Liaoyang, the periphery of the Anshan defense circle of the Qing army, Ganquan Town, Xiaocangling. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Crunch, squeak—"

Under the sunshine for several days, when the snow in southern Liaoning began to melt in large areas, the cold weather in Liaoyang was still freezing these thick snows and stepping on a deep snow pit.

Under the escort of a guard squadron of the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army, Youpeng and his party in Shan County climbed Xiaocangling and looked far into the north.

"The small city ten miles northwest is Tengao Fort, where about 2,000 training troops of Jilin General Changshun and 1,000 remnants of Nie Guilin's soldiers are stationed; The city thirteen miles north is the Anshan post station of the Qing Dynasty, where Zhang Gaoyuan's 4,000 thousand Ludong troops were stationed. ”

Major General Ogawa, chief of staff of the First Army of the Japanese Army, compared the military map in his hand and explained to the generals of the First Army around him: "In addition, there are about 4,000 troops of Song Qing, Nie Shicheng, and Ma Jinxu, who are stationed on the front line of Motianling; Iktanga, with about 7,000 troops, stationed on the front line of Saimaji; Jointly block the advance of the 10th Brigade. ”

Xiao Chuan once again did not mention the Qing army's many regimental exercises, the township regiment, and the 2,000 cavalry regiments in Xiuyan Jiashan, which impressed him too deeply.

2,000 cavalrymen, attacked by an infantry brigade of the Empire, collapsed in an instant, and only a few soldiers of the Empire were wounded during the pursuit, while 500 good horses were captured and 300 coolies were captured.

This kind of good thing, in Xiao Chuan's opinion again, is really more and better.

And the reason why the Japanese army knew everything about the Qing army was because in China, at any time, traitors were an extremely popular profession.

"Oshima, your department will start attacking Tengao Fort tomorrow, Anshan Station; Shibata Masataka, your artillery cooperates with the attack. ”

Youpeng of Shanxian County ordered: "Order to see Shangwen immediately, and start attacking Motianling early tomorrow morning, Saimaji, and contain the Qing army troops on the eastern front." ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Tamura Yozo asked, "Commander, don't you wait for the heavy artillery delivered by the Navy to arrive?" ”

"Heavy artillery is used to bombard the city gate of Fengtian and the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan; It is a waste to use it in Liaoyang, not to mention these two small cities. ”

Since the Hiroshima base camp agreed with the plan of Aritomo Yama Prefecture to attack Mukden, and supported the strength of a heavy artillery wing and an infantry brigade, Aritomo Yamaguyama was in a good mood these days, and even spoke much softer.

"The difference between Ito and me is that he is a politician and I am a soldier, so there must be a difference in the angle of thinking, but this does not mean that soldiers have no brains!"

Yama Prefecture Youtomo said loudly: "The hypocrisy of politicians, the fear of foresight, indecision, and the ability to conspire and calculate, have blinded Ito's eyes; ”

"Now that the British Empire fully supports the East to replace the Qing Dynasty to hold Tsarist Russia hostage to the eastward expansion, and the Tsarist Russian Emperor has not yet ascended the throne, no one will really send troops to intervene because of the Qing-Japanese War; This is the best time for the empire to seize the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and the time is fleeting, and it will be too late to regret it if you want to do it later! ”

"Hey!"

The Japanese generals on Xiaocangling shouted excitedly, and only Tamura Yihe Zao's eyes showed a trace of hesitation, wanting to tell the commander, 'You are a military adventure'.

However, looking at the Anshan Post Station close at hand, and the Liaoyang Xiongcheng with a faint outline behind it, Tamura Jardine finally chose to be silent.

Liaoyang, the yamen of the Zhizhou Mansion.

In the early morning of this morning, the yamen of the Liaoyang Governor's Mansion was already full of civil and military generals.

Shengjing General Yulu, Jilin General Changshun, Northeast Military Training Minister An Ding, Liaoyang Zhizhou Xu Qingzhang, the new Eastern Military Preparation Dao Zhang Xiluan, Yingkou Hall and the Phoenix Hall of the Zhizhi Department Tongzhi Zhangyue.

