Chapter 1823
Datong River Defense Line
Chapter 1823 Datong River Defense Line
Anzhou City is adjacent to the Qingchuan River in the north, and the southeast and southeast are surrounded by rugged mountainous areas. Only the west is a plain formed by the alluvial river for thousands of years. Therefore, if you judge the environment of Anzhou City from a strategic perspective, it is actually a place that is easy to defend and difficult to defend. stronghold of attack.The foreign enemies attacking Anzhou City can only put their own forces in a relatively small area in the west of Anzhou City, and the defenders don't have to worry too much about the city being besieged from all sides, as long as they stick to this direction with peace of mind, they will be safe.
However, under the suppression of the Qing army, the situation in Anzhou City was not as calm as imagined.On the plain two miles away from the west gate of Anzhou City is the Qing army camp, and the densely packed tents make the defenders at the top of the city terrified.The order they received was to stick to Anju and try to delay the preparations for the southern city of Pyongyang as much as possible.
Only a very small number of high-ranking officials know some inside information. The southern defense line is not centered on Pyongyang City, but the Haihan military base that is being built on the banks of the Datong River. The multinational coalition forces commanded.As for whether this line of defense led by Haihan can stop the Qing army, which is in full swing, no one can tell. After all, the coalition fleet has voluntarily withdrawn from the battlefield twice since the start of the war, and maybe it will repeat the same tricks next time. Shi, play the golden cicada's trick of escaping its shell again on the banks of the Datong River.
Huang Taiji, who had just arrived to supervise the battle on the south bank of the Qingchuan River, did not feel relaxed because of the active withdrawal of the Ming army fleet. When the opponent came and left, he had no intention of worrying about the Qing army at all. This sense of calm made Huang Taiji feel that he was in Daning. The confrontation between Jiang and Qingchuanjiang will not be the last confrontation in this expedition to North Korea, and they will meet again somewhere in the future.
As for the rumor that Haihan had a falling out with North Korea and the withdrawal of military aid, Huang Taiji was still dubious.Although the fleet that sent troops to stop the Qing army going south for more than half a month did not belong to Haihan, but the genuine Daming navy, but this method of combat is most likely also assigned by the Haihan people, and it is hard to say when the Haihan people will return. battlefield.
According to the original plan of the Qing Dynasty, the attack on North Korea this time was to focus on a quick battle, but the appearance of the foreign coalition forces completely ruined the battle plan, and the two actions to block the waterway on the river dragged the Qing army for more than a month. The results gained from North Korea since the start of the war are far from enough to cover the additional consumption during this period.If the gains and losses of this expedition are calculated from the economic point of view, the Qing army is still trading at a loss so far.Of course, if they can finally reach Seoul and force the North Koreans to surrender, that would be another matter.
Huang Taiji has full confidence in defeating North Korea, but if Haihan intervenes, the situation will become very complicated.The Qing army basically had no way to fight on the water, but on the Korean battlefield, this was equivalent to giving Haihan, a terrifying opponent, a natural advantage of being able to attack, retreat and defend.
There are several kinds of maps in Huang Taiji's hands, the most accurate and detailed version of which was captured by the North Korean military.According to the map, there are several rivers between Anzhou and Seoul, and Haihan's fleet may appear in any of them. This potential threat makes it very difficult for Huang Taiji to boldly launch a battle instruction.
Originally, after the Ming fleet withdrew, it was indeed possible to directly bypass Anzhou City without fighting, but Huang Taiji considered that his troops had been blocked by the Ming fleet for more than 20 days in this area, and their morale would inevitably be greatly affected. There needs to be a hearty victory to boost morale, and the only goal nearby is Anzhou City.
In addition, Huang Taiji was also a little worried that the coalition forces headed by Haihan had hidden ambushes in Anzhou City, and deliberately let the fleet withdraw to show weakness, and let the Qing army cross the south of the Yangtze River.But if after the main force of the Qing army goes south, a surprise soldier is killed from Anzhou City to cut off the supply of the Qing army, the consequences will be unimaginable.Therefore, before taking the next step, Huang Taiji still had to try to clean up Anzhou and ensure that there were no enemy ambushes in this area before he dared to order his troops to go south with confidence.
So Anzhou City, which could have been fought or not, became a target that the Qing army had to win.Huang Taiji didn't even wait for the main force to cross the river before ordering an offensive.However, it was getting late when the battle started yesterday, and the hasty siege of the city did not go very well. After the two offensives were repulsed by the defenders, the Qing army retreated hastily when they saw that there was no chance.
