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At the shallow edge of a river bend, when the soldiers of the Korean reinforcement army were swimming and catching fish at the water's edge, they heard the sound of artillery coming from the direction of Pyongyang downstream.

All the sergeants were pale, stopped laughing, and listened quietly.

"Battalion commander, it's fighting again."

Mao Chao walked out of the water naked, wearing only a pair of shorts around his waist, and ran to He Changying, who was dozing off in the shade of a tree, and shouted.

Xu Rubai glanced at Mao Chao, thinking that Mao Chao was uninteresting, which affected He Changying's sleep.

"Adjutant Xu, you are really getting more and more womanly."

Mao Chao laughed, and Xu Ru retreated in embarrassment with a word, and went to talk to the cowherd baby by the river in a huff.

"You're a pig!"

Seeing that He Changying finally 'woke up', Lin Yunyu, Shen Zhaoao, Hao Tiansheng, Lu Shuncheng, Fang Dahai——, a large group of officers who had not gone into the water all surrounded him.

The intermittent sound of artillery in the lower reaches of the river was obviously washing their nerves over and over again, making them a little restless.

"How am I a pig!"

Mao Chao was unconvinced: "I think you are more like a flower-faced monkey with no shape and a hippie smile all day long." ”

Lin Yunyu glared at Shen Zhaoao fiercely and motioned him to take care of his big mouth.

"Oshima Yoshima is just a feint, of course, this guy Oshima may also fantasize about taking Pyongyang City with his 9th Brigade alone, but this is simply impossible; So everyone should rest, just rest. ”

He Changying didn't look at Shen Zhaoao's meaningful eyes looking at him, and diverted the topic.

"I still stick to my point of view, the troops should be pulled to the south, and at the critical moment, they should strike hard at Tsuno's rear and crush them in one fell swoop!"

Lin Yunyu still repeated his point of view again, because it was only the afternoon of the 13th, and there was plenty of time for the troops to move.

"I think what Yun Yu said makes a lot of sense; The military strength of the Zuo Guigui Division is not inferior to that of the Sheng Army, and you should have the most say about the combat power battalion commander of the Renzi Army, besides, there are so many heavy fort heights in the northern city. ”

Shen Zhaoao also spoke out to agree with the idea of his close comrade-in-arms Lin Yunyu.

He Changying looked at the generals around him, some thought so, some didn't think so, and some looked indifferent.

"Zuo Guigui, Jiang Zikang's two divisions are indeed very powerful, but ——, you said that this time the Fifth Division is attacking in four ways, which one is the strongest in combat power? I'm talking about combat power, not numbers. ”

Fang Dahai said unconvinced: "Battalion commander, what do you mean is that you are the most fierce to see Shangwen this way?" ”

"That's right! Zuo Guigui is really good, but it's a pity that he is facing Tachimi Shangwen, the first fierce general of the Meiji Dynasty of the Japanese army! ”

'The first fierce general of the Meiji Dynasty of the Japanese army' was stunned when he heard this, and they couldn't help but put away their contempt.

He Changying patiently explained to the officers: "In the Wuchen War twenty-six years ago, Shangwen led the sword drawing team of the Sang Ming Domain,—— which was the broadsword team; defeated all the famous generals of the Meiji Emperor's army, and was never invincible; - The famous generals of the Japanese army I am talking about here, including Yama County Youpeng, Dashan Yan, these bigwigs; It is reported that there are friends in Shanxian County who never dared to meet with Lijian Shangwen, because they were afraid that they would be ridiculed and humiliated by Lijian Shangwen, an army general. ”

He Changying emphasized it again before continuing: "Tsumi Naowen was the last shogunate to surrender to Meiji; After the surrender, he was deliberately suppressed as a military assistant for twenty-six years, and was only recently promoted to major general, just so that he could bring troops to Korea to participate in the war and use it as a sharp knife; Moreover, with the addition of the Wonsan detachment to the north, half of the Japanese army was concentrated, so I deduced that the battlefield that would decide the fate of Pyongyang was in the north of the city. ”

"Okay, then let's fight this guy and see whose big blade is harder!"

