Tomioka Sanzao never dreamed that the Qing army actually set up an ambush in the mountains and forests on one side of the road, and was caught off guard, and was beaten by a mortar from the blue wolf brigade that was waiting early, and before Tomioka Sanzao reacted, the grenades in the hands of the blue wolves were thrown out, and the lethality of hundreds of grenades was undoubtedly very powerful, and the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties for a while, and when the Japanese army arranged a defensive formation and launched an attack on the mountains and forests, the blue wolf had already disappeared without a trace.

Tomioka Sanzao roared angrily: "Advance, continue the pursuit, report to the division commander, and say that there is no Qing army, there are other Qing troops lurking in the mountains and forests, our army has suffered an unknown attack, please ask the division commander to decide." ”

Nozu Michikan of Wenshan had just been persuaded by Ida Suke and others to revoke the order and wait for the military order from Aritomo Yamagu, when the person sent by Tomioka Sanzo to deliver the letter arrived and reported to Nozu Michikani that Tomioka Sanzo was attacked by an unidentified Qing army on the way to pursue, and the troops suffered two or three hundred casualties, and Tomioka Sanzao was reorganizing his men and horses and preparing to continue the pursuit.

Nozu Michikan, who had just calmed down, was so angry that he scolded angrily: "Tomioka Sanzo is a waste, in his own territory, he was also ambushed by the Qing army, stupid, order, the army is leaving, we must annihilate the Qing army!" ”

Ida Suke hurriedly persuaded: "Your Excellency the division commander, think twice, after noon, I believe that the military order of the commander of the county will arrive, let's wait a while, don't be impatient......"

"Yaga!" Nozu Daoguan shouted angrily: "When the military order of the county magistrate is issued, if it is in pursuit, the Qing army will have already withdrawn to Kaecheng, and by then the cucumber vegetables will be cold, and the order will be sent to the whole army to attack, and it must be intercepted by this Qing army, surrounded and annihilated!" ”

The furious Nozu Michikan lost his reason, and the entire Fifth Division was fully operational, leaving only one wing of the six wings of the whole army to stay, and the rest all set off in full gear and marched in the direction of Kaicheng.

Seoul.

There is a friend headquarters in Yama County. Yama Prefecture Youpeng received a report from Nozu Michikan that the Fifth Division was attacked by Qing artillery and suffered serious losses in weapons and baggage, and at the same time dozens of Japanese officers were assassinated by the Qing army lurking in, and many were wounded.

Youpeng of Shanxian County was taken aback, he was far away in Seoul, and he received a battle report in the middle of the night that the Fifth Division had been attacked by the Qing army, and the details were not sorted out for a while. Now seeing this battle report and the herald's account, Shan County Youpeng's calm face finally changed.

Pursuing the Qing army? Nozu Daoguan, this fool, how many Qing troops are coming? What kind of weapons are the bearers, and what is the deployment of the Qing army in front, he doesn't know at all, so he dares to lead the main force of a division and rush forward, if he is ambushed, what can he do? It's too reckless, this rampant guy, he doesn't think about the consequences when he is hot-headed.

Shan County Youpeng shouted: "Staff officer, immediately rush to Wenshan on a fast horse, pass on my order, and strictly order Nojin to stand by in place, waiting for the headquarters to issue an attack order, if you disobey the order, military law will be engaged!" ”

A staff officer said yes, turned and went out to give orders.

There was a feeling of nervousness in Youpeng in Shanxian County, three days, and in another three days, some of the main forces of the Third Division of more than 7,000 people could arrive at Incheon. When the time comes, a pincer offensive will be formed, and under the superior forces, the land of Kaesong will never be able to resist, and now Nozu Michikan will attack alone, once the battlefield changes, the hard-working design of the opening strategy will not be able to be implemented.

However, Nozu Michikan was a meritorious boss in the Japanese Army, and among the division commanders, he was the oldest and had the most fiery temper, and few people were able to subdue these fierce horses, and there was no certainty at all about how much his orders could be carried out by the furious Nozu Michikan.

Youpeng of Shan County immediately issued the second order: "Order, immediately see that Shang Wen is preparing for battle quickly, lead the 10th Brigade to move closer to the 5th Division, echo with the 5th Division, once the 5th Division is in trouble, immediately support and cover the withdrawal of the 5th Division!" ”

Immediately saw Shang Wen stand up from his seat, nodded and said, "Hai! ”

Lijian Shangwen is the most trusted henchman under the command of Youpeng in Yama County, brave and strategic, and the 10th Brigade is the elite division of Japan's hundred battles, and Youpeng in Shan County saw that Shangwen went down to prepare, and he breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that the guy in Nozu Daoguan still retains a little sobriety, there are nearly 20,000 Qing troops in Kaesong, if you set a trap to wrap Nozu Daoguan in, it will be troublesome.

Shan County's worries were unfortunately met by him, and in Kaecheng, Nie Shicheng had already summoned the generals to deploy combat preparations.

Zhang Yi stood in front of the military map, holding a wooden stick in his hand and gesturing in front of the military map.

Zhang Yi said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Fifth Division of Nozu Daoguan has been successfully led out by us, and it is moving rapidly in the direction of Kaesong, and the blue wolf and the deputy middle battalion have completely lit up the fire of the Fifth Division, and now it is getting closer and closer to the direction of my Kaesong. The Fifth Division has a total of more than 9,000 people, and now Nozu Michikan has dispatched 8,000 people, and our army is fully capable of encircling it and gathering and annihilating it. ”

"Surrounding? Where to set up an ambush? That's more than 8,000 people, can we eat it? What should I do if reinforcements from the Japanese army arrived? Feng Sheng Ah heard that the big war was coming, and he was a little nervous, this was a large-scale operation of tens of thousands of troops, he had not experienced such a large-scale battle since he unified the army, and asked eagerly.

Zuo Guigui, Ma Yukun and others also set their sights on Zhang Yi, the general staff member of the whole army.

Zhang Yi took a deep breath and replied: "Luring the Fifth Division out of the range of Seoul and gathering and annihilating it is our only chance to win in defending Kaesong, and only by successfully annihilating part of the main force of the Japanese army and changing the balance of power between China and Japan near Kaesong, can we have any hope of victory." Kaesong, not far from Seoul, is only a hundred miles, if you march in a hurry, you can walk in one day and one night. So there is not a lot of time left for us to annihilate the 5th Division, and we need to choose the location of the annihilation battle, the closer to Kaesong, the better. Moreover, we also need to send a main force to block the enemy's reinforcements, which is the key to encircling and annihilating the Fifth Division. ”

"I suggest that we put the ambush right here - Mt. Matsutake!" Zhang Yi's fist slammed into the location of Songyue Mountain on the military map.