c_t; It turned out that in the past few days when the Qing army was fighting fiercely in Weihaiwei, something happened in North Korea!

Nie Shicheng was seriously injured and single-handed, supporting the Korean war situation alone, and could only be maintained by medicine every day, who knew that at such a juncture, he immediately saw that Shangwen actually bought off the medical officer in Seoul through the Korean royal family, and threw poison in Nie Shicheng's medicine.

Under the Qing army's investigation, Nie Shicheng was highly poisoned, and the serious injuries on his body did not heal, so he could no longer support it that night, and a generation of good generals died tragically under the poisonous plan of the Japanese army.

When Nie Shicheng was dying, Zhang Yihu was appointed to temporarily take charge of North Korean defense, and Wei Rugui handled North Korean government affairs.

The day after Nie Shicheng's death, the Japanese army also arrived in Korea with the 7th Division, which had been transported by the main Japanese fleet. Dashan Rock listened to the advice of Naowen Tachimi and began to prepare the army, and after only one day, he led the Japanese army out of the nest and went straight to Seoul!

Now, the Qing army in North Korea has no leader, Zhang Yihu is still young, Wei Rugui is mediocre, and the army is in turmoil for a while, Zhang Yihu sighed again and again, if Zhang Yi is in Japan, how can he be so passive, even if Zhang Yi is not there, even if Nie Shicheng, Zuo Guigui, and Ma Yukun are alive, they can stabilize the situation, and now he can only barely support it.

Zhang Yihu had no choice but to bite the bullet, command all the units of the Qing army, desperately resist the attack of the Japanese army, and in a few days, the Qing army lost three lines of defense one after another, and the Japanese army was less than 50 miles away from Seoul.

Zhang Yihu and Wei Rugui successively sent urgent telegrams to Beijing, asking the imperial court to send reinforcements, or asking Zhang Yi to return to North Korea.

Just one day before Zhang Yi's good news arrived in Beijing, North Korea's urgent news arrived in Beijing. Emperor Guangxu received the telegram, and was so anxious that the six gods had no owner, and hurriedly issued an order to invite Prince Gong, Li Hongzhang, Weng Tongyi and other important ministers to enter the palace to discuss the Korean war.

Weng Tongyi replied: "The emperor, the queen mother, Nie Gongting is dedicated to the country, and even though he is seriously injured, he still insists on presiding over the battle ahead. died in the army, and asked the emperor to reward Admiral Nie in advance to show his merits. [ ]”

Emperor Guangxu looked anxious, nodded and said: "Well, Master Weng is right, since Nie Shicheng led the army into the court, he has made many military exploits. The annihilation of countless Japanese pirates has made great contributions and social achievements. When it comes to rewarding, please ask your father to decide. ”

Cixi replied: "Gongting promised the country with his body, and the public forgot his selfishness to the death, and the mourning family and the emperor were also very sad in their hearts. Meritorious places build shrines to enjoy incense, worship at four o'clock a year, and allocate 5,000 taels of silver to deal with funerals. ”

Emperor Guangxu continued: "Now that the war in Korea is urgent, and our army has no leader, what should we do, and ask all the ministers to come out and discuss it." ”

Li Hongzhang said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the generals of the Korean Japanese army are the commander of the Second Army, Dashan Yan, and the chief of the general staff, Limi Shangwen. These two people are famous generals in the East, especially Limi Shangwen, who is even more difficult, in the early years in the battle of the shogunate, he once defeated the famous Japanese generals all over again, I am afraid that in addition to Zhang Jianzhi, the DPRK and the central government are exceptional. No one was able to withstand the Japanese offensive in Korea......"

Emperor Guangxu hurriedly said: "But, Lao Zhongtang, now Jianzhi is still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Shandong, and he has no skills, how can this be good?" ”

Weng Tongyi replied: "Nie Gongting and Zhang Jianzhi once admired their subordinate senator Xu Huaijin very much, and praised him for his greatness. Some time ago, this person resisted the Japanese army in Motianling for several days with a crowd of 2,000 people, and it was indeed impossible to complete it without being a handsome. You must know that Li Bingheng led more than 10,000 people to resist only one day, which shows the extraordinary nature of this person. The emperor can let him command the war of Korea, and when Zhang Jianzhi's Shandong war is over, he will replace Xu Huaijin......"

