"Before, because I was in a blind spot in my sight, when I found that the Qing army in Guannai was out of the city to reinforce, it was not a wise choice to launch a general attack of the whole army;"

Yamaguchi Suchen said intently: "The nearly three hours of marching and fighting have already overdrawn the physical strength of the soldiers of the four wings, and there is no need for the empire to fight a war of attrition with the Qing army in the risky way of suffering huge casualties; And—"

Yamaguchi Suchen looked at the mountains around the Mengjiang Numiao Temple to the west, although the army led by foreigners was very hidden, it did not mean that he was completely ignorant of it.

The remnants of the Rehe Holy Sect, who had opposed the Qing Dynasty over the years, had already met with Yamaguchi Suchen and told him a lot of things.

This is also why he placed heavy troops in the direction of Lujiagou, and arranged a large number of infantry and cavalry protection in Madian and Huazipo.

"General, I propose to use an infantry brigade and a cavalry squadron to wipe them out first?"

Seeing General Yamaguchi looking at Renshan in the northwest, Okubo Toshisada knew what he was worried about, and that elusive team in the area of Nagayamaji Bay did bring a lot of trouble to the empire.

Only by defeating that hateful army can the Imperial soldiers concentrate their forces and attack Shanhaiguan without distraction.

"It's difficult, they change camps in a few days, it's hard to track and locate, and so far, it's not sure how many troops there are; But—"

Yamaguchi Suchen said with a solemn face: "Since I started training in the field around Huludao Shanhaiguan a month ago, and it is a Western instructor who trained me, I have experienced their difficulties in Changshan Temple Bay Yamada and Sakurai; If you look at the Hanakopo military reserve camp surrounded by Yamada's department, you can see how much Yamada values them. ”

At this time, not far in front of the South Water Well, a large number of Japanese combat teams withdrew, and everywhere they could see were the wounded who were being supported and carried, as well as soldiers with tired and frustrated faces.

Seeing this scene, the faces of the Japanese generals and staff officers standing on the high slope of Nanshuijing became very unsightly

"Report, the telegraph has been set up, and a successful reception and reception of telegrams has been carried out with the Yingkou telegraph station."

A signal soldier came to report quickly.

"Yo Xi!"

Hearing this good news, Yamaguchi Suchen's face stretched a little.

"Order all units to return to their respective defense areas and strengthen their vigilance; Statistical reporting of casualty data. ”

Yamaguchi Suchen looked regretfully at the three cities outside the purpose of the gate under the morning sun,—— if he was decisive?

He stopped thinking about it.

Because it is a fact that it is useless to think about it, and more importantly, when there is still a sharp knife in his back, it is impossible for Yamaguchi Sutomi to mobilize Yamadabe and cavalry to participate in the battle.

The food, ammunition, and all kinds of military materials stored in the Huazipo camp are the basic guarantee for the brigade to survive in this cold winter, and there is no room for mistakes.

And the field hospital in Madian, a large number of medicinal materials, and radio stations must also be properly guarded.

He did not have the courage of the commander of the prefecture to move forward bravely and regardless of the consequences, nor did he have the courage of Nozu Michikan's adventurous opportunism.

So Yamaguchi Suchen did not regret it.

"If you can't attack today, there will be tomorrow, but if you make a faint move, it will be an unforgivable mistake!"

Yamaguchi Suchen whispered to himself in his heart: "This Shanhaiguan will eventually surrender to the iron hooves of the empire. ”

At this time, more than 6,500 troops of the 10th Brigade had just left Huludao and arrived at Shanhaiguan, and it was expected that there would be eleven days to go.

Youpeng of Shanxian County led the troops directly under the First Army, and the two brigades of the Third Division (lacking the second brigade of the 19th Wing), totaling nearly 13,000 troops, are stationed in Jinzhou and are expected to arrive at Shanhaiguan on the 23rd.

The First Army only put two crippled brigades of Okuyama Yoshisho and Yamaguchi Keizou on the front line of Dagusan, Andong, Jiulianseong, and Uiju, with 1,500 troops.

