July 31, 1900, late at night, Aihui City, Vice Capital Mansion.

The old general in military uniform, Aihui deputy commander, assistant, minister of the town border army, Yang Fengxiang, the left wing commander of the North Route Army, Yang Fengxiang, the old general Yang is already in the age of the sixtieth year, his hair is white, but he is in good spirits, his eyes are staring at the sand table, but sometimes he shakes his head, and sometimes sighs helplessly.

Yang Fengxiang, also known as Xifeng, the word set Ting, ancestral home in Yunnan, belongs to the Han Army inlaid with the yellow flag, born in 1840 in Jilin Prefecture Keqin Society before the five Zitun, after entering the official career, Yang Fengxiang has been in the northeast, successively served as the pen post style, blue-collar Xiao Riding School, inlaid with the red flag Han Army leader, Wuchang Fort co-leader, Jilin Ula co-leader, Jilin shotgun battalion commander and so on, in the First Sino-Japanese War, with the army to do logistics supply and made meritorious contributions, in December 1899, replaced Heilongjiang General Shoushan as Aihui deputy commander, assistant office, town border army minister.

"Old general, it's late at night, please rest early." Co-President Wang Hankun reminded.

The co-commander is equivalent to the brigade commander of the modern military rank system, under the jurisdiction of two standards, about 4,000 people in the state of full formation, co-commander Wang Hankun has just passed the year of his establishment, quite a talent for the army, following Yang Fengxiang for many years, deeply valued by the old general, of course, he himself is also very respectful of the old general Yang, this time the old general Yang is bent on resisting Russia, Wang Hankun is the most staunch supporter.

"Hey, rest, I'd like to rest earlier, but how can I sleep?" General Yang stroked his beard and sighed: "Jichang, the Russians are rampant, several armies have invaded our Qing land one after another, all the way to the wolf, burning houses and destroying fields, raping * adultery and plundering, all kinds of evil, the news is coming, it is sad." ”

"Yes, the country is weak and allowed to be bullied by others, which is really a shame for my generation of soldiers." Wang Hankun also sighed helplessly, with deep self-blame.

"What's even more odious is that in the eventful autumn of the country, the likes of Zengqi Changshun do not think about serving the country and protecting the country and the people, but they ******** think about surrender and the so-called peace, which is really hateful." Old General Yang had all his hair and scolded angrily.

Zengqi is the general of Shengjing, the governor of the Northeast, who rules the entire three eastern provinces and controls the armies of all the three eastern provinces, and is worthy of the name of the king of the Northeast. And Changshun is also a general of Jilin, but Yang Fengxiang scolded as soon as he opened his mouth, although he said that this is his deputy capital mansion, but insulting Shangguan like this, this is not something that ordinary people dare to do, that is, the old general who is over the age of six, dares to reprimand directly.

The old general dared to scold, but as a confidant, Wang Hankun still had to think about it for the old general, if the matter spread, it would not be good, so he quickly changed the topic and said: "Speaking of General Sheng Jing, my subordinates have something to tell." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Old general, three days ago, I personally sent people to the second station of the Su Ma clan and asked the Su Ma clan to send a group to practice resisting Russia, but they were hesitant, saying that they would have to wait for two or three days, but until today, they have not sent anyone to reply to the letter, let alone send people to help fight against Russia." Wang Hankun said.

Su Ma's family and General Shengjing are in-laws, others may not know, but Wang Hankun and Yang Fengxiang are very clear, because when the two of them came to take office, Zengqi specially told them to take more care of Su Ma's family, and even the old man of Su Ma's birthday, Yang Fengxiang had to go in person.

"Hmph, they're all virtuous, stupid, rat-eyed people, and they know that there are eggs under the nest?" Yang Fengxiang just snorted coldly.

Su Ma didn't send people to help in the war, Yang Fengxiang really had no way to take them, after all, there was a boss on it, and even if no one was covered, they were privately armed, if they were unwilling to participate in the resistance against Russia, Yang Fengxiang couldn't force it.

"Old general, in addition to Su Ma's clan, many righteous people from all walks of life within a hundred miles of Aihui District, even beards, have spontaneously come to resist Russia, but the weapons and equipment are too poor, and many righteous soldiers are carrying firewood knives, which makes us both relieved and sad." Wang Hankun hurriedly said another piece of good news.

"The sons and daughters of China are all good, and I always firmly believe that even if we are temporarily defeated, the final victory must belong to us." Yang Fengxiang firmly believed.

"I believe that what the old general said will come true, and we will always rise as a great country." Wang Hankun echoed.

"Hey, I just don't know if my old bones will be able to wait until one day." After all, Yang Fengxiang is old, even if the martyr is strong in his twilight years, he can't resist the ruthless footsteps of time.

"How can it be, the general is very strong, and he will definitely wait for the day to come," Wang Hankun hurriedly comforted.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, by the way, Jichang, my old friend Yue Xiang, how is it, are the people of their dart bureau in place, according to the agreement, they will enter the Vlaar Mountain position tonight." Speaking of Yue Xiang, Yang Fengxiang showed a rare hint of relaxation and a smile on his face.

"Hehe, this matter, I originally planned to personally send someone to Vlaar Mountain tomorrow to check on the spot, and then tell you, since you asked, then I will talk about it."

"Oh, could it be that they said something big?" Old General Yang said with a smile.

