Chapter 1813
Two-pronged approach
Chapter 1813 Two-pronged approach
According to Wang Tom's original conception, the Qing army should continue to be held back by the Yalu River in order to buy more time for the construction of military bases in the rear and the raids on the Liaodong Peninsula. It is not a wise choice to win more favorable conditions from North Korea, and it is not a wise choice to start a decisive battle with the main force of the Qing army on the banks of the Yalu River with limited troops.So after careful discussion with Qian Tiandun, they decided to set up this situation. First, they pretended to have fallen out with North Korea, and then withdrew their troops from the banks of the Yalu River. Kill the carbine and cut off the shipping of the Yalu River, so as to disrupt the Qing army's combat plan.
Of course, this plan cannot be communicated with the North Korean high-level officials in advance, because the other party will definitely not agree to this kind of combat plan to lure wolves into the house, so when the military accidentally intercepted the secret letter sent by the ghost in the officialdom of Yizhou to the Qing Dynasty at the border, then Immediately controlled the relevant personnel, and forged a fake secret letter and sent it to the Qing army through the original channel to mislead the other party's judgment. However, the whole process was not notified to Seoul, and Haihan was completely operating it on his own.
After the two days of artillery battles, Wang Tom believed that the time was ripe. Taking the initiative to withdraw at this time would make the Qing army think that Haihan and North Korea would no longer want to work hard for him after the fallout, and would not appear too blunt and trigger the Qing army suspicion.
In order to show respect for the allies, there will be news sent to the North Korean side tomorrow morning, because the Qing army's offensive in Jiulian City was too fierce, and the Haihan army had to temporarily withdraw from this area.If North Korea passed the news fast enough, the bad news should have arrived in Seoul earlier than the news of the fall of Uiju.At that time, Qian Tiandun will hold talks with senior North Korean officials such as Kim Sang-heon and ask them for more conditions-such as providing more manpower and military expenses to the Haihan Army.
By that time, the Qing army had already entered North Korea, and the urgency of the situation could not allow the North Koreans to negotiate terms slowly at the negotiating table.Even if the conditions offered by Haihan are harsher, the North Koreans will have no room to bargain at that time, and can only choose to give Haihan more money in exchange for military aid.
Although the intention of the boss to make this arrangement may not be fully understood, the Marine Corps still completed the evacuation task excellently, and all evacuated to the troop carrier at midnight, and then slowly sailed downstream.The Fujian Navy, which was originally carrying out guard missions upstream, played the role of the rear during the retreat. It was not until all the ships of the Haihan Navy left this section of the river that the Fujian Navy's fleet slowly sailed past this blocked area. Haihan occupied the place for nearly a month.
Xu Yuzhuo still feels a little regretful. The fleet he led has been going back and forth on the Yalu River for so many days, but in fact it has never been engaged in a real battle. The most important task is to serve as a sentinel for the Haihan Army in the upper reaches of the river. , Occasionally, he had to be responsible for completing logistics and transportation errands, and he never stepped into the battlefield outside Jiulian City.
Xu Yuzhuo was quite proud when Wang Tom ordered troops on Jianghua Island, thinking that this fully proved that the Fujian Navy is the most important and trusted ally of the Haihan people.But now the Portuguese and the Annan people have already participated in the battle to harass the Liaodong coastline, but their own troops can only play a supporting role in the Yalu River, and now they are evacuating the Yalu River before firing. It still makes him a little uncomfortable.
Of course, Wang Tom also explained to him why he had to take the initiative to retreat from the Yalu River on the premise of taking the initiative, but this explanation was only limited to the current situation on the Korean Peninsula. Wang Tom won't go into details about the interests he seeks for himself in the game.And it's not the first day for Xu Yuzhuo to deal with Haihan people, and he is very clear that the explanation he got is not the whole truth of the matter, but with the information he has, it is really difficult to deduce the real purpose of Haihan's repeated strategic deployment .
This time the Fujian Navy sent troops to the Korean Peninsula. Of course, it was not a special trip to watch the excitement. Thanks to the influence of the Haihan Army, the Fujian Navy attaches great importance to the actual combat capabilities of the troops. Learn more practical tactics from the Haihan army, and it is also an excellent means of actual combat training.
Xu Yuzhuo spat fiercely in the direction of Jiulian City in the distance, thinking that if there is a similar opportunity to fight next time, he must take the initiative to ask Tom Wang to fight, otherwise he will spend a lot of military supplies and run so far It's really a loss just to do odd jobs for the Haihan army.
