"Tianzhuangtai is the back road of Yingkou, where the grain platform of the Qing army is located", an important base for the Qing army to crusade against the military affairs deputy and the headquarters of Wu Daji, the governor of Hunan Province. Tianzhuangtai, where merchants gather, is an ancient commercial port in the lower reaches of Liaohe River. Tianzhuangtai is also the land and water transportation hub on the right bank of Liaohe River in the north of Yingkou. "The east and southeast are adjacent to the Liaohe River" and "there are no dangers to defend on all sides", but it is relying on the Liaohe River to resist the enemy. However, the Liaohe River has not thawed yet. "Bingjian Kyle Crossing" is an important pass on the west bank of Liaohe River, and it is also the only way for Japanese troops to advance westward. It is imperative for China and Japan to attack and defend Tianzhuangtai, and fierce fighting is imminent.
On the morning of March 5, Wu Daji withdrew from Granchitai. Arrived in Dawa in the afternoon, without stopping, traveled overnight and arrived at Shuangtaizi on the morning of March 6. At the same time, two telegrams were sent urgently, saying that the Japanese army would attack grange terrace, and urgently ordered the deputy envoy in Yingkou to crusade against military affairs, and Sichuan prefect Song Qing led a team to help. This time, Song Qing led his troops to Houjia Oil Factory near Yingkou. "On the evening of the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, Wu Daji urgently connected two power lines." "On the first day of the ninth lunar month, the prefect led the troops to rescue him." In this way, Song Qing became the supreme commander of the Qing army in Grange Taiwan. The troops he commanded to guard Grange Taiwan were:
The ninth battalion of Ziyi right-wing army was under the command of company commander Ma Yukun.
Song Desheng, the company commander, commanded Ziyi Zuo Jun's 5th battalion.
The fifth battalion of Xinyi Army is under the command of Li Jiachang, the company commander.
The 5th Battalion of Lutheran Army is under the command of company commander Li Yongfang.
Company commander Cheng Yunhe commanded the 4th Battalion of Xinyi Army.
Company commander Liu Fengqing commanded the sixth battalion of Xinyi Army.
The fifth battalion of Xin Qingjun was commanded by Zhang Guangqian, the registered prefect general commander.
Jiang Guiti, the company commander, commanded eleven battalions of the Ming army, with three whistles.
The eighth battalion of Song Dynasty and the commander of Sanshao Company commanded.
The fifth battalion of Phoenix Army under the command of company commander Liang Yongfu.
The total strength is about 69 battalions, 3 posts, nearly 20,000 people and 40 cannons. Among them, the company commander Ma Yukun and Ziyi Right Army have 9 battalions with 3,000 people, and Caojiawanzi, who is stationed in the northeast corner of Grange Taiwan, is the left wing; Company commander Jiang Guiti, the Ming Army 1 1 3rd Battalion under his command, was stationed in Caijiatun, Xiakouzi and Liangzi ditch to cooperate with the left-wing Qing army. The rest of the ministries are stationed in all parts of Tianzhuangtai Town.
On March 4th, before the Japanese army invaded Niuzhuang, the 3rd Division was mixed into the 6th Brigade, and Major General Hisashi Oshima, and ordered San Pu, Artillery Staff Sergeant Shaozuo and Captain Erdao to cross Niuzhuang to the west under the cover of the first squadron cavalry, and to advance to the Xiakou section of the company commander Jiang Guiti of the Qing army, on the one hand, to survey the ice thickness of Liaohe River, so that the Japanese army could invade Grange Station by stepping on ice; On the one hand, it scouted the Qing army to prepare for future attacks. As soon as the Japanese army entered the Xiakouzi defense zone, it was immediately surrounded by the blockade of the Qing army and forced to retreat hastily. On the way back to the big house, it was surrounded by Jiang Guiti's Ming army of 500 or 600 people. Our outnumbered war situation forced the Japanese army to do so, and the captain of the Japanese cavalry had to order a breakthrough. The Ming army was in high spirits and pursued until noon on March 5, when the Japanese army was able to flee back to Niuzhuang. The battle of Xiakouzi kicked off the Japanese attack on Tianzhuangtai.
