After chasing for half a day, Li Canghai was ambushed. Li Canghai was afraid that the cavalry unit would be wiped out, so he hurriedly retreated. However, more than a hundred of his brothers still died. He did not dare to chase anymore and gradually retreated to Andong City. However, he had also explored all the places within 50 miles.
After Wang Zhizhen provided 5000 rifles, Nie Cheng gathered 30,000 men together. Each of these 30,000 men had a rifle, and they looked like soldiers now. After Wang Zhizhen transported 100,000 rounds of ammunition to Nie Cheng's camp, Nie Cheng let these 30,000 men fire three rounds each to familiarize themselves with the current rifles.
Although the 30,000 soldiers only had three rounds per person for training, Wang Zhizhen immediately sent another one million bullets after learning that the 100,000 bullets he sent were all used for target practice. This way, he would directly receive another 100,000 yuan.
When Nie Cheng received the one million bullets, he was also stunned. Then, he did not hold back and directly increased the training volume to ten bullets per day! The shooting skills of the troops had improved significantly. Two days later, Nie Cheng had led 30,000 troops to march south. Although they were marching 30 miles a day, the search team had sent scouts ahead of time, so they had successfully advanced all the way to Jinzhou. Now, they were surrounded by the north and south at Lushunkou.
Lukou was still under the leadership of Shi Nai 'an and was still resisting with all its might. The entire city was guarded by 5000 people, and they had killed and injured more than 5000 soldiers of the Sun Nation. There were more than 20,000 people throughout the entire process, and basically everyone was helping the defenders defend the city. At this moment, they understood what it meant to protect the country. Most of the people guarding the city were Lushun locals. Among the 3000 people guarding the city, 2,000 of them were locals. They all died in the attack of the Sun Nation's army. Shi Nai 'an twice asked Li Hongzhang, the Northern Ocean Navy Minister, for help, but he did not receive any answer. He only received the order to defend Lushun.
In 1894, after the Second Army of the Sun Nation captured the Dali Bay, they rested for 15 days in order to conquer Lukou.
At dawn on November 17th, 1894, apart from a small number of troops left in Jinzhou and Dalianwan, the 2nd army of the Sun Nation was fully mobilized to release the brigade. The Sun Nation army was divided into three groups. The right wing column was made up of the 1st brigade, the 12th brigade, and the engineering artillery team, which formed Lieutenant General Mishima as the leader. Major General Nogi and Major General Hasegawa were his subordinates. The second group was the left column, and the 14th group of the army was made up of the 1st cavalry team, 1st squadron, and 1st engineer squadron. Satisfied with the commander, the third was the surprise search team, which was composed of a large group of cavalry. Akiyama was the commander. That day, there was a kind of search and search for his soldiers within 30 miles. The first squadron on the left of the camp was camped in the new stockade.
On the 18th, at around 6 AM, the main force set out from the 30-mile fort and arrived at Yingcheng at 2:30 PM. At 10 AM on the same day, the vanguard of the first captain of the search cavalry, Qiushan Shaozuo, arrived at Tucheng. At this time, 3000 Zulong Kingdom troops suddenly appeared and surrounded the cavalry. The Sun Kingdom's cavalry was trapped in a tight encirclement. Qiushan gave the order to break through and escape. This time, the battle with the Zulong Kingdom's army had caused 155 casualties to the Sun Kingdom's army. However, the Zulong Kingdom's army did not dare to take the initiative to attack and was passively defending.
On the 20th of November, the commander of the Sun Nation's Second Army, Da Shanyan, held a meeting of generals and schools at all levels on the high ground northwest of Lijiatun. They decided to launch a general attack at 2:00 am on the 21st. The next day, all the armies entered the predetermined positions. The cavalry quickly guarded the west of Panlong Mountain, and another column of the First Division attacked the Sanshang Cannon. He was assigned to the 12th Brigade to attack the fort on Erlong Mountain. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron in the northeast town of Lushun to contain the Qing army. The Second Army's headquarters was stationed at Zizi Tongcheng Guanyin. The Sun Nation's joint fleet was lined up on the sea surface of Lvkou to restrain the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's forces.
At 6:40 a.m. on November 21st, the Sun Nation's army broke through the first fort. Major General Xi Kuan was the vanguard and led the Third United Army to break through the western fort first. The artillery vehicles attacked the three forts of the West Mountain Fort. The Zulong Nation's army fired their cannons to fight, but because of the high accuracy of the Sun Nation's cannons, the forts were destroyed. Finally, Mishima led his troops and charged, taking down all five forts on the mountain in one fell swoop. At this time, it was already 8:00 a.m.
After Mishima took down the fort, he ordered the artillery team to fire at the Pine Tree Three Cannons. The shells hit the ammunition depot and caught fire, causing it to explode. The Pine Tree Mountain Cannon had been completely destroyed. At this moment, Major General Chang Gutan was leading his troops to attack the Twin Dragon Mountain Cannon and the Machine Mountain Cannon. As the 1st division had surrounded the two Cannons, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's troops were being attacked from both sides and would retreat in a few days! The Sun Nation's army attacked the two forts.
At 10:10 noon, most of the forts behind Lukou had fallen, and only the coastal forts were left. Hai 'an broke through him with the Huangjin Mountain forts, which were the strongest. The Sun Nation Army's second regiment, General Lai, had taken down the Fu Min Gang Cannon. When the Sun Nation Army approached the Golden Mountain Cannon, the Eastern Platform Defender General of the Ancestral Dragon Army, Huang Shilin, escaped from the bubble. The Cannon was easily destroyed by the Sun Nation Army. It was 5:00 in the afternoon. The other Cannons on Dongshan had been broken through, and the troops led by Mishima had also taken down the Cannon. That night, Zhang Guangqian led his troops to retreat northward. The 20 or so cannons on the Lukou Peninsula were all occupied by the Sun Nation Army within a day. The Ancestral Dragon Nation Army had lost about 2,000 people, and the Sun Nation Army had lost 280 people. The Ancestral Dragon Nation's imperial court had completely failed.
Nie Cheng led his remaining troops back to Shengtian and was immediately appointed as the Defense Envoy of Shengtian, fully responsible for the defense of Shengtian.
Nie Cheng led 30,000 troops to Lukou to rescue them, but when they returned, there were less than 10,000 people. Nearly 20,000 of them had been lost on the way. Wang Zhizhen led 20,000 follow-up troops, and before they could reach Jinzhou, the battle was over.
Lushunkou had now become a living hell. The Sun Nation's army had been slaughtering non-combatants, women, and children for four consecutive days since the second day of the war. In this massacre, only 36 people from China survived.
When the news reached Shengtian, all the soldiers of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom fell silent. They felt ashamed because their inaction had led to the deaths of 20,000 people in the city and more than 10,000 captives.
When Wang Zhizhen heard the news, he suddenly felt that he was really useless. He originally thought that the Sun Nation's army would take at least half a year to capture Lukou, and later generations even said that Lukou had been defended for a year before it was broken through. That was why the Sun Nation's army had gone crazy for revenge. But now, only 16 days had passed, and only half a month had passed. There were 5000 defenders. Including the reinforcements, there were more than 26,000 defenders. How could they be broken through by 60,000 people? That was the Lukou Stronghold, surrounded by many turrets.
Wang Zhizhen ordered the entire army to wear mourning clothes for a day. They wanted to be born to know the humiliation of this day, hoping that they would be able to support and be brave.
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