"Lin Taro, arrange for a few soldiers who know how to swim to the other side to see who they are?"

Tatsumi Naowen ordered to his lieutenant. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Hey!"

Lin Taro looked at the dark river with the stars reflected, and felt his heart and liver tremble.

This section of the river is not only wide, with reeds and swamps on both sides, but the temperature is now close to freezing, and the soldiers swim to the opposite bank in the dark.

"Since it is nine deaths and one life, then send ten warriors who know how to swim over to reconnoitre."

Lin Taro Shaozo immediately made a decision.

That night, 10 soldiers of the 10th Brigade of the Japanese Army flowed into the Yalu River in the dark.

Seven of them were frozen to death in the river and washed into the sea with the current.

Another finally swam to the opposite bank and fell into the swamp, while the other Japanese soldier who accompanied him went to rescue him, but he also fell into it, and they were completely swallowed up by the swamp.

The last one finally swam to the other side, and in the dark night he managed to climb up to the embankment, but he never got up again.

At this point, the reconnaissance detachment of the 10th Brigade of the Japanese Army was completely annihilated.

On the right side of the Yalu River, the reinforcement army went south.

Shen Zhaoao drove his horse forward, looked at the Japanese army on the other side with complicated eyes and said: "It is the Japanese army's troops, judging from the number of torches, it may be the military strength of a brigade and regiment; It should be the vanguard that Liu Mingyang observed on Yizhou Avenue. ”

", I really want to cross the river from the upstream, my cavalry battalion will be renamed 'Armed Transport Brigade' after I see it; Dongxian Ridge, Shun'an Station, and Zhisongyuan were not present in two of the three battles; the only one who was present was that he stood at the intersection like a fool and fired a salvo, killing five Japanese soldiers!"

At this time, Duan Xiongbo, the staff officer of the cavalry battalion and Li Zhenhua, the commander of the third infantry battalion, who were pressing the formation in the back, rushed up from behind.

"Old Duan, are you wronged? We came to Shahezi with one company in the third company, but my old relatives and I came over, and let Li Bohu's guy pick up the cheap. ”

Although Li Zhenhua said it with a smile, his words were full of grievances.

He was the 'old man' who had spoken to the regiment commander at the Jinhai Inn that night, but now he was 'dispatched' to the edge of Shahezi City, but it was Li Bohu, who had been driven away by the Korean reinforcements, who stayed on the northern front.

"Hehe, I'll tell you the truth, it's not necessarily right, don't be surprised if it's wrong; If the Japanese army really crossed the river from the mouth of the Anping River, and then forced Hushan in the south, Li Bohu would be more suitable to command and block the attack than Zhenhua, you and me; We are too civilized, and we are decent in war; Li Bohu, this kid, is like a mad tiger as soon as he enters the battlefield, and he also has a unique magic power in him, which can make the bastards under him go crazy with him; ”

Qi Youwei, a staff officer of the Third Infantry Battalion, as the original partner of Li Bohu, obviously knows his sentry commander better:

"Li Bohu of Dagu Fort, Qu Decheng of the Sheng Army, ——, of the Yi Army, Cao Kun of the original Yi Army, Wang Shizhen under the former Ye Zhichao of the Luyu Defense Army, Feng Guozhang under Nie Shicheng, Duan Qirui of Weihaiwei,—— these people are all famous and surnamed in our Beiyang Young Generation Army."

"Why don't you understand? The defense and counterattack of Hushan were all completed in the mountains and forests and river beaches, and this kind of terrain could not give full play to his rapid assault ability; When encountering steep slopes and soft water and beaches, military horses will become a burden; ”

Lieutenant Colonel Shen Zhaoao, chief of staff of the regiment, taught these complaining subordinates a lesson: "The main battlefield of the cavalry is the Jinzhou front line in the near future, and there will be an opportunity for your blood station at that time; The regiment commander has already said that he is only going to fight one battle on the defense line of the Yalu River, and then he will go to southern Liaoning, where is the main battlefield for our reinforcement of the Korean army. ”

After teaching Mao Chao and Duan Xiongbo a lesson, Shen Zhaoao began to teach Li Zhenhua and Qi Youwei a lesson again: "You didn't listen to the regiment commander's orders clearly, these Sheng troops have no fighting spirit now, and they may collapse at any time!" Otherwise, this elite army, Song Qing could drive them far away to the sea? If there is really such an anomaly, your task is to hold the city of Anzhou (Shahezi), otherwise the main force of the reinforcement army will have to go around in a big circle to southern Liaoning; Now, do you know that you don't have a heavy burden on your shoulders? ”

"Chief of Staff, we promise to complete the task and never let Shahezi fall into the hands of the Japanese army!"