In Yingkou, a squadron of the 2nd Brigade of the 19th Wing was released, and the rest of Liaoyang, Panjin, Haicheng, Benxi, Phoenix, Xiuyan, Panjin, and Kuandian were all alert squads with small units.

Because Hushan crossed the river and was severely damaged by the sneak attack of the anti-Japanese army, coupled with the fact that he fought all the way to Liaoyang, he was reduced by frostbite and illness.

At this time, the total strength of the second brigade was only more than 600 people.

In Mukden, the First Army deployed an infantry brigade of Matsumoto Keiju Shaosa, with Komatsuzaki Rikuma Daisa as the commander of the Fengtian city defense, to stop Song Qing, Yiketanga, and Zhang Gaoyuan from going south.

For this decisive battle of Zhili, Youpeng in Shanxian County evacuated almost all the troops in Liaodong.

Even so, Yama Youpeng arrived in Uiju in late October with more than 24,000 troops, and after two months, because of a series of reasons such as staying behind, being captured, dying, or seriously ill.

This time down to Shanhaiguan, the number of troops has been reduced to more than 19,000.

If it weren't for the newly landed 3rd Brigade and the 1st Heavy Artillery Wing, it would have been extremely difficult to conquer Shanhai, Jinmen, and Yanjing all the way with only the 19,000 troops who were still suffering from the sick.

North Wing City.

Sent away Nie Shicheng, He Changying, Li Jingfang, Liu Mingyang, who hurriedly came to check on the injury, and a group of generals boarded the north wall of the North Wing City.

The tower collapsed without a trace, leaving only the ruins of the wall, and the 400-meter city wall was hit by three high-explosive shells, and the 20-meter-long city wall where the warhead fell was in shambles.

Broken wood, broken bricks, walls full of Japanese rifle shots, and corpses of soldiers killed by shells.

"What do you say, be louder, be louder!"

A soldier who had been stunned by a cannonball and had only been lightly wounded on the outside could not be heard when he was awakened to find that he was bleeding from all his orifices, and he could not help but shout in horror.

Seeing this scene, the officers on the city wall were all sad.

"According to the report, our army lost 386 people killed and 69 seriously wounded in this battle; Luo Huafei killed 3 people and seriously injured 1 person. ”

"Hmm-"

He Changying's heart was heavy when he heard this, after such a battle, he actually lost one-fifth of his troops.

It was a terrible fight!

Then the East and West Luo City, which was wiped out by the Japanese grenade and washed up on the city wall, thought that the losses would be even heavier.

"What about Liu Yufu?"

He Changying felt that there was no one around him just now, and since Luo Minglei was standing here, there was no reason why Liu Yufu, who was in charge of the left city wall, should not be here.

He Changying's heart couldn't help but 'chuckle', this scout left a good impression on him in Hushan.

Bold, careful, intelligent, alert, defiant of stereotypes and fearless of authority.

But it's not like Li Bohu and Liu Gangzi, who are either ruthless or lawless, and they don't leave their mouths with swear words like 'paralysis' all day long.

"Battalion Commander Liu Fu broke his left arm by a broken wood and is being treated below."

Li Fengrui's face was sad, this Liu Yufu was a student in a dormitory in the Martial Arts Academy, and later a scout in the second class of Luo Minglei's class.

In Pulandian, the whole army became the squad leader of his second platoon of reconnaissance, and today he has become his partner.

As a result, when the Japanese army's high-explosive shells hit, the left arm was smashed directly on the wall brick by the broken wood that was blown away by the bomb, and only a thin skin of flesh was attached.

It doesn't take much to know that you want to amputate your leg.

"Oh."

He Changying thought it was just an ordinary fracture and didn't care very much.

"It's a comminuted fracture of the lower arm that needs to be amputated."

Li Fengrui never found a chance to report this, and when he said the word 'amputation', his voice trembled slightly.