This trip to Tiger Mountain roughly made He Changying understand the two doubts that had been lingering in his heart for a long time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Why did the Japanese army choose to cross the river from Hushan, which was the most unsuitable to cross the river?

And in the history books of later generations, why are there so many traces of bandit participation in this Qing-Japanese war in Liaodong?

At this time, the Northeast had not yet been destroyed by the Japanese army and the future Russo-Japanese War, and the integrated structure of the government and gentry from top to bottom was still very complete and rigorous, firmly binding the hundreds of thousands of square meters of white mountains and black waters in the Northeast.

There are indeed bandits in the deep mountains and old forests of the northeast, but there are not many of them.

Since the Jindan Sect, which was entrenched in the Rehe area a year ago, was strangled by the Beiyang armies, there is basically no big bandit force in the entire northeast, and no bandit dares to oppose the officers and soldiers.

Especially in the Yalu River, Jinzhou, Dalian, and Lushun, these areas where the Qing army has been heavily garrisoned all the year round, judging from the information He Changying has now, it can be said that the real bandits have long been extinct.

There are only a few small villages like Hushanzhai that are said to be bandits, but in fact, they are just small villages that use hunting and medicine as their main means of livelihood with the tacit consent of the local gentry and government.

These small villages occupy primeval forests rich in ginseng, deer antler velvet, and these precious medicinal herbs, and trade the harvested mountain delicacies with the powerful in the towns below.

However, in He Changying's time and space, it was these small villages that dared to set fire to Shahezi (Andong County), where the 6,000 Sheng troops were stationed, and directly frightened the 6,000 Sheng troops into throwing away all their baggage and fleeing overnight.

Dare to set fire to people everywhere in the city when the mountain Genji and Nogi Noshinori attacked Jinzhou with heavy troops, and disturbed Jinzhou.

A group of bandits in the mountains in the countryside, are they crazy, how can they have such courage?

Now that she has seen Chunni's trick of 'vertical and square solid' in Hushan, He Changying finally understands the truth hidden under the fog of history.

It seems that no matter in that era, there was no shortage of 'traitors' and 'traitors'' in China.

Before Hushan, He Changying had never really prepared to fight this Yalu River defensive battle; In his original plan, when Song Qing divided the defense area, he would ask to go to Andong County to defend.

In this way, it was possible to avoid the loss of a large amount of ammunition, grain and grass due to the night collapse of the Sheng army in history, and feed the Japanese army in vain.

Secondly, He Changying could also directly lead his troops to Huayuankou to block the landing of the Japanese Second Army.

He Changying didn't dare to hope to prevent the Japanese army from landing, but at least he had to let Dashanyan shed a layer of skin.

However, now Hushan's new discoveries have made He Changying in a dilemma.

In He Changying's time and space, the Japanese First Army began to launch the Yalu River Offensive on October 24.

The Japanese Second Army had begun to land at Huayuankou the day before, on October 23.

In other words, with the strength of the reinforcement army, only one of the battlefields can be selected and fought.

At the end of the meeting, the officers left the room.

Only He Changying, Wu Weiyang, Shen Zhaoao, Lin Yunyu, Hao Tiansheng, Li Zhenhua, Mao Chao, Peng Qianyan, Wang Shizhen, and the newly appointed head of the Northeast Station of the Intelligence Department were left behind.

"Hushan is a hidden son of the Japanese army, the big boss Chunni, most likely an Oriental."

He Changying directly stated his judgment, and then said: "As expected, there should be Japanese espionage activities in Jiuliancheng, Shahezi, and even Jinzhou and Lushun now. ”

The people in the room were shocked, except for Wu Weiyang and Shen Zhaoao, everyone couldn't have imagined that the legend of Fengyue that had just spread would be this kind of result in the blink of an eye.

