Eleven: A banner descends out of stone

The beautiful Shogunate Mountain stretches for more than ten miles from east to west along the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the common people call it the Ten Mile Long Mountain.

Due to the siltation of the river beach and the diversion of the river to the north, the Shogunate Mountain has moved away from the Yangtze River. However, when the Yangtze River is flooded, the river will still overflow to the foot of the shogunate mountain.

On the shogunate mountain, the river pavilion is expected, and the Yangtze River is overlooked from the Wangjiang pavilion, and there is a scene. The ancients called it the shogunate ascension.

In the past three or seven years, people no longer go to Wangjiang Pavilion to experience the ascent of the shogunate, but talk more about the war of the Xinhai Revolution to recover Nanjing in 1911.

The Shanghai headquarters of the League commanded the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army to attack Nanjing in two ways in November, and the North Route Army marched up the river from Zhenjiang by warship.

The soldiers of the coalition army shouldered the historical mission and marched to Nanjing with high morale. The first battle was to attack the Wulong Mountain Fort.

Because the defenders in the fort had people from the Alliance, the coalition forces should join forces and take the Wulong Mountain Fort in one fell swoop.

The next day, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition attacked the Shogunate Mountain Fort, which could block the Yangtze River to the north. To the south, it can cover the whole city of Nanjing and bombard the urban area of Nanjing.

When the coalition forces attacked the Shogunate Hill Fort, the Qing troops in the fort resisted desperately, and the coalition forces captured the fort after a strong attack.

The coalition forces bombarded the Qing army headquarters on the Arctic Pavilion with artillery from the Shogunate Mountain. At the same time, the Qing army battery on Tiger Mountain was shelled. For the recovery of Nanjing, the north gate of Nanjing was opened.

The Qing army resisted desperately against the revolutionaries, and when they saw the foreign devils, they turned into turtles with shrunken heads. On this shogunate mountain, in the face of foreign devils, the Qing army was so frightened that they didn't even dare to fart.

It was the Opium War when the British invaders marched from Zhenjiang to Nanjing with more than 80 warships and more than 4,500 soldiers.

The British army landed in the Yanziji area, entered Nanjing from the Guanyin Gate of the earthen city wall, and drove straight to the Taiping Gate through the Maigao Bridge.

The British army occupied the city of Tianbao in the Purple Mountain, and used both soft and hard means to deter the city of Nanjing. The officials of the Qing government axe in Nanjing City were panicked, and they were all frightened.

The Qing soldiers stationed in Nanjing included 6,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners and 9,000 soldiers of the Green Battalion, with a total of 15,000 soldiers. In the face of an enemy army of 4,000 men, they cowered in the city of Nanking and did not dare to resist.

The defenders on the Fort on Shogunate Hill were frightened by the British gunboats, and they watched the British troops land under their guns, not only did they not dare to open fire, but they also did not dare to come out.

These Qing soldiers watched the British army kill the city of Nanjing, and they secretly rejoiced that they had escaped the catastrophe......

Niu Jian, the governor of Liangjiang, who had just fled back to Nanjing from Shanghai, had already been frightened in Shanghai, and this frightened bird heard that the British army was calling, his legs trembled, and his face changed greatly.

When he heard that the British army had occupied Tianbao City and was preparing to bombard the city of Nanjing, he was frightened and peed his pants. His footprints were left on the ground when he was helped up the lobby.

He slumped in his chair and stared blankly at the countertop. Seeing this scene, the officials were relatively unsure of what to do.

After a long time, he came to his senses with a long sigh.

He trembled and said to the panicked officials: "You don't know how strong the British [***] team is, you don't see how fast the British gunboats are.

"Their fleet marched north from Zhejiang to invade the Yangtze River. The first battle was to attack the Wusong Fort. Jiangnan Admiral Chen Huacheng resisted without his own strength.

The British fleet was bombarded with shells. It really fell like raindrops, and the earth was on fire. The fort was destroyed, and the ground was littered with the corpses of Qing soldiers.

"I saw the scenes of the war under heavy artillery. Chen Huacheng was beaten to death. The Qing army was completely annihilated, and the British army occupied Shanghai.

In late July, the British army attacked Zhenjiang, and the defenders of Zhenjiang were completely annihilated.

"The British army occupied Zhenjiang and massacred. Almost all the people in Zhenjiang were killed. For a time, corpses were strewn all over the field, and rivers of blood flowed. It's so miserable.

