great feat of expelling the Tartars. Naturally, we have to report this to the Ming Taizu."

"So that he can know that he has a successor!"

When Li Yi started his rebellion, he was fighting under the banner of expelling the Tartars and restoring China.

And this banner came from Lao Zhu.

Now that Li Yi has successfully conquered the world, he naturally has to go to the Xiaoling Mausoleum to pay homage.

It has a beginning and an end!

If it weren’t for the fact that it’s too far to travel from Beijing to Nanjing.

Li Yi even thought about making a personal trip to Nanjing to show off at Old Zhu's grave.

But after thinking about it, Li Yi gave up this tempting idea.

He is the emperor now, and the emperor’s travel has always been a major project since ancient times.

The accompanying guards, officials, concubines, palace maids and eunuchs numbered at least tens of thousands.

Government offices along the way had to prepare for reception in advance.

The round trip cost at least one million silver dollars.

It's really too wasteful and costly!

With all the manpower and resources consumed by his travel, Li Yi might as well think about building a few more railways and warships.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yi gave another order.

"Order all the ministers in the cabinet to come to me to discuss the development of Liaodong."

Now that the Qing Dynasty has been overthrown, it is time to put the development of Liaodong outside the Great Wall on the agenda.

To be honest, thanks to the introduction of high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, China's population almost reached its peak during the Qing Dynasty.

According to the data from the current Tang Dynasty census, even after several years of war, the current registered population of the Tang Dynasty has reached more than 300 million to nearly 400 million.

This is really an astonishing number!

The vast majority of these nearly 400 million people live in the 18 Han provinces within the Great Wall.

This means that the population carrying capacity within the Great Wall has already reached its upper limit.

This is also the reason why after Li Yi started his army, he was able to gain the support of hundreds of people and cause war all over the world in just a few years.

This is because the population inside the Great Wall is too large and the resources are very limited, and too many people are unable to survive.

They are all unable to survive. If someone takes the lead, there will be chaos.

Before, this issue was naturally the Manchu Qing Dynasty’s.

However, after the Tang Dynasty took control of the capital, this issue naturally became Li Yi's.

Li Yi's solution to this problem is to take a four-pronged approach: industry and commerce, infrastructure, war, and immigration.

The first is industry and commerce, which creates jobs by developing handicrafts and commerce and absorbs the excess population that agriculture cannot support.

The same principle applies to infrastructure. Through large-scale infrastructure, a large number of jobs can be created.

The same is true for war. Once a war starts, even if it cannot be won, it can still create a large number of jobs.

For example, transporting logistics for the army, producing weapons and military supplies, all of which require manpower.

Also, as long as the war can be won, the war dividends gained will be enough to alleviate social conflicts to a considerable extent.

These three actually have something in common. To put it bluntly, it is to save the unemployment rate.

Only when people have a job and a source of income can they settle down.

If the people below have no source of income, then no matter how high the pressure from above is, it will not work.

Something is bound to happen sooner or later.

The Qing Dynasty is the most typical example.

Immigration is the process of transferring the population that cannot be absorbed by the Han area to other places, such as Southeast Asia or outside the Great Wall.

It is also one of the ways to ease social conflicts.

This is exactly what Li Yi is currently preparing to do.

It is true that the Tang Dynasty had carried out immigration abroad before, but the focus of immigration was on Southeast Asia.

The main immigration was to Guangnan, which had just been recovered by the Tang Dynasty.

The target population is mainly people from the south.

The reason is because of environmental and climate issues!
The climate in Southeast Asia is hot and humid, with malaria everywhere. People in the north cannot adapt to the climate in the south.

If Li Yi really insisted on immigrating from the north to Southeast Asia, even if half of them died on the way, that would be the least of his worries.

If Li Yi really relied on his prestige and power to push forward, the local area would definitely be filled with war.

Therefore, immigrants to Southeast Asia can only be mainly from the south.

For example, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian. One reason is that the climate of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian is similar to that of Southeast Asia, so it is easier for the local people to adapt to the environment after immigration.

The second is that Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian have had the tradition of going to Southeast Asia for a long time.

Li Yi organized the people to go to Southeast Asia to make their living, so there wouldn't be too much resistance.

As for Manila and Batavia, although there were immigrants from the Tang Dynasty in these two places, the number was small.

Because Manila and Batavia are currently still the sphere of influence of the Netherlands and Spain.

The Tang Dynasty only had a foot in Manila and Batavia.

Small-scale immigration is fine.

But if you want large-scale immigration, you must first clear out the Netherlands and Spain.

For northerners who want to immigrate, Liaodong is a better choice.

Therefore, after the army recaptured Liaodong, Li Yi immediately ordered a gathering of his ministers to discuss the matter of promoting the immigration of Han people to Liaodong.

It’s time to develop the Great Northern Wilderness!

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