After repelling the local Shuiying troops, the Northern Marine Corps immediately dispatched two platoons and chased them all the way in the direction of the Qing army's retreat; the other group headed east to attack the nearby Chengshan Flooding Camp and fort.
The coastal defense fort located in Yuchichiwan is one of the twenty forts set up by the Manchu Qing Dynasty along the coast of Shandong. It was built in the twelfth year of Yongzheng's reign, imitating the Cantonese-style fort. Its shape is a two-story small earthen fort made of Sanhe soil. ; The fort is equipped with a general cannon, a second general cannon, and more than ten officers and soldiers stationed there.
Previously, the Thunderbolt fired a cannon and destroyed the beacon tower, scaring the officers and soldiers on the fort to the point of urinating. By the time they tried to charge and fire the cannon again, the Northern Navy had already occupied the dock, and two large motorboats had already docked at the dock.
This is a slap in the face, run away!
So when the Beihai Navy fired a few rounds with mortars and then rushed to the fort, all the Qing troops stationed at the fort had already run away, leaving only a donkey responsible for transporting water and food, howling. A large general cannon weighing more than 3,000 kilograms and two second general cannon weighing more than 100 kilograms were all turned into waste, with several iron bullets and packets of gunpowder scattered around.
At the same time, in the temporary camp at the fish pond dock, the injured Qing soldiers who were brought back by the medical soldiers of the Northern Navy slowly recovered after being treated by the medical soldiers.
"Tell me about it."
Hearing Deng Fei's question, the Qing soldier looked sad and said in a hoarse voice: "Tell me, tell me...Okay, good man, what do you want to ask me?"
"Well, answer honestly, if you dare to talk nonsense..."
Before Deng Fei could finish speaking, the Qing soldier interrupted out of breath: "No! I don't dare! If a hero asks, say whatever he wants."
"what is it call?"
"Wu Yongsheng."
"how old are you?"
"twenty five."
"For what?"
"The little one is just a miscellaneous soldier in Shuiying. Hey man, he has an eighty-year-old mother and a three-month-old baby at the bottom. Hey man, you just treated him like a fart, right?"
Deng Fei laughed and said: "Okay, you are still talking the same way. Then I will ask you a few things. Once you explain them clearly, I will let you go."
Wu Yongsheng looked at Deng Fei helplessly, with a pitiful expression, and said, "Then let me ask."
Deng Fei actually asked three things. First, how many troops were stationed in the naval camp, second, how many local forts there were, and third, how many soldiers were there in Rongcheng County. Fortunately, Wu Yongsheng was a local and answered quickly.
Since the Qing Dynasty implemented a maritime ban in the early and middle periods, and in the Qianlong period, it pursued the policy of "one port for trade", its coastal defense strategy focused on the coastal and inland areas, and the method was to focus on preventing them from coming out, tightening the inside and loosening the outside; this was doomed to the Qing Dynasty Low coastal defense capabilities.
In recent years, Shandong's coast has been experiencing peace and quiet, and the officers and soldiers from the forts and water camps have long been neglected in training. They even find fishermen to take over their daily patrols. What the Shuiying generals are best at is pretending to receive money, depriving themselves of money and enriching themselves; the soldiers don't even get enough money, so they naturally use excuses to evade responsibility. People replace.
When Fukang'an came to Shandong two years ago, he only reorganized the Eight Banners garrisoned in Qingzhou and the green camps in Yanzhou Town and Dengzhou Town. The water camp needed a lot of money to add ships and forts, so in the end it had to be abandoned.
Therefore, although the Chengshan Flood garrison camp was rated at 200 soldiers, it actually only had more than 80 soldiers. The Beihai Navy had already beaten away all the troops in the water camp.
As for the locations of various forts, according to Wu Yongsheng's account, there are a total of four along the coast of Rongcheng County. The Fish Farm Fort has been captured by the Northern Navy, and the remaining three are Longkouya Fort, Ma Touzui Fort and Shidao Fort. However, Shidao Fort is one hundred and forty miles south of Rongcheng County, Ma Touzui Fort is twenty miles west of Shidao, and Longkouya Fort is thirty miles east of the county seat.
The last one is about the soldiers in the county. Wu Yongsheng said that there were no more than a hundred people in total including the government officials and police officers.
Deng Fei led a team to Shandong this time. The accompanying Marine Corps only had one battalion of more than 500 troops. Its purpose was to rescue Yu Shun and take away a large number of young men recruited previously. Therefore, he wanted to quickly capture Rongcheng and Wendeng counties before the Qing troops in Dengzhou Prefecture could react, and block the official road west of Wendeng to stop the green camp troops coming from Dengzhou and Jiaozhou and make them Do not cross the Guojiahe line.
After listening to Wu Yongsheng's explanation, Deng Fei immediately ordered a company of Marines to quickly attack the county seat of Rongcheng County, striving to completely occupy the county seat before dark.
Seeing the leader of the thieves leaving after asking questions, Wu Yongsheng timidly asked the medical soldier who was sorting out the medicine: "This good man, can I leave?"
