The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 617 Let's go straight to the imperial capital
On the second day of April in the second year of Tianshun, Shengjing's recovery army, with a total of 3 people, began to march towards Shanhaiguan.After several days of marching, they arrived at Shanhaiguan.

After two days of preparation, the attack on Shanhaiguan began.

This attack was carefully prepared.

Major generals such as Luo Xingshan, General Xu, General Qu, Liu Huaide, Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen, and Ma Shangde all came to the front line in person.

The combat of the soldiers is nothing short of brave.However, since most of them are recruits.The combat effectiveness is not strong, and the combat experience is lacking.So it's not going very well.

After two days of fierce fighting, more than [-] people were killed or seriously injured by the Liberation Army, but Shanhaiguan was still not captured.

Just when the recovery army was hesitant and in a dilemma, King Dongping's hussars battalion stationed at Shanhaiguan took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.Quietly leave the customs at night and attack the recovery army.

The recovery army was caught off guard and retreated in a hurry.

The hussar battalion took advantage of the victory and pursued until Zhao Dahai, Xu Mingtao and Feng Kui who were stationed at Songshan Fort arrived with their troops, and stopped the hussar battalion's pursuit.

Zhao Dahai's Bu Kui Army had received training from the Jia Min Mansion Corps, and was equipped with firearms left over from when the Mansion Corps was abolished.

Compared with the current firearms of the Volunteer Army, these firearms are much behind.But compared with the Restoration Army and the Hussar Battalion, they are still much more advanced.

The hussar battalion saw that the Pu Kui army's tactics were very similar to those of the Beihai Volunteers, and they had firearms. They thought it was the arrival of the Beihai Volunteers, so they withdrew back to the pass.

Taking advantage of the victory, Zhao Dahai pursued and arrived at Shanhaiguan, where the two sides faced off again.The situation is back to where it started.

Shengjing's recovery army lost more than [-] men in this battle, so they had to return to Shengjing to rest.

After this battle, the [-]rd Brigade of the Beihai Volunteer Army set off and arrived at Niuzhuang in southern Liaoning along the route the [-]th Brigade had followed.

After arriving at Niuzhuang, the resident was sealed off, and outsiders were not allowed to approach.

The third brigade is here, in fact, for training.

This time the training is different from the past, sleeping during the day and training at night.

This training is a landing training at night.

Three days after the departure of the third brigade, the fourth brigade also departed.

They took the same route as the third brigade came, leaving Shengjing, passing Xishuitai, and Tongyangbao.Phoenix City, Anping City, and then to Dadonggou.

In Dadonggou, night landing training is also carried out.

On April 21, Jia Min invited Chang'an, Luo Xingshan and other generals of the Restoration Army to Guanxiangtun for a meeting to study how to attack Shanhaiguan.

The last time when they attacked Shanhaiguan, Jia Min ignored him, and when the army was defeated, Jia Min also ignored him, as if he had nothing to do with him.

Therefore, Luo Xingshan and others were somewhat dissatisfied with Jia Min.

However, due to their own defeat, the previous situation was basically brought down by Jia Min, and they will rely on Jia Min in the future, so they didn't dare to say anything, so they had to endure it.

This time Jia Min took the initiative to discuss matters with them, and felt a little strange.

When a few people arrived, the commanders of Beihai had already arrived.

In addition to Wei Ruolan, Chen Yeqing, Jia Lian and the commanders of the volunteer army, all the generals from Wendula also came.

Although the cavalry of Wendura in the north and south are now under the banner of the Liberation Army, they only follow Jia Min's command in action.

Chang'an also knew the fun, and never tried to mobilize them to do anything.

The host and guest sat down, and Wei Ruolan began to speak.

"Currently, Chen Yejun's second brigade has broken into the hinterland of Fushan Mountain and joined Qin Zhong's first regiment. It is currently in Heze and will attack Cangzhou in the near future. After Cangzhou is captured, it will attack Baoding."

"Chu Yuanji's department is currently in Zhili territory and is advancing northward."

"Northwestern Zhoutong, He Jialin is approaching Niangziguan, Ma Qingshan has captured Zhangjiakou. Yue Qifeng is currently in Datong, and will soon approach Zhili."

"At present, the entire south has been basically pacified by the volunteer army. Most of the northwestern provinces have declared their support for the Dade Dynasty. Li Gan from Bashu was trapped in Bashu and dared not leave Sichuan easily. Therefore, it is time to start a decisive battle."

"Our combat mission in the northeast is to capture Shanhaiguan, open the gate to the imperial capital, and then approach the imperial capital."

"The task of capturing Shanhaiguan was jointly undertaken by the Shengjing Volunteer Army and the North and South Wendula Cavalry. The Shengjing Restoration Army plus Songshan Fort and Ningyuan garrison sent a total of 3 troops, 3 North and South Wendula cavalry, and a total force of 6. people."

"Tianshun's garrison in Shanhaiguan claims to be 6 people. A few days ago, because of the tight situation in Zhili, 1 people were secretly transferred away. The vacant quota after removing them is nearly 1. At present, the total strength of the garrison in Shanhaiguan is 4. People around. The ratio of the strength of the enemy and us is two to three."

"On April 28, the north and south Wendura cavalry will land in Qinhuangdao and attack Shanhaiguan from the rear of Shanhaiguan. They will be equipped with a certain number of field artillery and fast Frang machine guns."

"The recovery army of His Royal Highness Chang'an in Shengjing will launch an attack from the front of Shanhaiguan. Try to take Shanhaiguan in one day."

