At four o'clock in the morning of September 13, 1894, at Zhonghe City, 70 miles away, the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army and the rest of the 9th Brigade, with a total of more than 7,800 troops, divided into two routes, all the way north to the left of the Taedong River in the east of Pyongyang, and all the way to the west to attack the southwest flank of Pyongyang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the same time, the 759 infantry members of the Korean Aid Army sang the passionate "Military Song of the Korean Aid Army" all the way across the Taedong River amid the uncertain speculation of the Pyongyang army.

After crossing the river, the reinforcement army continued southward along Jiangnan Avenue, crossed the East Pyongyang Post and traveled about three miles, and then moved eastward and disappeared into the dense and endless sorghum and corn forests.

At noon on the same day, the reinforcement army arrived at a riverbank 20 miles from Pyongyang City in the upper reaches of the Taedong River, and the whole army camped on the riverside.

The sun is shining, the river is bubbling, the smoke of cooking rises from the farmhouses not far away, and the cows are 'mooing' on the water meadows on the shore.

Because the people here had seen the costumes of the Qing army when they were gathering in Pyongyang City, they were not very afraid, and the children in the nearby villages ran over curiously to take a look at the excitement.

A group of officers from the Korean reinforcement army gathered on a large piece of sand by the river, and battalion staff officer Shen Zhaoao and deputy staff officer Peng Qianyan stood on the edge of the sand, holding long bamboo sticks, sketching a topographical map of Pyongyang.

"Pyongyang City only has two directions suitable for launching a large-scale army attack, and now Ye Zhichao has put Wei Rugui's troops in the south city of Suzaku Gate, while the north city only has Zuo Gui's troops and Jiang Zikang's troops, a total of less than 3,000 people."

He Changying picked up a stick and pointed at Shun'an Station, forty miles north of Pyongyang, and said: "The more than 4,700 troops of the Wonsan detachment can't wait stupidly in Shun'an, they will come here-"

He Changying's bamboo stick pointed to Kanbei Mountain, about 3,000 kilometers north of the Qing army's Jingyan Mountain position outside the Xuanwu Gate: "——Set up camp and establish an artillery position, so that the Jingyan Mountain position of the Zuo Guigui Division, the Jiziling position of the Jiang Zikang Division, and the Peony Terrace Heights at the Xuanwu Gate Gate behind are completely within the effective range of the Japanese artillery. ”

The bamboo stick in He Changying's hand moved east again: "And the Shuoning detachment will camp on the merged river northeast of Xuanwu Gate, and face the heavy fort northeast of the Qing army's Jingyan Mountain position." ”

In this way, in Pyongyang's North Fortress, the Japanese army concentrated nearly 8,000 superior forces, so Tsuno Michikan would choose North City as the main direction of attack and breakthrough; Oshima Yoshima's troops feinted to attack Funaqiaori and Giethoorn Island in the east to attract Pyongyang's troops, while the headquarters of the 5th Division in Namseong was desperately dragging the most powerful Wei Rugui division, making it impossible to divide troops to reinforce Beicheng. ”

After He Changying finished speaking, he stopped talking, letting the generals think and absorb.

"To the east of Pyongyang is the Taedong River, even if the Japanese army can grab the ships and cross the river to harass them, they can't cross the river in a decisive battle, so they can only use heavy troops to seize the bridge, but if the form is dangerous, the Pyongyang defenders can completely set fire to the bridge; Moreover, they lost a third of their military strength in Dongxian Ridge, so Oshima Yoshimasa should have made a feint to contain it. ”

Shen Zhaoao nodded, agreeing with He Changying's inference that Dongcheng was not the main point of attack.

"To the west of Pyongyang is the ordinary river, the bridge over the river has been completely demolished, and the paddy fields outside the city are muddy, so they are not suitable for a large-scale attack."

Peng Qianyan also affirmed He Changying's inference about Xicheng.

"The Japanese army in Nancheng has a military strength of 5,400, and Wei Rugui's department is only more than 3,000 people, Nancheng should still be the main direction of attack of the Japanese army, even if Beicheng is not ruled out, Tsuno Michikan will still order an all-out attack and try to break through the defense line of Nancheng."

