Chapter 123

Only an hour later, the 10th Brigade led by Omatoshi rushed to the vicinity of Mount Prancing Horse, and it was the Japanese Akiyama Kokoku Cavalry Brigade that opened the way in front, followed by the 10th Brigade led by Omatoshi Osako.

Now the Prancing Horse Mountain is still in a cannon fire, the town border army and the Yi army after a short rest, re-launched the charge to the Japanese army, now there are only more than 1,000 people in the Hasegawa Department to keep fighting, the mountain is full of dead bodies, and the seriously wounded who have not had time to clear away, this battle is too tragic, Ma Yukun and Yongshan also really saw the fierceness of the Japanese army, as long as there is one person who can fight, the little Japan did not think of retreating a step.

Just when the two sides were still in a stalemate, Akiyama Yoshiko, who was gradually approaching the Prancing Horse Mountain, led the cavalry brigade to suddenly accelerate and rushed directly towards the position of the Qing army.

By the time the Qing army reacted, the Japanese cavalry was already close at hand, and there was no time to organize a defense, so the Japanese cavalry rushed the Qing army's position.

Ma Yukun and Yongshan were shocked, hurriedly stopped attacking the Leaping Horse Mountain, organized the Qing army to besiege the Japanese cavalry, just after a moment of fighting with the Japanese army, the mixed brigade of Daqi Shangmin had already arrived, and the Qing army was tightly blocked at the foot of the Leaping Horse Mountain, and the Hasegawa on the mountain saw that the Japanese reinforcement had arrived, and he was so happy that he jumped out of the trench directly, "Counterattack, give me to organize a counterattack!" Our reinforcements have arrived, Sass give! ”

The remaining more than 1,000 Japanese troops of the Yuanshan detachment rushed down the Prancing Horse Mountain as if they had been stimulated, and pressed tightly towards the Qing army.

Ma Yukun and Yongshan's hearts were cold, it was over, their own army was already at the end of the crossbow, two consecutive days of fighting, serious attrition, and now the two Qing armies together are only 4,000 people, trapped in the midst of the Japanese reinforcements and the Yuanshan detachment, it is difficult to break through.

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Ma Yukun and Yongshan's eyes, fight, but now, I can't care about anything, let's fight!

The two sides started hand-to-hand combat at the foot of the Prancing Horse Mountain, and they were mixed together.

With the addition of the new force of Daqi Shangmin, the Qing army could no longer withstand the attack of the Japanese army, and the tired Qing army was defeated and retreated, and there was no power to fight back at all.

At the critical moment, Wei Rugui led three battalions to rush down the city, and snatched the town border army and the Yi army from the encirclement of the Japanese army, but the Japanese army was in the excitement of the war, how to give up and chase closely, Wei Rugui took the three battalions of the Sheng army to resist desperately, and only then did the Japanese army intercept it, and the Sheng army in the city saw that the Japanese army was chasing closer, and directly pointed the muzzle of the cannon to the Japanese army below, and bombed it indiscriminately, forcing the Japanese army to retreat, and the Sheng army returned to Kaesong.

Ma Yukun and Yongshan who entered Kaesong wanted to cry without tears, the two Qing armies together exceeded 8,000 people, close to 9,000 people, in two days, they lost more than 5,000 people, more than half of them were killed, not only that, but also lost the camp in the west of the city and the Prancing Horse Mountain, two strategic points were lost, so that the Qing army in Kaesong was completely in a passive situation.

When the two of them saw Nie Shicheng, Nie Shicheng's eyes were full of anger, and he said coldly: "Okay, Yongshan, you led 6,000 men and horses to garrison Prancing Horse Mountain, and you were able to lose Prancing Horse Mountain overnight. ”

Yongshan pounced, knelt down in front of Nie Shicheng in fright, and cried: "My lord, my lord forgive me, there is really no way to humble my duty, the Japanese army is too strong, and I can't snatch back the Prancing Horse Mountain with all my might, my lord, I tried my best, and there are still three wounds on my body, all of which were left when I charged." ”

Nie Shicheng said coldly: "Okay, if you charge ahead, if you don't escape from the battle, the governor will keep your life first, but it is inevitable to live a crime, come and take off the top of Yongshan to wear a flower feather, and put it in prison, and when you see General Yiketanga in the future, please punish the general personally!" ”

Nie Shicheng slowly looked at Ma Yukun, Ma Yukun's face was full of shame, and said: "Gongting, this battle failed, the old man has nothing to say, first the attack on the Leaping Horse Mountain failed, and then he lost the camp in the west of the city, the old man is guilty of the crime, please Gongting to punish the crime!" ”

Nie Shicheng sighed and said: "Brother Guanting, this battle really shouldn't be, more than 8,000 troops, can't even take a single Prancing Horse Mountain, but in this battle, the governor is also at fault, the loss of the camp in the west of the city is not your responsibility, so let's do it, this matter will be decided by the imperial court, you should temporarily command the Yi army first, and resist the Japanese army with me." ”

Ma Yukun breathed a sigh of relief and said hatefully: "Gongting, thank you." This defeat is really a shame for my Yi army, I mean, I will be stationed on the front line in the west of the city, how the old man fell and lost face, how to get back from the battlefield, if he doesn't make a show, the old man will cut himself in front of the city of Kaesong! ”

While everyone was talking, the siege of Kaesong by the main Japanese army began.

The two artillery wings of the Japanese army opened fire together, illuminating the night of Kaesong as if it were day, and countless shells fell in Kaesong with a whistling whistle, blowing up Kaesong beyond recognition, and from time to time the Qing troops who were injured or killed were carried down from the city wall, and the city wall was full of broken walls, and it was a mess.

Nie Shicheng, Ma Yukun and Xu Huaijin climbed the tower of Kaesong with the escort of the guards, Nie Shicheng looked serious and shouted loudly: "Brothers, now that the Japanese army is besieging the city, we have no way to retreat, once the city is broken, it will be the jade and the stone will be burned, this battle, we are going to fight the great Qing **** Tianwei, so that the way of the Oriental people we Chinese are not a bad race!" If you have the courage, you will fight with the governor to fight against the Japanese army, and whoever dares to take half a step back will be killed! ”

Just above the head of the city, Nie Shicheng's words aroused the desperate heart of the Qing army, I didn't see it, the marshal has already occupied the city, what are we afraid of these little soldiers, it is nothing more than a dead word, the marshal is not afraid of death, what are we afraid of, let's fight!

The Japanese army fought a fierce battle in the west of Kaesong, and the heavy artillery of both sides poured shells into each other's positions!

Just when the two armies were fighting fiercely in Kaesong, Zhang Yi led 5,000 new troops to arrive at Tongren Port in North Korea.

Zhang Yi looked at the blue wolf team members in front of him, this is an old blue wolf, the first batch of team members, Yu Wenshun!

Zhang Yi said: "Yu Wenshun, what is the situation in Kaecheng now, has the Qing Dynasty started a war?" ”

Yu Wenshun sweated profusely and said with a wry smile: "Instructor, something big has happened, our Qing army Mashan will not be able to support it, Nie Dashuai has recalled all the Qing troops to Kaecheng, and now the Japanese army is besieging the city on all sides and is besieging it, I am afraid that the day will be precarious." ”

Zhang Yi was taken aback, he didn't expect the Qing army to be defeated so quickly, and in just two or three days, he couldn't support it, and asked urgently: "What about Nie Dashuai, why did the Qing army retreat so quickly!?" ”