However, on the Japanese side, how could they follow their hearts?

On January 15 of the Western calendar, Yamaguchi Keizo Shaosa led 4 squadrons and nearly 800 Japanese infantry, all the way to Fengtian City.

After repeated military discussions with the commander of the Mukden City Defense Force, Komatsuzaki Rikuma Osa, the 19th Wing 2nd Brigade Captain Ohara Yoshijiro Shaosa, and the 21st Wing 2nd Brigade Captain Yamaguchi Keizo Shaosa.

It was decided to temporarily avoid the Yi Army, the Ludong Army, and the Xinfeng Army besieging Matsumoto Keiju Shaozobu in Fushun Castle, and instead concentrate their forces and surprise attack the Left Route Army of Iktang Abe, which was much weaker in combat effectiveness.

The time of the attack is set on the 23rd of the lunar month.

For this attack, the Japanese army left only a small group of soldiers in Mukden City to guard the city gate and not allow them to enter or leave.

The remaining 1,300 soldiers were all dispatched, without seeking to defeat the Qing army on the left in one fell swoop, thus completely opening up the Fengtian situation.

Komatsuzaki Rikuma also made a ruthless decision this time, and chose a desperate gamble, once the main force fell into a fierce battle at Pujiabaozi, or a partial division of the Qing army made a detour to attack Mukden.

Then for the Japanese army of the entire Mukden defense line, it will be irretrievably desperate.

Late at night on the 22nd of the lunar month, the advance detachment of the Japanese army quietly lurked at the guard outpost of the Qing army at the southern foot of Huishan.

Before the early morning of the 23rd, more than 40 people of the advance team rushed into the Qing army post with rifles on the military stab, and the eleven Qing soldiers in the guard post were stabbed to death on the spot, and the remaining ten were honestly taken prisoner.

Then they were also assassinated one by one by the Japanese army without mercy.

Subsequently, the 1,300 Japanese army divided its troops at the southern foot of Huishan, like two crab claws each bypassing the east and west of Huishan, and rushed towards the Qing army camp.

Pujiabaozi.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

In the Qing army camp around Pujiabaozi, there was the sound of firecrackers everywhere, and the shouting of soldiers, chasing and frolicking.

Except for the 600 Qing troops who were responsible for besieging Pujiabao at the front, the rest of the soldiers threw guns everywhere, sat around the bonfire, basked in the sun, bragged, gambled a little money, and waited for a small New Year's dinner.

Today is a festive year, so Iktanga, who has always had strict requirements for the army, also chose to turn a blind eye.

"In this world, how can there be a few things that are completely certain, the general of the county said that as long as the chance of winning is more than fifty percent, you can be Bo!"

Lying on a gentle slope in Huishan, Komatsuzaki Rikuma said with joy: "At least looking at the situation of these Qingzhu barracks now, we should be on the right track." ”

"It's so fragrant, it's an old hen stewed with mushrooms; Commander, give the order, my saliva is pouring out. ”

Keizo Yamaguchi looked at the slack Qing army camp and couldn't help but remind the commander in disguise that this was a good time for a sneak attack.

"Wait a little longer, wait until the moment they pick up the bowl."

Komatsuzaki Rikuma glanced at the sun overhead: "At noon, send them on the road!" ”

Pujiabaozi.

Tokujiro Nakajima and Toyoichi Taniguchi were blocked behind the bunkers of the city wall, staring at the lively camp of the Qing army in the distance, full of anger.

"It's not that the Green Cannon and Makqin bullets are precious, I really want to use the machine gun to wipe out these pigs!"

Nakajima Tokujiro scolded angrily: "A group of stupid pigs, five or six thousand people besieged this fort, we only have four hundred people, and we have attacked for half a month, and we have killed and injured so many soldiers, and we can't take it; And the face to eat and drink for the holidays? If it were a soldier of the Empire, he would have committed suicide by disemboweling himself in shame! ”

"Bang Bang Bang-"

At this time, at noon, firecrackers rang out at the same time in various military camps to celebrate the festival.

Suddenly, wolf smoke was everywhere, and no one was seen for a while.

