Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 99
It is said that Nie Shicheng had won a battle and had a feast to celebrate. Unexpectedly, a large group of Japanese soldiers arrived, and the artillery bombarded the sky, and the smoke covered the sun, which was terrible.Annoyed, the soldiers became angry, ordered to stand in line and leave the camp, and shot to meet the enemy.All the generals received this order, sounded the bugle, and the battalion came out in groups.In a blink of an eye, the cavalry, infantry, guns, artillery, battalions, and teams were all neatly and solemnly arranged.The artillery team is in the center, and the gun team and infantry are separated on the left and right.With an order, the artillery team rolled out the wheel cannon, and when it was accurate, boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom, and the gun team and infantry, covered by the cannons, outflanked the left and right, rushing forward like a storm.He also sent Xiao generals to lead the cavalry to support them.The battle lasted for half a day, and the army joked that the ammunition was almost exhausted.Shi Cheng looked forward and saw that the mountains and plains were full of Japanese troops. He estimated that with this small amount of ammunition, those who had not been killed retreated. He ordered the front team to be the rear team, and the rear team to be the front team. And retreat.Shi Cheng came to the rear in person, and his pace was not in the slightest.I am afraid that the Japanese soldiers will come after them. First, send eight cannons and [-] rapid-fire teams with enough ammunition to lie in ambush in the mountain depression, and wait for the army to pass before returning to the army.

Back in Quanzhou, unexpectedly, Ye Zhichao had already abandoned the city one day earlier.Shi Cheng sighed: "Such a good place, but Ye Junmen refuses to stick to it. There are only five battalions in the headquarters. How can they stop the Japanese army?"

Suddenly, the meteor scouted the horse and flew to report the military situation, saying that the four soldiers of Wei Rugui, Feng Shen'a, Ma Yukun and Zuo Baogui all gathered in Pyongyang, and Ye Junmen also rushed to Pyongyang.Shi Cheng heard the news and ordered the battalion to march towards Pyongyang. For the sake of the soldiers, he was afraid that he would suffer losses if he ran into the Japanese army on the way, so he only chose the small road.Crossing the Taedong River to Pyongyang, we walked for two days and two nights in twists and turns.Ye Zhichao was overjoyed.Shi Cheng told about the situation of the war, and Ye Zhichao said: "I have already told Beiyang about Cheng Huan's victory. From now on, there will always be a favor coming, and your brother will be promoted soon."

When Shi Cheng heard this, he was also downcast, and didn't say a word of gratitude to his confidant.

At present, the commanders of each battalion visited each other, and they were in a hurry for several days. One day, the telegraph office sent a telegram, but it was an order of commendation.Nie Shicheng was promoted to admiral, and more than 100 other generals were promoted.Sergeants in the battalion will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver.Commanders from all walks of life and battalions, who received this letter, all went to Zhichao's camp to congratulate them.Zhichao was very proud, arranged a big banquet, entertained the generals, and passed on two troupes to sing auspicious plays such as conferring marquis, worshiping commanders, being promoted to ranks and officials.

Lanterns and festoons were hung in the big camp, and each soldier in the Ye camp was refreshed, extremely happy, lively and prosperous, and it is difficult to describe it in words.

The next day, a banner of commanding the three armies was erected in Ye Ying, and a grand order was issued to divide the land, and Zuo Baogui and Fengshen'a were sent to guard the north of the city; Wei Rugui guarded the south of the city; Ma Yukun guarded the east of the city and the east bank of the Datong River.Nie Guilin, the commander of the left battalion, was also sent to respond to the east and south sides, because the southeast corner was suitable for the enemy to charge, and the defense was particularly cautious.Zhichao guarded the west of the city by himself, and gathered [-] troops in a single city in Pyongyang, with deep ditches and high fortifications, waiting for work at leisure.This is President Ye's ingenious plan.The Korean people, who have always been close to China, heard that the soldiers were so happy when they came here, offering wine, cattle and sheep, rice and wheat, and there was an endless stream.Unexpectedly, the soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty must not be too tall, and the eyes cannot be too big. These things are not worth his attention.The detachment went out everywhere, raped the wives and daughters of the Han people, robbed the property of the Han people, and took the young and strong people into the camp to serve as handymen.After this great Shi Deze, San Han Shimin was naturally grateful.The commanders-in-chief of each army, the commanders of each battalion, have no plans for entertainment, take turns to be the host, you invite me today, and I invite you tomorrow, drunk with the sun and the moon, making troubles in the world, living a more carefree life than everyone else.

One night, Sheng Jun was ordered to send out, and the commander came back from the table, almost drunk, sat on the horse with drunken eyes, punished the horse and walked, regardless of east, west, north, south, the soldiers obeyed the general's order, and all the soldiers had to follow walk.After patrolling for a while, the crowd suddenly shouted, and the commander asked, "What are you doing?"