The medical soldier said: "You can't walk because of your injury. Just lie down for now. I have to change your dressing tomorrow."
"Ah? Ouch!" Wu Yongsheng didn't believe in evil. He tried to get up, but as soon as he exerted his strength, there were bursts of severe pain from the wound. He screamed in pain and had to lie down. After a while, he passed out. Go to sleep.
On the other side, under the astonished gazes of the old farmers from nearby villages, dozens of heavily armed Northern Navy soldiers held bayonets and chased them desperately on the field ridge; dozens of meters ahead, more than a hundred men wearing ragged clothes The Qing army ran away without their lives.
In terms of foot power, the Qing army was naturally no match for the Bei Navy. But the problem is that they are all locals and know the roads well. Seeing that they were about to run out, most of the Qing troops slipped into the sorghum fields and disappeared without a trace; as for the leader Qian, he kept licking his horse's buttocks and ran towards the county seat of Rongcheng County. I went to the guard master for help.
The platoon leader of the North Sea Navy who led the team was so angry. When it comes to climbing into the sea and drilling through dense forests, the North Sea Navy is ranked second in the world, and no one dares to say it is first; but drilling in sorghum fields... forget it, Beihai There is no sorghum in the town, only endless wheat fields.
Three of his squad leaders came over and asked what to do. The platoon leader looked at the empty official road and gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Follow this road and chase! I don't believe it. I have to take a few prisoners back!"
After a moment of burning incense, when more than thirty figures of the Northern Navy disappeared on the official road heading west, there were a few swishing sounds in the sorghum fields, and the heads of several Qing soldiers popped up again.
"Second brother, are they heading to the county seat?"
"They're almost there. These pirates are so damn good at running away, they're so scary!"
"What should we do?"
"You're so fat! What else can you do? Let's go back and hide for two days. This guy ran away and he's terribly hungry. Go back and ask sister-in-law He to prepare some side dishes, and let's have a drink first to calm down the shock."
"Second brother, these words are very clear! Let's go, let's go."
There was a rustle in the sorghum field, and several Qing soldiers disappeared in the blink of an eye. Not long after, an old farmer lying on the ground waited for the Qing soldiers to go away, then stood up and cursed: "Bah! A bunch of filthy things, grass chickens!"
The old farmer was going home to pack his things and go into the mountains to escape. Unexpectedly, he had just taken a few steps when he saw a large group of "pirates" wearing colorful clothes emerging from the east road. He was so frightened that he was at a loss and his body was stiff and stunned. Stand in the middle of the road.
"Fellow, which direction is to the county seat?"
"..."
"Fellow?" The Northern Navy soldier who asked for directions looked at the dumbfounded farmer curiously, wondering what was wrong with him, so he asked again.
"Yeah." The old farmer raised his hand blankly and pointed in the direction of the county seat.
"Company Commander, yes, this is the road."
"Thank you, fellow!" The company commander of the 1st Marine Battalion nodded to the old farmer, and then ordered: "Everyone, speed up, target the county seat!"
At this time, the Northern Navy soldier who asked for directions thanked him again, then took something out of his pocket and stuffed it into his hand, turned around and ran away with his companion.
The old farmer raised his hand and saw a flat rectangular object wrapped in oil paper. He opened it carefully and saw a scent of oil, sesame and beans wafting into his nose. The old farmer swallowed his saliva, stretched out his tongue and licked it. A complex, inexplicable, sweet and salty taste filled his mouth, making his eyes light up.
"Are there such pirates?" The old farmer looked at the Beihai Navy going away. He couldn't help but stopped as he wanted to go home. He thought he might be able to make some extra money by going to the fish pond... ..
At this time, although Rongcheng County had already received a warning of people coming from Shuiying, it had only just closed the city gate not long ago. When they first heard the explosion from the beacon tower, many people in the city thought something had happened to the gunpowder magazine of the fort, and they rushed to the city wall to watch the excitement. When these busybodies saw the three huge stern ships moored on the sea, their jaws dropped in shock.
Although merchant ships traveling from north to south often pass by in this area of Rongcheng, they are all sand ships transporting beans. Many people have never seen three such large ships in their lives. Especially the Thunderbolt parked on the sea in the distance is even more terrifying.
After hearing the news, more and more people came to see the strange thing. The city wall was crowded with people. Even the county magistrate was alarmed and took his men to the Kuixing Tower in the southwest corner to watch.
But not long after, gunshots were heard from the fish pond, followed by several explosions. Those with good eyesight had already seen that the smoke column rising from the explosion was exactly where the fish pond fort was. Some people Then I realized something was wrong.
The problem is that the Chinese people's nature of watching the excitement since ancient times has made these people reluctant to leave. Even if the county magistrate sends out government officials to drive them away, it is useless. It wasn't until the soldiers who had escaped from the fort ran into the south gate and shouted to the alarm loudly that the people on the city wall realized that trouble was coming, and they suddenly became chaotic.
