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In this northward advance, the headquarters of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army, the 2nd Brigade of the 11th Wing, and the 1st Brigade of the 21st Wing, with nearly 2,000 troops stationed on the front line of Pyongyang, Suzhou, and Anju.

He was responsible for the security of the post roads along the way, the collection of supplies from the local people, and the continued liquidation of the Qing guerrillas in Korea.

and the artillery, engineers, cavalry, field hospitals to which the 9th Brigade was subordinate;

There are also the 3rd Brigade of the 21st Wing of Yoshiaki Okuyama, the 3rd Brigade of the 11th Wing, which originally followed the headquarters of the division, and the 2nd Brigade of the 21st Wing, which followed the 10th Brigade.

There are more than 3,500 soldiers in the whole army.

Under the leadership of the deputy brigade commander Komatsuzaki Rikuma Daisa, he followed the main force of the First Army and went north to the banks of the Yalu River.

In the early morning of the next day, in addition to the nearly 1,000 troops of the Okuyama Yoshisho Division of the 3rd Brigade of the 21st Wing stationed in Yongchuan, the whole army of the headquarters of the First Army was recruited and went straight to Yiju.

And when Song Qing's urgent telegram was sent to the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, Li Hongzhang, the shopkeeper who shook his hand, almost didn't bother to look at it, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and directly asked the telegraph office to send it to Beijing.

Not long after, Emperor Guangxu, who saw the electric performance, was immediately furious, and replied to reprimand Song Qingdao:

"I have won the trust of my Western friends, and there are only two divisions and more than 20,000 people in the court; and divided troops to defend the cities of Seoul, Incheon, Pyongyang, and Anju, which had consumed thousands, and there were more than 10,000 Japanese on the south bank of the Yalu River; Waiting for 30,000 troops, waiting for work to defend the moat, how can you ask for help? Wanger and others fought bravely to kill the enemy, and they must not slack off and shirk; No, it will be severely punished! ”

In the court, after Guangxu called back, he still hated in his heart, and roared angrily when he slapped the dragon chair:

"Now that there are fewer soldiers, the former son forcibly drove the 8,000 training troops of Iktanga and U Heng to the upper reaches of the northeast, threatening me that 'if the assistant and the general are stationed here together, the soldiers will be mixed bravely, and I am afraid that they will follow the mistakes of Pyongyang again'! Could it be that he Song Qing has forgotten? ”

The ministers were speechless.

Among the ministers in the court, which one is not a character with a delicate heart.

Otherwise, in this sea of hundreds of millions of people and tens of thousands of Qing bureaucrats, can they climb to the top position today?

During this period, I don't know how many hidden arrows I dodged, and I don't know how many hidden arrows I used to knock down my political enemies and roadblocks.

As for the little emperor's slotted temperament above, the ministers are all clear.

- hot-blooded and impulsive, reckless, acting only on joy and anger, and cautious, harsh and harsh, with no room for a little sand in his eyes, and very fond of talking, very resentful.

So at this time, silence is golden!

Liaodong, Yalu River defense line.

When Song Qing received a call back from Jingshi, it was the early morning of October 22, and the team of the First Army of the Japanese Army was marching into the city of Yizhou on the other side.

Standing on the right bank of the Yalu River, looking at the team on the other bank, and then looking at the reprimand telegram in his hand, Song Qing was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother.

- Is this a team of more than half of 10,000?

Inside and out, there are more than 30,000 troops!

Now Song Qing finally slowly realized the hesitation and helplessness that Ye Zhichao had when he was in Pyongyang City before.

However, at that time, Ye Zhichao could still call Zhongtang to complain and complain.

And he, Song Qing, since he rebelled against Zhongtang and let go of the Yalu River, made every effort to prevent Xiuyan, Phoenix, and Kuandian's hints.

First choose to follow the emperor's decree and press the north bank of the Yalu River for joint defense.

In the past, the middle hall, which had almost three telegrams a day, was suddenly completely silent, and these days, except for the will of the imperial court, there was no longer a telegram sent to Jiulian City.

