On June 8, 1883, more than 20,000 Han troops and nearly 4,000 policemen (mainly responsible for assisting in the maintenance of law and order after the war) infiltrated 31 prefectures (including Chengdu) and 156 counties in Siqi Province. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

How many Manchu officers and soldiers were there in Siqi Province?

More than 2,000 people were stationed in Chengdu, and more than 3,500 soldiers from the Green Battalion directly under Ding Baozhen, the governor of Siqi, with a total of about 6,000 troops stationed in Chengdu.

In addition, more than 17,000 green battalion soldiers were stationed in Jianchang Town (Jianchang Town's chief soldier Lin Chengji, a battalion was wiped out by Yan Xueyi), Songpan Town, and other places, and about 26,000 officers and soldiers in the entire Siqi Province Eight Banners plus Green Battalion and other officers and soldiers (about 500,000 green battalions in the whole country).

Take a closer look, the number of Manchu officers and soldiers in Siqi Province is not much more than that of the Han army, and there are no more famous landlord armies in Siqi Province, and the Han army does not need much effort to conquer Siqi Province, the key is to face the Manchu counterattack after occupying Siqi, and at least hundreds of thousands of troops will besiege Siqi at that time.

In the early morning of June 10, 1883, just after dawn, the Han soldiers hidden in the cities cut off the braids behind their heads, changed into military uniforms, and checked their weapons and ammunition.

At six o'clock, the commanders of the Han army in each city ordered: "The Han army attacked.!" ”

I saw that the Han army, which was originally hiding in various courtyards, rushed out of the courtyard one after another and rushed towards the intended target.

Control the city gate, capture the government office, and exterminate the green battalion soldiers, three tasks in each city are carried out at the same time, and you must not let go of an enemy.

Chengdu City.

Chengdu City has a population of nearly 400,000 and is one of the places where the Manchu Qing Dynasty stationed the most officers and soldiers in Siqi, and Ding Baozhen, the governor of Siqi, is an official who is honest and strict in governing the army, and the green battalion soldiers in Chengdu are much stronger than the green battalions in other places (no matter how strong the green battalion soldiers are, they cannot catch up with the Hunan army, and the green battalion system is a big problem).

Zhao Gang, commander of the First Brigade of the Han Army, personally led nearly 3,000 people from the First Brigade to capture the city of Chengdu.

In the early morning, there were not many pedestrians on the streets of Chengdu City, and I saw rows of people in strange costumes hurrying away, and there was no one to stop them.

Wang Xinwei, political commissar of the First Brigade, led more than 800 troops directly under the First Brigade to blockade the city inside Chengdu, blocking 15,000 Manchus, including the 2,000 Manchu soldiers of the Eight Banners, in the city, not allowing a single person to be let go, and all the heavy machine guns and mortars were set up, and if anyone broke through the blockade line, they would be killed immediately.

Two companies of the First Brigade rushed to the Governor's Palace, and four companies went to the four gates of Chengdu City, preparing to occupy the city gates, and no one was allowed to pass through, and the remaining Han troops were all led by Zhao Gang, the commander of the First Brigade, to the green battalion in Chengdu to encircle and suppress the green battalion.

Soon the battle began, and it was two companies of Han troops storming the Governor's Palace.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

A volley of bullets passed, and all the officers and soldiers guarding the gate of the governor's palace were killed.

"Come on, blow the door open for me." A company commander said, holding a pistol.

Rumble!

With a loud bang, the gate of the Governor's Mansion disappeared, and the squad leader and platoon commander with a pistol took the lead in rushing into the Governor's Palace.

After the battle of the Governor's Palace began, the battle of the four gates of Chengdu City also started quickly, and the entire Chengdu City was like the New Year, and there was a crackling sound everywhere.

For a while, the Manchu officers and soldiers who had just woken up in Chengdu were blinded, and they didn't know what was going on.

"Expelle the Tartars and restore my Han family's rivers and mountains."

