Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 589
In late August 1792, Wu Siyu, who arrived at Anping Port for inspection, was accompanied by Kong Shaoan to inspect the preparation of materials and personnel, and then issued an order on behalf of the Northern Navy Staff to land on Shandong on September 8.

The commander-in-chief of the local landing operation was Kong Shaoan, and the deputy commanders were Lu Shoushan and Li Bi; one was in charge of military affairs and the other was in charge of government affairs.Needless to say, Lu Shoushan belongs to Zhao Xin's hardcore.Li Bi had been working as a civil affairs deputy in Heilongjiang City before. Because of his hard work in the past few years and his familiarity with the official affairs of the Qing Dynasty, he was named by Zhao Xin.

In terms of fleet, Beihai Town will send a fleet consisting of 20 remodeled large ships and four motor sailboats each equipped with 75 [-]mm guns.

In terms of staffing, it includes the "Jiaodong Detachment" composed of the newly formed 6218th and [-]th Regiments, which is responsible for combat missions; in addition, there is a rural work team composed of [-] retired officers and veterans, as well as supporting The total number of medical, logistics, communication, engineering, and agricultural technicians is [-].

The first phase of the entire Shandong plan began on September 1792, 9 and is expected to end in mid-October. The line of defense is firmly on the front lines of Fushan, Qixia and Laiyang.

The second stage is to send work teams and medical teams to the countryside, so as to find out the situation in each village and lay the groundwork for the follow-up land reform work, which is expected to be completed before the next year's spring plowing.

The reason for choosing this time period is mainly because the northern region has completed the autumn harvest and entered the slack season.Those poor people have little left after paying the landlord's rent and the government's taxes, and the winter is approaching. This time the recruitment effect is the best.

In addition, because there are few outdoor activities in winter, the recruited farmers can also be organized to teach the planting techniques of cold-resistant crops such as rye and sugar beets in advance.By the beginning of spring next year, the personnel recruited locally in Shandong will be resettled to the vast area west of Nerchinsk.

Chen Qingsong has already planned everything. At that time, each household will be divided into [-] mu of land, and a set of wood carvings will be given as a gift. In addition to the "new agricultural association system", the proper wife and children will be on the bed!
In the early morning of September 9, troops gathered in Anping Port on Jeju Island. The berths of the port were like forests of masts and oars, and the shadows of sails covered the sky. Flocks of seagulls circled in the sky, rising and falling suddenly.

More than 5000 soldiers from the Northern Navy began to board the ship under the orders of the officers of various ministries. The sound of whistles, passwords, and answers on the port was endless, which made the businessmen from all over the world who came here to trade dumbfounded.In a teahouse closest to the wharf, several businessmen from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were looking around on the second floor.They used to specialize in Nagasaki. Since most of the ginseng and fur goods in the Northeast were controlled by Beihai Town, many southern businessmen secretly went to Anping Port to buy goods under the intentional release of Shen Jingdan and Lao Huang, causing them to lose a lot of money. The Qing court's House of Internal Affairs, which had a lot of money, was in a hurry.

"Who is Bei Haijun going to hit? Be good! There are a lot of ships and people here."

"It's not going to fight the court, is it?"

"Wow, it can mend the shell! It's time to fight early. Brother Nong knows how to cut? Do business in a safe and stable way, and the hatchback is peaceful!"

"Goodbye, brother!"

The merchants were chattering away, when they suddenly saw a red flag with large white characters raised high in the North Navy team who were about to line up to board the ship at the port two hundred paces away.After one of the businessmen with good eyes saw the four characters "Jiaodong Detachment" on it, his face turned pale with fright, and his hands couldn't help shaking.

"Brother Fang, what is written on the flag is Sege?"

"My God! Qula is going to attack Shandong!"

"Nonghuashige?!!"

At 10 o'clock in the morning, because all the military supplies had been shipped separately a few days ago, after all the combat troops and relevant personnel boarded the ship, Kong Shaoan, who was full of enthusiasm, took a few deep breaths, and then issued an order for the fleet to set sail on the walkie-talkie. Order.

As the flagship of the [-]-ton Guangzhou Ship slowly sailed out of the port and merged with the four gunboats, the motor sailboats full of soldiers sailed out of the port in a double-column sequence.After the fleet made a turn on the outside of Jeju Island, it turned to the northwest and headed towards the Shandong Peninsula.