Lu Tiejiao made a batch of bright big blades in the arsenal of Pyongyang City, and tied a blade to his back every day, and at this time he slapped his thigh, expressing his extreme dissatisfaction.

"Our numbers are too small to win, once they are reflexively dragged back, we will become dumpling fillings in the middle of seven or eight thousand Japanese troops, all played! Moreover, even if I win, I am not willing to bear such a big loss! ”

He Changying said categorically: "Persimmon should be picked up and pinched, and hard bones should be kept and gnawed slowly, this time we are going to fight the Yuanshan detachment with the largest number of people." ”

Seeing the unconvinced faces of the generals, He Changying said in a deep voice: "Face the reality, see your own strength clearly, admit that you are inferior to others, and use your strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings, this is the basic quality that an excellent general should have; This opinion Shangwen put it first, and-"

He Changying said with a smile: "For this swordsman who killed many generals under Meiji back then, if you defeat him in the future, maybe there will be a possibility of cooperation." ”

Pyongyang City, Taedong River.

After the heavy artillery fire in the morning, the Qing and Japanese artillery fired several rounds of sparse fire at noon and in the afternoon, except for smashing some houses in Pyongyang and killing a few unlucky Japanese soldiers on the hillside positions of the Japanese army, but they had no real effect.

The purpose of the Qing army was more to strengthen its own prestige.

And Oshima Yoshimasa used the cannon as a letter to send a message to the other three armies.

Min Bingzheng and Min Yongjun stood in the Changqing Gate Tower, looking at the line of hills in the distance on the left side of the river, and there were black spots on them.

"I only now understand what Ho Guerrilla meant, and it seems that he is not sure about holding Pyongyang, so he persuaded me to send my family out of Pyongyang City, so that there will be no burden when I run away."

After the farce of Ye Zhichao's telegram incident last night, Min Bingzheng has now completely lost confidence in these veterans of the Qing Dynasty.

"What kind of guerrilla is this, just said here to help me train a group of 'anti-Japanese self-defense forces', and there is no trace of them over there?"

Min Yongjun, who felt that the pigeon was released, was extremely unhappy.

"You're so wrong about Yongjun;"

Min Bingzheng persuaded his distant nephew: "You were able to get Lord Yuan's blue eyes before, and now you can get the favor of He Guerrilla, this is a blessing that many people can't cultivate!" Do you remember the half of the remnants of the poem that He Guerrilla chanted at the banquet? ”

Min Bingzheng shook his head and chanted the island: "The scenery should be long-sighted; As long as He Guerrilla remembers what he said, as long as we follow him closely and wait for him to develop step by step, we will always fulfill today's promise. ”

"Are you saying that if Pyongyang can't hold on, you will also go to Daqing?"

Min Yongjun looked at Min Bing-seoo in surprise: "I am because Kim Hong-ji and Park Yong-hyo want to get rid of me, and if Pyongyang falls, I have to leave North Korea and go to Daqing; You're leaving, too? ”

Min Bingzheng nodded seriously: "I didn't have this plan before, but after meeting He Guerrilla, I changed my mind. ”

"Why?"

Min Yongjun looked curious.

Min Bingzao thought for a moment, and said with doubts: "You let me say, I can't say one, two, three, but the kind of heartfelt contempt that He guerrilla regards the Western powers like earth dogs, and makes the five bodies I admire fall to the ground." ”

"And!"

Min Bingzheng said faintly: "He said something unintentionally when he was drunk, and it is worth my gamble." ”

"Boom-"

After stopping for a long time, suddenly the artillery battalion of the Sheng Army on the river bank started a new round of shelling again, which made Min Bingzao's face pale and his body trembled.

"What?"

Seeing Min Bingxiu's expression, Min Yongjun didn't think much about it, thinking that his distant uncle was frightened by the sudden shelling.

Min Bingzheng shook his head slightly: "These words are far from the time when they can be spoken, and they should be drunk words for the time being; Yongjun, now that the ambition of the Japanese to peep into my Korean country is obvious, don't think about it too much, following the suzerainty is the only right thing. ”

Min Yongjun nodded, sighed and said, "It's a pity that these old generals, especially Admiral Ye, are really disappointing. ”