Chapter 1836: Intercepting and killing the Qing army
The fact that the Haihan army was able to rush to the ambush near the destination of the main force of the Qing army so quickly was, on the one hand, because of the timely transmission of military information and the effective organization of the troops' march, and on the other hand, because of the terrain of this area in Korea.
The upper reaches of the Taedong River north of Pyongyang are all in the mountainous areas, and there are no roads in this area, and basically only have the ability to navigate on water, so it is extremely difficult for a large army force to pass through this area by land, so the Qing army also took the initiative to give up the plan to cross the river from the upper reaches at the beginning. But this area, which the Qing army could not pass, was easy for the coalition forces, which had a large number of ships, to come and go. The Qing army's grasp of geographical information was far less thorough than that of the Haihan, and they didn't even realize that a certain section of the upper reaches of the Datong River was only a few dozen miles away from the crossing point they had chosen on the bank of the Daning River, otherwise they would definitely not have hastily evacuated after plundering the town of Xianchuan, at least they had to station a team in this place to guard against the Haihan people who might suddenly appear from the nearby mountains and forests.
After arriving at the town of Yuanchuan, Takahashi Minami did not immediately order an attack on the Qing army, but first built basic fortifications in the outskirts of the town, and erected the four field guns that had been transported here with great difficulty. Although Takahashi Minami was very confident in the first battalion of the independent regiment led by him, he did not dare to rely too much, if the Qing army besieged this town with heavy troops in a desperate situation, the first battalion lacking heavy weapons and fortifications, hundreds of coalition soldiers who were temporarily transferred, and a thousand Korean soldiers, they might not be able to hold this town on all sides.
In Takahashinan's opinion, the current environment is not suitable for attacking the main force of the Qing army, even if it is to fight, it is best to wait for the follow-up troops to come to form a joint force. He now has full command of the front-line troops, and he can make decisions like this about whether to fight or not to fight and how to fight, and he can make decisions by himself without asking Qian Tiandun for instructions on everything.
After grasping such power, the combat efficiency of the independent regiment has undoubtedly been greatly improved, especially in an environment like the current one, where the distance between the headquarters of the coalition forces and the front-line troops is two or three hundred miles, and even if there is such a black technology as a radio station, it is still inevitable that the fighters will be delayed.
Of course, for Takahashi Minami personally, the feeling is that the boss has given him full trust, and this trust means that he cannot afford to lose in the process of commanding the operation, and defeating the battle is secondary, and it will be unforgivable if he fails to live up to Qian Tiandun's trust. Therefore, he would rather be a little more cautious in the command process than give the enemy a chance to turn the tables because of greed.
However, the Qing army was not so stupid as to decide to withdraw the army would not even take into account the basic operational principles, most of these generals who led the troops had fought many battles in the southern and northern expeditions, and they also had a lot of combat experience. So soon, a Qing army ranger discovered the strange situation of Yuanchuan Town, which had just been looted, and it seemed that there were still people moving in this town that had just been looted, and immediately gathered a team of people and horses to try to enter the town to check.
In fact, when the cavalry was still about half a mile away from the village, someone had already seen something wrong on horseback, and the main passage in and out of the town seemed to be blocked by tree trunks and rocks, and this was obviously not the work of the Qing troops who had withdrawn after the previous robbery.
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The fact that the Haihan army was able to rush to the ambush near the destination of the main force of the Qing army so quickly was, on the one hand, because of the timely transmission of military information and the effective organization of the troops' march, and on the other hand, because of the terrain of this area in Korea.
The upper reaches of the Taedong River north of Pyongyang are all in the mountainous areas, and there are no roads in this area, and basically only have the ability to navigate on water, so it is extremely difficult for a large army force to pass through this area by land, so the Qing army also took the initiative to give up the plan to cross the river from the upper reaches at the beginning. But this area, which the Qing army could not pass, was easy for the coalition forces, which had a large number of ships, to come and go. The Qing army's grasp of geographical information was far less thorough than that of the Haihan, and they didn't even realize that a certain section of the upper reaches of the Datong River was only a few dozen miles away from the crossing point they had chosen on the bank of the Daning River, otherwise they would definitely not have hastily evacuated after plundering the town of Xianchuan, at least they had to station a team in this place to guard against the Haihan people who might suddenly appear from the nearby mountains and forests.
