On June 18, the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, it rained heavily outside Hunchun City.
The siege has entered its seventeenth day. The fortifications set up by the Qing army on the mountains in the east, south and north of Hunchun City were turned into ruins one after another amidst the rumble of artillery fire from the Northern Navy. In the smoke, the silhouettes of the attacking troops of the Northern Navy were visible.
Sometimes it appears and sometimes disappears.
The artillery on the Qing army's defense line no longer dared to show off their power in the open. There were ramps and shelters behind all the gun emplacements. When the Beihai navy did not come up, they would wait in the shelter until the Beihai approached.
It will only be pushed out after two miles. If you fire two or three cannons in a hurry, you have to retreat immediately. Otherwise, the North Navy's artillery shells will be like having eyes. A few rounds can blow the cannon to pieces. This has happened before.
Several times.
The rain made the trenches of the Qing army muddy and slippery. It was summer, but the temperature was not even ten degrees. The helmets and foam nails and cotton armor soaked by the rain became cold and heavy, but even so, there was no
If you dare to take it off, you might be able to block a stray bullet flying from nowhere at some point.
The heavy muskets were also cold to hand. In order to prevent the rain from getting the matchlocks and gunpowder pools wet, most Qing troops hurriedly loaded and fired only when the Northern Navy appeared in sight. All the musketeers hid the horn pots containing gunpowder.
Keep your arms dry. If the war supervision team sent by the Chinese army finds that someone's gunpowder cannot be ignited, they will directly drag him down and beat him with twenty army sticks.
In such weather, archery is affected. Not only the accuracy, but also the elasticity of bowstrings tanned with tendon and silk will be reduced and the strength will be insufficient after being dampened. Now the Qing army archers are throwing a few arrows in a hurry, and then they are ready immediately.
Find a sheltered place to dry the rainwater on the bow body and bowstring.
Some of the Qing soldiers hiding in the trenches were holding broken umbrellas, and some were holding a piece of oilcloth and leaning against each other to keep warm; some were squatting in a small hole dug by themselves that could only accommodate one person, humming.
while most people could only wear soaked armor and wipe the rain off their faces with their hands from time to time.
"Junmen, if this rain continues, within two days, all our muskets and cannons will be like burning fire sticks."
"Junmen, the food in the city is almost at the bottom now. We can hold on for another five days at most."
In the past, Hunchun's grain was not only produced locally, but also was purchased from Li Chao and transported from Jilin City. Now the road to Jilin City is blocked by the Northern Navy, and there is the Northern Navy's river fleet on the Tumen River.
Due to the blockade, food cannot be transported at all.
After listening to the complaints of his subordinates, the official security stared with bloodshot eyes and said: "Have the people sent to Qingyuan Mansion come back?"
The general on the west side of Hunchun who was in charge of guarding shook his head and said: "Not yet, it's still daytime, so we have to cross the river at night."
Since the beginning of the war, the North Navy has dispatched more than a dozen river boats to patrol the Tumen River and Hunchun River day and night, but the river is so long that there are always places where they can slip through.
The official security knew that it would be difficult to defend Hunchun, but he believed that he was deeply favored by the emperor, and the worst he could do was to kill himself to become a benevolent being. The problem was that it didn't matter if he died himself, more than 20,000 of his men and thousands of banner family members in Hecheng could not all be buried with him. They had to find someone to find him.
There is only one way out.
Now the road to Jilin is blocked by the Northern Navy. If you want to evacuate, you can only go to Li Dynasty. Hunchun is only separated from Li Dynasty by a river. Twenty miles west of the city is the Tumen River, and the other side is Qingyuan Prefecture;
The two places have always been "looking at each other with woodcutter and picking wood during the day, and the drums can be heard at night."
The official security officer had sent people there twice before, but Cui Fuyin opposite said that the heavenly soldiers had entered the country. The matter was serious and needed to be reported to Hanyang. Ten days had passed, and the official security officer felt that he could not wait any longer, so he said anything.
We must first evacuate the families and part of the troops of the generals in the city to the other side.
He glanced at Na Qitai, who was sitting next to him, and felt more and more that he really couldn't see through this person.
Call him brave? He fled without a fight in Ninggu Pagoda, bribed Heshen, and finally escaped punishment from the court. He was allowed to garrison the Mongolian River Camp, but it was penetrated in less than a day.
Can you say he is cowardly? In the subsequent defensive battles of Yingchengzi, Gangouzi and Saqicheng, this man once again put on a desperate and bloody posture. His whole body was covered with scars, and he took the remaining soldiers with him because he could no longer withstand it.
retreat.