"You've heard all of this, so I don't need to say more. All in all it's terrible. You have to come up with a good way to keep me safe in Nanjing. ”

The officials who listened to him were so frightened that they sifted chaff through their legs. Someone proposed: "The British army accepted bribes from Yangzhou and did not attack Yangzhou." It should be learned that the officials in Yangzhou paid bribes to the British army to keep them safe. ”

More officials unanimously agreed to make peace. Negotiation of peace can ensure the safety of one party, and it can be explained to the imperial court. You can also make friends with the British Army.

The negotiation of peace was very much in line with Niu Jian's thoughts, and he hurriedly sent a letter to the British army begging the British army not to attack the city. Willing to negotiate peace.

The head teacher said: "To negotiate peace is to surrender." It is a traitor.

The high-ranking officials in the city of Nanjing supported their troops and surrendered shamelessly without a fight. It's really 'a piece of falling flags out of stone.' ’

The British forced the Qing government to sign the first humiliating Treaty of Nanjing. This is a shame that Nanjing can never erase. But this account should be recorded on the head of the Qing Zheng axe.

"After the Treaty of Nanjing, the imperialist powers swarmed in like a pack of wolves to carve up China, and China became a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country.

"Now it's the Republic of China, our construction has just begun, our country is still very backward, and we young people have the responsibility to bear the rise and fall of the country."

Wang Mingming said, "Teacher, let me say a few words. During the Xinhai Revolution, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army captured the Shogunate Mountain Fort, and the old people here often talked about it.

"They said that the coalition forces were all new troops with big caps, and they fought very bravely. At that time, the battle was very fierce, and the Qing army resisted desperately and stubbornly, but could not stop the attack of the coalition army.

"In 1841, the British army landed here to attack Nanjing, and a hundred years had passed. I've heard from my grandmother about it in the past.

"Grandma said she heard the old man talk about it when she was a child. She said that when the Western devils attacked Nanjing, their warships quietly sailed over and lined up the Yanziji River.

"They didn't shoot artillery, they didn't shoot people on the river who didn't have time to hide.

"They used small boats to sneak ashore at the Yanziji Wharf, and some at the Coal Harbor and Wumadu Ferry in the area of Straw Shoe Gorge outside Yifeng Gate.

"Westerners are very tall, with red beards and blue eyes, beautiful military uniforms, leather shoes, and foreign guns in their hands, and they look very majestic and fearful.

"The soldiers who went ashore ran and put up their posts at the docks and intersections. The soldiers standing guard with their guns cross-armed, they were nervous and did not dare to make a noise.

"They didn't blow the trumpet when they were in the whole team, and the password was shouted very lightly, and it could be seen that they were afraid of alarming the Qing army and fearing that the Qing army would suddenly attack.

The British army organized their ranks and hurried towards the city of Nanjing. The river was silent. The gunboat has dropped anchor.

"It's a very good fighter. As soon as the Qing army fought, the British army did not even have a chance to fight back, and they were sure to win.

"The common people know about the crimes committed by the devils in Zhenjiang. When the British army set out from Zhenjiang, the common people along the river knew. Everyone was determined to defend Nanjing and fight fiercely with foreign devils.

"The common people here have spontaneously connected with each other, and the cannon on the shogunate mountain is used as a signal, and the cannon is immediately killed. The common people are ready to fight to the death with foreign devils at any time.

"The common people wanted the cannons on Shogunate Hill to shoot at the British warships, which were exposed to the river and hit them one by one.

"The cannons on Tiger Mountain and Lion Rock in the west, and the cannons on Oolong Mountain in the east will fight together, and the British army will definitely be finished.

"The British attacked the batteries on the hill from the front, and they could not attack them at all. Because the Shogunate Mountain is a steep cliff for more than ten miles.

These steep cliffs were formed by the erosion and erosion of the Yangtze River hundreds of years ago when it flowed under the Shogunate Mountain. It is a natural barrier.

"The common people used farm tools as weapons, and they only waited for the cannons on the mountain to go out. Kill all the landed devils first.

"They say that the warships of the British devils are afraid of hitting their own people, and they dare not open fire.

"My grandmother also heard that the boatman had prepared a wooden boat and oil to attack with fire. What is hateful is the Qing army [***], they did not dare to fight, and they did not hit a single shot.

"The people were disappointed. Watching a war that could be won turned into surrender. The British army conquered China with a population of 40,000 in a few thousand people. It's shameful and pathetic.

"Although I live here, I've heard this little bit before this, and I don't know who they mean by Western devils. What kind of war is this war.

"Today, when the teacher talked about it, I realized that it was a British devil. It was the Opium Wars in history. It was only then that I understood the mission of my generation of young people. Thank you, teacher. ”

Her classmates laughed and applauded her.