I said that I finally retreated and reorganized ......!

Liu Mingchuan didn't dare to be careless, he paced in the meditation hall of Wulong Temple, his mind was calm, thinking about the possible future moves he might take, and there was a huge clay sculpture sand table in the center of the meditation hall, corresponding to the terrain and military deployment of the entire Dandong.

When he was a teenager, he studied private school, sold illegal salt, and worked as a bandit, and then built fortresses and fortresses, and became the leader of the local hegemony.

Because of his bad relationship with Zuo Zongtang, the pro-soldier Mingjun was mutinied by Zuo Zongtang, and as a result, he was also punished, and he has been idle for more than ten years.

Unlike others, he did not feel depressed, but felt a relief.

Many times, he felt that he was really not suitable to be an official.

It was during this journey that he came into contact with many special people, and from 1881 onwards, he lived in Shanghai for a long time, interacting with those of Gezhi Academy and Jiangnan Western Academy.

This is one of the reasons why he was the first to propose a major railway overhaul.

He has so many things that make him different from others.

Today, he is a fifty-four-year-old half-hundred-year-old man, once upon a time, he put on the official uniform of a first-class official of the imperial court, restored a glance of Hualing, and was listed as a plenipotentiary minister from Yipin with Hu Chuyuan.

Thinking of the past, everything in front of me, what may happen in the future, and the article "On the Battle of Zhongzhong" that Hu Chuyuan sent him in advance.

He thought silently, yes, this country of Japanese robbers cannot be stayed, and if it is not eliminated today, it will become a big disaster in the future.

At this time, his nephew Liu Shengxiu walked in, hugged his fists and said, "Uncle Cousin, the front line is heavily damaged, and we have to transfer personnel from our Ming Army to replenish it, what do you think?" ”

Liu Mingchuan didn't rush to answer, thought for a while, and said: "The battle should be fought slowly, some regiments should be transferred to train new soldiers, and some veterans of the Ming Army should be supplemented to complement each other." ”

"Yes!"

Liu Shengxiu hugged his fists and retreated.

There are still more than 20,000 people in the Ming army to this day, and more than 10,000 elites are dispatched, divided into three battalions, supplemented in the northeast regimental training, and are actually stationed in Wulongkou.

If you want to make a detour to attack Toad Pond and then march to Fengcheng County, Wulongkou is a key point that a soldier must defend.

When he arrived in Dandong, Liu Mingchuan didn't need any consideration and analysis at all, and subconsciously placed his descendants here to defend the most sinister points.

He knew in his heart that unless Nie Shicheng, who was the least afraid of death, died, and then even he died, he said that he would not want to pass through the iron gate of Dandong.

After thinking about a few of his own countermeasures in his heart, Liu Mingchuan held a small meeting and asked the generals to be careful, to be sure to contact each other by phone, and to report back to him at the slightest disturbance.

Except for the old qualified Song Qing and the Manchurian Yike Tang'a, the rest of the generals are all old departments trained by Liu Mingchuan, and now although they have all worked hard for many years, everyone still has to give this face.

On the other hand, Daiyama Rock is also beginning to think of new countermeasures.

He realized that Liu Mingchuan was completely different from the opponents he had encountered before, with nearly a year of preparation and rectification, coupled with the secret help and support of "Hu Qiuyue", Liu Mingchuan's department at this time was like an unprecedented iron plate and hard bones, which was very difficult to gnaw.

He had to admit that he underestimated the enemy.

For this reason, he decided to temporarily postpone the general attack, let the first division led by Yamagi Genji from Gucheng, and push out the temporarily organized Korean rebels.

Although it was difficult to replenish, he still decided to carry out the largest artillery bombardment of Liu Mingchuan to knock down the enemy's morale, the problem was that he could no longer fight against Jiulian City, and the troops here were also a hard bone.

He targeted Song Qingbu in Tangchi Town, where the troops were the least, the heavy equipment was the least, and most importantly, the opponent had already been feared.

He didn't believe that a seventy-year-old man could withstand a big toss?

After more than ten days of silence, with the arrival of the first division of the mountain genji, Dashanyan gathered nearly 60,000 troops on the opposite bank of Dandong, preparing to completely complete a bloody and massacre attack.

On November 7, 1890, after a heavy snowfall, Dashanyan launched a second attack, targeting Tangchi Town, which was guarded by Song Qingbu.

Liu Mingchuan's firepower was fierce, all of them were heavy artillery and large calibers, and it was extremely difficult to carry them.

Just when Liu Mingchuan dispatched troops to move the artillery battalion to Toadtang Town, Song Qing had already died from the shelling, and the remnants fled in panic, and the army took advantage of the situation to rush in from Tangchi Town, which was wider than the ferry.

