After He Manchuan captured Ai'ai City, Zhao Qiang immediately ordered his first regiment to block all roads leading to other areas of Ai'ai. Not a single fly could fly out of Ai'a City until the Northern Expedition Army led by Peng Chun was dealt with.
【】All humans and animals within a radius of thirty miles must be brought back. They can only enter but not leave. In a word, before the end of May, the news of the fall of Ai'ai must not spread!
There is also Aihui City on the right side of the Yangtze River, which surprised Zhao Qiang. He Manchuan repeatedly asked the surrendered Daurzuo to lead Pange. Zhao Qiang ordered He Manchuan to just strictly guard Aihui. If the defenders of Aihui City cross the river to attack, they will
Destroy them. If they don't come, let them do it. The first regiment should not cross the river to fight.
The map shows that the Boza Ferry is less than ten miles away from Yaksa, and the distance from Aihui City in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is thirty miles away. There are mountains in between. To go to Yakesa by land, you need to climb the Tuguli Mountain, which is hundreds of meters high.
To go to Jiangyou Aihui, you need to climb two mountains, both of which are almost virgin forests. Therefore, it can be concluded that the connection between Jiangyou Aihui City and the outside world can only rely on waterways.
Since the Qing army under the city of Yaksa relies on the Jilin Navy fleet to transport grain, grass and troops, the Jilin Navy fleet must be eliminated to completely cut off the escape route of Jiangyou Aihun and the Qing army in the Northern Expedition under the city of Yaksa.
. Therefore, after making the judgment to eliminate the Jilin Navy, Zhao Qiang immediately ordered the deployment of troops.
The third regiment of the Guards Division is responsible for the task of dealing with the Jilin Navy. Qianhu of the regiment is Ji Feng, a former member of the Wu Army, who is from Luping, Guangxi. The unit has 1,800 troops and is not issued with flintlock rifles.
All the matchlock guns captured from the Qing and Russian troops were used. After receiving the order, Ji Feng led his troops to cross the river that night. Because the order was too hasty, an accident occurred during the crossing. Three rafts accidentally collided with each other.
Together, the sergeants of three squads fell into the river and drowned.
In order to facilitate the transportation of grain and fodder needed by the army from Ai'ai to Yaksa and the need to block the river, the camp of the Jilin Navy fleet was located 20 miles downstream from Aihui on the left side of the river, and the other side of the river, two miles downstream, leads to Boza.
The Quer River is a tributary of the ferry. Therefore, after Ji Feng's third regiment crossed the river, they could find the Jilin Navy camp two miles away. After crossing the river, it was already Hai hour and it was pitch black. In order not to be attacked by the Jilin Navy
It was discovered that Ji Feng ordered the regiment to move forward in the dark without lighting torches.
There were Duanya, sharp rocks and forests all along the river, and they were advancing in the dark, so the third regiment moved very slowly. It was only two miles away, but it took a full two hours. When four more soldiers unfortunately left Duanya
He fell into the river and disappeared into the vast night without even a cry.
After a moment of silence facing the river, Ji Feng ordered to continue moving forward. At midnight, the third regiment finally reached the riverside in front, and there were flashes of fire. Going closer, they could faintly see dozens of large ships parked on the riverside.
A ferry crossing.
"We're here! We're finally here!"
After going through a lot of hardships, we finally arrived at the warships. From the third regiment to Qianhu, down to the ordinary soldiers, they all looked excited, but everyone just shouted silently in their hearts, but no one said a word.
, the eyes directed toward the river are full of murderous intent.
The Jilin Navy will be the treasure of my third regiment today! Ji Feng suppressed the excitement in his heart and calmly made a gesture, and suddenly hundreds of black shadows moved toward the river without sound.
When Jiangzuo Ai'ui was attacked by the First Regiment of the Guards Division, the defenders of Jiangyou's Aihui City heard the intensive sound of fire and gunfire, and the ships sent to Jiangzuo to investigate were also seized by the Anguan Ning army.
So the Qing troops in Aihui City on the right side of the Yangtze River knew that the other side must have been captured by the enemy, but it was not due to the Rakshasa people because they could not detect it because of the Dharma Bank. Most of the troops in the city had been brought to the Yaksa City by General Sabusu.
, and a new team with yellow flags was transferred to cross the river and stationed in Ai'ui City. Therefore, the garrison in Aihui City was less than a thousand people, led by the deputy capital Tong Buni.
