When Yongzheng first ascended the throne, in order to stabilize his throne, he hurriedly recalled the general Wang Yinyu from the front line and sent him to guard the imperial tomb for Kangxi. Since the brothers were not in harmony, Yongzheng could no longer use Yin Yu to lead the troops.
In the third year of Yongzheng, after Nian Tangyao quelled the rebellion of Lobzang Tenzin, he was arrogant. In order to appease the anger of the people, Yongzheng gave the proud Nian Tangyao to death.
After losing two generals in a row, do you think Yongzheng still has a few generals who can be trusted? After the elimination of Nian Tangyao, the successor to the post of governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was Yue Fei's 21st grandson Yue Zhongqi.
Yongzheng himself is not good at military affairs, and Yin Yu and Nian Qianyao, who are more cattle in his hands, have been destroyed by him, who else can you say he can use? Naturally, it was Yue Zhongqi. Yue Zhongqi can fight and be loyal, and Yongzheng is naturally reluctant to kill Yue Zhongqi easily!
First, to make a decision and change it to a beheading prisoner is to cherish Yue Zhongqi's talent.
As early as the Kangxi Dynasty, Yue Zhongqi was a great warrior. At that time, Alabutan invaded Tibet, killed TheRazang Khan, and occupied Lhasa in the name of the Dzungar Khanate.
This year was already the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi, and Kangxi was old enough to no longer be able to march in person, so he appointed Yin Yu as the general of Fuyuan and asked him to supervise the battle. The 32-year-old Yue Zhongqi entered Tibet from Sichuan as a deputy general to support Yin Yu.
Yue Zhongqi pays great attention to skill in fighting, basically using small and broad, and using tactics to win, rather than pure brute force. In the war in Tibet, Yue Zhongqi showed superior military ability. Yongzheng had already seen this in his eyes.
First of all, when Yue Zhongqi could not succeed, he used a ruse to kill the rebel leader of Litang and instantly defeated the other party, so that the leader of Batang was almost not scared to death, and surrendered to Yue Zhongqi without saying a word. The others also followed suit.
Secondly, Yue Zhongqi arrived at the city of Tsamdo with 6,000 men and horses and captured the Mongol Lazang Khan and others. Then he quietly seized the Samba Bridge. The local rebels all believed that Yue Zhongqi had brought the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, so they chose to surrender.
In addition, Yue Zhongqi set up a plan to capture the fierce male black lama among the rebels, and by the way, he took the gateway lama of Lhasa.
In addition, under the circumstance that Yin Yu ordered that an immediate attack on Lhasa was prohibited, Yue Zhongqi still led a large army to make a quick decision, defeated the Dzungar troops, took Lhasa in one fell swoop, and surrendered more than 7,000 Dzungar soldiers. This led to the complete failure of the plan of the Alabutan.
Finally, in the sixty years of the Kangxi Dynasty, there was another rebellion in the Qinghai jurisdiction, and Yue Zhongqi captured 22 rebel leaders as quickly as possible, and it took more than 70 days to achieve a huge victory.
Judging from the above cases, Yue Zhongqi is definitely a general with outstanding military achievements. Not only was Kangxi very kind to him and gave him the post of knight lieutenant, but even Yongzheng, who was still the crown prince at the time, could not help but look at Yue Zhongqi a few times.
Therefore, when Yue Zhongqi suffered a defeat and was beheaded according to the law, Yongzheng first sentenced him to beheading, and then after thinking about it for a while, he changed it to beheading! It can be seen that Yongzheng also prefers Yue Zhongqi.
Second, does Yue Zhongqi need to be responsible for the defeat?
In the third year of Yongzheng, Yue Zhongqi officially replaced Nian Qianyao as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and at the same time was made a third-class duke, holding the military strength of the three provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi.
In the seventh year of Yongzheng, the Dzungar Khanate's Kaldanze zero rebelled again and made a comeback. Yue Zhongqi's opportunity to perform came again, and as the general of Ning Yuan, he led his troops to Pingding GarDance Zero. At the same time, there was also the Minister of the Interior, Fu Erdan.
In the first battle, Fu Erdan was almost completely annihilated.
Kaldanze Zero was a wise man, and while laying out the battle plan, he sent people to fool Yongzheng and express his willingness to negotiate peace. As a result, Yongzheng took it seriously, and indeed called Fu Erdan and Yue Zhongqi back for consultation.
As a result, Kaldanze zero took advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the Qing army's material storage area, causing very serious consequences to the Qing army. As if this were not enough, Gardanze zero used deception to deceive Fu Erdan, resulting in the almost total annihilation of the 60,000 troops led by Fu Erdan.
In the second battle, Yue Zhongqi won the first battle.
Yue Zhongqi's grain and grass had also been robbed by Gar Dance Zero. But this did not affect Yue Zhongqi's strength. He adopted the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, and his troops attacked Urumqi in three ways, in order to reduce the pressure on the Qing army on the north road. As a result, yue Zhongqi accidentally laid siege to Urumqi.
In the third battle, Yue Zhongqi was miserable by Shi Yun.
At that time, Gardanze Zero sneaked into Hami with 7,000 men and horses, and Yue Zhongqi set up a plan to destroy this group. Therefore, while sending people to strictly guard Hami, he also arranged for Shi Yunkuo to go to the designated ambush point to sneak up on The retreating army of Kaldan Ce Zero.
As a result, Gardan Ce zero's men and horses came and only knew how to loot and burn grain and grass, causing serious damage to Yue Zhongqi's military camp. This matter was not over, when Gardan Ce Zero's troops returned with the spoils of war, the soldiers and horses that Shi Yunzhuo had ambushed had not yet arrived at the ambush point. Eventually, Gardanze Zero's men and horses returned safely with a large amount of supplies.
After Yongzheng learned about it, he naturally wanted to slaughter Shi Yunzuo, but yue Zhongqi as his leader, was there nothing wrong with it? The result seems to be playing Daihatsu.
Yue Zhongqi not only lost the title of duke because of this, but also lost the position of general of Ning Yuan. After that, his deputy General Zhang Guangsi and Ortai together impeached Yue Zhongqi, which directly led to Yue Zhongqi's imprisonment for two years.
Two years later, Yongzheng directly sentenced Yue Zhongqi to a decisive decision. Not long after, Yongzheng thought of Yue Zhongqi's past merits and talents, and chose to let Yue Zhongqi go, which was changed to a beheading prisoner.
Summary: Yongzheng planned to leave Yue Zhongqi to his son Qianlong.
When Yue Zhongqi was sentenced to beheading and waiting, it was already twelve years of Yongzheng, and it was obvious that Yongzheng's health in this year was already very bad. In Yongzheng's view, he could no longer use Yue Zhongqi.
Instead of killing such a talent, it would be better to leave it to his son Qianlong. Therefore, Yongzheng only gave Yue Zhongqi the punishment of beheading him, and did not release him. This was the opportunity that Yongzheng had left for Qianlong to personally release Yue Zhongqi in the future.
Yue Zhongqi, who had received Qianlong's favor, naturally wanted to serve his new master more wholeheartedly. Then Yongzheng's purpose seems to have been achieved.
Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty