Half an hour later, more than a dozen river sailing boats carrying 500 Ainu soldiers and more than 300 Northern Navy sailors started their engines and sailed towards the mouth of the Tumen River.
As the commander-in-chief of this ground operation, Deng Fei took his guard squad aboard the third ship in the fleet.
At this time, he stood on the side of the ship and looked up. He saw that the Manchu territory on the right was lush and uninhabited due to the long-term ban on the Qing Dynasty. The roar of the motor occasionally startled flocks of birds.
In the Li Dynasty on the left, the smoke from the beacon tower gradually extinguished, and several dilapidated fishing boats docked on the river bank. Not far away were patches of cultivated land, and beyond that were woods. Not even half a person could be seen on the fields. Less than.
After another ten minutes, when the fleet was still more than a mile away from Qingxing Mansion, a group of ragged people could be vaguely seen among the woods on the river bank, including people pushing carts, leading cattle, and driving chickens. duck.
Deng Fei was about to raise his telescope to observe the civilians when he suddenly heard the sound of drums not far ahead. He turned the camera to look around and saw that on the river bank across the border from Li Chao, about dozens of people were gathering on the pier, playing and playing music, and it was very lively. Except for a few players who were wearing colorful clothes, most of the others were wearing white clothes. .
Behind these people, a low and dilapidated city wall gradually emerged, and he felt that it should be Qingxing Mansion.
As the fleet got closer and closer to those people, Deng Fei saw that most of the people on the shore were wearing white clothes and black hats. Among these people, there was an official wearing a Ming Dynasty official hat and blue clothes. Behind the official stood an official wearing a bamboo hat and a sword at his waist.
Just as he was about to take a closer look at the official, he saw two strong men walking up to the crowd, unfurling a banner and holding it up with a bamboo pole. I saw black characters on the white cloth, and the four big characters "Reward Master Wang" were extremely eye-catching.
Deng Fei was stunned for a moment. I wonder what the hell these guys in Li Chao are doing? A group of people dressed in white acted like they were going to a funeral. He turned to the accompanying staff officer and said: "Send a signal and let the seals go over and take a look! Others, please be alert!"
After receiving the order, the bows of the two motor-driven sailboats in the fleet turned to the left, quickly crossed the center line of the Tumen River, and approached the dock of Qingxing Prefecture.
The governor of Qingxing Prefecture and more than a dozen country gentlemen in the city saw several large ships from the Northern Navy cutting through the waves heading towards the pier, and they all felt extremely nervous.
Although the goodies produced in Beihai Town are also sold in the six northern towns, they are all so expensive that ordinary people can't even think about them. The homes of several wealthy gentry present did have lanterns, matches, plastic basins, etc., but this was the first time they had had direct contact with the Bei Navy.
Seeing the large ship of the Beihai Navy approaching the pier, Mr. Fu Yin and a group of gentry fluttered their sleeves and showed off their scholar-bureaucrat style, saying that they must let the Beihai Yaoren see what "Chinese style" and the clothes of the motherland are.
Sea Dog is wearing a camouflage military uniform of the Northern Navy and a dark green steel helmet. The sign on his chest shows that he is from the Ainu Camp, but the military rank on his shoulders is two bars and one star, which is a proper Major Camp. long.
Although before the battle began, the soldiers of the Ainu Battalion and the Sendai Battalion were issued with the North Navy standard rifles, the Sea Dogs still preferred to use the 84 revolver. For this reason, he specially equipped himself with two pistols, plus the rows of small cowhide bags filled with bullets and primers around his waist. It was so majestic!
When the wooden boat came to a stop seven or eight meters away from the pier, the seal immediately walked onto the bow and saw a group of Fu Yin in white clothes, black hats and official robes on the pier. The guy asked in the Nanjing dialect he learned from Deng Fei: "What are you going to do next?"
Mr. Fu Yin of Qingxing Mansion blinked, wondering what kind of accent is this? It sounds like Chinese, but why can’t I understand a word?
At this time, a middle-aged gentry in the crowd stepped forward and whispered in Fu Yin's ear: "Sir, this person speaks Jiangning dialect. In his early years, when I went to the capital with Yan's delegation, I met an official from Jiangning. We've been together for a while. What he just asked was who we are and what we do."
oh! Coming from the south of the Yangtze River, it is a land of riches and treasures, where the mausoleum of Taizu Taizu of the Ming Dynasty is located. Lord Fu Yin hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said: "I am the Fu Yin of Qingxing Prefecture. I have led the local gentry out of the city to welcome Zhao Wangtian's army to conquer the old land. I have specially prepared wine and fat sheep to chat with you. May I ask who you are? ?”
Sea Dog waved his hand and said, "Lori, you're rude, but since you're pretty good at silk, I won't worry about it." In fact, he only knows a few words in Nanjing dialect, but he can't speak more than that. So he deliberately coughed twice and said loudly in the Mandarin of Beihai Town: "I am the commander of the Ainu Battalion of the Northern Navy and the commander of the Great Ainu Kingdom Guards, Hai Tianxiao."