At this time, the Yellow Sea is at the turn of summer and autumn, the northwest wind has not blown, the southeast monsoon is about to recede, and the sea conditions are very stable. The 24 large motor sailboats are like gigantic giant whales breaking through the waves on the sea surface, splashing high water.Li Chaoshui, who was patrolling nearby, immediately hid away when he saw it.

The distance from Jeju Island to Rongcheng Fish Pond Bay is nearly 10 nautical miles, and the speed of the North Navy fleet has been kept within [-] knots, so when it arrived at the sea off Rongcheng, it was already dusk the next day.

The relevant procedures and plans for landing have been rehearsed countless times on the sand table, and Kong Shaoan can recite them with his eyes closed.In addition, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the North Navy Intelligence Bureau sent people to Rongcheng to conduct a thorough reconnaissance half a year ago, and regularly reported the situation to Anping Port.

After the fleet entered Yuchi Bay, Lu Shoushan, holding a binoculars, saw that there was no movement on the Longkouya fort. He was convinced that the Intelligence Bureau had successfully bribed the defenders, so he reported to the accompanying staff with the consent of Kong Shaoan: "Fight!" The semaphore, inform Beihai No. [-] and No. [-], and immediately bombard the Qing army dock and the water camp in the fish pond with broadside artillery. After three rounds, the troops landed, occupied the beach, and took down the water camp!"

Twenty or ten minutes later, there was only a "boom" on the sea, and a shell exploded outside the Qing army's water camp, raising a puff of thick smoke.After another few tens of seconds, there was a thunderous cannon sound on the sea, and more than 10 shells crossed the sea and landed in the water camp of the Qing army and on several large boats.In an instant, thick smoke and flames rose, and the flagpoles and ship fragments that were blown away whirled into the air, and then fell into the water crackling.Looking through the binoculars, the Qing army on the Shuiying Fort was running around like headless chickens, but they couldn't hear anything screaming, and soon calmed down again.

Lu Shoushan is expected to be the guard general of the Qing army who restrained his subordinates and rectified military discipline.However, as the artillery fire of the Beihai Navy continued to extend ashore, the fort disappeared in the thick smoke and flames in an instant.

After the three rounds of bombardment ended, the Chengshan Xunshui Village was bombed with smoke and mist, and Lu Shoushan and Kong Shaoan on the flagship could not see anything clearly.At this time, the golden sky is falling to the west, and the sea, sky and land in the distance are lost in chaos.

"The end of the sky!" Kong Shao'an was so excited at the moment, he really wanted to write a poem, but he didn't have much ink in his stomach. After searching his stomach, he only thought of Su Dongpo's "Looking at Muling Pass in the west and Langye Terrace in the east", which is a pity. It's not suitable.

And Li Bi, who was not far away from him, his hands holding the binoculars were trembling slightly, and he was so shocked by the scene of artillery fire that he couldn't speak.This man has been in Beihai Town for many years and has never been to the battlefield in person. He only occasionally watches the soldiers of the garrison battalion practice shooting targets; Lost interest.

"Tartars really don't have a long memory! It's been several years, and the defense is still so bad!" Lu Shoushan, who was on the side, saw that Beihai No. [-] and No. [-] occupied the beach, and ordered: "Notify the vanguard to land!"

Four years ago, the Northern Navy landed in Rongcheng, and the Qing troops along the coast of Jiaodong were only tense for a year, and then returned to their normal state of fatigue.Originally, the Qing court wanted to strengthen the warships and artillery of the front battalion of the Dengzhou Navy, but with the naval battle of Changxing Island and the approach of the Beihai Navy to Dagukou, the Ministry of War decided to forget it. Defending the capital was the top priority, so they decided to All the military expenditures for the expansion of warships and forts were invested in Dagukou and the reconstruction of Lushun Water Camp.

The next two governors of Shandong, Chang Lin and Hui Ling, made various arrangements, and with the consent of Qianlong, they slightly reorganized the various forts, added a few more gun positions, and added a few large rushes to the water camp, which is better than nothing. .Now that the Northern Navy is here, it is useless to rush in front of the gunboats, and the forts everywhere have not fired a single shot. The Qing court's coastal defense in Shandong has failed extremely.

After the two companies of the newly formed 16th regiment went ashore, they found that the remnants of the Qing army had fled, so they began to deploy fortifications and clean up the wreckage on the battlefield.Dozens of injured Qing soldiers were carried to two relatively intact barracks for treatment by military doctors. As for the dead, they were all carried outside the water camp and buried.At the same time, all the sea fleets have entered Yuchiwan to berth, and the large force will land in the morning and follow-up operations will be carried out.

