"Those small cannons of the Qing army are left to you, Shanhaiguan and Yongping Mansion have stored fifty or sixty thousand rounds of iron lump garbage cannonballs, and put the small cannons on the Great Wall; Don't they like to put guns? Just bombard them, put them at them, and see if the small cannon of the Beiyang Bureau of the Qing Army is sharp, or the rifle is sharp, haha-"

There are friends in Shanxian County who look up to the sky and smile, and their voices are passionate and heroic: "Yanjing City is red in the next day, and it has won the first merit of the Qing Dynasty." Wake up in the middle of the night and sit down, with only Jian Guangxiong on the pillow. ”

"Good poetry, good poetry!"

"Yanjing City is red in the next day, and he has won the first merit of conquering the Qing Dynasty. Commander, this is a quatrain destined to last through the ages."

On the top of the North City Tower of Shanhaiguan, there was a sound of sycophants.

"Come on, write down the commander's good poems with a big white cloth, hang them on the city wall, and let these clear dogs open their eyes!"

In order to prevent his third brigade from falling into the sad end of the ninth brigade, Yamaguchi Suchen does not plan to lose face.

Soon, a large white cloth was hung on the north wall of Shanhaiguan. Written on it is a new poem by Youpeng of Shan County.

At this time, He Changying and a group of generals had already gone to Dongluo City, read this poem, and the following signature 'Commander of the First Army of Zhengqing, General of Shanxian County', all the generals angrily scolded the arrogance of the Japanese army.

"He Deputy Dutong, you also return a song, don't let the Japanese underestimate our Daqing no one."

Liu Kun held the strong tea brewed by Li Jingfang, and reluctantly put forward spiritual advice.

"Okay, then write one; Don't talk about rhyming battles, just express the blockade in your heart. ”

He Changying thought that Taizu's poems didn't seem to be able to match the situation at this time, so he planned to copy something else.

"The generals are sonorous and bright, the swords and guns of the strong men are roaring, the banners of righteousness are erected in the north and south of the river, and the troops are raised inside and outside the Great Wall.

A whip to the east! The iron horses galloped vertically and horizontally, and the war eagles roared and roared.

Flying the Han flag on Mt. Fuji, he rode a horse and swung a sword into Tokyo. Loyal to the country! ”

"Good!"

After reading it, the generals applauded in unison, and although many of the generals did not know what 'Mt. Fuji' was or where it was, they could all understand 'Tokyo'.

"Good is good, it's the sentence 'war eagle roaring and roaring', what is 'war eagle'?"

Yi Shunding actually wanted to write a poem and leave a big name to pass on to the world, but no one birded him, so he couldn't help but be jealous and picked a 'bone'.

He Changying smiled mysteriously and said: "As long as you and I don't die this time and defeat the Japanese army, you will understand in a few years." ”

Soon, He Changying's "Breaking the Array" was also hung on the south wall of Dongluo City, and it was confronted by the nonsense of Youpeng in Shanxian County.

When several Japanese officers who knew Chinese characters in the Shanhaiguan City Tower read 'a whip pointing at Dongying', they had already scolded angrily, and when they saw the next sentence, 'Raise the Han flag on Mount Fuji and ride a horse and wave a knife into Tokyo.' They were all furious.

"——, commander-in-chief of the Anti-Japanese Office in Southern Liaoning, deputy commander of Lushun, He Changying."

Youpeng Tietie in Shan County finished reading it with a blue face, he was simply too familiar with the name 'He Changying'.

Whether it is the huge losses and defeats caused to the Eastern Japanese Army, or the entanglement with his daughter Xiaoman in Shanxian County, it has made some friends in Shanxian eager to break the bones of this 'He Changying'.

Shan County Youpeng looked left and right, but did not find his nephew Inoue Yoshiro, so he had to endure itchy feet and psychological anger, and said loudly: "Hang the corpses of ten more Qing generals!" I'd like them to 'ride their horses and swing their swords into Tokyo'!" ”

Night Jinmen, Zhili Governor's Palace.

The huge governor's mansion, which was illuminated by a few arm-thick candles, entered the lobby and was full of civil and military officials from Zhili and Beiyang.

Between two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the Governor's Office received two urgent telegrams from the north, and the telegram from Shanhaiguan was that 'the Japanese bombs have blasted dozens of places on the Great Wall, and the customs have been broken. 'Yongping Mansion's is' the Japanese captured the nine gates, Shimen Village, and set up a formation on the Tang River. ’

After that, until nearly nine o'clock in the evening, there was no further information.

In the past, power generation was also sunk into the sea.