Sea Dog had been learning Nanjing dialect from Deng Fei for more than half a year, and he gradually realized that his name didn't sound very elegant, so he asked Deng Fei to help him choose a Chinese name. Deng Fei said that since your name is "dog" and the most powerful dog in Chinese mythology is Erlang Shen's Xiaotian Dog, you might as well call him "Haitianxiao".
"It turns out to be Umi-sama," Fuin-sama said to himself. What the hell is the Great Ainu Kingdom? One is the battalion commander and the other is the regimental commander. The official system under King Zhao is a mess. He stopped his random thoughts, stood up and said with a smile on his face: "I, together with the entire city's soldiers and civilians, wish King Zhao a great victory, defeat the Tartars, and regain the capital as soon as possible!"
The sea dog said: "Needless to say, I will hunt wherever King Zhao and his old man point out. You and this...oh! Send all the wine and fat sheep over quickly. We don't have time to go ashore. We still have to hunt after getting the things." Where’s Hunchun?”
Hearing that the sea dog said that he was going to hunt Hunchun, the big stone in Mr. Fu Yin's heart finally fell to the ground. Unexpectedly, when the decent people put the rice wine, pigs and sheep on the boat, they saw Master Hai Tianxiao saying a few words to a black box. Who knew that a man's clear voice came out from the black box, The faces of Mr. Fu Yin and the gentry who were looking around were greatly frightened.
Sure enough, he is the Bei Hai Yaoren, he is really a monster!
Although everyone secretly slandered, they did not dare to show any arrogance on their faces. At this time, the "Master Hai" said loudly: "Our officers, this and this... would like to express our gratitude to all of you for your support, this and this, and say goodbye!"
Listening to the unintelligible Chinese spoken by this Northern Navy general, the Qingxing Prefecture gentry on the shore were dumbfounded. Although Beihai suppressed the demons, the scholars did not like the Manchu Tartars even more, so they bowed their hands together and said in unison to "Lord Hai" who was slowly walking away: "I wish the army a safe journey! Victory!"
The Northern Navy launched an attack on the Xiaobai Mountain line in the early morning. At noon, Qinggui, who was in Wula, Jilin, received an emergency report. As the news came that two fortresses located in Xiaobai Mountain were simultaneously breached by the Northern Navy, Qinggui realized that something was wrong.
Considering that Zhao Xin's previous battles were all aggressive and did not give his opponents any chance to breathe, he immediately mobilized 8,000 garrison troops outside Jilin City to garrison the Lafa River and Namuluga River defense lines, and ordered the Qing troops to defend the Xiaobai Mountain Camp. We must make good use of the terrain advantages and delay the North Korean Navy's attack through continuous resistance.
As a great scholar who was ordered by the emperor to manage Jilin and Heilongjiang, Qinggui sent another 3,000 troops to garrison in Dashouula. At the same time, he ordered the Eight Manchu and Mongolian Banners of Boduna, Lalin and Alchukha to rush south for reinforcements and assemble in front of Dashouula. The defense line of the Songe River in the east. He knew that if the animal was lost, Jilin City would not be saved.
Gu Ba said that in the past few years since Qinggui came to Jilin, in addition to using the ancient city left in the Changbai Mountains to build multiple fortresses, he also built a multi-layered defense system on the east line of Jilin City. The main reason for digging deep trenches and building concealed forts was because the North Navy's cannons were too powerful.
If the Northern Navy's forces are concentrated, the fortresses in the valley can be dispatched to attack the flanks of the Northern Navy; if their forces are dispersed, the Qing army camps stationed between the forts can annihilate the small-scale Northern Navy.
In short, it is to use the forest terrain of Changbai Mountain to delay the offensive of the North Navy, just like cutting flesh with a knife. Once the Northern Navy breaks out of the Xiaobaishan defense line and enters the plains west of the Lafa River, the Qing army, which is waiting for work, can launch a rapid cavalry attack on it. By then, the exhausted Beihai Navy had Manchu and Mongolian cavalry in front and the Lafa River blocking the rear. It would be too late to build a defense line and Jilin City would be safe.
Qinggui arranged the defense on the Jilin side, and the staff on the other side had already written a letter to the Hunchun camp; after it was stamped, he ordered people to rush to Hunchun.
The content of this letter is to order Guanbao to send a group of troops to move westward along the Gahali River to Erduoli. They can wait for an opportunity to attack Ninggu Pagoda northward along the Lefushan River and force the Northern Navy in the direction of Xiaobai Mountain. Retreat. Na Qitai was ordered to launch an attack on the front line of the Mongolian River, and another group of surprise troops could be sent to cross the Hunchun Ridge and attack the south bank of the Suifen River.
