In late August 1792, Wu Siyu, who arrived at Anping Port for inspection, inspected the materials and personnel preparations accompanied by Kong Shaoan, immediately issued an order on behalf of the North Navy's General Staff that the operation to land in Shandong would begin on September 1.

The commander-in-chief of this landing operation is Kong Shaoan, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Lu Shoushan and Li Bi; one is responsible for military affairs and the other is responsible for government affairs. Needless to say, Lu Shoushan is a die-hard member of Zhao Xin. Li Bi has been serving as the deputy civil affairs in Heilongjiang City before. Because he has worked diligently in recent years and is familiar with the affairs of the Qing Dynasty, he was named by Zhao Xin.

In terms of fleets, Beihai Town will send a fleet of twenty large transformed ships and four sailboats equipped with 20 75mm guns.

In terms of personnel configuration, the "Jiaodong Detachment" composed of the newly formed 15th and 16th Regiments is responsible for combat tasks; there is also a rural working team composed of 300 veterans and veterans, as well as supporting medical, logistics, communications, engineering, and agricultural technicians, with a total number of 6,218 people.

The first phase of the entire Shandong plan began on September 1, 1792 and was expected to end in mid-October. The goal was to completely disintegrate all the military forces of the Qing Dynasty in Rongcheng, Wendeng, Ninghaizhou and Haiyang counties, and stabilize the defense lines of the Northern Navy at the Fushan, Qixia and Laiyang lines.

The second stage is to send a working team and a medical team to the countryside to find out the situation of each village and lay a solid foundation for subsequent land reform work. It is expected to be completed before the spring plowing of the next year.

The reason why I chose this time period is mainly because the northern region has completed the autumn harvest and entered the slack season. Those poor people have very little left after paying the landlord’s rent and the government’s taxes, and the cold winter is approaching, so the recruitment effect is the best at this time.

In addition, because there are few activities in winter, the recruited farmers can be organized to teach the cultivation techniques of cold-resistant crops such as rye and beet in advance. By the beginning of next spring, the local recruited people in Shandong will be placed in the vast area west of Nebchu.

Chen Qingsong has planned everything. At that time, each household will be divided into 100 acres of land, and a set of woodcuts will be given away. In conjunction with the "New Rural Cooperation System", it will be a good place for your wife and children to be warm!

In the early morning of September 1, large army gathered in Anping Port, Jeju Island. The berths on the port were like forests, and sails covered the sky and sun. Groups of seagulls hovered in the air, rising and falling.

More than 5,000 Northern Navy began to board the ship under the orders of officers from various departments. The whistles, commands and responses at the port were endless, which made merchants from all over the world who came to trade here dumbfounded. In a teahouse nearest to the pier, several merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were looking around on the second floor. They used to be specialized in Nagasaki. Since most of the ginseng and fur in the northeast were controlled by Beihai Town, under the intention of Shen Jingdan and Lao Huang, many southern merchants secretly ran to Anping Port to purchase goods, causing the Qing Dynasty Office of the Internal Affairs, which had lost a large amount of money, to jump to the office of the Internal Affairs Office of the Qing court, who had lost a lot of money, to make it anxious.

"Who is the Northern Navy going to fight? Good! There are so many people in this ship and there are so many people."

"Isn't it going to fight the imperial court?"

"Wow, can you make a shell repair! I'll fight long ago. Brother Nong knows how to do business safely and peacefully!"

"Brother, I'm very good at it!"

The merchants were talking at the time when they suddenly saw a red flag in the North Sea Army that was about to board the ship in a harbor two hundred steps away, with a few big white characters on it. After one of the merchants looked at the four big characters "Jiaodong Detachment" on it with a good look, he was immediately scared and his hands were trembling.

"Brother Fang, is the color pattern written on the flag?"

"God! Qula is going to start fighting Shandong!"

"Nong's words?!!"

At 10 a.m., because the military supplies had been shipped separately a few days ago, after all the combat troops and relevant personnel boarded the ship, the excited Kong Shaoan took a few deep breaths and then issued an order to set sail on the walkie-talkie.

As the flagship of the two thousand-ton wide ship slowly sailed out of the port and joined with four gunboats, the sailboats loaded with soldiers drove out of the port in a row in two columns. After the fleet made a bend outside Jeju Island, it turned northwest and headed towards the Shandong Peninsula.

