When the Japanese troops crossing the river retreated in a panic, Luo Minglei led the raid troops just right and left.

Leaving behind the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the eastern slope.

"Yaga! Yaga! Bastard! ”

Standing at the foot of the eastern mountain of Jiguan, Kuri Iihara was so angry that he cursed, and his ears heard a dense gunfire in the west.

It turned out that in the forest belt on the west bank of the river, Shi Weicheng's team pounced back ghostly.

"The troops immediately broke away from the battle and withdrew along the Henan River in an orderly manner!"

Kuri-Iihara, who was tortured and half dead, had no choice but to order all the troops to stop the attack, retreat one mile to the south, and establish a cordon position in the river to repair it.

So far, after several battles, the strength of the 5th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army has been sharply reduced to more than 150 cavalry.

The 1,300 troops of Kuriiihara's 19th Wing to the north have been sharply reduced to 900 people.

The number of dead and seriously wounded in the Japanese detachment to the north is already close to 650 people!

Kuri Iihara, who was half dead in anger after receiving the battle report, suddenly felt a tremor that penetrated deep into the bone marrow at this time.

If this situation continues, it is even possible that his 19th Wing will be planted here, which will become a great disgrace to the Imperial Army.

At that time, the only thing he Kuriihara could do in his life was probably to follow in the footsteps of Buki Murashige and commit suicide by seppuku, which was the only choice!

Why is this Qing army so treacherous and difficult?

Kurihana Changshi trembled and was about to give an order, preparing to mobilize 600 troops stationed at the mouth of the two rivers in the south to come for reinforcements, intending to fight to the death in the afternoon on Cockscomb Mountain, and wash away the shame and fear with blood.

The order to retreat from the military headquarters has already been reached.

"Yaga! The heroic Imperial army is about to crush these arrogant and ignorant mountain rats! The whole army immediately set off, and the cavalry broke off to cover. ”

Kuriihara was 'shocked' and 'unwilling' on his face, and immediately led the remnants of the army to flee.

"The Japanese army has fled!"

There was a shout of cheers on Cockscomb Mountain.

On the east and west banks of the Jiujiang River, Shi Weicheng and Luo Minglei led the troops to stand on the riverbank, all looking disappointed at the Japanese army.

In this battle, nearly 800 soldiers of the independent battalion ate a large amount of Japanese military strength with the sacrifice of more than 130 soldiers under the strength of one to two.

It can be said that it is a big victory.

However, after all, it failed to achieve the previous combat purpose, and it has to be said that it is a kind of regret in the ointment.

At one o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese army advanced on all fronts, which had already alarmed all the departments of the Shanhaiguan defense line.

On the eastern slope of Jiaoshan Mountain, Wang Liansan arranged three battalions of 1,500 Ludong Army on the Great Wall of Dongpo and personally commanded it.

As for Bai Ji and Tang Renlian, after telling Liu Kunyi, he put nearly 3,000 soldiers from the two divisions on the Great Wall on both sides of the main city.

As soon as Liu Kun saw that He Changying had always pretended to be deaf and dumb, he angrily ordered the soldiers to carry sandbags to block the three gates of Shanhaiguan, leaving only a two-meter-wide narrow passage at the middle gate.

Then he ordered 2,000 Jiangnan soldiers to board the main city of the Great Wall to defend it, and Liu Shuyuan's 6 battalions of nearly 3,000 Hunan troops jointly assisted in defending the two wings of the main city with Bai Ji and Tang Renlian.

In Huanxiling, Lian Shun's 1,000 Jiesheng Battalion and Li Guangjiu's 5th Battalion of 2,000 Lao Xiang Army were responsible for the defense of the entire Huanxiling Great Wall.

Wei Guangtao's 3 battalions and 1,300 Wuwei troops boarded the Great Wall near Laolongtou for defense, and the remaining 3 battalions, 3 sentinels and 1,600 troops were stationed in the south of Huanxi Ling as reinforcements for the armies.

Tan Biaozhong's 1st Battalion of 400 troops moved to the sea ice belt south of Laolongtou, and combined with Wu Yuankai's 2nd Battalion Chu Army Artillery to block the sea ice belt.

At the same time, the artillery team of the 2nd Battalion is responsible for providing artillery support to the east wing of Huanxi Ridge and the area around Laolongtou.

The other 2 battalions of the Chu Army artillery were ordered to reach the west of the main city to provide artillery support for the western front.