Buni was born in Xiangbai Banner, Manchuria, and his family was not prominent. In the 14th year of Kangxi's reign, he was transferred from the former Jiangning General Yamen Coordinator to Guanwai Ningguta as the Coordinator. Later, he was transferred north to Heilongjiang and returned to Sabusu's tent. The imperial court
When the Heilongjiang Dutong Yamen of Jin Dynasty became the General Yamen, Buni was promoted to Deputy Dutong. Because Sabusu and Dutong Bohe Luo led their troops to attack Yakesa, Buni became the highest ranking officer in Aihui City.
Officials, commanding all the Eight Banners troops of Jiangyou Aihui and Jiangzuo Ai Ai.
Compared with Jiangzuo Ai'ai, there were fewer defenders in Jiangyou Ai'ui city, so Buni decisively stopped his subordinate Zuo Ling's request to cross the river to recover Ai'ai, and ordered his confidant Goshiha to general what happened in Ai'ai city.
The notification was immediately sent to the Jilin Navy and the Northern Expedition Army.
Buni's Goshiha took a fishing boat to the Jilin Navy camp. After learning the news that Aiai City had been lost, Tong Bayan, the deputy commander of the Jilin Yamen who was in charge of the Navy, was shocked and hurriedly asked people to send him to the camp.
The information was sent across the river overnight to Peng Chun, the head coach of the Northern Expedition.
The Jilin Navy led by Bayan was established by Jilin General Xinzhu in the 21st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign. The warships under his command are different from sea-going ships in that they are all flat-headed and large cabins, and are suitable for use in inland rivers. The Navy
The army was officially formed in August last year. There were more than 700 sailors and soldiers. After being ordered to go north, the Jilin Navy was more tasked with transporting the food and fodder needed by the army. Basically no fighting took place because the Rakshasa people had no
Navy, so Bayan only needs to send a few warships to patrol along the river and downstream, and Bayan can successfully complete his mission.
Bayan knew what the fall of Ai'ai City meant, and what the 20,000 troops under Yaksa City meant, so he stayed up all night worried. While waiting for Peng Chun's order, he ordered his officers, big and small, to go to his tent.
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When the naval officers heard the news of the fall of Ai'ai City, they were all shocked. In this situation, no one expected that Yaksa had been surrounded like an iron barrel. Many reconnaissances before the war did not find anyone except Yaksa and
There are several small strongholds along the river, and there are no big strongholds for the Rakshasa people. Now, an army of no less than a thousand people suddenly appears in the rear, and they have also captured the army's grain and grass accumulation point. This is suspected to be a restraint.
The neck of the army. Needless to say, everyone understands what kind of situation the army will face after the food is cut off. Although the Jilin Navy is a guest army and is not directly affiliated with the Northern Expedition Army, it will be sad if the Northern Expedition Army is defeated miserably.
The situation outside the customs will definitely become more corrupt, and the Rakshasa people will invade the territory of the Qing Dynasty even more recklessly. By then, not only Heilongjiang, but also Jilin, which borders the Rakshasa people, will definitely become the hardest hit area by the Rakshasa invasion.
An atmosphere of fear, doubt, and pessimism permeated the entire camp. The naval officers did not dare to speak. They were only naval officers and could not bear the task of recovering Aiai City alone, so they could only wait for the order from the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition. It was still late at night
, no one could be seen within five steps. In this kind of night, the navy's warships could only wait for dawn to do anything.
Come on, dawn, come on!
The officers anxiously went out of the tent from time to time, and Bayan's heart sank heavily. He didn't know how Peng Chun would react when he learned the information about the fall of Ai'ai, but he knew that his navy was heading north every three days.
The levy army will deliver rations once, and tomorrow will be the day to deliver rations. If the rations are delivered, 20,000 soldiers will go hungry and fight against the Rakshasa people.
How could this happen? How could this happen!
The more Bayan thought about it, the less he understood why the enemy troops suddenly appeared from behind and occupied Aiai City!
"There's a fire, there's a fire!"
In the dark night, the panicked shouts of soldiers suddenly came. The panicked sounds were especially harsh in the dark night, and made everyone in the tent feel depressed.
"Where's the fire?!"
Bayan was so excited that he rushed out of the tent, but what he saw in front of him made him collapse to the ground with a "plop". He saw a fire on the riverside, and all the large and small warships were on fire. The red fire illuminated the entire ferry.
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"Burn! Burn! Burn!"
The flames soaring into the sky made Ji Feng's face extremely distorted. The pitiful screams of Qingbing's boat jumping off the river made him excited, waving his sword and yelling crazily.
On the night of the sixth day of May, the Jilin Navy was destroyed. Commander Bayan died in a random gunfire, and more than 250 navy soldiers were killed and wounded, while the rest were captured.