On the morning of March 9th 10, the Japanese army invaded Tianzhuangtai. The Japanese army repeated the old trick of burning, killing and looting in Niuzhuang. The commander of the First Army, Nojin Taoist Temple, ordered all the "suspicious" houses to be burned down. The town was full of flames and black smoke enveloped the whole city streets. More than a thousand houses and more than 300 civilian boats in Tianzhuangtai were all burned down. "The flame rose into the sky and lasted all night, and the grange and the city disappeared." "Countless food, weapons, etc. It was also swallowed up by fire. According to a foreigner who lived in Yingkou at that time and witnessed the scene, the Japanese army not only killed the officers and men of the Qing army who were defending the enemy, but also brutally slaughtered innocent civilians. " Those who have been wounded by China soldiers and have nothing to burn are ashamed, and those who have fled people's homes, whether soldiers or civilians, are particularly cruel. "Five or six hundred residents were killed", "more than two thousand Qing soldiers were captured, all of them were driven to the west of Tianzhuangtai Street by the Japanese army, and all of them were burned with kerosene, which is beyond words".
The Japanese army invaded Tianzhuangtai, killing and injuring more than 60 people below the school/kloc-0. According to Japanese records, including Captain Shinohara of the 1st Division, 5 people were killed and 36 injured. Later, four or five infantry captains and soldiers in Chiba were injured because of the explosion of explosives. About 50 people were injured in the third and fifth divisions of the First Army. This is obviously a reduced figure. The Qing army suffered more than 2,000 casualties. The Japanese army seized more than one cannon 10 of the Qing army and countless rifles and ammunition.
After the war, Song Qing led the army to retreat to Shuangtaizi, and Wu Daji retreated to Shishan Station from Shuangtaizi.
On March 10, the first Japanese division began to evacuate from Tianzhuangtai. Subsequently, the third and fifth divisions also successively withdrew from Grange Terrace. By March 13, 2003, all the first divisions had retreated to Gaiping. The third division returned to Niuquan on the east bank of Liaohe River, and the fifth division also returned to Niuzhuang.
The Japanese army attacked Grange Terrace and concentrated almost all the troops invading Liaodong:
That is, the third and fifth divisions of the First Army and the first division of the Second Army, with a total strength of about 20,000 people.
Senior commanders flocked, meter:
Commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Nojin Dojo.
Lieutenant General Genji Yamamoto, head of the first division of the Second Army.
Lieutenant General Keitaro of the Third Division of the First Army
Captain and General O Bao Gong, head of the fifth division of the First Army.
Major General West Kanjiro, head of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division.
The fifth brigade of the third division grew up, forcing Major General Shang Min and the mixed sixth brigade to grow into Major General Kuzhi of Oshima.
Major General Yoshimasa Shimashima, head of the Huncheng Brigade of the Fifth Division.
Senior general 1 1, including two major generals, Kuroda and Yakan, and the director of Shiban Military Medical.
The failure of Tianzhuangtai campaign, like the whole Sino-Japanese War, was caused by the corruption of the Qing court and the uncertainty of the peace war. Even an outsider Hurd knows this very well. As early as1894,65438+February 9, he said, "It's hopeless! China hesitated between preparing for war and seeking peace. There is no way to endure the determination to sacrifice. In the end, it is bound to accept peace or continue the war in the most embarrassing and unfavorable form. Most of those in power are ignorant. "
With the fall of Tianzhuangtai, the defense line of the Qing army in Liaohe was completely broken, and the Japanese army opened the passage to Shanhaiguan. The war situation is critical, accompanied by the humiliating signing of the treaty of shimonoseki between China and Japan, and the Chinese nation is facing an unprecedented national crisis.
The Fall of Yingkou —— The Battle of Yingkou West Fort in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895
The Japanese Army "Shandong Combat Army" landed in Rongcheng Bay on June 20th, 1895. In February, 17, it captured Ahava, annihilated beiyang fleet, opened the gateway of Zhili Plain, and created conditions for the invasion of Beijing and Tianjin. The remnants of the first and second armies entrenched in the northeast also attempted to defeat the Qing army in southern Liaoning as soon as possible.
Therefore, the Japanese First Division in Lu Nan immediately moved northward. After the Battle of Dapingshan, the striker approached Dashiqiao, and the main force gathered in Gaiping.
After the Japanese army invaded Niuzhuang in the northern foothills on March 5th, the 5th Division led by Lieutenant General Aobaogong left at that time and went south to Gaokan, ready to meet the 1st 1 Division led by Lieutenant General Genji of the 2nd Army Mountain, and then jointly attacked Yingkou.
