After Zhong Lin introduced the situation in the whole venue, he fell into silence, and the Japanese troops of the two brigades, with the current strength of Lushun, could hold the Japanese attack, which made many people doubtful, and the commander from Shandong was even more drumming in his heart.

Seeing that no one spoke to the people sitting below, Liu Jun opened his mouth and said, "How should we deal with it, everyone is furious." ”

"Division, the soldiers will block, the water will be buried, we have heard your deeds since the time of the defense of Lushun, and we are here, this is treated by the people, that is, in Dengzhou, we do not have such treatment. You say, you should fight like this, we listen to you. It was Luo Dacheng, the commander of the cavalry regiment, who spoke.

"Yes, we all listen to you." The officers from Shandong all shouted in unison.

Liu Jun nodded. Standing up, with a wave of his black cloak, he walked to the side of the map, pointed to the place where the 11th Brigade was indicated with his command baton, and then said lightly: "Attack the 11th Brigade." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned, you know, now the Japanese army is attacking, we are defending, but listening to Liu Jun's meaning, this is to attack.

Seeing everyone's hesitation, Liu Jun smiled slightly: "I know the doubts in everyone's hearts, and I was also hesitant earlier about how to repel the Japanese army's attack."

According to intelligence, the two brigades of the Japanese army this time were divided into two routes, and then converged in Tuchengzi, and then attacked Lushun in the river. The two brigades were more than 20 kilometers apart. We must concentrate all our forces on attacking one place before the two armies converge, forcing them to retreat to Dalian, and concentrating all our military forces. Fight another Japanese army. Let the Japanese attack plan be aborted. ”

"Division, what if there is emergency support from the Japanese army on the other road, how should we deal with it?"

In fact, Liu Jun locked himself in his room today and was thinking about this problem.

After getting Zhong Lin's situation, Liu Jun was thinking about how to deal with it. How to find fighters and thwart the attack of the Japanese Second Army.

In the end, he found the distance from Dalian to Lushun Tuchengzi.

The 11th Brigade and the 12th Mixed Brigade divided into two routes, and then converged at Tuchengzi, which was the fighter. The question is who to attack first. How to hold back the rapid support of the Japanese army after the fight.

Also, who to hit first, who to hit later. Liu Jun has always been conflicted in his heart.

The 12th Brigade, he has never fought before, he doesn't know what the combat effectiveness is, the 11th Brigade, last time he had already fought in Tuchengzi, both sides still know the strength of the opponent. Liu Junke did not underestimate the 11th Brigade. If it weren't for the last fluke. I am afraid that Tuchengzi has long been taken by the 11th Brigade, and the troops will go straight to Lushun.

In the end, Liu Jun decided to use the cavalry regiment to drag the 12th Brigade while attacking the Japanese 11th Brigade first.

Of course, Liu Jun is not stupid enough to use the more than 1,000 people in the cavalry regiment to fight the 12th Brigade to the death, so what the hell is purely looking for death. Liu Jun wants to use the method of a great man in later generations, guerrilla warfare, that is, to drag you back the 12th Brigade, but you will not be able to move an inch.

Seeing the officer's question, Liu Jun said slightly: "Attack the Japanese army and drag the Japanese army." ”

Seeing that everyone was not speaking, Liu Jun Zhengse said, "Order." ”

There was a bang, and as soon as they heard the word command, everyone stood up and stood straight. ”

Ordered the cavalry regiment Luo Dacheng and the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Brigade Wu Haobu (Wu Datong's son) to drag the 12th mixed brigade of the Japanese army and prevent it from reinforcing it.

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments of the 2nd Brigade, the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Artillery Battalion, and the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Reserve Brigade attacked the 11th Mixed Brigade. forced it to retreat to Dalian.

The 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 1st Brigade defended Tuchengzi. The Lushun detachment of the navy, in cooperation with the battery, met the invading enemy at sea. ”

Wu Datong immediately prepared the required grain and grass, issued a notice, and mobilized the people to transport the grain and grass to the wounded.

All combat units must be prepared by 26 June.

The order is complete. Everyone began to disperse, Liu Jun left Luo Dacheng and Wu Hao alone, and spent nearly three hours to give Luo Dacheng and No. 5 a strategy, how to fight the Japanese army and casualties were not large.

After listening, the two of them, who originally had a bitter gourd face, now became an eggplant face, and they both said that the teacher was wise.

After all this, it was almost eleven o'clock, Wang Ruifang called hot water, and also wanted to rest for Liu Jun, who knows, Liu Jun grabbed the hat that was put aside again, and turned around to go out.

"Hey, your cloak. : Wu Xiaoyan fetched the cloak hanging next to Liu Jun. looked at Liu Jun and said, "Come back early." ”

Hehe, "Don't worry, it's okay, you rest early tonight, it's been a busy day, don't wait for me." ”

After putting on his cloak, Liu Jun came to the telegraph office with a few personal soldiers. 'The current telegraph office is always in contact with Tianjin.

Tianjin, Zhili Governor's Palace, Yang Shixiang has been waiting in the telegraph room, Li Hongzhang has an order, as soon as there is a telegram from Lushun, it will be delivered immediately, no matter how late.

