To the northeast of Asan, a Qing army of about several hundred men was marching in disarray.

Ye Zhichao rode in the middle of the team, his face was pale, and he still hadn't recovered from the fright. When going down the mountain, Lao Ye was concentrated in the shoulder by the stray bullets of the Japanese army and was gloriously wounded.

Along the way, Ye Zhichao led a team of 100 people, fleeing for his life, while collecting the scattered soldiers, after most of the day, by noon, he barely gathered seven or eight hundred people. Ye Zhichao looked at the guerrilla in front of him, and felt a sense of chagrin in his heart, the three thousand army, he had never fought a decent battle, and he was scattered like this, once he was known by the imperial court, not to mention that the black yarn was not guaranteed, and he didn't know if his life could be kept.

Sitting on the horse, the bumps along the way affected his wounds, he bared his teeth in pain, and he had no choice but to flee for his life, and he couldn't care about the pain.

At this time, the deputy general Shan Lianke urged the horse to run over and arched his hand: "Dashuai, how are you injured?" ”

Ye Zhichao grinned and said bitterly: "What can I do, ****** little Japan, the sneak attack is so fast, I really regret that I shouldn't listen to Gongting's words." Where are we now? ”

Shan Lianke replied: "Dashuai, along the way, we have now traveled more than 100 miles from Asan Mountain, which is called Huer Mountain, less than 200 miles from Seoul. ”

"How's the team doing now?"

Shan Lianke said abruptly: "Marshal, the soldiers who fled along the way have gradually returned to the team, and now they have gathered nearly a thousand people, but the baggage has been lost, and the entire battalion now does not even have five hundred guns, and the morale of the whole army is low, we need to quickly find a place to garrison and rectify, after a long time, I am afraid that there will be more and more deserters, and it will be difficult to control." ”

Ye Zhichao asked: "Then what is going on with Nie Shicheng's ministry now, we had better move closer to Nie Shicheng's ministry and join forces together, so that it will be safer." At the same time, you must also be careful of the Japanese troops in the direction of Seoul, and do not be attacked by the Japanese army again. ”

Shan Lianke smiled bitterly and replied: "Marshal, after the collapse of our northern camp, the Japanese army that sneaked up on it will inevitably attack the southern camp and encircle Nie Shicheng's troops with the Japanese army that attacked the southern camp. Under the attack, I am afraid that Nie Shicheng's losses will be even more heavy, and even the entire army may be annihilated......"

Ye Zhichao hurriedly asked, "In your opinion, how is this good?" ”

Shan Lianke thought for a moment and said: "Marshal, for the sake of today's plan, we can only speed up the march, all the way to the north, and retreat to Kaesong, which is less than two hundred miles away from Kaesong, if we accelerate the march, we will arrive in two days." We are there to reorganize our armaments. There is a telegram we have laid there, and you can send an urgent telegram to the imperial court to ask for reinforcements. We can wait for the remnants of Nie Shicheng's retreat to come to the round, while waiting for reinforcements from within the country. ”

When Ye Zhichao heard this, he shook his head and said: "Now that the army is sleepy and tired, how can it march quickly, once it encounters another sneak attack by the Japanese army, how can the tired division of our army be able to resist it?" The army was ordered to strengthen its vigilance, and the army rested for a while, and then marched straight to Kaesong to reorganize. ”

Shan Lianke was waiting to be persuaded again, seeing that Ye Zhichao had already closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, he shook his head helplessly, so he had to let the army strengthen its vigilance, rest for an hour before continuing the march.

Besides, Oshima Yoshimasa and Yama Ichiza led two Japanese troops to return to the camp of Chenghuanyi, only to see a ruin in front of them, the original mountain of baggage had already been burned into ruins by the fire, and the Japanese troops who stayed behind were also full of corpses, miserable, and the cavalry who rushed back first was cleaning up the camp.

Oshima Yoshimasa looked at the tragic scene in front of him, was so angry that he called the cavalry captain Komoto Yamaki and asked: "Komoto-kun, which army took advantage of our army to attack our army, and what are our losses?" ”

Xiao Ben Shanmu replied: "Your Excellency, the sneak attack on our army is a strange army, it seems to be the uniform of the Qing army, the number is about 100 people, but the combat power is outstanding. The left-behind troops of our army of 500 people were rushed to respond to the battle, more than 200 people were broken, more than 100 people were injured, the entire squadron was disabled by the other side, and all the baggage of the battalion was burned, and only less than 10% remained......"