Although the Qing army received a "secret report" from North Korea in advance, they really did not expect that the Haihan army would really withdraw their troops so quickly.When the rangers who were in charge of monitoring the Haihan camp in the early morning found that the Haihan warships docked on the shore had disappeared, and there was no cooking smoke on the Haihan camp as usual, they knew that something must have happened here. Hurry up and report the news to Jiulian City.
Huang Taiji, who just arrived in Jiulian City to supervise the battle the day before yesterday, was also very surprised when he heard the news. In fact, he didn't really believe the news sent by the spies earlier. After all, he had dealt with Haihan for two or three years. Knowing that this opponent is scheming on the battlefield and using almost everything, the so-called withdrawal of troops is most likely just a cover, and there is no other conspiracy.
But after two days of not-so-intense artillery battles, the Haihan people really withdrew from the position that had been occupied for almost a month. This decisive performance shook Huang Taiji's original thinking.
As expected by the outside world, after Huang Taiji changed Yuan and proclaimed himself emperor, he chose the soft persimmon of North Korea to sacrifice the flag as the object of the first battle of the founding of the country.According to his plan, the Qing army would concentrate its superior forces, attack North Korea in one fell swoop, advance to Seoul at the fastest speed, force the North Koreans to surrender, and cut off all diplomatic exchanges with Daming and Haihan.
Judging from the comparison of the strength of the Qing army and the Korean army, it is not impossible to achieve such a combat goal.Huang Taiji is very optimistic that if everything goes well, the war will be over within three months, and the worries of North Korea will be resolved. In the future, the main attack direction of the Qing army can be concentrated in the southwest, and they can concentrate on dealing with Daming——and the sea. Han, the big trouble nailed to the Liaodong Peninsula.
But it is a pity that his idea was not successfully realized. He was still at the stage of mobilizing troops to gather troops, but he was approached by the Haihan people, and he was directly blocked at the river crossing point scheduled by the Qing army.After receiving the report from the front line, Huang Taiji was a little skeptical. Was it someone in the army who accidentally leaked the news, or the Haihan people had a dog nose and could smell the smell all the way here? It's time to attack North Korea, and the Haihan people suddenly jumped out to act as a stumbling block?
However, the follow-up information was soon sent to Huang Taiji. It turned out that the Koreans, unwilling to be humiliated, chose to invite Haihan to enter the war.The special border between North Korea and the Qing Dynasty made it easy for Haihan to find the key parts of the Qing army's combat plan. Only two to 3000 troops blocked tens of thousands of Qing troops in Jiulian City, unable to move.
Since the heavy weapons of the Qing army have not yet arrived in Jiulian City, if they use their flesh and blood to fight against the guns, they will avoid repeating the tragedy of the Jinzhou Battle, so Azig, who is in command here, chooses to hold back. Has been reluctant to take the initiative to fight.It wasn't until Huang Taiji brought a large number of heavy artillery that the Qing army finally opened up their positions cautiously and fought against Haihan.But I didn't expect that after only two days of fighting, the Haihan army voluntarily gave up this position and withdrew completely.
Even the most optimistic Huang Taiji didn't think that this position could be won in two or three days, and he was even mentally prepared to sacrifice thousands of people here.But the Haihan people always acted so unexpectedly. When the Qing army finally prepared for the battle, they found that their opponents just slapped their butts and left.If he hadn't received the wind beforehand, Huang Taiji would really have suspected that his opponent was setting up suspicious formations to lure him into the bait.
Of course, even so, Huang Taiji still did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and sent out cavalry to search for the traces of the Haihan Fleet in the upper and lower reaches of the Yalu River, in case it was still lying in ambush somewhere on the river, and came when his army crossed the river. Hit halfway.
Naturally, the cavalry of the Qing army could not find the presence of the Haihan Fleet on the Yalu River, because the fleet had sailed out of the mouth of the Yalu River at this time, and joined the Majestic-class warship and logistics fleet staying here in the waters near Xindao.Except for a small number of reconnaissance cavalry who stayed on the North Korean side of the Yalu River to scout the movement of the Qing army, all other troops had withdrawn from the Yalu River so that the Qing army could cross the river with peace of mind.