A few days ago, the new "Dingbei General" Fukang'an had arrived in Shengjing with his generals. However, because all the Qing reinforcements from various places had not arrived yet, Fukang'an stayed for two days and at the same time implemented the supplies of food and grass for the northward journey. Supplies and weapons and equipment.
Even Qinggui, a bachelor of economics, did not dare to take charge of such a big matter as the Northern Navy's attack on Jilin Ula. He wrote a letter and a memorial to Fukang'an in his own handwriting, ordering people to rush the attack at a speed of eight hundred miles. Send a warning to Fukang'an and Jingcheng who arrived in Shengjing.
The post road from Shengjing to Wula in Jilin is 760 miles. Two messengers, one person and two horses, plus ten post stations along the way to change horses. Fukang'an will receive the emergency report tomorrow afternoon, but over there in Beijing You have to wait until four days later. It would take at least eight or nine days for Qianlong to see the memorial before issuing an edict.
I have to say that Qinggui's entire defense plan was perfect. The problem is that he doesn't know at all now that the Qing army camp on the south bank of the Mongolian River was captured by the Northern Navy early in the morning.
After the Mongolian River Camp was breached, the deputy capital Tong Naqitai fled westward with more than a thousand remaining soldiers to the Yingchengzi fortress in the Hunchun River Valley. It is located on the south side of the later Dalongling Mountains and the west side of Hunchun Ridge. There are mountains on both sides and a valley plain in the middle. The fortress built by the Qing army is located on the mountain north of the Hunchun River. The terrain is extremely dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Na Qitai and his party entered the fortress. They had just eaten two mouthfuls of food, and before their buttocks were warm, a sentry ran over in a panic.
"My lord! My lord! No, no, it's not good! The Beihai soldiers are here!"
"What!" Na Qitai yelled, overturning the chair with him and his butt, and the back of his head hit the edge of the bed, knocking out a big bag.
He didn't bother to get up and yelled randomly: "Fire! Blow up this bastard!"
When the soldiers hurriedly helped him up, Na Qitai took the helmet handed to him by his subordinates and put it on. The big bump on the back of his head hurt his diaphragm. At this time, the guard of Yingchengzi Fortress also walked into the house and asked for instructions on combat deployment.
Na Qitai took the telescope from the soldier's hand and walked to the edge of the protective wall made of stones and glutinous rice paste. He looked up and saw a red flag of the Northern Navy looming in the forest more than two miles to the east of the fortress. .
He asked without looking back: "How many people are here?"
The guard general of Yingchengzi said: "According to the report from the sentinel, there are more than a hundred Beihai soldiers who arrived first, but most of the enemy troops are behind them ten miles away."
Na Qitai looked ferocious and murmured: "Since you don't give me a way to survive, I will fight with you!"
He put away his telescope and said to the assistant leader: "You lead two hundred musketeers from the back mountain to the north of those people. When you hear the sound of cannons here, use the five dragons to shoot out of the water and shoot them. Press toward the river bank. Remember, the offensive must be continuous, and the firing of muskets must be continuous!"
"嗻!"
Then he said to a co-leader who ran back with him: "I will give you four hundred men, one hundred musketeers, and three hundred archers. After leaving the city, walk up the hillside to the east and enter the forest to wait. Never walk along the river bank. When you hear the musket fire from the opposite wing, rush eastward quickly. Remember, never stop during the attack. Even if there are casualties, you must endure it. As long as you drive them into the river, those Beihai soldiers will be finished!"
Upon hearing this, the two assistant leaders asked Na Qitai tentatively: "What happens next?"
Na Qitai said: "We can defend it for a day. If most of the Beihai soldiers attack from behind, we will retreat to Shuiliu Peak after using up all the artillery shells. Burn everything that cannot be taken away before leaving!"
"嗻!"
In fact, it's not that Na Qitai never thought of surrendering. However, his wife and children are not in Hunchun, and there are still a large number of old relatives in the capital. If he really surrenders to the Beihai Navy, Zhao Xin will not treat him harshly based on his friendship with him, but what will happen to his family?
Besides, he was still a high-ranking Manchu official. After surrendering, Qianlong might have his whole family executed, and his wife, concubines, and children would be exiled to Ili as slaves of armored men. Na Qitai felt shuddering just thinking about it.
At the foot of the mountain, the soldiers responsible for reconnaissance from the Beihai Navy's leading company came back to report that drums were heard in the camp. Seeing that the Yingchengzi fortress was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the company commander who led the team brought a mortar and decided to defend on the spot.
He first asked the sentries to continue forward for reconnaissance, ordered each platoon to dig individual bunkers on the gentle hillside near the river bank, cleared the firing range, and set up the mortars in the simple bunkers dug out in the middle of the position. After the 100 people were busy for more than half an hour, the sentry sent to the north returned to report that the Qing army was dispatched.
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