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Chapter 45: Capture of Aihui City

The baby fell early, and his front tooth, which had just emerged, was inserted backwards. He went to three hospitals in the city. I was anxious and scared. I only got home with the car at 7:30 pm. The update is late, so please forgive me. []

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Aihui, in the Yuan Dynasty, was divided into the territory of Wochijin, and later belonged to Kaiyuan Road; in the Ming Dynasty, guards such as Kaolangwu, Huli Jishan, and Bahulu were set up here. In the 22nd year of Kangxi, Sabusu built a city on the left bank of Heilongjiang.

Bing is where the capital is located. After the Jin Dynasty became the general of Heilongjiang, Sabusu moved the new general's palace to Tolga City on the right bank of the river. He called this place Aihui City, also known as Heilongjiang City, and the general and deputy capitals were moved there.

Stationed in Aihui City. The old city on the left bank of the river was renamed Aihui and was guarded by a city guard. Aihui and Aihui City faced each other across the river. Strictly speaking, they were still one city, but were divided into two parts by Heilongjiang. Therefore, Zhao Qiang

He didn't know that Aihui City was divided into old and new cities. He only knew that the food and grass for the Qing Dynasty's northern expedition army was stationed in Aihui City on the left side of the Yangtze River. All the food and grass needed by the army were transported by the Jilin Navy fleet. Guan Ning's army only needed to occupy the river.

The Qing troops under Zuo Aihui City and Yaksa City were about to fall into a dilemma of losing food and losing ground.

History tells Zhao Qiang that although the Battle of Yaksa was fought twice, no matter whether it was the first or the second time, the Qing army was not able to break the city in a short time. It took four months in the first time to force the defenders in the city to surrender.

The second time took a year. Therefore, the time was completely enough. There was no need to worry that the Qing army would break through Yaksa before Guan Ning's army captured Aihui City.

Although he signed a military cooperation treaty with Goluo, Goluo did not inform Zhao Qiang of the Russian army's movements, and Zhao Qiang did not disclose his combat plan to Goluo. The two sides only maintained a cooperative relationship on the surface, but in fact they fought on their own.

Yes, everyone has their own thoughts. Zhao Qiang doesn’t know whether Goro has sent reinforcements to Yaksa, and he needs to know, because no matter whether the Russian reinforcements arrive in time to reinforce Yaksa, the final outcome of this battle will not change in any way.

What Zhao Qiang wants is the city of Aihui and the Qing court's northern expedition. The ownership of Yaksa is not an issue for him yet. Whether the Russian army's strength in Yaksa city weakens or strengthens will not affect Guan Ning's army.

Aihui City is where the Heilongjiang General's Mansion is located, and Ai'ai City only has one city guard stationed there. However, because Ai'ai City is the point where the army gathers food and grass, in addition to the original two Daur soldiers stationed in the city, there are also other officers stationed there.

There is an assistant leader of the Xianghuang Banner Soldiers transferred from Aihun City, and there is also an assistant leader of the Xianglan Banner Soldiers who are responsible for the transportation and management of grain and grass. In addition, there are some civilian servants and auxiliary personnel left behind by the army, and there are combat soldiers in the city.

There are 1,600 people, 1,300 auxiliary soldiers and civilians, and more than 600 common people of various ethnic groups.

Aihui City is heavily guarded, and military intelligence personnel cannot enter to detect the specific strength of the defenders. Zhao Qiang’s only piece of information was sent back by Anmar of Humar City, but he did not specifically mention how many defenders there were in the city.

Tell Zhao Qiang that the army's food and grass are stationed here. It can be seen that although Anmar is afraid of death and being exposed, he is still wary of Guan Ning's army in his heart, and he will still hide something if he can.