Yingkou is the only land and water port open to the outside world in northeast China, with foreign consuls from Britain, the United States, France, Sweden and many westerners. Located on the left bank of the estuary, 20 kilometers northwest of Tianzhuangtai and 45 kilometers northeast of Niuzhuang. "Surrounded by the sea on three sides, with only land in the east, it is also very dangerous to defend." Song Qing led more than 50 battalions, including Zi Yijun and Zi Mingjun, and more than 25,000 people were stationed. There is a coastal fort (Yingkou West Fort) on the left bank of Chengjie Street in the southwest of Liaohe Estuary, and there are many new Krupp guns and old cannons. The battery is surrounded by a fence and a berm river, which is jointly defended by the coastal defense training camp and the mine camp. 1894- 1895 After the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1895 broke out, more than 200 mines were laid in the west and southwest of Chengjie for defense. The Qing army can send aid to the grange terrace in the north and cut off the communication between the north and the south of the Japanese army in the east, which is the key to the Japanese army's entry into grange terrace and its westward advancement. It is imperative to attack and defend Yingkou.
After learning that Niuzhuang had been captured, the First Division of the Second Japanese Army immediately turned to attack Yingkou.
The Japanese army invaded the periphery of Yingkou (from the afternoon of March 5th to the morning of March 6th).
At 5: 00 pm on March 5, Genji Yamamoto, head of the First Division of the Second Army of the Japanese Army, issued an order at the headquarters of Xiajiatun Division: the right-wing team was led by Xikuanjiro, head of the Second Brigade; The left-wing team, led by Nogi Maresuke, head of the first brigade, immediately went to Yingkou to look for offensive opportunities.
When the Japanese army captured Yingkou, the Qing army suffered "more than 50 casualties" and the sentry Qi Yongsheng was injured. Eight Japanese soldiers were killed (six of them were killed by mines laid by the Qing army when clearing the battlefield after the war), injured 1 and consumed 820 rounds of ammunition.
The Japanese army obtained the materials of the Qing army;
There are 56 cannons, 243 small guns,15,000 shells and 300,000 small bullets. There are 1 Mae Yun gunboats, 2 small steamboats, more than 100 sampans, as well as 2 1 cm Kalanfu guns, 2 15 cm Kalanfu guns and 4 12 cm.
According to Japanese records, the materials to win the Qing army are:
"45 guns, rifles 150, powder kegs 58, iron cases 85, lead bullets 4 boxes, more than 500 sets of military uniforms, more than 200 military caps, warships 1 ship (named Meiyun) and 2 small steamboats".
After the fall of Yingkou, the Japanese army burned and looted the port for three days, which fully exposed the barbaric nature of Japanese imperialism. According to relevant data, the yamen, platforms and platforms of the garrison road in Shanhaiguan, Jin Feng were looted and all the files were burned. Banks, gold
Shops, money houses and pawn shops were robbed, and the losses could not be calculated. Large enterprises and shop assistants were also robbed, and enterprises in Yingkou closed down by 30%. The cotton, cloth, rice and noodles in the shop assistant were robbed and used for military purposes. The wounded of the Qing army who had no time to retreat were also killed by the Japanese army. Nine doors and earth walls of the port were all destroyed. The west fort was completely destroyed: the Japanese army blew up the fence of the fort, the ammunition depot, 200 barracks, filled the cannon of the main fort with explosives, detonated it, blew up the muzzle, blocked the hole and destroyed the gate. Only broken walls is left in the fortress, and this ruined city has lost its former glory. According to relevant data, the Japanese army plundered 4720 bags of rice from Yingkou, with a silver dollar 1 10,000 yuan. Japanese robbers have committed heinous crimes!
This campaign is an important part of the campaign in the lower reaches of Liaohe River.
After the war, the Japanese army directed its aggression at Tianzhuangtai on the west bank of Liaohe River. Grange Taiwan is in a hurry! Lieutenant General Nojin Taoist Temple, the commander of the first Japanese invasion of Liaodong, China, proposed to attack Liaoyang and Yingkou by e-commerce base camp shortly after taking over. The base camp is "looking forward to thawing in April and fighting the Zhili Plain", in order to cooperate with the Japanese invasion of Shandong Peninsula, attack the Qing army in one fell swoop, and then take Beijing's ambition directly. Then, the telegram showed that Nojin Taoist Temple agreed to attack Niuzhuang and Yingkou, and ordered Lieutenant General Genji Yamamoto, commander of the first division of the Second Army, to invade the southern end of Liaodong Peninsula and lead his troops to the north. 1February, 895 16, Nuojin Taoist Temple put forward a plan of "sweeping the Liaohe Plain" to the base camp, so as to cross the Liaohe River and invade Shanhaiguan, and realize the second stage of the "operational policy", and obtained the permission of the base camp.
