c_t; Zhang Yi hurriedly finished handling official business in Weihaiwei, handed over a military administrative matter to Yuan Shikai to handle, and led more than 100 blue wolves to rush to Beijing on fast horses.

Just when Zhang Yi arrived in Jinan, the cavalry of Bagen and others finally intercepted the Japanese cavalry in the area of Bazhou and started a major battle in Bazhou.

Before the war, the Japanese army bloodbathed Bazhou, looted Bazhou, and then began to slaughter the city to vent its anger. In the past few days, the Japanese army has been hit by the Gan army and the cavalry of the new army, and the losses are quite heavy, and the cavalry of 2,000 people is now only more than 1,000 people.

Bagan and others led only more than 1,000 cavalry, the impact before the battle is OK, once the siege battle is really carried out, it shows the shortcomings, there is no siege weapon, how can you beat the strong city wall of Bazhou, in desperation, Bagan and Dong Xin respectively held the south and north of Bazhou City, the Japanese cavalry wing firmly watched, and at the same time sent troops everywhere for help, hoping to have a local garrison to assist in the siege.

At this time, the green battalion soldiers had already been frightened by the Japanese army's several massacres of the city, where did they dare to touch the mildew of the Japanese army, and the garrisons around the country used excuses to shirk it.

Bagen and Dong Xin were sullen, and there was nothing they could do.

Knowing that Zhang Yi led the blue wolf to Bazhou, Bagen told Zhang Yi about the situation.

Zhang Yi frowned and said: "Don't be in a hurry to annihilate them, surround them to death, even after the arrival of Admiral Dong in the back, don't move them easily, just surround them to death, and keep them useful to me." ”

Bagan received the order, and the dead Fugang Tianyou was nailed to Texas.

Zhang Yi went all the way west and arrived in the capital.

At this time, the German legation had also arrived in Beijing and was placed in Dongjiaomin Lane by Li Hongzhang.

At the same time, Xu Huaijin led the Qing army to Incheon Port, marching day and night, until Seoul.

Wei Rugui, who received the will of the imperial court, brought Xu Huaijin into Seoul.

looked at the young Xu Huaijin. Wei Rugui had to sigh that Lian was quite old, thinking that back then, he was also a fierce general in the Huai Army, and he was loved by Lord Zhongtang, and he was promoted all the way to the general army and guarded one side. I didn't expect today's young people to be so demonic. First of all, Zhang Yi. Now that he has become the commander of Zhili and the general office of the DPRK military affairs, he has just turned 20 this year, and he is already famous in the world. Even the Western powers knew the name of the Chinese tiger.

Look at Xu Huaijin in front of him, he is only three or four years older than Zhang Yi, and now he is also famous, the battle of Motianling blocked the entire Japanese army division in the middle of the road, and he can't take a step beyond the thunder pool for three days, and now he has become the chief soldier of Jining Mansion, and he can be on an equal footing with himself, don't forget that there is still a blue wolf battalion commander Zhang Yihu who is not inferior to Xu Huaijin and Tan Feng who is in charge of the artillery battalion. With the importance that Nie Shicheng and Zhang Yi attach to them, they were promoted to the chief soldier, but I am afraid that it is only a matter for the moment.

The back waves of the Yangtze River urge the front waves.

did not mention Wei Rugui's sigh, but said that Xu Huaijin arrived in Seoul and directly took over all the military affairs of North Korea, transferred troops and generals, and began to deploy defense. The biggest difference between Xu Huaijin and Zhang Yihu, who is delicate, is that he is steady, a rare steadiness among young people. Coupled with the 8,000 troops he brought back, it only took two or three days to change the situation of the war in Korea, although it was not possible to successfully defeat Daesan Rock and defeat the Japanese army, but it was still not a problem to hold Seoul steadily.

The Japanese army was fifty miles south of Seoul. The battle lasted for two days in a row, and both sides suffered damage. This time Xu Huaijin did not send the Lutai training army to dispatch, but the two battalions of the new army led the fifth battalion and the remnants of Li Bingheng that he brought to carry out, and fought fiercely.

The Japanese army fought fiercely for several days without success, and had to temporarily withdraw its troops and temporarily strike the war, looking forward to a few days later, in the whole army battle.

The war in North Korea has finally reached a stalemate again.

Prime Minister's Residence, Tokyo, Japan.

Ito Hirobumi sat on a chair in the conference hall, surrounded by important figures from the Japanese military and political circles, and everyone sat together, and the atmosphere was slightly depressing.

It turned out that in the past six months of the war, Japan has suffered losses one after another, and although there have been occasional whispers between them, on the whole the gains outweigh the losses; the Japanese army has already buried 50,000 or 60,000 elite troops, and the navy has also suffered heavy losses; if it had not been for the purchase of three more advanced ironclad cruisers, perhaps now, Japan's combined fleet would have lost even the confidence to go to sea to fight.

Japan's boast of a complete defeat of the Qing government within two years is now a joke in the eyes of the European and American powers.

The British government has formed an alliance with Japan and provided a large amount of military aid for Japan's invasion of China, and even provided military loans of up to 30 million pounds like Japan, and now Japan has lost one after another, and the British government has already made a lot of noise, and the opposition parties have wantonly attacked the ruling party, and have provided huge subsidies to Japan's small countries to invade the Qing Dynasty.

The British Prime Minister was so anxious about this that he attended one after another parliamentary inquiry meetings to explain the debate to the British parliament and opposition dignitaries, but it was an indisputable fact that Japan would not be able to win. The Chinese tiger was born, with the Qing army more and more courageous, more and more elite soldiers, on the other hand, Japan has lost a large number of elite soldiers, one eliminates the other, victory over China has become an unattainable dream, even if the Japanese navy is strong, without the support of the army on the ground, it is difficult to suppress China.

Under heavy pressure, British Prime Minister Rossberry proposed to the Japanese minister in Britain that if Japan could not defeat China within three months, the British Empire would stop aiding Japan, and at the same time demanded that Japan immediately return the huge sum of 30 million pounds.

Now, a cadre of military and political dignitaries came to the prime minister's residence to discuss countermeasures with Ito Hirobumi.

Ito Hirobumi also had a sad face, defeating the Great Qing Kingdom in three months? If it is still possible before the birth of the Chinese tiger, it is already fortunate to be able to hold on to the tie and eat North Korea.

But if you can't take China in three months, what should I do? The strength of the British Empire was far from being comparable to that of Japan, and even if it sent a fleet at random, Japan was no match.

Sad!! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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