At this time, the Satsuma army was already at the end of its strong crossbow, and it was impossible to penetrate Lu Min, not to mention counterattacking, even resistance was becoming more and more powerless. On the 5th, the Satsuma army, which had assembled at Okayama, was defeated again and continued to retreat south, reaching Fukuyama on the 9th. The Russian army pressed forward step by step and launched an attack on Fukuyama on the 14th. Five divisions were put in, all the way from the coast and all the way from the mountain roads, to launch an assault together. The 1st Brigade of the Japanese Government Army also broke through the defenses of the Satsuma Army on the periphery from another direction and joined the general attack to attack the right flank of the Satsuma Army. Due to the proximity of Fukuyama to the sea, the Satsuma Navy's "Hiei", "Kongo", and "Mt. Fuji" ships approached the shore and opened heavy fire on the positions of the Russian and Japanese government forces. The Russian army and the Japanese government army could not resist it, and retreated to the area of Shinmi and Tsuyama, and the Satsuma army was able to get rid of its face. On that day, the Satsuma army had 1,804 killed, 862 captured, 6 artillery pieces abandoned, 2,215 Russian killed and 1,247 wounded, and a large number of guns, ammunition and swords abandoned during the hasty retreat.

After the Battle of Fukuyama, the Satsuma army retreated to the nearby Mihara Peak because Fukuyama was in no danger to defend. The main peak of Mihara Peak is 507 meters high, and the ridge of the mountain gradually decreases to the east, until it extends to the vicinity of the coastline. At that time, the Satsuma Army suffered heavy casualties due to constant fighting, and its strength had dropped to about 16,500 men, while the strength of the Russian army and the Japanese government army surrounding Mihara Peak reached 50,000. The Satsuma Army intended to launch a desperate counterattack and open the way to Hiroshima. However, in the face of 50,000 Russian and government troops, everyone knows that this plan will be difficult to realize. However, Lin Yiqing consulted with Saigo Takamori and Kirino Toshiaki and others, and under extremely unfavorable circumstances, carefully formulated a battle plan. According to Lin Yiqing's plan. The deployment of the Satsuma army was as follows: two brigades led by Naoji Ito, the superintendent of the Odd Army, to garrison the five-way front; Toshiro Toshi, Nomura Shinosuke, Shigehisa Yuchi and others led five brigades to deploy in the area of Tsunewei Mountain, Koxingaku, and Haitangzaka. Among them, 10 artillery pieces were deployed at Haitangban; A section of the Kumamoto team defended the hill on the left side of the mountain road; Kenhiko Nakajima, Kinichiro Kono, Massuke Hirano, Gozaemon Sagara, Kiyoichiro Shinna, and Sogoro Ado each led eight other brigades to garrison other key points.

7 a.m. on the 15th. Saigo Takamori climbed to the top of the mountain and personally gave orders to direct the battle in order to boost morale. At 8 o'clock, the dense fog gradually dissipated, and with a cannon as a signal, the Satsuma army launched a battle, and the battle began in the area of Changwei Mountain, Xiaoxinyue, Haitangban, Wulu, and Changping Mountain. Toshiaki Kirino even personally led a detachment of troops to rush down the Begonia Ridge and break into the artillery positions of the Russian army. Blew up the artillery of the Russian army. At that time, Yamayama Aritomo and Major General Yamada Xianyoshi watched the battle at Yamashita, and Yamada Xianyoshi ordered "a surprise attack to the middle of Xiaoxinyue and Changwei Mountain to cut off the enemy's battle line", and the Japanese government army immediately launched a charge to support the Russian army in the battle, and the artillery also worked hard to fire artillery to suppress the artillery fire of the Satsuma army, and after the Russian army received support, it launched a counterattack again, and it was 12 noon. Finally occupied the area of Haitang Mountain and Changwei Mountain. The first offensive of the Satsuma army was contained, but under the orders of Saigo Takamori and Kirino Toshiaki. The Satsuma army launched an attack again, and the Russian army desperately resisted, and both sides fought desperately to the death, and the battle was very fierce for a while.

At this critical moment, the rear of the Russian army suddenly exploded, thick smoke billowed out, and there was a big chaos for a while, it turned out that Lin Yiqing personally led 300 people from the strange army team to quietly descend from the cliff, marched around the rear of the Russian army, blew up the ammunition depot of the Russian army, and burned a large amount of Russian grain and grass, the rear of the Russian army was attacked, and there was a Satsuma army in front of the death, and at this time, because a number of heralds were killed, the contact between the Russian army and the Japanese government army was cut off, the Japanese government army failed to support in time, the Russian army fought until the evening, and finally could not support, taking advantage of the cover of night to retreat on the whole line, And Lin Yiqing also led the odd team to return overnight. Both sides suffered heavy losses in this battle, the Satsuma army killed 2,752 people and 1,146 wounded, the generals of the Satsuma army, such as Kirino Toshiaki, Shinohara Kunikan and Hirano Massuke, were all injured in the battle, and Lin Yiqing led the 300 surprise soldiers who launched a surprise attack, 125 people were killed and 47 were wounded, and the losses were more than half, which shows that the battle was tragic; Compared with the Satsuma Army, the Russian army killed 4,155 people, 1,485 wounded, and the losses were even heavier, and the 25 cannons and a large amount of ammunition in the artillery position were destroyed, and most of the grain and grass were burned.