"Ten years ago, Mitsutomi Kamio traveled all over Ludong, Liaodong, and Korea, and seven years ago he entered the China Division of the Oriental Staff Headquarters and began to establish an espionage organization against the Qing Dynasty; Mitsutomi Kamio, Takeichi Ishikawa, and Sei Arao are the three trump cards of Kawakami Caoroku's espionage activities against China. ”

He Changying explained to the generals in the conference room like a few treasures: "Among the three, Ishikawa Wuichi is in charge of Jinmen, Arao Sei is in charge of Shanghai and Hankou, and Kamio Mitsutomi is in charge of the China class; Don't look at Kamio Mitsutomi as just a small Shaozuo, but his power, influence, and harm are far greater than that of an ordinary general. ”

"Seinfeld, your tasks and burdens are far heavier than you imagined, you have to establish a complete intelligence network in the Northeast as soon as possible; Dignitaries—"

He Changying looked at Wu Weiyang: "You look for Head Wu, and if you want money, you look for Wang Shizhen." They have to give as long as you need it. ”

"Yes!"

Seinfeld stood up straight and gave a military salute to He Changying.

"Commander, I'll cross the river now to destroy the traitors and bandits, and I promise to tie you up without any injuries, and let the head of the regiment deal with it."

Hao Tiansheng smiled lewdly and stood up to fight.

"You don't care about this, you just have to transport the guns and ammunition to Dalian, and then go to Jinzhou to stand by; Staff Officer Shen, you are in charge of the southward detachment this time, after the arrival of the second phase of the new army in Jinmen, continue to train in Dalian Bay on the spot, and at the same time prepare for the southern Liaoning campaign. ”

He Changying finally decided to collide with Youpeng in Shanxian County on the defense line of the Yalu River.

If you don't pull out Hushan, these spies in Andong County, in the future Liaodong Guard War, the Japanese army will have so many eyes to lead the way, and this battle will suffer a lot.

Moreover, He Changying was also a little worried in his heart, if he did not have Li Hongzhang's consent, he would lead his troops to leave when a major battle was about to break out on the Yalu River defense line belonging to the Beiyang Defense Zone.

Instead, he turned around and took the initiative to fight in the defense area of Shengjing General Yulu, what would Li Hongzhang and the Beiyang armies think of themselves?

Once the reinforcement army is consumed at Huayuankou and the second Japanese army with a total strength of 25,000 people, including the subsequent Jinzhou defensive battle, if the Beiyang armies watch the fire from the other side and point to Xu Bangdao and Lian Shun's 3,000 recruits and flag soldiers, maybe they will be swallowed up by the mountains and rocks even with the reinforcement army.

He Changying sighed lightly, for today's plan, the only way to do this battle of Hushan is to fight this battle of Hushan first, and then find an opportunity to move westward.

Now that she had figured it out in her heart, He Changying felt that she could already tell this plan to several generals in the conference room at this time, so that they could prepare in advance.

Hearing the words 'Southern Liaoning Campaign', all the generals in the conference room stared.

——Now that the Yalu River is about to fight, where are the troops to go to southern Liaoning to open up a second battlefield?

Chief of Staff Shen Zhaoao said cautiously: "Regiment commander, our troops are already struggling to maintain one battlefield, and we simply have no ability to fight two such big battles at the same time. ”

The other officers also clicked through one after another, obviously thinking that what Shen Zhaoao said was very reasonable.

"It's not about playing two at the same time, it's going to be done one by one."

He Changying patiently explained to the generals: "For the combat strength of the Japanese army, everyone should have some bottom in their hearts, the first army of the Japanese army is close to 30,000 troops, and the Qing army on the north bank of the Yalu River is completely vulnerable; If the Korean reinforcements successfully blocked the Japanese army from crossing the river at Hushan, then they would soon choose the river crossing point again, and the next river crossing point, we can't guess at all; Then the Yalu River defense line is—"

He Changying gently poured a horizontal line out of the full glass of water in his hand on the table, and said coldly: "The whole line collapsed!" ”