Chapter 385 Shanhaiguan is haunted

Bahrain's idea is very good, but it is also a battle of righteousness, first of all, the geographical conditions of Tangshan determine that this will not become a decisive battle, the value of defending is not too large, and it is impossible to use this place to block the New People's Army, the New People's Army can jump over Tangshan to Luanzhou and go straight to Shanhaiguan.

More importantly, the large forces of the New People's Army continued to arrive in Tangshan, and Yang Dongfang alone had 5,000 people along the way, and Bahrain had no advantage in terms of troops.

After resting for a long time in Bahrain, Mo Han came to give him bad news again: "The commander has just received the news that the New People's Army in Jizhou has captured Fengrun County to the north of us, and the 52nd Regiment, which was originally bluffing, also bypassed us and went to the southeast, probably to Leting County, wanting to cross the Luan River from downstream. ”

After hearing this, Balin hurriedly asked someone to bring the map, his face became strange, and he muttered: "The New People's Army can blockade Luanzhou after crossing the Luanhe River in the west, attack Changli in the east, and then go straight to Shanhaiguan."

This Yang Dongfang is really a cunning person, he always doesn't fight with us in an upright manner, plays roundabouts, divides and surrounds, and threatens our depth, I have to say that he is a master of the art of war. ”

For these tricks of the New People's Army, Balin gritted his teeth with hatred, but he was helpless, and he couldn't stop it, so he had to ask: "Mo Han, what are your good ideas?" ”

"Commander, before you arrived, there was a group of Qing troops, even that General Liu also rested here, and he told me that Tangshan is not a place to stay for a long time, and it is better to guard the Luanhe River than to defend here. He said that the Luanhe River was the first line of resistance, followed by Changli and Funing, and it was best to retreat directly to Shanhaiguan to avoid increasing the loss of troops. ”

"By the way, I heard that the Qing people have moved all the people east of the Luan River out of Shanhaiguan, so the commander we are here to spend money with the Xinmin army, there is no point, the Qing people don't want it anymore, let's retreat east as soon as possible."

Sighing, Balin had no choice but to say, 'All right! Mo Han, you take 2,000 people to guard Tangshan, I will take people to Luanzhou first, to ensure that you are in the rear, and then you are retreating, remember not to rush. ”

Bahrain doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, and Mohan doesn't want to.

A day later, Bahrain slowly withdrew to Luanzhou to secure pontoon bridges and boats to cross the river, and then Mohan also retreated, because his army had sufficient ammunition and did not panic, so it did not allow the pursuing New People's Army to take advantage.

However, when he arrived at Luanzhou City, he was ambushed by the 52nd Regiment because of his carelessness in Yuzhuang.

It turned out that the 52nd Regiment did not go to Leting, but stopped at Luannan, and then turned north to attack Luanzhou, and came to a small encirclement in Kengbalin.

Unexpectedly, this time Bahrain ran very fast, so he had no choice but to attack Mo Han, and this battle only killed more than 400 Mo Han.

Mo Han arrived in Luanzhou without danger, and after crossing the river, he controlled the pontoon bridge and the ferry to cover Bahrain's retreat to Changli.

All the way to the peaceful liberation of Tangshan and Luanzhou, the units of the New People's Army reached the Luanhe River, and the 52nd Regiment went south again, captured Leting, and crossed the river from the south.

Yang Dongfang took advantage of the conditions to first bombard Mo Han on the opposite bank, Mo Han did not dare to stop more, and chased Bahrain half a day later, Yang Dongfang waved his hand to make a simple pontoon bridge, and after crossing the river, it was divided into two.

The first continued to pursue Bahrain and joined forces with the 52nd Regiment to attack Changli. He himself took one to Lulong County.

Half a day later, they arrived in Lulong County, but they received an empty city, and the people and the valuable things in the city were taken away.

"Handsome! Lu Long has become an empty city, and there is no one outside the city, which is strange. ”

Yang Dongfang was also puzzled, and soon people from outside the military intelligence took the initiative to come to the door and reported: "Dashuai, the situation is like this, as early as three months ago, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been moving the people east of the Luan River, and it has been particularly rapid in the past ten days, not only Lulong County has been emptied, but also Qian'an County has been emptied, and those who have not left are estimated to have also hid in the mountains." ”

Yang Dongfang said seriously and did not say anything else, but asked the troops to speed up and go to Funing, and arrived in Funing a day later, easily receiving Funing, the 52nd Regiment and other departments also received Changli, and the Bahrain and others had a total of more than 5,000 allied troops to reach Niutouan Town by the Daihe River.

At this time, Shanhaiguan also ushered in an army of 1,000 people who hurriedly withdrew here, which was Liu Mingchuan's Huai army.

When he arrived here, Liu Mingchuan finally relaxed, and he had an indescribable ease all over his body, like a bird getting out of a cage, obviously he had been in a hurry, but it was like being injected with a great energy.

