At noon the next day, in addition to Liu Sheng and Fan Tong who were commanding operations in Xinjiang, Wang Yuanfang in Bacheng, Lu Qi who was enjoying digging for gold on the other side of the ocean, and the "Liaodong Campaign" in Shengjing, "Deng Fei was finishing the work, and all 24 people from the "29-member committee" were present.
Nowadays, everyone in the committee has his own business to deal with. Therefore, except for Zhao Xin and his family members who arrived two days in advance, everyone else set out from various places early in the morning, either by car or speedboat. Fortunately, it is the golden autumn in the Northeast at this time. Except for the cold spots at night, the temperature is comfortable during the day and land and water transportation is smooth.
Ding Guofeng only came back half a month ago. The reason why he didn't come early to have hot pot together was mainly because he had been recuperating at home, eating abalone and drinking ginseng soup every day. He stayed in India for more than a year, fighting, dealing with the French, and negotiating with the British, which were all mentally draining. In addition, the humid and hot weather in South Asia also made his body unable to bear it.
Of course, the two stunning beauties given to him by Tipu Sultan almost knocked Ding Guofeng out, so when the guy got off the ship, his face looked scary, which scared his wife. He did not dare to bring the beauty back, but placed her in "Denmark Castle", otherwise his wife Xue Wu would dare to call her brother and the bear at home to kill him.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting went on as scheduled. This civil affairs office building in Fuldan City is much better than the previous one. It is made of steel and concrete, and the outer wall uses high-efficiency thermal insulation materials from another time and space; in addition to the radiator, it is also equipped with The floor is heated, so in winter I wish I could wear short sleeves. But it's only September now, and the heating is not available.
Before the official start, Zhao Xin played "The Internationale" in a unique way, making everyone stand up and listen. His original intention was to remind everyone not to forget the purpose of their struggle in this time and space. As a result, many people were shocked and asked, "Who am I?" Where am I?
At the beginning of the meeting, Zhao Xin first briefed everyone on the "Liaodong Campaign" launched this year. Later, he will also explain the progress of the war in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and the combat situation in Guangxi on behalf of Liu Sheng and Fan Tong.
In fact, everyone has been paying attention to the war in Liaodong this year. After all, Shengjing is the companion capital of the Qing Dynasty. If the Liaohe Plain is captured, the next step will be to enter the customs anyway.
However, compared with the success of the attack on Shengjing, the process of attacking Xingjing was full of blood and fire. Even Lu Shoushan, who had a deep hatred for the Manchu and Qing court, couldn't help but feel sad after the battle ended and he inspected the city. Feeling. When the more than 20 people in the conference room heard Zhao Xin's scripted report on the battle process and results, they were in awe for a while, but they didn't know where to start.
In 1601 AD, Nurhaci used all the population in the area under his jurisdiction to build a new city on the land of Hetuala on the south side of the Suzi River and the east bank of the Taizi River. Hetuala means "Henggang" in Manchu. In 1605, Nurhaci ordered the construction of another city wall outside the city. As a result, the city of Hetuala formed a dual urban structure inside and outside. A few decades later, during the Huang Taiji period, it was named "Tianjuan Xingjing".
The outer city of Xingjing City is just that. Except for the southeast corner, which is built along the Yangbi Mountain, the rest is flat land. However, the inner city is a military fortress that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The entire inner city is located on high hills and flat land, covering an area of 246,000 square meters, equivalent to the size of 34 and a half football fields. Because the city wall was built earlier along the cliffs of the surrounding hills, a height difference of more than 20 meters was formed on the outside, which is twice as high as the city wall of Beijing!
In addition, the city wall of the inner city adopts the masonry method of "stones, rammed earth, stone cloth and rafters connected", that is, after the bottom is built with stones for a section, the earth and stones are filled in the middle of the two walls; for each layer of rammed earth, a layer is laid horizontally. Hardwood, leaving gaps between the wood, is then filled with rammed earth, and then placed with wooden sticks, and so on until a durable and solid city wall is formed.
