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In the fertile plains of the Liaohe Plain, the land that has just thawed has quietly turned into a soft texture after being moistened by a spring rain. In the intermittent swamp between the White Flag Fort and the Great and Small Black Mountain Forts, the water blisters were hidden by the dry reeds and grass, forming countless dangerous traps.

Since the relaxation of control outside the Guandong, the people who went to the eastern part of the country have cultivated a large amount of fertile land on this land that has been abandoned for more than 100 years, and gradually turned the fertile land originally used for grazing and raising horses into a grain production area, and even fattened the pockets of countless land guards.

Now that spring has just begun, the Northeast is still cold and cold, and when the sun does not come out, the breeze blows and still makes people's cheeks stiff when it blows like a knife. Naturally, it is not suitable for work, but the animals that hide in the forest and meadow for a long winter are active one after another, adding countless life to the vast wilderness.

However, this natural vitality is not peaceful, especially since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War the year before last, the repeated transfer of troops from various parts of Liaodong has greatly damaged the original order. The agricultural reclamation, which had already made considerable progress, suddenly stopped, but the officials stationed there took the opportunity to be greedy and desecrated, and divided up the government property such as the horse farm, which was already not good.

At present, because of the sudden attack of the revolutionary army, the entire Liaodong is in chaos. The common people scattered among the fortresses and fortresses scattered throughout the plains fled one after another, and before they could leave, they were captured by the officers and soldiers, and dragged forward to help prepare for the terrible enemy.

To say that since Liaodong is the old camp of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there is still the tomb of the old chief in Shengjing. A fairly robust garrison is necessarily required. In the first hundred years since the founding of the country, a wicker border blockade was built. The Han people were forbidden to go north to open up wasteland. Let the great land become a land of wild beasts. Later, it finally couldn't bear the pressure of the population and had to open up one after another. At the same time, after the completion of the Beiyang Navy, the Lushun and Dalian military port garrisons, which were built with huge sums of money, happened to hold the outposts at the southeast end of Liaoning, forming a seemingly solid defense.

It's just that this qiē became a joke with the brazen aggression of the Japanese army. The Manchu government finally realized their weakness, but it was in vain to try to make up for it. Dalian Lushun was jointly controlled by the navy and the revolutionary army anyway, and the only remaining Shanhaiguan deployed the old foundation of the 30 battalions. It's not very safe yet.

Shengjing's general Yiketanga took the initiative to recruit 30,000 troops in the local area to protect the ancestral land. As the godson of the Empress Dowager Cixi, of course, he had to be treated preferentially, so the 40 million yuan of arms purchased was distributed to them as a priority, and they were fully armed.

A few days ago, the war broke out, the alarm was frequent, and the Shengjing General's Mansion was mobilized, and the main and deputy capitals were instructed to unify all the soldiers and horses, and disperse them in Haicheng, Liaoyang, Xinmin Hall and Phoenix City, and block them on three sides. Put on a posture of strict defense.

But then he received an urgent report from Zhang Zuolin, who had escaped from the battle, and was shocked to hear that the Yi army was going to disarm and surrender and let the rebels cross the mountain pass. Iktang Arden was in a hurry! On the one hand, he asked the Jilin general's headquarters to send thousands of soldiers and horses to reinforce and assist in the defense of Shengjing, and at the same time urgently sent tens of thousands of soldiers to Jinzhou, under the pretext of reinforcements, in fact, he supervised Song Qing nearby to prevent them from rebelling.

The idea was very good, but they never expected that Yang Hao's attack speed was so fast, and Jinzhou had already been taken when they had just left the Xinmin Hall. The vanguard of the revolutionary army even went straight to Quang Ninh City!

At noon on March 22, Chengshun, the deputy capital of Shengjing, led 5,000 soldiers and horses to cross the swampy meadows in the upper reaches of the Huanyang River, and finally arrived at the boundary less than ten miles away from Daheishan Fort.

It had just rained lightly, and the fertile land was full of mud, and it was a pit when you stepped on it. Thousands of soldiers and horses marched together, turning an otherwise uneven road into a mud puddle. Most of them were black cloth shoes with coarse cloth surfaces and mille-feuille soles, and they had been trekking in the mud for a long time, not to mention, they were already soaked, and from time to time they were sucked by the sticky mud and pulled out.