After the Satsuma army retreated to Hiroshima, the navy ships under the leadership of Togo Heihachiro came to respond, and the various warrior armies who had retreated to the southwest of Honshu in advance also abandoned their localities and rushed to Hiroshima to meet with Saigo Takamori, but these scattered troops had been intercepted by the Russian army and the Japanese government army before, and after arriving in Hiroshima, the strength of the Satsuma army recovered, reaching about 25,000 people, but the overall combat strength did not change much. Soon the Russian army, which had received support, made a comeback and completed the encirclement of Hiroshima from the land.

After the Russian army surrounded Hiroshima, it did not immediately attack because it was afraid of the Satsuma navy, but instead of constantly gathering troops, it mobilized a large number of siege artillery and prepared to destroy the Satsuma army in Hiroshima with overwhelming firepower. At the same time, the other Russian army and the Japanese government army cleared the perimeter, and by August 30, Kurayoshi, Matsue, Ota, Etsu, Iwata, Nagato, Shimonoseki, Iwakuni and other places all fell into the hands of the Russian army, and most of the few soldiers who remained were killed in battle.

After this battle, the Satsuma army was compressed in a narrow area of Hiroshima and the surrounding area, and after some consideration, Saigo Takamori decided to break through and return to Kyushu. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon of August 18, the Satsuma army and the people who followed it began to evacuate by sea on ships, and Saigo Takamori issued this order to the covering troops: "Our army has come to protect the people, and the only way to fight today is to fight a decisive battle to protect the people to retreat to a safe place. Soldiers are pawns, pawns are soldiers, let them do whatever they want. In order to cover the breakthrough of the army and civilians, Lin Yiqing personally led 500 selected warriors to join the rearguard force.

It was not until September 5 that the Satsuma army and civilians in Hiroshima had basically retreated from the fleet, and the Russian army began to attack, Lin Yiqing led the army by surprise and went around to the rear of the Russian army to attack, the Russian army did not distinguish the reality of the Satsuma army, thinking that the Satsuma army reinforcements from Kyushu had landed and went around the rear of the Russian army, so they delayed the attack on Hiroshima City and single-handedly attacked this "reinforcement army", after getting the commander of this force was Lin Yiqing. It is also to mobilize more troops to encircle. I will want to catch it and then hurry up.

After several battles. Lin Yiqing successfully diverted the attention of the Russian army from Hiroshima City, and the Russian army pursued closely and surrounded Lin Yiqing on the Xinyue Peak near the sea, at this time Lin Yiqing led about 1,200 people under his command to defend the Xinyue Peak, and it happened that they got the news that the Russian army and the Japanese government army had entered Hiroshima, because the Satsuma Army rear guard unit had been on the ship in advance and withdrew, and there was not much fighting. It is to preserve the whole city. After receiving the news, the captain of Longkou, Nakatsu Daishiro, was very pleased, he dressed in a costume, and more than 20 local samurai went to see Lin Yiqing, telling them that "I have fought so far, and I have no regrets", and decided to commit suicide by cutting my stomach to make a final farewell. Lin Yiqing was shocked and tried to dissuade Nakatsu and the others, but these warriors who had already made up their minds to die did not listen. So Nakatsu and others seppuku in the mountains. The one who gave Nakatsu the wrong was Katsuzo Noguchi, the half-captain of the same team. Also committing suicide by seppuku was Naozhen Matsuno, who served as a reconnaissance mission for the staff base camp.

