Chapter 456: Shanhaiguan
Yesterday, He Changying received a telegram from the DPRK, and her face darkened for a long time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Now that the Japanese army has sufficient supplies for winter, it is impossible to take the Euiju Avenue and carry out a long transportation."
Thinking of Xu Ru, who was hiding in the ice and snow and fighting guerrilla battles, He Changying's heart couldn't help but be gloomy.
This selfish arrangement turned out to put her in great danger.
She is not only a strong warrior, but also the only woman in the anti-Japanese army.
"Report, Zhou Zhongsheng, the commander of the Feng Army, asked to see him outside the temporary camp."
A herald went up to the Great Wall of Laolongtou and came to report.
"Zhou Zhongsheng is in Shanhaiguan, isn't Fengjun in Liaoyang?"
He Changying glanced at Li Jingfang in surprise, but saw that Li Jingfang was also at a loss, obviously not knowing.
"Let's go, go back and see."
He Changying was anxious to know what was going on, knowing that Nie Guilin, who was ordered by the imperial court to be arrested and escorted back to Beijing for trial, had not yet returned to Shanhaiguan.
Zhou Zhongsheng and them, why did they come to the front instead.
"See the military gate for lowly duties."
Before He Changying reached the gate of the camp, he saw three ragged Qing soldiers standing outside the gate waiting, and before they could get closer, the three of them trotted over and knelt in front of He Changying to say goodbye.
"Zhou Zhongsheng, how did you lose weight like this?"
He Changying looked at Zhou Zhongsheng who was kneeling in surprise, this guy was still slightly chubby when he was in Pyongyang and Anzhou, but now he is simply skinny.
Of course, in the past few months, all the soldiers of the anti-Japanese army, including He Changying, have lost a lot of weight.
It's just thin and lean.
And looking at Zhou Zhongsheng and his two men, it was like malnutrition escaping from a refugee camp.
"Junmen, we are hungry, these days, every day we drink snow water and gnaw on tree roots; The military gate will save us from the army. ”
Zhou Zhongsheng said with a handful of noses and tears, and kowtowed again and again.
"Junmen, save our Fengjun!"
The two Qing soldiers beside Zhou Zhongsheng also cried and kowtowed.
Zhou Zhongsheng led the 1,000 remnants from Haicheng, and after more than ten days, all the way to the open and sleeping, and finally arrived at Shanhaiguan this morning.
At that time, the 1,083 people who set out from Panjin either fell behind along the way, froze to death, starved to death, or couldn't bear the trek, drilled into the mountain nest, and never returned.
So far, there are only about 600 people left.
However, the flag soldiers guarding the Shanhaiguan closed the gate tightly and did not let them enter the customs, and the cold and hungry remnants of the Feng army had fallen into a desperate situation at this time.
It's a pity that the mountains are covered by heavy snow now, otherwise if it were usual, not to mention robbing the mountain people and horse gangs, it would be to catch fish, rabbits and pick wild fruits, at least they would not starve to death one by one.
In the afternoon, Zhou Zhongsheng and the others deliberated repeatedly, and decided to bypass this section of the city wall where the army was tall and concentrated, and follow the city wall to the west to try their luck.
However, before walking more than ten miles, I encountered the natural danger of Changshou Mountain, and it is estimated that if I climb hard, I will freeze to death and starve to death in the mountains.
In desperation, the 600 desperate Feng troops had no choice but to return to Shanhaiguan.
Then, Zhou Zhongsheng and the 600 remnants of the army were surprised to see that not far from the pass, a large military camp was being built, which was noisy and full of tempting aroma of rice.
And more importantly, they saw that these soldiers were actually wearing Western-style military uniforms.
Now in the entire Qing Dynasty, the Chinese army in this kind of costume only has the anti-Japanese army.
He Changying beckoned Zhou Zhongsheng and the three of them into the barracks, and asked the orderlies to pour three bowls of hot water for the three of them, and took a little dry food.
"Nie Guilin has been ordered by the imperial court to be arrested and brought back to Beijing for trial, and the rest of the Feng army is under the command of Geng Fengming in Liaoyang."
"Report, call from Tongzhou."
He Changying was telling Zhou Zhongsheng and the two battalion officers about the future battle situation in Liaodong, when a fast horse rushed out of the gate and rushed into the barracks.