The original road was full of ruts, but with the rapid flooding of rubber-tyred vehicles in the north and the increase in people and horses coming and going in the northeast, it was completely crushed. One by one the potholes were covered by mud, and it was not uncommon for people and horses to step into them with a cold foot, and it was not uncommon for people and horses to fall off their feet.

One can imagine how difficult it has been along the way. In particular, the soldiers who walked bare-legged were rolling like mud monkeys. The little gruel I drank in the morning was all gone, my stomach was empty, I was cold when the breeze blew, and I didn't feel the muddy water under my feet.

With such a tossing method, don't mention the morale of the army, it was only a thirty-mile march a day, but now it is even slower to crawl with a snail.

Deputy Commander Chengshun rode a low Mongolian horse, and at first he was still in the energetic command of the Chinese army, but later he was too tired to do it. is dressed in a bright foam nail armor, and the top of his head is still a classic lightning rod tassel helmet, but he is covered with sweat and almost prickly heat.

But the drooping legs are not so clean, the hem of the cotton armor has become muddy yellow, and the black official boots are even more camouflage-painted.

is so wolf-bèi, so that he has always liked cleanliness can't help but feel angry in his heart. When he came to this place, he looked forward at the abrupt open field, and then looked back at the sparse and weak baggage carts and horses dragged behind the big one, sighed helplessly, beckoned Goshha to come over and asked, "Where are you?" ”

Ignoring the filth on the ground, Goshha knelt down on one knee and replied respectfully: "My lord, there are still ten miles to the Great Black Mountain Fort." ”

Cheng Shun waved his horsewhip to get him up, and ordered: "Pass the order, the whole army will speed up and rush to the Great Black Mountain Fort to eat." ”

"Huh!"

Goshha tried to urge the horse to run forward and give the order. Chengshun sighed faintly, don't think about rushing to Guangning today. It seems that they can only rest for half a day and one night in front, otherwise they will forcibly urge the troops to march, and they are afraid that they will cause chaos.

Among the current military attaches of the Qing army, Chengshun is a capable and brave general, especially in the tide of military change today. He was one of the very few people who was soberly aware of the shortcomings of the Qing army. And actively urge the Qing government to be a pioneer in the improvement. However, his position is far from having the right to speak. Writing an excerpt is just being piled up in the corners and eating ashes.

Even so, he was sent to the Shengjing General's Mansion as one of the four deputy commanders, and he also managed his soldiers as well as possible. For now, at least, the team he is in charge of is second to none in terms of personnel training and equipment. Compared to the rabble under the other capitals, it is obviously stronger.

But he was not satisfied, even disappointed. More than a year after the end of the war in Liaodong, the training of the recruited soldiers is still a mess. Pulling it out may be able to fool the layman twice, but they who have seen the demeanor of the revolutionary army know very well how big the gap is.

Therefore, Chengshun has no bottom in his heart.

Looking at the table on the march now, he is even more of a lawsuit, can he still fight with such a low morale?

Disappointment to disappointment, he couldn't bring it out on his face, and he had to try his best to encourage the big guys to work together to run forward, so that he didn't even see the face of the enemy, so he strained first. What a shame!

I can't run a horse in the mud. He simply found a relatively strong and clean breakthrough and urged him to go up immediately, condescendingly facing the entire team. Wielding a whip and shouting loudly: "Cheer up Lao Tzu!" There are a few more miles to rest, this time it is to guard our ancestral land of the Qing Dynasty, as long as you are willing to do your best to serve, the court will definitely reward you! If you want to be promoted to make a fortune and seal your wife's son, you have to seize the opportunity and regret it for the rest of your life! ”

He shouted loudly, but he did not hear the enthusiastic answer he should have, and the passion full of bold words was blown by the wind, and it completely dissipated without a trace. The weary soldiers, carrying their heavy guns, moved their legs sluggishly and staggered as if they were about to fall down at any moment. The deadly and lively virtue made the deputy capital lord extremely embarrassed.

There are also some banner people with relatively decent backgrounds, and they can't help but complain with a full stomach, muttering and complaining: "The reward of bullshit, isn't that set of bullshit to fool people?" It's not that you don't know that the one you have to deal with in front of you is the fierce Yang Jiajun! One by one, they are like heavenly soldiers and generals, how can they beat such an idea! Don't take the credit for the bigger eyelashes yet, and the bones that were blown up by other people's cannons are scattered, is this special mother's worth worth it! ”

Their voices didn't mean to be restrained at all, and they immediately made Cheng Shunqi's face blacken, and he couldn't wait to pull out his knife and chop that bastard.