Heilongjiang has always been governed by the Dutong Yamen. It was not until last year that it was promoted to the General Yamen due to the needs of the war with Russia. Among several provinces outside the customs, Heilongjiang has the smallest area and the smallest population. Therefore, Zhao Qiang concluded that the Eight Banners and elite troops stationed in its territory

There will definitely not be too many Eight Banners soldiers. And now they will be recruited into the Northern Expedition Army. Without the threat of other foreign enemies, most of the Heilongjiang Army will definitely participate in the Battle of Yaksa, so the number of troops remaining in the rear will not be high.

There will be too many. Therefore, Zhao Qiang is confident in taking Aihui City. He believes that perhaps only one regiment of troops can easily take Aihui City.

However, self-confidence is self-confidence. Zhao Qiang repeatedly told He Manchuan, who led the first batch of the first regiment to cross the river, that the combat effectiveness of He Bao, the leader of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Heilongjiang Army, and his 500 elite Eight Banners soldiers in the Battle of Tuerling impressed Zhao Qiang.

Always impressed.

Although there are many factors in the Battle of Tuerling, it cannot be denied that the pure Manchu Eight Banners soldiers outside the Pass still have a certain degree of combat effectiveness. Compared with their compatriots inside the Pass, they are not even the slightest bit stronger. Because

It is not certain whether the garrison in Aicheng City is the elite Eight Banners or the garrison Eight Banners, so we must pay attention to the opponent and must not be paralyzed in any way.

As the first group of troops to cross the river, the First Regiment of the Guards Division took advantage of the darkness to avoid the Jilin Navy boat fleet and successfully crossed the Heilongjiang River, then immediately rushed towards the downstream city of Aihui. Originally, the Second Regiment also

They were preparing to cross the river with the First Regiment. However, due to the limited number of rafts, there were too many troops to cross the river and it took too long. Moreover, it was almost dawn, so we had to use rafts to cross the river openly, otherwise we would be defeated by the Qing army.

After the naval fleet discovered it, there was no need to fire cannons at all. As long as the ships were used to ram it, Guan Ning's army would suffer heavy losses, and its own existence would also be exposed, thereby exposing the Guan Ning army, which had been in the background and unknown to the public, to the sun.

This is very detrimental to Zhao Qiang's strategic intention to sweep across the border with lightning speed after defeating the Qing court's northern expedition.

Before the opponent is aware of our own existence, try to destroy the enemy's effective forces as much as possible, occupy more territory, obtain more strategic buffers and population, and accumulate strength to wait for Kangxi's large-scale counterattack. For relative strength,

This is very important for the weak Guan Ning Army. Unless Guan Ning Army is now confident of launching a large-scale siege, Zhao Qiang's tactics can only be to quickly seize Aihun City with one word, block the news and annihilate it.

The Northern Expedition army, which has run out of food, will then be divided into multiple groups, and some may deceive, coax, pull or persuade. In short, only under forced circumstances will the battle of storming the city be carried out. Obtaining the maximum benefit at the minimum cost must not be

Limited troops are used for siege operations, a battle that seriously consumes troops.

Now, the first team must rush towards Aihui City as quickly as possible and capture it in one fell swoop without the opponent even knowing about it!

Zhao Qiang really wanted to personally command the battle to capture Aihui City, but after weighing the pros and cons, the Qing Northern Expedition Army under Yaksa City was the opponent he needed to deal with, so he could only hand over the important task of capturing Aihui City to the First Alliance.

Team, the first team of ace, the first team of all flintlock guns!

On the night of May 4th, the First Regiment of the Guanning Army's Forward Guards Division, under the command of the division commander Wanhu He Manchuan, crossed the Heilongjiang River and marched towards Aihun City. At 3:30 a.m. it would later be 7:40 a.m.

At five minutes, the first team of the first brigade of the vanguard of the alliance, led by the general flag Xu Dazhi, was the first to arrive at a high slope in the north of Aihun City. At this time, the four gates of Aihun City were opened, and various carriages loaded with grain and grass were coming.

There is an endless stream of people driving from the city to the river.


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