Dashan Yan and Tatsumi Shangwen gasped in their hearts as they watched their artillery wing positions being blown up by the artillery fire of the Qing army.

Dashanyan turned his head with difficulty, looked at Lijian Shangwen, and asked, "Lijian-kun, is it possible that the artillery fire of the Qing army is so powerful?" ”

Lijian Shangwen also swallowed a mouthful of foam with difficulty, and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, if the artillery of the Qing army was so powerful, then I would have suggested that His Majesty the Emperor withdraw his troops a long time ago." The combat power of this Qing army is so strong that I am afraid that it is not under the elite soldiers of France and Germany. Far above the artillery of our Imperial Japan, we were afraid that we had already lost several heavy guns in just a burst of shelling. ”

Da Shanyan sighed bitterly and said, "Even if it is such a Qing army, the threat to our army is unprecedentedly strong. No wonder Shan County Jun even suffered defeat, if it weren't for this careful planning and seamlessness, I wouldn't have the confidence to fight with them. Lijianjun, I ask you to use the fastest speed to destroy the Qing army above Kaesong, at all costs, the rest of the garrison does not care about them, they are all rabble, this Qing army is too strong, it must be wiped out! ”

Seeing Shang Wen's face succumb, he stepped forward and said, "Hai! ”

Seeing Shang Wen hesitated for a moment, he said: "Your Excellency Commander, I think our plan is better not to change, we are here to forcibly attack the city, the gains outweigh the losses, there are no less than 4,000 defenders in Kaecheng, all of them are elite divisions, and there is plenty of ammunition, defend with danger, we are anxious, it is difficult to break through, it is better to take advantage of Nie Shicheng's tight defense of the city, dare not go out of the city, cut off all his henchmen, when the time comes, there are only a few thousand people left, we can besiege them on all sides, so that they are overwhelmed, without a fight, the collapse of the Qing army is just around the corner." ”

Dashanyan nodded and said: "Lijianjun, your insight is clever, okay, according to your opinion, make a feint attack on Kaicheng to attract other Qing troops to come to help." However, the order was sent to the artillery wing, telling them to strengthen the mobility of the heavy artillery, the artillery fire of the Qing army is too powerful, if we keep shelling in place, I am afraid that our artillery losses will be too serious! ”

The battle of Prancing Horse Mountain is also extremely fierce now, and Yongshan and Ma Yukun seem to be attacking more than once. The Japanese army also did not show weakness and occupied the advantageous position, fighting to the death without retreating, and the casualties on both sides were very heavy.

Yongshan and Ma Yukun's eyes were already red, they knew that now the Japanese army in Seoul had sent troops, and the war was about to break out, if they couldn't even guarantee the rear, then once they were defeated, all the Qing troops would have to die in a battle, and they couldn't even run away from a shrimp!

Just when the two of them were desperately commanding the battle, the defeated army of the Yi army withdrew to the foot of the Prancing Horse Mountain, Ma Yukun looked at his embarrassed subordinates, and his mind buzzed, feeling that something was wrong.

Ma Yukun asked urgently, "What's wrong?" How did you get here? ”

Long Tao replied with a sad face: "Lord Junmen, something happened!" Our battalion was occupied by the Japanese army! ”

Ma Yukun felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost fell to the ground, and roared angrily: "Long Tao, why don't you die ******?" What a sin it is to lose the camp, do you still want to live? You're a piece of waste! Rubbish! ”

Ma Yukun was so angry that he kicked Long Tao to the ground and scolded angrily.

Long Tao cried: "My lord, my lord, stop my anger." The Japanese army was so powerful that we only had a battalion of troops, and there were nearly a thousand cavalry on the other side, and we couldn't organize an effective defense at all, so the entire hard drive was scattered by the cavalry, and the brothers were killed and scattered in all directions, and not even 200 people escaped alive......"

Ma Yukun's heart was sad, he was with the main force to support the town border army, with the attack on the Leaping Horse Mountain, the result was not even a day, the camp was lost, and now the gate of the city is open, directly facing the threat of the main force of the Japanese army, once the city is lost, he is a sinner through the ages.

Ma Yukun roared angrily: "Quick, give the order, gather the whole army, and quickly return to the west of the city to help, we must ensure the defense of the west of the city!" Take the camp back! ”

Long Tao cried: "My lord, it's late, everything is over, the main force of the Japanese army has already driven to the west of the city, it seems that there must be more than 20,000 people, we have such a small number of men, it is impossible to regain the position, my lord!" ”

Ma Yukun looked at Yukun with a sad and indignant face, all of them died in the things that your town border army made, now it's okay, Lao Tzu's camp was also taken away by the Japanese army, we have two big battalions, two garrisons, what to do, the west and north have been occupied by the Japanese army, the Qing army is undoubtedly in a completely passive situation, once the Japanese army launches a fierce attack, Kaesong can't hold on at all, and it can hold on for ten days at most, what should I do??

Now Yukun also wants to cry without tears, he is the initiator of the current situation, I am afraid that this time it is really dead. Yukun stubbornly said: "Master Ma, it's useless for you to be angry now, you just slaughtered me, and the camp can't be taken back, even if I give you all the townside troops, it's not enough for people to fill in the gaps, that's 20,000 Japanese elites, both of us have been fighting here for a day, and we can't even clean up more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers." ”

Ma Yukun roared angrily: "That's not that your town border army is useless, aren't you bragging that you even beat the big nose of Tsarist Russia?" Why is the bear bag now? Damn, Lao Tzu, I was killed by you, once something happens to Admiral Nie, Lao Tzu will not have the face to see him! ”

Yukun said with a sad face: "Why is our town border army bearish, didn't your Yi army also beat Yuema Mountain, we fought Tsarist Russia before, and we were also beaten by others, you think you can beat others, Tsarist Russia is more ruthless than ****** Little Japan!" ”

"Now don't talk about these useless things, since we can't grab the camp in the west of the city, then we will attack the Prancing Horse Mountain desperately, once the city is broken, at least the army can retreat to the north, if we can't take the Prancing Horse Mountain, just wait for the dumplings to be made by the little Japan!" Ma Yukun was so helpless that he had to shout at Yukun.

The two men sorted out their men and horses and continued to storm the Qing army on the Prancing Horse Mountain.

Their fierce battle here, under the city of Kaesong, is also in full swing. After arriving at the camp in the west of Kaesong at noon, until dusk, the Japanese artillery fire never stopped, thousands of shells poured on the city wall, the city wall of Kaesong has faintly begun to appear gaps, the two batteries inside the city wall were also completely destroyed by the Japanese army, and the Qing army has suffered more than 300 casualties in most of the day.

On the other hand, the Japanese army is not having a good time, the artillery battalion under Nie Shicheng is a strengthened version of the artillery battalion, close to twice the establishment of the ordinary artillery battalion of the Qing army, and most of them are elite veterans who have undergone artillery training, and Xu Huaijin and Tan Feng personally trained and commanded, and the combat effectiveness is extraordinary, Tan Feng specially ordered the heavy artillery of the artillery battalion to attack at the key position of the Japanese position, although the casualties caused to the Japanese army are not too large, but the damage caused to the Japanese army is indeed quite serious.

The two armies remained in a stalemate until night, and the battle eased slightly.