Song Qing knew that Zhongtang had a look at him.

However, this Beiyang is about to fall, Zhongtang, you are all the people who are going to sue the old, why let the Beiyang generals be unlucky with you?

You must know that everyone is not a bare pole, and there are a large number of wives and children at home.

I also want to help the children's future before braiding.

Besides, the 30,000 army, in the face of the attack of the Japanese, took the initiative to give up the country, this crime, the old man, I can't afford it?

"Yes, the soldiers will cover the water and the earth, and the sky will fall down as a quilt cover; The old man is almost eighty years old and in the coffin, what else is there to be afraid of! ”

Song Qing let out an angry shout, mounted his horse, and turned around and ran towards the barracks.

Yalu River left, Uiju City.

Outside the city of Zaiuiju, the First Army of the Japanese Army hastily divided the defense camps of various departments.

The headquarters of the First Army was located in the city of Uiju, and the 10th Infantry Brigade was stationed in the city.

The headquarters of the 3rd Division and the 5th Brigade were stationed in the town of Sokukan in the south of the city.

The headquarters of the 5th Division and the 9th Brigade marched north, stationed around Tiesan in the east of Uiju City.

The 6th Brigade was stationed in the area of Seoncheonguchi, southeast of Uiju Fortress.

The 3rd and 5th Cavalry Brigades were deployed in the north of Yiju City to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river from the upstream Anping River estuary and Pushi River estuary and sneaking south.

The remnants of the 3rd Brigade of the 5th Artillery Wing, because of the replenishment of the artillery of the Qing Army in Pyongyang and the deployment of troops of the 1st and 2nd Artillery Brigades, could barely recover 60% of their military strength, and set up artillery positions along the river outside the city of Uiju.

The 1st and 2nd Artillery Brigades of the 5th Artillery Wing and the 3rd Artillery Wing of the 3rd Artillery Regiment erected all their artillery on the riverside high ground between Hushan and Jiulian Castle, three miles north of Yiju City.

Put the entire Jiulian City, Weizigou, Hushan, and Chestnut Garden within the effective range of the Japanese army.

The ambitious general of Yama Prefecture Youpeng, after entering the city of Yizhou, did not rest for a moment, surrounded by a group of generals, climbed the pavilion of the army on the hill in the northeast corner of the city.

There are friends and generals of the Japanese army in Shan County, and they look at the terrain on the other side of the Yalu River from afar, and they can see it at a glance.

I saw the Jiulian City on the other side of the river, the flag is like a forest, fluttering with the autumn wind, the Qing camp outside the city and the artillery fort on the city wall are dotted in the meantime, all of which are countable.

Looking to the southwest, at the foot of the cascading mountains, the right bank of the Yalu River, dotted with green ribbons, dotted with the head of the Qing army's river defense camp, has been heading towards the endless downstream Andong County.

Looking further upstream, the barracks of the Qing army on both sides of the estuary of the river are densely packed, all kinds of flags are displayed, and clusters of Qing troops wearing red uniforms are particularly eye-catching.

Looking further upstream, the five ditches and chestnut orchards near the river in Hushan are also in full view.

"Get a pen and paper!"

Youpeng in Shan County yelled excitedly.

Knowing that the general of Shan County, known as the 'stinky poetry basket', had this habit, before boarding the unified army pavilion, he immediately asked the adjutant to prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Hearing this, he immediately saw that the corners of Shang Wen's mouth twitched slightly, and he concealed his disdain a little, and asked his subordinates to neatly place the four treasures of the study room on the stone table of the Tongjun Pavilion.

"What about the confrontation between the two armies? The sound of war is like a thunderbolt; Outside the city of Fengtian, there were three more snows, and millions of elite soldiers crossed the river. ”

Shan County Youpeng shook his head and wrote while chanting, this poem when he left Pyongyang and went north, he was thinking about it all the way, just for this moment.

Immediately, a pair of very unsightly four-like calligraphy characters appeared crookedly on the snow-white rice paper.

"Good!"

The generals strained their faces and applauded one after another, making Youpeng in Shanxian more satisfied.