Just like this kind of wall, if the North Korean navy's 82mm mortar shells fall on it, it will explode the outer layer of rocks, and it will take five or six consecutive rounds to create a gap. But if you want to rush into the city through the gap, you have to use a ladder to climb a cliff more than ten meters high.
There is a four-meter-wide horse path on the periphery of the inner city, leading to the four city gates in the north, east, south, and southeast. All city gates are not big. The largest door opening is only three meters wide, and the narrowest one is only over one meter. All roads leading to the city gate are close to the inner city wall, which is densely covered with battlements. If you attack from the horse road, you will have to fight against the arrows and blunderbuss shot from behind the wall every step forward.
Of course, Lu Shoushan's troops would not attack immediately. Instead, they would use loudspeakers to repeatedly broadcast the news in Manchu that Shengjing had been captured. Faced with the Northern Navy's persuasion to surrender, the Eight Banners soldiers, men, women, and children in the city refused to accept it. Except for the elderly and children who could not hold swords and guns, all the others, men and women, joined the battle, carrying guns, blunderbuss, iron cannons, bows and arrows, and swords and guns. All greeted.
Seeing this situation, Lu Shoushan had no choice but to fight! He thought about using a mortar to blast these mobs away in a hurry? However, the reality was beyond his expectation. After the outer city wall was blown open, a brutal street fight began.
You must know that the most important characteristic of urban street fighting is cruelty. Soldiers are fighting hand to hand, fighting hand to hand, and sometimes it is too late to shoot. There were many Manchus from Hunchun and converted Eight Banners soldiers in Lu Shoushan's army. These people would be wary at the beginning of the battle. When they found someone, they would use Manchu to persuade them to put down their weapons. However, many people not only refused to listen, but also hid in houses and rooftops on both sides of the streets, shooting arrows and shooting guns.
For example, there were Eight Banners soldiers lying in ambush in a house. When the Northern Navy approached, they suddenly rushed out and slashed with a big knife. Although the knife was blocked, one soldier's thumb was still cut off, and another soldier was also hit by the back of the knife. A face full of flowers. Another example is a woman hiding on the roof with a bow and arrow, just to catch the cold. Although it is difficult to shoot someone to death as long as it doesn't hit the heart, it can't be endured even if it takes one hit. Situations like this are hard to guard against.
As the number of casualties in the battle continued to rise, the main attacking regiment finally became anxious and took action without hesitation. Grenades and machine guns were deployed, and yard after yard was cleared. By the time the outer city was cleared, three days had passed.
Hitting the inner city is even more brutal. Lu Shoushan wanted to plow the land directly with artillery fire. The problem was that his troops came over the mountains from the east of Changbai Mountain. He couldn't even bring a 75mm gun, let alone only prepared less than half of the mortar shells. Base number--40 rounds per door.
Another regiment that took over the main attack launched an attack from the direction of the four city gates. Although there was an artillery bombardment before the attack, the soldiers had to endure the arrows and iron bullets fired from the blunderbuss that were constantly thrown from their heads during the charge. They even had to be carried by two people loaded with shotguns. The four-meter-wide road has tall stone walls on both sides. If someone comes down from a high position, there will be no place to hide.
When the troops entered the inner city, they started fighting street by lane with the retreating Eight Banners soldiers and ordinary people. Most of the buildings here are palaces, government offices, granaries, academies, temples, and even bow and arrow factories and armor factories, which are much more troublesome to clear than residential buildings. When the battle ended, except for the Ksitigarbha Temple, which housed the wounded, the inner city was still intact, and almost everything else was in ruins.
After this battle, nearly 8,000 Manchus in the local area were left alone, and the survivors were all old, weak, women and children. On the Beihai Navy side, the two regiments responsible for the main attack also suffered nearly 1,000 casualties.