"Yue's dart bureau didn't say anything big, but recently, Yue's dart bureau is in the limelight in Aihui District, I heard that after they entered the wolf domain of Bulun Mountain, they hired thousands of young men and hundreds of craftsmen to build fortifications in the wolf domain's lair, and worked day and night, building a large number of criss-crossing trenches, tunnels, and various hidden forts and pillboxes."

"Now the people are rumoring that once the war is unfavorable, if everyone has nowhere to go, they can go to the wolf domain to join the Yue's dart bureau, and the Yue's dart bureau will definitely be able to protect everyone, and the Yue's dart bureau has also hoarded a large number of rice, flour, food and other materials, even if the enemy is not able to defeat the Russians, you can also take everyone into the clear field of the strong wall of Bulun Mountain."

"Even if it is Vlar Mountain, after you agree to hand over the position to them, it is said that they also hired more than 500 young men to quickly enter Vlar Mountain, build trenches and bunkers on a large scale, and make a bold statement that they will not let the Russians pass through Vlar Mountain, and their team has also entered Vlar Mountain tonight, so I thought that I would send someone to check it out early tomorrow morning to see how the rumored invincible Yue's dart game was." Wang Hankun explained.

"Oh, well, it seems that my old friend's ability is still there, but it's a pity, if I could be more sleek back then, my old friend would definitely be a pillar of my Qing Dynasty, it's a pity." Yang Fengxiang shook his head, took over the words, and sighed in his heart, twenty or thirty years ago, Yang Fengxiang met Yue Xiang, although the two did not have too much interaction, but they did have some sympathy for each other and the feeling of being a confidant of each other.

"Hehe, my subordinates heard that Uncle Xiang is the queen of Yue Fei, a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, and you, the old general, are the descendants of the Yang generals of the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Hankun said with a smile.

"What you said is right, it's a pity that the Hailan bubble tragedy, the Yue family was destroyed, and finally Yue Xiang was completely angry, even at the expense of entering the mountains as bandits, but also to deal with the Russians, hey, it's a pity, we are all mud bodhisattvas crossing the river,......。"

"Old general,......

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With the first rays of sunlight sprinkled into Aihui, a new day came again, Yue Weihua also walked out of the tent, after a brief wash, Yue Weihua entered the position again to check the situation, visit the companies and platoons, to see how they rested last night, whether they are familiar with the night environment of Vlaar Mountain, because in history, the war is about to start tonight.

After three poles in the sun, Yue Weihua finally completed the final inspection of the position, and indeed found some problems, after pointing out the rectification opinions, Yue Weihua went down the mountain, and the first thing after going down the mountain was to go to the Heishui Riverbank Wharf to visit Fei Qing, the standard commander who was responsible for guarding the Heihetun Wharf.

The standard is equivalent to the regiment commander of later generations, a standard has jurisdiction over three or four battalions, and there are about 2,000 people in the full state, but there are only two battalions of more than two horses under Fei Qingbiao, plus the direct Qing soldiers, about 1,200 people, lack of equipment and equipment, this is a common phenomenon in the Qing army, a standard can have 1,200 soldiers, which is already very good.

For Yue Weihua's arrival, Fei Qing also warmly received him, after all, Yue's dart bureau has been in the limelight in Aihui District recently, and there are many rumors, of course, the more important thing is that Yue's dart bureau is responsible for guarding the area of Vlar Mountain for their retreat, once the war is unfavorable, Yue Weihua is also needed to block the pursuit of Tsarist Russia for them, so that they can smoothly withdraw to Heihetun City.

Yue Weihua is also quite respectful of these patriotic generals who can still stick to the border posts when the nation is in danger, and take advantage of this opportunity to visit the defensive positions of the Qing army.

The cannons on the shore are also outdated so-called 'Shenwu cannons' and 'invincible general cannons', etc., and there is not even a single Krupp cannon, and the guns in the hands of the Qing soldiers are also kaleidoscopes, Springfield 1855 rifles, Mauser 1871 rifles, bird guns, and even old sleeves are already advanced here, as for the heavy machine guns, there is no one.

In addition to the outdated and backward weapons and equipment, the newly built fortifications along the coast are extremely simple, although the trenches stretch unconsciously, but all the trenches are less than one meter deep, and there are no anti-artillery pits, let alone dark forts, you must know that this is a position on the bank of the Heishui River, they will face super-large caliber naval guns, such fortifications, how to resist the artillery bombardment of the opponent?

The only thing that makes Yue Weihua feel fortunate is that most of these soldiers on the border are high-spirited and have an unyielding spirit spreading, which is obviously different from Yue Weihua's impression of the Qing army carrying two guns (one is a rifle and one is a smoking gun) to the battlefield.

When leaving, Yue Weihua wanted to send out the extra old sleeve in the merit tower, but reason told Yue Weihua that he should not do this, otherwise it would bring endless trouble to himself, although he was a little unbearable, so in the end, Yue Weihua still chose to leave quietly.

Leaving the dock, Yue Weihua did not return to Vlaar Mountain, but chose to come to the bank of the Heishui River again, there are several hidden forts secretly built by Yue Weihua, this will be the place where Yue Weihua fired the first shot against Russia, although the Black Dragon Army could not go to the front line of the battlefield, but Yue Weihua personally came to participate in the first battle of Aihui, there is no problem.

Time is fleeting, the sky is getting dark, the night is gradually falling, the Russian army on the other side of the Heishui River is boarding the battleship in a row, and the clouds of war instantly envelop the entire Heihetun.

"This first shot, I think, it's better for me to fire it."

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