The army occupied the town of Tangchi almost without firing a single shot.

Song Qing died too quickly, too late to call Liu Mingchuan, his Huai army generals only know how to escape, do not care about the life or death of others, Liu Mingchuan's artillery battalion has just entered the toad pond, said that the more elite equipment of the first division began to storm Yuanbao Mountain, what is even more sad is that the two battalions led by Yi Ketanga completely composed of Manchus fled, and even Yuanbao Mountain was abandoned, and the fort of Yuanbao Mountain was given to the Yue army in vain.

A large number of materials were thrown wildly, and the Manchu people and the Huai army just fled for their lives, even the guns were too heavy, and fled all the way to the deep mountains and old forests.

Zuo Guigui hurriedly organized a defensive line and tried to block the attack of the Yue army at the Yuanbao Pass, and the artillery units of the rear battalion were also chaotic and could not provide fire support for a while, but the artillery units of the Yue army continued to bombard indiscriminately across the river mouth.

The third battalion of the Zuo Guigui Fengjun was seriously damaged, and Liu Shengxiu was ordered to take two Ming regiments to make up for it, so that he stabilized his position, and the artillery battalion also began to fire at Yuanbao Mountain.

At this time, Lieutenant General Nozaki Sadasumi led the 6th Kumamoto Division to forcibly cross the river and attack the right flank of the left precious Feng army in Zhen'an Town.

The situation always changes beyond what people expected in advance.

After arriving in Dandong, because the first defense battle went very smoothly, Lu Guangquan and his third battalion in Huguang were refrigerated by Liu Mingchuan in Wulongshan Town, a place that was absolutely impossible to attack in Liu Mingchuan's opinion.

Really big rear.

At this time, Liu Mingchuan couldn't help but regret it, if he had placed the third battalion of Huguang sent by Hu Chuyuan to help in Toad Tang Town, it would have been much easier to transfer.

Now he can't help himself anymore, he knows that Lu Guangquan's Huguang Third Battalion is very good in terms of equipment, and there are some weapons that he has never seen.

He hurriedly made a phone call and asked Lu Guangquan to quickly lead his troops east.

In the Yuanbao Pass, there has long been a sea of blood, the sky is full of black smoke, which lasts for a long time, and the ground is full of deep pits blown out by shells, and corpses are all over the field, there are the first division of the company, and the sixth division of the army.

Lu Guangquan took two infantry columns first, and rushed to Wulongkou at the fastest speed, he came on horseback, jumped down in one step when he entered the mountain pass, and hurriedly walked into Fulong Temple.

At this time, Liu Mingchuan was mobilizing his troops, trying to recapture Yuanbao Mountain, and if he captured Yuanbao Mountain under his subordinates, Toad Tang Town would lose the east gate, and it would be easy to be broken by Yu himself.

Liu Mingchuan never thought that he would have captured Yuanbao Mountain so easily, and even a person like him who had been in a hundred battles felt incredible.

He knew that it was not that he was powerful, but that the Qing army was too incompetent, incompetent to the extreme of a hatred that was not enough to calm the world without destroying the country.

At this moment, Lu Guangquan walked in quickly, wearing a strange military coat, a pair of high-cut leather riding boots on his feet, and a horsewhip in his hand.

When he entered the door, he saw Liu Mingchuan who was looking helpless, so he hugged his fists and said: "Lord Liu, the last general, Lu Guangquan, the general of the Huguang Battalion, came to receive the order!" ”

"Mr. Lu, you came just in time ......!"

Liu Mingchuan seemed to have found a way, and hurriedly ordered: "General Lu Bing, whether you can save the defeat this time, you can only rely on you, now if you want to hold Dandong, you must recapture Yuanbao Mountain, this official has no other troops to adjust for the time being, although there are still regimental exercises to make up for all parts of Anshan, but it is also far water can not save the near fire, you can only rely on this strange soldier." ”

Lu Guangquan suddenly said: "Since the Lord has issued an order, the last general will naturally have to carry his head to do it, but before I came here, Lord Hu had some other orders, and the equipment of the troops was a little abnormal. Can you let the end know a little bit about the situation, so that you can determine the specific way to use it? ”

The Huguang battalion is a guest army, not a unit that can be managed by Liu Mingchuan, and Liu Mingchuan does not dare to force it, so he can only talk about the current situation.

In order to recapture Yuanbao Mountain, Liu Mingchuan has transferred all the artillery battalions to Toad Tang Town, bombarded Yuanbao Mountain indiscriminately, and also sent the Ming army of his descendants to attack, saying that it was difficult for him to defend it.