At this time, the Yellow Sea was at the turn of summer and autumn. The northwest wind had not yet risen, the southeast monsoon was about to retreat, and the sea conditions were very stable. Twenty-four large-scale sailboats were like huge whales walking on the sea, splashing the old high water splashes. When the Li Chao navy, who was patrolling nearby, saw it, he immediately hid far away.

The distance from Jeju Island to Yangyuchi Bay of Rongcheng is nearly 300 nautical miles, and the speed of the North Navy fleet has always remained within 10 knots, so when it arrived at the outer sea of ​​Rongcheng, it was already dusk the next day.

The relevant procedures and plans for logging in have been practiced countless times on the sand table, and Kong Shaoan could recite them with his eyes closed. In addition, in order to ensure that there is no accident, the North Navy Intelligence Bureau sent someone to Rongcheng for a survey and reconnaissance half a year ago, and reported the situation to Anping Port regularly.

After the fleet entered Yangyuchi Bay, Lushoushan, holding a telescope, saw that there was no movement on the Longkou Cliff Fortress. He was sure that the Intelligence Bureau had successfully bribed the defenders. So after reporting to Kong Shaoan's approval, he said to the accompanying staff: "Chang the flag and notify Beihai No. 3 and No. 4, immediately use side guns to shell the Qingjun dock and water camp in Yangyuchi. After three rounds, the troops landed, occupied the beach and took the water camp in the water camp!"

Twenty minutes later, a "bang" sound was heard on the sea, and a shell exploded outside the Qing army water camp, and a thick smoke rose. After a few dozen seconds, the sea was filled with thunder-like sounds of cannons. More than 20 shells rolled across the sea and landed on the Qing army water camp and several large rushing boats. In an instant, thick smoke rose, and the bombed flagpoles and ship fragments flew into the air in a swirling manner, and then fell into the water. Looking from the telescope, the Qing army on the water camp fort was running in panic like a headless fly, but could not hear anything screaming, and soon calmed down again.

Lu Shoushan was supposed to be the Qing army's garrison under the restraint and rectified military discipline. However, as the artillery fire of the North Navy continued to extend on the shore, the fort disappeared in a flash in the thick smoke and fire.

After the three rounds of artillery bombings, Chengshanxun Shui Village was bombed with smoke and mist. Lushou Mountain and Kong Shaoan on the flagship could not see anything clearly. At this time, the golden crow fell in the west, and the sea and land in the distance were confused in chaos.

"The end of the sky!" Kong Shaoan's heart was thrilling at this moment, and he wanted to write a poem, but there was not much ink in his belly, so he only thought of Su Dongpo's "Looking at Muling Pass to the west and Langya Platform to the east", but unfortunately it was not suitable at all.

Li Bi, who was not far away from him, had his hands holding a telescope trembled slightly, and was shocked by the scene of artillery fire. This man who has been in Beihai Town for many years and has never visited the battlefield in person. He usually occasionally saw soldiers in the garrison battalion to train and shoot targets. Although he had shot a few shots in person, his thin shoulders were so painful that they were shocked by the recoil, and he lost interest.

"The Tartars really don't have a memory! It's been several years, and the garrison is still so bad!" Lushoushan, who was standing beside him, saw that Beihai No. 3 and No. 4 occupied the beach and ordered: "Notify the vanguard to land!"

Four years ago, the Northern Navy landed on Rongcheng. The Qing army along the coast of Jiaodong was only tense for a year, and then returned to its lazy normal. Originally, the Qing court wanted to strengthen the warships and artillery of the Dengzhou Navy Front Camp, but with the naval battle of Changxing Island and the Northern Navy's troops approaching Dagukou, the Ministry of War would forget it when it saw that defending the capital was the top priority, so it invested all the military expenditures for expanding the warships and artillery at Dagukou and rebuilding the Lushun River Camp.

The two subsequent governors of Shandong Changlin and Huiling made plans from many sources. With the approval of Qianlong, they slightly rectified the forts in various places and added several artillery positions to the water camp, which was better than nothing. Now that the Northern Navy is here, the Great Forts in front of the gunboats, they are useless. The artillery is not fired in front of the gunboats. The Qing court's coastal defense in Shandong was extremely failed.