After Liu Kunyi ordered the Shanhaiguan City Gate to be blocked, he was still angry in his heart, and gave an order to Xiao Ligang's artillery battalion, ordering the artillery battalion position to continue to move north across the river, and to put the 13 guns back to 200 meters south of the Great Wall.

At this point, the corresponding deployment of the Qing army's Shanhaiguan defense line was completed, plus nearly 9,000 troops in the three cities outside the pass.

A total of nearly 25,000 troops were concentrated in the defense line of the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan, including an 80mm tube repelling rapid-fire artillery battalion, and four reinforced steel artillery battalions equipped with 37mm, 47mm, and 57mm rifled rear-mounted rear-mounted steel artillery battalions.

and 6 infantry wings, 3 artillery wings, 2 cavalry brigades, and nearly 20,000 troops of the Japanese First Army, launched a life-and-death struggle at Shanhaiguan.

Both sides of the Qing Dynasty and Japan looked at each other, and the battle broke out between the fierce soldiers and horses.

At this time, Wu Fengzhu and the remnants of Chen Fenglou's 6th Battalion fled all the way east and returned to Yongping Mansion at one o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, of the more than 1,400 cavalry that set out in the early morning, only nearly 600 cavalry returned smoothly, and the remaining 800 cavalry were either killed by the Japanese army or chose the road to escape.

The frightened Yongping army, with Chen Xiang's 10 battalions of 3,000 Fushou troops, Wu Fengzhu's 3 battalions of 1,000 Ming troops, plus the retreating 600 cavalry, hurriedly formed the defense of Yongping Mansion City, preparing to resist the approaching Japanese army.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the news was transmitted to Shanhaiguan by the fast horse, and Liu Kun's face changed at that time, and he sat on the chair without saying anything for a long time.

"Boom-"

At this time, a violent roar rang out from the north.

"The Japanese have attacked!"

At this moment, all the generals and soldiers of the Qing army in the entire Shanhaiguan defense line were tightened.

"Avoid the artillery, dodge the cannon!"

Suddenly, a panicked shout echoed across the entire Great Wall, and all the Qing troops got into the anti-artillery panels built on the battlements of the city wall to take refuge.

"Boom!"

A large-caliber high-explosive bomb smashed on the ground of the inner city in the middle of the three cities outside the gate, tearing a section of the horse-repelling stake into pieces, mixed with frozen shrapnel, and flying up.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

Before this sound fell, from the Japanese army's Yaoshan slope and Shahezi position, two huge artillery roars came out almost at the same time, smashing two grenade shotguns towards the Great Wall of their respective targets.

Hanakopo, the position of the 1st Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army.

Artillery Minister Kuroda Hisataka took his pocket watch, saw the second hand go to two o'clock in the afternoon, looked at the three cities outside the gate, and resolutely gave the order for shelling.

"Load high-explosive shells, target the North Wing City."

"Put!"

"Boom-"

A corrective shell erupted from the muzzle of the heavy cannon and screeched towards the North Wing City.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

At this time, Shahezi, the 2nd and 5th Artillery Wings of Yaoshanpo, also loaded with grenade shotguns and began to shell the entire defense line of the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan.

One mile north of the Jiujiang River, near the coastal mountain forest belt.

"Yo Xi, the Imperial Artillery has begun to launch a general attack!"

The head of the Japanese army's first military engineer department, Yabuki Shuichi, said to the team of engineers around him with excitement on his face: "After the line inspection is completed, the team will return immediately; You go first, it's convenient for me. ”

Seeing his team laughing and disappearing in front, a bead of sweat welled up on Yabuki Shuichi's face.

He immediately squatted in the woods, dug out a section of cable buried in the snow, and with a big hand he opened the pliers and pressed them against the cable.

"Long live the Empire! Long live the Emperor! ”

Yabuki Shuichi's face was full of hideousness, and he twisted and roared, his hands slamming into force.

"Click!"

The thin cable of the index finger was squeezed by Hideichi Yabuki.

Yabuki Shu's face turned white, and he put the cable into the snow nest with his big trembling hands, and then covered it with snow.

"Whew, whew—"

He stood up on all fours, only to find that he was already drenched with sweat.

In this way, the telegraph line from the Japanese base camp in Hiroshima to Shanhaiguan was completely cut off.

Before Prince Akihito Komatsumiya arrived at Shanhaiguan on January 10, Yama Yama became a mad dog who could do whatever he wanted to attack the Qing Dynasty.

And what Youpeng in Shan County has to do is to ensure that in this precious seven days, the troops will come to Yanjing City and force the Qing Emperor to surrender.

Or, directly capture Yanjing!