Not long after Nie Shicheng conveyed the order, Zhang Yihu burst in from outside the hall in a hurry.

Now Zhang Yihu is covered in blood, and his face is a little unreal from the artillery fire, so he must have just returned from a fierce battle.

Nie Shicheng's heart sank, the blue wolf was the meat of his heart, if the blue wolf really had a big problem, then it would be a big trouble.

Nie Shicheng asked: "Yihu, what's wrong, has there been a change in this sneak attack?" ”

Zhang Yihu took two breaths and said: "Marshal, this sneak attack did have an accident, the blue wolf carried out the task this time, just entered the Japanese artillery position and began the sneak attack, which attracted the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army. I never thought that there would be an extra Western army in the middle of the Japanese army, with superior combat strength, with almost 300 people and close to 400 people, blocking our retreat from behind. Luckily, I left the fourth detachment outside to meet before the attack, otherwise we would have suffered a lot of losses this time. Even so, we had to fight fiercely before we were able to escape from the pursuit of the Western army, escape into the mountains and forests, and make a detour back to Kaesong. ”

Nie Shicheng's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "Western army? Yihu, are you completely sure? ”

Once the Western army is ordered to participate in the war, it means that the Western powers are involved in the Qing-Japanese dispute, if the Western powers favor Japan, then the Qing Dynasty will not have the slightest chance of victory.

Zhang Yihu replied: "Dashuai, there is no doubt that he is a Westerner." Their combat power is far above the Japanese army, even compared to our blue wolf, it is only between the best, according to the evaluation given to us by the traffic management, they should be the elite troops of the Western powers, otherwise they would not have such a strong combat effectiveness. ”

Nie Shicheng's face was cold, his eyes were a little stagnant, although the Western army participated in the war, although there were only three or four hundred people, but the meaning behind it was very significant.

Nie Shicheng muttered: "No, some time ago, Lord Zhongtang sent me a telegram, and told me that the Western powers had no intention of getting involved, only the British attitude was a little ambiguous, and the other forces all said that they strictly adhered to neutrality. ”

Nie Shicheng was stunned for a moment, and asked in a deep voice, "What about the casualties of the blue wolf?" ”

Zhang Yihu's face was sad for a while, and he said: "Marshal, in this battle, my blue wolf killed sixty-seven people, and more than twenty people were injured, and one-third of the combat power was consumed. ”

Nie Shicheng's heart felt a pang of colic, and a third of the blue wolf was lost in this battle, this is a miracle soldier that he and Zhang Yi worked hard to create!

Zhang Yihu continued: "Marshal, but we are not easy to mess with, the Japanese artillery, at least more than 100 people were killed by me, and many artillery soldiers were wounded, blowing up more than a dozen of their heavy guns, and the patrol squadron of the Japanese army was killed and wounded, there are more than 100 people, and half of the Western army was killed by us, but I am afraid that they only have about 200 people now!" ”

Nie Shicheng's heart ached, and he shouted: "Confused! Wounding the enemy by 1,000 and losing 800 by himself, even if I exchange 1,000 Japanese troops for 100 blue wolves, I will not change them, this will come in handy in the future! ”

Zhang Yihu lowered his head and stopped talking, he felt more pain in his heart than anyone else, this was all left to him by the instructor, so many people died in the first battle, how could he have the face to see the instructor?

Nie Shicheng sighed and said, "Yihu, this time I was careless. You go down first, so that you can settle the wounded, and then, I order you to lead the blue wolf to lurk out of the city again, looking for opportunities to fight, all the command of the battle, all the battle commands, all the decision, outside the city must cause the greatest damage to the Japanese army, now we are trapped in the dangerous city, it is too dangerous, at this time it is the critical moment that the blue wolf needs to be dispatched to contain the actions of the Japanese army, you blue wolf will bear more hard work.

Zhang Yihu straightened up and said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, my subordinates will go to rectify the people and horses first and sneak out of Kaecheng!" ”

Nie Shicheng and others tried every possible way to think of countermeasures, and the Japanese troops under Kaicheng were not idle.

Dashan Iwa and Tatsumi Naowen sat in the headquarters, with a military map of the Kaesong area hanging on the wall, and a group of high-ranking generals making a circle around the table.

Dashan Yan is losing this temper, it was originally a big battle with a chance to win, but in the end, it did not take much advantage, although the Qing army suffered heavy losses, but the Japanese army's losses were not small, especially the ambush inscription battalion, the Japanese army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, the loss was not much less than that of the Qing army, and the artillery wing also suffered heavy losses, and the mountain artillery field artillery was not damaged much, the key is that more than 200 artillery reimbursements, even if the cannon was not destroyed, there were not so many professional artillery to shoot.

This group of blue wolves is really fierce, even the Western mercenaries hired at a great price have not been able to take advantage of them, and they have suffered heavy losses.

Da Shanyan looked at Limi Shangwen and asked: "Limi-kun, next, how should we deal with it, the Qing army outside Kaesong has already withdrawn to Kaesong, and the siege and reinforcement planned by Your Excellency have not been able to get the desired effect." ”

Seeing that a trace of fierceness flashed in Shang Wen's eyes, he said gloomily: "Since they have all withdrawn to Kaesong, then we will gather heavy troops to besiege Kaesong, our army has the advantage in this battle, and we are not afraid that Kaesong will not be broken!" But before that, we must first wipe out the Yi army and the town border army in the north of the city, and completely stabilize the defense of the Leaping Horse Mountain, as long as the Leaping Horse Mountain is in hand, the Qing army has no way to retreat, and sooner or later there is only one way to lose! ”

The mountain Motoji on the side responded: "Lijianjun, although your strategy has some truth, but once we cut off the retreat of the Qing army, it will inevitably arouse the desperate heart of the Qing army, and the difficulty of besieging Kaecheng will inevitably increase, which will increase our casualties, I mean it is better to give up the Prancing Horse Mountain directly, and leave the back road to Nie Shicheng, in this way, Nie Shicheng will definitely be defeated and flee under the enemy, and when the time comes, as long as we follow the pursuit, the fall of the Qing army is also inevitable." ”

Lijian Shangwen replied: "Shandijun, don't forget, now Pyongyang is still in the hands of the Qing army, and they will go south at any time to support and receive Nie Shicheng's troops. On the contrary, as long as we hold the main road of the Prancing Horse Mountain and cut off the connection between Pyongyang and Kaesong, then the 20,000 people led by Nie Shicheng can only be turtles in the urn, and there is nowhere to hide! ”

The big mountain rock in the middle sank for a moment, and said firmly: "Okay, just follow the Lijian Jun and send the order to the Great Forced Shang Min, so that he can quickly lead him into a mixed brigade, enter the town border army, and attack on both sides, and be sure to annihilate it at the foot of the Prancing Horse Mountain!" ”