After arriving at the town of Yuanchuan, Takahashi Minami did not immediately order an attack on the Qing army, but first built basic fortifications in the outskirts of the town, and erected the four field guns that had been transported here with great difficulty. Although Takahashi Minami was very confident in the first battalion of the independent regiment led by him, he did not dare to rely too much, if the Qing army besieged this town with heavy troops in a desperate situation, the first battalion lacking heavy weapons and fortifications, hundreds of coalition soldiers who were temporarily transferred, and a thousand Korean soldiers, they might not be able to hold this town on all sides.
In Takahashinan's opinion, the current environment is not suitable for attacking the main force of the Qing army, even if it is to fight, it is best to wait for the follow-up troops to come to form a joint force. He now has full command of the front-line troops, and he can make decisions like this about whether to fight or not to fight and how to fight, and he can make decisions by himself without asking Qian Tiandun for instructions on everything.
After grasping such power, the combat efficiency of the independent regiment has undoubtedly been greatly improved, especially in an environment like the current one, where the distance between the headquarters of the coalition forces and the front-line troops is two or three hundred miles, and even if there is such a black technology as a radio station, it is still inevitable that the fighters will be delayed.
Of course, for Takahashi Minami personally, the feeling is that the boss has given him full trust, and this trust means that he cannot afford to lose in the process of commanding the operation, and defeating the battle is secondary, and it will be unforgivable if he fails to live up to Qian Tiandun's trust. Therefore, he would rather be a little more cautious in the command process than give the enemy a chance to turn the tables because of greed.
However, the Qing army was not so stupid as to decide to withdraw the army would not even take into account the basic operational principles, most of these generals who led the troops had fought many battles in the southern and northern expeditions, and they also had a lot of combat experience. So soon, a Qing army ranger discovered the strange situation of Yuanchuan Town, which had just been looted, and it seemed that there were still people moving in this town that had just been looted, and immediately gathered a team of people and horses to try to enter the town to check.
In fact, when the cavalry was still about half a mile away from the village, someone had already seen something wrong on horseback, and the main passage in and out of the town seemed to be blocked by tree trunks and rocks, and this was obviously not the work of the Qing troops who had withdrawn after the previous robbery. The fact that the Haihan army was able to rush to the ambush near the destination of the main force of the Qing army so quickly was, on the one hand, because of the timely transmission of military information and the effective organization of the troops' march, and on the other hand, because of the terrain of this area in Korea.
The upper reaches of the Taedong River north of Pyongyang are all in the mountainous areas, and there are no roads in this area, and basically only have the ability to navigate on water, so it is extremely difficult for a large army force to pass through this area by land, so the Qing army also took the initiative to give up the plan to cross the river from the upper reaches at the beginning. But this area, which the Qing army could not pass, was easy for the coalition forces, which had a large number of ships, to come and go. The Qing army's grasp of geographical information was far less thorough than that of the Haihan, and they didn't even realize that a certain section of the upper reaches of the Datong River was only a few dozen miles away from the crossing point they had chosen on the bank of the Daning River, otherwise they would definitely not have hastily evacuated after plundering the town of Xianchuan, at least they had to station a team in this place to guard against the Haihan people who might suddenly appear from the nearby mountains and forests.
After arriving at the town of Yuanchuan, Takahashi Minami did not immediately order an attack on the Qing army, but first built basic fortifications in the outskirts of the town, and erected the four field guns that had been transported here with great difficulty. Although Takahashi Minami was very confident in the first battalion of the independent regiment led by him, he did not dare to rely too much, if the Qing army besieged this town with heavy troops in a desperate situation, the first battalion lacking heavy weapons and fortifications, hundreds of coalition soldiers who were temporarily transferred, and a thousand Korean soldiers, they might not be able to hold this town on all sides.
In Takahashinan's opinion, the current environment is not suitable for attacking the main force of the Qing army, even if it is to fight, it is best to wait for the follow-up troops to come to form a joint force. He now has full command of the front-line troops, and he can make decisions like this about whether to fight or not to fight and how to fight, and he can make decisions by himself without asking Qian Tiandun for instructions on everything.
After grasping such power, the combat efficiency of the independent regiment has undoubtedly been greatly improved, especially in an environment like the current one, where the distance between the headquarters of the coalition forces and the front-line troops is two or three hundred miles, and even if there is such a black technology as a radio station, it is still inevitable that the fighters will be delayed.