But he could only think about it, he couldn't do it at all. Originally, there are very few banner people who are willing to join the army, and if they have to be severely punished and punished by the law, they will have to disperse in a hurry. Besides, they are all born to eat hardcore crops, and if you count them, who can't pull out an ancestor with status? This is a bad debt, I can't figure it out!

So Chengshun's mood was even more corrupt. He simply didn't look at these bastards who made people angry, and looked up into the distance, and saw that at the end of the clear sky, there was a faint black dot slowly moving this way.

"What's that? Big Bird? Hai Dongqing? Round-headed and round-headed, not like ah! ”

After a few careful glances, I found that the thing had a strange shape, strange movements, and a faint flash. Cheng Shun suddenly thought of some rumored thing, sighed in his heart, and hurriedly took out the monocular to take a closer look, and saw that what was enlarged in the lens was a large gourd-like thing upside down, dragging a basket below, and there was a fire rushing up one by one!

Balloon!

Cheng Shun was shocked, this thing is the first big killing weapon used by the revolutionary army on the battlefield! At the beginning, Nie Shicheng's soldiers and horses ate this thing and gave it a knife to the heart, and after the foreigners got the news, they were amazed by the research, and they explained it to the Qing court in the exchange.

Not to mention other functions, just high-altitude reconnaissance is enough to make the opponent have no possibility of hiding. This thing appears in the front, so will the ranks of the revolutionary army be far away?

Cheng Shun was very anxious in his heart, and immediately ordered the whole army to be vigilant and prepare carefully to face the battle!

The vanguard troops running in the forefront immediately sprinted desperately, and must be stationed in the Great Black Mountain Fort as soon as possible, build fortifications and seize the position; The main force of the Chinese army was changed from a marching column to a three-column dispersion to prevent artillery attacks from unknown whether there was a zài; The rear army gave way of the road and dragged up the accompanying artillery with all their might, ready in case of an exchange of fire with the enemy.

After this series of orders, the Qing army panicked! Although they had mobilized many times before their departure, they were not psychologically prepared to go into battle. The exhausted body was a little unsupportable. Where did the anxious soldiers dare to advance? Hurriedly scattered to the side. You have to find suitable cover and hide yourself first.

Chengshun couldn't take care of the front and couldn't take care of the back, seeing that the team was about to turn into a nest of headless flies, he scolded loudly in anger, urging the horse to come forward and whip it with a crackling whip.

Not to mention, this kind of ferocious and spicy method is a bit useful, and after the joint efforts of the pro-army Goshha, order is finally maintained. But such a toss has delayed a lot of effort in vain.

At the same time. Less than twenty miles away, seven or eight miles from Daheishan Fort, a revolutionary forward force had just crossed the Yanggut River. This unit was the backbone of the First Army started by Yang Hao, and Ryazan was one of the eleven bandits at the beginning as the deputy regiment commander and battalion commander, leading a battalion of soldiers who were fully armed to advance quickly along the road.

The hot air balloon in the sky and the soldiers of the reconnaissance company reported the exact enemy situation at the same time, and Ryazan immediately made a decision and ordered the troops to rush forward against time. Instructor Gao Xiaoshan has always been cautious, and hurriedly reminded him: "Intelligence knows that the number of enemy troops is nearly 5,000, far exceeding us by several times. Isn't it too risky to go up on such a hard top? ”

Ryazan did not change his original wild boy's temper, glared and said disdainfully: "It's just that garbage thing." What about five thousand? It's not as troublesome as five thousand pigs! You wait and see, he will definitely not be able to withstand our three moves and two styles. ”

Unable to help but say, he ordered the troops to leave the fire company, and the infantry rushed to the Great Black Mountain Fort with all their might.

The same muddy ground, the weight of the revolutionary army was more than twice that of the Qing army, but the speed of march and decisiveness were far apart. Within a distance of less than eight miles, it took them all to arrive in less than fifteen minutes, and they divided one company to continue to occupy the village on the side of the road, and launched a defensive interception on the spot, while the remaining two companies stepped up to build fortifications and expand their positions in the half-collapsed fortress.

The fortresses from Shanhaiguan to the Liaohe Plain were built by the Ming army three hundred years ago, and after the devastation of the war, only some low rammed earth stacks more than one meter high remained. The houses inside are full, and the village of 100 households is full, and the surrounding ditches and roads are full of ditches, canals, and roads.

