Asan, the armaments of the southern battalion are still about to be ready, Zhang Yi and Li Gang are still waiting for news from Xu Huaijin in the military tent, Li Gang is walking back and forth in the military tent, anxious.

Zhang Yi replied lazily: "Brother Li, don't be impatient, you are going to make your brother dizzy." ”

Li Gang stopped sullenly and said, "Brother, you are calm, we are about to withdraw our troops, and a few of them have not come back yet, aren't you in a hurry?" ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, calculate the time, they should come back, don't worry, just the rabble in Beidaying, can't stand them, just sit down and wait patiently." ”

While the two were talking, a soldier barged in and said, "Lord Commander, Captain Xu, they're back!" ”

Before Zhang Yi could speak, Li Gang shook his head and shouted: "Let them come in and reply, pass the order, no one is allowed to approach within the surrounding five zhang, and you pro-soldiers will also withdraw!" ”

The soldier said yes and walked out.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Huaijin took Zheng Sihu and Qin Daqi into the big tent, Xu Huaijin bowed down and said: "Huaijin does not live up to the trust of the two tubes, Ye Zhichao's head is still brought, please take a look at the two adults." This is Qin Daqi putting the package in his right hand on the bookcase and gently uncovering it.

The two of them competed for a closer look, and suddenly it was Ye Zhichao's head. Li Gang laughed and said, "Okay, finally out of Lao Tzu's heart!" ”

Zhang Yi gently pulled Li Gang's sleeve and signaled Li Gang to speak softly.

Immediately, Zhang Yi said: "Brother Li, since Ye Zhichao has been ambushed, then there is nothing to do here, please Brother Li return to the camp as soon as possible, I am afraid that the military gate will be ordered to set off soon." ”

Li Gang nodded, agreed, and returned to the deputy middle camp with Zheng Sihu and Qin Daqi.

Cheng Huanyi, the Japanese army camp, and the ruins burned by Zhang Yi have been gradually cleared out. In the command post of the Japanese army, Oshima Yoshimasa held a telegram from the base camp in his hand, and his heart was full of feelings, he led a reorganized and mixed brigade of the Fifth Division to raid the Qing army with superior forces, but he did not succeed in the first battle, and he also lost his troops and generals, this battle was really not very good, and it is no wonder that His Excellency the Prime Minister and Commander Youpeng of Shan County called to reprimand.

Oshima Yoshimasa's face was gloomy, and he shouted angrily: "Order, all adjutants hurry up to the command post to discuss matters!" ”

In just over ten minutes, all the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army had arrived. Oshima Yoshimasa said angrily: "We have a mixed brigade of more than 6,000 people, and we didn't wipe out all the pigs in that group, and we have lost the face of the imperial soldiers!" His Excellency Youpeng, the commander of the First Army, sent a telegram, extremely dissatisfied with our battle situation, sternly reprimanded us for the disadvantage of our march, and strictly ordered our troops to wipe out Ye Zhichao's troops and Nie Shicheng's troops before the arrival of Qing reinforcements! I ordered the whole army to march at full speed, catch up with the Qing army before it reaches Kaesong, and encircle and annihilate it in one fell swoop on the way! ”

Seto Motoyoshi stepped forward and said: "Oshima-kun, Ye Zhichao's troops have been killed by our army and have lost all their combat effectiveness, even if we only send a small team, I believe that we can annihilate it, but it will be difficult for Nie Shicheng's troops to be completely annihilated." Nie Shicheng is a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, and this withdrawal will inevitably leave elite soldiers behind him to cover, or ask his subordinates to ambush him, but I am afraid that our army will catch up with him, and he can only defeat his department, and it will be difficult to annihilate it completely. ”

Yoshimasa Oshima said angrily: "Yaga! Can we just watch them withdraw to Kaesong? ”

Everyone was silent, Nie Shicheng's troops were the division of a hundred battles, if they relied on a strong attack, even if they could be surrounded and annihilated, it would be a thousand enemy injuries and eight hundred self-losses. What's more, with Nie Shicheng's strategy, how could he stop there and wait for surrounding.

Suddenly, Seto Motoyoshi's eyes lit up and said, "Oshima-kun, my subordinates think that our army can be subordinate like this......"

On the official road from Asan to Kaesong, Nie Shicheng's southern camp is retreating to the north in an orderly manner, Nie Shicheng is riding on a horse, his eyes are looking at the direction of Asan and Cheng Huan, his heart is full of bitterness, he originally came by order, expecting to defeat the Japanese army here like Yuan Xiangcheng, who can shepherd one side, who admits to being spoiled by Ye Zhichao, a rat feces, a good pot of soup. Ye Zhichao escaped from the battle and threw himself into the encirclement of the Japanese army, it was he who fought hard to repel the siege of the Japanese army, and until now he has not escaped the danger of being besieged by the Japanese army at any time.