"Liu Junmen, my family has set up a banquet in the house to suppress the shock of the military gate."

Liu Ming saw that someone was inviting him to a banquet, and of course he was happy to reply: "After telling Yan Shangshu, I will definitely go to the banquet." ”

At this time, the person guarding the Shanhaiguan was full of dignity, and he was mentioned by Yi Xun as the secretary of the military department, to be honest, his ability was average, his personality was weak and cowardly, and he was afraid of things.

The people and horses gathered in Shanhaiguan are a group of rabble, so they are worried.

As the secretary of the military department, he should go to Shengjing is the king, and he can't get rid of the hat of guarding Shanhaiguan as soon as possible.

Now that Liu Mingchuan has escaped, he can be regarded as having found a flag to rely on, and immediately asked people to invite Liu Mingchuan, wanting to take a good look at this upstart of the Huai Army, and strive to leave him in Shanhaiguan and guard the customs for himself.

When night came, the light was in hand, Liu Mingchuan changed into brand new clothes and went to the banquet, accompanied by his general Wei Rugui, and thirty mighty men, making people understand that this is elite.

These thirty people were selected by Wei Rugui, which made Liu Mingchuan very pleased, and secretly said that Lao Wei is becoming more and more proficient in doing things, and every one of the thousand people is tired of dogs, and it is rare to be able to pick out such dozens of fierce warriors.

It was very face-saving to bring it out, and he couldn't help but feel more confident.

And the generals guarding the mountain customs saw Liu Mingchuan's personal entourage, and they also nodded and praised one by one, saying in their hearts Is this the elite of the Huai Army? is different from the legend, wasn't Liu Mingchuan escaped to Shanhaiguan by a duck?

There are such sharp soldiers, and they secretly think that it is better to stammer.

So the feast began, Wanyan Chonghou and Liu Mingchuan greeted each other, praised each other, and then drank three rounds, cooked five flavors, and talked very happily.

The foreshadowing has been done sufficiently, and Wanyan Chonghou has led to the topic: "Lord Liu, now is the most difficult time for the national crisis, and we must unite and support each other!" ”

Liu Mingchuan drank the wine, naturally took a sip, of course, of course!

Wan Yan Chonghou said: "But the biggest difficulty now is still under our feet, I don't know what Lord Liu has on this, whether he can solve my worries and relieve my worries for the Qing Dynasty." ”

Liu Mingchuan put down the wine glass, poured it for himself, raised it again and said: "My lord, colleagues, although the third province is not talented, people are light-talked, but I want to say, we have no way to retreat, Shanhaiguan is the last moat for us and the Qing Dynasty, and we will protect it to the death. ”

After saying that, Liu Mingchuan was bored, and everyone sent it from the sycophants, applauding one after another, drinking wine one by one, his face was red, and he was impassioned, Liu Mingchuan said to Wanyan Chonghou: "My lord! In fact, it is not difficult to guard the mountains and seas, the difficult thing is how to let the foreign adults stay, how to let the foreign adults stay to keep the Qinhuangdao Port, and to keep the Qinhuangdao Port is to hold the Tang River, if the foreign lord's warships block the Tang River, the Tang River will also be held. ”

Wanyan Chonghou's eyes lit up when he heard that, if there was a coalition army blocking the New People's Army on his front line, it would be easier to defend the Shanhaiguan, so he said: "So you have to invite some foreign sailors to come over, do you say that there is still a need to fight Dongshan?" ”

Liu Mingchuan shook his head, and said with a lofty face: "Liu Junmen coincides with my thoughts, I want to ask Liu Junmen for the post of governor, make it clear, ask the emperor to withdraw the troops from Shandong, strengthen here, I don't know if Liu Junmen can intentionally defend it." ”

Damn, I want Lao Tzu to stay and help you guard the gates! Liu Mingchuan pondered, Wanyan Chonghou knew that Liu Mingchuan thought that the real power of the governor was not enough, and whispered softly: "The three provinces want to be the king!" ”

This time, Liu Mingchuan's heart was pounding! Although he is now a marquis, he is only a level to the king, but I don't know how many people have not been able to cross this level in their lives.

If it weren't for the wars, the founding of the Hunan and Han dynasties, and the great strength of the Xinmin Army, Li Hongzhang, the general commander of the Huai Army, would not have been crowned the king of Huainan.

After thinking about it again, Liu Ming replied: "If the soldiers of Shandong can really be transferred here, everything is based on the noble lord. ”

"Haha. Good! Come and we're cheering! Chonghou stroked his beard and laughed, clinking glasses with Liu Mingchuan and drinking again, but the two were drinking happily when someone broke in and said urgently:

"My lord! Big things are wrong! Liu Mingchuan was a spy of the New People's Army, and the Huai Army suddenly attacked the right camp and captured the second gate in the northeast. ”

There was a bang, and I don't know whose wine glass fell to the ground, and it was silent for a while.