Li Jingfang took the letter and shouted in surprise: "Liaoyang has fallen!" So fast? ”
In the afternoon of the same day, He Changying gave Zhou Zhongsheng 300 quilts and 6,000 catties of grain.
After eating a full meal, these 600 Feng soldiers cut some pine branches at random next to the camp of the anti-Japanese army, surrounded by pine branches to block the wind, and began to 'whirring' and falling asleep.
"Anzhi, these Fengjun;"
Li Jingfang's eyes flashed and said: "I can escape from Haicheng and not fall behind, but I am a rare strong man; Don't look at the weight of the wind now, or a few meals of rice, you can raise it back. ”
He Changying shook his head slightly and said: "Brother Li, you write a telegram and send it from Tangshan to Tongzhou, this Fengjun belongs to the jurisdiction of Yulu, but now Yulu is difficult to protect itself; Now Xu Bangdao and Lian Shun are not short of soldiers and guns? In the telegram, it was proposed that the 600 Feng troops fill the Ninghe camp. ”
Regarding this group of Fengjun, He Changying's views are diametrically opposed to Li Jingfang's.
Pyongyang Run, Yalu River Run, Xiuyan Run, Haicheng Run, this army has actually been completely wasted, no matter how good the physique is, it is just a group of runaway soldiers.
Allowing such a black sheep to enter the anti-Japanese army will only be counterproductive.
As for handing over the army to Xu Bangdao and them, He Changying has no bad intentions, because the two of them who are poor and white now, if they want to gather six battalions of soldiers within a month, it is tantamount to ascending to the sky.
Especially now that it is the winter moon, it will be the New Year in less than forty or fifty days, and the Ninghe battalion without silver points to the northwest wind to recruit troops?
Besides, six hundred runaways are much better than a recruit's whiteboard.
On December 5, He Changying's electric music arrived in Tongzhou and was immediately sent to the Forbidden City.
At this time, Guangxu had been tortured by the fall of Liaoyang and stayed awake all night.
Before the fall of Liaoyang, his eyes had been staring at Fengtian, the land of the ancestral dragon, worried.
However, since last night, he, including the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, has set his eyes on the front line of Panjin, Jinzhou, and Shanhaiguan in fear.
At that time, Guangxu was deaf, and sat on the dragon chair with a pale face, crumbling.
Fengtian is not lost, and it is to protect the dignity and glory of the Qing Dynasty.
But Shanhaiguan can endanger the life and death of the Qing Dynasty!
The Qing Dynasty entered the customs for two hundred and fifty years, so as to obtain thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Now, if tens of thousands of Japanese people knock on the gates, what will they do?
Thirty-four years ago, the British and French forces captured Jingshi, and the royal family, the clan, and the ministers fled to Chengde to leave the palace.
This time, if the Jingshi falls.
Where can I escape?
Moreover, Britain and France are thousands of miles away, and they came to the Qing Dynasty just to make money.
This is a small country with a large population, will they only need silver? If it was for the sake of silver, they would not have invaded the Ryukyu Islands and would not have forcibly occupied Korea!
So Guangxu ordered all parts of the country again and again, and quickly sent troops north to Zhili.
Li Bingheng, the governor of Ludong, was ordered to immediately transfer eight battalions of soldiers to defend the Shanhai Customs.
Telegraphed Liu Kunyi, immediately gave Xu Bangdao, and Lian Shun allocated silver and military funds to recruit troops.
Sent a telegram to Wang Wenshao to step up the recruitment of new soldiers and actively prepare for war.
Mei Dongyi, the general of the Huai army, collected 2,000 Lu Yong donated by salt merchant Wang Yizhai, and stationed in Shuanggang, Jinmen.
The Renzi Army stayed in one battalion and the Sheng Army stayed in two battalions, with a total of 1,500 troops, led by Jia Qisheng, and rushed to Tangshan to garrison.
Nie Shicheng, the commander of Zhili, immediately led a thousand Luyu defense troops to return to Zhili, and the president directly defended Zhili.
He Changying sent a telegram to stop the march into Liaoyang immediately and garrison Shanhaiguan in situ.
It was at this time that He Changying's electric performance was presented to the Heart Cultivation Palace.