After receiving the news from Zhang Peilun and Li Jingfang, the Changbaishan and Huaihua ships also slowly started and sailed towards the shore. 81 Chinese ?(1)(8).(8)8(8)1?Z?? (8) C (8) O?M And as the huge hull of the Changbai Mountain ship gradually approached the old dragon head port wharf in Shanhaiguan, it also made Zheng Caisheng, Fu Shun, and the Qing soldiers stationed on the shore amazed, although most people now know that there are warships made of steel in the world, but a warship with such a huge size is still much larger than they imagined. And the other Huaihua ship, although not as huge as the Changbai Mountain ship, is still a large warship in this era.

Although Laolongkou is the coastal defense fortress of Shanhaiguan, there are no decent warships, only a few iron-wedged wood-hulled steamships, but the displacement is only 2 or 3oo tons, and the maximum number of people on board is only 5o, which can only be used for coastal patrols, and there are more than ten wooden sailing ships. Not to mention that compared with the Changbai Mountain ship, it is much inferior to the Huaihua ship.

After Zheng Caisheng and Fushun saw it, they couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, no wonder since the return of overseas Chinese, they have made great achievements, it turned out that there was such a huge warship, so the two of them couldn't help but have more confidence in overseas Chinese.

Here is very close to the shore, in the wheelhouse of the Changbai Mountain ship can see the scene on the shore very clearly, only to see the sea surface sky high and the water is wide, the shore of the mountains and rocks towering, and along the mountains and ridges of the undulating Great Wall seems to be a across the lofty mountains, meandering into the Bohai Sea dragon, and on the shore there is a high-rise building rising from the ground, flying eaves and rocks, standing majestically. Because this is the starting point of the Great Wall, it is called the old dragon's head.

However, because the Changbaishan ship was too large, with a draft of more than 8 meters, and the water depth of the old Longtou Wharf was insufficient, the Changbaishan ship anchored about 4 or 5oo meters away from the wharf, and switched to boarding 6 boats to send the soldiers ashore.

The head of the regiment, Qiu Yahui, took the first 6 boats, came to the shore, and under the recommendation of Zhang Peilun and Li Jingfang, he met Zheng Caisheng and Fushun.

At this time, the soldiers were still on the shore on 6 days, so everyone also temporarily sat down in a gazebo on the shore to gossip. Zheng Caisheng and Fu Shun saw that Qiu Yahui's age was not very old, at most about 3o years old, and his outfit was almost the same as that of ordinary soldiers. Li Jingfang introduced that he would never think that he was the commander of the overseas Chinese, which was about equivalent to the commander or co-commander of the Qing court, a few levels lower than himself, but his behavior was extremely concise and neat, his words were not overbearing, and he had a terrifying momentum, after all, Qiu Yahui was not the lieutenant company commander when he first crossed, and after more than half a year of battlefield training, he was not only promoted to the lieutenant colonel regiment commander, but also had some independent military spirit.

Although Zheng Caisheng and Fushun do not have the skills to recognize people, after all, they have been mixed in the officialdom for many years, and they still have this vision, coupled with the prestige of overseas Chinese, so they dare not slack off with their military positions, and they have long admired the great name, and the people's army's military exploits are extremely flattering. And Qiu Yahui also acted on the spot, and he was noncommittal about the flattery of the two.

After a few words, the topic gradually shifted to the current situation, Qiu Yahui said: "Zheng Junmen, Fudutong, two people who have lived in Shanhaiguan for a long time, should be very familiar with the terrain in this area, may I ask the two, if the Russian army marches from outside the pass, then it usually chooses to break through the defense line of Shanhaiguan from there?"

Zheng Caisheng and Fu Shun glanced at each other, although neither of them was a general, but after all, they had been stationed in Shanhaiguan for many years, and these basic common senses were still there, so Zheng Caisheng said: "Commander Qiu, if you want to break through Shanhaiguan, you must first break through the Nine Gates Pass." ”

Qiu Yahui nodded and said, "I don't know where these nine gates are?"

Zheng Caisheng said: "Nine Gate Pass is a Great Wall Pass about 25 miles north of Shanhaiguan, before the Ming Dynasty, it is an important traffic artery inside and outside the Pass, and it is also an important place for soldiers to fight for since ancient times, in the thirteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the famous general Xu Da was ordered to build the Great Wall of the Nine Gate Section, so it became an important pass on the Great Wall, known as 'Jingdong Pass'. ”

Fu Shun continued: "When our dynasty entered the customs, we fought with Li Chuang's army here, and only after defeating Li Chuang's army was we able to enter the customs smoothly, so we had the merit of establishing the Central Plains and establishing the country. ”

Qiu Yahui was stunned for a moment and said, "I remember that when the Qing army entered the customs, wasn't the place where the battle with Li Zicheng's army took place on a rock?"

Fu Shun said with a smile: "The nine gates are a piece of stone, the nine gates are the official name, because the ground of its pass is paved with stone strips, and between the two stone strips are chiseled with a dovetail tenon, poured with molten iron, so that the whole ground is connected into a boulder, so the folk are commonly known as a stone." ”

Qiu Yahui suddenly realized that the nine gates and a piece of stone are a place, so there should be nothing wrong with that, because the Qing army entered the customs from here, and the Jinyu Railway only leads to Shanhaiguan, and the road outside the customs has not changed much from when the Qing army entered the customs 25o years ago, so now the Russian army wants to enter the customs and march south, it must also go here, and the People's Army should set up defensive positions here to resist the Russian army. However, Qiu Yahui was still not at ease, Bi Jing had only heard of a stone, but he had not been to a stone in the old time and space, and he didn't know the location of the body, so he ordered the guards to bring the map and let Zheng Caisheng point it to him on the map.

