The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Because of the war in the mountains and seas, the civil and military ministers, who had already returned home for the New Year, knelt in the court hall and listened to the upcoming telegrams from the mountains and seas.

In his battle, the soldiers worked hard and bravely, and the general Tao Weiquan still laughed loudly and died generously when the artillery was approaching the city; Although the city was burned to ruins by the Japanese artillery, the soldiers did not retreat an inch, and the mountain and sea defense line was as safe as a mountain. ”

"——, this battle, 461 soldiers were killed, 5 sentinel commanders, 1 general, most of the soldiers defended the city, died in artillery fire, 37 people were seriously wounded, and countless were lightly wounded; The loss of grain and bullets was particularly serious, and the grain and bullets could still be transferred from the grain depot of Yongping Mansion, but the guns could not be found. ——”

An old eunuch finished reading Liu Kunyi's battle report and began to read Li Jingfang's battle report.

"——The Japanese army first launched three artillery wings, and nearly 100 artillery pieces fired high-explosive bombs and grenade bombs in unison, raining down and shelling all over the city; After that, nearly 10,000 infantry were launched to attack the three cities, and when the battle was dangerous, they once climbed the walls of the three cities; Fortunately, the soldiers worked together and fought to the death, but the Japanese army saw that they could not expand the results of the battle, so they had no choice but to take the initiative to retreat. ”

"——, 1,103 people were killed in the three cities, 98 were seriously wounded, the deputy general Jiang Shunfa, the guerrilla Li Dashan, the garrison Liu Yongbiao, Sun Xiangdao was killed in battle, the deputy general Liang Yongyi was blown off his right leg, Fan Wenli and the Japanese army fought with a bayonet, was stabbed in the abdomen, seriously injured! ——”

"—A large number of fortifications were destroyed by artillery fire, the three cities were in ruins, and dozens of city walls were hit by heavy artillery and were badly damaged;"

"After the Japanese army retreated, 931 rifles were captured, 16 people were captured, 430 Japanese corpses were counted on the city wall, and 211 Japanese corpses were counted near the gap in the east breastwork, and it is estimated that no less than 1,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in this battle; Barely tied. However, the attrition of the army of the three cities was particularly severe,——"

After the old eunuch finished reading, there was silence in the hall.

As long as you understand this matter, combined with the two electric music, you can hear what is going on.

The Chinese New Year's Eve was not honest, first using artillery, and then dispatching tens of thousands of infantry to attack the three cities outside the pass, although they failed to succeed in the end, but the three cities outside the pass were also extremely miserable.

The Japanese soldiers all climbed the walls of the three cities, and more than 400 people were killed on them, so you can imagine the danger of the three cities at that time.

As for Liu Kunyi and the main city of Shanhaiguan, it was just that the Yi soldiers were 'beating grass and hugging rabbits in the Chinese New Year's Eve', and the city was burned by shells, and these 400 Qing soldiers were estimated to have either been killed by shells or burned by fire.

There is no need to look at this matter at all, the Japanese soldiers are obviously fighting the three cities outside the pass, unless they are crazy, and at this time they will divide their troops to fight the main city of mountains and seas.

Take a look at the losses and captures of the three cities outside the pass, and see that not even a single prisoner or rifle was captured in the main city of the pass.

The truth of the matter is already self-evident.

All the ministers breathed a long sigh of relief, and the stones fell to the ground in their hearts.

But because he couldn't understand the emperor's thoughts now, whether he was happy or angry, he didn't dare to say, 'Congratulations to the emperor'.

According to Liu Kunyi's words, 'fight to the death and never retreat'.

Li Jingfang said that it was a 'reluctant draw'.

However, Shanhaiguan was finally held.

Otherwise, don't think about the New Year, hurry home and pack your things and get ready to escape.

"He Changying, Xu Bangdao, really live up to me, as well as Jiang Shunfa, Li Dashan, Liu Yongbiao, Sun Xiangdao, Liang Yongyi, who was seriously injured, Fan Wenli! The foreigners lead the troops, and they really have a unique sharpness! ”

Emperor Guangxu's heavy face finally showed a smile: "The sailor was defeated before, Ding Ruchang was afraid of the enemy, and he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to come out of the port. Although the mountain and sea defense line fought fiercely this time, it finally held the city without losing an inch of land, which was a big victory! ”

The Japanese went down to Seoul in the First World War.

