On March 5, the Japanese army in Ludong advanced all the way and captured Qingdao without bloodshed.

So far.

The entire Ludong Peninsula from Cangzhou, Jinan, Laiwu, Zhucheng, north of Qingdao, except for the lonely Yantai, the rest fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

On the 6th, a large amount of military materials transported by the anti-Japanese army from Dagu entered Langfang City.

The people who were watching on the street looked at the food, medicinal herbs, white cloth, alcohol, and bullets that were transported, and their hearts that had just been comforted by Wang Wenjin began to be frightened again.

Immediately, a large number of people with access began to leave Langfang City.

Because the Japanese cavalry killed too viciously in the suburbs of Yanjing before, these people were holding the intention of believing themselves and avoiding the possible disaster of war.

It's not difficult to choose, as long as you leave Langfang and don't fight, you can come back at any time.

But if there is a real fight, and your family doesn't have time to get out of the city, it will be a big disaster!

Nearly 100,000 people in Langfang City, on the 6th, more than 10,000 people left the city.

Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Wang Wenjin, the left attendant of the military department, angrily wrote a memora, and wanted to send it to Jinmen and send a report to Tongzhou.

That night, the cavalry delivering the letter was intercepted by the reconnaissance company of the anti-Japanese army in Maquan Town, 30 miles southeast of Langfang.

When the anti-Japanese army was stationed in Langfang, Wang Wenjin used Wan Benhua's 4 posts to control the city gate of Langfang, and did not allow the anti-Japanese army to go out of the city at will.

The anti-Japanese army's reconnaissance company, a cavalry company, was also deployed around Langfang, cutting off some information that might reveal the intentions of the anti-Japanese army.

On March 7th, the people in Langfang City left the city more fiercely, and during this whole day, the city was in a hustle and bustle, and under the impetus of the personnel of the Anti-Japanese Army Intelligence Office, the news that the Japanese army had gone east was spread everywhere.

On that day, more than 40,000 people left the city to seek refuge with relatives in various parts of the city.

In just two days, half of the people in Langfang City have been emptied.

On March 8th, the sky was just dawning, and no less than 3,000 people had gathered at the closed gate of Langfang City, dragging their families and preparing to leave the city.

And at this time, after a long voyage of 4 days and 5 nights, the Cardinal, the Righteousness, and the Reyu passed through the Yellow Sea, the Korean Strait, and the Tsushima Strait.

It sailed into the narrow Shimonoseki Strait between Toyo Honshu and Kyushu, and docked at the Port of Shimonoseki.

When the Gongyi and Liyu appeared outside the port with the Yellow Dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty Green Dragon Regiment, the entire Maguan Port was already overcrowded.

When the ship docked, almost half of the Oriental people, fishermen, ronins, and prostitutes of Maguan Port poured into Maguan Port.

Wu Tingfang, an American lawyer and former secretary of state, was also on the dock at this time on the dock with Toyo Foreign Secretary Katsunosuke Inoue, Secretary to the Foreign Minister Nakata Keiyoshi, and Foreign Ministry Translators Mutsu Hiroyoshi and Naraharara Chen Masa, waiting for Li Hongzhang to get off the ship.

Soon, Li Hongzhang's tall and thin body appeared on the pier trestle.

On the pier, there was a sudden 'boom', and all of them were boiling, and all the Oriental people couldn't stop rushing towards the front of the pier.

"Back off, back off!"

"Beep-"

"Clear enough space; Baga, one after another with a rifle, push back hard! ”

On the pier, not only did almost all the police officers from Shimonoseki come to maintain law and order, but Toyo also brought in a large number of police forces from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Yamaguchi in advance, and scattered among the crowds at the dock as if they were facing a great enemy.

Prevent accidents.

Although Ito Hirobumi had already warned the Genyosha and the Shinkenkan, these radical societies in the East, not to cause trouble during the peace talks.

However, in the face of those fanatical ronins, who can guarantee that everything will be safe?

"Father, go down, Wenjue is also waiting below."

Li Jingfang was a little stunned when he saw Li Hongzhang looking at the crowd on the dock, so he walked to Li Hongzhang's side to help him and reminded him in a low voice.

"Oh, oh—"

After all, Li Hongzhang is an old man in his seventies, and this time he understands what he should do now, so he tries his best to squeeze out a dry smile and walk on the trestle.

