Because Daoguang Emperor issued an imperial edict declaring war on Britain at the beginning of the first month, he ordered Irib to invade and "recover Dinghai", but Ge Yunfei
Ilbu hesitated and repeatedly asked for compromise with the enemy, which was severely reprimanded by Daoguang Emperor. Yu Qian, the governor of Jiangsu Province, was reassigned as an imperial envoy to replace Ibrahimovic in charge of Zhejiang military affairs and Zhejiang front-line command. On February 7th, Yu Qian arrived at Zhenhai Barracks, and on March 6th, he went to the front position of Dinghai. In March, he was appointed Governor of Liangjiang. Dinghai is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with Xiaofengling in the north overlooking the county seat. The mountain is steep and there are bypass roads along the sea. Zhushanmen in the east, along the coast, with narrow water depth in the harbor; On the west is Jiuanmen, with overlapping mountains, going to Haiyuan; The south is the head of the road, empty, and it is the main road between land and sea. With the consent of Yu Qian, Ge Zheng built a tucheng from Zhushan to Qingleitou in the east of the city, with a length of 1430 feet, and Zhenyuan City in the southeast of the city, with a length of 130 feet, that is, Guanshanbao. In order to strengthen the defense of Dinghai, he requested to build a fort in Xiaofengling and Zhuxiaoshan to stop crossing the river, and to build another fort on Wukui Mountain. Auspicious Gate, Grand Canal Gate, Maogang and Hutoujing Islands also set up their own defenses, each with a corner. Yu Qian refused at the cost of complexity. Ge Yunfei asked to borrow three years' salary and build it at his own expense. Yu Qian thundered, "It's all because of me!" Resolutely refuse. Later, I asked Saizhushanmen to reduce the port, so I couldn't travel by boat, and there was no result. In July of the 21st year of Daoguang (184 1), the British army invaded Xiamen, thinking that Tucheng was poorly guarded, with Xiaofeng Mountain facing the sea, and there was a way out of line. He also wrote to ask for more guns and boats to prepare for the water war, but it still didn't attract Yu Qian's attention. Instead, it banned water wars and ordered dinghaiying ships to take over Zhenhai. Ge Yunfei, deeply bound, knew that he was doomed to failure, so he vowed to do his best to kill the enemy and die.
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In the 21st year of Daoguang (184 1), in August, 29 British ships gathered in the Huangniujiao area of Zhoushan Islands to scout the sea. The company commanders of the three towns were originally guarding the city, so when things were urgent, they applied for a military contract, rewarding them and guarding important places alone. Wang Xipeng, the company commander of Shouchun Town, went out to guard Xiaofengling, Zheng Zhen, the company commander of Chuzhou Town, guarded Zhushanmen, and Zhang Ge, the company commander of Dinghai Town, led the troops to guard Tucheng. At this time, the enemy was already attacking. /kloc-on the afternoon of 0/2, four British ships jumped into Zhushanmen by the tide. When they didn't enter the inner port, Ge went to see Ge himself in Bantang Tucheng.
As soon as there was a signal, he ordered all the guns to be fired at once, interrupting the foremast of the enemy ship. The enemy had no time to resist, that is, he withdrew from the auspicious gate and entered the grand canal gate. It was repelled by Zhang Shaoting, a guerrilla in Dinghai Town who was guarding Putucheng, Donggang, and the Qing army suffered no casualties. British troops rushed into Xiaozhu Mountain at night and advanced to Tucheng. The Qing army fought hard and suffered heavy casualties. At that time, Ge Yunfei found that the British army had 30 ships, 70-80 boats, about 20,000 people, while the defenders had only more than 5,500 people, so he flew books for help. Yu Qian suspected that he had exaggerated the enemy's situation and sent a message to defend himself. On the afternoon of 13th, four English ships sailed into Zhushanmen, and Gedu opened fire and broke the big mast of the English ship. Zheng led his troops to shoot with artillery, and the artillery team actively cooperated with Ge, and the British ship fled immediately. 14, the British ships Mordecai, Columbian and Revenge sailed in, attacked Xiaofengling, fired three or four hundred shots, and Wang Xipeng led the troops to attack the hidden cliff without any casualties. Later, more than 50 British troops, driving sampans, landed at Zhumenshan, which was opened by Zheng, and led troops to retreat by shelling, causing heavy casualties. In the evening, the British army bypassed the south of Dinghai and occupied Wukui Mountain. /kloc-on 0/5, five British ships anchored to the south of Wukui Mountain, set up accounting offices and built forts. Ge Yunfei took advantage of the enemy's failure to gather, that is, he shot from afar in Tucheng, damaging five financial offices and killing more than ten British troops. 