Of course, the United Fleet did not go on vacation because of this. Although they gave up the battlefield on the Yalu River, Tom Wang did not intend to let the Allied Forces idle.The fleet will go to Shicheng Island near the coast of Liaodong, join the Portuguese fleet and the Annan fleet, and then seize this opportunity to play a few big games on the Liaodong coast.
Earlier, Wang Tom was also worried that the coalition forces would block the way of the Yalu River and launch high-frequency raids on the Liaodong coast at the same time, which would make the Qing army dispel the idea of invading North Korea and transfer troops to the coastal areas to prevent the coalition forces from looting.But now that the Qing army has transported a large number of heavy weapons to the banks of the Yalu River, it is clear that they want to pull out Haihan's dock position and cross the river into North Korea. Wang Tom doesn't have to worry about playing too much on the coast of Liaodong and making the Qing army turn around.Although the passage to the south has been vacated and handed over to the Qing army, Wang Tom will not let him relax.
After confirming that the Haihan army had completely withdrawn from the Yalu River, Huang Taiji gave the order to cross the river without hesitation, ordering hundreds of ships of all sizes hidden in the upper reaches of the Kui River to return to the Jiuliancheng River section as soon as possible.However, what made the Qing army a little depressed was that Haihan set up many explosive devices at the dock. The Qing army who went to receive the dock was attacked by a series of mines. Not to mention more than 100 people died, the entire dock facility was blown up. It was in a mess, and it would take several days just to repair the trestle where the ships docked.
But this kind of situation made the generals of the Qing army a little more at ease. They thought that this just showed the determination of the Haihan people to leave here. The opponent even destroyed all the dock facilities. Judging from this posture, at least in the short term, they do not plan to return here. coming.
But it is not unheard of that if the Haihan people make a comeback, they can try to capture the repaired Jiulian City Wharf again. After all, fighting on this Yalu River, the Qing army is basically unable to resist the offensive of the Haihan fleet.Therefore, Aziget ordered that while repairing the pier, he also began to build coastal defense forts on the shore to prevent the Haihan fleet from returning to the carbine and still had no means of defense and counterattack.
Jin Shangjiu, who originally served as a military observer in the coalition fleet, has been cut off from the communication channel with the outside world at this time, because according to Haihan's request, it is currently the so-called "quiet period", and the fleet must prepare for the next surprise attack. Fully concealed, any communication with the outside world is not allowed.
It is naturally difficult for Jin Shangjiu to understand such an arrangement. In his opinion, he clearly took the initiative at the Jiuliancheng Wharf. Even if the Qing army cannot withstand the offensive of the Qing army, the coalition forces can completely retreat to Weihua Island or Yizhou, as long as the fleet blocks it. On the river, no matter how many ships the Qing army had, they would never have crossed the Yalu River.But the Haihan people actually withdrew silently in the middle of the night, leaving the Yalu River wide open.
No need to witness it with his own eyes. Jin Shangjiu can completely predict the situation after the Qing army crosses the river. With more than 3000 troops stationed in Uiju, how can they stop the attack of tens of thousands of Qing troops.From the south of Uiju, Longchuan, Yanzhou, Tieshan, Xuanchuan, Dingzhou, Anju, Suncheon, and Pingcheng have the same garrison strength as Uiju. There are tens of thousands of garrisons until Pyongyang City. Jin Shangjiu is not optimistic about how long he can stop the Qing army.
But now that Wang Tom said that the coalition forces will "open up a second battlefield" and "change to a more effective way to attack the Qing Dynasty", he can only believe it tentatively, and pray that Haihan will not abandon North Korea just because of this.
While the coalition fleet was rushing to assemble on the Liaodong coast, according to the prior arrangement, Qian Tiandun informed the North Koreans of the coalition fleet's withdrawal from the Yalu River after a day's delay.After hearing the news, Jin Shangxian was like thunder, and hurried from Seoul to the construction site by the Datong River to find out why the Haihan people suddenly retreated without a fight.
"The local support for our army in Yizhou is very limited. It is difficult for our army to stick to Jiuliancheng Wharf for a long time, and some warships also need to be repaired and ammunition replenished." Qian Tiandun explained patiently to Jin Shangxian who came in a hurry The reason: "As we all know, there is no suitable place in your country that can provide maintenance and repairs for warships, so we can only let the fleet return to Jinzhou first. However, Mr. Jin can rest assured that we will complete the supply as soon as possible, and then we will meet with you in the nearby Liaodong area. The Qing Dynasty started the war."