But today the Qing army launched an offensive again, so they don't plan to leave any more room.Huang Taiji has already issued a death order, the city must be taken down before dark, and Anzhou City must be wiped out tomorrow at the latest.
Perhaps it was because the Qing Dynasty had truly realized the power of artillery on the battlefield after being taught by the Haihan Army in Liaodong two years ago. The Qing Dynasty spent a lot of resources on casting artillery in the past two years, and the number of artillery equipped in the army was far greater than More than the original history, it can be regarded as one of Haihan's influences on this time and space.
However, although this militaristic change of equipment made the Qing army much stronger on paper, the strength of the artillery unit is not only the number of artillery, but more importantly, the people who use these weapons.Due to the relatively limited level of military industry and military expenditure, the artillerymen in the Qing army actually did not have many opportunities for live ammunition training.And because it is not easy to form an army, the generals of the Qing army are generally not willing to send these precious soldiers into battle to fight the Ming army.But this time when they attacked North Korea, the opponent was relatively weak. The Qing army specially brought a large number of artillery pieces, so that the artillerymen could get the opportunity for actual combat training.
A city like Anzhou, which has certain defensive capabilities but is not particularly strong, happens to be used to practice artillery and artillery siege tactics. So Huang Taiji gave an order, and dozens of artillery were lined up outside the city to bombard Anzhou. State city head.
Although the accuracy and destructive power of the Qing army's shelling were relatively limited, the deterrent effect was very significant. After two rounds of shelling, there was no trace of the defenders on the top of the city.The infantry of the Qing army took advantage of the retreat of the defenders from the top of the city, and immediately set up ladders under the city to attack the city.Although the defenders began to return to the top of the city for defense as soon as the shelling stopped, they still failed to prevent the Qing army from ascending the top of the city.
Once the hand-to-hand combat began, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides became apparent at a faster rate. The North Korean defenders faced the heavily armored Ba Yala soldiers, as if they were facing invulnerable monsters.Before noon, the Qing army had already occupied the top of Ximen City.If the defenders hadn't blocked the city gate with earth and rocks in advance, the Qing army would have attacked the city directly from the west gate.
There are only four cannons in Anzhou City, all of which were purchased from Haihan last year.The defenders deployed them at the top of the city, but the Qing army had already destroyed two of them in the previous artillery battle. After the Qing army attacked the top of the city, they saw that the other two cannons were almost lost, and they couldn't withdraw quickly because of the heavy guns. Let's go, the defenders had no choice but to fill the barrel with explosives and destroy the two cannons together.
At the cost of more than [-] people, the Qing army occupied a site five or six feet wide on the top of the city, and then the troops outside the city quickly climbed to the top of the city with the help of siege ladders, and expanded to both sides along the city wall.After the defenders in the city realized that the Qing army had opened a gap in the city defense, instead of taking the time to launch a counterattack to expel the enemy, some troops lost the fighting spirit to continue fighting because of this. A chance to escape on the battlefield.
An hour after the first attack on the city, the Qing army had already cleared the western city wall and repelled several counterattacks launched by the defenders from the city.After more Qing troops climbed over the city wall and entered the city, the two armies began a more brutal street battle in Anzhou City.
By nightfall, the defenders barely held the eastern city, but the control area had been compressed to less than one-third of the city.At this time, the strength of the Qing army entering the city has exceeded [-]. Although it is not as good as the defenders, it is already difficult to be overthrown.Fortunately, the civilians in the city had been released to take refuge in the mountains a few days ago, so the fighting in the city did not hurt too many innocent civilians.
After the generals of the defending army met at night to discuss, they could no longer agree on one opinion. Some people thought that if the green hills were left without worrying about firewood, and the current situation was over, they should avoid head-on confrontation and continue to die, and withdraw from the city as soon as possible to preserve their strength.While another group of people think that the order they received is to defend Anzhou City to the death, to delay the Qing army's southward march as much as possible, and retreat again and again, then where will the retreat be the end, and would rather die in Anzhou City Unwilling to admit defeat.
In the end, most of the defenders chose to evacuate Anzhou City from the east gate at night, and only more than a thousand North Korean officers and soldiers still defended Anzhou.