Nie Shicheng thought fiercely in his heart, but he was helpless, in terms of rank, he was only the chief soldier of Taiyuan Town, and he barely hung the rank of commander; Ye Zhichao is a general, standing high in the rank of Admiral, high and powerful, but he can't afford to provoke the character, he still looks forward to the old Ye Shao pulling his hind legs, for today's plan is to quickly retreat to Kaecheng, according to the danger of help, the deputy middle battalion has been sprinkled by himself to the back of the palace, the rest of the people and horses, must be as fast as possible, rush to Kaecheng, more than 300 miles away, I am afraid that I will march in a hurry, two days is enough.

The army was marching, and suddenly there was a commotion in front, Nie Shicheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What happened ahead?" ”

A personal guard ran over and replied: "Lord Junmen, I found a group of stragglers in front, about thirty people, and they claimed to be the soldiers who fled when Admiral Ye's northern battalion was defeated......

Nie Shicheng's heart tightened, and his heart said that it had been three days since that sneak attack, it stands to reason that these defeated soldiers should have been collected a long time ago, and then retreated to the area around Kaecheng, how could they appear here?

Thinking of this, Nie Shicheng said in a deep voice: "Quickly go and bring the leader of them to meet me." ”

In a moment, the people from Beidaying were brought to Nie Shicheng, and Nie Shicheng asked in a deep voice: "Who are you, report your department?" ”

The person who came was pale, his expression was panicked, and he said in a trembling voice: "Lord Huijunmen, the villain is the sentry officer of the third post of the Yongzi Battalion under Admiral Ye, and his name is Liang Tao......

Nie Shicheng asked: "The former fought at night, and the Beidaying was defeated by the Japanese army, after you escaped, you didn't go to look for Admiral Ye to return to the building, why did you still delay here?" But he is afraid of war and plans to flee back to China? ”

Liang Tao's face was bitter, and he said: "Lord Junmen, the villain is wronged, since the night battle three days ago, the villain took the sentry to the north and retreated, after dawn, he caught up with Admiral Ye's brigade in Crocodile Pool, and retreated all the way north with the Admiral, but he didn't think that on the way to Kaesong, the brothers were ambushed by the Oriental devils, and Admiral Ye was shot several times on the spot, and he died when he saw it......"

"What? You say you've been attacked halfway! Admiral Ye sacrificed his life for the country! Where was it attacked? How many people are on the other side? What are the casualties of our army? Nie Shicheng was shocked, and before Liang Tao finished speaking, he exclaimed.

Liang Tao trembled, and stammered: "Lord Junmen, the villain doesn't know that there are Oriental devils, but I heard a burst of gunshots, and saw that Lord Admiral was shot in the head, chest, and shoulder, at least six or seven shots, and then, the gunfire rang out like bursting beans." At that time, when we saw Admiral Ye fall from his horse and die, we were all panicked, and everyone dispersed in a hurry......"

Nie Shicheng said angrily: "Waste! Lao Tzu asks you, where was the attack? How many people are there in the ambush? How many men and horses are there in your northern camp, and what were the final casualties? Don't tell Lao Tzu that it's useless! ”

Liang Tao said with a crying voice: "My lord, we had just walked to Ivory Ridge, and we were ambushed, and after collecting people one after another, there were about 1,000 people at that time, Admiral Ye sacrificed his life for the country, and his brothers were in a hurry, and they scattered in a blink of an eye, I really don't know how many people ambushed the Japanese army." ”

Nie Shicheng jumped like thunder and scolded angrily: "Waste! Rubbish! Even if it's a thousand pigs, it won't be scattered in the blink of an eye, you are not even as good as a pig! After the battle, I didn't even know how many Oriental devils there were, so they all fled, and the court raised you stupid pigs with no brains for nothing? ”

Nie Shicheng originally wanted to merge with Ye Zhichao in Kaesong, and wait for reinforcements according to the city, but now it's okay, Ye Zhichao died, the entire Beida camp was all dispersed, and the Japanese army's pursuers were already close at hand, how to fight this battle with a huge disparity in strength?

Nie Shicheng said hatefully: "Lao Tzu should have shot all of you, rectified military discipline, and read that on the occasion of employing people now, Lao Tzu will not kill you, and take your sentry men and horses to temporarily be included in my southern camp for retention, if you don't fight to the death before the war, Lao Tzu will first be your **** sacrificial flag!" ”