All the soldiers said: "The enemy army is coming ahead."

The commander let go of his drunken eyes, and sure enough, a burst of flames, like a snake, flew towards him, and shouted: "That's great, brothers, shoot."

A row of guns burst out, and the return guns came over there.At this time, the guns of the two armies were coming one to the other, Chi Chi Chi, coming like raindrops, leaving like locusts flying, and they fought straight all night.Tianming withdrew the team, only to realize that they had misunderstood each other.Here is Sheng Jun, and there is Yi Jun. Countless ammunition wasted and countless sergeants were injured.

One day, military scouts reported that on the other side of the Datong River, there was a Japanese squad spying there.

Ma Yukun immediately sent his general Wu Deyan to lead the five hundred cavalry to fight.After only half a day, Wu Deyan returned to the camp to pay the order, and all the Japanese troops were wiped out.When Ye Zhichao heard about it, he had to go all out and report his success to the Beiyang Minister.

On the [-]th day of the eighth month, the generals were planning to set up a banquet to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Suddenly, the meteor scout reported that the Japanese army had arrived in the north of the city.The mountain ridge opposite Xuanwumen Mountain has been occupied by the Japanese army, and the flag of the sun is flying high on the top of the mountain.Ye Zhichao asked in surprise: "The Japanese army is so fast, did they come from the sky?"

Before the words were finished, the military report came again, saying that the Japanese soldiers were divided into four branches: one was from the northwest of Wangjing to the southeast of Pyongyang, and this branch came from the main road; the other was from the northwest of Wangjing to Huangzhou, crossing After crossing the Datong River, they diverted to Zengshan, Jiangxi, and planned to attack the southwest corner of Pyongyang; one branch went from the northeast of Wangjing to Jiangdong County, crossed the Datong River, and planned to attack the north of Pyongyang; one group sailed from its own country and landed from Wonsan. , plotting to cut off the Northwest Avenue in Pyongyang and cut off our army's way back.These four Japanese armies all gathered in Pyongyang on the 36th.Ye Zhichao was so frightened that his face paled, and he said, "At [-], it's best to walk. Before the Japanese army is all here, I'm going back to my home country."

The battalion went forward and reported to Zuo Baogui, the commander-in-chief of Gaozhou, for an interview.Zhichao frowned and said, "What can I do?"

Immediately connected, Bao Bao said: "The Japanese army is not weak, does the commander have a good strategy to deal with it?"

Zhichao said: "I haven't thought of a way to deal with it yet. My brother asked about this level. He has come up with a secret strategy. I have been planning to arrange it for a long time."

Zuo Baogui said: "Precious is a fool. The Japanese army has come here, so they have no choice but to resist desperately. Our army is guarding the Xuanwu Gate. I will shoot anyone who wants to escape. The commander-in-chief looks at my plan, is it wrong?"

Ye Zhichao was taken aback by the shout, and thought to himself: "I'm leaving now. Your plan is not to plot against the Japanese, but to plot against me alone." A few words.

When Bao Bao returned to the camp, he posted a notice that the troops stationed in the flat, regardless of the army or camp, if they went north and tried to escape, our army would immediately fire bombs.All the battalions were shocked when they saw this notice.Bao Bao asked his confidant with a smile: "This notice from me is just to guard against the commander.

Here are the generals, only the commander-in-chief's evasion plan is decided early. "

Before he could say a word, he suddenly heard the rumble of guns, and the army reported that the Japanese army had arrived on the east bank of the Datong River. Ma Titai supervised his subordinates and started a war with them.Bao Bao said: "The Japanese army came in four ways, we must not relax here.

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At this time, there is an endless stream of meteors exploring the horses, and the sound of guns and cannons fluctuates up and down, and there is endless bang.Suddenly it was reported that the Japanese army brigade was coming. When Bao Bao went to the city, he saw the rising sun flag fluttering in the wind, and the Japanese army brigade rushed forward like an ant formation.Bao Bao ordered to fire, and with a loud bang, it immediately blasted into a line of blood.Unexpectedly, the Japanese are more powerful than anything else, and they are no longer afraid of death, and fill in whatever is lacking.The bullets and shells coming back were more violent than those fired.

In a blink of an eye, there were three or five fires in the city early.Annoyed that Baogui's eyes were burning, smoke was coming out of his mouth, and he kept going to inspect with a sharp knife in his hand. When he saw any slack soldiers, he immediately chopped them off with flying knives. All the sergeants were excited.After fighting for a long time, the army reported that the shells were exhausted, and there were only [-] guns per person.Bao Bao said: "Even if it's just one piece, I'll get rid of everything today!"