Look up at the clock hanging on it. It's already half past eleven. At this time, there should be no telegram coming from Lushun. He was going to sleep for a while, but the telegraph machine in the telegraph room began to ring, and the telegraph staff hurriedly translated the telegram and handed it to Yang Shixiang, who was standing behind.

Yang Shixiang saw that it was Lushun's telegram, and hurriedly walked to Li Hongzhang's study in the back hall.

The light in the study was still on, and Yang Shixiang knew that Li Hongzhang had not rested, so he pushed open the door, walked to the desk and said to Li Hongzhang, who was correcting the documents: "Zhongtang, Lushun telegram." ”

As soon as he heard that it was Lushun's telegram, Li Hongzhang hurriedly took it and looked at it.

Liu Junshu, the commander of the Lushun garrison, said that the Japanese Second Army gathered the strength of the company and division to attack Lushun, and the general threw all the Lushun defenders and the third battalion of Dengzhou Mabu to meet the enemy. Wangzhongtang ordered Admiral Song to contain the Japanese army, and stationed the Qing army near Liaodong to move in the direction of Dalian

"What a trick to surround Wei and save Zhao." Li Hongzhang, who has been fighting for decades, can't see Liu Jun's thoughts. It can be seen that Liu Jun is going to encircle Wei to save Zhao. After reading the telegram, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but praise it, and his heart was even more determined to take Liu Jun under his command.

Yang Shixiang didn't understand why Li Hongzhang said this, but looking at Li Hongzhang's expression, it was not a bad thing. ”

Putting down the telegram, Li Hongzhang came to the map, looked at it for a while and said: "Telegram Song Qingbu, gather troops, counterattack Haicheng, at the Yingkou, draw out troops, move to Dalian, and the Xubang Daobu in the north immediately move to Dalian." ”

Li Hongzhang is an old fritter, he understands that if you want to win people's hearts, you have to be satisfied. So he followed Liu Jun's wishes and transferred troops everywhere.

A battle around Lushun, in the entire Liaodong, the Qing and Japanese sides fought into a pot of porridge.

After issuing the order, Li Hongzhang personally came to the telegraph room and instructed the telegraph personnel to send a telegram and ask Lushun what he was looking for. Soon after the telegram was sent, Lushun replied with two words, "lack of troops"

Li Hongzhang was dumbfounded when he saw two words, where is he going to transfer troops to Lushun now, even if there is, it will not be able to arrive in a day or two. However, in order to appease Lushun, Li Hongzhang still made him mad and was mobilizing.

In fact, this is not to blame Liu Jun, now the Qing army of less than 10,000 people in the entire Lushun is being watched by the Japanese Second Army. I still feel that there are not enough troops.

At one time, the clouds of war loomed over Lushun. Early the next morning, the people of the whole city learned the news that the Japanese army was going to attack Lushun.

Lushun was busy with green at one time, and the Qing army was ready to go. The officials who ran back and forth on the streets, and from time to time groups of Qing troops went out of the city, they all silently told the people of the city that the Japanese army was coming again.

Many people in Lushun spontaneously came to the barracks, put bags of grain on the car, and helped to load them, and the theater that was very lively a few days ago is now closed, and all the prostitutes are the same as last time, coming to the county office, ready to help rescue the Qing army who were injured after the war started.

Because the battlefield is too far away. The wounded were not easily transported down. Liu Jun decided to let all the doctors in the city, a few foreign doctors who had spent a lot of money to hire them, and the women and prostitutes who volunteered to participate in the ambulance work all go out of the city, and began to set up a temporary ambulance station one kilometer behind Tuchengzi.

Now these people who are about to leave are chattering in the front street. There was a smile on his face, and there was no sense that war was coming.

Seeing that the number of people had arrived, Wang Ruifang gave the order to set off, and the ambulance personnel walked in the direction of Tuchengzi under the protection of a platoon.

Wang Ruifang was also assigned a task by Liu Jun this time, and he was the head of this group of people, in Liu Jun's words, the dean.

Zhong Lin's reconnaissance detachment members have all been scattered today.

In the barracks, the training brigades have stopped training and have begun to return the troops. The field guns stored in the storeroom were also pushed out and began to be decentralized.

After a group of soldiers is assembled, they will go out of the city and wait for orders on the outskirts under the leadership of the commander.

By the afternoon of the entire training ground, except for one company that remained here, the rest of the Qing troops had already moved out of the city.

Many people in Lushun later recalled that on that day, almost every ten minutes, hundreds of Qing troops would come out of the barracks and line up in a neat queue. Then I went straight to the street and walked towards the west gate. I vaguely remember that there were many Qing soldiers on horseback who came out from behind, all carrying spears and sabers. Looking in the direction of the east gate, he rushed away.

In the afternoon, the Qing army, which was preparing to attack the 11th Brigade of the Japanese army, had already assembled.

Three regiments, more than 5,000 people, stood there in order, waiting for orders. Ten field guns and twenty unconscionable guns were neatly placed in front. Also waiting for the order to depart from above.