Li Zhenhua and Qi Youwei's expressions became extremely serious, and they expressed their determination loudly.

The night of October 16, 1894 was destined to be a sleepless night for the Qing troops on the right bank of the Yalu River.

The 10th Brigade of Shangwen immediately saw that he was carrying torches on the left side of the Yalu River and went all the way up the river.

More than 7,000 infantry troops, as well as nearly 1,000 Korean coolies captured along the way, a large number of military supplies pulled by wagons, and artillery.

On the left bank of the Yalu River, a ten-mile-long fire dragon was discharged.

shocked the Sheng army, the Feng army, and the Renzi army who were resting on the river bank along the way.

Before the team arrived in Yizhou, this fire dragon was seen by the Qing troops of Jiulian City, Hushan, and Yushugou on the right bank of the Zhuanghe River, and they all climbed to a high place and looked into the distance.

The Japanese army is finally here!

Chunni and Lao Suzi, Stick, and the men and women in the stockade stood on the top of the peak and looked at the long fire dragon on the other side of the river at the foot of the mountain, in the direction of Yiju City.

In the midst of all the speculations that everyone was talking about, Chunni and Old Beard quietly glanced at each other, and both of them saw the joy in each other's eyes.

It's been seven years.

They had waited too long for this day.

Now it's finally here!

"Junmen, these widows are anxious, one by one as if they are in a hurry to die and reincarnate; Haha-"

Seeing that Song Qing's face was not very good, Song Desheng deliberately said loudly, and laughed out loud with great happiness.

Song Qing glanced deeply at the fire dragon in the distance, and handed the pocket watch in his pocket to Goshha beside him: "What time is it?" ”

"Junmen, it's a moment." ——(23:15)

"Let's all disperse, watching the battle of the Japanese go into the city of Yiju tonight, and they won't be able to get to the ground until the ugly hour (1 o'clock in the morning); On this cold day, could it be that everyone is just looking at them stupidly? Sleep well, nourish enough spirits, and beat up the Japanese soldiers. ”

"Wow!"

Hearing Admiral Song's order, all the generals of the Yi Army roared in unison and shouted: "All sleep, sleep; The military gate commanded, and raised enough spirit to beat the Japanese soldiers! ”

"Raise enough mental strength to beat the Japanese soldiers!"

Suddenly, all the Yi soldiers roared in unison.

At the foot of Tiger Mountain, on the banks of the Yalu River.

Nie Shicheng stood on the top of a small hill, looking at the fire dragon under the river, his expression was extremely serious.

"Junmen, this team of would-be soldiers dares to march in the dark at night in such a swaggering night in a completely unfamiliar environment, knowing that we have tens of thousands of elite soldiers on the banks of the Yalu River, and they are really not ordinary!"

Tan Qingyuan, the registered commander of the Luyu Defense Army and the deputy general, stood beside Nie Shicheng and said in a low voice: "Aren't they afraid that our 30,000 troops will go to cover the circle and swallow them alive?" ”

"It's not that they're bold, it's that they're confident that we're too timid to do this."

Nie Shicheng smiled bitterly: "And they just guessed right!" ”

"Junmen, the most suitable crossing point for the first line of Jiulian City is not the Yushugou at the mouth of Hushan and the Danghe River, but the section of the river facing Yizhou in the area of Jiulian City; The military appearance and military discipline of these Sheng Jun were also seen by the military gate, did the military gate communicate with the Song assistant in private? ”

Feng Guozhang, Nie Shicheng's military staff, reminded Nie Shicheng with a worried face.