Although the battle of Niuzhuang lasted for a day and night, it was the most tragic and cruel battle since the Sino-Japanese War in Pyongyang. As a result of this battle, more than 65,438+0,800 soldiers were killed, more than 700 were injured and 698 were captured. Battalion and sentry officers suffered several casualties, but commanders Wei Guangtao and Yan Guang survived for a long time. Niuzhuang fell, and the Qing army abandoned 24 cannons, 1800 rifles, more than 390,000 bullets, more than 700 shells, and a large number of grain, grass, horses and trench, which was a major failure of the Qing army in the Sino-Japanese War. There will be 398 casualties in the Japanese army, including the death of the officer of the fifth division: the only lieutenant in Imada, and the wounded include three lieutenants such as Tanabe, Okubo and Zhonggu, and the third division, Sato Jing Daole.
In the battle of Niuzhuang, the Qing army was brave and tenacious, and many soldiers were injured in the line of fire and persisted in resisting the enemy. For example, Yu Yu, the general commander of Zuoying of Wuwei Army in Wei Guangtao, was wounded, but he still bid with a knife and died heroically. The former camp gang led the satrap Deng to death. The rear battalion commander Luo was injured in the jaw and foot, but he still insisted on supervising the war, wrapped himself in enemy lines and fought bravely. Li Guangjiu's old Xiang Army: Wang Dezhi, a Chinese guerrilla, was seriously injured in his right hand, but he fought back and forth. Finally, he shed blood and died for his country. Tan Guilin, the prefect of Houying Pipeline, was killed in a gun battle to chase thieves, and Hu Xiji, the right sentry and the back sentry, were seriously injured and their whereabouts were unknown. Zuo Ying Pipeline Governor He and Commander Deng Xianglin were injured. Yang Houde, the prefect of Zuo Ying Gang, and Yin Chengpu, the commander in chief, were seriously injured and their whereabouts were unknown. Deng Hannan, the sentry of Zhongying, was hit by a cannon. "A battalion officer was injured and could not fight. He sat on the ground and walked straight ahead, but in fact it was a Japanese officer who beheaded him. "
In the battle, Wei Guangtao "fought a bloody battle alone, rode a horse with a short coat, advanced with a sharp sword, and struggled to supervise the war, and Sanma easily got on the horse". Li Guangjiu led his troops to fight bloody battles until "the bullets are exhausted and the party breaks through."
In the battle of Niuzhuang, Huang, Yun Qiwei, Xie, Wen, Liu Bijiao and other civil servants were killed, and camp supervisor Li and magistrate were seriously injured.
On the night of March 4th, Keitaro, commander of the Japanese Third Division, entered Niuzhuang City from the northern suburb and camped in Midian. Its fifth brigade, Daqiang Shangmin Brigade Headquarters, camped in the northern suburb of Niuzhuang City, and the sixth brigade, Oshima Nine Brigade Headquarters, camped in the south of Niuzhuang City.
At 0: 30 pm, the third division attacked Tianzhuangtai, and the fifth division assembled on Gaokan Line, ready to meet the first division of Lunan Second Japanese Army and invade Niuzhuang in Yingkou, leaving only the reserve team behind.
On the day of the fall of Niuzhuang, Wu Dawei, the military assistant envoy of the Eastern Expedition and the governor of Hunan Province, set out from the resident Tianzhuangtai and rushed to Shishan Station via Dawa and Shuangtaizi. "Along the way, courage keeps flowing, but its potential has collapsed." Company commander Liu Shuyuan led the 7th Battalion (Fu Biao) to be stationed at Tianzhuangtai. Later, Song Qing, who was guarding Yingkou, also withdrew his main force to Tianzhuangtai. On that day, Hong Xiang Wu Dawei, a pro-army battalion officer, suggested: "If the Japanese get Niuzhuang, they will not keep it. They should pounce on Song, and the Japanese in Haicheng should be thrown out of their nests. If you return to Niuzhuang tonight, you will win this hand. If you can get Niuzhuang back, you can drive straight to Haicheng, but you may not be able to get it, but you can return to your care to solve Song Qing's urgent need. The so-called surprise attack will save you. " This is a good suggestion, and Wu Dawei won't listen. In this way, Yingkou lost the situation of mutual horns with Niuzhuang and became an isolated stronghold, which not only made Yingkou defenders helpless, but also led to the failure of Tianzhuangtai's offensive and defensive war. After the capture of Gaiping, a major town in southern Liaoning, the 1st Brigade of Nogi Maresuke, the 2nd Army under the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, continued its northward invasion to solve the problem of going deep into the encirclement of the 3rd Division of Haicheng.