"Impact! Impact! ”

With the shouts of the commanders on the left and right of the Japanese army, 1,300 Japanese soldiers divided into east and west, almost simultaneously launched a thunderous attack towards the Qing army camp in celebration.

"Soldiers, soldiers!"

The Qing soldiers, who had just picked up the bowl and had not had time to drink a sip of hot soup, were horrified to see that beside them, blood flowers suddenly bloomed on the bodies of their comrades-in-arms, and they splashed the bowl full of chicken soup into the sky with both hands, and roared with doubts and shocks on their faces.

In the vast white smoke, countless bullets swirled and swept by at high speed, leaving long clear corridors, which made people look at it coldly.

"It's the army of the Empire! Reinforcements, reinforcements! ”

Toyoichi Taniguchi's squatting body suddenly stood up, dancing and shouting: "The whole army gathers, attack immediately, attack immediately!" ”

In the big tent, there was a high-grade charcoal fire burning with bears, Heilongjiang General Yi Ketang'a, the Northeast Military Training Minister An Ding, and the deputy capital of Shanhaiguan Wei Heng',——

A group of generals gathered together, put on wine, meat, dried fruit and pastries, and were about to drink, when they heard the sound of 'crackling' firecrackers, mixed with countless frightened shouts.

"What's going on!"

Iktang Ah just roared angrily, only to hear two gun holes explode from the thick tent, and then 'pop' from the other side.

"Soldiers!"

Suddenly, the generals in the big tent were all shocked.

"How many people can they have in Mukden City? Since they came to die, then the old man will fulfill them; ”

Seeing that the generals were discolored, Iktanga drank a large glass of gallant wine, endured the incomprehension and wild beating in his heart, and threw the white porcelain wine glass on the ground with a 'snap', and yelled: "Go, brothers go with the old man to destroy these clowns!" ”

"General, Japanese soldiers, Japanese soldiers!"

The big tent was suddenly lifted from the outside, bringing a cold north wind, and Xi Meng, the commander of the Chunzi Battalion who was responsible for guarding the west and north directions of Pujiabaozi, rushed in with a tragic face: "There are Japanese soldiers everywhere, thousands of Japanese soldiers!" ”

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the commander of the Fengtian City Defense, Komatsuzaki Lixiong Dazuo, concentrated all the military strength in Fengtian City with more than 1,300 people, rushed to attack the left route army of the Fengbei Qing army, combined with the 300 Japanese troops of Pujiabaozi, and defeated 5,000 Qing troops.

In its battle, the Japanese army killed only 56 people, seriously wounded 14 people, and captured more than 2,000 guns, grain, grass, and bullets, which was very considerable.

The Qing army killed nearly 400 people and captured more than 300 people, and the rest fled north in fear.

Yi Ketanga and other generals of the Northern Qing Army hurriedly fled all the way back to Tieling, but afterwards they only gathered 3,000 soldiers, less than 2,000 guns, and ammunition was even more scarce.

Near the end of the night, Song Qing, who got the news, was so angry that he stomped his feet and sighed to the sky.

However, the matter has come to this point, and there is no way back.

Due to the fear of the Japanese army taking advantage of the victory to attack, more than 5,000 Yi troops on the right road, Lu Dong Army, and Xinfeng Army, evacuated Fushun in panic overnight and returned to Tieling.

The garrison that returned to Tieling, lacking guns and ammunition, and fearing that the Japanese army would advance northward in a big way, all the troops tightly retreated into Tieling City, strictly guarded and defended to the death, and did not dare to go out of the city gate and go further south.

Looking at the post road in the south in fear, he prayed to the sky that the Japanese soldiers would not appear.

The Japanese army, which had won a complete victory in Pujiabaozi, saw that the Qing army retreated north in panic, and the siege of Fushun was also unsolvable, and Komatsuzaki Rikuma no longer attacked, but led the main force back to Mukden.

At this point, the Fengtian war zone, which had been lively for a while, fell into a deathly silence again, and the Qing and Japanese sides guarded the city and guarded themselves, and it seemed that it had suddenly become a peaceful and tranquil paradise.