Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 418 Naqitai's Determination
Half an hour later, more than a dozen inland sailboats carrying 300 Ainu soldiers and more than [-] Northern Navy started their motors and sailed towards the mouth of the Tumen River.

As the commander-in-chief of this ground operation, Deng Fei boarded the third ship in the fleet with his guard squad.

At this time, he was standing on the side of the ship, looking up, he saw the Manchu land on the right side was closed for a long time, the wilderness was lush and uninhabited, and the roar of the motor startled flocks of birds from time to time.

On the left side, in the territory of the Li Dynasty, the smoke from the beacon tower gradually extinguished, and a few dilapidated fishing boats were moored on the river bank. Not far away were patches of cultivated land, and further away were forests, and even half a person could be seen in the field. less than.

After another ten minutes, when the fleet was still more than a mile away from Qingxing Mansion, a group of people in rags could be vaguely seen among the woods on the river bank, some of them were pushing carts, leading cattle, and driving chickens duck.

Deng Fei was about to raise his binoculars to observe the civilians when he suddenly heard the sound of drumming not far in front.He turned the camera to wait and see, and saw that on the river bank on the border of the Li Dynasty, about dozens of people were gathering on the pier, playing and playing, and it was very lively; except for a few drummers in colorful clothes, most of the others were in white clothes .

Behind these people, a low and dilapidated city wall gradually appeared, and he felt that Qingxing Mansion should be there.

When the fleet got closer and closer to those people, Deng Fei finally saw that among the crowd in white and black hats, surrounded by an official wearing a Ming Dynasty official hat and blue clothes.Standing behind the official was an official wearing a bamboo hat, a black official uniform, and a knife at his waist.

He was about to take a closer look at the official when he saw two strong men walk up to the crowd, unfurl a banner and hold it up with bamboo poles.I saw black and white characters on the banner, and the four big characters "Reward Master Wang" are extremely eye-catching.

Deng Fei was stunned for a moment.What the hell are Li Chao and his gang doing?A group of white clothes, doing as if going to a funeral.He turned his head and said to the accompanying staff: "Send a signal, let the sea dog go and have a look! Others pay attention to vigilance!"

After receiving the order, the bows of the two motorboats in the fleet turned to the left, quickly crossed the center line of the Tumen River, and approached the wharf of Qingxing Mansion.

The Governor of Qingxing Mansion led more than a dozen country gentlemen in the city, and saw a few large ships of the Northern Navy sailing towards the pier, not to mention how nervous they were.

Although the good things produced in Beihai Town are also sold in the six northern towns, they are all expensive, and ordinary people don't even think about it.The homes of the wealthy gentry present had lanterns, matches, plastic basins, etc., but it was the first time that they actually had direct contact with the Beihai Navy.

Seeing the large ship of the Beihai Navy approaching the pier, Mr. Fu Yin and a group of gentry flicked up their sleeves, posing like a scholar-bureaucrat, and said that they must show the Beihai monster what "Chinese style and the clothes of the motherland" are.

The seal is wearing a North Navy camouflage uniform and a dark green steel helmet. The identification plate on his chest shows that he is from the Ainu Battalion, but the military rank on his shoulder is two bars and one star, a proper Major Battalion long.

Although before the start of the battle, the soldiers of the Ainu Battalion and the Sendai Battalion had changed to the Northern Navy standard rifles, but the seals still liked to use the 84 revolver.For this reason, he specially equipped himself with two, plus the rows of small cowhide bags filled with bullets and primers around his waist, it is so majestic!
When the wooden boat came to a stop seven or eight meters away from the pier, the seal walked up to the bow and saw a group of Mrs. Fuyin in white clothes, black hats and official robes on the pier.The guy spoke the Nanjing dialect he learned from Deng Fei and asked, "What are you waiting for, what are you doing?"

Lord Fu Yin of Qingxing Mansion blinked his eyes, wondering what kind of accent is this?It sounds like Chinese, but why can't I understand a single word?
At this time, a middle-aged gentry in the crowd stepped forward, leaned into the Fu Yin's ear and said, "My lord, this one speaks Jiangning dialect. When the villain went to the capital with the Yan Mission in the early years, he once talked with an official from Jiangning. Been there for a while. What he was asking was who we are and what we do."

Oh!From the south of the Yangtze River, it is a land of rich and natural treasures, where the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty is located.Mr. Fu Yin hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Your Majesty is Qing Xing Fu Yin. He led the local gentry out of the city to welcome Zhao Wangtian's army to conquer the old land. He specially prepared wine and fat sheep to talk about his heart. May I ask your Excellency?" ?”