1In mid-February, 895, in order to eradicate the Japanese strongholds in southern Liaoning, the Qing army made many representations with Heilongjiang generals Iktangga, Jilin General Changshun, and Sichuan magistrate Ning Qing, and conducted three campaigns to recover Haicheng. At the same time, the Qing army stationed in Tianzhuangtai and Yingkou wanted to recover Gaiping.
On February 5th, in order to ensure the occupation of Gaiping, Keitaro, the third division of the first Japanese army, ordered Colonel Sato Zheng Jun, the 18th United of the 5th Brigade, to lead the 6th United Onodera Brigade and the 18th United Niudao Brigade to reinforce Gaiping. Later, we sent a team to analyze the wooden city and went to Dashiqiao. These two Japanese troops fought for Haicheng and rescued Gaiping, and traveled between Haicheng and Gaiping until February 19. Prior to this, Masayoshi Sato led the ministries into Dashiqiao.
The Battle of Dapingshan was a fierce battle, with heavy casualties on both sides. "A mountain of corpses, bleeding profusely." . The Japanese army confessed that "there are thousands of shells, which is the largest artillery battle since the Qing Dynasty".
According to the Japanese army, "the 1 brigade suffered more than 2 10 casualties, including 200 (28 deaths) in the 15 brigade and 3 (3 deaths) in the 1 brigade". According to a letter written to my father by Junsan Inoue, the translator of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the Japanese Army, the fifteenth wing of the First Brigade suffered "273 casualties" and "the second brigade suffered 48 casualties, including 2 officers and 2 non-commissioned officers, and died 1 person". In addition, shi bo, the adjutant of Genji Yamamoto, head of the 1st Division, was injured in the leg, Shaozuo Kameda was injured in the head, and Nogi Maresuke's mount was killed by shells.
Although the Japanese army won the battle of Dapingshan, it paid a heavy price, with a total of 334 casualties and an average of more than 50 frostbite squadrons, totaling 1000. The Qing army also suffered many casualties. According to Song Qing's "Zhao Zhong Temple Monument of Jinzhou Rebel Army Built in Qing Dynasty", only the Rebel Army "died of 444 people in Daping Mountain".
In the Battle of Dapingshan, the Japanese army captured Dapingshan and Xiaopingshan and their nearby villages, but at the cost of blood. Although the Qing army was defeated, from the commander-in-chief Song Qing to the soldiers, they were brave and tenacious, not afraid of suffering or death. Many patriotic soldiers gave their precious lives and gave their precious lives for the motherland.
As the supreme commander, Song Qing drove the ice and snow day and night, and the supervisors fought back. His mount was shot, and he fell off his horse and hurt his waist. He got back on his horse and continued to manage the team. He is in good spirits.
As a company commander, Ma Yukun led his department to organize a counterattack and took the lead. "Those three horses were easily shot," he continued to bid. In this war, "Ma Yukun was surrounded by the core and led his QinBing to break through the encirclement. Because he saw our soldiers still in the encirclement, he repeatedly killed people and rushed all the way to protect them. His Qinbing killed more than 100 people twice, leaving only more than 20 people. "
According to Song Qing's report, "Zhao Yunqi was shot and killed when the left army or the garrison was in charge."
The vast number of officers and men of the Qing army are faced with "thieves laying bases and releasing huge guns." "Above the guns, there was a cry for heaven and earth." 444 people died in Dapingshan.
After the Battle of Dapingshan, the Japanese outpost was advanced to Sanjiazi. The main force, led by the first division's regimental commander, Nakayama Nakatomi (including the Second Brigade of West Kanjiro and the Independent Cavalry Brigade), entered Dashiqiao. The ministries of the First Brigade are stationed near Dapingshan, among which the Nogi Maresuke Brigadier Command is stationed in Sunjiagangzi, the first and second brigades of the First Joint Command are stationed in Niejiabaozi, and the third brigade is stationed in Dapingshan led by Imamura.
