Tu Hai and a group of generals looked at the empty sea with big eyes and small eyes. Could it be that the Ming army had been unable to attack for a long time and voluntarily withdrew? But according to Liu Ziguang's brave and fierce character, he would not leave so easily. Tu Hai ordered everyone to
The army was ready, and was about to go down to the city to observe the enemy's situation in person. Suddenly someone announced that a fast horse was coming from Tianjin to report. Tuhai quickly asked the messenger to come up and report. The man was panting and his face was red. He had obviously rushed here non-stop for a hundred miles.
When he saw Tuhai, he said in a hoarse voice: "General, Shanhaiguan has been lost!"
Hearing this, Tu Hai spat out a mouthful of blood and fell backwards. The generals quickly supported him and pinched him. Tu Hai regained his strength and said leisurely: "The Qing Dynasty is in danger..."
Shanhaiguan is connected to Yanshan Mountain in the north and Bohai Sea in the east, so it is named Shanhaiguan. It is the northeastern starting point of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. A majestic pass stands here. It is true that one man can guard the pass and no one can open it. It has long been an important pass for the Ming Dynasty to resist the nomads in the north.
It has the reputation of being the best pass in the world. Since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the role of Shanhaiguan has been reduced, but a considerable number of troops are still stationed. However, we never expected that the Ming army openly built a plank road, secretly attacked Chencang, pretended to attack Dagukou, and lost Shanhaiguan.
Thousands of Eight Banners soldiers could not stop the Ming army's powerful ships and artillery.
Tu Hai knew very well that once Shanhaiguan was lost, all connections inside and outside the pass were cut off. The Ming army actually cut off the Manchu Qing's retreat. The essence of the Qing Dynasty was all south of the Great Wall and north of the Yellow River. The Ming army
After occupying Shanhaiguan, they could rely on their powerful navy to transport troops and food to Liaodong, thus forming a two-pronged attack. In short, the Qing Dynasty was made a dumpling.
Needless to say, the Ming navy that disappeared from the sea at Dagukou must have gone to Yongping Prefecture, Zhili, to land. Now there is no point in holding on to Dagukou. What matters is to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold and recapture it.
Shanhaiguan! Tuhai gritted his teeth and said: "Prepare your horses, I am going to Tianjin and lead the troops to march north!"
The Ming navy that was off the coast of Dagukou the day before yesterday did indeed spread suspicion to attract the attention of the Qing army. The feigned attack on Dagukou was a tactic, a tactic that was set up very early. For this purpose. Liu Ziguang's staff team
After a year of research, Fan Bingbing was tolerated as a pawn delivering false information for two years, all for the purpose of seizing the important pass of Shanhaiguan.
Liu Ziguang's banner on the bow of the Ming navy was just a bluff. The real Liu Ziguang had already divided his troops to attack Shanhaiguan. Shanhaiguan has a dangerous terrain. The city wall known as Laolongtou extends to the sea. There are many strange rocks and reefs in the sea, and the waves are shaking.
The shore is not suitable for ships to approach, and the defensive crossbows on the fortress are also very powerful, and ordinary warships can be shot through with one arrow.
Of course, Liu Ziguang would not attack the city according to the conventional method. He followed the method of seizing the Jiangyin Fortress and sent troops to airborne directly. One hundred elite soldiers took advantage of the dark night to fly to Laolongtou in an airship, landed along the rope and started killing. Every commando team
The man was equipped with two four-fire blunderbuss, six small bombs, and a sharpened steel knife. The power of close combat was very amazing. The night watch soldiers of the Qing army were killed off guard. Laolongtou fell quickly, but Laolongtou was still far away from the main pass of Shanhaiguan.
After hearing the sound of killing some distance away, Shanhaiguan guard Peng Chun urgently ordered all the elite troops to recover the old dragon head. A bloody battle began in the dark night. The Ming army's airships kept dropping bombs to block the way of Qing army reinforcements and buy time for the army to board the city.
, after the bombs were dropped, an organized fire gunner had already boarded the old dragon head.
The sky was dimming, and Peng Chun finally saw the flag of the opposite army. A blood-red flag with clear characters was fluttering in the sea breeze. Below were soldiers wearing red shirts and iron-gray armors, lined up in horizontal lines, pushing rifles and carrying rifles.
Point the bonfire this way.
The Qing army also had firecrackers, but they were all equipped with elite troops such as the Shangsanqi Firearms Battalion and the Shenji Battalion of the Capital. The Shanhaiguan troops were affiliated with Zhenghongqi and were not equipped with such sharp firearms. As for artillery, it is a pity that the Qing Dynasty has not
It has not been developed yet. Due to the backward metal technology, the artillery produced according to the model of the fire gun, which is enlarged several times, always explodes and cannot be used. Even the matchlock gun is not of good quality. It will become hot after being fired for a few times and must be cooled for a certain period of time.
Use again.
Peng Chun knew that the opponent's firepower was sharp, so he ordered his subordinates to cover with cards. The long cards of the Qing soldiers were made of wood, covered with cowhide, painted with beasts, and studded with copper nails. It was okay against bows, arrows, swords and guns, but useless against firearms, etc.
When the sun rose from the sea, the Ming army launched a new round of offensive. The small copper infantry cannon with wheels fired directly, blasting the long card players in front of the Qing army into mud. The old dragon head city wall was wide,
Able to carry twenty soldiers at a time, the Ming army formed a horizontal line and advanced while firing. They did not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army. How could an army equipped with cold weapons withstand such a blow? There were numerous casualties and mutilated limbs everywhere. As the guard of Shanhaiguan, Peng Chun
, still somewhat bloody, commanding the archers to counterattack, fighting to the death, until there were only a few soldiers around him left, and then he pulled out his sword and wanted to commit suicide, but was snatched away by his own soldiers, picked it up and left.