Haigou waved his hand and said, "Lorry, you're talking too much, but you're pretty good at talking, so don't worry about it." He actually knows a few words in Nanjing dialect, and he can't speak too much.So he deliberately coughed twice, and switched to Mandarin in Beihai Town and said loudly: "I am the battalion commander of the Ainu Battalion of the Beihai Navy, the commander of the Great Ainu Kingdom Guards, Hai Tianxiao."

Haigou has been learning Nanjing dialect with Deng Fei for more than half a year, and gradually realized that his name sounds not so 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 God's Xiaotian Dog, you might as well call it "Hai Tianxiao".

"It turned out to be Lord Hai," Mr. Fu Yin said in his heart. What the hell is the Great Ainu Kingdom?One will be the battalion commander, and the other will be the commander. The official system under King Zhao's rule is all a mess.He stopped his wild thoughts, got up and said with a smile on his face: "I, together with the whole city's army and people, wish King Zhao's army a victory, defeat the Tartars, and restore Shenjing as soon as possible!"

Haigou said: "Needless to say, I will fight wherever the old man Zhao Wang points out. You, this! Bring all the good wine and fat sheep here quickly. We don't have time to go ashore. We have to go to Hunchun after getting the things."

Hearing that the sea dog said that he was going to fight Hunchun, the big stone in Mr. Fu Yin's heart finally fell to the ground.Unexpectedly, decent people put the rice wine, pigs and sheep on the boat, and saw that Mr. Hai Tianxiao said a few words into a black box, who knew that a man's clear voice came out from the black box, The complexions of Mr. Fu Yin and the gentry who were looking from both sides changed greatly in fright.

It really is a demon from the North Sea, he is really a monster!
Although everyone slandered secretly, they did not dare to show any contempt on their faces.Afterwards, when the boat delivered all the wine and meat to the other side's big ship, the "Master Hai" said loudly: "Our chief, this, this, thank you for your support, this, farewell!"

Listening to the unintelligible Chinese spoken by the general of the North Navy, the gentlemen of Qingxing Mansion on the shore couldn't laugh or cry.Although Beihai is a town of monsters, the scholars disliked the Manchu Tartars even more, so they bowed together and saluted, and said in unison to the "Master Hai" who was slowly walking away: "I wish the army a smooth journey! Victory!"

The Beihai Navy launched an attack on the front line of Xiaobai Mountain in the early morning, and at noon, Qinggui, who was in Ula, Jilin, received an urgent report.With the news that the two forts located in Xiaobai Mountain were simultaneously breached by the Northern Navy, Qing Gui realized that something was wrong.

Considering that Zhao Xin's previous battles were all fierce offensive and did not give his opponent a chance to breathe, he immediately mobilized [-] garrisons outside Jilin City to station at the defense lines of the Rafa River and the Namuluga River, and ordered the Qing troops in the Xiaobaishan camp to guard The general must make good use of the terrain advantage, and must delay the attack of the Northern Navy through continuous resistance.

As a grand scholar who was ordered by the emperor to manage Jilin and Heilongjiang, Qinggui sent another [-] soldiers to Dasang Ula, and at the same time ordered the Eight Manchu and Mongolian Banners from Boduna, Lalin, and Alchuka to rush south to help, and gather around Dasang Ula. The Zhesonge River defense line in the east.He knew that if Dasang Ula was lost, Jilin City would not be able to keep it.

Speaking of which, during the few years since Qing Gui came to Jilin, in addition to using the old city left in Changbai Mountain to build multiple fortresses, he also built a multi-layered defense system on the eastern front of Jilin City.Digging deep trenches and building concealed forts is mainly due to the fact that the artillery of the Northern Navy is too powerful.

If the forces of the Northern Navy were concentrated, the fortresses in the valley could attack the flanks of the Northern Navy; if the forces were scattered, the Qing army camps stationed between the fortresses could annihilate the small-scale Northern Navy.

In general, it is to use the forest terrain of Changbai Mountain to delay the offensive of the Northern Navy, just like cutting flesh with a small knife.Waiting for the North Navy to rush out of the Xiaobai Mountain defense line and enter the plains west of the Rafa River, the Qing army, which is waiting for work, can launch a quick cavalry attack on it.At that time, the exhausted Northern Navy will have Manchurian cavalry in front and the Rafa River in the back. It will be too late to build a defense line, and Jilin City will be safe.

Qinggui arranged for the defense of Jilin, and the staff on the other side had already written a letter to the Hunchun camp.After the seal was stamped, he ordered people to rush to Hunchun.

The content of this letter is to order Guanbao to send a team to move westward along the Kahali River to Odoli, and to wait for an opportunity to attack Ningguta northward along the Lefushan River, forcing the North 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 team of surprise soldiers could be sent to attack the south bank of the Suifen River across the Hunchun Ridge.