Ryazan and others fought against the Japanese army from the very beginning, from the Goryeo Peninsula to the Liaodong Peninsula, and later pursued Yuan Shikai's Dingwu Army, with rich experience and veteran cooperation. There was no need to give any orders, and the teams quickly dispersed, searching the fort to remove hidden dangers, cutting down surrounding trees to clear the firing boundary, digging fortifications and establishing machine gun positions, and a series of actions unfolded like a cloud of water.

In less than five minutes, the company responsible for blocking the attack collided head-on with the Qing army's forward troops!

The company commander who led the team was an experienced veteran, and immediately used four light machine guns to block the road, and set up them on the roof mounds to shoot at the Qing troops 500 meters away.

This vanguard of the Qing army had a battalion of men, three times more than the revolutionary army opposite. If Su zhì can be a little higher, immediately disperse and outflank it, and it is not too difficult to break through the blockade.

But the problem is that they have no fighting spirit at all, and they were very afraid of the prestige of the revolutionary army before. If they had entered the strong fortifications and defended them to the death, they might have been able to fight for two or three rounds, but now they suddenly met in the wilderness, and they were scared of their bitter courage when they landed!

The explosion of the machine gun was loud enough for the Qing troops in the distance to hear it clearly. When the deputy capital of Chengshun heard this, he shouted in his heart that it was not good, and then he received the report and was even more anxious.

Machine gun! A big killer that can catch up with dozens of rifles or even more! Among the latest munitions and equipment, the water-cooled Makqin purchased from Yang Hao's arsenal at a large price was spent on a large amount of money, and the first battalion of infantry was equipped with two extravagant gadgets that could shoot six or seven hundred rounds of ammunition in one minute. In front, several appeared at once!

"We can't let them continue to play, otherwise the troops will fall apart if they don't have to fight!"

Chengshun is decisive, but his head is very clear at this emergency moment, and he decisively ordered the front army to speed up, and then sent two battalions of men and horses to rush forward.

Among the men and horses he brought, the number of cavalry was not small. There is always a sentry in a battalion, not to mention more than fifty horses, and there is also a separate cavalry of horses, as the decisive force of the charge, which must play a role at the critical moment.

But when he gave the order, the people below were frightened and cried out in horror: "My lord! That's a splash of water in front of you! Our horse body is not made of iron, and it is not for nothing to be a target for others to rush up! ”

Cheng Shun scolded with a dark face: "If you are dragging on here, then the rebels have set up all the cannons and bombarded them, and they have really become a live target!" Now they are only a few pioneers, and a few machine guns can't block much of the ground! In such a fertile place, if you copy more bread, you will definitely be able to cut them down from your horse. If you want to be verbose again, don't blame the general's marching method! ”

He was really anxious, and the saber was half drawn, and the cold blade reflected the cold light, stabbing the soldiers with goosebumps.

The two teams rushed forward. But they were not stupid, and they separated and outflanked the lonely village. After the initial fright, the Qing army in front of them fired indiscriminately from a distance with the help of bunkers such as ditches, fields, ridges, trees, etc., although they could not aim at people, but they could make a noise to strengthen their courage - yes, for most Qing troops, the sound of guns and cannons on their own side was mainly used to strengthen their courage.

The revolutionary army of that company received the reconnaissance warning of the hot air balloon in the air, and immediately dispersed two platoons to cover the left and right, and asked the fire platoon to quickly set up mortars.

The sudden explosion of shells and machine-gun fire swept down more than a dozen cavalrymen without cover! The loud explosion and the dirt kicked up by the high-explosive bomb made the scalp of the Qing army in the distance numb, and the miserable screams of the soldiers who were shot stimulated the backbone of the people behind to chill, and they hurriedly turned the horse's head to avoid this fatal thing.

The frontal Qing troops who tried to take advantage of the opportunity to cooperate shouted and released their guns indiscriminately, and the round-headed bullets flew with a bang, and no one knew what they were aiming at. There was a mountain of movement and shouting, but few rushed forward, and as soon as the machine gun roared, it immediately fell to the ground and did not dare to move. Dozens of fast horses were left alone outside, and the flesh and blood were blown away by a rain of bullets and a direct recoilless cannon, and their souls flew with fear!

Deputy Commander Chengshun was so startled by the continuous explosions that he almost fell off his horse, and chanted: "How can they have cannons!" How can there be so many cannons! (The novel "Liding 1894" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)