There is no need to guess, everyone already knows that Shanhaiguan and Yongping Mansion have fallen into the hands of the enemy.

I couldn't wait for the telegram here, but the telegram from Tongzhou came one after another.

"Holy oracle, Dingwu Army, Jinsheng Battalion, immediately pull out the camp and go to Tangshan to garrison."

"The Holy Message, Li Hongzhang, a scholar of the Mandarin Temple, immediately met with the British Consul of Jinmen, Bao Murude, to protest against the perfidy of the Orient, paralysis under the guise of peace talks, and the recklessness of military force; The British were asked to urge the Toyo, and the army immediately withdrew from the Kansai. ”

"Holy Decree, the Jinmen City Defense Battalion will strictly check the people entering the city to prevent the Japanese from sneaking in."

"Holy oracle, Luo Rongguang Dagu artillery will be sent to Tangshan to garrison, Luo Rongguang will be the president of the Tangshan armies, and the defense of Dagu Fort will be temporarily handed over to the two battalions of Jinmen Road to be garrisoned."

——

"This Shanhaiguan and Yongping Mansion are probably more auspicious; However, Tangshan is the northern gateway of Jinmen, and if you hold Tangshan, you can be blocked in the northeast and not an inch can enter! ”

Although Wang Wenshao doesn't know soldiers, he is not a fool, Liu Kunyi led an army of nearly 40,000 troops, and fierce generals like He Changying and Xu Bangdao couldn't stop the attack of the Japanese people guarding the Tianwei Mountain Pass.

Pointing at Cao Kezhong, Hu Liao's recruits who did not have 13,000 or 4,000 guns, plus Luo Rongguang's 2,000 or 3,000 artillerymen, were basically sent to death.

But such a frustrating truth, at this juncture, no one dares to say it, so they have to pretend to be confused.

The atmosphere in the hall was stagnant, everyone was white, and no one was willing to talk nonsense.

The civil and military ministers here are all shrewd people, and there is no fool, and they are all thinking about their future at this time, whether to send their families to the countryside or other provinces first, or hide in the concessions of foreigners?

Sent to other provinces, there are many bandits in the countryside, and once they provoke, they are even more chaotic.

It is a good way to send it to the concession, but I am afraid that if the Japanese invade Jinmen, the cannon will have no eyes and hurt the family.

"Ahh

Seeing that the ministers were silent, Wang Wenshao sighed, not to mention that his subordinates had nothing to say, even if he was a deputy minister of Beiyang, he was helpless and had nothing to say.

Dagu Fort General Military Office.

"Master, you go, the shells on the battlefield have no eyes,——"

As she spoke, Mrs. Liu's voice choked up, and her eyes were red with tears: "-Master, you have to take care of your body, you are sixty-two years old, don't always think about rushing forward." ”

"Shut up! Do you want me to become like Wei Dasan, and become the laughing stock of the world! ”

Luo Rongguang was dressed in a military uniform, and his bull's eyes were wide open and angry: "The old man has been deeply blessed by God for decades, and he has enjoyed all the wealth, and if he dies today, he will die, and he will be famous for all generations!" ”

"Daddy, my mother is also good for you."

As she spoke, big tears flowed down Luo Feng'er's fair face.

"Alas——, it's a pity for He Changying, this man!"

Luo Rongguang glanced at his daughter who was crying, and sighed: "The old He family heard that it is three generations of single transmission, and such a young hero has broken his roots in vain, it's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

Liu Kunyi's brief telegram only said that the Japanese army had broken through the pass, but it did not make it clear that the Japanese army had deliberately bypassed the three cities outside the pass and entered from the east and west flanks.

Therefore, in the eyes of the people in Jinjing, since the pass was broken, it must have destroyed the three cities outside the pass first, and then took advantage of the situation to advance south and capture Shanhaiguan.

Moreover, on the Tang River in the south of Yongping Mansion, the Japanese army was intercepted, and the 30,000 or 40,000 troops were definitely vicious, and they died for life.

The Dagu new barracks of the Anti-Japanese Army.

"This Shanhaiguan ——," Xiong Kaiyu said with a bitter face, "It's still broken!" ”

"I just don't know what the situation is in the commander-in-chief, but now I only know that the Japanese army broke through the Shanhai Pass and blocked the back road Tanghe."

Liu Shihao, the confidential secretary of the intelligence department who had drunk chicken blood wine with Chen Shijie, looked at the north, although he had speculated about this situation before, but once it came, Liu Shihao was still full of worries.

"For the sake of the country, dare to put yourself in danger,—— commander-in-chief is a great man!" Xiong Kaiyu looked at the slanting sun and sighed, "I hope this country will not fail us people." ”..