Nie Shicheng in Kaecheng was anxiously walking back and forth in the hall, and now the explosion in the direction of the Japanese army on the west side of Kaesong has occurred for a short time, but he has not received the signal sent by the blue wolf, could it be that the blue wolf operation failed?

Nie Shicheng, who is full of confidence in the blue wolf, is also a little uneasy now, there is no way, this is the only trump card in his hand, if even the blue wolf is not in a good position, it will indeed be too dangerous.

When Nie Shicheng was anxious, Mo Ru ran directly into the hall and shouted, "Dashuai, Dashuai, something happened." ”

Nie Shicheng's expression was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "Moru, what's wrong?" ”

Mo Ru took a breath and said: "Marshal, just now the blue wolf sent back the news, the inscription battalion is in the southwest of Kaesong, encountered an ambush by the Japanese army, surrounded by the Japanese army, the situation is not good, please send troops to support quickly." ”

Nie Shicheng's face turned pale in an instant, the most worrying thing happened, this time the Japanese army came, the preparation was too sufficient, it was he who was passively beaten everywhere, now the Leaping Horse Mountain has been lost, Xicheng is directly exposed to the fire of the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, the inscription battalion has been ambushed, this time the Qing army is really dangerous.

Nie Shicheng looked at Xu Huaijin, and Xu Huaijin also frowned.

After a long time, Xu Huaijin said: "My lord, now we have no other way. We can only quickly send troops to meet the inscription battalion back to the city, and then shrink our forces, defend the city, and wait for domestic reinforcements. ”

Nie Shicheng replied: "Huai Jin, if I shrink my troops, then I will have no chance to take the initiative, once the city is broken, it will be ...... jade and stone will be burned."

Xu Huaijin sighed and said: "Now I can only hope for the instructor, I hope that the instructor can lead the new army back as soon as possible, so that the inside and the outside should be combined, and there is a way to solve it. Marshal, give the order, I think the current instructor should already be on the way to the DPRK. ”

Nie Shicheng nodded, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "Order, order Tang Keqiang to lead a battalion of the inscription battalion, as well as the old front battalion and the right battalion of the training army to quickly go out of the city and answer the inscription battalion to break through!" Order, ordering Wei Rugui's troops to retreat and return to Kaesong to garrison! ”

Only a quarter of an hour later, Tang Keqiang led three battalions of more than 1,000 troops poured out of Kaesong, straight to the southwest of Kaesong, when arriving, the Japanese army and the inscription battalion were in a fierce battle, just an hour of time, the inscription battalion has been killed more than 1,000 people, countless wounded, the inscription battalion fought desperately and fiercely, this is second only to the elite of the Qing army of the Lutai training army, the combat power that broke out in a desperate situation should not be underestimated, under the fierce battle, the Japanese army is also a lot of casualties.

At the moment when the fierce battle was in full swing, Tang Keqiang led a part of the Qing army to get down from behind the Japanese army, and more than 1,000 Qing troops directly charged the Japanese army.

Zhang Feng in the encirclement saw at a glance the change in the formation of the Japanese army, and heard the gunfire from the periphery again, knowing that reinforcements were coming.

Zhang Feng shouted: "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, and we will immediately break through to the northeast with all our might!" ”

Originally, there were some strong crossbows at the end of the inscription battalion, concentrated all the firepower, launched the strongest charge to the northeast, the Japanese army in the internal and external attack, finally could not withstand the artillery fire of the Qing army, was torn open, Zhang Feng led the main force of the inscription battalion, forcibly killed from the middle, until the two armies met, Tang Keqiang shouted: "Commander Zhang, the marshal ordered me to come to respond, we quickly returned to Kaesong, once the main force of the Japanese army caught up, we can't go!" ”

Zhang Feng nodded, and the two Qing troops merged together and began to retreat towards Kaesong.

The Japanese army behind was also in hot pursuit, the Qing army retreated while fighting, and the Qing army that jumped out of the encirclement was no longer in a position of being passively beaten, and broke out with a strong combat power, which was the most powerful elite combat power of the Qing army, under the fierce battle, both sides did not take any advantage, and when the Qing army retreated to Kaesong, the Japanese army's follow-up army also arrived, but when the Qing army entered the city, they could only look at the city and sigh.

Major General Kawada Chishiyoshi, the Japanese ambush soldier, complained again and again to the Japanese army wing commander Fujita Tsao who came to support: "Baga, why did you come to support now, the great opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Qing army was wasted in this way, and it will be even more difficult to find such an opportunity in the future!" ”

Fujita Tsao smiled helplessly: "Kawada-kun, the artillery position of our battalion was attacked by the Qing army's blue wolf battalion, and the losses were not small, causing us to send troops half a step slower, and it was too late to support, but this battle is not small compared to you." ”

Kawada Chiayi sighed: "The combat power of the Qing army's inscription battalion is really not weak, it is worthy of the trump card combat power led by Liu Mingchuan to resist France, we only have a slight upper hand at this station, the Qing army should have more than 1,000 people killed, and our army casualties are not a few, if it is not for the timely arrival of Qing reinforcements, I am still sure that it will be annihilated." Later, it will be difficult to find such opportunities. ”

At this time, the Qing army has completely retreated into Kaesong, relieved Zhang Feng and Tang Keqiang hurriedly counted the troops, only three hours of fighting, the inscription battalion plus Tang Keqiang's Qing army casualties reached nearly 2,000 people, the lives of 2,000 Qing troops are still outside Kaesong, Zhang Feng is angry and painful, this is the elite that Lao Futai handed over to his hands, just like that, more than one-third of the reimbursement, Liu Junmen is also seriously injured, and he will not be able to live, the hatred of the three rivers and the four seas, Lao Tzu will report sooner or later!

Everyone came to see Nie Shicheng, at this time Wei Rugui had also led his subordinates to retreat to Kaecheng, Nie Shicheng counted the men, there were almost 15,000 or 6,000 people, only less than two days, heavy casualties, I am afraid that the Zhenbian Army and the Yi Army in the north of the city are now also suffering heavy damage, however, this Qing army is trying not to withdraw, and it will continue to attack the Leaping Horse Mountain, if you don't take the Leaping Horse Mountain, the remaining more than 10,000 people may be buried here at any time.

Nie Shicheng's heart was like a boulder that weighed on a thousand catties, and he felt suffocated, but as the commander of the first army, he didn't have any reason to retreat, and his identity determined that he couldn't waver in the slightest.

Nie Shicheng said in a deep voice: "Third Brother Da, please lead the Sheng army to garrison the northwest of Kaesong, and be ready to meet the border army and the Yi army at any time, if Ma Yukun and Yongshan recapture the Leaping Horse Mountain, then you will send two battalions of troops to assist them in guarding the Leaping Horse Mountain, if there is any accident between the two people, you quickly go out of the city, and take the two friendly armies back to Kaesong, remember, try to preserve the combat power, the next big battle is inseparable from people!" ”

Wei Rugui nodded and replied, "Don't worry, Gongting, I'll go and prepare!" ”