Xu Bangdao, the commander-in-chief of Lushun, led more than 13,000 former Lushun garrisons to the defense line of the Yalu River, making the total strength of the Qing army on both sides of the Yalu River reach more than 45,000 people.

The three people who were in charge of the defense line on both sides of the Yalu River, Heilongjiang General Yi Ketang'a, Zhang Xiluan, the Minister of Northeast Military Training, and Song Qing, the Beiyang Military Affairs Assistant, breathed a sigh of relief, at least in terms of numbers, they were not less than the 40,000 people of the two divisions of the Japanese army in Korea!

In the end, the three agreed that 10,000 elite Huai troops led by Zhang Xiluan, the minister of military training in the northeast, would be stationed in Sinuiju, North Korea, on the north bank of the Yalu River, and 35,000 people led by Iktanga and Song Qing would be stationed on the south bank, and they would be divided into three routes.

On the south bank, 3,000 people led by the general soldier Ma Jinxu guarded Huer Mountain as the forward, the general soldier Nie Shicheng led 3,000 people to guard the chestnut garden as the response, and the 4,000 elite Huai army of Song Qing's department and the elite 4,000 Huai army of the general soldier Liu Shengxiu were stationed in Jiulian City, which was the middle road.

Yiketanga led 10,000 people to guard the passes of Kuandian, Anping Hekou and Changdian for the east road.

11,000 people, including Nie Guilin and Xu Bangdao, guarded Andong County, Dadonggou and Dagushan, which were the west road.

And 6 small gunboats were transferred from the Lushun base to guard the Yalu River.

But Iktanga, Jang Seok-luan, and Song Kyung did not know that at this time, in Busan, in the south of Korea, the Japanese were transporting troops and supplies to Busan day and night.

Originally, Japan was afraid that the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division would block the sea route between Japan and Korea, so it hired a large number of British transport ships to transport troops, but when it was discovered that the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division did not come to the strait between Japan and Korea at all, the Japanese immediately joined the ranks of their own transport ships to transport troops.

The 2nd and 6th Divisions of the Japanese Standing Army and the newly established 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Divisions, a total of 6 divisions and 140,000 Japanese troops, landed in Korea without the Qing Dynasty knowing, bringing the Japanese army in Korea to 160,000 in 8 divisions.

On October 20, the Japanese army suddenly attacked Sinuiju on the north bank of the Yalu River with 80,000 men from the 2nd Standing Division, the 3rd Standing Division, the newly built 7th Division, and the newly established 88th Division.

Zhang Xiluan, the Minister of Northeast Military Training, led 10,000 elite Huai troops to rely on the dangerous pass of Sinuiju Jiancheng, and fought for two days and nights with the superior strength of the Japanese army's 4 divisions, and finally was outnumbered and was attacked by the Japanese army in Sinuiju.

During the period, Song Qing, who was stationed on the south bank, saw the Japanese army attacking Sinuiju, and immediately sent the elite 4,000 Huai troops of Liu Shengxiu's department stationed in Jiulian City to cross the river to support Sinuiju through the guò pontoon bridge, but Liu Shengxiu's department was blocked by Japanese artillery fire, the pontoon bridge was blown up, and many fishing boats were destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, and finally failed to cross the river to support. The 10,000 elite Huai Army in Sinuiju lost their support, and Sinuiju was occupied by the Japanese army, with 10,000 elite Huai Army, more than 5,000 killed and 2,000 captured. However, due to the stubborn resistance of the defenders of Sinuiju, the Japanese army also lost nearly 4,000 men.

When Zhang Xiluan, the minister of military training in Northeast China, led the remaining 3,000 people of the Qing army guarding Sinuiju to retreat to the south bank of the Yalu River, because the pontoon bridge was bombed, he had to break through to the upper reaches of the Yalu River and fled back to the south bank of the Yalu River by fishing boat.

At this time, the Qing army knew that Japan had increased its troops in Korea, and the Japanese army already had more than 100,000 troops in Korea. There were less than 40,000 Qing troops left on the Yalu River defense line, and in the face of more than 100,000 Japanese troops on the other side of the river, there was a huge disparity in strength, and the Yalu River defense line was in danger.

At this time, the imperial court and Li Hongzhang were immediately frightened, regretting that they did not let the Beiyang Navy Division cut off the sea passage between Korea and Japan, and let Japan transport 100,000 troops to Korea.

The imperial court and Li Hongzhang immediately transferred troops from all over the country to prepare to support the Yalu River, but unfortunately the Japanese did not give them time, and on the third day of the loss of Sinuiju in Korea, the Japanese army began to attack the defense line of the Yalu River without the cover of the navy.

The Japanese forcibly crossed the river from three ferry ports guarded by the Qing army using fishing boats and sampans. Under the artillery fire and guns of the Qing army on the south bank of the Yalu River, the Japanese troops who crossed the river suffered heavy losses, and six small gunboats of the Beiyang Naval Division also opened fire, and the entire Yalu River was dyed red with blood.

During the day, only 3,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, but they did not cross the Yalu River.

Late that night, the Japanese army continued to force the Yalu River at night, and although the Qing army, which had been fighting all day, also strengthened the defense at night, it still allowed the Japanese army to board the Anping River estuary on the south bank of the Yalu River, and the Qing army organized elite troops to attack the Japanese troops who landed, but it was unsuccessful, and more and more Japanese troops landed on the south bank.