At Yuanbao Pass, there was a division of troops that was trying to break through the left precious defense.

There was another division on the left and right flank, and nearly 30,000 troops surrounded the Feng army on the left and attacked it, and the Feng army had to withstand the artillery of Yuben, and the artillery battalion had to withstand the attack of the Yuanbaoshan battery.

Because the situation was too tense, Nie Shicheng also dispatched the second battalion of the Yi Army to supplement it to assist in the defense of the left and the precious right flank.

After hearing these news, Lu Guangquan silently thought about it for a while.

Judging from the artillery strength gathered by the Yue army, at least three regular divisions of the Yue army have arrived, so where is the other division hiding, and whether it will continue to guard the area near Jiulian City.

This is secondly, and now the most critical issue is still the Yuanbaoshan Fort.

As soon as the Manchurians retreated, they escaped safely, but the soldiers behind them suffered.

Holding Yuanbao Mountain, it is said that the entrance and exit are already guarded, and they can attack the Feng army stationed in Zhen'an Town at any time.

Lu Guangquan thought for a while, and said: "Lord Liu, my troops are not suitable for attacking mountains, only suitable for defending points, I have three large battalions in my hands, each battalion has a large artillery column, and the artillery column is transferred relatively late, I'm afraid it will take a while." In this way, I will send a battalion to defend Jiulian City, as long as General Nie leaves two battalions to assist in the defense with the Huguang battalion, he will definitely be able to hold Jiulian City. In addition, I personally took two battalions to assist in the defense of the front and right flanks of the Feng army. You only need to draw all the forces you can to attack Yuanbao Mountain. ”

"...... this?"

Liu Mingchuan asked, "Chief Lu Bing, are you sure?" ”

Lu Guangquan hugged his fists and said: "If the three places that Huguang Camp is responsible for are lost, the end will be willing to bear all the consequences. In the last tense, Lord Hu left me a letter for me to pass on to you in case of emergency, and ask me to take a look! ”

Saying this, he handed over Hu Chuyuan's letter to Liu Mingchuan.

This letter was written very simply, telling Liu Mingchuan that this unit was suitable for guarding the pass, and if used in the right place, it was enough to be worth three or four large battalions. Hu Chuyuan also let Liu Mingchuan feel at ease and use it boldly, but if there is any responsibility, he is willing to bear it with Liu Mingchuan.

With these words, Liu Mingchuan was much more relieved, he was afraid that Hu Chuyuan would steal the credit, but now he was eager to give him the position to be responsible, and he only took a start.

After reading the letter, Liu Mingchuan readily agreed, and said to Lu Guangquan: "Okay, just do what Lu Zongbing said, this official will personally organize troops to attack Yuanbao Mountain, and the other three passes will rely on you to assist in defense!" ”

Lu Guangquan hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured, the last general will get up!" ”

Liu Mingchuan also hugged his fists and said: "Then there is General Lao Lu!" ”

received a suitable order from Liu Mingchuan, Lu Guangquan asked Li Kaiye to lead a battalion to Jiulian City alone, and he quickly took the remaining two battalions to Zhen'an Town.

If Liu Mingchuan wanted to send someone else's army to attack Yuanbao Mountain, everyone would not agree, and even if he agreed, it would only be a violation of the yang and the yin.

At this time, the most difficult thing in the battle line was the precious Feng army of Zuo, three battalions, more than 10,000 people relied on the fortifications established in front of the difficult defense, and could not stop the charge of nearly 30,000 Japanese troops at all, and had to withstand the artillery fire of the Japanese army.

Lu Guangquan came at the right time, it was already dark, and he said that he was temporarily rectifying, and he didn't know when he would launch a new round of attack.

The low city wall is not high, only one and a half meters, two in front and two, unless a cannonball falls into the corridor, the soldiers inside are considered safe.

Liu Mingchuan built this kind of continuous low wall at several passes in Zhen'an Town, and there were bunkers around it.

When encountering a guest army like Lu Guangquan, Zuo Guigui and these people were very unceremonious to use, and they all arranged in the most ruthless place to try their best to preserve their strength...... There is no way to do this, the Qing Dynasty is in such a situation, the soldiers are exhausted, and the officials are done.

Lu Guangquan didn't care, and led more than 1,000 people to be stationed at Nanshan Pass, with another column of people on standby behind, and the artillery column to cover the artillery fire.

Inadvertently, each platoon of the Huguang battalion set up the Makqin machine guns, three in each platoon, with an average of one in each squad, and the density of the arrangement was very high.

(To be continued)