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The new captain of the 1st Tokyo Cavalry Brigade, Captain Kono Masajiro, led three cavalry squadrons of more than 500 cavalry, standing in a daze on the empty Taishan Heights, with a confused face.

The Qing army actually fled?

No wonder the commander let the cavalry brigade pursue!

Masajiro Kono looked coldly at Jinzhou Castle, which was two miles down the western slope, and pointed there diagonally with his right hand: "Attack!" ”

"Click, click—"

The sound of horses' hooves, the galloping of horses.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, at the place of a war horse that was rushing down the slope, a burst of fire accompanied by thunder.

The horse and the cavalry on the horse were immediately blown into several pieces by the violent explosion.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Masajiro Kono yelled as he looked around, trying to find the muzzles and ballistics of the Qing army.

"Boom!"

On the snow on the hillside, there was another flame and thunder, and this time the explosion point happened to be two war horses crowded together, and the two war horses and the cavalry on the horses were instantly knocked down.

"Boom!"

"Yu-"

"Boom!"

Explosions came and went.

And Masajiro Kono looked up at the sky and almost went crazy.

What about the tongue of fire in the muzzle of the cannon, the roar?

And where did the ballistics go!

"Captain, in the snow, it's a dry thunder, it's a dry thunder!"

A clever Japanese cavalryman, seeing the front hooves of the war horse in front of him suddenly burst into flames, finally guessed what was attacking them.

"Baga, Baga, clear pig, clear pig! Stop moving forward, stop moving forward! ”

Kono Masajiro was full of anger, and he realized what was going on, it turned out that the despicable Qing army had buried the drought thunder in the snow and attacked the imperial cavalry.

It's just that the cavalry rushed down extremely fiercely, and for a while, where could it be immediately contained, and more than a dozen thunderbolts broke out between the galloping horses, and the cavalry barely stopped the horses at the foot of the mountain.

Kono Masajiro looked back with a trembling heart, only to see that on the slope of the mountain nearly 300 meters long, there were war horses and imperial soldiers.

The badly wounded and dying war horse lay on the snow, neighing incessantly.

The seriously wounded soldier howled bitterly.

It's like a ghost field.

Masajiro Kono's mind went blank, he was dizzy, and he planted his horse headlong.

"Captain!"

There was an exclamation all around.

When he heard the roar in the direction of Chenjiatun, he vomited a mouthful of blood and was sitting on a wooden stake to rest, and stood up suddenly, his eyes full of ecstasy in disbelief.

"Yo Xi, could it be that the Qing army is retreating and has been caught up by the imperial cavalry?"

Shan Di Yuanzhi looked straight in the direction of Chenjiatun with his eyes, trying to find out where the artillery position of the Qing army was hidden.

This battle may be a great rout!

"The artillery of the Qing army is ringing?"

At this time, at the gate of the temporary headquarters, a group of generals poured out of 'Hulala', and General Dashanyan walked in the front, his voice full of excitement and joy.

However, when the generals raised their eyes, they did not see the slightest hint of fire and ballistics, only a muffled explosion like thunder, which sounded in the direction of the western slope of Chenjiatun.

This thing seemed to be very strange, and all the generals were confused, and they couldn't figure out what was going on there.

"It can't be, the cavalry is caught in the minefield of the Qing army, right?"

The captain of the 1st Tokyo Engineer Brigade, Yoshiichi Tamura, was shocked by the speculation.

This was very unpleasant, and no one paid attention to him when he said it.

But in the hearts of the generals, they were extremely reluctant to admit that Tamura Yoshiichi might be right.

Immediately, the sound of explosions in the direction of Chenjiatun suddenly stopped, and no more sound came.

The truth of the matter is already clear at a glance.

"Yaga,—"

After the words, Yamachi Genji couldn't say it anymore, he felt his heart and lungs surge, his throat was sweet, and he was about to vomit blood again.

"Order all the troops to cease their march at once, and withdraw to their camps; Early tomorrow morning, the sappers will clear the road along the way into Jinzhou City. ”

Seeing the generals around him, they were all angry after being molested, and the mountain Genji was even more exaggerated holding his chest and panting, shaking.

