Keywords: Zhongjiang Jiulian City Phoenix City Dagushan soil coal
Route: (Dynasty) Yizhou - Zhongjiang Taxation Bureau - Yalu River - Jiulian City - Tangshan City - Fengcheng Border Gate - Phoenix City (Su) - Diaowo - Dagushan (Su) - Qingduizi - Zhuanghe (Su) - Songjiakanzi - Pikou (Su) - Laterite City - Lijiadian - Jinzhou (Su) - MuchengYi - Lushunkou (Su)
March 29, 1894
Departing at five o'clock in the morning, crossing the Tiantian River to the west bank, crossing the river for three miles, crossing the Middle River, and dividing the border between China and North Korea. There is the China Taxation Bureau on both sides of the strait. After a short break, still heading west, see many chinese cultivators. Four more miles across the Yalu River. The KaotongTianhe, Zhongjiang, and Yalu Rivers are all in the same vein, and at this point, they are divided into thirty miles, and all can be used for boats, but the water in the Middle River is deep, and the wooden rows in the east are all under this, and the civilian boats are also moored inside. There are nine cities on the west bank of the Yalu River, there are more than 20 trade houses, and the houses are quite neat. Jiulian City and Tang Dynasty general Xue Rengui's relics during his conquest of Korea were commonly known as nine camps. There is the Jingbian Right Battalion of the Eastern Frontier Road Office stationed here, and each battalion is assigned to garrison, and the flag is hung in peacetime to help the prestige, so that the DPRK Xianzhi will watch and help each other. At this point in Uiju, the land and water counted fifteen miles. Sixty miles to the west to Tangshan City, also the old city of Tang Dynasty, east of jushan pass. Thirty miles to the Phoenix side gate, the door is named after the Phoenix City, there is no Great Wall ditch, only a town store, there is a defense member to control the checkpoint. Phoenix Mountain is north of the gate. Thirty miles northwest to Phoenix, we met and said goodbye to the Eastern Road. Phoenix City is the eastern border road seat, and the five battalions of Jingbian are stationed in the city: one is stationed in the city, and the military capacity and firearms are better than the Battalions of Jingbian in Jilin Province. Hearing of its salary, it is self-financing on the local tax bureau, without asking for money, and covering the area where the border defense is critical. On this day, the public office in Phoenix City was counted as a hundred and seventy-two miles.
Tiger Mountain Great Wall
Nine cities
Standing at the east end of Jiulian City, you can see the Great Wall of Hushan, the easternmost part of the Great Wall.
Ruins of the Zhongjiang Taxation Bureau of the Qing Dynasty
Phoenix Mountain
The first day of April (May 5)
At three o'clock in the morning, the students were sent to the Phoenix Side Gate and the Nine Cities to survey and map. Immediately set off, heading south a little west for seventy miles to the Eagle Nest. Another hundred and ten miles to the Great Lonely Mountain. Kao Da Lonely Mountain, Haikou Town, there is a dayang river around the mountain half a week into the sea, steamships can not enter, only civilian boats into the mooring. When Yingkou is not allowed to trade, the Feng provincial trade terminal is here. Huge merchants gathered, and local coal was produced nearby, and Lushun Dalian Bay used soil coal to transport, and now it is not the same as in the past. There is a Jingbian Left Battalion infantry team stationed here, and the Phoenix Hall branch inspection is also stationed here. On the day, the guest house of the lonely mountain is counted as eighty miles.
Big Lonely Mountain
First 2nd (May 6)
At two o'clock in the morning, from the Great GuShan Mountain to the west and a little south, to the town of Qingduizi, there is a small river leading to the sea, civilian boats are moored, and dozens of trade companies. Eighty miles, to the town of Zhuanghe, the Zhuanghe River also leads to the mouth of the sea, and civilian boats can also be moored. There is a sentry of the Jingbian Infantry Team stationed here. It was calculated that the land travel was ten miles, that is, the ditch across the tide, the mud was deep, and it was quite inconvenient to travel. Folk two wheat fu unearthed, it seems that the climate is later than Phoenix. On this day, the town of Suzhuanghe was counted as a hundred and sixty miles.
First 3rd (May 7)
At three o'clock in the morning, go ninety miles southwest of the town to Songjiakanzi. Ten miles to Piziwo Town, a Pikou, a Yanghekou. Kaopiziwo in front of the coast, for a small bay, civilian boats can enter the berth, the water is shallow and the tide falls on the beach, the south wind can not be avoided slightly, there is Changshan Island in Hainan, there are more than 500 houses, arable land fishing for industry, and trading are all from Piziwo. It is a day, stay in the pizi nest, count the journey of 100 miles.
The First 4th (May 8)
At three o'clock in the morning, five miles westward through the laterite city, the ancient Goryeo customs, the city wall is there. Seventy-five miles, to the Li family store. Seventy miles later, to the city of Golden State, it was dark. The brigade changed his clothes and went to the Liu Zhen military camp of the President Ming Army for talks. On this day, Liu Ying, Jinzhou, counted the journey of one hundred and fifty miles.
First 5th (May 9)
At three o'clock in the morning, it is sixty miles from Jinzhou to Muchengyi, and there is also the ancient Goryeo Castle. The Ming Army built a road from Jinzhou to this point, about four inches wide. Another sixty miles, to Lushunkou, the Yi army built a road to Muchengyi, which was especially generous than the Ming army, and the travelers thought it was convenient. On that day, the Naval Ordnance Bureau counted the journey of 120 miles.
During the naval parade, he was instructed to dispatch Li Hongzhang, Fu Xiang, and the military training ministers of the three eastern provinces to Order An Gong to lushunkou one after another. On the seventh day of the first month, Yu Chu accompanied Zhu Wenwu of the Lushunkou defense camp to meet Fu Xiangzhen. At four o'clock, we will invite a feast and prepare for the situation of the border. It will be roughly reviewed, and it is planned that Lushun will return to Tianjin by boat, and then the diary will be submitted for reading. And the warships should be on the same page, and none of them should return to the ship. He accompanied Li Hongzhang fu xiang through the mouths of Lushun, Dalian Bay, and Weihai, and read the water and land defense army exercises.
On the tenth day of Yue, Li Hongzhang fu xiang resigned from Weihai and took the Meiyun steamship to Lushun back to Tianjin, and the students from Phoenix City were also returned from Lushun. Xuan also took the Meiyun steamship to Shanhaiguan to serve Li Hongzhang fu xiang to parade the defense army exercises. On the second day of the second day, Li Hongzhang Fu took a steamer back to Tianjin. Passing through Lutai Station, he resigned and returned to the defense and was reinstated as the commander of affairs. Shi Wei died on April 23 (May 27, 1894).
Supplement: Less than two months later, on July 25, 1894, the Combined Japanese Fleet launched the Battle of Toshima, launching a surprise attack on Chinese troop carriers and escort ships in the waters off Toshima. The Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army's 5th Division also launched an attack on the Qing army Ye Zhichao's troops who had moved from Asan to Chenghuan on the 29th, and the Qing army was defeated and retreated to Pyongyang. On August 1, the Qing government, Japan, was forced to declare war on Japan. On the same day, Emperor Meiji also issued an edict declaring war.