After burying his comrades. Lin Yiqing began to lead his men to break through the siege, and at 12 o'clock on the night of September 7, the Satsuma army that broke through began to move, and they took 3 local hunters and 10 loggers as guides, avoiding the road and opening a road in the grass. All the personnel remained silent, beware of being discovered by enemy troops. After walking about a few kilometers, they approached the line of defense of the Japanese government troops. In front of them happened to be the camping of the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Japanese Government Army, and at this time, the Japanese Government Army also believed that the overall situation was about to be decided, so they relaxed their vigilance and did not arrange sentries. The Satsuma army took advantage of the dawn to launch a surprise attack, Lin Yiqing led his subordinates to quietly enter the government camp, broke through in one fell swoop, and captured 30,000 rounds of ammunition and a cannon, and then the whole army quickly broke through to the coast. At this time, a brigade of the 2nd Brigade of the Don't move forward to take the guard, and on the way to the garrison area, they heard gunfire in the direction of Xinyue Peak (that is, the gunfire of Lin Yiqing and others when they broke through). Commander Kurokawa Daisa sent scouts to Shinkoshimine, and then encountered the emissaries of the 2nd Brigade who came to ask for help, and Kurokawa immediately sent a squadron. Major General Yamada, who was in Montenegro, heard the gunfire and also sent two squadrons. At this time, they realized that Lin Yiqing and the others had slipped away, and they couldn't help but regret it.

On the afternoon of the 8th, Lin Yiqing and others descended the mountain from the north of Xinyue Peak, walked five miles north along the mountain road, entered Anning Valley, and camped in Anning Valley that night. However, the Russian army and the Japanese government army were always ashamed and angry about Lin Yiqing and others breaking through the siege, and some people even began to worry that Lin Yiqing and others would take the opportunity to flee to Qianguo and then lead the Qianguo soldiers to make a comeback, so they not only searched closely along the coast, but also specially sent Russian warships to patrol the sea near Hiroshima to prevent them from escaping. On the 9th, the Satsuma army set out from the valley of tranquility and advanced in the direction of the coast, capturing the secret envoy of the Russian army on the way. It contained a letter from Major General Kristof to Major General Yamada of the Government Army, in which Major General Kristof asked the Japanese side to send reinforcements to assist in the search. However, because the messenger was captured, the Japanese government forces in the area did not know about Lin Yiqing's escape, and at 9 o'clock in the morning, the two sides met south of Heisuke, and the Japanese government forces were quickly defeated. Then the Satsuma army decided to take the Sanjogi route. Sanrenmu happened to be the location of the transport units of the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Russian Army. The Satsuma army passed through Luchuan and attacked Sanrenmu on the 11th, and the Russian army here did not know what was happening in Xinyue Peak, and they were talking and laughing and eating and drinking on the side of the road. The Satsuma army opened the road and plundered a lot of supplies in the three-person convoy, including 5,000 Russian gold rubles and 1,500 bales of rice. In order to confuse the pursuers, Lin Yiqing also specially arranged for the captives to send 20 buds of rice to the nearby Japanese government army, and Shiro Ikegami, who fought with Lin Yiqing, said to the local villagers: "Our army is going to Liujing and prepare food quickly." ”

On the 12th, Lin Yiqing and others arrived in Iwakuni, and on the 13th, they encountered a group of Japanese government troops, repelled them, and camped in Iwakuni at night. Under attack was a part of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Government Army, which temporarily retreated to Heitianling and requested reinforcements from another nearby Japanese government army, planning to attack the Satsuma Army together the next day. As a result, by the time they entered the next day, the Satsuma army had already left the camp. On the 14th, the Satsuma army encountered another Russian baggage team on the way. As soon as the Russian army forcibly requisitioned the people, they scattered in a hurry as soon as they saw the Satsuma army. A unit of the 4th Brigade Matsuura Shaoza came to intercept it, and Lin Yiqing led his army to rush in directly, but was met with stubborn resistance from government troops, and the battle lasted until 4 p.m., when heavy rain suddenly fell and the battle was suspended. During the night, the Satsuma Army bypassed the lines of the government forces and continued southward. On the 15th, the Satsuma army came to Hitowell. There was also a squadron of Japanese government troops here. However, as soon as I heard that the Satsuma army was coming. They immediately dispersed, and the Satsuma army pursued and killed more than 100 people. After resting here for a while, the Satsuma army advanced by night at 1 a.m., and on the morning of the 16th, they came to Tomooka Village, where hundreds of Japanese government army sentries were scattered when they saw the Satsuma army, and rested in Plum Village that night. 17th. The Satsuma army came to the Tsuyu River. After that, they arrived at Kobayashi on the 18th, Yoshiwara on the 19th, and at 5 a.m. on the 20th, the Satsuma Army engaged the Japanese government forces at Earlyami, and the battle lasted until 2 a.m. on the 21st, when the Satsuma Army finally broke through the government defense line. In this battle, the government army suffered 762 casualties and the Satsuma army suffered more than 420 casualties. On the 21st, the Satsuma Army entered Ueda Village near the Kato River. Attacked the local Russian army, killing 140 people. 27 people were captured and all were beheaded. After that, it continued to advance, engaging the garrison of the 4th Brigade of the Russian Army at Toyama, killing more than 500 Russian troops. At 11 o'clock on the 23rd, the Satsuma Army finally broke through the layers of resistance and reached Ube, the southernmost point of Honshu.