After dawn, the Qing army began to clean up the city step by step, and encountered the last North Korean soldiers holding on to Anju near the East Gate.As a result, needless to say, only a hundred or so Korean soldiers from the North Korean troops left in the city were captured, and the rest were all killed in battle.The captives were all wounded, and they still refused to surrender.
This situation also alarmed Huang Taiji. After he entered the city to inspect the bloody battlefield in the east of the city, he thought that he might have underestimated the fighting will of the Koreans.But fortunately, there are only a very small number of North Koreans who dare to die generously, and once they are eliminated, there will be fewer.
In the end, Huang Taiji ordered that all the captives who refused to surrender be executed at the east gate, but out of respect for these warriors, he ordered these people to keep their bodies without beheading them to show their "kindness".
In the Battle of Anzhou City, nearly 3000 people were killed or injured on the North Korean side, and the Qing army finally encountered the heaviest casualties in a siege battle since entering North Korea, with over a thousand casualties. For the generals of the Qing army who vowed to take Anzhou City at the lowest cost before the siege, such battle damage was enough to make their faces dull.
However, the Qing army spent three days and two nights here in Anju, which coincided with Xu Yuzhuo's prediction to Jin Shangxian.The news of the fall of Anzhou did not reach the Datongjiang base until two days later. Kim Sang-heon calculated the time of the battle and had to admire the vision and calculation ability of the generals of the Ming army.As for the North Korean officers and soldiers who died in the battle in Anju City, although Kim Sang-heon felt sorry, but because of the previous series of failures as a foreshadowing, he no longer felt much grief.
The soldiers and horses evacuated from Anju met thousands of refugees who fled early in the mountains, and then retreated together across the mountains to the city of Pyongyang in the south.
At the same time, the main force of the coalition fleet returning from Liaodong has arrived at the Datong River base, and has begun to cooperate with the army to deploy defenses in the Datong River Basin.
According to the hydrological data provided by the North Korean side, the coalition forces divided the more than 200 miles of river that needed to be monitored into three grades according to the degree of suitability for crossing the river, and then divided several sections of the river that required key monitoring, and stationed a number of warships respectively.The North Korean army, in accordance with the requirements of the coalition forces, focused on the Pyongyang Nanjiang Bank as a key defensive area, and assembled more than [-]% of the remaining troops in Pyongan Road to this area.Qian Tiandun's request to them is very simple, that is, to guard the defense zone he is responsible for, and not to let the Qing army go to the south bank of the Datong River easily.
Although Qian Tiandun's request was simple, it was quite a test for the Korean army.Whether it was on the Yalu River, or later on the Daning River and Qingchuan River, the Korean army failed to completely hold the river bank and keep the Qing army on the other side.If the North Korean army is still unable to defend this time, then Qian Tiandun may really consider whether he should continue to cooperate with the North Koreans.
Naturally, Kim Sang-heon also felt the distrust of the Haihan people for their own army from Qian Tiandun's deployment. For this reason, he made a special trip to Pyongyang, gathered the local garrison commanders, and asked them to treat the Taedong River blockade as a In the end, it is decided that the decisive battle of the national destiny will be fought. In any case, we must not take half a step back, and we must stick to the Datong River defense line.
Qian Tiandun actually didn't have much hope for the effect of the pre-war mobilization that Kim Sang-heon did. According to Haihan's deployment, Wang Tom will personally lead the main force of the fleet to Pyongyang to block that section of the river.Compared with the North Koreans who have lost consecutive battles, they are still more reliable.
The main project of the defense line in the north of the Datongjiang base was basically completed. Although most of it was only built according to the standard of temporary projects, Qian Tiandun believed that it was enough to defend against the offensive of the main forces of the Qing army.Of course, before the Qing army attacked here, thousands of laborers on the construction site still had at least three or four days to further improve these fortifications.
More than a dozen forts on the defense line have deployed their artillery in place one after another, and they have carried out calibration firings in advance, marking the firing range in advance on the plain north of the defense line.At that time, if the Qing army wants to start a duel with artillery here, the defenders can take the upper hand.
Before the war came, Qian Tiandun gathered the generals of the coalition army together and used a sumptuous banquet to mobilize before the battle.
"If this battle is won well, then there will be no need to worry about the threat of the Qing Dynasty for at least one or two years." Qian Tiandun unabashedly threw out the benefits that can be obtained after the war: "The entire North Korean country will We open the country and take whatever we want, which is easier than using force to conquer this country. I hope everyone can seize this opportunity to perform well and show a record that convinces the North Koreans!"
