North Korea, on the left bank of the Yalu River. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Kimura Shigeshosa, the captain of the Fifth Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry, jumped off his horse and stood by the Yalu River with high spirits, looking at the surging river and the Qing cavalry marching on the opposite bank.

"Bang, bang—"

In his ears, the soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Squadron couldn't help the excitement in their hearts and fired their guns into the sky.

If in normal times, this group of guys wasted precious bullets so much, Kimura would have scolded 'Yaga' and 'Yaga' a long time ago.

However, at this time, he only had infinite intoxication and excitement.

"For thousands of years, this is the first time that my Great Oriental Empire has drunk the Yalu River, and it is also the first time that the guns of my Great Eastern Empire have sounded on the banks of this Yalu River; Rejoice, gentlemen! ”

"Invincible, victorious!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Drink the Yalu River and capture Li Hongzhang alive!"

"Capture the old witch alive and teach the little emperor a lesson!"

Suddenly, all kinds of wanton shouts roared on the riverside, accompanied by the surging Yalu River with white waves, resounding all over the world.

After the cavalry of the Sheng army met the Japanese army on the road, everyone continued to advance along the river with complicated thoughts, and had a short rest and cooking at Toudao Bridge at noon.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, under the forcible urging of Sun Xianyin, the cavalry of the fifth battalion and the second post of the Sheng army had no choice but to set off again.

At this time, Sun Xianyin, after the initial surprise, has now become nervous and anxious to go to Shahezi.

Since they encountered the vanguard of the Japanese on the other side of the road, it means that their brigade is behind, and at this time, Shahezi is only guarded by Zhang Xiluan's battalion of city defenders, which is equivalent to an empty city without defense.

If the Wuyi saw the reality of Shahezi and immediately forcibly crossed the river by boat, wouldn't he have to follow in the footsteps of the guards?

More than 1,300 cavalry of the Sheng army ran wildly all the way, but when they marched to Langtou Town, the leaders of each battalion began to be in a mood and were unwilling to advance further.

The battalion officers ran to Sun Xianyin one after another to complain.

It is said that 'people are sleepy and horses are lacking', and if you go further, there will be a large number of war horses to 'fall'.

Wei Rugui selected battalion officers, most of them were selected because of his fiery temperament, and some of these hot-tempered battalion officers had already begun to threaten Sun Xianyin, saying that they would force the soldiers to march with their lives, and maybe they would 'make a big splash'.

In desperation, Sun Xianyin, who was anxious, had no choice but to pinch his nose and compromise, and ordered to camp on the post road on the shore.

When it was close to night, the cavalry of the Sheng army were either cooking on fire, or pulling the war horses into the river to wash, or gambling and bragging.

Suddenly, everyone fell silent, staring at the embankment on the left bank of the Yalu River.

I saw that in the twilight sky, a large group of Japanese soldiers suddenly appeared on the opposite bank, and they lined up until there was no end in sight.

"It's the main force of the Japanese who are here!"

Sun Xianyin stood up happily and shouted, his voice full of excitement.

Since the main force of the Japanese is going to Yizhou, it means that the current Shahezi is safe and sound, and the crossing point of the Japanese will be near Jiulian City in the nineteenth year.

Thanks to the Bodhisattva who begged for a long time for a long time for his 'Amitabha Buddha', it seems that this is the Bodhisattva's manifestation.

"Junmen, it seems that the aid army is right this time, maybe the next time General He meets, he will become Deputy General He."

Qu Decheng was envious, and he really wanted to take his brothers to kill the Japanese and fight for money and fame.

But this court has chilled everyone's hearts, and in the face of the Japanese soldiers, who still has the heart to fight hard.

Sun Xianyin glanced at Qu Decheng and did not speak.

This Qu Decheng has been trained by Wei Junmen in front of his successor over the years, and he is the first fierce general in the younger generation.

It's a pity that now the guards are unable to protect themselves, so what else can they take care of the future of their subordinates?

It was Qu Decheng, a kid who was the first to enter Pyongyang City to block the city gate when the brigade of military horses did not reach Pyongyang, and smashed the attempt of Japanese spies to raid Pyongyang and sabotage the telegraph line.