It is said that the Northern Navy's occupation of Shengjing City made the Manchu and Qing Dynasties feel like mourning their heirs, and the capture of Xingjing made the Manchu and Qing Dynasties completely despair. In addition, the Marine Corps was stuck in Jinzhou, cutting off the post roads leading to the pass. Liaoyang, Fenghuang, Xiuyan, Haicheng, Yaozhou, Gaiping, Xiongyue, and Fuzhou all sent envoys to Shengjing to follow up. Deng Fei discussed surrender.
When the news came back to Beihai Town, a group of old-style literati headed by Wang Zhong were overjoyed and bluntly stated that the Manchu dragon vein had been cut off. As long as the North Navy enters the customs, the world will be at your fingertips!
In another time and space, a scholar surnamed Zha once wrote a book, which mentioned that the dragon veins of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were located in Humarwoji Mountain in Heilongjiang. Well, this is all nonsense. The Jianzhou Jurchen Dragon Veins cannot escape to Heilongjiang no matter what!
In fact, the real dragon vein of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in Xingjing. Kangxi once said in a poem that the mist makes the king's land prosperous, and the wind and clouds are unreachable.
From a Feng Shui perspective, the first step in choosing a location for establishing a capital in ancient times was to find a suitable dragon vein. To put it bluntly, the dragon vein must have continuous mountains, starting from the northwest and moving best toward the southeast.
The center of the dragon vein is called "ancestral mountain", which is where the ancients said the king's energy gathered. Starting from Zu Mountain, walk in the southeast direction and connect to the "Main Mountain", also called "Backing Mountain". The function of the main mountain is to introduce the king's energy into the capital, so the capital palace must be located south of the main mountain. To the south of the capital, there must be "Mountain of Cases", and to the south of "Mountain of Cases" there must be "Mountain of Chao", which symbolizes the intention of all nations to kneel down and worship.
To give an example, let’s talk about Beijing. Zushan is Tianshou Mountain at the intersection of Yanshan Mountains and Taihang Mountains, and its source is the midline of Kunlun Mountains. So why were the Ming Tombs built in Tianshou Mountain in droves? Because the feng shui is best under Zushan.
The main mountain in Beijing is actually the artificially built Jingshan Mountain, which existed since the Jin Dynasty and was called Qingshan at that time. It was expanded in the Ming Dynasty to form Long Live Mountain with five peaks. According to Zhu Xi, the case mountains are divided into five levels. Songshan is the former case, the mountains in Huainan are the second case, the mountains in the south of the Yangtze River are the third and fourth cases, and Wuling, located at the intersection of Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi, is the fifth case. case. As for the Chaoshan Mountains, they are the Qinling Mountains, which extend from the south bank of the Yellow River to central Henan.
This is called the "strength of pulling out the table", carrying heavy mountains, facing flat land, controlling the Yangtze River and Huaihe River in the south, connecting Shuomo in the north, and controlling the world. Just like the collar of a heavy coat, when you lift the collar, the entire garment can be lifted up. By the way, in the modern era of another time and space, there are always some people who suggest moving the capital, which is ridiculous from a Feng Shui perspective.
Well, having said that, the specific ancestral mountain in Xingjing is Qiyun Mountain located in the north of Suzi River. It belongs to the remnants of Changbai Mountain. It is shaped like a crouching dragon, and the dragon's head reaches west. The ancestral mausoleum of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Yongling, is located at the foot of Qiyun Mountain. , which contains the burials of ancestors from Mengge Timur to Takshi.
To the east of Qiyun Mountain is Laolonggang, whose branches cross the Suzi River to Xingjing City, then extend to the southeast to Yangbi Mountain, and further to the southeast is Jiming Mountain. That is to say, Qiyun Mountain is the ancestral mountain and the main mountain, Yangbii Mountain is the case mountain, and Jiming Mountain is the Chao Mountain. To have a dragon, there must also be water. The Suzi River runs east to west, and the waterway is unobstructed. Both the north and south banks are covered with dragon veins and mountains, which are the characteristics of a medium-to-high-grade water body.