Lin Yunyu stared at him and said: "The Northern City Zuo Guijiang Zikang Department occupies many highland fortresses outside the city, while the Southern City Wei Rugui Department has only built a number of small fortresses on the flat ground outside the city; Moreover, once the Tsuno Guandao can clear these small fortresses outside the southern city, it will cut off the retreat of the Yi army and the Sheng army of the Jiangzuo fortress in the bridge of the Funabashi. ”

"After being annihilated by a flank attack, the Japanese army in Nancheng will concentrate nearly 8,000 troops, as long as part of the troops are sent north along the river, they can reach outside the Xuanwu Gate, then the entire Peony Terrace, Jiziling, and Jingyan Mountain positions will be attacked by the enemy and broken without attacking."

Hearing Lin Yunyu's analysis, the generals nodded one after another.

"Then it's really a turtle in an urn,"

Hao Tiansheng grinned and said: "Then the Japanese army pulled the artillery position to the Peony Terrace and bombarded it for a few days, without fighting, it is estimated that the Qing army in the city will waving the flag and surrendering." ”

He Changying glanced at Lin Yunyu in admiration, thinking in his heart that this was probably one of Tsuno Daoguan's ideas.

It's just that in 'reality', Tsuno Michikan didn't expect to meet Wei Rugui, a Beiyang tiger general, in Nancheng.

Although Wei Rugui's fighting level is average, and he is also a stinky person and leading soldiers, he has the courage to personally lead a battalion of the Sheng Army to take the initiative to cross the river to attack Oshima Yoshisho.

After repelling Oshima Yoshimasa, he led the cavalry out of the city twice in a row to counterattack the Japanese position of Tsuno Michikan.

Hit Oshima Yoshimasa and Tsuno Road and lamented again and again.

It can be said that in the Korean campaign, the Qing army played only three bright spots.

One was that Nie Shicheng's martial arts academy trainees, Yu Guangxin and Zhou Xianzhang, led a team to ambush and kill more than a dozen Japanese soldiers at the Chenghuan Andu bridgehead.

The other two were carried out under the city of Pyongyang, under the direct command of Wei Rugui.

Therefore, before Tsuno Michikan had time to clean up the small fortress of the Qing army outside the southern city, the northern city was defeated by Naowen and Sato Masashi all the way to the Xuanwu Gate.

"What Yun Yu said makes a lot of sense; However, if I talk about the Jingyan Mountain position of the entire Zuo Guigui Division, the Jiziling position of the Jiang Zikang Division, and the Mudan Terrace Heights at the gateway of Xuanwu Gate behind it, these key fortress strongholds, the Qing army's garbage could not hold out for even three hours; There is also the Xuanwu Gate, under the continuous artillery fire of the Japanese army, a few charges, the Xuanwu Gate easily fell into the hands of the enemy, so is the south of the city still the main attack point? ”

He Changying's words made the atmosphere on the beach suddenly cold, and all the generals looked at He Changying in surprise, with a look of disbelief on their faces.

"Battalion commander, I feel that you are very fierce, and you have the ability to see through the fog of the battlefield and predict the future."

Mao Chao looked at He Changying with admiration and said: "Changing the landing point to the landing of Anton is like this, and the ambush at Dongxian Ridge is also like this, now you can calculate the Japanese army's garrison position, it's just too good!" ”

Everyone nodded again and again, and in the subtle changes of these days, the battalion commander gave them a feeling of 'bright light', although many of the previous layouts were not understood by everyone, but the final results showed that the battalion commander was right.

"It's okay to play more Go and develop a sense of the overall situation; Go originated in us, but it arose in the East. ”

He Changying casually flickered, but he didn't expect that because of his words, for a long time in the future, the whole country in the East will learn Go, that is, to dump the mainland on Go.

"So what do we do?"

Li Zhenguo asked excitedly.

He Changying looked at the generals and said faintly: "Although sacrifice cannot be avoided in a war, but Dongxian Ling, especially the attrition of Sherenguan, I don't want it to happen again; Again, the future of the Korean reinforcement army lies in the future, and these soldiers are precious seeds, and they should not be lost here in vain. ”

"Staff Officer Shen."

"Here!"

"You take Jin Tongyi to get a few small fishing boats, and the whole army will cross the river tomorrow morning."

He Changying looked at the rolling Datong River, and once again felt the serious defect of insufficient troops.

This time, Xiong Kaiyu and Chen Shijie returned to Tianjin to recruit troops, even if it went well, but these recruits did not have a month or two of actual combat, and it was basically difficult for them to form excellent combat power.

The good and bad of the various departments of the Great Qing Dynasty Training Army are uneven, and the relationship between relatives and friends of the township party is intertwined, not to mention that any general can willingly give up his battalion head.

"It's so hard to do something!"

He Changying let out a sigh.