As Dian Shi ordered his men to sound the gongs throughout the city as a warning, the four gates in Rongcheng County were closed and bolted. At this time, seven to eight thousand people had gathered in the city, many of whom came to do business and work in the city, and they could not get out now.
The county seat of Rongcheng County was expanded on the basis of the old site of Chengshanwei in the 31st year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. The area is not large. After the reconstruction in the 13th year of Yongzheng's reign, the bottom of the city wall was one and a half feet thick and one foot high. Even though it is only three meters high, as long as the city gate can be closed and young men are deployed on the wall to defend it, a small group of bandits will basically be unable to attack without internal support.
However, when the county magistrate saw the real men and horses under the command of General Qian who was guarding the city, his face was livid with anger. He pointed at Mr. Pan Qian who was kneeling on the ground and shouted angrily: "Master Pan, are these your soldiers? Are you always fooling me?!"
The county magistrate, whose surname is Jiang, is from Guizhou and just took office this spring. I didn't expect that I would encounter such an unlucky thing before my butt was firmly seated. He was not angry randomly. According to the rated number of soldiers of the Ministry of War, there should be ten cavalry and seventy-eight infantry under the command of Pan Yaowu, the commander-in-chief who defended the city.
However, it is common for green camps everywhere to take short quotas, and Pan Qian always takes the same. He thought that Jiaodong would be peaceful for a hundred years, so there were only six horsemen and half of the infantry.
When Jiang Zhixian took office this spring, he inspected the soldiers and horses guarding the city. Mr. Pan Qian found a few land rogues from the city to deal with it. However, when the real enemy is at hand, the truth about the shortfall is exposed.
After being angry, Magistrate Jiang could not do anything to Mr. Pan Qian. Pan Yaowu was from Penglai and was a land tiger; Jiang County Magistrate, an outsider, had just arrived and his eyes were darkened not long after he arrived, and now he had to rely on him to defend the city and the enemy.
As for the silent Shuiying garrison on the side, except for a few domestic slaves and slave soldiers under his command, there is only one Qianzong of Shuiying who escaped on horseback. This man was even more ruthless than Mr. Pan Qian. Not only did he falsely report his soldiers, he also falsely claimed the money for ship repairs.
In fact, this is the case along the entire Shandong coast. If the North Navy attacks, there will be big holes everywhere. The front camp of the Dengzhou Navy, which is responsible for the entire coastal defense of Shandong, has only 800 sailors, 200 garrison troops on the piers, 10 sailing boats, and 10 double-topped stern boats.
It is a huge joke to patrol and defend the coastline of more than 3,000 kilometers with only more than 20 boats!
Just when County Magistrate Jiang was preparing to call on the wealthy households in the city to donate food and to select young men in the city to fight against foreign enemies, the leading troops of the North Navy had already arrived one mile south of the city. Magistrate Jiang, who came to the city tower after hearing the news, turned green when he saw the colorful figures appearing a mile away.
As the saying goes, "Being an official for thousands of miles is just for money." If someone makes a good move and runs from Guizhou to Dengzhou, his life will be in danger before he can get the money. At this moment, Magistrate Jiang kept flashing in his mind, "If the city is destroyed, it will only die."
After another meal, just as County Magistrate Jiang was discussing with the rich people who had been summoned on the city tower, the company sent by Deng Fei also arrived.
Pan Qian, who was at the top of the city, immediately felt relieved when he saw that there were not even 200 traitors. I thought to myself, don’t worry, I only have this few manpower, I’m really not afraid of more than 200 people.
Then, two mortars from the North Navy opened fire!
"Boom! Boom!"
"Mom! The thief has a cannon!"
As smoke rose from the two explosions in front of the south gate, the soldiers and government officials at the top of the city exploded. They threw down their swords, guns and sticks and ran towards the city. Magistrate Jiang and Mr. Pan Qian were among the crowd.
After the two test-fires were completed, the Northern Navy's artillery fire went straight towards the South Gate Tower. After a few shots, the South Gate Tower was blown into rubble. Amid the rumble of cannons, a squad of soldiers had arrived a hundred meters away from the south gate, preparing to blow open the city gate with explosives.
When the bombardment temporarily stopped, a soldier from the Northern Navy rushed out of the city gate with an explosive pack in his arms. He placed the explosive pack against the city gate and was about to pull the fuse when he suddenly heard a sound coming from inside the door. Several familiar gunshots were heard, and then one person shouted: "Quick! Open the city gate!"
The soldier quickly removed the explosive package and turned back to call his companions over. The monitor leading the team ran over and asked, "What's going on?!"
The soldier pointed to the city gate and said, "There are our people inside."
"ah?!"
At this time, I heard the city gate creaking, and a gap gradually opened. When the soldiers outside the door saw it, they were overjoyed and quickly went up to help push it open. When the city gate was opened enough for one person to come in and out, they saw a guy wearing a long robe, mandarin jacket and a melon cap. He was pointing a gun at the city with both hands. He said loudly without looking back: "One of our own! Come into the city and occupy other cities." Door, don’t let these guys escape!”
The person who shouted was none other than Wang Changsheng, who had been trapped here for many days.
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