Da Shanyan's expression slowly eased: "Today's matter, although there are mistakes, but the Qing army saw that the empire was powerful, and they sneaked out of Jinzhou and Dalian like rats, and abandoned two cities in a row; Below, it's Lushun! ”

Dashan Yan Senran said: "These Qing troops escaped from Jinzhou and Dalian, but Lushun is surrounded by the sea on three sides, see if they can escape there!" ”

Xiaotuozi Bay headland, Jijiatun.

He Changying, a group of civilians from the command office, as well as a group of staff officers, and four platoons of engineers, under the escort of the guard company, passed by the Li Bohu regimental defense area in Jijiatun, and heard a 'rumbling' thunder in the rear, which was particularly clear in this bleak night.

He Changying and Shen Zhaoao looked at each other and smiled, and drove their horses to continue towards the arsenal in Liushutun in Dalian Bay.

After inspecting the arsenal, the fourth platoon of engineers will be responsible for destroying and blasting the arsenal tomorrow, and He Changying must also go to Lushun to meet Li Jingfang and try to persuade him to leave two warships in Port Arthur to assist in the defense.

It's best to leave the 'Zhenyuan' ship behind.

In He Changying's time and space, the Beiyang Navy Division rushed to escape from Port Arthur this time, but the ship "Zhenyuan" accidentally ran aground on the reef when it sailed into Weihai Weijun Port.

Lin Taizeng, who was known as the "treasure sword of the Chinese Navy" by the Japanese Navy, admitted that he was derelict in his duty and committed suicide.

In He Changying's memory, it seems that it was the 14th that the Beiyang Navy Division left Port Arthur, and now that Li Jingfang has come to Lushun, it stands to reason that Ding Ruchang will not dare to flee rashly.

On the white snow post road, He Changying rubbed his sore face, glanced at the bright starry sky above his head, and let out a long breath of white mist.

Tonight, destined for a sleepless night!

Port Arthur, Admiral Yamen.

After Li Jingfang hurried to Port Arthur today, he hurriedly summoned the Beiyang water and land generals to discuss military affairs.

However, before he could get to the point, several Beiyang soldiers of the army began to noisily ask for military salaries and food, and complained that Zhongtang was eccentric, and gave He Changying one million taels of silver at one time.

made everyone make money and had to work part-time for He Changying, looking at his face to make money.

In short, after arguing all afternoon, I didn't make a one, two, or three.

As soon as Li Jingfang talked about how to fight the Japanese, Huang Shilin and Zhang Guangqian hurriedly said that their four battalions were guarding the front forts of Golden Mountain, Tiger Tail, and the entrance of Port Arthur.

The troops are not moving, not a single soldier can be moved.

The angry Li Jingfang really wanted to question Huang Shilin and Zhang Guangqian, since not a single soldier could move, then you had only 2,000 troops, and you actually pulled out 1,500 people to transport shells in Dalian Bay?

And Wei Rucheng didn't say a word with a declining face, Li Jingfang asked him, and he was full of haha and played Tai Chi.

Obviously, Wei Rucheng is still complaining about Li Hongzhang in his heart, and using his eldest brother Wei Rugui as a scapegoat.

The only thing that makes Li Jingfang happy is that Jiang Guidi and Cheng Yunhe are still generally knowledgeable, saying that everything is based on Li Jingfang's head.

But when it comes to fighting, Li Jingfang himself is a 'white neck', looking at Jiang Gui's relaxed appearance of finally unloading his burden, the angry Li Jingfang wanted to scold his mother.

As for the deputy capital of Jinzhou, Lian Shun, who ate the soldiers of the eight sentinels of the Ming Army, Li Jingfang did not call him directly in this military meeting.

First, he, Li Jingfang, is still in the personal name of Li Hongzhang's son, and he came to Lushun to supervise the war.

Li Hongzhang does not want to give a formal appointment for the time being.

Secondly, for Lian Shun, who swallowed the Beiyang army, Li Jingfang was too late to disgust him, how could he take the initiative to see him?