The map was printed out in the aerial photo taken by the drone just now, which is naturally extremely realistic, so Zheng Caisheng, Fu Shun, Zhang Peilun, Li Jingfang and others were secretly taken aback, it seems that overseas Chinese have long been prepared for the battle of Shanhaiguan. Because they are Zheng Caisheng and Fu Shun, they have been stationed in Shanhaiguan for a long time, and they are naturally very clear about the terrain here, but the accuracy of this map of overseas Chinese makes them almost unable to find a little mistake, how much manpower, material resources, and time are needed to draw such a map, and how did overseas Chinese get such a map, thinking of this, the two of them can't help but have an inexplicable panic.

However, at this point, the two had no way back, so they could only stick to this road, so Zheng Caisheng also cheered up and pointed out the location of the nine gates on the map. Originally, the nine gates are a stone bridge of the Great Wall across the Jiujiang River, the upper part of the bridge is the wall of the Great Wall, and there are nine holes under the bridge, so it is named. From east to west, the Great Wall climbs over countless mountains and crosses countless rivers, all of which are continuous in the mountains, but they are interrupted in the water. The Great Wall at the Nine Gates is the only section of the Great Wall on the water.

Qiu Yahui used a marker pen to write down the location of the nine gates on the map, and then asked about other locations, roads, mountains, Pingchuan, Zheng Caisheng, Fushun also did not hide, to the best of their own knowledge, one by one, and also briefly introduced the topographical characteristics of these places.

After talking for about half an hour, Qiu Yahui also basically touched the location situation in the Shanhaiguan area, and basically knew the bottom of his mind, but he set up a defensive position there, and how to set up a defensive position, he still had to go to the scene to survey in person, after all, it was impossible to arrange the battlefield against the map.

At this time, the guards came to report to Qiu Yahui that the two combat battalions had all successfully landed on the shore, but there were still some supplies with the army that had not yet been transported ashore.

Qiu Yahui nodded, then put away the map, and everyone walked out of the pavilion together, at this time the two battalions of the People's Army had formed two phalanxes on the shore, the queue was neat, the army was solemn, the soldiers were in high spirits, and they exuded a fierce murderous aura. Although the Qing army on the shore also stood quite upright, compared with the People's Army, it was greatly inferior in momentum. Zheng Caisheng and Fushun couldn't help but secretly marvel that overseas Chinese had huge warships, capable officers, and such strong soldiers, no wonder they could defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Zheng Caisheng said: "Commander Qiu, it's not early now, and since your army has gone ashore, then please go to Guancheng, my brother has prepared a barracks for your army, and has ordered the gang to open fire to catch the wind for your army, and also set up a banquet for Commander Qiu in the Yamen, and the generals of Shanhaiguan also want to see the demeanor of Commander Qiu." ”

Qiu Yahui shook his head and said: "Our People's Army has its own discipline, no matter where we go, we must not disturb the place, and we also brought tents and furniture this time, and the food is good, so we will not disturb the military gate, as for the reception banquet or something, there is no need to pay for it, if we have anything needed, we will also pay according to the price, I just hope that Zheng Junmen can designate a vacant land for us on the shore, so that we can set up camp, and there will be a part of the army tomorrow. Weapons should be taken by train to Shanhaiguan, please notify the military gate of the foreign gates, do not make any misunderstanding, and also arrange a place where weapons and materials can be stored. ”

Zheng Caisheng was stunned, Qiu Yahui's life was much beyond his expectations, you must know that in ancient China, the army was like a plague, and it was a transit army, which was a disaster for the places passing by, basically going there to grab it, so the general places along the march would prepare some money, wine and meat for the army, called the labor army, in fact, it was to break the wealth and eliminate the disaster, some troops took it, but there were also many troops who took it and robbed it correctly, the more troubled the times, the more unscrupulous the army's behavior was; and in the place where the army was stationed, it was useless to send out more money, because most of the money was taken away by the officers, there is not much distributed to the soldiers, and the soldiers are naturally unwilling to be reconciled if they don't get the money, so they can only make up for it by robbing places. As Qiu Yahui said, not harassing the local army is something that only the legendary Yue family army and Qi family army do, and whether it is the Yue family army or the Qi family army, they are recognized as invincible divisions.

Zhang Peilun communicated more with overseas Chinese, had a certain understanding of their style, and knew that Qiu Yahui was not pretending to be a gesture, the army of overseas Chinese was indeed strict in military discipline, and Qiu did not commit any crimes, so he said: "Zheng Junmen, Commander Qiu, they are indeed like this, we don't have to force it, tomorrow Commander Qiu and they have a train to arrive at Shanhaiguan, I think it is better to hand over the railway station to them to station." ”

Zhang Peilun broke the siege, Zheng Caisheng also happened to go down the ladder to the wall, and said busily: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, even if Head Qiu said so, the brothers themselves can't embarrass Head Qiu, just let the brothers of Head Qiu be stationed at the train station, what is needed, although it is enough to open the mouth, but the stickers of this reception banquet have already gone down, and please give Captain Qiu a face, don't embarrass the brothers." ”

Zhang Peilun also said: "Head Qiu, Zheng Junmen is indeed sincere to pick up the dust for you, and has invited the civil and military officials and local gentry of Shanhaiguan, and also asked Head Qiu to give face to attend no matter what." ”

Qiu Yahui thought about it, it is also very important to have a good relationship with the guards of Shanhaiguan, and Zheng Caisheng assigned the railway station to the People's Army to be stationed, which really provided great convenience to the People's Army, and he should give him a face, so he also nodded and said: "Even if Zheng Junmen is sincere, then I will be respectful and disobedient." ”