At seven o'clock, when it was dark, the soldiers of the Northern Navy who were on duty on the sentry tower at the north gate of Shuiying found a large group of torches coming from the southeast; at a glance, there were almost a hundred people.

When the company commander who had heard the news arrived, the large group of people had already reached a distance of [-] meters in front of the gate of the water camp. Only then did the sentry see clearly that all the people who came were Qing soldiers in livery. The night wind was blowing erratically, so it was unclear whether they were carrying weapons.

"Stop! If you get closer, you'll shoot!" As the sentinel yelled, more than a dozen Bei Haijun standing behind the bunker raised their guns and took aim.The Qing army who was walking in the front stopped, and then they all knelt on the ground without speaking, which made the Bei Haijun behind the cover confused.

At this time, I saw a person walking out of the crowd of the Qing army, raised his hands and walked to a position seven or eight meters away from the gate before stopping, and said with a smile: "Jin Ou Wuqian!"

Hearing the secret signal from the other party, the company commander of the Beihai Navy, who had been notified in advance, shuddered, and then said in a deep voice: "Unify the rivers and mountains! One of our own?"

When the man approached, the officers and soldiers of the Beihai Navy behind the bunker saw that the man looked to be in his thirties, with a full beard, a black turban wrapped around his head, and a somewhat shabby livery .The man took out a metal plate slightly larger than a silver dollar from his pocket and handed it to the company commander, and said softly: "My surname is Yu, these people are the defenders of Longkouya Fort and Matouzui Fort, a total of 120 people, None of them were armed, but it’s best to have their genitals searched for a while. In addition, there are several others who refused to surrender, and they were all tied up. In addition, I need to see the commander-in-chief immediately.”

The company commander took it over and took a photo with the flashlight, and saw that the front of the sign was a red five-star with a vertical sword under it, surrounded by two strands of wheat ears, turned over and the back was a shield, with a small one in the center. number of red five stars.He immediately returned the signboard, stood at attention and gave a military salute to the man, and then asked two of his men to take him to the pier for a boat ride.

At this moment, a kneeling Qing soldier shouted loudly: "Brother Yu, you can't leave us behind!"

As soon as the words fell, the other kneeling Qing soldiers also yelled, the man turned his head and laughed, and comforted him: "Brothers, get up, I, Yu Shun, keep my word! Put your minds in peace! This officer will arrange for you!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and strode away.After the company commander waited for the people to leave, he asked the Qing army on the opposite side to go around the bunker in groups of five, and searched them one by one under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen soldiers with guns. .

During this period of time, the machine guns on the sentry towers have been monitoring every move of these Qing troops, ready to shoot at any time, until more Beihai Navy arrived and surrounded all these Qing troops, and the two machine gunners relaxed Quite a lot.

Seeing the posture of Bei Haijun, the surrendered Qing army was very scared in their hearts, but thinking of the benefits that Yu Shun had told them before, and surrounded by black muzzles, they could only suffer with trepidation.

After the body search was completed, the bound generals were taken down and imprisoned, while the surrendered Qing soldiers were placed in three row barracks.After tossing for several hours, and driving for dozens of miles, the Qing army on the 100th floor was thirsty and hungry anyway, and was thinking of asking the Bei Haijun for a drink, when the door creaked, and two waistbands were tied Bei Haijun, wearing a white apron and carrying a burden on his shoulders, walked in.

The leader put down the picker, and said with a smile in Rongcheng dialect: "Dude, are you hungry? The freshly cooked white noodles and beef soup! Open up and eat, there is still enough! "

Whoa!Dozens of Qing soldiers in a room rushed over, stretched out their big dirty hands and grabbed them, even though they were scalded and grinned, they still stuffed them into their mouths regardless, and in a blink of an eye a two-two-weight steamed bun was eaten. .After a while, a basket of steamed buns bottomed out.

"Catch it slowly! Don't choke!" Seeing a young Qing soldier choking, the older cooking soldier rolled his eyes, hurried over to stroke his chest, took half a bowl of beef soup from his companion, and handed it to him He said in front of him: "Good guy! How long has it been since you caught food?"

The young man glanced at the cooking soldier gratefully, and didn't bother to speak, took a sip of the soup, and then bit the steamed bun.At this time, I heard a slightly hoarse voice muttering indistinctly: "I have been waiting for you to come since noon, and I have been tossing around all afternoon, kidnapping people, sealing the gun door, and driving dozens of miles. Have time to catch food!"