Thinking of this, the security guard shook his head slightly unconsciously.
Although Na Qitai said nothing at this time, the secret letter he saw in the morning kept flashing in his mind.
The letter was found in the backyard of the house last night when the rain stopped. It was wrapped with a layer of oilcloth and a silver bar tied inside. There was no signature on the cover. But the silver bar has no place in the world except Beihai Town.
No., the fifth aunt who has been to Fuldan City will understand what is going on at a glance.
By the time Na Qitai saw the letter, it was already this morning. The content inside was of great importance. His Zheng Fujin was timid and did not dare to accept this hot potato, so the fifth concubine asked Chang Wu to find Na Qitai to make up his mind.
The letter was written by Lu Shoushan, the leader of the Second Regiment of the North Navy. Na Qitai did not know this person, but the problem was that Lu Shoushan was sending a message for Zhao Xin, which was unusual. But Na Qitai was most frightened.
What's more, Hunchun City was surrounded by more than 20,000 Qing troops, and there was a curfew at night. How did they get in? And it was his backyard!
In this letter, Zhao Xin first expressed his apology for launching a sudden offensive, and hoped that Na Qitai would understand that the so-called "soldier's trick" is just like this, and that it is normal to launch a surprise attack. In the second paragraph, the topic changed and he said:
We have worked closely together for so many years, and last year you took the initiative to give up Ninggu Pagoda. I can't kill you. The road to Jilin is blocked now. How about you go to North Korea to hide?
When Qitai saw this, he was furious, knowing that Zhao Xin must have failed to hold it in. I hit him wherever I went, and I couldn't help but plot against Li Chao again.
But what is there to do in the poor place of Li Dynasty? There is nothing to ask for. When he was in Ninggu Pagoda, Li Dynasty would send people to bring cattle to trade every year. It can be said that except ginseng, he wanted almost everything.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! To be honest, Na Qitai has been dealing with Beihai Town for so many years, and he really can’t understand Zhao Xin’s methods. He has beaten the court all over.
, what are you waiting for if you don’t send your troops to capture Shengjing and then enter the pass? Or maybe if you occupy such a large territory, you would have become the king and hegemony long ago, splitting the soil and dividing the grass.
Last time, the fifth aunt came back with her son and daughter for treatment. After talking about what happened, Qitai even considered sending his son to Beihai Town. For his status in the court, Zhao Xin was sure
Don't treat your children badly.
Moreover, Fifth Aunt Tai heard from Dr. Wu that Beihai Town is currently inoculating adults and children with some kind of "cowpox", which can prevent smallpox. Qitai had heard of variola, and it is said that the risk is still very high, even if he has money
, many banner families also dare not get vaccinated.
After nightfall, the people sent to Qingyuan Mansion came back. This time, Cui Fuyin was uncharacteristic and unexpectedly agreed to the Qing army's withdrawal to the Li Dynasty. After the official security asked carefully, they found out that Marshal Fu had sent
The envoy arrived in Xianzhou, and by putting pressure on the supervisor in charge of Xianjing Road, he forced the other party to agree to the Qing army's withdrawal into the territory of the Li Dynasty. The generals were overjoyed when they heard the news, and they quickly worked out a detailed evacuation plan at night.
On the other side, Deng Fei had already received an order from Zhao Xin, telling him to turn a blind eye or close an eye to the Qing troops retreating to the Li Dynasty, but he could not let it go too far and needed to control the number.
So Deng Fei first reduced the number of ships patrolling the Tumen River at night and the number of patrols, and basically fired flares on the river every hour. As a result, the Qing army only had less than an hour to cross the river at a time;
After a night's work, only more than a thousand people could be evacuated.
After a few days of tossing, when the Qing army had almost withdrawn five or six thousand people, Deng Fei issued an ultimatum to the Hunchun defenders on behalf of the Northern Navy. He ordered all Qing troops to lay down their weapons and walk out of the trenches to surrender, otherwise the Northern Navy would surrender.
The day when the navy launched a general offensive was when the Qing army was destroyed. In the ultimatum, the Northern Navy reiterated its ethnic policy, that is, it would never discriminate against and oppress the "Iche Manchus" represented by the Kurkhaqis and other ethnic groups.
It is said that this policy in Beihai Town has aroused the resentment of many young people in the power plant. These guys all chanted the slogan "Drive out the Tartars and restore China." Fortunately, they usually live on the east bank of the Xila River.
I rarely cross the river, so it doesn't have much impact on the residents.
