In Ono Zhenjiro's heart, he was the first to raise his hand and agree to surrender to the Liaodong Army, after all, this is not people's food, but although he is the commander of the First Army, he ordered two division commanders, four brigade commanders and a wing commander, what these people think, he is not clear, so today, a meeting is held to discuss, whether to fight or surrender. Let's make a democratic decision.

Now, the defense of the First Army is on the outskirts of Seoul, so it doesn't take much time to gather these people now, and half an hour later, the senior generals of the First Army who received the order all came to the war room of the headquarters.

Depressed, everyone who came in was full of a kind of confusion and loss on their faces, and the original kind of self-confidence was now indistinguishable on the faces of these people. Some are only sorrows and pains.

"The commander has arrived." An adjutant walked in and said confidently.

There was a click, and the people sitting on either side stood up at once. I looked at the same as if I had lost my soul and walked in.

As soon as Ono Serajiro came in, he felt that the atmosphere was not as good as usual for meetings, and after walking to the position and sitting down, he looked at the people on both sides, and raised his hand to signal everyone to sit down, and Ono Serajiro took out the telegram from his sleeve.

"I think you already know that today, Pyongyang's Liaodong First Corps, the North Korean Corps, and a division of the North Korean Army, with 70,000 troops, are advancing towards our Seoul in three directions, and as you know, our First Army has only 20,000 men, and there is a shortage of ammunition.

To talk about peace is to surrender, but Ono Serajiro is a cultural person, this is so euphemistic to say surrender, it is indeed embarrassing for him, seeing that everyone does not speak, Ono Serajiro said again: "I have asked the base camp, as the chief of staff said, the base camp has abandoned us, let us decide for ourselves, you all talk about it, what should we do." ”

A cultural person is a cultural person, and Ono Zhenjiro put all the responsibility on the chief of staff in a few words. Therefore, now he will not bear any consequences.

What else can be done, the people below are all mixed characters in the army, everyone knows that resisting the Liaodong Army, that is, there is only one end, death, and if you want to live, there is only one thing, surrender.

Although these people talk about bushido every day, it is a huge difficulty to see others die, to the point that they are really dead, and to know the date of death.

"It's all up to Your Excellency the Commander." No one is a pig's head, this sentence is the best excuse, and Ono Sagejiro has to continue, after all, he is a military commander.

Forget it, it seems that this meeting is in vain, sighing, Ono Sagejiro walked out of the conference room depressedly and ordered the meeting to be adjourned.

Back in his room, Ono thought about it, and finally decided that surrendering was much more cost-effective, after all, this would not only allow more than 20,000 people in the First Army to live, but more importantly, he could also live.

"Chief of Staff, you go and investigate the dynamics of the people below, and see if anyone really wants to fight with Liaodong."

When the staff officer on the side heard this, he immediately stepped forward and asked cautiously, "What does the commander mean?" ”

"Kill." A cold word, since he wants to surrender, then give Liaodong a good impression, and nothing can go wrong. ”

Maybe the First Army has fallen into a desperate situation, the chief of staff secretly investigated, and there was actually no one willing to fight with the Liaodong Army armed to the teeth, since this is the case, Ono Zhenjiro who got the news suddenly put his mind at ease and began to send personnel to Pyongyang, find Ding Ruchang, and negotiate surrender.

In Pyongyang City, since the army moved south, Ding Ruchang has been sitting in the headquarters, staring at the map and drawing it on a huge map of North Korea after sending information from various departments.

Judging from the current situation, the three-way army is advancing in unison, and now, it is less than 20 kilometers away from the outskirts of Seoul, that is, if it is good, there will be more than ten hours at most, and its own troops will be able to engage fire with the forward positions of the Japanese army.

"Commander, urgent information from the First Army." The chief of staff quickly walked in and handed a telegram in his hand to Ding Ruchang.

What does this mean, looking at the content of the telegram above, Ding Ruchang looked at the chief of staff standing beside him with a puzzled expression.

"According to intelligence, the Japanese First Army sent personnel and wanted to negotiate with us." The chief of staff said after taking a step forward.

With this good thing, Ding Ruchang stood up all of a sudden, picked up the telegram and read it for a while, thought for a while, and then walked to Li Hongzhang's office next to him.

"Nave. You see, the First Army sent a telegram that the First Japanese Army sent a chief of staff and twelve people who wanted to negotiate with us. ”

What was expected, Li Hongzhang did not feel doubtful, he understood the personality of the Japanese, if he met a strong person, then he would be soft, but when he met a weak person, he would like to leave no bones to eat.

Li Hongzhang, who picked up the telegram and looked at it, looked up and thought for a while and said, "Let them come, and in addition, report to Lushun and ask if the attack is postponed." ”

"Understood." Ding Ruchang nodded, turned around and walked out, arranging for people to prepare for negotiations, and at the same time, he also asked the telegraph bureau to send an urgent message to Lushun.

In the headquarters, since yesterday, the entire huge military network in Liaodong has begun to operate, and the intelligence department has handed over the intelligence of various departments to the General Staff, and after the General Staff has made suggestions and analysis, it will report the situation to the boss of Liaodong, Liu Jun. Therefore, Liu Jun has now become the busiest and most idle person in Liaodong.

Liu Jun will not approve a lot of information, but asks the staff to directly send the analysis to the front line for reference, but it does not mean that it must be implemented, and he himself only grasps the big trend and never cares about the details.

"Head, North Korean emergency intelligence." Zhong Lin, who had a black umbrella, walked in, put the umbrella aside, and when he came in, he handed Liu Jun a telegram in his hand and said, "Ding Ruchang called and asked if he could temporarily stop the attack on Seoul. ”

Stop the assault on Seoul, why? Liu Jun looked puzzled, but he knew that Ding Ruchang had always been very cautious, and there must be some reason for being able to say this suggestion, so for the first time, he picked up the telegram sent by Zhong Lin from the table and read it.

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