It turned out that Qin Chuan suddenly remembered that the Qing army in Pyongyang did not blindly wait for the Japanese army in Pyongyang, but had an unsuccessful initiative in the middle. It's just that Qin Chuan is not very clear about the reason for www.biquge.info unsuccessful pen.

According to the previous historical trajectory, the initiative was unsuccessful, but it does not mean that this time it was also unsuccessful, after all, this time there is his little butterfly. If the Japanese army can be defeated all the way first, maybe this Pyongyang will be able to hold for a few more days, at least even if the Qing army is defeated, Ye Zhichao will be a little less guilty.

Qin Chuan's understanding of Ye Zhichao has completely changed now, in Qin Chuan's view, although Ye Zhichao is not a genuine imperial examination background, his mind is undoubtedly clear, and his strategic vision is also very good. Therefore, Qin Chuan has long thought about how to help Ye Zhichao get out of the predicament of Pyongyang's defeat.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan didn't have the heart to have any dinner, so he greeted Lopet and Wu Bingwen, and hurried back to the station with Xu Tong's row.

At the gate of Ye Zhichao's line, I saw many soldiers wearing uniforms staying in the alley, and groups of three were chatting boringly. It can be seen from the logo on the livery that Zuo Guigui, Wei Rugui, Jiang Zikang, and Fengshenga have all arrived.

Although Qin Chuan is also an official position of Sanpin now, he is neither in the Beiyang sequence, nor is he a person assigned by Li Hongzhang to Pyongyang, to be exact, he is a soy sauce player, and no one has informed him to participate in the highest military meeting of the Qing army in Pyongyang, which is normal.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Qin Chuan immediately instructed Xu Tong to send someone to buy meat and liquor on the street as soon as possible.

More than 10,000 Qing troops were stationed in Pyongyang, which caused prices in Pyongyang to skyrocket, but as long as you have money, you can still buy everything you want in Pyongyang. Qin Chuan has been fighting the Japanese army in Seoul for more than a month, and has fought more than a dozen battles, killing hundreds of Japanese soldiers. Although the Japanese soldiers were poor one by one, they still had some money on them, and the captured yen was also 10,000 or 20,000. Especially the local tyrant who beat a relative of Dayuanjun, he got more than 100,000 taels of silver in his house, and the gold jewelry was also worth tens of thousands, and now Xu Tong's pocket is bulging, and the expenses during this period of time are all paid from this money.

After explaining to Xu Tong, Qin Chuan was in a hurry to go back indoors and wash up, so he sat quietly in the living room and waited for news. These days, although he doesn't go to Ye Zhichao every day, Ye Zhichao will send Wang Shizhen to him every day to report the situation.

It's just that I don't know why today, the more anxious Qin Chuan is, the more he doesn't see the shadow of my real, and after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Wang Shizhen coming, but the people sent out by Xu Tong came back, carrying dozens of chickens and ducks, and also used a cart to pull 2,000 catties of beef and three slaughtered pigs, and two carts of liquor also brought two carts. According to Qin Chuan's instructions, all the chickens and ducks were cooked for tonight's meal, and the beef and pork were all made into sauce meat. In addition, you should also prepare a lot of steamed buns. Also, it's okay to drink tonight, as long as you don't get drunk.

Until more than eight o'clock in the evening, Qin Chuan didn't have the heart to drink, but after a hurried meal, he heard the commotion outside, Qin Chuan called Xu Tong, and knew that the few Qing army commanders had left. Qin Chuan was thinking about whether he would take the initiative to go to Ye Zhichao to inquire about the news, and Wang Shizhen had already hurried to him.

Wang Shizhen was sent by Ye Zhichao to report the situation to Qin Chuan, and without waiting for Qin Chuan to ask, Wang Shizhen was in a hurry to inform Qin Chuan of the matter of Ye Zhichao's convening of the meeting.

It turned out that the imperial court repeatedly urged Li Hongzhang to command the Qing army to go south to attack the Japanese army, but it was only under Ye Zhichao's resolute opposition and the secret support of Li Hongzhang, who knew the strength of the Qing army, that the matter was delayed again and again. It's just that at noon today, there was not only Li Hongzhang's telegram, but even Guangxu's direct telegram to send a decree, sternly urging Ye Zhichao's troops to go south. Thinking that Li Hongzhang was also urging him to be in a hurry, Li Hongzhang also asked Ye Zhichao in the telegram to attack decisively and attack the enemy all the way on the premise of protecting the back road. Ye Zhichao was helpless and hesitated for a long time, so he hurriedly convened this meeting.