Due to the appearance of the Russian warships, Uemura Hikonojo judged that Lin Yiqing would cross the sea in the area around Shimonoseki in order to ask the commander of the Satsuma Navy, Togo Heihachiro, to send warships and a fleet to meet him, and Iwasaki Yuka Yuka also repeatedly implored Togo Heihachiro to go to meet Lin Yiqing, but Togo Heihachiro was worried about encountering the main force of the Russian fleet and was afraid of the attack of the few remaining lightning ships of the government army, so he hesitated. In a hurry, Uemura Hikoyuki led the "Hiei" ironclad ship to sea, and together with Iwasaki Yuka's Mitsubishi fleet, patrolled the area around Shimonoseki, and sent a marine team ashore to investigate, and learned that Lin Yiqing's department had arrived in Ube, so he quickly came to meet him, and more than 700 people from Lin Yiqing's department were able to leave by boat and successfully withdrew to Kyushu.

When the news of Lin Yiqing's successful escape to Kyushu came, the top brass of the Russian army and the Japanese government army were all angry, and those who had been paying attention to Lin Yiqing on the Qianguo side were all relieved.

Qianguo, Tianjin, Zhili Governor's Office.

It was late at night, but Li Shaoquan did not rest, but was looking at a paper copy.

On the desktop, Li Shaoquan's hand also has large black and white photos. In the photo, it is a scene of the battle between the Satsuma Army and the Russian army on the Japanese battlefield.

The tragedy of this war, the advanced weapons used, the novelty of the tactics, and the scale of the battle have exceeded his imagination!

He didn't dare to imagine what such a war would be like if it happened in Middle-earth!

After seeing these photos and re-looking at the legacy of Wen Bochuan back then, Li Shaoquan felt more and more shocked!

“…… Foreigners suffer from Middle-earth, the longer they go, the deeper they go, and the more familiar and dense they are between Middle-earth. In the past, there were many wars and peaces, but there was no final situation, because it was not appropriate for the ministers in the matter to manipulate it. and Geng Shen made a covenant and set up a yamen to be in charge of his affairs, so that now, there has been no rupture. As far as the matter is concerned, the camera should be handled wholeheartedly, and the intentions of foreigners and the great capital of seeking control are not tied to this, but only in the hearts of the people! ”

"Dating back to the Jiaqing period, the foreigners gradually became stronger, first on the island, then at the port, and then to the mainland, accumulating strength to refine the machine, waiting for the middle and the earth, to fulfill their desires. During the Shaoguang period, he plundered Jiang and Zhejiang, and since the Jiangning contract was renewed, he coveted and watched. Until the bandits in Guangdong caused trouble, thinking that there was such a thing of chaos in Middle Earth, and people's hearts were different, so they got in the meantime. So his plot was leaked and broke into Jinmen, although it suffered a small setback, and its intention became stronger, so that there was a police of Gengshen. However, the situation is solid, the people's hearts are not two, although the army of King Qin is not a strong force, but the police are coming; Although the spies were coerced, and the public was angry, they thought that they would be restrained and make this peace. For more than ten years, relying on the queen mother and the emperor, she has worked hard and worked hard, and there is no gap to be found; In the matter of the ministers have to be maintained, not to provoke, occasionally to ask, can still go back and forth to fight, not too much, non-foreign affairs, and the power of the people in the matter, are my queen mother, the emperor of the dynasty to do the night and night, the period of the matter is in line with the people's hidden, the people's hearts are consolidated, there is a heart to fold the foreigners, and the trouble of Du Weiwei is also. ”

"However, the emphasis on firearms skills in various countries has become more and more advanced, and the bond between them has become more and more solid. The envoy has been stationed in Beijing for a long time, and he is worried when he hears that I am in power, and he is happy if he is not right, and his detection is more refined. The Russians were forced into the western frontier, and the legal person planned to occupy Vietnam, followed by Yunnan and Guangdong, and the British were plotting to enter Tibet and Shu from India. The ears of those who serve Middle-earth, the feared Middle-earth is not shaken, and the hearts of people are difficult to disobey the ears. The speaker said that the countries are close to dogs and sheep, and they do not know politics, but if there is an occasional action in their country, it must be submitted to the House of Lords by the lord of the country, and the so-called conspiracy and secretary are also; Pay it to the House of Commons, and the so-called conspiration and the people are also. If it is feasible, it will be done, otherwise it will be stopped, and everything will be in line with the people's feelings and then resolutely done. This is how the self-governing country is, and the same is true for the observation of the success or failure of other countries. If all the politics of a country are contrary to the feelings of the people, then the countries will do whatever they want and fear that they will be left behind. ”

Seeing this, Li Shaoquan couldn't help but sigh. (To be continued......)

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