(End of this chapter)
According to Wang Tom's original conception, the Qing army should continue to be held back by the Yalu River in order to buy more time for the construction of military bases in the rear and the raids on the Liaodong Peninsula. It is not a wise choice to win more favorable conditions from North Korea, and it is not a wise choice to start a decisive battle with the main force of the Qing army on the banks of the Yalu River with limited troops.So after careful discussion with Qian Tiandun, they decided to set up this situation. First, they pretended to have fallen out with North Korea, and then withdrew their troops from the banks of the Yalu River. Kill the carbine and cut off the shipping of the Yalu River, so as to disrupt the Qing army's combat plan.
Of course, this plan cannot be communicated with the North Korean high-level officials in advance, because the other party will definitely not agree to this kind of combat plan to lure wolves into the house, so when the military accidentally intercepted the secret letter sent by the ghost in the officialdom of Yizhou to the Qing Dynasty at the border, then Immediately controlled the relevant personnel, and forged a fake secret letter and sent it to the Qing army through the original channel to mislead the other party's judgment. However, the whole process was not notified to Seoul, and Haihan was completely operating it on his own.
After the two days of artillery battles, Wang Tom believed that the time was ripe. Taking the initiative to withdraw at this time would make the Qing army think that Haihan and North Korea would no longer want to work hard for him after the fallout, and would not appear too blunt and trigger the Qing army suspicion.
In order to show respect for the allies, there will be news sent to the North Korean side tomorrow morning, because the Qing army's offensive in Jiulian City was too fierce, and the Haihan army had to temporarily withdraw from this area.If North Korea passed the news fast enough, the bad news should have arrived in Seoul earlier than the news of the fall of Uiju.At that time, Qian Tiandun will hold talks with senior North Korean officials such as Kim Sang-heon and ask them for more conditions-such as providing more manpower and military expenses to the Haihan Army.
By that time, the Qing army had already entered North Korea, and the urgency of the situation could not allow the North Koreans to negotiate terms slowly at the negotiating table.Even if the conditions offered by Haihan are harsher, the North Koreans will have no room to bargain at that time, and can only choose to give Haihan more money in exchange for military aid.
Although the intention of the boss to make this arrangement may not be fully understood, the Marine Corps still completed the evacuation task excellently, and all evacuated to the troop carrier at midnight, and then slowly sailed downstream.The Fujian Navy, which was originally carrying out guard missions upstream, played the role of the rear during the retreat. It was not until all the ships of the Haihan Navy left this section of the river that the Fujian Navy's fleet slowly sailed past this blocked area. Haihan occupied the place for nearly a month.
Xu Yuzhuo still feels a little regretful. The fleet he led has been going back and forth on the Yalu River for so many days, but in fact it has never been engaged in a real battle. The most important task is to serve as a sentinel for the Haihan Army in the upper reaches of the river. , Occasionally, he had to be responsible for completing logistics and transportation errands, and he never stepped into the battlefield outside Jiulian City.
Xu Yuzhuo was quite proud when Wang Tom ordered troops on Jianghua Island, thinking that this fully proved that the Fujian Navy is the most important and trusted ally of the Haihan people.But now the Portuguese and the Annan people have already participated in the battle to harass the Liaodong coastline, but their own troops can only play a supporting role in the Yalu River, and now they are evacuating the Yalu River before firing. It still makes him a little uncomfortable.
Of course, Wang Tom also explained to him why he had to take the initiative to retreat from the Yalu River on the premise of taking the initiative, but this explanation was only limited to the current situation on the Korean Peninsula. Wang Tom won't go into details about the interests he seeks for himself in the game.And it's not the first day for Xu Yuzhuo to deal with Haihan people, and he is very clear that the explanation he got is not the whole truth of the matter, but with the information he has, it is really difficult to deduce the real purpose of Haihan's repeated strategic deployment .
This time the Fujian Navy sent troops to the Korean Peninsula. Of course, it was not a special trip to watch the excitement. Thanks to the influence of the Haihan Army, the Fujian Navy attaches great importance to the actual combat capabilities of the troops. Learn more practical tactics from the Haihan army, and it is also an excellent means of actual combat training.
Xu Yuzhuo spat fiercely in the direction of Jiulian City in the distance, thinking that if there is a similar opportunity to fight next time, he must take the initiative to ask Tom Wang to fight, otherwise he will spend a lot of military supplies and run so far It's really a loss just to do odd jobs for the Haihan army.