Fengfengcheng Captain Youshan, Xiuyancheng Captain Jiashan, Fengjun New Commander Geng Fengming, Ludong Army Commander Zhang Gaoyuan, former enemy camp office and Liaodong Huai Army Grain Station Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai's staff Tang Shaoyi-

The room full of people was excitedly talking about the tens of thousands of troops in Lushun who would not leave the pass and reinforce Liaoyang.

Some people even put forward a suggestion to send a report to the imperial court, and the army out of the customs landed directly on Huludao, and then passed through Jinzhou and Panjin, and went straight to Yingkou Haicheng, and beat the Japanese soldiers back to Xiuyan.

Yuan Shikai and Tang Shaoyi glanced at each other silently, and last night they began to discuss how to escape safely under the collapse of the city.

After the fall of Liaoyang, Fengtian was a dead place, and it was absolutely impossible to go, and the best route was to take advantage of the chaos to flee west to Tai'an Town, and then go south to return to the pass.

It's not that Yuan Shikai doesn't believe that He Changying can't hold Liaoyang, but it's impossible for Youpeng in Shan County to stupidly wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the Qing Dynasty before launching an attack.

Then, a telegram extinguishes the enthusiasm of the room.

"Message: The troop convoy was attacked by enemy ships on the way to Lushun and all of them were sunk; Reinforcements from all over the country will soon come out of the customs to reinforce, and everyone needs to work together to resist the Japanese invaders. I told the generals that Liaoyang would not be missed, otherwise, it would be strictly dealt with according to the law and would not be tolerated. ”

"It's over, it's over!"

Yulu's face turned pale, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble.

Guangxu's telegram backfired and almost shattered the confidence of all the civil ministers and generals in the hall in an instant, and a word poured out involuntarily in his heart.

Escape!

Jinmen, Chaoyin Temple Li Family Annex.

Li Jingfang, who walked out of the gate and got into the carriage, still had a sense of unreality like sleepwalking.

Father pulled He Anzhi's kid too high!

Li Jingfang got up very early today, waited until his father got up, and couldn't wait to tell Li Hongzhang about the incident in Lushun last night and everything that happened in the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili.

Li Hongzhang smoked a bag of cigarettes, and said to Li Jingfang with a complicated expression for a long time: "Boss, you have to think about it, if you really plan to follow He Changying, it's good not to have other thoughts to assist you, otherwise, don't fall into this dangerous troubled water." ”

Then, Li Hongzhang sighed: "The old man has lived a lifetime, and he is really fortunate to see this genius; He is only in his early twenties this year, with heavy troops, not only has a seven-trick exquisite heart, but also acts decisively and ruthlessly, grasps people's hearts, controls things, and is almost like a demon; Could it be the Qing Dynasty—"

Li Hongzhang did not say any more, but closed his eyes tiredly.

However, just this few words had already made Li Jingfang's heart tremble.

Some things are far from being able to speak, and even the slightest thought of this is a great crime to destroy the family.

The dragon is hidden in the clouds of the nine heavens, and only occasionally shows a scale and half a claw, which makes people chill.

Dalian Bay.

"Woo, woo-"

Amid the sound of whistles that filled the bay, the Japanese army's mixed fleet of ships and cargo slowly stopped at the mouth of Dalian Bay.

Then, the two cargo ships sailed into Dalian Bay and headed for the Quanshuikou wharf.

"Victory, victory!"

Monk Island, Laolong Island, and the wharf at the mouth of the spring water river were densely packed with excited Japanese infantry, shouting and shouting.

"Commander, with the heavy artillery of the navy, these Qing army's defense lines are just a piece of powder."

The staff of the Second Army, Odaiji Yasumi Osa, who has been tightly knit these days, finally relaxed, although he turned to the Navy for help, which made the Imperial Army very faceless, but after all, this problem was solved, right?

These days, Dashanyan has also been made full of fire by the Qing army's Nanguanling defense line, if it weren't for the plan of the First Artillery Wing, he would have ploughed this defense line with artillery fire a long time ago.

Instead of the whole army being depressed and blocked here, helplessly stupid and waiting.