Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 100
It is said that Fang Boqian, who was in charge of Jiyuan, saw Zhiyuan sinking and sent orders to turn the rudder back to Lushun. He was in a panic. While turning the rudder, the bow of the ship hit the Yangwei ship and damaged Yangwei's rudder.Yangwei was injured, and the slower he walked, he was chased by the Japanese ship and sank with a single shell.

After Jiyuan fled, Guangjia followed suit.At this time, there are only five warships left on the sea of ​​time: Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, Jingyuan, Jingyuan, and Laiyuan.The officer in charge of Jingyuan was shot and killed, and the whole ship was in chaos.The Japanese people's eyes were quick, and the drums came, and they took advantage of the momentum and took them away.Ding Ruchang was on the enemy building in Dingyuan, directing the battle.Seeing that Jingyuan was taken captive, he became annoyed and ordered the ship's cannon to bombard the Japanese commander ship Matsushima.At this time, the smoke was misty, the waves were surging like mountains, and the battleship was bumping on the sea.Matsushima was hit by shells and almost sank.Dingyuan was also hit by five or six shots, was seriously injured, and fought desperately.For a while, Jingyuan, Laiyuan.They were no match for the Japanese ships, escaped from the battlefield, and sailed to a peaceful place.Five Japanese ships surrounded Zhenyuan and Dingyuan and bombarded them as best they could.A bullet hit the Dingyuan enemy building, Ding Ruchang injured his waist, fell to the ground, and passed out.There was no captain in the ship, so everyone looked for Liu Buchan, the commander in charge, and asked him to be the commander-in-chief temporarily.Unexpectedly, when Liu Guandai heard the sound of the cannon, he was so frightened that he lost two of his three souls and five of his six souls. Now he hid in the place where the armor was thickest, shivering, and fought endlessly.Everyone invited him to hide there, and refused to come out even if he died.The foreigner Hannagan couldn't see it, so he stepped forward and commanded the enemy on his behalf, thus covering up the situation.When the battle reached the mountains at sunset, the sea fog rose on the ocean, and the Japanese ships were afraid of Chinese torpedoes, so they surrounded them and left.After Dingyuan and Jingyuan, the team returned to Lushun.

In this battle, five warships were lost, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Chaoyong, Yangwei and Guangbing.

The remaining seven warships Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Laiyuan, Jingyuan, Jiyuan, Pingyuan and Guangjia were also seriously injured and unable to fight.When the report of the defeat spread to Beiyang, Uncle Li said sadly: "I originally said not to fight, but Master Weng bullied the Japanese elementary school and decided to go to war. This situation is really terrible, terrible."

As he said that, a corner of the text was sent in from outside, but it was Ding Ruchang who reported the accident in the naval battle.When Uncle Li saw the details of Fang Boqian's escape without a fight, he couldn't help showing anger, and immediately made a note.On the one hand, please send Fang Boqian to the army to rectify the law, and on the other hand, please give Deng Shichang a special decree.In a few days, when the decree came down, Deng Shichang bestowed the posthumous posthumous title Zhuangjie;Li Hongzhang pulled out the three-eyed feather and the yellow jacket.The intention is urgent, so it is natural to obey the police.Within a few days, the imperial decree was issued again, ordering Song Qing, the admiral of Sichuan, to help with Beiyang military affairs.

But it is said that the Song Qing Daying camp was stationed in Jiulian City, and after receiving the report of Dadonggou's defeat, they gathered the leaders of each battalion to discuss: "Jiulian City leans on the Yalu in the south, and the Kui River in the east. There is a mountain on the east side of the Kui River. Hushan is a dangerous place, and we must guard against it. To the east is Anping River, beyond the river is Sudian, and Jiangdian. To the west of Jiulian City is Andong County, and to the west is Dadonggou. Now the navy is lost. It’s a matter, our army has to fortify every step of the way.”

All the commanders said: "The commander-in-chief told us, we are the ones who listen to the commander-in-chief's orders.

"Song Qing immediately sent Nie Shicheng to guard Hushan; Liu Shengxiu to guard the river bank; Yiketang'a to guard the mouth of the Anping River and the passes in Changdian; Fengshen'a and Nie Guilin to guard the cities of Andong.