Although the Qing army received a "secret report" from North Korea in advance, they really did not expect that the Haihan army would really withdraw their troops so quickly.When the rangers who were in charge of monitoring the Haihan camp in the early morning found that the Haihan warships docked on the shore had disappeared, and there was no cooking smoke on the Haihan camp as usual, they knew that something must have happened here. Hurry up and report the news to Jiulian City.
Huang Taiji, who just arrived in Jiulian City to supervise the battle the day before yesterday, was also very surprised when he heard the news. In fact, he didn't really believe the news sent by the spies earlier. After all, he had dealt with Haihan for two or three years. Knowing that this opponent is scheming on the battlefield and using almost everything, the so-called withdrawal of troops is most likely just a cover, and there is no other conspiracy.
But after two days of not-so-intense artillery battles, the Haihan people really withdrew from the position that had been occupied for almost a month. This decisive performance shook Huang Taiji's original thinking.
As expected by the outside world, after Huang Taiji changed Yuan and proclaimed himself emperor, he chose the soft persimmon of North Korea to sacrifice the flag as the object of the first battle of the founding of the country.According to his plan, the Qing army would concentrate its superior forces, attack North Korea in one fell swoop, advance to Seoul at the fastest speed, force the North Koreans to surrender, and cut off all diplomatic exchanges with Daming and Haihan.
Judging from the comparison of the strength of the Qing army and the Korean army, it is not impossible to achieve such a combat goal.Huang Taiji is very optimistic that if everything goes well, the war will be over within three months, and the worries of North Korea will be resolved. In the future, the main attack direction of the Qing army can be concentrated in the southwest, and they can concentrate on dealing with Daming——and the sea. Han, the big trouble nailed to the Liaodong Peninsula.
But it is a pity that his idea was not successfully realized. He was still at the stage of mobilizing troops to gather troops, but he was approached by the Haihan people, and he was directly blocked at the river crossing point scheduled by the Qing army.After receiving the report from the front line, Huang Taiji was a little skeptical. Was it someone in the army who accidentally leaked the news, or the Haihan people had a dog nose and could smell the smell all the way here? It's time to attack North Korea, and the Haihan people suddenly jumped out to act as a stumbling block?
However, the follow-up information was soon sent to Huang Taiji. It turned out that the Koreans, unwilling to be humiliated, chose to invite Haihan to enter the war.The special border between North Korea and the Qing Dynasty made it easy for Haihan to find the key parts of the Qing army's combat plan. Only two to 3000 troops blocked tens of thousands of Qing troops in Jiulian City, unable to move.
Since the heavy weapons of the Qing army have not yet arrived in Jiulian City, if they use their flesh and blood to fight against the guns, they will avoid repeating the tragedy of the Jinzhou Battle, so Azig, who is in command here, chooses to hold back. Has been reluctant to take the initiative to fight.It wasn't until Huang Taiji brought a large number of heavy artillery that the Qing army finally opened up their positions cautiously and fought against Haihan.But I didn't expect that after only two days of fighting, the Haihan army voluntarily gave up this position and withdrew completely.
Even the most optimistic Huang Taiji didn't think that this position could be won in two or three days, and he was even mentally prepared to sacrifice thousands of people here.But the Haihan people always acted so unexpectedly. When the Qing army finally prepared for the battle, they found that their opponents just slapped their butts and left.If he hadn't received the wind beforehand, Huang Taiji would really have suspected that his opponent was setting up suspicious formations to lure him into the bait.
Of course, even so, Huang Taiji still did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and sent out cavalry to search for the traces of the Haihan Fleet in the upper and lower reaches of the Yalu River, in case it was still lying in ambush somewhere on the river, and came when his army crossed the river. Hit halfway.
Naturally, the cavalry of the Qing army could not find the presence of the Haihan Fleet on the Yalu River, because the fleet had sailed out of the mouth of the Yalu River at this time, and joined the Majestic-class warship and logistics fleet staying here in the waters near Xindao.Except for a small number of reconnaissance cavalry who stayed on the North Korean side of the Yalu River to scout the movement of the Qing army, all other troops had withdrawn from the Yalu River so that the Qing army could cross the river with peace of mind.
