In Kaecheng, Zhang Yi assisted Nie Shicheng in handling military affairs. I have already rushed back to Maoer Mountain.

Zhang Yi took the binoculars and looked at the Japanese garrison in the distance, and his heart was a little heavy. The Japanese army was menacing, and now there were no less than 5,000 men in Kaesong, and the soldiers were well trained, and there was a constant supply of weapons and ammunition behind them. On the other hand, Kaesong, although Kaesong is not a small city in North Korea, but after all, it cannot be compared with Seoul and Pyongyang. Fortunately, he led the Blue Wolf Brigade to kill dozens of Japanese officers as much as possible on the way to block the attack, causing serious damage to the Japanese command system and delaying the pace of the Japanese army's attack, so that he had some time to prepare.

Zhang Yi had already handed over the structure diagram of the trench fortifications to Tang Keqiang, although Tang Keqiang had never seen this kind of fortification before, but with his long-term experience in the battlefield, he could naturally see the benefits of this kind of fortification, which could definitely minimize the casualties of his own troops and preserve his strength.

Tang Keqiang came here to personally go into battle, and led several brothers from the Blue Wolf Brigade to command a battalion of men and horses to build fortifications.

Tang Keqiang looked at the criss-crossing trenches and secretly admired in his heart. These trenches can minimize the lethality of enemy shells, while the breastwork and sandbags can effectively block the bullets fired from the front, and the vertical and horizontal trenches can allow soldiers to move around under cover at will to support other places. There are also patches of barbed wire in front of them, hindering the advance of the enemy army, but unfortunately the war is imminent, where to find so many barbed wire? I had to find some of them, but this is already good, and these fortifications are all built by a few backbones of the blue wolf brigade under personal command. These people are really amazing, almost all military skills, they have been trained by Zhang Yi so well in just a few months, if they are really trained for two or three years, what a terrible army this blue wolf brigade will be!

Zhang Yi came to Tang Keqiang's side and said, "Brother Keqiang, how are the fortifications being repaired?" ”

Tang Keqiang said with a smile: "Brother, rest assured, the entire fortification has basically been repaired, as long as there are two or three more hours, it can be completed, these nearly two days, it is really enough to choke, a battalion of people, three shifts of rotation, before it was repaired, and the brothers are tired enough." ”

Zhang Yi nodded and said, "Well, Brother Keqiang, the brothers have worked hard. However, for the sake of their own lives, the hard work is worth it, and after the fortifications are completed, let the brothers hurry up and recuperate, and it is estimated that tomorrow the Japanese army will launch an offensive, although it is not known whether they will attack Kaesong or here first, but we must be ready for battle. ”

Tang Keqiang nodded and said, "Okay, brother, I'll arrange these things, you just need to command the battle well when the time comes." ”

In the Japanese army camp, Oshima Yoshimasa has not had a good time these days, his mixed brigade, more than 6,000 horses, has not been given by Nie Shicheng and Ye Zhichao's north and south battalions, but it was made by that mysterious small army, and after a period of blocking, he actually lost dozens of middle and lower-level officers, and the artillery casualties were not small, so that he had to rest for two days first, reorganize the army, and straighten out the command system. Far away in Incheon, General Aritomo of Yama sternly reprimanded him, expressing serious dissatisfaction with the unfavorable battle in front of him, and hearing that he had encountered a mysterious enemy force. He also sent his right-hand man, Akiyama Yoshiko, to support him, and if there was no major progress, he would be dismissed on the spot and sent to a military court.

Oshima Yoshimasa felt a burst of anger in his heart, this mysterious blue wolf brigade was too difficult to deal with. While he was reorganizing his armament, the scouts came to report that they had sent hundreds of people to the Kaesong side to occupy the commanding heights around Kaesong, and were building fortifications. Oshima Yoshimasa secretly said in his heart, this Nie Shicheng is not simple, he is worthy of being a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, and he has made a powerful deployment for Kaicheng's defense so quickly, these hundreds of people have rushed forward and occupied the strategic high ground, like a sharp sword hanging over his head, and he can attack his rear at any time when he attacks Kaesong, but he can't concentrate on attacking Kaesong. I wanted to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Qing army in Maoershan to attack directly and drive this Qing army back to Kaesong, but the rest of his mixed brigade has not yet been completed, and the other party occupies a favorable position.

