Chapter 776: Capturing the Port of Arthur
Huang Sheng was a little embarrassed after reading his mother-in-law's letter, and he deliberately pulled the white pole soldiers into the gang, so that Qin Liangyu had insufficient troops in his hands to participate in the civil war, which didn't seem to be very upright.
Huang Sheng can only comfort himself with the informality of those who have achieved great things, and calculating his mother-in-law is really a last resort.
Huang Sheng wrote a letter to his wife Ma Xiangling, asking her to resolutely not leave her mother without getting her own orders, and the female soldiers in her battalion were ignored by anyone, and the task was to guard the stone pillar to protect the Qin family and the Ma family.
If Qin Liangyu is ready to go out of Sichuan to fight the thieves, he must be restrained so that she can't make the trip.
Huang Sheng still believes in the combat effectiveness of the women's barracks, as long as he does not take the initiative to attack the thieves, it is not a problem to defend a fortified city, and he has spared no effort to help Qin Liangyu over the years, and the economic conditions of Shizhu have been greatly improved, and food is not a problem.
Qin Liangyu has been able to ensure that the stone pillar is not lost, and Ma Xiangling's battalion of female soldiers with hot weapons should be counted as double insurance.
It was Huang Sheng's strategy to ensure that the land of abundance would not be plundered by thieves, and it would save tens of millions of Han people from dying in the war.
Stabilizing Qin Liangyu and not interfering in the Central Plains, which has been in turmoil, is the top priority. The transfer of a large number of white pole soldiers was a means of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and Ma Xiangling was sent to stay with his mother, of course, in order to be prepared.
Presumably, at the critical juncture of the decisive battle between his son and son-in-law in Liaodong, Qin Liangyu should take a defensive position as much as possible, and will not take the initiative to send troops to attack the thieves.
The task of the "Southern Liaoning Front" was to seize Lushun and Jinzhou and then control the Jinzhou Isthmus, and immediately after seizing the mouth of Lushun, it began to operate here, and built a military port at the mouth of the Qingni Valley, which was named Dalian Port.
The Chinese army has a temporary Northern Expeditionary Army General Praise Painting Department, Huang Donghai, Gu Shanhe, Zhang Youlu, Bian Jicheng, Lu Chengzu, Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng and so on are all senior praise generals.
After the capture of Arthur Pass, the General Zanhua Department of the Northern Expeditionary Army would work here for several years until the entire north was completely subjugated.
In the future, the Lushunkou area is the maritime gateway of Liaodong, and the city of Lushun will be reconstructed and expanded, so that it will become the window city of Liaodong's foreign trade, and the base camp of the Northern Expedition will be stationed in Lushun, where the grass will be stored and grain, and the military supplies will be stored to provide support for the logistics of the army.
The Northern Expedition coalition army was not in a hurry or impatient, and still fought in a daze, waiting for the arrival of the whole cavalry cluster to concentrate superior forces to drive Liaodong Jiannu to Shenyang and annihilate it.
In this operation, we will not be opportunistic, but will directly push and crush them, and take it as our responsibility to reduce our own casualties as much as possible, and we will not allow our troops to take risks to show their military talent.
Because in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain, and the Northern Expedition has won, and there is no need to take military adventures, it just takes some more time.
The "Southern Ming" had strong economic strength and could afford it, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was so poor that they couldn't afford it, the battle time was extended, and it was still the same as the other, the Northern Expedition coalition army would become stronger and stronger, and the Jiannu would get worse and worse.
At the beginning of April, the Red Gang was about to wait for a surprise, as the offensive of the Northern Expedition began on all sides.
The "Southern Liaoning Front" attack on Lushunkou has not yet begun, and Lushunkou has already been darkened, that is, the Shang Keyi brothers learned that the southern king was personally driving the expedition, and they were ready to sit in Lushunkou to command the overall situation.
If you wait for the "God of War" to attack, Lushunkou will of course be covered by the artillery fire of the "Huaxia Navy" fleet, and you don't know who the shells and guns are? Wouldn't it be too unjust if the Dongjiang soldiers who were preparing to defect died in the shelling, and besides, if they smashed this place, how uneconomical would it be to rebuild it?
Shang Keyi and Huang Sheng had different starting points, Huang Sheng would rather destroy an enemy city than lose his own robe in order to capture an entire city.
Shang Keyi, who was poor and afraid, was ready to fill it with his human life, and strive to complete the Lushun mouth and dedicate it to the king of the south, because there are many houses here that are the homes of his brothers.
On the night of April 7, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and on the fourth watch, more than 6,000 people in the old department of Dongjiang Town rebelled, and the prison army Jiannu, who woke up from a deep sleep, was besieged, and the hardcore traitors Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming quickly led more than 9,000 people from their families and descendants to resist.
The Han army stationed in Lushunkou has grown to more than 30,000 over the years, and there are more than 1,000 Jiannu people, but only half of the men and horses in Lushun City are now inseparable.
The shouts of killing in the city shook the sky, everyone entered the melee, they were the same clothes and armor, Shang Keyi and Shang Kexi brothers did not even tie a red belt or a white towel to show the difference when they revolted, and when they were in a pot of porridge, even they couldn't distinguish friend from foe.
Shang Kexi was eager to make meritorious contributions, and copied the path to prepare to capture Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming alive and dedicated them to the King of the South, who knew that they thought of one place with Kong Youde.
Kong Youde thought that Shang Keyi must have rebelled, and joined Geng Zhongming to gather his family and Ding to take this road to prepare for the beheading operation, their purpose was to kill Shang Keyi's two brothers.
When they met on a narrow road, Shang Kexi suffered a loss, his family was not as numerous as Kong Youde's, and the equipment was not as good, and now there was Geng Zhongming's family team to deal with it together.
Shang Kexi, who returned bloodily, was not afraid of death, he personally charged and led his family to attack Geng Zhongming's department with all his might, and really defeated Geng Zhongming's family team and beheaded Geng Zhongming.
Kong Youde, who found that the momentum was wrong, ordered the arquebusiers to fire indiscriminately volleys, and Shang Kexi was shot several times and fell in a pool of blood.
Shang Keyi, who was against the water, did not have a numerical advantage, and gradually fell behind, Kong Youde kept shouting, asking everyone not to listen to Shang Keyi's demagogy, and followed him to the point of no return, he couldn't even take care of his brother Shang Kexi, where could he have the ability to take care of his brothers.
Kong Youde's department showed Shang Kexi's head as evidence, which greatly shook the fighting spirit of the rebel army.
Shang Keyi found that his brother was killed by Kong Youde, and just when Shang Keyi gathered his henchmen and some reliable old troops to line up, they were ready to launch a surprise attack into Kong Youde's Chinese army to give the enemy a center to blossom.
Suddenly, the deafening sound of artillery resounded through the mouth of Arthur, and both sides of the battle temporarily ceased fighting, and both looked in the direction of the seaside port.
Shang Keyi, who was about to launch a decisive attack, grabbed the gap between the cannons and shouted: "Brothers in Dongjiang Town, that is the artillery fire of the 'God of War', whether you choose to return to the King of the South to eat and drink spicy food from now on, or choose to follow the big traitor Kong Youde as cannon fodder, you have to figure it out." ”
The morale of the Dongjiang soldiers who chose to revolt all returned the moment they heard the sound of artillery, while Kong Youde's troops were just the opposite, their courage to fight was shattered by the rumbling of cannons from the sea.