A few days ago, the new "Dingbei General" Fukang'an arrived in Shengjing with his generals. However, because the reinforcements from all over the Qing army had not yet arrived, Fukang'an stayed for two days, and at the same time, he was implementing the food and grass for going north. supplies and weapons.

For such a big matter as the Northern Navy's attack on Ula, Jilin, even Qing Gui, a bachelor of economics, did not dare to be self-reliant. He wrote a letter and a memorial to Fukang'an in his own handwriting, and ordered people to expedite at a speed of [-] miles. Send an emergency to Fukang'an and Jingcheng who arrived in Shengjing.

The post road from Shengjing to Ula, Jilin is 760 miles, two messengers, one person and two horses, plus ten post stations along the way to replace the horses, Fukang'an will receive the urgent report tomorrow afternoon, but the other side of Beijing will have to wait until Four days later.Waiting for Qianlong to see the memorial and then issue an edict, it will take at least eight or nine days to see each other.

It has to be said that Qing Gui's entire defense plan is 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.

At this time, Na Qitai, the deputy capital, took more than 1000 remnants and fled westward to the fortress of Yingchengzi in the valley of the Hunchun River.It is located on the south side of the later Dalongling Mountains and on the west side of Hunchun Ridge, with high mountains on both sides and a river valley plain in the middle.The fort built by the Qing army here is located on the mountain north of the Hunchun River. The terrain is extremely dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Na Qitai and his party entered the fortress, and just had two mouthfuls of food, before their buttocks warmed up, a sentry ran over in a panic.

"My lord! My lord! No, no, it's not good! Beihai soldiers are here!"

"What!" Na Qitai yelled in fright, and the chair under his buttocks fell over, and the back of his head hit the edge of the bed, knocking out a big bag.

He didn't care to get up, and yelled indiscriminately: "Fire! Blast him to death!"

When the soldiers hurriedly helped him up, Na Qitai took the helmet from his subordinates and put it on, the big bump on the back of his head was painful from his diaphragm.At this time, the guard of Yingchengzi Fortress also walked into the house and asked for instructions on combat deployment.

Na Qitai copied the binoculars in the hands of the soldiers, walked to the edge of the wall made of stones and glutinous rice paste, looked up, and saw a red flag of the Northern Navy looming in the mountains and forests more than two miles away on the east side of the fort .

Without looking back, he asked, "How many people are here?"

The guard of Yingchengzi said: "According to the report from the sentry, there are more than 100 Beihai soldiers who arrived first, but the majority of the enemy army is ten miles away."

Na Qitai showed a ferocious face, and muttered in his mouth: "Since you don't give me a way out, I will fight with you!"

He put away the binoculars, and said to the co-leader: "You take two hundred musketeers and two hundred archers, go around from the back mountain to the north of those people, and when you hear the sound of the trumpets here, use the five dragons out of the water to open Shoot them and drive them to the river bank. Remember, the offensive must be continuous, and the musket fire must be continuous!"

"Whoo!"

Then he said to a co-leader who ran back with him: "I will give you 400 men, [-] musketeers, and [-] archers. After leaving the city, walk eastward on the hillside and enter the forest to wait. You must not walk by the river bank. Hearing musket fire from the opposite wing, he quickly rushed to the east. Remember, don’t stop when attacking, even if there are casualties, bear with me, as long as they are driven into the river, those Beihai soldiers will be finished!"

Upon hearing this, the two co-leaders tentatively asked Na Qitai, "What about after that?"

Na Qitai said: "It's a day to be able to defend. If most of the Beihai soldiers from behind attack, they will retreat to Shuiliu Peak after firing all the shells, and burn everything that can't be taken away before leaving!"

"Whoo!"

In fact, it wasn't that Qitai hadn't thought of surrendering.However, his wife and children are not in Hunchun, and there are still a lot of relatives in the capital. If he really surrendered to the Beihai Navy, Zhao Xin would not treat him harshly based on his friendship, but what about his family?
What's more, he is still a high-ranking second-rank official of the Manchus. After surrendering, Qianlong might have his whole family ransacked, and his wives, concubines, and children were exiled to Ili as slaves to armored men.

The Northern Navy's leading company at the foot of the mountain was there, and the soldiers in charge of reconnaissance came back to report that there were drums sounding in Yingchengzi.In view of the fact that Yingchengzi fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the company commander who led the team brought a mortar himself and decided to defend on the spot.

He first let the sentries continue to go out for reconnaissance, and ordered each platoon to dig individual bunkers on a gentle hillside near the river bank, clear the shooting area, and set up mortars in the simple bunkers dug out in the middle of the position.After one hundred people had been busy for more than half an hour, the sentry sent to the north returned to report that the Qing army was dispatched.

(End of this chapter)