In the early morning of the next day, the Qing army on the entire bank of the Yalu River was dispersed, and the Japanese army obtained control of three ferries on the south bank of the Yalu River and began to transport troops to the south bank.

The 6 small gunboats of the Beiyang Naval Division, seeing the rout of their own army, did not retreat immediately, and continued to bombard the Japanese transport ships with the 57-mm rapid-fire guns on board, which brought great losses to the Japanese army, until the Japanese army sank 2 small gunboats with artillery, and the remaining 4 gunboats left and withdrew along the coastline to Arthur.

At this time, Yama Prefecture Youpeng, who was appointed as the commander of the Yalu River Battle by the Japanese base camp, looked at the four small gunboats in the distance with a pale face and was speechless for a long time, and a big Zuo beside him asked Yama County Youpeng: "Commander, why don't you let the navy send small warships to support us in crossing the Yalu River, the large warships of the Yalu River cannot enter, and it is impossible for the main warships of the Beiyang Naval Division to enter the Yalu River!" Isn't there a lot of small gunboats in the combined fleet? Could it be that the navy of the empire did not even dare to fight against these small gunboats of the Qing Dynasty? ”

Yama Youpeng shook his head: "Fujino-kun! It's not that the navy of Great Japan does not dare to fight! It's that I didn't call the Navy to support us at all! ”

Fujino Osa asked, "Commander, why didn't you call for naval support, so that we can reduce a lot of losses!" Maybe yesterday we took the South Shore Ferry! ”

Yama Prefecture Youpeng said to Fujino Daisa: "Fujino-kun! You must know that the Great Japanese Army and Navy have been fighting for a long time, and now the Navy was defeated by the Beiyang Naval Division in the recent naval battle. However, our army has successively won the battles of Chenghuan, Pyongyang, and just Sinuiju! Now that our army has broken through the defense line of the Yalu River on its own, those fools in the navy will be even more incompetent by the glorious achievements of our Great Japanese Army! I don't call for naval support, although there are more casualties, but for the overall benefit of our Great Japanese Army, I think it is still worth it! ”

Fujino Osa nodded and said, "Your Excellency Commander is wise! Now those bastards in the Navy can't hold their heads up in front of our Army! ”

After crossing 20,000 people, the Japanese army did not wait for the rest of the Japanese army, and attacked the front line of Huershan and Jiuliancheng.

The general soldier Ma Jinxu led 3,000 people to guard Huer Mountain, and the general soldier Nie Shicheng led 3,000 people to guard the chestnut garden, facing the superior strength of the Japanese army, giving a large number of casualties to the Japanese army. It's a pity that it lasted less than 2 days, and finally because he was outnumbered, the front was lost, the chief soldier Ma Jinxu died in his post, and the chief soldier Nie Shicheng broke through with less than 2,000 remnants.

The 4,000 elite Huai army of Song Qing's department and the elite 4,000 Huai army of Liu Shengxiu's department of the general soldier resisted stubbornly against the Japanese attack in Jiulian City, but with the loss of Huer Mountain, the Japanese army put cannons on Huer Mountain and violently bombarded Jiulian City, which collapsed the walls of Jiulian City, and then the Japanese army rushed into Jiulian City from the gap in the city wall.

The Huai army and the Japanese army launched a tragic street battle in Jiulian City, and finally most of the 4000 elite Huai troops of Song Qing's department and the elite 4000 Huai army of Liu Shengxiu's department were killed, and Song Qing, the assistant of Beiyang military affairs, personally took a big knife and took his own soldiers to rush to the front line and the Japanese army for a white-knuckle battle, unfortunately was hit in the head by a stray bullet, and died on the battlefield.

After the death of Song Qingzhan, the general soldier Liu Shengxiu continued to organize the Huai army to conduct street battles against the Japanese army in Jiulian City, and finally took more than 100 Huai soldiers to be surrounded by the Japanese army in a private house, and the Japanese army sent people to persuade them to surrender after the ammunition ran out of food, Liu Shengxiu sneered in the face of the Japanese army's persuasion, pulled out his sword and committed suicide! More than a dozen of Liu Shengxiu's personal soldiers, seeing Liu Shengxiu commit suicide and martyrdom, also cut their necks with knives. The remaining Huai army, which numbered less than 100 men, was captured by the Japanese army.

With the martyrdom of the two generals of Jiulian City, a small number of Qing troops in Jiulian City broke through and fled, most of them laid down their weapons and were captured by the Japanese army.

After the Qing army's middle defense line was captured, the Japanese army successively captured the Kuandian, Anping estuary, and Changdian passes on the east road, and Andong County, Dadonggou, and Dagushan on the west road.

After Yi Ketang'a led the remnants of the army and the remnants of the general soldier Nie Guilin and the general soldier Xu Bangdao, he fled to Shenyang to the west with a Qing army of less than 10,000 people.

The defense line of the Yalu River in the Qing Dynasty completely collapsed, and the 45,000 Qing troops on both sides of the Yalu River died more than 20,000 people, captured more than 10,000 people, and captured a large number of weapons, ammunition and various materials by the Japanese army.

Because of the resistance of the Qing army, the Japanese army also paid a lot of price, with nearly 10,000 casualties.

So far, the war has burned to the territory of the Qing Dynasty!