(End of this chapter)
Anzhou City is adjacent to the Qingchuan River in the north, and the southeast and southeast are surrounded by rugged mountainous areas. Only the west is a plain formed by the alluvial river for thousands of years. Therefore, if you judge the environment of Anzhou City from a strategic perspective, it is actually a place that is easy to defend and difficult to defend. stronghold of attack.The foreign enemies attacking Anzhou City can only put their own forces in a relatively small area in the west of Anzhou City, and the defenders don't have to worry too much about the city being besieged from all sides, as long as they stick to this direction with peace of mind, they will be safe.
However, under the suppression of the Qing army, the situation in Anzhou City was not as calm as imagined.On the plain two miles away from the west gate of Anzhou City is the Qing army camp, and the densely packed tents make the defenders at the top of the city terrified.The order they received was to stick to Anju and try to delay the preparations for the southern city of Pyongyang as much as possible.
Only a very small number of high-ranking officials know some inside information. The southern defense line is not centered on Pyongyang City, but the Haihan military base that is being built on the banks of the Datong River. The multinational coalition forces commanded.As for whether this line of defense led by Haihan can stop the Qing army, which is in full swing, no one can tell. After all, the coalition fleet has voluntarily withdrawn from the battlefield twice since the start of the war, and maybe it will repeat the same tricks next time. Shi, play the golden cicada's trick of escaping its shell again on the banks of the Datong River.
Huang Taiji, who had just arrived to supervise the battle on the south bank of the Qingchuan River, did not feel relaxed because of the active withdrawal of the Ming army fleet. When the opponent came and left, he had no intention of worrying about the Qing army at all. This sense of calm made Huang Taiji feel that he was in Daning. The confrontation between Jiang and Qingchuanjiang will not be the last confrontation in this expedition to North Korea, and they will meet again somewhere in the future.
As for the rumor that Haihan had a falling out with North Korea and the withdrawal of military aid, Huang Taiji was still dubious.Although the fleet that sent troops to stop the Qing army going south for more than half a month did not belong to Haihan, but the genuine Daming navy, but this method of combat is most likely also assigned by the Haihan people, and it is hard to say when the Haihan people will return. battlefield.
According to the original plan of the Qing Dynasty, the attack on North Korea this time was to focus on a quick battle, but the appearance of the foreign coalition forces completely ruined the battle plan, and the two actions to block the waterway on the river dragged the Qing army for more than a month. The results gained from North Korea since the start of the war are far from enough to cover the additional consumption during this period.If the gains and losses of this expedition are calculated from the economic point of view, the Qing army is still trading at a loss so far.Of course, if they can finally reach Seoul and force the North Koreans to surrender, that would be another matter.
Huang Taiji has full confidence in defeating North Korea, but if Haihan intervenes, the situation will become very complicated.The Qing army basically had no way to fight on the water, but on the Korean battlefield, this was equivalent to giving Haihan, a terrifying opponent, a natural advantage of being able to attack, retreat and defend.
There are several kinds of maps in Huang Taiji's hands, the most accurate and detailed version of which was captured by the North Korean military.According to the map, there are several rivers between Anzhou and Seoul, and Haihan's fleet may appear in any of them. This potential threat makes it very difficult for Huang Taiji to boldly launch a battle instruction.
Originally, after the Ming fleet withdrew, it was indeed possible to directly bypass Anzhou City without fighting, but Huang Taiji considered that his troops had been blocked by the Ming fleet for more than 20 days in this area, and their morale would inevitably be greatly affected. There needs to be a hearty victory to boost morale, and the only goal nearby is Anzhou City.
In addition, Huang Taiji was also a little worried that the coalition forces headed by Haihan had hidden ambushes in Anzhou City, and deliberately let the fleet withdraw to show weakness, and let the Qing army cross the south of the Yangtze River.But if after the main force of the Qing army goes south, a surprise soldier is killed from Anzhou City to cut off the supply of the Qing army, the consequences will be unimaginable.Therefore, before taking the next step, Huang Taiji still had to try to clean up Anzhou and ensure that there were no enemy ambushes in this area before he dared to order his troops to go south with confidence.
So Anzhou City, which could have been fought or not, became a target that the Qing army had to win.Huang Taiji didn't even wait for the main force to cross the river before ordering an offensive.However, it was getting late when the battle started yesterday, and the hasty siege of the city did not go very well. After the two offensives were repulsed by the defenders, the Qing army retreated hastily when they saw that there was no chance.