After the Battle of the Great Leap Forward Mountain, the Qing army retreated to Laoye Temple, Jiangjiafang, Dongbaimiaozi and Xibaimiaozi. On February 27th, about 1200, the Fourth Artillery marched in the direction of Laoye Temple. On March 4, Song Qing rode about 2,000 people to Xiqiligou, north of Dapingshan, trying to recapture Dapingshan. The Third Brigade of the Japanese First United Front, which occupied Dapingshan, fired at the Qing army under the leadership of the battalion chief Imamura, and the two sides exchanged fire again and launched a artillery battle. "The rumble of guns shook the earth." Seeing this, the first joint captain of the first brigade of the Japanese army immediately led the first brigade and the second brigade to set off from Niejiabaozi urgently and headed for Pingshan to contain Song Qing's department. When the head of Nogi Maresuke Brigade heard the gunshots, he quickly led the troops to Dapingshan for reinforcements. Seeing that the enemy was gathering, Song Qing had to retreat from the West Qiligou, cross the Laoye Temple and continue to retreat in the direction of the old side. Song Qing's plan to recapture Dapingshan was not realized. After Meiji Restoration, Japan began to take the capitalist road. This newly established militaristic country with a strong feudal nature actively pursues the policy of expansion and aggression. The "mainland policy" formulated by Meiji government was mainly aimed at China. According to its "mainland policy", it draws up "five stages of preparation, seize the opportunity and launch an attack": the first step is to occupy Taiwan Province Province of China and expand southward; The second step is to conquer Korea in order to advance northward; The third step is to invade China's Manchuria and Mongolia; The fourth step is to conquer all China; The fifth step is to conquer the world. After more than ten years, Japan regarded China as an "imaginary enemy" country and frantically expanded its army to prepare for war. Before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan had built a new army of 220,000 people and a navy of 50,000-ton ships.
In the 13th year of Tongzhi (1874), the Japanese fleet invaded Taiwan Province province of China, and then invaded Korea. In the first year of Guangxu (1875), the Japanese army occupied Jianghua Island. In the second year, the North Korean government was forced to sign the Jianghua Treaty, which forced North Korea to get rid of the "vassal" relationship with the Qing government, with the aim of expelling the Qing forces and monopolizing North Korea. In the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), just after the Sino-French War, China was unable to fight any more. Japan sent Prime Minister Ito Bowen to sign the Sino-Japanese Tianjin Treaty with Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang of the Qing government. Since then, Japan has accelerated its military expansion and prepared to annex North Korea by force and then invade China.
The Battle of Gaiping is a fierce battle since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. Because Gaiping was "flat and open, and the defense of the Qing army was quite tenacious", although the Japanese army occupied Gaiping in this campaign, the casualties were extremely heavy. According to the Japanese side's own admission, "the coat of the head of the Nogi Maresuke Brigade was pierced by three bullets of the enemy, ... the adjutant of the head was wounded by the enemy bullets, and the riding of the adjutant of the head was killed." 36 people were killed and 298 injured, with a total of 334 casualties. Among them, 33 soldiers of the first wing died (including 6 non-commissioned officers); A total of 256 officers and men were injured (including 8 officers, 9 non-commissioned officers/KLOC-0, and 229 ranks). 15 casualties in the United front 16 (including 2 officers). The first and fifteenth wings suffered 305 casualties, which was the first time since the outbreak of the war. The Qing army suffered heavy casualties. According to Japanese records, the Qing army captured 150 people. Zhang Song's military forces alone suffered "a dozen casualties". Yang Shoushan, battalion commander Li Rendang, Su Weikai, Fei Junlian, Zhang Fengxian and the bandit leader Li Shihong all made contributions to the country on the battlefield. The death of Li Shihong, headed by Guangwujun, was particularly tragic. When all the ammunition was exhausted, he "took a knife with his boots, hit several people and rushed into the enemy line to die."
Although the Qing army was defeated and fell to Gaiping, Song, the commander of the garrison, and the Gongzi army who came to meet them fought bravely. Gaoyuan Zhang, like Xu Bangdao, was called a "warrior" in the Qing army. Every time he chickened out, he "rode on horseback to lead his soldiers, treating marbles like nothing." In the battle of Gaiping, we fought bravely and fearlessly. Song fought bravely and tenaciously under his command. Therefore, the Japanese army's evaluation of the Gaiping campaign is: "This is a battle, the first fierce battle of the Sino-Japanese War, and Japanese soldiers have tasted the sweetness." The blow to the Japanese army is really rare since the Sino-Japanese War.