After two companies of the newly formed 16th Regiment arrived ashore, they found that the remnants of the Qing army had fled, so they began to deploy fortifications to clean up the wreckage of the battlefield. Dozens of injured Qing soldiers were carried to two fairly intact barracks for treatment by military doctors, and all the dead were carried out outside the water camp for burial. At the same time, all the sea fleets entered Yangyuchi Bay to moor. The large army would land in the morning and carry out follow-up operations.

When it was seven o'clock when Zhongtian was getting dark, the North Navy soldiers on duty on the North Gate of the Shuiying found a large area of ​​torches coming from the southeast; at first glance, there were almost hundreds of people.

When the company commander who came to hear the news arrived, the large group had already arrived a hundred meters away in front of the water camp gate. Only then did the sentries see clearly that the visitors were all Qing troops wearing zither clothes. Because the light and shadow were erratic by the night wind, they could not see clearly whether they were carrying weapons.

"Stop! If you get closer, shoot!" With the shouts of the sentry, more than a dozen Northern Navy soldiers standing behind the bunker raised their guns and aimed at them. The Qing army, who was walking in the front, stopped, and then knelt on the ground without saying a word, making the Northern Navy soldiers behind the bunker confused.

At this time, one person walked out of the Qing army's crowd, raised his hands and walked to a position seven or eight meters away from the gate before stopping, and said with a smile: "The golden cup is incomplete!"

When the North Navy Company Commander, who had already received the notification in advance, was shocked and then said in a deep voice: "Unify the rivers and mountains! Is our own people?"

After the man approached, the Northern Navy officers and soldiers behind the bunker saw clearly that the man looked in his thirties, with a beard on his face, a black turban wrapped around his head, and a somewhat worn-out robes. The man took out a metal sign slightly larger than the silver dollar from his arms and handed it to the company commander, and said softly: "My surname is Yu. These people are the defenders who were rebelled by the Longkou Cliff Fort and the Matou Mouth Fort. There are a total of 120 people, and they are not armed. However, it is best to search for their lower bodies later. In addition, there are several generals, Qian Zong, who refused to surrender, and they were tied up. In addition, I want to meet the commander-in-chief immediately."

The company commander took it and shone it with a flashlight. He saw a red five-star on the front of the sign with a vertical sword pressing underneath, surrounded by two strands of wheat ears, and a shield on the back, with a small red five-star in the center. He immediately returned the sign, stood at attention and saluted the man, and then asked his two subordinates to take him to the dock to take a boat.

At this time, a Qing army kneeling loudly said, "Brother Yu, you can't leave us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other kneeling Qing soldiers also shouted. The man turned around and laughed, comforting: "Brothers, get up, I, Yu Shun, keep my word! I will all put my heart in my stomach with peace of mind! This commander will arrange yours later!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and left. After the company commander waited for people to leave, the Qing army on the opposite side was asked to bypass the bunker with five people, and under the gaze of more than a dozen gun-carried soldiers, they searched them one by one, confirmed that they did not carry any weapons, and then took them to the vacant place.

During this period, the machine guns on the sentry towers kept monitoring the Qing army's every move and ready to shoot at any time. Until more Northern Navy arrived and surrounded all the Qing army, the two machine gunners relaxed a lot.

When the surrendered Qing army saw the North Navy's posture, they were very scared, but thinking about the benefits that Yu Shun told them before, there were black muzzles around them, so they could only endure them tremblingly.

After the search, several generals tied up were taken down to be detained, while the surrendered Qing army was placed in the barracks of three trays. After struggling for several hours, they rushed for dozens of miles. The Qing army, who was more than one hundred, was thirsty and hungry, was about to ask the Beihai Army for a drink, but when the door creaked, the two Beihai Army, who were wearing white aprons on their waists and carrying loads on their shoulders, walked in.

The man in the leader put down his pick and fucked Rong Cheng dialect with a smile: "My man, are you all hungry? The white flour buns and beef soup that just came out of the pot! I'll catch it if I'm open, but I won't have enough!"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Wow! The Qing army in the room hugged over and reached out to grab it with dirty hands. Even though he was so scalded that he still stuffed his teeth into his mouth, he suddenly put a two-two-pound steamed bun on his stomach. After a while, a basket of steamed buns was seen.

"Catch it slowly! Don't choke!" The older cook saw a young Qing army rolling his eyes when he was choked, hurried over and stroked his chest, then took half a bowl of beef soup from his companion, handed it to the other party and said, "Good guy! How long has it been since you've been catching a meal?"