On this day, the military newspaper came, saying that the Japanese soldiers gathered in Yizhou and were about to fly across.Song Qing issued an order to strictly prepare the middle road.Unexpectedly, the Japanese would never be so lucky, crossing the middle road is just a lie, once you are strictly prepared, it will secretly swim up and down and sneak across.The detachment crossed the Anping River from the east road, and Yiketang'a heard the sound of Japanese artillery, and was so frightened that he abandoned his defense and ran.People are not as good as armor, and horses are not as good as saddles. They have to flee for their lives, throw away all the ordnance documents, and flee to Kuandian until they can build food in peace.The men and horses in the middle road guarded for a whole day, but the Japanese army's actions were not seen, and the morale of the army gradually weakened.At dawn this day, the soldiers in the battalion were eating, when they suddenly heard the sound of guns, and the military scout reported: "The Japanese army lined up artillery teams on the south bank and bombarded them serially. .”

Then it was reported that the Ming army had collapsed, and all the troops fled.It was also reported that Nie Shicheng was besieged by the Japanese army in Hushan, and he was about to die.Song Qing was shocked, and hurriedly sent a strong soldier to fly to rescue him.After only half a day, the report of defeat came again, and Hushan fell.Nie Shicheng retreated across the Kui River, and many soldiers were crushed to death.Song Qing was shocked and said: "All the armies are defeated, and the Nie army is not supported. It is very dangerous for me to guard here."

Following the order, he abandoned Jiulian City and retreated northward.When we arrived in Phoenix, the military report arrived, and we knew that Fengshen'a and Nie Guilin had all gone to Xiuyan Prefecture.

From the mouth of the Anping River to the border of the Yalu River in Andong, there are all Japanese troops. Song Qing secretly thought that Fenghuang City was hanging outside the ridge, and it was difficult to defend.It's better to retreat to Dakaoling and defend Liaoyang Prefecture, there are still ideas to grasp.Pull out the stronghold together and rush to Liaoyang Prefecture for a day.Suddenly received the imperial decree, saying that Lushun needs to eat, and ordered to return to help as soon as possible.Just when Nie Shicheng arrived, he handed over the defense of Dakaolin to Nie Jun, picked up the powerful army, and went back to Lushun.Halfway through the journey, the alarm failed, and snowflakes came.After a while, it was reported that "Phoenix City fell, the Japanese army moved towards Kuandian, Yiketang fled in the wind, and the Kuandian barracks and Pushihe barracks all collapsed."

After a while, it was reported that "the Japanese army divided into three groups and rushed towards Xiuyan Prefecture. The momentum was very strong. Fengshen and others rushed to Ximu City."

Suddenly, it was reported that "The Second Japanese Army has fallen into Jinzhou, Dalian Bay has fallen, and Lushun is in a tight spot. According to the First Army in the east, it will divide its troops and go west to Liaoyang to meet with the Second Army. The road behind Dakaoling has been blocked." "

Song Qingdao: "Jinchuan fell, but I can't move forward."

Then he set up camp in Gaiping, recharged his energy and recharged his batteries, prepared his horses and soldiers, hoped to conquer Jinzhou, and marched to aid Lushun.Helplessly, the Japanese soldiers are not very powerful. They have sent out three or five times and fought a few battles, but they have not gained any advantage.

One day, the military report came that Feng Shen'a and Nie Guilin were overwhelmed by the Japanese army and retreated to Haicheng.When the Japanese entered Puhai City, martial law was imposed outside the pass.Song Qingdao: "Now in the northwest of Fenghuang City, there is Nie Shicheng's army of Da Gaoling; in the northeast of Fenghuang City, there is the army of Yiketang'a; the Sheng army leads Lu Benyuan and Sun Xianyin, and guards the Lianshan Pass. Generally speaking, it doesn't matter!