For this matter, Chen Qingsong called these people together for a meeting. He first listened to the complaints of those people expressionlessly, and then he asked, you said restoring China, okay, what does China include?
?
The so-called "China" mentioned in the pre-Ming Dynasty refers to the "sixty-three provinces in the south, seven in the north, and seven in the north" where the Han people live. So do you want the Northeast, which is dominated by Manchus? Do you want Inner and Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet? Do you want the East we conquered?
Do you want Siberia?
When you talk about expelling the Tartars, let’s not talk about the Manchu Eight Banners. What do the Mongolians think? What do the border people of other ethnic groups think?
Everyone here, who can guarantee that your ancestors are pure-bred Erlitou residents and are not mixed with the blood of any northern ethnic group?
China has been a multi-ethnic country since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The civilizational identity passed down from generation to generation has contributed to the multi-ethnic and integrated Chinese nation. The ancients were confused about the debate between Hua and Yi, but you actually jumped into it. After the Revolution of 1911, you were eating on this
Is the loss still small? How did Outer Mongolia lose it? Why do many Manchus support the establishment of Manchukuo?
Don’t forget, the British have now extended their hands into Nepal! When you call for expulsion of the Tartars, are you planning to push the Tibetans to the British?! Push the ministries of Outer Mongolia to Tsarist Russia?!
For five years, why has the North Korean Navy not entered the customs? Because it is China's territory to begin with, and it cannot be lost sooner or later. But if the Outer Northeast and Outer Mongolia are not controlled and managed first, the world will be in chaos and the border areas will be in chaos.
Do we need to use countless lives to fill the turmoil?!
Chen Qingsong usually smiled and looked harmless. But his barrage of questions left the young people present speechless. Only then did everyone remember that this man had been a leader before, and now he is still a leader.
The boss of Beihai Town Civil Affairs Department.
Later, if Wu Ping'an hadn't helped smooth things over, the meeting might have ended on bad terms.
Sure enough, Deng Fei's ultimatum hit the psychological defenses of many Qing troops. The reason why they resisted desperately was because the upper echelons of the Qing army had been preaching that the Northern Navy wanted to massacre all the Manchus; they said, "Don't look at the Northern Navy taking prisoners and feeding them."
As for healing, you have to exchange money with the imperial court.
In fact, many of the Eight Banners stationed in Hunchun are Hezhe people who migrated here from the city of three surnames, such as the Hu Xi family, the Gufa Ti family, the Xi Sha family, the Yima Cha family, etc. In addition, in recent years during the Qing Dynasty,
The imperial court constantly mobilized troops from within the Pass and Mongolia, with the Han army and the Eight Banners Mongolia from Khalkha accounting for the majority.
On the front lines of both sides, dozens of Northern Navy soldiers held up large tin speakers and read out the contents of the ultimatum non-stop. The Qing troops who heard this were all panic-stricken and no longer had the courage to resist.
"Damn it, I don't want to fight anymore. I'll go home and farm in the worst case!"
"Brother Hu, why do these traitors still say that those who want to go home will be given travel expenses? Can this be true?"
"I heard people say that the roads in Beihai Town are paved with gold, and the houses built with silver are equipped with crystal windows. It's a good life! You don't have to worry about food and clothing."
"Yes! I've also heard that they use that and that for farming... Yes, Muliu cattle and horses are used for farming."
"Ah?! Brother Hu, are you telling the truth?"
"Oh, I don't know." The Qing soldier surnamed Hu said with a mysterious face: "Haven't you heard that the book talks about the Three Kingdoms? Zhuge Kongming, Muliu cattle and horses transport military supplies, there are still fake ones."
"I've heard of it, but there's no mention of using wooden oxen and wooden horses to farm the land?"
"You know nothing! If you can transport grain, you can farm. Let me tell you, when you get up in the morning, set up a good mechanism, and the wood animals will go to the fields to work by themselves, without anyone having to worry about it! By the time it gets late, guess what?
What's the matter, that wooden cow and wooden horse walked back to the barn by themselves without feeding them any fodder."
"Oh my God! If we get a hundred heads, how much land will be cultivated?"
"That's right. When I wasn't on vacancy, I got up every morning to cut grass and feed the cows. When the farming season was busy, I had to feed concentrates, so the money went out. It would be great if I had a wooden cow, hehe."
The Qing soldier named Hu became more and more evil as he spoke. Several people around him were dumbfounded. Even the gunners at the back came over and listened without saying a word. Everyone was talking so happily that they forgot that they were on the battlefield for a moment, until their team's
The team leader and co-leader came over to inspect, and then everyone dispersed.
