"Who is the person next to you, why do you keep your head down and dare not see people?"

Zhang Xiluan, who was standing next to Song Qing, looked at the soldier standing beside Ye Zhichao vigilantly, hooking his head and making a silent question. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

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Li Yuanhong raised his head helplessly, arched his hands on the city wall, and said with a wry smile: "Hello brothers, it's really fate, I didn't expect to meet so far." ”

"Damn, who is this? Li Yuanhong, Brother Li! ”

"Li Yuanhong, Brother Li, why did you go to the aid of the Korean army?"

"Brother Li, everyone played cards and drank wine before, and said that there would be one less iron in the future, so they all thought that you had fed the sea fish, brother."

There was an uproar on the city wall, and it was obvious that Li Yuanhong and Song Qing's Yi army were not ordinary acquaintances.

That night, Daotai Yilin in the east of Fengtian held a banquet to entertain Song Qing, Song Desheng, He Changying, and Zhang Xiluan.

Those who came to accompany him were the Phoenix Hall Tongzhi Zhang Yue, and the Phoenix City Warden Youshan.

At the table, Song Qing, the governor of Sichuan, has the highest position and the oldest, and he sits in the first place.

This old man is more than seventy-five years old, but he is still old and strong, eating meat and drinking a lot, talking like a drum, farting like thunder, and his voice is amazing.

The remaining Zhang Xiluan, Song Desheng, Yilin, Youshan, and Zhang Yue are all around fifty.

Yilin, Zhang Xiluan, and Zhang Yue are civil officials, Yilin is the fourth product, Zhang Xiluan is from the fourth product after the Phoenix Hall, and Zhang Yue is the fifth product in the Phoenix Hall.

Song Desheng was the chief soldier of the military attache Zheng Erpin.

Youshan is the third product of the blue flag, and it is the same as the vice-president.

And He Changying has just gone through two consecutive jumps, from a co-organizer of the fifth grade to a general who jumped from the third grade.

It can be said that regardless of age or qualifications, He Changying should consciously keep a low profile, so he will sit at the bottom of the ass when he goes up.

He Changying was such a one, and immediately Zhang Yue, who was accompanying him on the seat, couldn't stand still, and pulled He Changying up vigorously, and He Changying couldn't live with a shy face no matter how Zhang Yue pulled.

So everyone's impression of He Changying, a hairy child younger than their son, suddenly became very good.

This kid is sensible, he doesn't take a big deal, and he is proud of his achievements!

At first glance, he is a promising and intelligent person.

However, no matter how low-key He Changying is, compared with the poor performance of the Qing army in the series of sea and land wars of Asan, Zhonghe, Pyongyang, Toshima, and Dadonggou, He Changying's achievements are indeed too dazzling.

It is no exaggeration to say that so far, all the victories of the Qing Dynasty against Japan have been fought by He Changying and his reinforcement army.

If it weren't for these big victories, the Qing Dynasty wouldn't know what it would be like to be buried and ridiculed by foreigners.

All this can't help but be ignored.

Just after the third round of drinking, everyone began to ask about North Korea with a slight sense of alcohol.

He Changying talked about the war situation in Korea in a few words, and then directly concluded: "Let's not mention other defense areas in this battle, just talk about our Liaodong defense area, my point of view is that it is impossible to hold the banks of the Yalu River and control the war in North Korea." ”

"How?"

Song Qing listened to He Changying's assertion, and as a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time, his heart and liver couldn't help but tremble.

Controlling the war along the Yalu River is the emperor's edict, but now He Changying directly denied him, how could he not make Song Qing frightened.

This afternoon, Song Qing received a telegram from Tang Jingsong, Taiwan's political envoy known as the 'intellectual' of the army, from Li Zhongtang.

-- Now the only way to stick to the dangerous areas of Phoenix City, dig the ground and set up camp, and place artillery on the mountain. If the enemy does not attack, I will only stand still, and the guns will not be fired, and we must not engage lightly; can endure once or twice, and the military will be self-determined. Prepare enough military spending, and then try to forge ahead.

In the back of the nave, it is annotated as 'quite acceptable' and 'considerable'.

This shows that Zhongtang is inclined to completely cede the undangerous area of the Yalu River defense line, and fortify it layer by layer in the mountains and dangerous passes of Liaodong to block the Japanese Yi.

This kind of idea is completely contrary to the emperor's 'rejection of the enemy', and it is also something that Song Qing is unwilling to accept.

Since he has taken over the title of 'assistant to Beiyang military affairs', Song Qing certainly hopes to play a majestic role.

He is now more than seventy-four years old, and he knows without thinking about it that this will be the last time he will fight in his life.

He didn't want to end up, but instead fell into the name of a coward.

"Now on the surface, the imperial court has gathered nearly 30,000 troops in Liaodong, but the real elite is only more than 4,000 Yi troops of the military gate, more than 6,000 Sheng troops, more than 2,500 Feng troops, more than 2,000 Luyu defense troops, and the rest are either recruits or a nest of soldiers, which is not enough."

He Changying let out a circle of cigarettes and continued: "General Yaoshan's 4,000 town border troops can also fight, but they are not dispatched by Beiyang, and can only be guarded by a single army; Then we only have an adjustable military strength of 15,000 people, which is only twice as small as the number of more than 30,000 Japanese troops. ”

Zhang Xiluan, who was on the side, said with a smile: "Haha, General He didn't count your reinforcement army, plus the battalion brought over this time, the total strength is also less than 3,000, right?" ”

"Even if you count the reinforcement army, it is only 18,000 people; Moreover, we are defending along the coast, and the Japanese army is attacking in one place with all its might, so in the local battlefield, the Japanese army's military strength can be several times our strength. ”

After saying this, He Changying stopped squeaking and let Song Qing think about it.

"It's not going to be a good fight,-"

Song Qing said faintly: "But the emperor, the court, the middle hall, and the people of the whole country are all looking at us; The banks of the Yalu River must be guarded, it's really not good, let's retreat to Phoenix City to continue to guard, this will not hinder anything. ”

"In this case, I suggest that Phoenix City be used as a military depot for all armies, where all guns, ammunition, grain and grass are concentrated, and all armies along the river are only equipped with sufficient munitions and a week's worth of military rations for continuous supply."

He Changying really didn't want to see a large amount of arms and grain fall into the hands of the Japanese army after the Yalu River defense line collapsed, which became a basis for fighting to feed the war.

Shen Sheng proposed this compromise.

"General He is still too young, haha;"

Song Desheng said with a smile: "From Phoenix City to the nearest Jiulian City along the Yalu River, there are hundreds of miles of road, during which the mountain road is rugged and difficult to travel. Could it be that the brothers starved to death due to food shortages, who should bear this crime? ”

He Changying looked at Song Qing, hoping that he would make a statement.

"The old man only uses troops to prepare for war, and the ammunition, grain, and grass are directly allocated and distributed by Zhou Fu; Besides, the arms sent to the various armies, I want them to spit it out again, saying that they are afraid that the city will lose arms and fund the enemy, but the old man has no face to say this. ”

Song Qing directly rejected He Changying's suggestion, and then said to He Changying with a smile: "As for how to defend the river, the will of the imperial court is still the sub-defense areas, and I also asked General He to lead the elite troops to help, like Dongxian Ridge in North Korea, killing the Japanese people with fear and coldness." ”

He Changying nodded with some disappointment: "I will do my best and be dispatched with the army." ”

But I couldn't help sighing in my heart, thinking about something, why is it so difficult?