Emperor Guangxu shook his head and said, "Master Weng, you are confused, isn't Xu Huaijin still in North Korea now?" Now that Weihaiwei is occupied by the Japanese army, there is an Oriental fleet outside the military port, how to send Xu Huaijin back to North Korea? ”

Prince Gong? replied: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the old minister heard that a few days ago, Zhang Jianzhi set up a ten-sided ambush plan in Weihaiwei to completely surround the Japanese army, but I am afraid that the day when the Japanese army will be annihilated is not far away. It is better to wait a few more days, and when the war in Shandong is resolved, Yuan Shikai or Xu Huaijin can lead the army to hold Shandong, and Zhang Jianzhi can go to North Korea to preside over the overall situation. ”

Emperor Guangxu nodded and asked, "Li Aiqing, what else do you have to say?" ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Your Majesty, yesterday, the German legation sent a telegram in Shanghai to the Prime Minister's Yamen for Foreign Affairs, saying that it had set off from Shanghai and would arrive in Tianjin within three days, land at Dagukou, and rush to the capital. A few days ago, Jianzhi suggested to the old minister that after he attacked the Japanese army, the German legation would come to China, and Germany could be entrusted to come forward and unite the powers to try to negotiate peace. Now that the Qing treasury is empty, it is really not appropriate to fight again. The old minister suggested that Zhang Jianzhi could be left in Beijing to meet with the German legation. Xu Huaijin was sent to North Korea to temporarily preside over the Korean War. As for the time, within two or three days, the war in Shandong should be able to have an eyebrow, just a few days, I think Wei Rugui can still support it, but unfortunately, Ma Yukun has also passed away, otherwise, with Ma Yukun's talent, we can delay for a while, Wei Rugui, we can only hope for the elite division of North Korea. ”

Emperor Guangxu said helplessly: "That's good, immediately draft a decree and appoint Zhang Yi as the Minister of the General Office of North Korean Military Affairs, the Minister of Beiyang Military Affairs, the Admiral of Zhili, and assist Li Hongzhang in handling Beiyang affairs; Wei Rugui and Xu Huaijin were deputy ministers of North Korean affairs, and before Zhang Yi went to North Korea, Xu Huaijin presided over North Korean military affairs on his behalf, and Wei Rugui was responsible for presiding over government affairs. This time, Xu Huaijin fought effectively in Shandong, and was appointed as the chief soldier of Jining Town, and was awarded Yiyong Baturu. Yuan Shikai was appointed as the commander of Zhili, replacing Nie Shicheng in charge of Zhili military affairs, and Dong Fuxiang was under the crown prince's Taibao, and he was given the title of secretary of the military department, and led the Gan army to return to the capital to station, and when the war in Shandong was over, he immediately issued an edict. ”

On the second day, the good news of Zhang Yi and others arrived in Beijing. After Guangxu and the others received the war report, they were overjoyed and immediately drafted the results of yesterday's deliberations into a telegram and sent it to Weihaiwei.

Zhang Yi sighed and said: "Huai Jin, immediately contact Admiral Ding, inform him to prepare the fleet, and transport you and the third battalion and your green battalion back to North Korea tomorrow, and the Korean war situation will be completely entrusted to you, don't rush to attack, just stabilize the situation and defend Seoul, after this battle, the Japanese army has been injured, and I am afraid that there is no strength to expand the war." The wolf battalion and the cavalry battalion are left to me, I still have a use, you can go to the court tomorrow. ”

Xu Huaijin nodded in agreement.

Zhang Yi continued: "Also, leave Wu Peifu behind, temporarily command the domestic blue wolf detachment, and enter Beijing with me, the Germans will arrive soon, I need to use the blue wolf to give them a big gift!" (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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