Now that its own mixed brigade has been reorganized, it is necessary to launch an attack. Which one to hit first? Yoshimasa Oshima hasn't thought about it yet.

Oshima Yoshimasa was upset in his heart, and shouted in a low voice: "Someone! ”

A Japanese soldier walked in, stood upright, and said, "Your Excellency, what are your instructions?" ”

Oshima Yoshimasa replied: "Give an order to all the adjutants to come to the command post to discuss matters." "Hail!" The soldier said yes and hurried out to give the order.

In a few moments, all the adjutants of the Japanese army came to the command post, and even Akiyama Yoshiko rushed over, and this time he directly brought a cavalry squadron to assist Oshima Yoshimasa. Follow-up Japanese reinforcements were also on their way to Kaesong.

Yoshimasa Oshima saw that the personnel had almost arrived, waved his hands, and the command post fell silent. Oshima Yoshimasa said: "Gentlemen, now that our mixed brigade personnel have been reorganized, we can launch an attack on the Qing army at any time, and we should attack sooner rather than later, we can't give the Qing army enough time to prepare, so we will convene you to discuss the attack." Now Kaesong Nie Shicheng has sent an army to be stationed in the area of Mao'er Mountain, which is only a few thousand meters away from us. It threatens our flanks at any time, so we can't attack Kaesong with all our might, so I plan to annihilate the Qing army at Mao'er Mountain first, and then turn around and concentrate on besieging Kaesong with all my might. I wonder what you think? ”

Oshima Yoshimasa looked at Akiyama Yoshiko, as a rising star of the Japanese Army's outstanding life, Akiyama Yoshiko is indeed worthy of Oshima Yoshimasa's attention.

Akiyama Yoshiko smiled coldly and said: "Oshima-kun, the Qing army on the opposite side is only 3,000 people, and it has suffered defeats, morale is low, materials are insufficient, our army's strength is twice that of the Qing army, this is a sure victory, no matter how you attack, you can take Kaesong." I thought that I only needed to send a brigade to contain the Qing army on the opposite side of Mao'er Mountain. Then gather the main force of our army to besiege Kaesong on all sides, open the way with heavy artillery, and under heavy pressure, it only takes one day for our army to take Kaesong. Then waved the troops to Maoershan and wiped out this Qing army, which was even more effortless. Two days was enough time to end the war before the arrival of Qing reinforcements. Then with his back to Kaesong, he gave the Qing reinforcements a head-on blow. In one fell swoop, the main force of the Qing State in Korea can be completely annihilated, and it will drive straight into the Yalu River! ”

Sato, the captain of the eighteenth wing on one side, frowned slightly, this Akiyama is too proud, he just came to the enemy, and he hasn't understood the enemy's situation yet, so he has to divide his troops to attack as soon as he comes up, how can this be done? Sato said: "Akiyama-kun, the commander of the Qing army, Nie Shicheng, is a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, resourceful, and has Kaecheng as a barrier, defending according to the danger, and at the same time there is a partial division stationed on the western highlands, condescending, threatening the flank of our army at any time, our army wants to divide the troops and attack at the same time, I am afraid it will be difficult to win for a while." If I expected it to be true, the mysterious detachment of the Qing army did not enter Kaesong, and was left outside the city by Nie Shicheng to harass our army at any time. We must not be careless. ”

Akiyama Yoshiko's face changed slightly, this guy has always been arrogant and arrogant, and he was so refuted by Sato in front of everyone, he couldn't help but be unhappy in his heart, and he was about to say something to fight back, but Oshima Yoshimasa said: "The mysterious squad? Sato-kun, if you don't mention it, I'm ignoring it, although this Qing army is not large in number, it is indeed our henchmen! Akiyama-kun, I hope you can divide your elite cavalry into several detachments, send them out, scout them closely, and be sure to dig them out and destroy them! Without the intrusion of the Qing army, we can safely besiege Kaesong or a part of Maoershan. As long as you eliminate the mysterious Qing army, I will ask the commander of the county to give you the first credit! ”