But today the Qing army launched an offensive again, so they don't plan to leave any more room.Huang Taiji has already issued a death order, the city must be taken down before dark, and Anzhou City must be wiped out tomorrow at the latest.
Perhaps it was because the Qing Dynasty had truly realized the power of artillery on the battlefield after being taught by the Haihan Army in Liaodong two years ago. The Qing Dynasty spent a lot of resources on casting artillery in the past two years, and the number of artillery equipped in the army was far greater than More than the original history, it can be regarded as one of Haihan's influences on this time and space.
However, although this militaristic change of equipment made the Qing army much stronger on paper, the strength of the artillery unit is not only the number of artillery, but more importantly, the people who use these weapons.Due to the relatively limited level of military industry and military expenditure, the artillerymen in the Qing army actually did not have many opportunities for live ammunition training.And because it is not easy to form an army, the generals of the Qing army are generally not willing to send these precious soldiers into battle to fight the Ming army.But this time when they attacked North Korea, the opponent was relatively weak. The Qing army specially brought a large number of artillery pieces, so that the artillerymen could get the opportunity for actual combat training.
A city like Anzhou, which has certain defensive capabilities but is not particularly strong, happens to be used to practice artillery and artillery siege tactics. So Huang Taiji gave an order, and dozens of artillery were lined up outside the city to bombard Anzhou. State city head.
Although the accuracy and destructive power of the Qing army's shelling were relatively limited, the deterrent effect was very significant. After two rounds of shelling, there was no trace of the defenders on the top of the city.The infantry of the Qing army took advantage of the retreat of the defenders from the top of the city, and immediately set up ladders under the city to attack the city.Although the defenders began to return to the top of the city for defense as soon as the shelling stopped, they still failed to prevent the Qing army from ascending the top of the city.
Once the hand-to-hand combat began, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides became apparent at a faster rate. The North Korean defenders faced the heavily armored Ba Yala soldiers, as if they were facing invulnerable monsters.Before noon, the Qing army had already occupied the top of Ximen City.If the defenders hadn't blocked the city gate with earth and rocks in advance, the Qing army would have attacked the city directly from the west gate.
There are only four cannons in Anzhou City, all of which were purchased from Haihan last year.The defenders deployed them at the top of the city, but the Qing army had already destroyed two of them in the previous artillery battle. After the Qing army attacked the top of the city, they saw that the other two cannons were almost lost, and they couldn't withdraw quickly because of the heavy guns. Let's go, the defenders had no choice but to fill the barrel with explosives and destroy the two cannons together.
At the cost of more than [-] people, the Qing army occupied a site five or six feet wide on the top of the city, and then the troops outside the city quickly climbed to the top of the city with the help of siege ladders, and expanded to both sides along the city wall.After the defenders in the city realized that the Qing army had opened a gap in the city defense, instead of taking the time to launch a counterattack to expel the enemy, some troops lost the fighting spirit to continue fighting because of this. A chance to escape on the battlefield.
An hour after the first attack on the city, the Qing army had already cleared the western city wall and repelled several counterattacks launched by the defenders from the city.After more Qing troops climbed over the city wall and entered the city, the two armies began a more brutal street battle in Anzhou City.
By nightfall, the defenders barely held the eastern city, but the control area had been compressed to less than one-third of the city.At this time, the strength of the Qing army entering the city has exceeded [-]. Although it is not as good as the defenders, it is already difficult to be overthrown.Fortunately, the civilians in the city had been released to take refuge in the mountains a few days ago, so the fighting in the city did not hurt too many innocent civilians.
After the generals of the defending army met at night to discuss, they could no longer agree on one opinion. Some people thought that if the green hills were left without worrying about firewood, and the current situation was over, they should avoid head-on confrontation and continue to die, and withdraw from the city as soon as possible to preserve their strength.While another group of people think that the order they received is to defend Anzhou City to the death, to delay the Qing army's southward march as much as possible, and retreat again and again, then where will the retreat be the end, and would rather die in Anzhou City Unwilling to admit defeat.
In the end, most of the defenders chose to evacuate Anzhou City from the east gate at night, and only more than a thousand North Korean officers and soldiers still defended Anzhou.
After dawn, the Qing army began to clean up the city step by step, and encountered the last North Korean soldiers holding on to Anju near the East Gate.As a result, needless to say, only a hundred or so Korean soldiers from the North Korean troops left in the city were captured, and the rest were all killed in battle.The captives were all wounded, and they still refused to surrender.
