Chapter 2834 Panic

Objectively speaking, the Manchu Qing Dynasty still did some things. In terms of canal governance, in order to change the situation of canal disrepair and obstruction of water transportation in the late Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty raised the governance of the Grand Canal to a strategic level from the year it entered the customs, almost every year. A large number of civilians were recruited to build dams and dredge rivers.

However, suffering from frequent wars, the effect was not obvious. It was not until Kangxi quelled the San Francisco rebellion that he devoted all his power to the river and water conservation. It took 30 years to completely change the obstruction of water transportation and make the Grand Canal once again "merchant and merchants. Afterwards, Yongzheng and Qianlong successively appointed capable ministers as governors of water transportation, carefully handled water affairs, and maintained the prosperity of water transportation.

Every year, 4 million shi grains enter Beijing along the canal to meet the needs of the people in the capital and the civil and military officials. It can be said that the canal became the main artery of the Qing Dynasty and maintained the operation of this great empire.

But now that the water transportation has been cut off by Shen Long, it is like choking the main artery of the Qing Dynasty. Qianlong panicked at once. In a few years, if the water transportation cannot be resumed in a short period of time, there will be big troubles.

No, it won't even last for a year. As long as the news that the water transportation has been cut off is released, the price of grain in the capital will definitely skyrocket.

Qianlong immediately decreed that grain merchants were strictly prohibited from hoarding, opening warehouses to release grain, and at the same time mobilizing grain from surrounding provinces and cities. However, among the northern provinces, the northeast has not yet been developed, and Mongolia does not produce grain. Shanxi and Shaanxi have always been barren. Not bad, so there is still room to deliver food to the capital?

Only Shandong, Beizhili and other places are left with a little bit better, but along the Shandong canal, because of the need to ensure the canal water, it has always been strictly forbidden for the people on both sides of the canal to divert water for irrigation, and the grain production is not high, and the grain in these places is still low. It needs to be transported to the border for the food of the frontier army. Now that the food in these two places is occupied, the capital may be able to keep it, but the frontier army will be hungry.

Farther away, there is food in Huguang and Sichuan, but these two places are too far away from the capital, and there is no convenience of water transportation. Not bad, this loss can't stand it.

"Where is Agui now? When will Jiangning be recovered?" For the current plan, only by taking down Jiangning as soon as possible and restoring the water transport can the Qing Dynasty be rescued from the crisis.

"Your Majesty, after receiving the promotion, Agui immediately returned from Tianshan Mountain. However, the northwest is far away from the capital. Even if he travels day and night, it is estimated that he will be in Shaanxi at most?" Agui has not returned yet, Shen Long The water transportation was cut off.

"Immediately send people eight hundred miles to intercept and tell Agui not to come to the capital, go directly to Jiangsu to mobilize troops to recover Jiangning! I gave him the king's command flag and Shangfang sword, and he commanded all the troops of Huguang and Liangjiang. , if anyone dares to disobey orders, they can beheaded first and played later!" Qianlong was really anxious, otherwise he would not have delegated such great power to Agui.

Jiangning must be regained before the capital becomes chaotic. Otherwise, the rebels don’t even need to lead the army to the north, and the capital itself will be chaotic. It won't be too big a problem, let's talk about it later, the big deal is to call him into the capital after the war and give him a noble position.

After that, waves of fast horses went out of Beijing overnight, sent Agui the imperial decree, the king's order flag, Shangfang's sword, etc., and ordered the officials of Huguang and Liangjiang to prepare food, grass, soldiers and horses, and fight as soon as Agui arrived. .

Huguang is better, the officials of Liangjiang want to cry when they heard this,

All the soldiers and horses of Liangjiang were buried under Jiangning City by Yin Jishan before, there are still soldiers there! The same is true for grain and grass. It has been collected before, and if it is to be collected again now, the common people will have to rebel.

But it’s okay not to listen, not to mention how strict the tone in the imperial decree is, they can also realize the seriousness of the water transportation being cut off. If you recover in time, let alone whether you can be an official, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep your head.

So the officials in Liangjiang panicked, and hurried around to collect food and grass, and forcibly arrested the strong men to join the army. Isn't it just not letting people live? Coupled with the instigation of some people with good intentions, troubles broke out in many places in Liangjiang soon.

The better ones killed the yamen servants who went to the countryside to urge grain at most on the way, and the ones who went too far directly raised the flag to rebel, and the two rivers fell into chaos for a while.

After finally waiting for Agui to bring Huguang soldiers and horses, the turmoil was finally put down. The officials of Liangjiang and Qianlong rekindled hope. Agui is worthy of being a famous general. Calm down?

But Ah Gui also has a headache now. He learned about the battle that day from the defeated generals in Jiangning City. He hasn't figured out how to deal with this brand-new combat method yet! In fact, looking around the world now, no one knows that we should deal with this kind of tactic. What Shen Long used was not an ordinary phalanx, but a Napoleon phalanx.

And Napoleon will not be born until ten years later, let alone the method of cracking this phalanx; It's not just Liangjiang who are rebelling. Maybe there will be troubles in Zhili, Shandong, and the Bianguan generation.

Now you have to fight if you don't want to! So Agui could only bite the bullet and lead the soldiers and horses down the Yangtze River. Unexpectedly, before they reached Jiangning, they encountered the navy going upstream. Shen Long personally led the navy to face the Manchu soldiers, The grain transport fleet was bombed wildly, and Agui suffered heavy losses.

You can't win on water, and it's also difficult on land. When Agui's army arrived at the first generation of Ma'anshan, Shen Long took the initiative to attack and met Agui's soldiers.

Agui tried to use the mobility of the cavalry to defeat Shen Long, but he failed like Seng Gelinqin. The cavalry who had repeatedly made military exploits in the northwest did not play any role before the dense guns and were defeated. Even Agui himself died under the artillery fire because he miscalculated the range of Shen Long's army's artillery and commanded it too far forward.

When the news was sent back to the capital, Qianlong panicked even more. Could it be that my Great Qing Dynasty really took pills?