c_t; After listening to the battle report, Zhang Yi and Xu Huaijin looked at each other, but they didn't expect such a big change to be encountered.

Yuan Shikai has a lot of talent and outstanding talents, and the more than 10,000 Qing troops under his command are all the old foundations of the Huai Army left by Li Hongzhang, and they have experienced a hundred battles, so it stands to reason that they should not be able to withstand it so quickly.

Zhang Yi hurriedly asked the person who reported the news for details, and the soldier said: "Two adults, the details of the small ones are not very clear, but I know that for more than ten days, Lord Yuan led the army to fight with the Japanese army, and there were victories and defeats for each other, although there was a slight advantage, but there was no obvious sign of failure, but the day before yesterday was fighting, and suddenly the three battalions of the southern flank position led Liu Shude to escape, and when he fled, he also took away the backbone officers of the three battalions, which led to a great chaos on the flanks of the position, and was killed by the Japanese cavalry wing in the gap. Then Lord Yuan could no longer resist the crazy attack of the Japanese army, and was defeated and retreated, and finally the position fell, and he retreated all the way to Zhaoyuan. ”

Zhang Yi's face was grim, and he glanced at Xu Huaijin, Xu Huaijin understood, and shouted: "The queen mother and the emperor have specially summoned Zhang Junmen to return from North Korea and take up the post of governor of Shandong. ”

Zhang Yi said solemnly: "You immediately return to Zhaoyuan, pass on my military order, order Yuan Xiangcheng to quickly rectify the people, the troops are insufficient, you can recruit nearby, the guns and ammunition in the treasury can be opened and taken for yourself, within five days, you must lead the department, rush to Weihai, meet with Benfu, discuss the plan to suppress the day, violate the military order, and severely punish it!" ”

The soldier hurriedly bowed down and agreed, turned around and went out, and rushed back to Zhaoyuan to pass the order. （ ）

Xu Huaijin looked at Zhang Yi and said: "Instructor, this thing is difficult to do, how can I say that the Japanese attack on the White Horse River and Hushan has been tepid, it turned out that he has been waiting for the Japanese Fourth Division to move south, and now Yuan Shikai is defeated, and the Fourth Division is no longer blocked, just afraid of a few days." You can rush to Weihai, the two master regiments will join forces, and besiege Weihaiwei, in that case, Weihaiwei will be really dangerous, just with these forces in our hands, we can't resist the powerful offensive of the Japanese army at all! ”

Zhang Yi asked, "Huai Jin." So in your opinion, how should we deal with it? ”

Xu Huaijin replied, "Instructor." Since you are the commander of the three armies, it is naturally up to you to decide, and Huai Jin does not dare to put his beak at will. ”

Zhang Yi shook his head and said: "Huai Jin, it's just the two of us here, you are like brothers, don't seem so angry, if you have any good ideas in your heart, you can say it first." Let's talk about it. ”

Xu Huaijin pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "Instructor, I don't think it'...... like you."

Xu Huaijin paused here and looked up at Zhang Yi. [ ]

Zhang Yi smiled: "What, Huaijin, do you have a plan?" Don't say it, let's also follow the story of the Three Kingdoms. How about writing it on your hand and looking at it? ”

Xu Huaijin nodded, the two of them picked up the brush and wrote the numbers on their hands, and the two palms were put together to watch, and after reading it, the two of them laughed out loud.

Zhang Yi smiled: "Those who know me are none other than Huai Jin!" ”

Xu Huaijin said: "Instructor. Although this matter is good, it also has a high probability of success, but once the court blames it......"

Zhang Yi replied: "It doesn't matter, now that the situation is urgent, the most important thing is to quickly annihilate this Japanese army, or at least inflict heavy losses on it." Only then can you be safe. Otherwise, just fighting hard with the Japanese army, our probability of success is too small, and it will also bring a devastating blow to Shandong. As long as we can inflict heavy damage or annihilation on the main force of the Japanese army, so that it is unable to launch a new offensive, we can afford to bear the responsibility of losing some ground! ”

Xu Huaijin asked: "Instructor, it's just that there is a big problem with our troops, even if we succeed, how can we exterminate the main force of the Japanese army of 20,000?" ”

Zhang Yi said slowly: "Order the garrisons of Weifang, Qingdao, Zaozhuang and other state capitals, especially the cavalry, to move forward to Weihai quickly, at most five days, there will be 3,000 to 5,000 troops, rushed to Weihai, although the combat effectiveness is not strong, it is better than nothing, they can't do the work of attacking the fortifications, let them fight, concentrate their forces, and hold the line where the Japanese army may escape; ordered Dong Fuxiang's troops to speed up the march and rush to Weihai within five days; ordered Yuan Shikai's troops to speed up the reorganization of armaments and rush to Weihai within five days; If the three-way army arrives, there will be an army of more than 10,000 people, plus the 10,000 Qing army we have here, which has surpassed the Japanese army in terms of strength, as long as we deploy it properly, there will still be a great chance to reads;. What's more, in Weihaiwei, we still have the support of the Beiyang Fleet! ”

Xu Huaijin smiled bitterly: "Beiyang Fleet? If the Japanese occupied the batteries on both sides of the strait, would the Beiyang Fleet still be able to stay in Weihaiwei? The main fleet of the Japanese navy will break through to Weihaiwei at any time, and then attack the Beiyang Navy with the Japanese army by sea? ”

Zhang Yi sighed and replied: "Now there is no other good way, we can only take a risk, we can only gamble, bet that the Japanese army will be wiped out by us before the Japanese Navy crushes the Beiyang Fleet." If we succeed, Japan will basically have no ability and time to fight again, and we will decide the battle once we fight; Failure, the Qing Dynasty's naval division will be destroyed, we can only start from scratch, and then build a naval division, I, the governor of Shandong who has just been in office for a few days, will wait to lose his official position and resign, and hide for several years. ”

Xu Huaijin's face tightened, and he asked, "Instructor, is it really that serious?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled bitterly: "The Beiyang Navy is Li Hongzhang's hard work for more than ten years, if this layout really puts the Beiyang Navy and Weihai Weijun Port into it, then Li Hongzhang is not distressed to death, without Li Hongzhang's feather protection, those clear streams in the court will make us die without a place to be buried." This is the sorrow of the Qing Dynasty, the decision-making level of the entire Qing Dynasty is a large group of moths who don't understand bullshit and only take care of their own interests, even if it is Li Hongzhang, it is just their watchdog, if it can be used, it will be used, and after it is used, it will be the bird is hidden, and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked. ”

Xu Huaijin slammed the table hatefully, and said hatefully: "This extremely rotten imperial court, if it is not guaranteed, it is better for us to start a new stove and rebuild the world!" ”

Zhang Yi replied lightly: "Huai Jin, in this case, I don't want to hear it a second time, now that we are fledgling, everything can be low-key, don't talk nonsense and get into trouble!" ”

Xu Huaijin's heart was shocked, and he said in a low voice: "Instructor, I understand what you mean." ”

Zhang Yi said: "You go and invite Mr. Youqiao over, no matter what, you have to talk to him and Li Hongzhang first, otherwise, we will really die without a place to be buried!" ”

Xu Huaijin hurriedly agreed, and went down to ask someone to invite Zhang Peilun.

After a while, Zhang Peilun arrived at the command post of Weihaiwei, and after listening to the information of Zhang Yi and Xu Huaijin, Zhang Peilun's face changed greatly, and he was extremely pale, he never thought that in just a few days, the situation had deteriorated to such a point! (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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