Then the sergeant fired and bombarded.Suddenly a cannon flew over and hit Bao Bao's shoulder. He endured the pain and stood there directing.The second cannonball came again, hit the leg bone, couldn't stand, fell straight from the city to the ground, and said to the crowd: "Shoot boldly, shoot boldly!"

For a while, blood gushed out, and he passed out, not knowing what was going on.The Japanese general marched forward, seeing that the general was gone, the precious subordinates were in chaos and fled.People trample on people and horses trample on horses. I don't know how many soldiers and horses were killed or killed.In a blink of an eye, the Japanese flag was erected on the Xuanwumen city, and the Japanese army lined up and entered the Xuanwumen.

When the warning letter was reported to Pyongyang, Ye Zhichao said: "It's a good thing I didn't go out to fight, otherwise, this old life would have been gone long ago."

Suddenly a soldier rushed in and said: "Ma Titai is too much to bear, please send troops to rescue quickly, commander in chief."

Zhichao said: "It's not the best strategy to save him, so let's do it now. Send me an order to tell him to retreat quickly. If he retreats, I have a perfect strategy."

The army sent orders to go.After a while, the sound of horns was heard, and all the horse battalion troops retreated into the city.Ma Yukun had an audience with the president and asked, "What is the use of the commander-in-chief telling me to retreat?"

Ye Zhichao said: "The Japanese soldiers are coming very violently. If you fight him, you will never be able to fight him."

Ma Yukun said: "How about not fighting?"

Zhichao said: "I have another perfect strategy. The ancients said it well, 'Know yourself and the enemy, and you will win every battle.

'Our ills, we don't know it yet.If we want to be safe now, we should quickly raise the white flag. "

Ma Yukun said in surprise: "If you pull the white flag, don't you surrender?"

Ye Zhichao said: "A man can bend and stretch, it doesn't matter if he falls for a while."

Ma Yukun said: "The dignified general of the Chinese dynasty dare not start a war when he encounters Japanese soldiers and horses. Wouldn't he lose the dignity of the Chinese dynasty? Don't say I am sorry to the emperor, I am sorry to the country, and I am sorry for the Koreans. Ashamed."

Ye Zhichao listened, but had nothing to say.Only the four cities were ordered to raise the white flag high to save the lives of the people in one city.Ma Yukun cried bitterly.

At this time, on the city of Pyongyang, the white flag was flying, the army was silent, and the morale was dying.The generals of each battalion were downcast one by one, with endless misery and endless desolation.Only Datong Town Chief Guard Rugui was proud and still very happy, as if he had won the battle.

Why do you think?It turned out that Wei Zhentai's wife was very virtuous and wise. When she saw that the town was sending out troops according to the order, she wrote a letter from her family to the camp. And the spring and autumn are high, Wan Wang is good at making plans for himself, and don't be the enemy.

According to his wife's instructions, Wei Zhentai would always think of ways to avoid fighting when encountering enemy troops.Now in a dangerous city, surrounded by enemy troops, unable to manipulate, the commander who just happened to know how to save lives, how can there be any reason not to be unhappy?When Zhichao pulled up the white flag, the Japanese army saw that they stopped shooting and did not come to attack. They sent a special officer to come to the camp to discuss the terms of surrender.Ye Zhichao asked to lead his troops back to China, but the Japanese general refused to agree.Zhichao had no choice but to lead the generals to abandon the city and go north.Unexpectedly, this chess piece had been calculated by the Japanese long ago, but in the pass, they laid down elite soldiers and waited for the Chinese army to approach.Zhichao was flustered and anxious, all the soldiers wanted to turn around, the road was narrow and crowded, how could they turn around?People and horses were scattered, and countless lives were injured.Ye Zhichao and other generals ran desperately and escaped from the mountain pass. They counted their troops and lost about [-] people.All military storage equipment, official documents and secret telegrams were all discarded, and they were not taken with them.

Ye Zhichao led more than ten thousand remnants of the army to Anzhou.Suddenly, it was reported that the imperial decree had sent the admiral of Sichuan, Song Qingying, to lead the Yi army from Lushun; the admiral Liu Shengxiu led the Ming army, and set out from Dalian Bay; They all gathered in Jiulian City.Zhichao said: "These three groups of soldiers should have set off ten days earlier."

Nie Shicheng said: "The mountains and rivers in Anzhou are steep, and we can stick to it. We might as well stay here and wait for the reinforcements to arrive before trying to advance." Zhichao refused to listen, and led the disabled soldiers to flee without their lives. They walked 500 miles in three days and two nights. After traveling for many miles, crossing the Yalu River, and arriving at the border of China, I was relieved.

At this time, Song Qing and other three commanders were all stationed in Jiulian City.Jiulian City and North Korea's Yizhou are only separated by the Yalu River, and they cross the river from North Korea. The first city is Jiulian City.Ye Zhichao entered the border, and when he heard that Shuai Song was there, he also rushed to Jiulian City.Song Qing went on to ask about the situation, and said in surprise: "The old man is willing to stick to it for five or six days, and we have arrived."