Afterwards, the corpses were counted and it was found that among the five thousand Zhenghong Banner soldiers in Shanhaiguan, there were actually three thousand corpses and only more than a thousand wounded. There were hundreds of people who protected Peng Chunnan and escaped. The Ming army had no war horses, so there was no pursuit. It was needed anyway.
Someone reported the matter to Beijing and they simply let him go.
In just one night and a half, Shanhaiguan fell into the hands of Liu Ziguang. In order to ensure the integrity of the city wall, even the heavy artillery on the ship was not used. The Red Shirt Army commandos and the Navy Bu Yong battalion participated in the battle, annihilating five enemies.
Thousands, only fifty people injured themselves, it can be said to be a great victory.
After seizing the border, Liu Ziguang ordered the navy from Dagukou to go north to strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan. Shanhaiguan was not suitable for the landing of brigade personnel and materials, so small boats and airships could only be used to transport less-than-truckload loads. The large landing site was chosen
Yongping Mansion, later known as Qinhuangdao, has a forty-mile-long beach with deep water and flat waves, suitable for large ships to stand on the waves.
After receiving the telegram, Li Yan, who was in charge of the feint attack on Dagukou, went north overnight and landed at the Beidaihe beach that had been determined. There were still some troops stationed in Yongping Mansion, and the remnants of Peng Chun did not run far. After sending a fast horse to report to the capital,
Peng Chun inspected the government officials of Yongping Prefecture and patrolled the Green Camp, a total of 2,000 soldiers, plus his own 800 remnant troops, went straight to Beidaihe Beach. Peng Chun was indeed a brave and strategic general. He and Tu
Like the sea, it has been judged that the Ming army cannot land on a large scale at Shanhaiguan, and the landing site must be in Beidaihe, Yongping Prefecture.
Peng Chun lost Shanhaiguan and was determined to die. He knew that the enemy army was powerful but he still wanted to fight to the death. He led his troops to the vicinity of Beidaihe Beach. As expected, he saw a large number of Ming army ships on the sea, so he found a forest.
He hid himself, hoping to catch the Ming army by surprise when they landed and had a weak foothold.
Although Peng Chun was extremely resourceful, he had no choice but to face Li Yan, who was even wiser. After a year of painstaking research, Governor Li had already developed a set of tactics in the age of firearms. He used a telescope to see an appearance in a forest on the beach.
The birds were frightened, so they ordered the fleet to bombard the woods and conduct fire tests. A row of shells blasted through the woods and chaos broke out in the woods. The green camp soldiers in Yongping Mansion had never seen such a scene before. When they saw the huge fleet, their legs began to weaken.
They were fired upon by artillery again, and all of them were so frightened that they ran away. Even Peng Chun's soldiers could not stop them. Li Yan saw from the telescope that there was indeed an ambush, and ordered the artillerymen to open fire, firing incendiary bombs, and the woods were ignited by the artillery shells.
, the fire was raging. Peng Chun felt sad when he saw the situation. The situation was stronger than the people. It would be useless to throw thousands of people's lives on the beach. He simply said: "Forget it, let's all disperse." The remaining soldiers
They dispersed in a hurry, and only a few guards looked at Peng Chun nervously, fearing that he would draw his sword and kill himself again. Peng Chun smiled bitterly and said: "The enemy is just relying on sharp weapons. I don't accept it. I want to keep this life and
They will fight openly and openly, you can rest assured that I will not seek death." Then the troops felt relieved and retreated with Peng Chun in their arms.
Li Yan first sent two outposts to land bravely. The soldiers established fire support points on the beach, and then the brigade began to land. War horses, artillery, ammunition, grain and grass, as well as various baggage were slowly transported to the shore in flat-bottomed landing craft.
After an hour, they piled up into a mountain. The Bu Yong soldiers set up a defensive line around the supplies to prepare for a surprise attack by the Qing army. Li Yan personally led a battalion directly to Yongping Mansion.
Shanhaiguan was under the jurisdiction of Yongping Prefecture. The news of Shanhaiguan's fall had spread throughout the city. The yamen and green camp soldiers who were dragged to Beidaihe by Peng Chun to block the landing hurriedly fled back, which added to the panic of the people. Of course,
Only the Manchus were frightened, and the Han people were naturally rejoicing. When Li Yan's team arrived at the city, the Manchu prefect had already fled in panic. The banner with clear characters on the top of the city was also removed, and the city gates were opened wide.
The people rushed to the door to watch the Chinese army enter the city.
Li Yan was very happy. He also found the same feeling as when Liu Ziguang entered Jinan with a light army. The common people were eating pots of slurry and welcoming the army with tears in their eyes. Many people had their hair disheveled. It was obvious that they had just cut off their braids. The common people were
This shows their trust in the Ming army and that they are not afraid of the Qing army coming back. It’s no wonder that in recent years, the Qing army has lost consecutive battles and the Ming army has been pressing forward step by step. The people have long been looking forward to Wang’s army going north, but they never expected it.
What is surprising is that the first one to be liberated was their Yongping Mansion.
Although Yongpingfu City is not as majestic as Shanhaiguan, it is still a big city. It is best to install artillery as a buffer in front of Shanhaiguan. If the judgment is not wrong, the Qing army's counterattack is about to come.
After occupying Yongping Mansion, Li Yan ordered his engineers to quickly build a military road and mobilized local people to pull mules and horses to transport supplies from the beach. Some of the supplies were transported into the city, and some were transported directly to Shanhaiguan. In addition, a large building was built outside Yongping City.
The cannons on the ships were dismantled and placed on the city wall, aiming in the southwest to prepare for the Qing army's counterattack.