16, the British ship sailed into Jixiang Gate and attacked Donggang Pu, which was repelled by the defenders' artillery. The British army turned to attack Xiaofengling and Zhushan, and landed by boat in the evening, all of which were repelled by Wang Xipeng and Zheng. /kloc-at dawn on 0/7, the British army took advantage of the foggy weather and the hunger and fatigue of the Qing army to set sail for an attack. Ge Yunfei fired himself, hit the gunpowder on the ship, and immediately burned it, leaving no fragments. The British army crossed the rubicon and divided more than 10 thousand fugitives from Fujian and Guangdong into three ways: one was to attack Wukui Mountain head-on; One is Donggang Pu in the east; First, launch a general attack on the Qing army from Xiaofengling in the northwest. With superior forces, the British army pushed forward again and again, and the Qing army was outnumbered and stood on the edge of the cliff. The officers and men fought day and night without rest, food was available from time to time, and they were hungry and tired. It rained for days and the clothes were soaked. They are still struggling and their morale is high. They fought back with all their might. Wang Xipeng led Shouchun's soldiers and took the lead. When the British army rushed up the mountain under the cover of heavy artillery fire, Wang Xipeng raised his arms and shouted. Shouchun soldiers fired in unison, and the British army was shocked to flee. At that time, the invading army said, "China people came down to meet the enemy. The fire of their matchlock guns and guns made the whole mountain look like a sea of fire. " Shouchun soldiers, who are known for their bravery and good fighting skills, bravely killed the enemy in the battle to defend Xiaofengling. At that time, the British army took the lead in driving the outlaws bought by Fujian and Guangzhou, hiding behind the sniper's gun, cooperating with the shelling, and attacking in batches. Shouchunbing braved the gunfire and tried his best to stop it. The former team was killed, and the latter team moved on and killed the British several times. But there is no cannon in Shouxiaofengling, and the guns used by soldiers are too red to be loaded with bullets. They fought the invading army with short knives. Wang Xipeng took the lead, left and right, killing countless enemies. Later, the British army advanced and his men were killed in succession. Unfortunately, he was shot, his leg was broken, and several enemy troops were still rushing in. Finally hacked to death by the British. Zheng stubbornly held his ground until all the guns were fired. At that time, he was advised to surrender from Xiaofengling, but he refused. He said: "If Zhushan is not kept, Xiaofeng Wu can survive, and Chen Wu is fatal." Soon, Xiaofeng Mountain fell and Wang Xipeng was killed. When the British occupied the underground passage and attacked Zhushanmen, the situation became more critical. Zheng calmly raised the flag to fight and led his troops to a bloody battle with the enemy. Later, he was awarded to the Indian Military Academy to ride alone against the enemy. Although he was hit by two shots and dozens of shots, he still wielded a knife as an enemy and sacrificed heroically. At this time, the British army was advancing on Tucheng, and Ge hit back with a 4,000-kilogram gun, and the British army was bleeding. When the British army moved eastward to the south of the Guanshan Fort and anchored the Donggang Pu Battleship and the Wukuishan Artillery Regiment, they fired heavy artillery in an attempt to attack the Guanshan Fort on three sides. The situation is very critical. Ge Yunfei made a pilgrimage to the north and said to himself, "I am tired and rugged overseas, so I can't kill thieves for my country, so I can't die!" While taking the seal and sending it to Yu Qian, please send troops to suppress it; While Qin Bing led more than two hundred people to meet them. The invading army once recorded: "When Lieutenant Colonel Adams landed under the command of the 1st18th regiment ... he entered the southern end of the battery near the sea. The people of China who are retreating on the long embankment, under the leadership of their brave general Ge, quickly gathered together and made a very decent resistance. " Ge moved from Guanshanbao to Zhushanmen, and all the soldiers fought with knives and machinery. When his knife was broken, he pulled out two sabres and rushed into the British army to fight. He fought in Erli Lake and killed countless people. At Zhushanmen, I just climbed up. Unfortunately, he was swept away by the enemy's long sword and besieged by muskets, with more than 40 injuries. On the chest and back of the loophole, the cliff stone at Zhushanmen Gate stands, with a knife in his hand, trying to kill the enemy. The corpse stands upright and the left eye is full of vitality, showing the lofty fighting spirit of refusing to surrender to aggression and dying.