Of course, for Takahashi Minami personally, the feeling is that the boss has given him full trust, and this trust means that he cannot afford to lose in the process of commanding the operation, and defeating the battle is secondary, and it will be unforgivable if he fails to live up to Qian Tiandun's trust. Therefore, he would rather be a little more cautious in the command process than give the enemy a chance to turn the tables because of greed.
However, the Qing army was not so stupid as to decide to withdraw the army would not even take into account the basic operational principles, most of these generals who led the troops had fought many battles in the southern and northern expeditions, and they also had a lot of combat experience. So soon, a Qing army ranger discovered the strange situation of Yuanchuan Town, which had just been looted, and it seemed that there were still people moving in this town that had just been looted, and immediately gathered a team of people and horses to try to enter the town to check.
In fact, when the cavalry was still about half a mile away from the village, someone had already seen something wrong on horseback, and the main passage in and out of the town seemed to be blocked by tree trunks and rocks, and this was obviously not the work of the Qing troops who had withdrawn after the previous robbery. The fact that the Haihan army was able to rush to the ambush near the destination of the main force of the Qing army so quickly was, on the one hand, because of the timely transmission of military information and the effective organization of the troops' march, and on the other hand, because of the terrain of this area in Korea.
The upper reaches of the Taedong River north of Pyongyang are all in the mountainous areas, and there are no roads in this area, and basically only have the ability to navigate on water, so it is extremely difficult for a large army force to pass through this area by land, so the Qing army also took the initiative to give up the plan to cross the river from the upper reaches at the beginning. But this area, which the Qing army could not pass, was easy for the coalition forces, which had a large number of ships, to come and go. The Qing army's grasp of geographical information was far less thorough than that of the Haihan, and they didn't even realize that a certain section of the upper reaches of the Datong River was only a few dozen miles away from the crossing point they had chosen on the bank of the Daning River, otherwise they would definitely not have hastily evacuated after plundering the town of Xianchuan, at least they had to station a team in this place to guard against the Haihan people who might suddenly appear from the nearby mountains and forests.
After arriving at the town of Yuanchuan, Takahashi Minami did not immediately order an attack on the Qing army, but first built basic fortifications in the outskirts of the town, and erected the four field guns that had been transported here with great difficulty. Although Takahashi Minami was very confident in the first battalion of the independent regiment led by him, he did not dare to rely too much, if the Qing army besieged this town with heavy troops in a desperate situation, the first battalion lacking heavy weapons and fortifications, hundreds of coalition soldiers who were temporarily transferred, and a thousand Korean soldiers, they might not be able to hold this town on all sides.
In Takahashinan's opinion, the current environment is not suitable for attacking the main force of the Qing army, even if it is to fight, it is best to wait for the follow-up troops to come to form a joint force. He now has full command of the front-line troops, and he can make decisions like this about whether to fight or not to fight and how to fight, and he can make decisions by himself without asking Qian Tiandun for instructions on everything.
After grasping such power, the combat efficiency of the independent regiment has undoubtedly been greatly improved, especially in an environment like the current one, where the distance between the headquarters of the coalition forces and the front-line troops is two or three hundred miles, and even if there is such a black technology as a radio station, it is still inevitable that the fighters will be delayed.
Of course, for Takahashi Minami personally, the feeling is that the boss has given him full trust, and this trust means that he cannot afford to lose in the process of commanding the operation, and defeating the battle is secondary, and it will be unforgivable if he fails to live up to Qian Tiandun's trust. Therefore, he would rather be a little more cautious in the command process than give the enemy a chance to turn the tables because of greed.
However, the Qing army was not so stupid as to decide to withdraw the army would not even take into account the basic operational principles, most of these generals who led the troops had fought many battles in the southern and northern expeditions, and they also had a lot of combat experience. So soon, a Qing army ranger discovered the strange situation of Yuanchuan Town, which had just been looted, and it seemed that there were still people moving in this town that had just been looted, and immediately gathered a team of people and horses to try to enter the town to check.
In fact, when the cavalry was still about half a mile away from the village, someone had already seen something wrong on horseback, and the main passage in and out of the town seemed to be blocked by tree trunks and rocks, and this was obviously not the work of the Qing troops who had withdrawn after the previous robbery.
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