c_t; Under Zhang Yi's precise planning, the Korean war finally achieved a decisive victory, the Japanese army was defeated and lost, and the strength was only 17,800 people, excluding the garrison troops in various places, the mobile troops that could be used for combat, but there were still 12,300 people, and it was impossible to support its strength to capture the central and northern parts of Korea, not to mention that its largest base, Seoul, had also been lost, and there was not enough strength to attack.

Zhang Yi stationed the first, third, and fourth battalions in Seoul, and the second battalion was temporarily transferred back to Kaesong because Ma Yukun was seriously injured and could not take care of the matter.

Zhang Yihu led the main force of the blue wolf and the cavalry battalion to rush back just right, those hidden Japanese spies, taking advantage of the main force of the blue wolf out of the city, making waves everywhere, the blue wolf of more than 100 people couldn't resist at all, the first detachment leader Xu Delu was so anxious that he was sweating, there was no way, after all, a hundred people for the entire Seoul, too small, even the basic social security is difficult to maintain, is in a critical situation, Zhang Yihu led the main force of the blue wolf and the cavalry battalion to rush back, immediately carried out the ********, At the critical moment, it was necessary to use thunderbolt means, Zhang Yihu deeply understood this principle, and in this way, Seoul completely settled down in blood and fire, and everyone was shrouded in white terror.

It took only two days for Zhang Yihu to complete the rectification of the local management of Seoul, and integrated the Korean army established by the Japanese army into a security brigade, which was responsible for the maintenance of daily law and order in Seoul.

Zhang Yi watched Zhang Yihu shoot again and again, putting Seoul in good order, and secretly sighed in his heart, this kid has matured a lot. If you continue like this, you will definitely become your real pillar.

Zhang Yi put down these affairs, compiled the battle into a book, handed it to Nie Shicheng for a look, and then sent a telegram to the imperial court to ask for merit, what Zhang Yi did not expect was that when he won a series of battles in Korea, China in the rear was in trouble.

It's past two o'clock in the middle of the night. Ding Ruchang's Beiyang Fleet had already been transferred out of Weihai and was nominally going to Yantai for military exercises. The Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division were left in Weihaiwei, but they were actually hidden not far from the coast.

To everyone's surprise, the Japanese army did not launch a direct attack on Weihaiwei, but chose to take advantage of the mist on the night of the third day of November to launch a landing operation towards Rongcheng Bay.

As early as when Xu Huaijin arrived in Tianjin, Li Hongzhang ordered Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong, to lead more than 20 battalions of Qing troops to the south side of Weihai because of Xu Huaijin's reminder to prevent the Japanese army from carrying out landing operations.

It's a pity that Li Hongzhang entrusted him with no one, and he chose a civilian official Li Bingheng who had never presided over the military. If you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game!

Relying on Rongcheng Bay, the nearest is the four battalions of the Hunan army, an army of more than 1,500 people, after the death of Zeng Guofan and Zeng Guoquan one after another, the Hunan army has long since lost the combat power of the year, the ordnance is backward, and a large part of it actually uses broadswords and spears. More than ten years of stable life have consumed the last bit of blood and sharpness of the Hunan army, how can it be possible to stop the elite of the Japanese army like a wolf and a tiger.

It was more than two o'clock in the evening, which was the usual time for the Japanese army to launch a sneak attack. The Japanese Navy sent five capital warships and more than a dozen gunboats to launch a fierce artillery bombardment towards Rongcheng Bay, and then under the cover of artillery fire. Start the implementation of the landing plan.

Zhao Zhixiang, the commander of the Hunan army, is an old man in the Hunan army, and he also had great achievements in his early years, but now 20 years of comfortable life have made him lose the edges and corners of the year, and at the same time, he is more sleek and sophisticated, and he also cherishes his old life more.

The Japanese launched an artillery attack in the middle of the night, aiming their artillery fire directly at his four battalions, under a shelling of artillery. What is ridiculous about this old guy is that he directly took a battalion of the most powerful personal guard battalion, retreated more than ten miles, and ordered the remaining three battalions to resist the Japanese attack in front.

The three battalions of the Qing army only had five outdated infantry guns, how to withstand the attack of the Japanese gunboats, the Qing army struggled to resist in the sky under the Japanese artillery fire for less than two hours, and the whole army collapsed.

With only five infantry guns, the commander retreated from the battle, and in the face of the cluster bombardment of dozens of cannons of Japanese gunboats, how could the Qing army, which had no backbone, withstand the attack of the Japanese army.

The three battalions of the Qing army retreated together and retreated, together with Zhao Zhixiang's main battalion, and fled for dozens of miles, and the Japanese army took the opportunity to launch a landing plan, dozens of troop carriers, and transported more than 10,000 Japanese troops to the position of the Qing army in Rongcheng Bay.

Li Bingheng's battalion was stationed in the Longshan area, 50 miles west of Rongcheng Bay, and the Japanese army attacked Rongcheng Bay, and it didn't take long for Li Bingheng to get the information of the former enemy, and Li Bingheng did not dare to slack off, so he immediately called the Beijing division to report the military situation, and at the same time organized a military meeting to discuss the strategy for dealing with the enemy.

Li Yingnian, the commander of the cavalry, said: "Lord Governor, now Zhao Zhixiang's four battalions have been defeated and retreated to thirty miles away, the Japanese army is organizing a landing, the situation is urgent, our army's marching speed is too slow, my subordinates suggested, I led the five cavalry battalions in our hands, attack first, take advantage of the Japanese army's unstable foothold, drive them all to the sea to feed the fish, if the fighters are delayed, so that the Japanese army lands and expands the formation, it will become our henchmen, and it will be difficult to destroy it urgently!" ”

Li Bingheng said unhappily: "General Li, what you said lightly, some time ago, Li Zhongtang would only be me, this time the Japanese army will land there will be no less than 10,000 people, and the combat strength is extremely strong, your cavalry is only less than 2,000 people, how can you stop so many Japanese troops?" We must immediately dispatch the whole army to march towards Rongcheng Bay, block the Japanese army near Rongcheng Bay, and annihilate it in one fell swoop! ”

Li Yingnian was angry and ridiculous, and said in his heart, the governor has not experienced a big war, how can he understand the truth of the speed of soldiers?

Li Yingnian persuaded: "My lord, it is precisely because of the strong combat strength of the Japanese army that we must take advantage of their unstable foothold to quickly send troops to carry out a strong attack, once they complete the landing, we want to annihilate them, how easy is it to say." My subordinates have heard that when the Korean War had just begun, even the elite of Admiral Nie's Lutai training army suffered a big loss and was almost wiped out, and we absolutely couldn't let the Japanese army complete the landing so easily! ”

Li Bingheng's face sank, and he said: "General Li, how can you grow the ambition of the Japanese people and destroy the prestige of my Qing Dynasty!" Don't say these words in the future! I have made up my mind, and I have issued an order to immediately rectify the 18 battalions in the garrison, reorganize the army for battle, and immediately send troops after dawn to encircle and suppress the Japanese army! (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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