"平和に対する李鴻章を殺す!"

"燕京の全体の国を占める!"

"Oriental を出てください!"

On the dock, there were suddenly pieces of swearing, and the face of Li Jingfang, who was familiar with Japanese, suddenly darkened.

"Don't pay attention to them, scolding the old man in their bird language what he doesn't understand, according to our Qing Dynasty, in fact, they are scolding themselves in turn."

When Li Hongzhang saw that his eldest son's face was wrong, he knew that what he shouted below was definitely not such a good thing as 'welcome to the East' and 'warm welcome, warm welcome'.

He knew that his eldest son was arrogant, and most of his life had been smooth sailing, where had he suffered such humiliation? and in turn comforted his son.

"Kill Li Hongzhang and oppose peace!"

"Fight to Yanjing and occupy the whole Qing Kingdom!"

"Get out of the East!"

However, at this time, the Japanese shouts at the pier gradually lowered, but hundreds of Oriental ronins roared in Chinese, resounding at the pier.

At this moment, Li Hongzhang's face also darkened.

"Stop it immediately, it's full of foreign journalists; Yaga, are you blind? ”

Toyo Foreign Secretary Katsuyuki Inoue's face turned blue and he scolded several police chiefs around him.

On the same day, Toyo Foreign Secretary Katsunosuke Inoue sent a note to the Qing government delegation: Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito and Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu were the Japanese side and plenipotentiary representatives.

Immediately, on the noisy dock, Li Hongzhang and Inoue Katsunosuke agreed to hold the first meeting at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Chunfan Tower.

After the two sides agreed on the time, Inoue Katsunosuke said that he had arranged a place to stay for the Qing mission, but Li Hongzhang wisely and categorically refused.

He didn't want to be surrounded by countless Oriental scoundrels and abused all day long.

Taiwan strait.

At this time, the mixed ship group of the Japanese Combined Fleet had already reached Gulangyu Island in the north of Taiwan and began to pass through the Taiwan Strait.

At this time, it was already 11 o'clock in the morning, and according to the speed of the voyage, the formation of the ship group would bypass the main island of Penghu in five hours and reach Tseung Kwan O Island in the south.

With this small island with an area of only 1.5 square kilometers as a base, it will begin to attack the main island of Penghu in the north.

Matsushima.

Ito held up the binoculars and watched the ships from afar as they went south and north.

Those sea ships flying the dragon flag of the Great Qing Dynasty, when they saw the Oriental ship group in the extreme distance, they desperately turned west and fled towards the Mawei area of Fuzhou.

And those sea ships that are still swaggering and sailing are flying the flag of the Western Ocean and continue to sail without fear.

At 12 noon, the Oriental Fleet attached itself to the west coast of the island of Taiwan and made its way south along the strait.

When the group of ships passed by the sea off the mouth of the Tamsui River, there was a cargo ship of the Qing Dynasty sailing out of the estuary, but it didn't know how to dodge, and still sailed straight to the sea.

For this kind of ignorance or provocation, Ito Hensuke of course will not be merciful, and ordered Shimamura Suo, a staff officer beside him: "Order Yaeyama and sink it!" ”

Jiangxi Lu's shipbuilding, Yucai grain ship.

"Do you see it, say that you little guys are still not convinced, the East is fighting with the north, and I haven't seen a cannon from the south since last year; It's called well water, not river water! ”

Yu Cai's ship, Lao Mainland Yindou, was actually holding a cold sweat in his palms when he ordered the grain ship to continue sailing out of the Tamsui River.

He did this in order to save two tons of coal, and made up his mind that as long as the warships of the Japanese left the formation, they would immediately turn around and flee into the Tamsui River.

As a result, by the time the grain ships had sailed half a nautical mile out of the estuary, the Japanese fleet in front had already reached the stern, and no warships had come over.

Seeing that the boatmen below were all white and convinced, Lu Yindou couldn't help but be even more proud.

"Boat, boat! Boss Lu, ship! ”

Then at this moment, a boatman suddenly looked at the sea to the west with a tragic face, and screamed in horror.

Everyone on the ship looked at each other in horror, only to see a warship hanging far away at the back of the Japanese warship group suddenly turned towards it and rushed fiercely.