The young man looked at the cook with gratitude, and didn't bother to speak. He picked up the soup and took a sip of the steamed bun. At this time, he heard a slightly hoarse voice muttering in a muttering voice: "Since I've been fighting for a while, I've been waiting for you to come. After a while, I've been tying people and sealing the cannon gate. I've been rushing for dozens of miles. How can I get the time to catch a meal!"

These people were from the Longkou Cliff Fort. After noon, they started their hair separately. According to the agreement with Yu Shun, they first tied the General Manager Qian to lock the General Manager Qian in the woodshed, and then blocked the fire doors of the large and small artillery on the fort with melted iron. In the afternoon, when they met with the people who came over the horse's head on the way, the sound of cannons on the sea sounded. Yu Shun and everyone waited in the woods ten miles away for more than an hour, confirmed that the North Navy no longer fired the artillery, and then rushed over.

After saying that, the man stood up, walked to the carry, grabbed three steamed buns, and asked the other party to renew a bowl of soup. After another steamed bun was removed, he swallowed a piece of beef floating in the bowl, licked his lips with his tongue, and glanced at the big bucket containing the broth, and said to the cook: "My man, we heard from Boss Yu that you are here today, and you will not leave in the future?"

"Yes! I won't leave!"

"If the imperial court sends troops, it won't leave?"

The two cooks looked at each other and smiled, nodded and said, "If you dare, you will beat him!"

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

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

Kong Shaoan nodded in approval and asked, "How is Rongcheng's situation?"

Yu Shun took a sip of water and said, "The county magistrate Li, who was before Rongcheng, was transferred to Jimo. The new surname is Yang, is from Guangdong. However, this person just took office two months ago and was in a dark look. The county magistrate has our eyes from top to bottom. The same is true for Wendeng. The county magistrate came last year, from Shanxi, and I heard that he is still a Jinshi. In addition, because of the haste time, the two counties of Mouping and Haiyang have only done some work in the yamen runners, 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 has a very good memory. He has not recorded many numbers in his notebook at all. He just opens his mouth and is like a treasure. The staff officer who is responsible for recording is writing quickly.

"Wendeng was originally a co-operative force, with less than 700 people. After we came four years ago, we added another garrison. The current quota is 1,200, and the actual troop strength is more than 1,100. The general of Dengzhou Town is Enthemo, a Manchu from Zhengbai Banner. He used to act as a general in the Central Army in the Hunan Tuo Office, and his army was still very strict. At present, there are 2,700 soldiers in the left and right battalions of Dengzhou Town, plus an amazing battalion, one guerrilla, two guerillas in the Central Army, three garrisons in the battalion, six 1,000 garrisons, and twelve garrisons."

“Where is the shortage?”

"The actual vacancies are not too much. In recent years, the Ministry of War and the Shandong Governor have investigated very strictly, and they are basically full. In addition, the Qing army closest to us are three corpses, Jiaozhou Xie, Laizhou Camp and Jimo Camp. The soldiers in the three places are 700, 700, and 600 respectively."

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

Yu Shundao: "Jiqing, a native of Zhengbai Banner, is a royal family."

"Well... Is his father's name Wanfu, who has been General Jiangning before?"

"It seems. This person has just arrived. The former governor Huiling was transferred to Sichuan. I heard that he went to Gurkha with Fukangan."

OK! Happy blessings, the name of the father and the other one is so festive!

Kong Shaoan thought for a while and asked the last question: "How is Jiaodong's harvest this year?"

Yu Shun sighed and shook his head and said, "No. Last year, all counties in Jiaodong suffered wind and floods, and the harvest was severely bad. The court, Oh, the Qing court increased 300,000 stones of rice from the canal transportation to provide hunger. The people who fled the famine did not return to their hometowns until spring plowing. This year is slightly better than last year. There have been many beggars outside Rongcheng County in the past two days, and other places think they are similar. I think once we conquer the county, the first thing we need to solve is the livelihood problems of these people."

Kong Shaoan said indifferently: "Open the warehouse and release grain. If it doesn't work, just beat the local tyrants!"

Li Bi has been a county magistrate of the Qing Dynasty and has also been responsible for providing relief to the victims. He is well aware of the various tricks. After hearing this, he quickly dissuaded: "Commander-in-Chief, this matter is not possible!"
Chapter completed!