Chapter 165 Lucky in Misfortune

Han Lingzhun has two tasks. One is to find out the 15-kilometer journey from Daning River to Anzhou City, find out whether there are Japanese troops stationed there, and explore the march route. Second, sneak into Anzhou City before dark to find out the deployment of the Anzhou defenders so that they can respond internally and externally.

Han Lingjun's troops did not carry guns. Among the assault troops, only Feng Guozhang's division's direct battalion was fully equipped, while Han Lingjun's 401 battalion only had cold weapons.

However, Camp 401 is full of North Koreans and Eastern Orthodox Christians, familiar with the customs of North Korea. Moreover, Anzhou used to be a stronghold of Dongxuejiao. After Han Lingzhun planned to enter Anzhou City, he contacted the former Dongxue believers and encouraged Dongxuejiao to launch an uprising in the city to receive the siege troops outside the city.

Han Lingzhun is confident that he can gather at least 500 congregations in Anzhou City, plus a company led by him, with a total strength of nearly 800 people. Han Lingzhun was ready to occupy the west gate of Anzhou with most of his troops, open the gate, and release the follow-up troops into the city. With a small number of troops, they restrained the main force of the defenders stationed in the area of Guanhai Tower. After the subsequent troops entered the city, they launched a general attack on Guanhai Tower and wiped out the Japanese army defending the city in one fell swoop.

This plan seems to be a sure victory, but Han Lingjun failed.

After crossing the Daning River, the advance team went smoothly all the way. From the riverside to Anju City, they did not find the Japanese army, but some North Korean officers and soldiers were listless and unsuspecting. Han Lingzhun successfully arrived at the west gate of Anzhou City. It was a small team of the Japanese army who guarded the west gate and inspected it with the assistance of North Korean officers and soldiers. People.

The Japanese army and North Korean officers did not strictly investigate pedestrians. The Japanese army is in a broken position in North Korea, sweeping the whole of North Korea from south to north. Now, the Japanese army has occupied the whole territory of North Korea, leaving only a small Yizhou by the Yalu River in the hands of the Qing army. The North Korean army has accepted the edict of the Korean emperor and cooperated with the Japanese army. Only a few North Koreans who refuse to submit are still resisting, but the resistance is negligible.

After the defeat, the Qing army did not have the courage or strength to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army. There are various signs that the Qing army did not consider counterattacking North Korea at all. The Qing army's North Korean strategy has turned into a defensive strategy of the Yalu River! That is to say, the Qing army made every effort to defend Manchuria west of the Yalu River, which is the seat of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty has abandoned North Korea.

Every soldier of the Japanese army from the base camp to the troops stationed in North Korea is optimistic that the Korean War is over. As for the sudden advance of the mixed brigade, it is not the Korean War, but the advance to Manchuria.

Anzhou is still hundreds of kilometers away from the Yalu River, and the war atmosphere here has long been dispersed. Jin Hongji adopted a peace-building strategy in Anzhou. This strategy has been approved by the Japanese. All the civil affairs power has been handed over to the Koreans. The task of the Japanese garrison has also become to maintain local security.

In such an atmosphere, Anzhou City is lax in defense. The Japanese army was mainly concentrated in the barracks around Guanhai Tower, and only sent small troops to assist the North Korean officers and soldiers in maintaining public security at the gate.

Han Lingzhun and his men easily deceived the defenders at the gate and sneaked into Anzhou City.

After entering Anzhou City, Han Lingjun immediately contacted Dongxuejiao in the city and summoned people to prepare for action.

However, there is a serious problem in this link!

Neither Zhou Charter nor Han Lingjun expected that the governor of Anzhou, that is, the nominal highest administrator of Anzhou City, is Lu Wenjun, the former military teacher of Dongxuejiao!

The reason why Lu Wenjun was able to win the appreciation of Jin Hongji is that he used his own Dongxue teaching* to attract a large number of Dongxue believers to cooperate with the court. To cooperate with the court is to cooperate with the Japanese!

Dongxuejiao was originally anti-the imperial court. Before the war, Dongxuejiao signed the Quanzhou Treaty with the imperial court. The relationship between Dongxuejiao and the imperial court tended to ease, and some Dongxuejiao' attitudes towards the imperial court changed.

