Tianjin Beiyang Minister's Mansion, Li Hongzhang was in the hall, he was already fighting strength, walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, everyone in the room was silent, not daring to speak, at such a critical moment, he could fall into a situation from which he could not recover.

At the moment when everyone was anxious, Zhang Peilun hurriedly walked in, came to Li Hongzhang, bowed down and said, "My lord, Kaesong has called back, and Gongting and Jianzhi have jointly signed a callback." ”

Li Hongzhang perked up and shouted softly: "Show it to me!" ”

Li Hongzhang snatched the telegram into his hand and looked at it carefully.

Zhongtang Lord Junjian:

It is true that Japan's conspiracy is difficult to solve, but the Japanese navy ships are strong and gunnony, their speed is amazing, and their combat strength is far above the North Ocean, so they must not face the enemy directly. After consultation, Shicheng and Zhang Yi believed that this matter could only be retreated to advance, first withdraw the Beiyang Naval Division, and respond to the enemy with Yantai Port Fort. However, the Japanese Army will inevitably take advantage of the Great War to find an opportunity to land near Yantai Port and open up a second battlefield to support the navy. In addition, the Yantai Fort is the most important thing, and it must also be guarded by loyal and brave people, as long as the fort is not lost, it will be difficult for the Japanese Navy to achieve the purpose of this trip. In terms of Kaesong, we must have a plan to lure the snake out of the hole, but this time the Japanese and Korean garrison and the navy agreed to jointly send out a division, and there is also a corresponding strategy, we are ready to set up an ambush near Mt. Zinan, and the official road under Mt. Zinan is the only way for Seoul to Kaesong, so as to ambush the Japanese army here and break its strategic plan of attacking Kaesong. Now that two months are about to pass, presumably the mines that Jian Zhi said last time should have been successfully developed, and I still ask my lord to urgently allocate Kaejo, it is best to transport it in the next few days, success or failure, in this move, please don't be careless, deal with it carefully......

After reading this letter, Li Hongzhang pondered for a long time and stood up. He said in a deep voice: "Immediately send a telegram to Song Qing, who is far away in Mukden, and order him to go south on the same day, defend the Beijing Division, and be sure to rush to the territory of Zhili within half a month. The defense of Mukden was entrusted to Iktanga. ”

"Order all Huai troops in Zhili and Shandong to move closer to the coast of Shandong, reorganize their armies, call Hangzhou, and send an order to Yuan Shikai to go north immediately and be responsible for the defense of Shandong, and all Huai troops in Shandong have their dispatch."

"Yu Ting, you immediately return to Yantai, prepare the naval division, around November, transfer the Beiyang Naval Division and the Nanyang Naval Division out of Yantai, cruise near Yantai, leave some ships of the Guangdong Naval Division and the Fujian Naval Division to stay behind to lure the enemy, and when the Japanese army and the two naval divisions and batteries are fiercely fighting, cover up from behind, flank the Japanese navy, pay attention, sink the Japanese troop carriers as much as possible, once more than 10,000 Japanese troops land, then there will be no peace in Zhili."

"Order the Beiyang ships in Tianjin to set off immediately and transport all the more than 1,000 mines produced by the Manufacturing Bureau to Kaesong, we have no way to send reinforcements to Kaesong now, so give him the greatest fire support!"

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Li Hongzhang's orders were conveyed one by one, and the entire Beiyang was completely operational.

North Korea, Kaesong.

Nie Shicheng stared at Zhang Yi and asked, "Jianzhi, what are you going to do in this battle?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled faintly and said: "Although the Japanese army came prepared for this battle, but we have detected the intelligence in advance, the Japanese army has no suddenness, and has lost the strategic initiative. ”

Nie Shicheng asked, "Then how do you plan to arrange it?" ”

Zhang Yi said in a deep voice: "The mountains near Zinan Mountain are continuous, which is an excellent place to ambush the army, and the bottom of the mountain is also the only way for Seoul to open and honest. ”

"The Great Array?" The corners of Nie Shicheng's mouth pulled up a wry smile, this Jianzhi dared to think, what age is this, and he still needs to use the formation, no matter how good the formation is, can he withstand the bombardment of the enemy's heavy artillery?

"What big array?" Nie Shicheng asked.

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Mine array, I want to plant thousands of mines in the mountain where the Japanese army must pass, and launch them together when the Japanese army passes by, and blow up all the Japanese army's forwards into the sky!" ”

"Landmines?" Nie Shicheng looked suspicious and asked in surprise? ‘

Zhang Yi explained: "These mines belong to the new weapons, when I returned to China, I drew a sample, asked Lord Zhongtang to make it, when I returned, I only carried two or three hundred, and now another month and a half has passed, and Lord Zhongtang has already produced more than 1,000 mines, two times combined, it should be a lot and 1,500 mines, these mines are like small shells, brackets and leads, laid on the road that the Japanese army must pass, covered with floating soil." Order 2,000 brothers to carry heavy machine guns and mortars, ambush on both sides of the road to hide, when the Japanese army passes, pull the lead, it will explode immediately, more than 1,000 mines, I am afraid that thousands of Japanese troops will be blown up into the sky! ”

"Hiss", Nie Shicheng took a breath of cool air, he really didn't expect Zhang Yi to prepare such a vicious move, once the Japanese army entered the net, he was afraid that the losses would not be ordinarily heavy.

Zhang Yi continued: "My lord, in addition, order Li Gang to lead the first army, and Lord Ma Yukun to lead the second army to station on Songyue Mountain, Songyue Mountain is only thirty miles away from Zinan Mountain, once the battle of Zinan Mountain starts, quickly send troops to attack the Japanese army." Ordered Tang Keqiang to lead the main force of the first battalion east out of Kaesong, bypass Songak Mountain, and enter the jungle area southeast of Zinanshan, once the battle started, block the retreat of the Japanese army and besiege the main force of the Japanese army! ”

Nie Shicheng nodded again and again, such a profound calculation, such an accurate calculation is only possible for Zhang Jianzhi to think of.

Zhang Yi said: "My lord, whether this plan can succeed or not is in two words: intelligence!" A transfer of this magnitude must remove all the eyeliner of the Japanese army in order to succeed. I have already ordered Mo Ru to dispatch all the thistles to clear the eyes of the Japanese army, and would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, at such a critical moment, we must not be soft. ”

Nie Shicheng nodded and said: "Jianzhi, well said, we must ensure that the news is not leaked, and we will fight to settle the situation!" ”

Zhang Yi replied with a smile: "Yihu took the blue wolf to Seoul, and after returning, I will order him to lead all the blue wolves to blockade the area of Zinan Mountain, kill all the Japanese scouts in it, and ensure the implementation of the plan." ”

Nie Shicheng said with a smile: "Okay, since this is the case, I can rest assured that the old man, this handsome seal will be handed over to you for personal custody first." ”

Zhang Yi continued: "My lord, I plan to send Huai Jin back to China, and ask Lord Zhongtang to let him be in charge of the defense of the fort, when it is the turn of the artillery battle, in the entire Qing Dynasty, it is estimated that no one can be above Huai Jin, Yantai Fort is very important, and there must be a shrewd and capable person who can keep an eye on it." ”