"Agui! Is He's right? Is Helin's martial arts outstanding?" Qianlong asked. Heshen had a younger brother named Helin, who grew up with Heshen since childhood. Helin's mother died of dysfunction. His father did not die in Beijing but in Fujian. The two of them died of both parents since childhood. Life was very difficult, and they depended on each other with their elder brother Heshen. Heshen was the elder brother, older than Helin, and took care of his only younger brother since childhood. Heshen had a deep relationship with his younger brother Helin. Heshen was able to take good care of his younger brother, and Helin also developed the habit of listening to his brother's words when he was very young.

When he was studying, the two brothers divided the work. Heshen focused on learning literature, and Helin focused on learning martial arts. Two people were both literary and military. The future prospect was to go to generals and prime ministers--Heshen was in court and Helin was outside court, for this purpose. Helin and Heshen were praised by teachers when they were in school. At that time, a particularly famous poet Yuan Mei wrote a poem to praise: "Qingtian and praise the Japanese, and the brothers were divided equally. "The one who "Qingtian" was Helin, and Heshen "promoted the Japanese" was Heshen, one who came out and the other who became prime ministers. Heshen became an official first, paving a way for Helin. Heshen knew that "strong generals had no weak soldiers under their command" and "seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister", and promotion depends on the background. Heshen gave Helin an idea and had to follow a particularly awesome person, so he found Agui.

In history, Helin was also a powerful figure. He participated in the quellation of Gurkha's invasion of Tibet and suppression of Guizhou. The Miao people in Hunan rebelled and fell ill and died in the battle of siege of Pinglong. He was posthumously named the first-class duke at the age of 43. Qianlong Jin awarded him the title of the hereditary first-class duke, posthumously "Zhongzhuang", and was given a funeral sacrifice and enjoyed the Taimiao.

"Report to Your Majesty, Hezhongtang's younger brother Helin is working with me. I have inspected him and I do know a lot of military strategies and are a talent for us." A Gui said. Since Heshen wanted to recommend his younger brother so much, A Gui would do a favor. Now Heshen has a great influence in the court, so he has to win over it.

"That's good, He Aiqing, it seems that your family has produced many talents! Since that's the case, let's hand him over this task!" Qianlong paused for a moment and continued, "Since that's the case, I plan to mobilize a large army and station troops in the Annan border, and the commander will be handed over to Agui, deputy commanders Fu Kang'an, Hailancha, and He Lin. He Lin led the Soren troops to Shenglong City to test these Ming troops! Okay, for the specific deployment, the military ministers will draw up a plan for me and let me see it." Qianlong said.

"Yeah!" Heshen, A Gui and other military ministers said.

"Okay, are there any other memorials? If not, just retreat to the court!" Qianlong said.

Heshen, Agui, Fu Kang'an, Hailancha and others then returned to the Military Affairs Office, where they were preparing to formulate a combat plan.

After repeated discussions, they finally decided to station troops on various passes on the Annan border. These passes are the only places to travel to Annan that have been formed over thousands of years. As long as these places are guarded, they think it will be difficult for the Ming army to cross other high mountains and dense forests on the border, and they will not be able to attack.

As for the troops mobilized, Agui chose 100,000 Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp, 50,000 Eight Banners, 5,000 Soren soldiers, all Jianrui Battalions, etc., and the remaining troops were searched in Guangxi, Guangdong and Yunnan provinces. The final total force was more than 250,000. Agui and Fukang'an were responsible for garrisoning troops on the east side, Hailancha was responsible for annexation on the west road, while Helin led 5,000 Soren soldiers from Zhennan Pass, quickly approached Shenglong City to see the situation before making a decision.

Even though the Qing Dynasty set up the Military Affairs Office to ensure military secrets, the Military Affairs Office could not be completely confidential now. The news that the Qing Dynasty's court began to mobilize troops was soon known by the spies stationed in Beijing by the Jinyiwei, and immediately notified Zhu Haitao's desk.

"Haha! Can the old man Qianlong send more than 200,000 primitive troops to deal with us? Even if we have two million or two million, we are not afraid!" Zhu Haitao smiled. The equipment of these Qing army was similar to that of Annan's army, and even worse because of the long-term normal period. Their artillery has not changed much from the founding period of the Qing Dynasty, and even because of shoddy production, its quality is far inferior to that of the founding period. Their muskets are no different from those from the early founding period, but they have eliminated the late Ming Dynasty.

The useless three-eyed guns were all replaced with a flint gun called a bird gun. The reliability was not even as reliable as the flintlock gun used by the Spanish! The most powerful musket was the lifting and robbery that two people carried. This kind of musket was a large bird gun. Because I didn't know the principle of increasing the power of the musket, the Qing craftsmen found that the longer the barrel, the longer the range, so they designed this large bird gun to increase its power. However, the maximum range of this gun was only about 250 meters, which was far from the range of the second type rifle.

"Your Majesty, this old man Qianlong is such a fool. He actually sent five thousand Soren soldiers to test us. Is it just a joke? Heshen's younger brother Helin can definitely be bombarded by our cannons! His primitive army that rode and archery for 5,000 horses and archery can also be turned into corpses by us!" Li Jifa also smiled. After fighting so many battles, he saw the deployment and equipment training of the Qing army, and knew that the Qing army was far from the opponent of the Ming and Qing army. The difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides was not only greater than the combat effectiveness between the Ming and Qing army in the Ming and Qing wars, but even greater than the gap between the British army and the Qing army that invaded China sixty or seventy years later. Therefore, these Qing armies were nothing in his eyes.

"The Qing army is just a dry bone in the tomb. It seems that I can rest assured. Since that's the case, I will take the 12th Division to the Netherlands in February in advance. The fleet that escorted me this time will be the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet! Let the Fourth Fleet and the First Fleet be responsible for the operations against the Qing coast. Other troops are also arranged by the General Staff. I still have the same policy, that is, when the Qing army comes, it will strike head-on, and if it retreats, it will be enough to chase the border. We will maintain this attitude of not fighting and disagreement. Anyway, the old Qianlong will do anything to us! Remember, before I come back, I cannot expand the war privately. Do you understand? The same is true for dealing with the British and Thais!" Zhu Haitao said to Li Jifa.

Since the Qing army was so useless, Zhu Haitao had nothing to worry about. The original plan to go to Europe in March now seems to be ahead of schedule. A few days ago, Fan Leiden also sent a letter to Zhu Haitao with a Clipper, saying that the negotiations between the Netherlands and Britain were about to end, and the Netherlands would have to compensate a lot of money, and the money owed by Britain to the Netherlands was also cancelled! There were already signs of instability in the Netherlands. He was afraid that the Dutch army alone could not suppress it, so he wanted Zhu Haitao to take the Ming army to help.
Chapter completed!