Therefore, from the perspective of Feng Shui, the dragon veins in Hetuala City are natural trends, and many factors are all prepared, almost perfect, which is the foundation of the dragon veins in the Qing Dynasty.
Well, in Zhao Xin’s opinion, the above statements about Feng Shui are all nonsense!
Nurhaci was a tortoise in his early years. Before unifying the various Jurchen tribes, his first consideration was the safety of his home base, so he chose Foala, which was completely a mountain city. When all the surrounding tribes were basically defeated and only one Yehe tribe was left, he turned his attention to the Ming Dynasty, and Foala's position could no longer meet military and political needs.
Hetuala is bordered by the Suzi River to the north, the Erdao River to the west, the Riga River to the southwest, and close to mountains to the east and southeast. From a military perspective, it is a naturally easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place. In addition, there are a large amount of flat land in the northeast and southwest areas, with dense river networks and fertile land, making it a good farming area. Otherwise, Nurhaci would not have founded the country and proclaimed himself Khan after the establishment of Hetuala, issued the "Seven Hatreds", and completely turned against the Ming Dynasty.
After talking about the situation in Liaodong, Zhao Xin briefly reported on the affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi, and then someone present proposed attacking Guangzhou.
Zhao Xin smiled and said: "Okay! As long as one of us is willing to go, I have no objection. But who of you here knows Chaoshan Hakka? We have three thousand Jiaying and Chaozhou recruits in Bacheng."
As soon as these words came out, the two people who had just proposed suddenly wilt, thinking MMP! I do know some plastic Cantonese, but Hakka is still out of the question. What does the governor Wang Yuanfang do? He does not do a good job in promoting Mandarin!
In fact, Luo Fangbai had sent people to Wang Yuanfang several times, expressing his intention to take Lan Heying's people back to Guangdong. The problem is that the Hakka dialect spoken by these Jiaying people is like a book from heaven. Let alone the northerners, the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou people living in Bacheng cannot understand it and can only understand it. The batch of soldiers previously recruited in Pontianak and Dongwanlu have not completed training in Bacheng. The most time-consuming part is to teach these people to speak northern Mandarin, otherwise they will not be able to carry out the orders.
Earlier, the soldiers recruited by the North Navy in Bacheng were all from Fujian. They first served as security forces and then transferred to the regular army. But now there are still many things in West Java that have not been dealt with neatly, and it is impossible to leave.
In the view of Zhao Xin and Wang Yuanfang, the Jiaying miners must be trained into soldiers that meet the requirements of Beihai Town before they can take the Lanhe Battalion to fight against Guangzhou and Chaoshan.
Zhao Xin's third report was made on behalf of Liu Sheng and Fan Tong.
In this report written by Jiang Fan, the first half describes the process of the western front troops marching westward from the north and south lines of Tianshan Mountain. A long paragraph was used to describe the hardships of the march, but the content of the second half of the battle was much simpler. It was nothing more than the Qing army fleeing in the face of the wind. Wherever the troops went, they were supported by people of all ethnic groups, and the situation was excellent.
At present, the troops have captured Ili at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and captured a large number of Qing troops; while the southern route started from Hami and captured Turpan, Karashale, Kuqa and other places along the way, and will march to Aksu next.
After hearing this, everyone present clapped and expressed their joy. Zhao Xin nodded expressionlessly and picked up the water glass to moisten his dry throat. At this moment, he felt eyes looking at him, and when he looked up, it was Chen Qingsong. Facing the questioning look of the other party, Zhao Xinwei shook his head inexplicably. Chen Qingsong blinked and then announced that the meeting would move to the next topic.
In fact, there were two telegrams sent from the Western Front Command, one was a long message sent to the Northern Navy Staff, and the other was a short message sent directly to Zhao Xin. There were only seven words in that short telegram: "We killed many prisoners!!!"
(End of chapter)