"Yaga! Yaga! In a hurry, Oshima Yoshimasa shook his hand and gave Xiao Ben Shan Mu two slaps, and roared angrily: "A bunch of waste! Five or six hundred people were scattered by less than a hundred China pigs, which was a shame for the imperial samurai! They should all apologize! A bunch of rubbish! Without weapons and ammunition, how can we launch an attack on the defeated Qing army? ”

Xiao Benshanmu was in a straight shape, bowed his head and said, "Hai! Hail! Your Excellency, this strange army is really powerful, and when they were about to evacuate, the cavalry squadron led by me met me, and I immediately commanded the cavalry to charge it, and the two sides fought for a round, but ......"

Oshima Yoshimasa saw Komotoyama's words flickering, and shouted, "How is the battle going? Say! ”

Xiao Benshan Mu muttered: "Your Excellency, in the first battle, our cavalry was killed and wounded by dozens of people, and only a dozen people were wounded on the other side, and at the same time, they did not love to fight, rushed through the defense line of our cavalry, and fled directly in the direction of Asan. Because I was worried about the fire in the camp, I did not pursue it, but concentrated on rescuing the burned camp......"

Oshima Yoshimasa was furious and scolded: "Yaga! You are also a bunch of rubbish, and hundreds of cavalry can't even stop such a few people from the other side? Rubbish! As he spoke, he slapped Xiao Benshanmu a few more times.

Xiao Ben Shanmu didn't dare to reply, and said in a loud voice: "Hai! Hail! "My cheeks are swollen and high.

Oshima Yoshimasa calmed down a little, and secretly said in his heart, I really don't know when the Qing army had such an elite cavalry, my big Japanese cavalry, the war horses are excellent, and the cavalry is even more brave and abnormal, in the case of more against less, they have not taken any advantage, this army is too much of a threat to the future of Japan.

Thinking of this, Oshima Yoshimasa shouted: "Send an order to the mounted reconnaissance squadron and the spy agency in the rear, be sure to find out the origin of this unit!" Such a cavalry is too much of a threat to our army! Be sure to get rid of them as soon as possible! ”

At this time, Seto Motoyoshi came over and said, "Your Excellency General, now that we have lost all our baggage, and the loss of troops is not small, what to do next, please decide what to do next, Your Excellency the General." ”

Oshima Yoshimasa calmed his mind and said hatefully: "It's okay, our baggage is gone, and the baggage of the Qing army has also been copied by us, at least we still have the baggage to rob, and they don't have any baggage left." We lost nearly 2,000 men, but the Qing army's northern battalion had been broken up by us, and basically had no combat strength. After a big battle, the Nanda battalion also suffered serious losses, and their two combined forces were only about 3,000 people, and their combat strength was seriously damaged. Immediately send a telegram to the country, asking the country to step up the dispatch of reinforcements, and at the same time, reorganize the armament, the whole army marched north, pursue Nie Shicheng's army, and be sure to annihilate Nie Shicheng's army before the Qing army's reinforcements turned! ”

Seto Motoyoshi hesitated: "What about Ye Zhichao's department?" Although Ye Zhichao's troops were scattered, after being gathered, the strength should not be underestimated......"

Oshima Yoshimasa sneered and said hatefully: "Ye Zhichao? That's a bunch of pigs! He doesn't deserve a fight, we can't kill him, and we have to keep this waste as a helper for us. If it is slaughtered, the Qing State will send a battlefield to unify the army, or let Nie Shicheng be in charge of the command of the Korean battlefield, then we will defeat the Qing army in Korea and take Korea, but it will not be so easy. ”

Seto Motoyoshi said: "Your Excellency the General is wise, and after yesterday's battle with Nie Shicheng's troops, he found that his troops are well-trained, brave and good at fighting, and they are really our fierce opponents, especially Nie Shicheng, this person is well arranged, the battle is not chaotic, and the situation of being attacked by the enemy in the abdomen and back is still orderly, and the attack and defense are measured, and he is really a strong opponent!" ”

Oshima Yoshimasa sneered: "All potential threats to the rise of our Great Japanese Empire, we need to completely eliminate them for His Majesty the Emperor, no matter how powerful Nie Shicheng is, it is just a stepping stone in the rise of my Great Japanese Empire!" With Cixi's dim old woman in the back and making trouble in front of her, no matter how powerful Nie Shicheng is, he is not the opponent of our Great Japanese Empire. Pass the order to go down, strengthen the reconnaissance of Nie Shicheng's movements, the army will take a short rest, and continue to storm Nie Shicheng's troops tomorrow, no matter what the cost, we must put Nie Shicheng and die! ”

"Hay!"