After Cui Shiheng's death, Dongxue had no leader. Zhou Charter had Li Tie in his hand, but he threw away Li Tie and refused to be the leader of Dongxue. At this time, Dongxue religion collapsed, and each forum was in its own affairs. Although they were under the banner of Dongxue religion, many Dongxue believers had nothing to do with the previous Dongxue religion.

Anzhou is originally a rich place. The people have conflicts with the government, but they are not sharp. Dongxue is active in this area, but the contradiction between the congregation and the court is not as contradictory as in other regions. Lu Wenjun moved to Anzhou as a military teacher of Dongxue, and was able to get the response of many Dongxue teachers. In addition, Jin Hongji implemented a reconciliation policy in Anzhou, and Anzhou Dongxue Education naturally favored the court.

Lu Wenjun took advantage of his influence in Dongxue teaching to gain the support of Dongxue believers in Anzhou. The killing of Cui Shiheng, the leader, took place in the Fenghun Valley. For the religious people far away, it was a distant and unproven thing, and Lu Wenjun easily fooled the past.

With the support of Anzhou Dongxue Education, Lu Wenjun helped Jin Hongji stabilize the situation in Anzhou and successfully completed the power transfer, thus winning the appreciation of Jin Hongji.

In this case, Han Lingzhun tried to launch an uprising with the help of Anzhou Dongxuejiao, but he found the wrong person.

As a result, when Han Lingzhun came to Anzhou Dongxue Teaching Forum, his whereabouts were immediately reported to Lu Wenjun.

Lu Wenjun immediately led the North Korean officers and troops in Anzhou City and surrounded Han Lingjun's station.

Fortunately, a company that followed Han Lingzhun into the city was scattered all over the city. At Han Lingzhun's station, only more than a dozen guards followed Han Lingzhun into the city.

Han Lingzhun was also smart and ordered the guard to stop resisting and surrender to Lu Wenjun.

Han Lingjun told Lu Wenjun that he came to Anzhou to assassinate Lu Wenjun and avenge the death of the former leader Cui Shiheng.

Han Lingzhun's statement has some truth. Lu Wenjun knew that Zhou Charter led the army to fight against the Japanese army in Yizhou, and he also knew that Zhou Charter was regarded as the leader of the congregation. As a leader, of course, you have to avenge the former leader, otherwise, you can't appease the congregation.

Lu Wenjun is also worried that Zhou Charter will personally lead the army to Anzhou, but this worry is unlikely. The mixed brigade marched northward, and Yizhou was in danger. Zhou Charter was overwhelmed and should not leave Yizhou at this time.

Therefore, Lu Wenjun basically believed Han Lingjun's words. However, Lu Wenjun still did not dare to be careless and reported the incident of Han Lingjun to the Japanese Garrison Command in Anzhou.

The commander of the garrison command was Satono Aso of the Japanese army. He was originally a captain of the mixed brigade. When the mixed brigade marched north through Anzhou, he left a squadron and merged with the original two squadrons of the Japanese army to form the Anzhou Garrison, which was under the unified command of Aso Fujino.

Three squadrons, plus Anzhou Military Station, the Japanese army has a total of more than 800 people in Anzhou, equipped with three mountain cannons, responsible for the city defense of Anzhou.

Fuchino Aso received a report from Lu Wenjun and did not believe the Qing army's large-scale attack on Anzhou. He agreed with Lu Wenjun that Han Ling's target for entering Anzhou was Lu Wenjun. There is another reason why there is such a consensus. Han Lingzhun brought all the Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Lu Wenjun knows them.

The only thing Aso Fujino is worried is that in addition to Han Lingzhun and his dozen subordinates, there may be Han Lingzhun in the city and the city of Anzhou. Therefore, he ordered the Japanese army to go out to carry out a city-wide search with the assistance of North Korean officers and soldiers.

At the same time, Aso Fujino sent a team of more than 50 Japanese troops out of the city overnight to search and guard against the Daning River just in case.

One night of the big search, soldiers of the 401 battalion were constantly arrested or killed, but fortunately, Aso Fujino never reported this situation to Aoki Gen at the peak of the fetus.

He preconceivedly believed that this was an adventure of Dongxuejiao, and he did not associate Han Lingjun with Zhang Jun.

This is a major mistake for the Japanese army. For Zhou Charter, this is a blessing in misfortune!