They are all from the Longkouya Fortress, and after noon they started separately. According to He Yushun's agreement, they first tied up the leaders and tied up Mr. Qian and locked them in the firewood room. All the fire doors of the large and small artillery on the boat were blocked, and in the afternoon, when they met the people coming from Matouzui on the way, the sound of the artillery on the sea surface was heard.Yu Shun led the people to wait for more than an hour in the woods ten miles away, confirming that the Beihai Navy would stop firing, and then rushed over.

After finishing speaking, the man stood up, went to Tiaozi, grabbed three steamed buns, and asked him to refill another bowl of soup.After another steamed bun was eaten, he swallowed a piece of beef floating in the bowl, licked his lips with his tongue, and glanced at the vat of broth, and said flatteringly to the cooking soldiers: "Man, we listened to you The boss said, you guys are here today, won’t you leave in the future?”

"Yes! Not leaving!"

"Wouldn't you leave even if the imperial court sends out soldiers?"

The two cooking soldiers looked at each other and smiled, nodded and said: "If you dare to come, beat him up!"

At this time, in the captain's room on the flagship, Captain Yu Shun of the Northern Navy Intelligence Bureau was reporting the situation in Jiaodong to Kong Shao'an, Lu Shoushan and Li Bi.

"This is the case with Longkouya and Matouzui Fort. In addition, there are also our people at Shidao Fort. As soon as the troops arrive tomorrow, the defenders will come out and surrender."

Kong Shaoan nodded approvingly, and asked, "How is Rongcheng doing?"

Yu Shun took a sip of water and said, "The Li county magistrate before Rongcheng was transferred to Jimo, and the newcomer's surname is Yang, from Canton. The county government has our eyeliner from top to bottom. The situation in Wendeng is the same. The county magistrate came last year. He is from Shanxi. I heard that he is still a Jinshi. In addition, due to the lack of time, the two counties of Mouping and Haiyang are currently only in the government office. Some work has been done, and a contact point has been set up in the city."

Lu Shoushan said: "Tell me about the situation of the Qing army."

Yu Shun's memory is very good, many figures are not recorded in the notebook at all, and come out as soon as he opens his mouth, like a few treasures, while the staff responsible for recording is writing hard.

"Wendeng originally had an army of less than 700 people. After we came four years ago, another garrison was added. The current number of troops is 1000 or 100, and the actual strength is more than 700. The general army of Dengzhou Town His name is Enthemer, and he is a Manchurian in Zhengbai Banner. He used to serve as a general of the Chinese Army in Hunan Province, and he was quite strict in running the army. At present, there are two battalions on the left and right of Dengzhou Town, plus the Qibing Battalion, with a total of 12 soldiers. One person, two battalion commanders, three garrison officers in the central army, six soldiers in the general army, and [-] in the general army.”

"What about the shortfall?"

"The actual shortage is not too much. In recent years, the Ministry of War and the governor of Shandong Province have been very strict, and they are basically full. In addition, there are three units of the Qing army closest to us, the Jiaozhou Association, the Laizhou Camp and the Jimo Camp. The soldiers in the three places are respectively Seven hundred, seven hundred, six hundred."

Li Bi, who was silent for a long time, suddenly asked: "Who is the governor of Shandong today?"

Yu Shun said: "Jiqing, Zhengbai Banner, is a clan."

"Hmm, is his father called Wanfu, who used to be General Jiang Ning?"

"It seems to be. This person just arrived. The original governor Huiling was transferred to Sichuan. I heard that he went to Gurkha with Fukang'an."

Kong Shaoan was delighted when he heard it.Well!Happy birthday, the name of the father and son is really festive!He thought for a while and asked the last question: "How is the harvest in Jiaodong this year?"

Yu Shun sighed, shook his head and said, "Not good. Last year, all counties in Jiaodong were hit by wind and floods, and the harvests were severe. The imperial court, oh, the Qing court raised 30 shimi from water transportation to relieve hunger. This year is slightly better than last year. In the past two days, there have been many beggars outside Rongcheng County, and other places are similar. I think that once we conquer the county, the first thing we need to solve is these people. Subsistence issues."

Kong Shaoan said indifferently after hearing this: "Open the warehouse and release the grain, if it doesn't work, we will beat the local tyrants!"

Li Bi was a county magistrate in the Qing Dynasty and was also in charge of helping the victims. He knew all kinds of tricks, so he quickly dissuaded him: "Commander, this is impossible!"

Everyone else in the cabin looked suspicious, but after hearing the other party's explanation, they couldn't help but suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)