And in the bridge of the boat, it was also this guy who led the troops to repel the attack of the Japanese on the fortress of the bridge of the boat, and later rushed into the artillery position of the Japanese and killed the Japanese soldiers on their backs.

Then he took advantage of the victory to return to the fort and once again repelled the siege of the right fort of the bridge by the Japanese.

It can be said that the two general attacks of the Ninth Brigade of the Japanese in the bridge were repelled by this kid and his strange troops.

As a result, I didn't even see a reward of one or two pieces of silver from the court.

Even if he Qu Decheng wanted to continue to kill the Japanese people, could the group of fierce soldiers under him have no opinion and will continue to follow bravely?

Under the silent gaze of the cavalry of the Sheng Army, the Japanese soldiers on the opposite bank went all the way up the river.

First the cavalry, then the long convoy of military supplies, then the long artillery team, and finally the large number of infantry.

The night had already darkened, and the troops on the opposite bank lit the torches of pine resin and continued their march in the darkness of the night.

The long dragon of torches with no end in sight, reflecting the water of the Yalu River, and the stars that fill the sky with the river, seem to have a kind of magic that makes people tremble in this quiet night.

It's intimidating.

Soon, the long dragon of torches finally flew away, leaving only the stars and the river bubbling.

"This army is not easy to mess with, fortunately it is going to Yiju."

Sun Xianyin secretly wiped a cold sweat and muttered to himself.

What he didn't know was that the team on the other side of the river only took half a day to capture the Peony Terrace and Xuanwu Gate, so that Ye Zhichao had to take advantage of the rainy night to break the 10th Brigade overnight.

This brigade and their brigade commander Immediately saw Shangwen, and they have been deliberately downplayed by the Oriental military.

In fact, this opinion Shangwen is much better than the 'god of war' Nogi Noshinori who was vigorously touted by the East in later generations.

Nogi Noshinori's great 'merit' was to capture the Port of Arthur twice.

One was the Sino-Japanese War and the other was the Russo-Japanese War.

During the First Sino-Japanese War, when attacking Lushun, the Qing army basically collapsed at the first touch, and whoever was to fight it was replaced, and the result was the same.

In the Russo-Japanese War, Nogi Noshinori attacked Lushun as the commander-in-chief, and the 56,000 troops attacked the Russian 33,000 troops, three general attacks, and as a result, 50,000 people were killed in the whole battle, and they did not attack Lushun.

In the end, the Manchurian commander Oyama Iwa had no choice but to send the chief of the general staff of Gentaro Kodama to secretly take over the command of Nogi Noshinori and organize the fourth offensive to force the Russian army to surrender.

And Lijian Shangwen, a guy who likes to play with knives, has always been able to summarize it in one simple word in his lifelong career as a horse:

Bull ratio!

The last battle in his life was the Battle of Heigoutai on the eve of the Battle of Shenyang in the Russo-Japanese War, where he led the remnants of the Japanese Eighth Division of about 10,000 troops to form the 'Lijian Army'.

In white-knuckle warfare, the whole army carried out a surprise attack with bayonets, crushing the siege of nearly 100,000 troops of Tsarist Russia.

At this time, he saw Shangwen riding on a horse, holding a torch in his hand, and drove the horse forward.

He had already given a death order to the army, and the 10th Brigade must arrive at Uiju City tonight.

While he was on the march, he suddenly saw a small torch dragon appear on the opposite bank of the river in the corner of his eye.

"Who is walking at night?"

With doubts, he immediately saw Shang Wen hand over the torches to the military cao who led the horse, and picked up the binoculars and looked at the torches on the other side.

In the darkness, the telescope was faintly invisible, and there were infantry, cavalry, and horse-drawn wagons that hauled military supplies.

It's just that the other party is not wearing a Qing military uniform, but a Western-style military uniform.

"Yaga, is it the army of the West? Why are they here! ”

Seeing Shang Wen in shock, he scolded.

If it is really a Western soldier of a certain country, then how can this war be fought?

As a Yum shogun who fought all over the Meiji era, he was not afraid of any Western soldiers.

However, at this time, the country's economy almost collapsed, so that the empire did not dare to be truly hostile to any Western country.