"Kneel and don't kill."

Two companies of Han troops shouted slogans and rushed into the governor's palace, led by the commander with a pistol, and the momentum was unstoppable.

"Where to shoot? What's going on? The Han army rushed into the governor's palace, and Ding Baozhen was also a little confused, but the next moment he understood that someone was storming the governor's palace, and immediately ordered his men to block the enemy.

"My lord, the enemy is too fierce for the brothers to stop, so retreat through the back door." Not long after, a leader of the officers and soldiers ran to Ding Baozhen in embarrassment and said.

"If you can't stand it, you have to take it, take the old man's knife." Ding Baozhen was reluctant to flee, so he took a knife and personally commanded the battle.

From the sound of gunfire and explosions (grenades) coming from all over the city, Ding Baozhen knew that there were many enemies and they were equipped with a large number of firearms, even if he left the governor's palace, where could he go? Maybe a fight will be able to push back the enemy attacking the Doge's Palace.

However, what Ding Baozhen did not expect was that the enemy's firepower was too fierce, and the officers and soldiers of the Governor's Mansion rushed up to die one by one, and the short guns held by the enemy were too powerful, and they could be fired in bursts.

In a short period of time, more than half of the officers and soldiers of the Governor's Palace were killed and wounded, and the Han soldiers were only a handful of wounded, in the face of the Han army that could not be defeated, the Manchu officers and soldiers finally collapsed, turned around and fled, Ding Baozhen led his own army to slash and kill several deserters, but still did not stop the defeat.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, many Manchu officers and soldiers directly threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, and the Han soldiers did not look at those Manchu officers and soldiers who surrendered, and continued to shoot and kill those who were still resisting, but the Han soldiers noticed that there was a big official among the Manchu officers and soldiers, and if he was captured alive, it would definitely be a great achievement.

"Expelle the Tartars and restore my Han family's rivers and mountains."

"Kneel and don't kill."

The slogans of the Han army kept shouting, and more and more officers and soldiers in the governor's palace threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender, only Ding Baozhen and a small number of officers and soldiers were still resisting.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

The guards around Ding Baozhen were killed one by one, and there were fewer and fewer guards who could still stand.

Ding Baozhen knew that he was powerless to return to the sky, and roared angrily: "The minister has the grace of the saint." "Swing the knife directly and kill yourself.

Ding Baozhen, the governor of Siqi, died.

"My lord, brothers, I fought with the enemy." The rest of the guards saw that their adults were killing themselves, and they didn't want to survive in the world, so they rushed forward with big knives, and then fell down one by one at the muzzle of the Han soldiers.

"Platoon leader, you lead your platoon to pull all the surrendered people together and guard it."

"Yes, company commander."

The battle of the Governor's Palace is over, the battle of the four gates of Chengdu City has also ended, the city gate was occupied by the Han army, and the battle of suppressing the green battalion soldiers on the periphery of the city has not long begun, the green battalion soldiers stationed outside the city heard the explosion in the city and quickly rushed over to support, and plunged into the fire network arranged by the heavy machine guns of the first brigade, and suffered heavy casualties.

On the other side, the city was blocked, and the Eight Banners sent more than 100 people to try to attack, which were wiped out by the Han army in dozens of seconds, and the Eight Banners soldiers in the city no longer dared to move, how could the fallen Eight Banners soldiers dare to risk death to impact the Han army blockade?

"Beat me hard, I can't let an enemy escape for me." Brigade commander Zhao Gang commanded the battle loudly.

Da! Da! Da! Da! Da!

With a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute, the heavy machine guns of the storm swept down all the Manchu officers and soldiers who charged forward.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

There were also mortar shells that fell frequently, killing a whole enemy.

Seeing that the Manchu officers and soldiers were repulsed by the heavy fire of the Han army, leaving hundreds of corpses and beginning to flee, Zhao Gang ordered the Han army to press on and not let go of a single enemy.