Nie Shicheng and the others listened to it, they bowed their heads and were silent, it is true that what Zhang Yi said is very reasonable, but abandoning the city of Kaecheng, this is a big thing, when the time comes, the officials will inevitably be impeached, and the queen mother and the emperor will never agree, such a big relationship, who can afford it, even if Nie Shicheng has the right to be arbitrary, he will not dare to act rashly.

Everyone looked at Nie Shicheng, after all, he was the head of the Qing army stationed in Korea, the backbone of the backbone. Nie Shicheng frowned, thought for a long time, and finally sighed: "Although what Zhang Yi said is the best policy, but abandon the city of Kaicheng, the stakes are too big, and it is difficult for me to decide, so I should go to the court and the Lord of the Middle Hall, and ask them to decide." ”

Everyone was silent, the stake was too great, if it was only the court's accountability, they could still take the risk of bearing it, but the infamy of losing the land was difficult to bear.

Zhang Yi said: "My lord, if you want to call the imperial court and the Zhongtang, please make a decision as soon as possible, the Japanese army will attack soon, and our time is running out." ”

Nie Shicheng said: "The old man will draft a telegram and ask the court for a decision. ”

In Seoul, the headquarters of the Japanese army in Korea, Yama Yama Aritomo stood in front of the combat map, Nozu Kando and Tachimi Naofumi and other senior generals were sitting in a precarious position, and more than a dozen major generals were holding a military meeting. Yama County Youpeng has a gloomy face, the battle of Kaejo, Oshima Yoshimasa was captured, the Japanese army was defeated and lost, and he was also disgraced, and was complained and criticized by Ito Hirobumi and other elders, and Yama County Youpeng held back his anger and had nowhere to vent. During this period, he devoted all his energy to the operation against the Qing Dynasty, and asked the Admiralty to complete the delivery of reinforcements from the Third Division as soon as possible, and at the same time asked the Admiralty to cooperate with the Japanese troops stationed in Korea in the recent days, and after transporting 6,000 Japanese troops to land in northern Korea and attack Nie Shicheng's troops in Kaesong, after some deployment, the overall strategic situation has been decided, and his energy is focused on the dispatch and deployment of the Japanese troops stationed in Korea. Now that there are more than 36,000 troops in North Korea, scattered along the line of Seoul from Busan, he plans to move the main force in the Busan area northward, deploy it in a zigzag pattern with the troops of Nozu Dokan and Tatsumi Sangwen, and besiege Kaesong in three directions.

"How's the troop moving?" Shan County Youpeng asked. Nozu replied: "Yamasan-kun, now that the first and third divisions are basically in place, and the main force of the second division in the direction of Seoul has also begun to move closer to the north, and will soon arrive at the predetermined position, I think that within two days, our army will complete the deployment, and within five days, we will march in the direction of Kaesong." I just don't know what the situation is in Kaesong now? Most of the intelligence officers we sent over were destroyed by the other party's blue wolf, and most of the pro-Japanese nobles in Kaesong were also eliminated by Nie Shicheng one by one, this mysterious force is too powerful, I really don't know how they were formed? ”

Youpeng in Shanxian County looked grim and said unhappily: "There is an ancient saying in China, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win a hundred battles, and now the dynamics of the Qing army are unknown, how can we fight?" Immediately select elite forces, secretly infiltrate Kaesong again, collect intelligence, this battle, if you don't fight, you will win! We'd rather wait two more days than fight an unprepared battle. We all know the intelligence of the Great Qing Dragon Court, and now that we have a small Kaejo, we can't deal with it? I, I must have the exact information of the other party, in addition, the news has come from the base camp, and now Nie Shicheng has added a new think tank, named Zhang Yi, in the previous war, I heard that the battle of Maoershan was planned by him, Emperor Guangxu rewarded him generously, and the favor was great, and the base camp was basically determined, and the mysterious blue wolf was formed and personally led by him. Order the ninjas and warriors sent by the base camp to speed up, use the fastest speed, get rid of Zhang Yi, and cut off Nie Shicheng's right-hand man! ”

"Hay!" Nozu Kando agreed.

Shan Shan Youpeng asked: "Now that the plan of the Admiralty to transport troops has been decided, we will wait without waiting?" Immediately Naomi replied: "General Ito Yuhiro has sent a telegram saying that the ships damaged in the last battle in the Yellow Sea have just been repaired halfway, and the transportation capacity is somewhat insufficient, and he will try his best to complete the dispatch in the next few days to support our army's operations." ”

Youpeng of Shan County snorted coldly and said angrily: "This group of wastes in the Admiralty, more than seventy percent of the empire's military expenses have been allocated to their navy, and our War Department can only cut down on food and clothing, and they still fight like that, how can they still have the face to meet His Majesty the Emperor?" Lose face! ”

Nozu Guandao has always been rampant, and said: "Shan Shan Jun, the battle of the Japanese and Qing Dynasty, after all, it still depends on our army, Nie Shicheng's army is just a disease of scabies, less than 20,000 rabble, we should march as soon as possible, and the Qing army will fight a decisive battle in Kaesong, I think with the bravery of the Japanese soldiers, within three to five days, we can defeat Nie Shicheng's army, and then drive straight into Pyongyang, drinking the Yalu River!" ”

Youpeng in Shanxian said angrily: "Baga! Nozu-kun! The arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and Oshima Yoshimasa can be regarded as a general, isn't he also defeated and captured by Nie Shicheng, losing the face of the imperial soldiers? Do you want to follow in Yoshimasa's footsteps? ”

Nozu Guandao argued: "Shan County Jun, the army of China is different from the empire, the various departments are not subordinate to each other, and there is no unified operational command system, Nie Shicheng was just a general soldier some time ago, I am afraid that I can't suppress the general soldiers of other towns, they are used to fighting in the nest, but we are the lives of the three armies, I think victory is a matter of course." ”

Youpeng of Shan County sighed and said: "Notsu-kun, if it was before the Battle of Kaesong, what you said was quite reasonable, but now it is different, the battle of Kaesong has greatly increased Nie Shicheng's prestige, and the intelligence collected by our army shows that Nie Shicheng has been authorized by Emperor Guangxu to give the Son of Heaven a sword, and he can act cheaply." I'm afraid that the other general soldiers below will not be convinced, and they don't dare to mess around. In this way, the battle can be quite difficult. ”

Lijian Shangwen said: "Then we will keep waiting, and wait until we get the information of the Qing army?" It must be known that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is impossible for us to keep up with the changes of the Qing army, and now, Li Hongzhang in Tianjin is mobilizing the Qing army, ready to support Nie Shicheng in Korea, and once the Qing army reinforcements arrive, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with it. ”

Youpeng of Shanxian said: "It's better to come, if there is really a can't beat the army into the court, then there will definitely be a member of the important minister to command the army, and when the time comes, maybe their own internal chaos will be really chaotic." We pirates are much easier to get their hands on. In any case, we will have to wait for naval reinforcements to land in Inchon before we can send troops. Now that we send troops, we don't have much chance of winning! ”

Most of the generals present were cronies promoted by Youpeng in Shan County, and when they saw him say this, they all responded in unison: "Hai! ”