At this stage, the war had already broken out. In late July 1894, the Zulong Kingdom and the Sun Kingdom started a war in Korea. After the Zulong Kingdom was attacked by the Japanese army at the sea of Fengdao, it was quickly attacked by the Japanese army at Chenghuan Posthouse.
The Zulong Kingdom's army stationed in Cheng Huan Yi was made up of a team leader and 128 people. Li Hongzhang had ordered from the beginning that they were not to clash with the Sun Kingdom's army. Other than the two people on guard duty, the rest were resting in the barracks. There were also dozens of people who had asked for leave. The Sun Kingdom's army had long planned a sudden attack. It was too late to beat the Zulong Kingdom.
Matsuta led the 786-man independent brigade of the 1st Brigade to attack Chenghuan Posthouse.
When the two standing guard from the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom saw a large army of the Sun Nation's army in an attack formation, they were about to attack. They thought that they were here to cause trouble and immediately closed the camp gate. This time, the Sun Nation's army did not act like they usually did and raised their guns to kill the two men. Due to the lack of warning, the entire Chenghuan Posthouse did not put up any resistance. The sound of Murata Type-13 single-shot rifles rang out. Other than the soldiers who were on leave outside, all of them were shot dead in the barracks.
These dozens of people headed south and reported to Ye Zhichao, who was stationed at Ya Mountain, that the Sun Nation's army was coming.
Ye Zhichao, Nie Cheng, and the other troops had no choice but to retreat to the capital of Pingan Province in the north. As the Bangzi government was already under the control of the Sun Nation, the counties along the way were unwilling to help the Zulong Nation's army. The march was slow and the morale was low, but they had finally retreated to pyongyang.
The Yi Army stationed here was led by Ma Kun, the general commander of Taiyuan Town, with five battalions and a team of about 2150 people. Together with the Sheng Army led by Wei Gui, the general commander of Hezhou Town, and the Fengtian Lian Army, they formed four large armies, 29 battalions, and 13526 people. They entered the Bangzi Kingdom in August and joined up with Ye Zhichao's troops and Nie Cheng's troops who had returned from Yashan. The court ordered Ye Zhichao to be the president of each army and listen to their orders. In late August, the Zulong Kingdom built fortresses in the inner city, outer city, central city, and the four Urban area in the northeast. They dug 27 fortifications and waited for the Sun Kingdom's army to come to their deaths.
At this time, the Zulong Kingdom was equipped with the 1888 Committee Rifle. It was the latest single-shot rifle developed by the Depu Kingdom. It had a built-in magazine and eight bullets. It fired 7.92mm × 62mm round bullets with an effective range of 450 meters. Those who were shot would either die or be injured. It was a very lethal weapon. It was superior to the Murata Type-13 single-shot rifle that the Sun Nation's army was equipped with.
Murata Type 13 Single Shot Rifle:
Single-shot rifle, no built-in magazine, 1.52 meters long, with a bayonet, firing 7 mm round head bullets, effective range of 350 meters, slow firing rate, low power.
For this reason, the Sun Nation had designed a new rifle called the Murata Type 14 Rifle. It was a single-shot rifle with an external magazine and six bullets. It could fire 7x52 mm round bullets or pointed bullets. However, its accuracy was lacking. Its effective range was 420 meters. It was a real rifle.
However, before the war, they only equipped the Marine Corps with 1000 rifles. You heard it right, the Sun Nation equipped all the new rifles with the navy first.
From the above comparison, the Zulong Kingdom's equipment was better than the Sun Kingdom's, and they were the defenders. With more than 13000 people guarding the city, it should be foolproof. However, war did not depend on the quality of equipment, but also on the people, or rather, the generals who led the troops and the soldiers who dared to fight.
The battle in Chaoyang was the first large-scale battle between the two armies. There were more than 15000 soldiers of the Sun Nation stationed in Chaoyang, and more than 16000 soldiers of the Sun Nation attacked Chaoyang. Although the government of the Bangzi Nation had been roped in to the Sun Nation camp, the observer of the Bangzi Nation's Peace Road, Min Bing, actively assisted the Zulong Nation in the battle. The Great Council Lord, Li Zheng, also secretly sent information to the Zulong Nation.
However, Ye Zhichao didn't use these advantages. How could a person who surrendered to the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom be loyal to us?
"Commander, why don't we listen to the opinions of the commanders before deciding what to do?" Ma Kun shouted as he held the information in his hand.”
Ye Zhichao was angry. He thought," I am the commander of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom, and you are just a vice commander. I made a decision, but you didn't follow it." He ordered," I have decided to defend this matter. Don't act rashly. No one is allowed to act rashly. Those who disobey will be killed!"”After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and was about to leave.
Beside him, Ma Kun wanted to persuade him again, but Nie Cheng pulled him back and stopped him.
"As instructed." The generals replied.
Ye Zhichao waved his hand to signal the generals to leave.
After Ma Kun and Nie Cheng came out, they walked into the camp.
"Brother Nie, why are you stopping me from speaking humbly to the marshal? Right now, the Sun Nation's army only has 4000 or so people from the First Brigade at the south gate. The rest are elsewhere. As long as I lead the cavalry to attack the Yongjiang Bridge and blow it up, the First Brigade will definitely be destroyed by me.”
"Brother Ma, calm down! How do you know that the Sun Nation's army is stationed at the Yongjiang Bridge with a hundred people? Isn't this putting the army in danger?"
"But Lord Courtyard and Lord Pingan Daomin both said that the Sun Army only has the First Brigade. The rest of the troops are still attacking the city in the south. The First Brigade only has 4200 people. When the war begins, there will be casualties. There are only 4000 people outside the city. At most, there are less than 100 people guarding the Yongjiang Bridge. How can something happen?”Ma Kun said angrily.
"Yes, sir! The people from the Bangzi Kingdom said so, but Brother Ma, have you ever thought about what to do if all this information is false? Brother, don't forget that the Bangzi Kingdom has already sided with the Sun Kingdom. If the information is false, it would be detrimental to the overall situation if they were ambushed by so many cavalry troops. For the sake of the big picture, it's better to be cautious."
"Then what should we do? They could only watch as the enemy dug trenches. When they were done digging, this would be a nail. If they wanted to pull it out, they would have to use their lives to fill it up.”Ma Kun scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, looking very comical!
"Commander Ma, sit down and have a cup of water. I have already sent someone to investigate.”
"You, you, you ~~~ You're really something! After saying that, he punched Nie Cheng.
"Who did you send? Send elite scouts. Don't alert the enemy.”
"Don't worry, I'll send the marshal's personal guard unit to lead Wang Zhizhen and ten people to investigate.”
"Wang Zhizhen? So it was him! Yes! Then there shouldn't be any problems!" With that, he sat down and drank the tea in one gulp.
"Pouring more, I'm so thirsty! Why didn't I feel anything just now?!"
" Brother, you!" Nie Cheng shook his head and filled his cup.
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