At the meeting, Ye Zhichao believed that "the Japanese army has taken advantage of the victory to the point that it is sharp, our army's ammunition is uneven, and the terrain is not familiar, so it is better for the whole team to temporarily retreat to Aizhou, recuperate and recuperate, in order to move forward." ”

At that time, although Ma Yukun, Jiang Zikang, Feng Sheng'a and other cadres did not speak out, they agreed with Ye Zhichao's point of view based on their demeanor. Wei Rugui didn't say anything, it seemed dispensable. It's just that Sheng Xinghuai, the general office of the Sheng Army Camp Office, was very disapproving, and insisted on supporting going out of the city to meet the Japanese army.

Sheng Xinghuai is also Sheng Xuanhuai's younger brother, and now he is the general manager of the camp office in Wei Rugui's Sheng Army. Sheng Xinghuai and his brother Sheng Xuanhuai are very different, Sheng Xinghuai is only in his early twenties, young and vigorous, he has long encouraged Wei Rugui to go out of the city to attack the enemy, but they were all stopped by Wei Rugui, and even reprimanded Sheng Xinghuai several times. At this moment, there was a telegram from Guangxu and Li Hongzhang, where was Sheng Xinghuai willing to let go of such an opportunity, and at the meeting, he spoke in a big dialect and resolutely demanded to obey Guangxu's will.

Although Sheng Xinghuai tried his best to instigate the attack, after all, he had to care about his identity, and he didn't dare to go too far in his words.

It's just that Zuo Precious is different, according to Wang Shizhen, Zuo Precious took the case at that time, made a generous statement, and was angry.

Zuo Guigui scolded angrily, "The enemy is hanging for a long time, and it is appropriate to strike a surprise blow。。。。。。 If you retreat without a fight, how can you repay the country to North Korea? The husband has made meritorious contributions to the construction of the industry, in one fell swoop! To success or failure, blunt, do not panic. ”

Zuo Guigui's meaning, the first half of Qin Chuan listened to Shang Ke, but the last few words Qin Chuan listened with a little disdain.

Zuo Guigui still has the intention of making contributions, but success or failure is not his business.

Judging from this point alone, Zuo Guigui is not as good as Ye Zhichao.

As soon as Zuo Guigui and Sheng Xinghuai made a generous statement, everyone else was afraid of being charged with disobedience, and they didn't have a good idea to say anything. Ye Zhichao was also very helpless, and finally decided that all the armies in Pyongyang should draw out eight men and horses from their respective units and form a company and battalion to go south to Huangzhou, where they will meet the Japanese army. Because according to the information obtained from the survey, the Japanese army has thousands of people, and the forward has approached Huangzhou.

According to Qin Chuan's memory, this time the Japanese army invaded the north in four ways, and the Huangzhou road should be the 9th mixed brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese army, Oshima, and it is also a road with relatively strong troops.

It stands to reason that if the Qing army really wants to take the initiative to attack, it should choose the weakest road of the Japanese army to fight, and eat this road in one fell swoop, so as to disrupt the steps of the Japanese army to attack Pyongyang. The Qing army, which could have more than 7,000 people, attacked the 9th Mixed Brigade of 4 or 5,000 people in the field, and at most defeated it. According to the current quality of the Qing army, even if such a campaign goal is achieved, it will be extremely difficult.

However, it is no wonder that Ye Zhichao, at this time, the range of the Qing army's sentinels was generally close, at most fifty or sixty miles, and so far there has been no news of several other Japanese troops, and they don't even know that the Japanese army is coming to besiege Pyongyang in four ways. And Qin Chuan had no way to tell Ye Zhichao about the four-way siege of the Japanese army, and he might not believe Ye Zhichao and those generals who commanded the army.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan still decided to go out with him to have a look, and if there was a problem, he would be able to adapt to the situation.

"Pingqing, you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Seeing Wang Shizhen smiling bitterly, Qin Chuan shook his head and said to Xu Tong: "Hurry up and arrange a meal for Hireqing." Then arrange it, those sauced meat and steamed buns must be done tonight, and I will go to President Ye. ”