However, from then until dark, the way the Qing soldiers looked at each other changed, and there was something inexplicable in their eyes.
After nightfall, hundreds of Qing soldiers climbed out of the trenches and entered the Northern Navy position under the cover of darkness. Among them was the Qing soldier named Hu and several companions. The next day, the Qing soldiers who surrendered
After having his fill of bran white steamed buns and drinking two bowls of broth, Jun also joined in the propaganda work.
"Brothers~~ I am Hu Decai! I no longer work for the court. The food and clothing here in Beihai Navy are good. From now on, each family will be given fifty acres of land! You don't have to do the work yourself, the wooden oxen and wooden horses will help farm the land!
Bros......"
At the Jingbian Gate in the east of Hunchun City, the ashen-faced official guard watched the defenders outside the city wave white flags one after another under the shouts of the Beihai Navy, knowing that the situation was over. He felt weak all over, refused the support of his own soldiers, and forced himself to walk.
Go down to the city tower and walk towards the city government office.
In a house inside Jingding Gate in the west of the city, Na Qitai, who was dressed in military uniform, was pacing back and forth in the house with a solemn expression. Suddenly, his brother-in-law Chang Wu opened the door and came in. Although his face was covered in oil and sweat, he couldn't hide it.
The joy in his expression.
Na Qitai quickly asked: "How is it?"
Chang Wu panted and whispered: "The leading officer named Deng has met..."
Na Qitai interrupted: "How to say?"
Chang Wudao: "As long as you agree to go to Qingyuan Mansion, everything else is easy..."
Na Qitai said with a straight face, "That's it?"
Chang Wudao: "Sir, I haven't finished speaking yet. I've been on tenterhooks all the way, please let me take a breath first."
After that, he walked to the Eight Immortals table, picked up the teapot, took a big sip directly into the spout, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then said: "Master, this time I really saw the magic weapon of the immortal family!"
"??" Na Qitai was stunned for a moment, raised his foot and kicked the opponent's calf, and cursed: "What nonsense! Say it quickly!"
Chang Wu gestured while saying: "The man surnamed Deng took me to a tent. The whole room was filled with black square iron boxes. I don't know what they were for. Guess what happened? The man surnamed Deng took me to a tent.
I don’t know how my subordinates fiddled with it, but I actually heard King Zhao speak. Tell me, if this isn’t the Immortal Family’s trick, what is it?”
"Ah! Such a thing happened? What did King Zhao say?"
"The King of Zhao has said it himself, as long as you take people to the Li Dynasty, he will definitely keep our family safe. Fujin, several princesses, Changsheng, and several aunts in the house will be sent to Fuldan
Go to the city and arrange a courtyard. And the ginseng side will continue to make it for us."
"Damn it! He is asking me to be his pawn!" Na Qitai muttered, thinking that Zhao Xin really wanted to attack Li Chao. But if he agreed, he would really go to Beihai Town.
Pirate ship, it would be difficult to think about it again.
Seeing that Qitai was deep in thought and silent, Chang Wu said again: "Sir, King Zhao also said..."
Na Qitai was almost angered to death by Chang Wu, and he raised his foot to kick him again. Chang Wu quickly jumped away and said: "King Zhao said that if you don't agree, when the Northern Navy breaks the city, you will still be there, and you will not die for the country."
, then I will send you to Kuye Island to dig coal!"
On June 23, the Hunchun garrison of 5,000 men, led by Jilin Deputy Commander Na Qitai, broke out from the west gate at night and raided the Northern Navy's position in the west of Hunchun City. Afterwards, they retreated to the Qingyuan Mansion of Li Chao
With the help of the Qing army, they forcibly crossed the Tumen River and escaped. However, Guan Bao, the chief general of the Hunchun camp, led his own soldiers to fight to the death after the city was broken, and was eventually shot to death in the end.
At this point, the Battle of Hunchun, which lasted for more than a month, finally came to an end.
On the day after Hunchun City was defeated, a convoy of five carriages, escorted by a Lianbei navy, quietly left the north gate in the thick night, and then sped north along the post road.
In the first carriage, a woman in her thirties dressed in a national flag was holding a three-year-old child, who was swaying left and right as the carriage shook. The boy was so shaken that he could not sleep and kept his eyes open.
He opened his eyes and asked the woman: "Mother, why didn't Ama come?"
"Your Ama...he still has to work hard for others!" The woman said with a sad tone, patted the child gently and said, "Be good, go to sleep."