Before the end of the Taoist words, Tan Mafei reported that "Lianshan Pass fell, and Lu Benyuan and others fled without a trace." "

At this time, Song Qing was caught in the middle by the Japanese army, unable to advance, and unable to retreat, all in vain anxiety.Fortunately, Nie Shicheng in Dakaolin was well guarded.Yiketang Ajiu defeated Sifen, moved his army to Caohekou, and attacked repeatedly.Unable to resist, the Japanese abandoned Lianshan Pass and simply gathered troops at the mouth of Caohe River to cut across the Nie and Yi armies and fight desperately.Nie Shicheng garrisoned troops to divide the watershed in order to smash the back of the Japanese army.Yijun attacked from outside and killed a member of the Japanese lieutenant.The Japanese brigade from Phoenix City came to help, but was also repelled by the Yi army.The two armies of Yi and Nie took advantage of their advances and fought a battle at Guoyuanbao.Yijun forced Kuihe to garrison troops, and the Japanese attacked at night, losing many troops in vain, but still failed.The next day, the majestic formation, the flag of integrity, lined up on a mountain and fought.The right-wing soldiers were very enthusiastic, and many Japanese soldiers were killed.The left-wing soldiers took over the battle for a short time before fleeing.The right-wing soldiers could not support alone, so they had to wave their flags and retreat.Unexpectedly, the Japanese ambushed elite soldiers in the middle of the journey. With the sound of a drum, the ambush soldiers rose together, and Yongshan, the leader of the cavalry, was ambushed and killed.The Japanese army in Andong has also captured Haicheng, and western Liaoning is in critical condition.The report of defeat spread to Beijing, and the imperial court ordered Yiketanga to move his troops to rescue Liaoyang.

At this time, among the commanders-in-chief, Nie Shicheng is the most knowledgeable and loyal.Everyone is handsome in writing, please lead the elite, highlight the enemy's rear, go to and from the guerrilla, cut off their salary and road, so that they can take care of both ends, so that they can conquer with one blow.The commanders thought his plan was too risky and refused to follow.Shi Cheng was extremely angry, and the governor led the headquarters to step on horseback, and made arrangements for the Xueli Station area of ​​Tongyuan Fort.

On this day, when the Japanese army arrived, the ambush was all set up, and the inside responded to the outside, and almost killed the entire army.When the Japanese brigade arrived in Phoenix City, Shi Cheng had ambushed his soldiers early, spread suspicious troops around, and killed the Japanese army. At this time, Jin, Fu, Hai, and Gai in Liaodong were all occupied by Japan. Weihaiwei was also lost.Yiketang'a, Changshun, Song Qing, Wu Dacheng and other generals fought and failed repeatedly, and fled after repeated defeats. The border was extremely dangerous.The imperial court saw that among the commanders, Nie Shicheng was still reliable, and issued a decree to transfer him into the customs and defend Jifu.On the one hand, Chen Shi, a native of Jiangsu Province, was ordered to lead the 16th Battalion of the Hunan Army to guard Dakaoling instead of Shicheng.Fortunately, the Japanese army in Fenghuang City was weak, and they did not send troops to the four criminals. There was no war in the north of Fenghuang City.Uncle Li of Beiyang connected Chen Shi's telegram, frowned and said: "There is no war over there in Phoenix City, dare the Japanese troops have been transferred to other places? It doesn't matter if it is other places, I am afraid that he will attack Dalian Bay and Lushun. Lushun The current situation is the first dangerous place in the sea area. Since the sixth year of Guangxu, it took [-] years to manage the military port and build the fort. It took [-] years for it to succeed. Now Song Qing, the guard of Lushun, and Liu Shengxiu, the guard of Dalian Bay, have led their troops to defend Jiulian City Went there. Admirals Jiang Guiti and Cheng Yunhe guarded him, but they were all newly recruited recruits who were not very proficient in kung fu. Only the horse artillery team of the commander-in-chief Xu Bangdao was more reliable. Zhao Huaiyi, the commander of the Ming army The headquarters are also new recruits, so it is very dangerous to guard Dalian Bay."

The arresting officer handed in the manuscript and said: "The Daoist took the photo and reported it.

Uncle Li was shocked and said: "Gong Dao works in Lushun camp affairs office. If he came here, it would be bad for him to come to Lushun." "

See you as you wish.

After hearing the ceremony, Uncle Li asked, "Has Lushun fallen?"

Gong Zhaofan said: "No, only Jinzhou and Dalian Bay, the back roads of Lushun, have been lost."

Uncle Li said: "Zhao Huaiyi is so useless, it's abominable."

Gong Zhaofan said: "Hui Jue Shuai said, I heard that the Japanese army occupied Huayuan Harbor, hired traitors, led them to Pizi's nest, transported horses and inspected cannons, it took [-] days for them to relax."