Zhichao was speechless.Settling down in the camp, counting people and horses, it is rare to bow to Beijing and ask for a crime.After the decree came down, Ye Zhichao was dismissed, Wei Rugui took the question, and ordered Song Qing to be the president of the army.When the decree was issued, the high-spirited ones, the despondent ones, the generals from all walks of life, seeing Song Qing's similar seniors, similar merits, suddenly received the favor, and became the commander-in-chief, they all felt displeased.

On this day, all the generals whispered under the tent: "Let's all keep silent, and let's see what kind of skills Lao Song uses to fight the East. Fortunately, he is the president of this matter, and he has nothing to do with it."

Suddenly the meteor came to visit the horse and flew to report the disaster. It was reported that Ding Ruchang, the admiral of the navy, led the navy, and had a battle with the Japanese warships in the sea outside Dadonggou, and Ding Titai was defeated.

It turns out that after Fang Boqian fled back, there was no Chinese warship in the North Korean sea.

There were Japanese warships going back and forth. Hunan governor Wu Dacheng was very angry when he heard about it, and generously wrote a letter, asking himself to go to the front enemy.The imperial court ordered to inspect the fort in Weihaiwei, and ordered five merchant ships to carry the [-]th battalion of the Ming Army to Pyongyang, where Ding Ruchang led the navy's [-] wing guards.

On August [-]th, the line arrived at Dadonggou. After the army landed, the navy blew its whistle and spread its wheels, and wanted to return to Lushun.Unexpectedly, the entire Japanese navy was on patrol there, surfing the waves, and the two armies met.Ding Ruchang was overwhelmed, so he had to issue orders and line up the entire fleet of twelve ships: Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were the first team; Zhiyuan and Jingyuan were the second. The second team; Jingyuan and Laiyuan are the third team; Jiyuan and Guangyuan are the fourth team; Chaoyong and Yangwei are the fifth team;Ding Ruchang sat on the Dingyuan warship and commanded the entire army, and Dingyuan was the main ship of the entire army.There are twelve Japanese warships, and Vice Admiral Ito Yuheng is the commander.In the war in the sea, the winners and losers depend entirely on cannons and torpedoes.Where the shell landed, the flames burned; when the torpedo exploded, the waves surged into mountains.At this time, thousands of thunders and thunders exploded in the Liaohai Sea, and the smoke was like mist, so misty that it was unrecognizable.For a while, he was super brave to catch the enemy's bomb, and the flames soared into the sky. There was no way to save him. After less than a moment of support, he sank into the water.Seeing that Chaoyong sank, the fleet gradually became chaotic.The Dingyuan ship fired a big cannon, hit the Japanese ship Xijing Maru, and sank immediately.

But it is said that Deng Shichang, who is in charge of the Zhiyuan ship, is from Guangdong.Most of the navy is from Fujian, and the Chinese provincial border is almost a national border.Deng Guandai was usually ridiculed and despised by his peers.At this moment, Dasi worked hard to become a hero, and vented his injustice.Continuously fired cannons and torpedoes, fighting extremely hard.Even if the battle at Zhiyuan is fierce, and all the ships work together, the Japanese navy will always be difficult to control and win.Reluctantly, all the warlords had a thought in their hearts, like giant deer princes, watching one by one with nothing to do, Deng Shichang with six arms and three heads, could not defeat thousands of troops in the end.The Japanese warships Yoshino and Naniwa fought together to reach far. For a while, it was reported that the ammunition was exhausted in the medicine cabin.Deng Shichang said with emotion: "Today and today is the autumn of Shichang's devotion to serve the country. The Japanese ship Yoshino is the backbone of the other side. If he is defeated, our army will lose a strong enemy!"

He ordered the driver to drive fast enough to hit him as hard as he could.

The Japanese were more powerful than anything else. Seeing the Zhiyuan warship making thunderous noises and the boat moving like lightning, they knew that it was desperately trying to dodge it, firing torpedoes while dodging.With quick eyes and quick hands, a torpedo hit the Zhiyuan ship, and the steam boiler shattered immediately, and gradually sank into the sea.Unexpectedly, Deng Guan didn't let go of his death, sank below the water level, and fired a cannon with a bang.

The Japanese were stupefied when they heard the cannon, and said, "All the generals in the Chinese navy are like Deng Shichang, how can we win?"

Jiyuan took care of Fang Boqian and saw Zhiyuan sinking.I thought to myself: Bombarding desperately, there is no stoppage time, it is better to keep a useful body for the future.Follow orders to drive full speed, fled to the mouth.If you want to know whether Jiyuan escaped or not, let's listen to the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)