"The time for the attack is set at 28 o'clock on April [-]. The battle plan has been drawn up and will be sent to you in a while. After you go back and think about it, you can make your own battle plan..."

After Wei Ruolan finished speaking, she began to unfold the map and explain on it.

While explaining, answering everyone's questions.

The Shengjing Volunteers were obviously surprised by this plan.

However, now that Jia Min has proposed a plan on his own initiative, and the Vendura cavalry is helping him, he is naturally very excited.

In fact, they are now more eager than anyone else to win Shanhaiguan.

After conquering Shanhaiguan, and then advancing westward to the imperial capital, they dared to say that they had played an important role in this grand drama of dynasty change.

If they had been wandering outside the pass, waiting for others to capture the imperial capital, they would have no face to face others, and they would not be able to stand up in front of others.Naturally speaking, there will be less weight.

As an army that has been following His Highness Chang'an, such a scene is something they absolutely do not want to see.

When everyone was talking about it, Jia Min began to speak.

"The last time you attacked Shanhaiguan, I actually didn't agree with it. The reason was that after the forces from other directions approached the imperial capital, Shanhaiguan's troops would be withdrawn. Wait until their defense is relatively empty before launching an attack."

"I didn't stop you from attacking Shanhaiguan. It's just to let you know that the power of San Francisco should not be underestimated. They still have the ability to fight."

"Although the defeat in this battle is not all bad. After all, we still wiped out some enemies, and I have some experience. I believe you can learn a lesson from this re-attack on Shanhaiguan."

"It is impossible for us Beihai Volunteer Army and Wendula Cavalry to stay here forever. In the future, the vast territory of Dade will still have to be defended by yourself."

"For many years, Dade's armaments have been slack, and the army has been rotten. I believe you can all see this. I don't need to say more. This battle with San Francisco is also a chance for Dade's army to be reborn from the ashes. I believe that after this battle, you will become stronger."

As Jia Min said this, Chang An was both happy and sad when he heard it.

Fortunately, a decisive battle is about to start, the current situation is very good, and the overthrow of San Francisco is just around the corner.

Sadly, once defeated, Jia Min will return to Beihai.

I don't know when to postpone my marriage with him.

The two places are so far apart that it is difficult to see each other once.

If he becomes the emperor in the future, he will not be able to leave the imperial capital easily.The day of meeting is even more distant.

As for staying together for a long time, it is even more extravagant.

For a moment, Chang An was a little crazy.What Jia Min said, he didn't even listen.

After finally clearing up my mood, I brought my thoughts back to my eyes.

"In this battle of Shanhaiguan, there is nothing for the third and fourth brigades. It's not that the third and fourth brigades have nothing to do. It's that they have other tasks."

Jia Min said, looked at the crowd, and continued talking.

"As for what their mission is, it is currently kept secret. You don't need to ask Brigadier Commander Chen and Brigadier Jia, because they don't know either."

After the meeting, individuals went back one after another to prepare for the war.

For Luo Xingshan and the others, it was enough to have two powerful cavalry troops from the North and the South Wendura participating in the battle this time.As for the battle plan proposed by Jia Min, they didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After all, it is to defeat San Francisco, which is the main task at present.

Chang An originally wanted to stay and talk to Jia Min, but there were a lot of preparations before the war, and there were many things waiting for her to make up her mind, so she had no choice but to go back first.

As for what Jia Min was going to do in this battle, she didn't have to ask.

She believed that everything Jia Min did was for her own good.

With that, it's enough.

The next day, news came from Shengjing.

During the Dade era, the chief scholar of the Yuanheng Dynasty's Military Aircraft Department, Shi Lu University, and Yang Kui, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, secretly came to Shengjing to reconcile with King Jing of Beijing and Ji University.

Another day later, Yin Xiu Tonggui of the former Shuntian Mansion and Xie Kun, the commander of the Jinyi Army, arrived in Shengjing from Beihai.

The two first went to Guanxiangtun, and after meeting Jia Min, they arrived at Shengjing, went to reunite with the King of Beijing and Ji Dashi, and defected to Chang'an.

At this point, the important veterans of the Dade Dynasty Yuanheng Emperor, and some important officials represented by the King of Beijing and the Bachelor of Lu University, have gathered around Chang'an.

On April 23, Chang'an issued a call to action, officially listing the list of the most important traitors.

The list includes: false emperor Han Tiandou, false king Li Guozhong, Han Tiankui, Gao Wangshan, Song Kuan, Han Qi, Li Gan, Luo Qihua, Sun Tongren, Jia Yucun, Luo Musheng, Hou Xiaolian, Xiao Daozhong, etc. 46 people.

Li Yuan, the former minister of the Ministry of War, is dead, and King Dongping died of illness last month, so they are not included.

On April 25, the North and South Wendura Cavalry divided into two parts, arrived at Dadonggou and Niuzhuang respectively, and met with the [-]th and [-]rd Brigades of the Beihai Volunteer Army who had been trained here.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the Dadonggou Wharf was brightly lit and busy, and the Fourth Brigade and North Wendura Cavalry began to board the ship.

Jia Min, Wei Ruolan, Jia Lian, Shaq, and Wadagas sat in the cabin.

"Officer Min, we are about to leave. This time, can you tell us where the third and fourth brigades are going?"

Shaq couldn't hold back any longer.

Looking at the eager eyes of several people, Jia Min smiled slightly.

"I can tell you."

"Where to go?"

"Ruolan, you should tell them."

Wei Ruolan took a sip of tea slowly.

"We landed in Tianjin Wei, heading straight to the imperial capital!"

(End of this chapter)