Uncle Li said: "Where have all our navy and army gone? According to what you said, it is clearly no one's land."

Gong Zhaofan replied: "Yes".Then he replied: "At that time, Xu Bangdao, the general soldier, once offered to say that there was a loss in Jinzhou, and Lushun would not be able to defend it. Please divide the troops to meet the commanders. Because the commanders are not unified, none of them care about him. Bangdao did not If there is no way, we have to lead our own troops to meet the enemy."

Uncle Li said: "Zhao Huaiyi is in Dalian Bay, can't he just sit back and do nothing?

"Gong Zhaofan said: "I heard that Huaiyi's generals also asked for orders to go to the front to prepare for the battle.Huaiyi refused to say, "I was ordered to guard the fort. I didn't hear that I went to the rear to prepare for the enemy." When Bangdao arrived, he tried his best to invite soldiers, but Huaiyi was not sympathetic, so he sent a general to lead the troops to follow Bangdao.Just met the Japanese army brigade, this group of soldiers saw that they could not support them, so they called Huaiyi urgently.Unexpectedly, Huaiyi was carrying the luggage across the sea under the supervision of his subordinates, preparing to make an escape plan, so he had no time to pay attention to him.Bangdao was defeated, and the important land of Jinzhou was captured by the Japanese army.When Huaiyi heard that Jinzhou had fallen, he ransacked the payment and fled to Lushun.The Japanese army took advantage of the opportunity to enter. In Dalian Bay, there were 120 cannons, countless shells and firearms, and none of them were moved out, all of which were captured by the Japanese army. "

Uncle Li listened to Gong Dao's report and didn't answer half a sentence.After pausing for a while, he asked, "Lushun has not fallen, why did your brother come here?"

Gong Zhaofan said: "Jinzhou and Dalian have fallen one after another. Isn't Lushun's land route afraid?"

Uncle Li snorted and said with a sneer, "They all look like your elder brother. There is no need to send people to guard the Lushun area. The Japanese army has not arrived yet!"

Seeing the uncle's anger, he knew whether he was good or not, so he hurriedly asked for peace and said, "You are guilty of a humble job."

Uncle Li said: "It's fine if you know the crime, go back to your mission quickly, otherwise, I will forgive you, but Wang Fa is afraid that I won't be able to forgive you."

After answering several "yes", I had no choice but to go back to Lushun.

Who knows that the situation in Lushun has changed drastically at this time.The commanders punished Dalian for their mistakes, ordered the soldiers to move the food and equipment to Yantai, and the soldiers and civilians panicked when they saw the commander's actions. It's a mess.The six commanders are powerful enemies, each can only take care of itself.Seeing that nothing happened, he took the torpedo boat and fled to Yantai on the pretext of calling for help.

Huang Shilin, Zhao Huaiyi, and Wei Rucheng, the three commanders, saw Zhaofan fleeing, and they followed suit.You run too, and I run too. If a good military port is enlarged, it will become a vast expanse of white and clean soil.

There was an ignorant Xu Bangdao who led two teams of old, weak and remnant soldiers back to Lushun. He was impassioned and generous, and he wanted to contribute to the country. He begged Jiang Shuai for more troops.Jiang Shuai refused, and asked for bullets.Jiang Shuai couldn't be bothered by him, so he had to give him an idea.

Xu Bangdao swore his teacher to send help, and went to Tuchengzi, where he encountered the vanguard of the Japanese army and fired a cannon.Bang Dao shouted: "The country is blessed, we have won."

Rushing over as ordered.Unexpectedly, the Japanese army came all over the mountains and plains. Although Guodao was loyal and hardworking, he was hungry and outnumbered. The battle continued until dark, and people were trapped for a second, so they had to lead their troops to retreat.

At this time, the Japanese navy had already crossed the sea, the army had divided the forts, and the Lushun guards only hated their parents for losing their legs and running for their lives.The three commanders Jiang Guiti, Cheng Yunhe and Zhang Guangqian all fled among the disordered army.As a result, Lushun Military Port raised the Rising Sun Flag and became a place occupied by the Japanese and national troops.If you want to know what China will do after the fall of Lushun, it will be announced later when the sixth episode opens.

(End of this chapter)