Of course, the United Fleet did not go on vacation because of this. Although they gave up the battlefield on the Yalu River, Tom Wang did not intend to let the Allied Forces idle.The fleet will go to Shicheng Island near the coast of Liaodong, join the Portuguese fleet and the Annan fleet, and then seize this opportunity to play a few big games on the Liaodong coast.
Earlier, Wang Tom was also worried that the coalition forces would block the way of the Yalu River and launch high-frequency raids on the Liaodong coast at the same time, which would make the Qing army dispel the idea of invading North Korea and transfer troops to the coastal areas to prevent the coalition forces from looting.But now that the Qing army has transported a large number of heavy weapons to the banks of the Yalu River, it is clear that they want to pull out Haihan's dock position and cross the river into North Korea. Wang Tom doesn't have to worry about playing too much on the coast of Liaodong and making the Qing army turn around.Although the passage to the south has been vacated and handed over to the Qing army, Wang Tom will not let him relax.
After confirming that the Haihan army had completely withdrawn from the Yalu River, Huang Taiji gave the order to cross the river without hesitation, ordering hundreds of ships of all sizes hidden in the upper reaches of the Kui River to return to the Jiuliancheng River section as soon as possible.However, what made the Qing army a little depressed was that Haihan set up many explosive devices at the dock. The Qing army who went to receive the dock was attacked by a series of mines. Not to mention more than 100 people died, the entire dock facility was blown up. It was in a mess, and it would take several days just to repair the trestle where the ships docked.
But this kind of situation made the generals of the Qing army a little more at ease. They thought that this just showed the determination of the Haihan people to leave here. The opponent even destroyed all the dock facilities. Judging from this posture, at least in the short term, they do not plan to return here. coming.
But it is not unheard of that if the Haihan people make a comeback, they can try to capture the repaired Jiulian City Wharf again. After all, fighting on this Yalu River, the Qing army is basically unable to resist the offensive of the Haihan fleet.Therefore, Aziget ordered that while repairing the pier, he also began to build coastal defense forts on the shore to prevent the Haihan fleet from returning to the carbine and still had no means of defense and counterattack.
Jin Shangjiu, who originally served as a military observer in the coalition fleet, has been cut off from the communication channel with the outside world at this time, because according to Haihan's request, it is currently the so-called "quiet period", and the fleet must prepare for the next surprise attack. Fully concealed, any communication with the outside world is not allowed.
It is naturally difficult for Jin Shangjiu to understand such an arrangement. In his opinion, he clearly took the initiative at the Jiuliancheng Wharf. Even if the Qing army cannot withstand the offensive of the Qing army, the coalition forces can completely retreat to Weihua Island or Yizhou, as long as the fleet blocks it. On the river, no matter how many ships the Qing army had, they would never have crossed the Yalu River.But the Haihan people actually withdrew silently in the middle of the night, leaving the Yalu River wide open.
No need to witness it with his own eyes. Jin Shangjiu can completely predict the situation after the Qing army crosses the river. With more than 3000 troops stationed in Uiju, how can they stop the attack of tens of thousands of Qing troops.From the south of Uiju, Longchuan, Yanzhou, Tieshan, Xuanchuan, Dingzhou, Anju, Suncheon, and Pingcheng have the same garrison strength as Uiju. There are tens of thousands of garrisons until Pyongyang City. Jin Shangjiu is not optimistic about how long he can stop the Qing army.
But now that Wang Tom said that the coalition forces will "open up a second battlefield" and "change to a more effective way to attack the Qing Dynasty", he can only believe it tentatively, and pray that Haihan will not abandon North Korea just because of this.
While the coalition fleet was rushing to assemble on the Liaodong coast, according to the prior arrangement, Qian Tiandun informed the North Koreans of the coalition fleet's withdrawal from the Yalu River after a day's delay.After hearing the news, Jin Shangxian was like thunder, and hurried from Seoul to the construction site by the Datong River to find out why the Haihan people suddenly retreated without a fight.
"The local support for our army in Yizhou is very limited. It is difficult for our army to stick to Jiuliancheng Wharf for a long time, and some warships also need to be repaired and ammunition replenished." Qian Tiandun explained patiently to Jin Shangxian who came in a hurry The reason: "As we all know, there is no suitable place in your country that can provide maintenance and repairs for warships, so we can only let the fleet return to Jinzhou first. However, Mr. Jin can rest assured that we will complete the supply as soon as possible, and then we will meet with you in the nearby Liaodong area. The Qing Dynasty started the war."
(End of this chapter)