World War I, Lower Ashan.

Pyongyang under World War I.

Liaoyang under World War I.

Mukden under the First World War.

These days, Emperor Guangxu is anxious and restless.

Especially yesterday, tens of thousands of main forces of the Japanese arrived at Shanhaiguan, and Guangxu tossed and turned on the dragon bed all night without sleep.

If you fight again, go down the mountains and seas!

So?

Just when it was almost dawn, Guangxu was exhausted and fell asleep in a daze, but before he could sleep a stick of incense, he was frightened by a nightmare and woke up sweating.

Today's battle of mountains and seas, the Japanese used hundreds of cannons, tens of thousands of troops, and even climbed the city wall were re-defeated, in Guangxu's view, let him see the hope of blocking the enemy outside the pass.

At least on tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, he could barely sleep.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"

The ministers understood what Guangxu meant, congratulated him repeatedly, and pointed to the emperor to end the court meeting early, and everyone went back to their respective homes, rejoicing, lively, rich and noble New Year.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers coming from outside the Forbidden City, as well as the explosion of fireworks that rushed into the sky, the important ministers of the Qing Dynasty in the hall were all anxious like cats scratching their hearts.

"Foreign President Angus, Vice President Bruce, and Bert and Carr all contributed greatly to the Qing Dynasty; The guards outside the customs He Changying, Xu Bangdao, Xia Qingyun, etc., all have great merits, and they need to be rewarded for their merits, and the generals who died in battle should be rewarded; Close Liu Kunyi, Bai Ji, Wu Dacheng, Lian Shun, and choose the mood to reward and encourage; Tentatively prepared by the Military Aircraft Division. ”

Emperor Guangxu looked at the slanting sunset outside the hall, and felt that with this great victory, it was time to let the courtiers go home for the New Year, so he began to issue the holy will:

"Regarding the replenishment of the closed guns and food stalks, the Military Aircraft Department issued a document to Wang Wenshao to supplement as appropriate; The three cities outside the customs are the top priority of the defense of Shanhaiguan, and the 15th battalion of Li Zhanchun's southern Anhui soldiers, the 5th battalion of Ding Huai's Miao soldiers, and the two battalions of Qinghuai horse teams stationed in Langfang have recently arrived——"

Speaking of this, Emperor Guangxu thought hesitantly.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have a performance."

Weng Tongyi was anxious when he heard it.

Now the three cities outside the Guanwai are presided over by Li Jingfang, and they are all generals of Beiyang Anhui Province, and the Queen Mother has signs of using Li Hongzhang again; Although Li Zhanchun and his two subordinates are not Huai, the soldiers in their hands are all Huai people.

This is a bad situation!

"Quasi-play."

When Guangxu saw that the teacher had something to say, he immediately happily agreed.

"Langfang is an important town in the middle of Beijing and Tianjin, and Cheng Wenbing of Zhangjiawan in Tongzhou, Dong Fuxiang of Jizhou, the 30,000 troops of these three soldiers and horses, just set up a big pocket in the east of Beijing; It is related to the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, please think twice! ”

The more Weng Tongyi spoke, the more excited he became, and the old tears were kowtowing endlessly.

"Please think twice."

When a group of ministers heard the old man say this, they all felt that the more soldiers on the side, the more stable they were, and they all kowtowed in unison.

These unpleasant words, if another person said it, Guangxu would definitely be furious and ordered to drag this stupid old guy out, regardless of whether the New Year is or not, and he will be half dead with a stick and a hammer.

However, now that these words came from the mouth of the teacher with tears on his face, Guangxu would only be moved to think that the teacher was really thinking about him.

"Then transfer the two battalions of Qinghuai Horse Team to He Changying's command; Then a thousand soldiers were drawn from Hannagan's small station 'Dingwu Army' and distributed to the three cities outside the Guan. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

Weng Tongyi hurriedly kowtowed.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

The whole hall shouted together, and one by one thought with a sigh of relief in their hearts, after tossing for a day, they were finally able to go home for the New Year.

"Smack, smack, smack—"

In the slanting sunset, the capital is full of 'crackling' firecrackers.

The entire capital was shrouded in a faint green smoke.

It was peaceful and festive.

It seems that this year is smooth and peaceful, and it is another auspicious and happy year.