Of course, the next little army was transferred to Taiwan, and those who remained in East and South China were all fourth-rate miscellaneous troops, green battalion soldiers who were put together from east to west, and a small number of flag soldiers who were stupider than pigs, and they could not show the military strength of the Qing army.After resting for a day, the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army advanced in the direction of Nanjing.Nanjing is different from other places, for China, has extremely important strategic significance, Nanjing to Xuzhou such a short distance, thousands of years, have been broken, since ancient times is a place where soldiers must fight.All major wars must be centered on this small section.Nanjing since the collapse of the Taiping Army, has been heavily guarded by the Hunan army, but later the Qing court saw that the political situation gradually stabilized, after several rounds of reduction, at this time the defenders were less than 5,000 people, for such a military town, this number of people, is obviously too few, in later generations, to modern times, here has always been a large military region.The reason why Lu Kangtian didn't attack was that he didn't know whether to attack or what to do, after all, it was a famous historical and cultural city, "President, I haven't received an order from the president, I don't dare to call the shots." ”President Meng smiled: "If the general is not affected by the order of the monarch outside, you can decide for yourself, but you didn't fight, and it didn't mean to delay the fighter, after waiting for so many days, presumably, the Qing army in the city has no fighting spirit." ”"If we don't attack, they can close the city for at least half a year, after all, this is a big city, and the reserves in it are sufficient, and I am also worried that if we attack it, it will destroy the houses of the common people."
In addition to Beijing, that is Nanjing, this is a real capital-level city, and Lu Kangtian does not dare to be careless."
The most fearful thing is that the Qing army will set fire everywhere in despair."
Lu Kangtian adopted the method of Zeng Guofan, a hundred ways to attack the city, that is, to dig tunnels, many of which were left by the Taiping army, but they were blocked in the past few years, but the soil was still very loose, so it didn't take much effort.President Meng expressed his satisfaction with the things Lu Kangtian did, "That's good, although there is a rifle, many good methods of ancient warfare can't be lost."
Well done. ”At present, the Qing army's Eight Banner Soldiers and the Han Army's Green Battalion are all world soldiers, and the sergeants serve as soldiers to eat food, and many families have to rely on salaries to survive.In order to take care of the life of the banner people, the Qing government had to expand the number of soldiers, and the quality of the soldiers was difficult to guarantee; In addition, due to lax training and lax discipline, combat effectiveness is declining day by day.Although the local regiments that have recently begun to be formed have trained their hometowns, they have protected their hometowns and dared to fight hard, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.Among the more than 5,000 Qing troops, more than 1,000 wealthy businessmen in Nanjing had recently organized regimental training that was combative.Those who insist on patrolling day and night are just these people.Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Liu Kunyi, and a large number of Qing court officials who rose from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement are all role models for these people, and President Meng's rule is not really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.At least, people who are not in the jurisdiction of President Meng have a lot of resistance to President Moe.Lu Kangtian found a group of Nanjing natives to do work outside the city, and talked about the benefits of the Chinese army and the Chinese country: "Brothers, stop fighting with the Chinese army, the Chinese army will divide the land, and everyone will be able to live and work in peace and contentment in the future."
Also, do you know that after the war, the Chinese army also compensated the dead Qing army brothers, and those who were officials in the Qing army, where would they deduct everyone's military salary when they were alive or dead, you died, do you still want to get the pension money, do you see which dead brother has received the silver" It's not that propaganda is useless, in fact, these Qing troops in Nanjing have long had no fighting spirit, but the general defending the city forcibly ordered to seal the city gate with sand and debris, etc., and issued an objective military expenditure, which was issued in advance, which was regarded as boosting morale.If this were not the case, the huge momentum of the Chinese army, and the force displayed, where would the Qing army be willing to fight with the Chinese army Of course, the ruling class in the city would still have to smear the Chinese army and the Chinese country.Seeing that it was useless to rebel, and could only attack by force, the Chinese army spent a whole day and paid the price of thousands of dead and wounded to take this Nanjing city.The Qing army in the city set fire everywhere and organized street battles to resist, which was the most courageous Qing army that the Chinese army had encountered so far.extinguishing the fire, suppressing bandits, and actually letting a Nanjing city take eight full days to completely calm down, and the Chinese army suffered thousands of casualties, two times, more than 2,000 people.President Meng was distressed and wanted to order the slaughter of the city, but this was a gathering place for the Han people after all, "Are these rich people blind, we didn't confiscate the property of the landlords and merchants, why is there such a crazy counterattack, there is no other reason, just because they have money in their hands, they can sell their official beards at any time on the side of the Qing court, and they can rely on their privileges to eat and drink spicy food, they don't want to change people."
There is another reason, they have been enslaved for a long time, and the whole person is servile.Reading and reading, reading became blind. ”Princess Katrina Kafu was also angry: "Yes, these people, there is no distinction between right and wrong, I find that the more you go to the north, the more tenacious the rule of the Qing court becomes." ”President Meng nodded and said: "Well, you're right, but it's not all right, it should be said that the closer you are to the capital of the Qing court, the more stable the rule, that's right." ”Liu Yuqing said: "The president is right, after all, it is a dynasty of hundreds of years, and the common people have become accustomed to being loyal to the monarch and patriotic. ”President Meng smiled: "It's okay, the army always needs to be exercised, it's just that if the future battles are fought in this way, this section of the Yangtze River will be very troublesome, and we won't have to do anything, just in this northern section, and fight with the Qing army." ”Princess Katrina Kafu frowned, worried: "What should Taiwan do Judging from the difficulty of fighting Nanjing this time, when the Qing army's army is assembled in Jiangbei, I am afraid that it will be this way of fighting in the future, our infantry division can only be dragged here, and the arsenal is in Hong Kong, if it takes a long time, it is very difficult to even replenish, and now there is a shortage of ammunition, and it cannot be supplied by week, and there are still large groups of Qing troops around Shanghai that have not been cleared." ”President Meng touched his head, Princess Katrina Kafu understood, and hurriedly gently rubbed her temples for President Meng, poor President Meng was only more than four years old, and he was about to bear so much pressure."
It seems that the imperial examination can not be completely abolished, the imperial examination is not useless, the improvement, the children of the imperial examination, can directly participate in the secondary school, yes, first set up a number of secondary schools, on the provincial capitals of the provinces, what lack of talent, what schools will be opened, divided into primary school, junior high school, primary secondary school three levels, or higher is high school, junior college, university.It's time to implement the modern education system more concretely, but the name still follows the imperial examination, hehe. ”President Moe thinks it's a good idea."
President, don't think about it, isn't there a saying in China, isn't it natural to call a boat straight to the bridge" Princess Katrina Kafu smiled and kissed President Meng on the face in front of Liu Yuqing.The cute president sweated profusely, and Liu Yuqing was instantly embarrassed and flushed, and hurriedly went out."
No, someone."
President Moe muttered.Princess Katrina Kafu smiled: "Anyway, Liu Yuqing is also the president's wife, and sooner or later she will know." ”President Meng sweated, "That's to find an excuse for war, people didn't say they wanted it, and I don't have to." ”Princess Katrina Kafu fell on President Meng's shoulders and said angrily: "President, what are you talking about, this is your fault, since you have already announced it to the public, how can you not want Liu Yuqing Ah, like that, how pitiful her life will be Liu Yuqing, as well as the female secretary of the president's secretariat, the president must have all of them, they are all selected by me." ”Meng President Khan, this is the first time Liu Yuqing has mentioned the matter of the president's secretariat to him, what did you make "more than 50 women, I want them all, do you want me to do nothing for the rest of my life" t1706231537: