c_t; After a day of rectification, the men and horses of the third battalion were all packed, and the warships and troop transports of the Beiyang Naval Division had also docked to the shore.

In order to help Xu Huaijin withstand the attack of the Japanese army, Zhang Yi personally dispatched a blue wolf detachment, which was personally controlled by Wu Peifu, the commander of the third battalion, and returned to fight together.

Everything was ready to stop, and the warship lifted anchor and began to sail towards Weihaiwei.

When Zhang Yi and the others returned to Seoul, it was already in the afternoon.

Entering the Temporary Admiral's Mansion and not having seen Nie Shicheng for a long time, Tang Keqiang rushed all the way into the Shuai's Mansion and shouted: "Lord Admiral, Jianzhi, the imperial court is in an emergency, the Empress Dowager will send an edict to summon Jianzhi to return to the country urgently to encircle and suppress the Japanese army!" ”

Nie Shicheng and Zhang Yi were stunned for a moment, stretched out their hands to take the telegram, and watched it carefully.

It turned out that after Xu Huaijin and others arranged many matters, before they had time to rest, someone Pegasus made an urgent report: a group of Japanese cavalry raided Jimo City and robbed Jimo of more than 100,000 people. Jimo County ordered Zhao Chongzhi to command the army and civilians to resist after the Japanese army attacked the city, blocked the Japanese army for more than two hours, and finally the city was broken, Zhao Chongzhi committed suicide and martyrdom, a large arsenal near Jimo was looted, and the grain depot of the county government was also looted at the same time.

Xu Huaijin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly wrote all the recent events with Zhang Peilun into this chapter and played the Ming court.

Cixi and Guangxu, who were far away in Beijing, received Li Hongzhang and Yi? In this chapter on the ground, there was a lot of anger, and tens of thousands of Qing people were slaughtered by the Japanese army, shocking the world.

Cixi asked Li Hongzhang for advice.

Li Hongzhang replied: "Lafayette, through the battle of Motianling, it can already be seen that Xu Huaijin is worthy of being a general brought out by Zhang Yi, with only 2,000 soldiers, it is not easy to block the Japanese army in Motianling for three days and three nights. Even if Li Bingheng led more than 10,000 Qing troops, they were defeated and lost in just one day, compared with the two. It can be seen how misguided Li Bingheng was, if the Qing army was controlled by Xu Huaijin at that time, he would never have let the Japanese army act so recklessly! ”

Cixi said angrily: "Now is not the time to discuss this, when Li Bingheng escorts him into Beijing, the mourning family will cut off his dog's head first to thank the world." The first important thing is how to exterminate the Japanese army as soon as possible and prevent them from plundering everywhere in Shandong. Even go deep into Gyeonggi and threaten the capital! Now Weihai area. But there are no more soldiers to use! ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Lafayette, yesterday Zhang Jianzhi and Nie Gongting have sent a telegram to the imperial court, and after more than ten days of fighting, the main force of the Japanese army has finally been annihilated, and the remaining party has fled to Pusan, and there is no longer the strength to go north!" The north of Seoul has been recovered, and Weichen's opinion urgently transferred Zhang Jianzhi to return to China and command the three armies. Encircled and suppressed the Japanese army surging in Shandong. Without the elite of North Korea, it would be difficult to annihilate more than 20,000 Japanese troops! ”

Emperor Guangxu sighed and said: "Alas, just like this, it will be hard work, the Korean war has just ended, and there is no time to rest the army." I will transfer him back to fight again......"

Cixi hurriedly said: "It is the autumn of the imperial court's critical survival, what else can I do, immediately issue an edict: promote Zhang Jianzhi to the governor of Shandong, immediately lead the army to return to the country by sea, control the Shandong army, and do your best to encircle and suppress the Japanese invaders!" Sent a decree to Nie Gongting. Nie Gongting wore a flower feather on the top, waited for the second seal, stayed in North Korea, and had full authority to deal with important military and political affairs in North Korea! ”

The rampant actions of the Japanese army in Shandong made Cixi restless, for fear that the Japanese army would hit the capital and disturb her dream of spring and autumn, so so. Urgently summon Zhang Yi to return to China to fight!

Zhang Yi held the telegram in his hand, and couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, this old queen mother is not an ordinary fear of death, the Japanese army is still more than 2,000 miles away from Beijing City, and it is already scared like this, how can it lead the rise of China.

Nie Shicheng was anxious and asked, "Jianzhi, the imperial court urgently summons you to return to the country, how do you think you should deal with it?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled bitterly: "According to the meaning of his subordinates, it is natural that the generals will be outside, and the king's order is not affected, I will lead the army in Korea, as long as there is a maximum of one month, I will be able to drive all the Japanese troops out of Korea, and then the overall situation will be decided, and then wave the army to the country, clear the Japanese army, we will occupy the geographical advantage, and wipe out all of them, and it is not a problem......

Nie Shicheng was shocked, waved his hand again and again, and said, "You want to resist the order!" No, resolutely no! Once you don't obey the order, it will be a big crime to destroy your family, and no one will be able to save your life! ”

Zhang Yi smiled bitterly and sighed: "Half a year's hard work, this return to China, all in vain, when will we be able to truly pacify North Korea?" ”

Nie Shicheng said: "Jianzhi, you go back to China, there is still an old man in North Korea to handle it;." At least half a year and a few months, the old man can't die, waiting for the country to calm down, the court will naturally let you go back to North Korea, preside over the war against Japan, now the domestic situation is grim, although the third battalion has set off, but whether Xu Huaijin can withstand the attack of the Japanese army, is still between the two, after all, his qualifications are too shallow, and he has not fully restrained the people and horses of the following departments, and the government decree is not passable, it is difficult to show his full strength! ”

Zhang Yi shook his head, he had already thought of this question, Xu Huaijin's ability was indeed outstanding, but it was true that his qualifications were too shallow, and without qualifications, how could he restrain the troops of Shandong? How do several people work together, and how do they belong to each other?

Zhang Yi sighed: "Okay, then I will prepare to return to China immediately, the defense of North Korea, my lordship, will be handed over to you, defense first, don't send troops easily, the chief of staff of the Japanese army immediately saw that Shang Wen can fight well and is resourceful, you must be careful of his tricks!" Xu Huaijin has returned to China, I will put Zhang Yihu by your side, Master Ma Yukun has passed away, let him temporarily lead the men and horses of the second battalion, as for the blue wolf, hand it over to Tan Feng to temporarily take over. ”

Nie Shicheng asked: "Jianzhi, the return of the third battalion can only stabilize the situation and not deteriorate, if you want to exterminate the Japanese army, I am afraid, these troops are still insufficient, why don't you choose another big battalion to bring back to China to assist you in fighting?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled and said: "My lord, you don't have to worry, I am free to arrange the troops, and I think I am afraid that we will not be able to destroy all the Japanese troops, and China and Japan may have to negotiate peace......

Nie Shicheng asked, "Negotiate peace? What's going on? ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Before this war, Lord Zhongtang did not sit in Shandong, but was summoned to Beijing, do you know what happened?" ”

Nie Shicheng replied: "Isn't it just for the German Legation to visit China?" ”

Zhang Yi then asked: "Do you know the intention of the German legation to come to China?" ”

Nie Shicheng shook his head, signaling that he didn't know.

Zhang Yi smiled and said, "They came to buy grenades, mortars, submachine guns and other weapons that they couldn't make, which we used in the Korean War!" If you want to buy our things, you must first meet our conditions, and this condition is to oppress Japan and promote peace talks! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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