This situation also alarmed Huang Taiji. After he entered the city to inspect the bloody battlefield in the east of the city, he thought that he might have underestimated the fighting will of the Koreans.But fortunately, there are only a very small number of North Koreans who dare to die generously, and once they are eliminated, there will be fewer.
In the end, Huang Taiji ordered that all the captives who refused to surrender be executed at the east gate, but out of respect for these warriors, he ordered these people to keep their bodies without beheading them to show their "kindness".
In the Battle of Anzhou City, nearly 3000 people were killed or injured on the North Korean side, and the Qing army finally encountered the heaviest casualties in a siege battle since entering North Korea, with over a thousand casualties. For the generals of the Qing army who vowed to take Anzhou City at the lowest cost before the siege, such battle damage was enough to make their faces dull.
However, the Qing army spent three days and two nights here in Anju, which coincided with Xu Yuzhuo's prediction to Jin Shangxian.The news of the fall of Anzhou did not reach the Datongjiang base until two days later. Kim Sang-heon calculated the time of the battle and had to admire the vision and calculation ability of the generals of the Ming army.As for the North Korean officers and soldiers who died in the battle in Anju City, although Kim Sang-heon felt sorry, but because of the previous series of failures as a foreshadowing, he no longer felt much grief.
The soldiers and horses evacuated from Anju met thousands of refugees who fled early in the mountains, and then retreated together across the mountains to the city of Pyongyang in the south.
At the same time, the main force of the coalition fleet returning from Liaodong has arrived at the Datong River base, and has begun to cooperate with the army to deploy defenses in the Datong River Basin.
According to the hydrological data provided by the North Korean side, the coalition forces divided the more than 200 miles of river that needed to be monitored into three grades according to the degree of suitability for crossing the river, and then divided several sections of the river that required key monitoring, and stationed a number of warships respectively.The North Korean army, in accordance with the requirements of the coalition forces, focused on the Pyongyang Nanjiang Bank as a key defensive area, and assembled more than [-]% of the remaining troops in Pyongan Road to this area.Qian Tiandun's request to them is very simple, that is, to guard the defense zone he is responsible for, and not to let the Qing army go to the south bank of the Datong River easily.
Although Qian Tiandun's request was simple, it was quite a test for the Korean army.Whether it was on the Yalu River, or later on the Daning River and Qingchuan River, the Korean army failed to completely hold the river bank and keep the Qing army on the other side.If the North Korean army is still unable to defend this time, then Qian Tiandun may really consider whether he should continue to cooperate with the North Koreans.
Naturally, Kim Sang-heon also felt the distrust of the Haihan people for their own army from Qian Tiandun's deployment. For this reason, he made a special trip to Pyongyang, gathered the local garrison commanders, and asked them to treat the Taedong River blockade as a In the end, it is decided that the decisive battle of the national destiny will be fought. In any case, we must not take half a step back, and we must stick to the Datong River defense line.
Qian Tiandun actually didn't have much hope for the effect of the pre-war mobilization that Kim Sang-heon did. According to Haihan's deployment, Wang Tom will personally lead the main force of the fleet to Pyongyang to block that section of the river.Compared with the North Koreans who have lost consecutive battles, they are still more reliable.
The main project of the defense line in the north of the Datongjiang base was basically completed. Although most of it was only built according to the standard of temporary projects, Qian Tiandun believed that it was enough to defend against the offensive of the main forces of the Qing army.Of course, before the Qing army attacked here, thousands of laborers on the construction site still had at least three or four days to further improve these fortifications.
More than a dozen forts on the defense line have deployed their artillery in place one after another, and they have carried out calibration firings in advance, marking the firing range in advance on the plain north of the defense line.At that time, if the Qing army wants to start a duel with artillery here, the defenders can take the upper hand.
Before the war came, Qian Tiandun gathered the generals of the coalition army together and used a sumptuous banquet to mobilize before the battle.
"If this battle is won well, then there will be no need to worry about the threat of the Qing Dynasty for at least one or two years." Qian Tiandun unabashedly threw out the benefits that can be obtained after the war: "The entire North Korean country will We open the country and take whatever we want, which is easier than using force to conquer this country. I hope everyone can seize this opportunity to perform well and show a record that convinces the North Koreans!"
(End of this chapter)