The position of the 11th Division is important entirely because the 11th Division is in the middle of the Japanese army, that is, it is like a burden, in the east, there are three Japanese divisions, and to the west, there are 11 divisions of the Japanese army, which is launching an all-out attack on Siberia.

In the Far East Campaign, Liu Jun once said that it was to defeat the 11th Division, and then force it to pull westward, cut off the connection between the Japanese troops on the east and west, and eliminate them one by one.

Therefore, for the Far East Campaign, Liu Jun attaches great importance to it, and five days ago, Nie Shicheng's 23rd Corps, which had been ordered to be stationed in Dandong to prepare to enter Korea at any time, had set off overnight and went to Mohe, and the two cavalry corps trained in Outer Mongolia were also urgently mobilized, going to Mohe, under the command of Duan Qirui, and making every effort to intercept the **** of the Japanese army at that time. To put it simply, even if one corps is gone, it cannot make the Japanese army retreat one step and suppress him in Siberia to the death, so that he can consume the strength of the Tsarist Russian army, otherwise, in the future war with Tsarist Russia, what he will lose is not a single corps, or even several corps.

Putting down the telegram in his hand, Liu Jun glanced at Zhong Lin, who was standing beside him waiting for his order, and after thinking for a while, Liu Jun raised his head: "Send a telegram to Duan Qirui, after the Fifth Division is interspersed, the Sixth Division can launch an attack on the enemy's 145th Brigade, and the Fourth Army, which is located in the east, can also move westward, so that the 11th Division will give up resistance and retreat westward." ”

"Okay." After Zhong Lin quickly wrote the order on the document, he tore off the paper at once, walked out and handed it to the guard standing in front of the door, and motioned for him to quickly give the order.

After all this, Zhong Lin returned to Liu Jun again and sent a telegram again: "Head, Ding Ruchang is calling, the Second Army and a regiment of the Japanese army that has just been formed have arrived in Lishan to ask if they can launch an attack. ”

Of course he wanted to attack, Liu Jun, who had not yet put the tea to his mouth, put the teacup on the red table next to him and looked at Zhong Lin: "Attack." ”

The Japanese army wing in Reesan was an example of disobedience to his own friendliness, and he just wanted to take Reesan and let the Japanese see, and if he was disobedient, this was the end.

In the county town of Lishan, the scorching wind was whistling, and when it was received, it was as silent as death, except for a whirlwind that hung the leaves in the sky, and there was no sound around.

The people in the city, after learning that the Japanese army here refused to surrender, knew in their hearts that this Japanese army would definitely suffer from the crazy retaliation of the Liaodong Army, so as early as a few days ago, the people of Lishan had evacuated. Don't wait here to die.

The good thing is that the captain of the Lishan Wing is an officer who admires the spirit of bushido very much, and in his eyes, it is a shame for the soldiers to use the people as shields, so for the evacuation of the people, he also ordered the officers and soldiers defending the city to not block and let them leave.

At the same time as a puff of dust sounded in the distance, several black fast horses soon appeared on the head of the fifth wing, Jiro Sokata, who was inspecting the position on the city wall.

The 5th Wing, which was subordinate to the 2nd Division of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army. It was the main force of the First Army, and after being forced back to Seoul, Ono Serajiro ordered the Fifth Wing to be stationed in Yesan.

Soon after, the First Army, under the leadership of Ono Shojiro, wanted the Liaodong Army to surrender, but Munakata, who was loyal to the emperor, actually cut the signal soldiers who came to give the order in two on the spot, and vowed to fight the Liaodong Army to the end.

After getting the Fifth Wing to refuse to surrender, Ono Zhenjiro could only report the situation to Ding Ruchang and maintain it, and Ding Ruchang urgently ordered the Second Army to immediately cross Seoul and come to Yeesan to annihilate this stubborn enemy.

Seeing the cavalry in the distance, Zongfang quickly raised the telescope in his hand and looked at it, then handed the telescope to the staff officer on the side and walked down the city wall.

After a few steps under the city wall, Zong Fang waited for the scouts to get off their horses, and then stepped forward to take a look at the Japanese soldiers whose clothes were already soaked with sweat: "How is it?" What's going on. ”

"Report to the wing commander, a division of the Second Army of the Liaodong Army is moving to my position on the right, and the main force of the Liaodong Army and the strength of the first wing of the puppet army are rushing towards Lishan from the front."

Nodding slightly, Zongfang motioned for a few people to go down to rest, and then began to wander under the city wall alone.

Hey, with a sigh, Zongfang, who had been turning around more than a dozen times under the city wall, made his butt on a stone and began to look at the scorching sky in a daze.

Originally, I thought that the command of the Liaodong Army would send a small force to deal with him, but now, this is not the case at all, and the Liaodong Army actually sent a whole army of troops for itself.

All his men and horses add up to less than 2,000 people, but the other party has more than 20,000 people, and there are artillery that he doesn't have at all, this is not counting, he already knows that the Japanese army that surrendered to Liaodong has a wing of troops who have issued weapons in the north and joined the battle sequence of the Liaodong Army. And, right in the middle of this attack sequence.

He has some hatred in his heart, why is there such a shameless traitor in Japan, in his eyes, these people who serve Liaodong deserve to die.

There was another sound of horses' hooves, and Zongfang, who stood up from the stone, looked up and saw that it was the squadron leader of his second squadron.

Strange, they are not in the front-line position, how could they come here, Zong Fang was taken aback, and walked forward to know the situation.

"What's wrong? You're not in the position, so why did you come back? ”

As soon as the squadron leader saw that it was Zongfang, he immediately jumped off his horse and knelt in front of Zongfang with a thud and cried: "Captain, all the second squadron has defected and defected to the Liaodong Army. ”

Weng's voice, hearing the news, Zongfang felt that there were many bees buzzing in his ears, and countless stars appeared in his eyes.

"What the hell is going on?" Zong Fang, who reacted, grabbed the clothes of the second squadron leader and asked loudly.

In the midst of crying and crying, Zong Fang finally knew the general situation.

It turned out that the second squadron stationed in the front was still full of confidence, but just yesterday, the Liaodong Army, which was as dense as ants, was stationed less than two kilometers away from it like a flood, not to mention, and in a daze, nearly 20 field guns were placed at the position of the second squadron, which was only less than 100 meters wide. This move of the Liaodong Army suddenly frightened the confidence of the second squadron to decline, and at this time, coupled with the persuasion of the Japanese army who originally surrendered to the Liaodong Army, the second squadron laid down its arms and surrendered without the slightest hesitation.

Damn, Zongfang, who knew everything, clenched his fist and looked fiercely into the distance and spewed out anger.