Chapter 189: Oshima's Means

On May 20, the Japanese ambassador to Korea, Keisuke Oshima, issued an order to the Korean government to let the Korean government perform government functions, ordering the Chinese Imperial troops stationed in Seoul to withdraw from Korea immediately!

And the Japanese government has given a deadline to reply by May 22!

The DPRK Government immediately issued a statement that the stationing of troops of the Huaxia Empire in Korea was a normal diplomatic act in accordance with the "Treaty of Strategic Alliance between Korea and the Huaxia Empire", and that the DPRK could not agree to Japan's unreasonable demands!

At the same time, Korea informed the rest of the world of the many unreasonable demands made by Japan during this period, but except for the Seven Stans around the Chinese Empire and the Grand Duchy of Israel, which supported Korea, the other European and American countries chose to remain silent!

This undoubtedly fueled Japan's arrogance, and at this time the Chinese Empire also issued a "Declaration of Justice" to all the countries with diplomatic relations with the world, and this statement was sent to the existing regimes around the world, so that the world knew what was happening in the Far East. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But at this time, Japan had no reason to speak of, the war machine was already full of clockwork, and once it began to operate, there was no way to stop it, Japan invested all its resources in the military, and also sent diplomats to Europe and the United States to borrow money.

In March of the first year of the Bright Future, Japan sent a veteran of the Meiji Restoration, Shigenobu Okui, to visit Europe and the United States to borrow money, order arms and military supplies, and especially to establish good relations with the United States.

The Nanjing government of the Chinese Empire immediately began to respond, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic and Trade Affairs, and the Ministry of Finance jointly began to issue special treasury bonds in Europe and the United States, which used the empire's finances and industries as collateral in kind, so the 500 million dragon yuan originally planned to be issued was quickly sold out in the empire's European Central Bank.

The Nanjing government sent Vice Premier Tang Rongjun to visit Europe and the United States, saying that the Chinese Empire was dealing with the real situation in this incident, and at this time, the response of the two countries on the surface, and China also paid a heavy price on the invisible battlefield.

The funds of the Chinese Imperial Security Bureau and the Central Intelligence Agency of the Chinese Empire doubled again, and Dai Li and Ge Pei, the director of the European CIA, directly asked the Ministry of the Interior for money, and the Guangming Emperor fully approved the funds of the two intelligence agencies.

On the morning of May 23, the first year of Guangming, Cho Bingyi, the foreign affairs director of the DPRK, received an ultimatum from Keisuke Oshima that if the DPRK is obsessed, unrepentant, and always follows China to make mistakes, Japan will survive for the sake of the Korean people and the prosperity of Asia. Only force can be used, and Japan will do whatever it takes to lead Asia to become rich, strong and prosperous!

Zhao Bingyi captured and sent this telegram to the embassies of the Chinese Empire and other countries, and then sent a reply to Keisuke Oshima without asking for instructions, and the content of the telegram was; "I've never seen such a brazen person,, roll the calf for Lao Tzu!"

Such a telegram was also transmitted to the whole world!

Just when Keisuke Oshima sent a telegram to Cho Byung-yi, Japan had already begun to act!

On May 23, the first year of Guangming, at six o'clock in the morning. At this time, North Korea has completely entered the summer, Seoul has a temperate maritime climate, and Seoul, located in the Han River Plain, is a land of abundant resources. Like the Chinese Empire, the Koreans were affectionate agrarians.

This year, the temperature in North Korea is lower than in previous years, and grain production in many places has been reduced, which is also an important reason for the outbreak of uprisings in many parts of North Korea. Originally, they were very kind farming people, but only when there was really no food and they couldn't live anymore would they risk killing their heads to rebel, in fact, just for a bite to eat.

At this time, most of the cities in the interior of North Korea had calmed down the fighting, the Korean protector **** had almost returned to order, and the Donglin Party had also stopped sabotage and resistance activities. But there was a crowd of uninvited guests along the southern coast of North Korea.

That is the Japanese, they are still in the process of assembling, and the Japanese army in several coastal cities cannot be sure how many there are, but there are at least 20,000 people, and it is still impossible to judge where the main Japanese forces have logged in.

The telegram from the DPRK was also received at the base camp in Japan, and Japan did not feel any shame when it saw such a rhetorical ridicule, and Japan at this time thought that the DPRK was stupid at this time and had missed the opportunity for the peaceful rise of Korea.

The base camp gave the order to attack all the troops on the front, and the full text of the telegram was eight words; "The empire rises and falls, fight here!"

At this time, the 1st Japanese guerrilla combined fleet in the Yellow Sea raised its flag, and the entire fleet pulled anchor!

In the combined fleet of Matsue Gang's first team, after a frequent whistle, pull the anchor!

The Japanese mixed brigade that stayed at Incheon Port, a total of 12,000 people, was assembled to start an attack on the 5th Division of the Silla Militia at Incheon Port, Jeon Bong Jung's troops, and Min Yongyu's Korean escort.

There was also a fierce confrontation at the royal palace in Seoul!

Since Keisuke Oshima was majestic in the Joseon Palace, Zuo Guigui strengthened the protection of the palace guards, Zhou Lemin's 3156 Regiment guarded around the palace, and the other three regiments were deployed in the six city defense offices and outlying strongholds in Seoul.

In this way, the advance and retreat of defense, mutual support and watch, and the cooperation of the new Korean army, unless all the Japanese troops can come to the city of Hangang, otherwise the city of Hangang is unbreakable.

But things have changed unexpectedly!

The Joseon royal palace is too shabby compared to the Chinese Empire, it can only look like an ordinary big family, the courtyard wall is not high, and there is nothing to defend at all, so Zhou Lemin's troops are only stationed on one side of the palace, and then three battalions begin to patrol and guard in rotation.

After leaving Oshima Keisuke, Kim Young-sub and Kim Dae-kyun were dismissed, but the Sixth Army of the Korean New Army, after changing its generals, also entered the palace to guard the palace and the defense of Seoul.

It was past six o'clock, and Zhou Lemin, who was in the camp thinking about what to send him at home, heard the sound of cannons and the sound of the wall collapsing. The next thing is the gunfire, is this a Japanese siege?

After a brief period of confusion, a soldier came to Zhou Lemin's side and said; "Tuanza! These Japan are so cunning! ”

Zhou Lemin scolded; "Don't ink! Speak! What's going on? ”

The battalion commander said; "Keisuke Oshima united the Korean spies inside and blew up the palace wall, except for the union, and now Keisuke Oshima led his guards of more than 400 people have rushed to the palace!"

Zhou Lemin was stupid when he heard it, he had been monitoring the movements of the Japanese, and Zhou Lemin also ordered, but whenever there is any abnormal movement, the front-line soldiers have the right to cut first and then play!

But Zhou Lemin has always prevented these guys from escaping, and now the six gates of Seoul are all soldiers of the Chinese Empire, Keisuke Oshima has only four hundred people around him, and the nearest Japanese army outside Seoul is also in Incheon, so they didn't pay attention to this point at all.

The situation is completely different now, at this time, a second lieutenant officer ran in front of Zhou Lemin and shouted; "Tuanza!, Tuanza! Check it out! ”

Zhou Lemin sent someone to inform Zuo Guigui of what happened here, and at the same time came to the gate of the palace!

He was stunned by what he saw!

On the gate of the North Korean royal palace, the body of Cho Byung-yi, the foreign affairs governor of the DPRK, was hung, and it could be seen that there were bullet holes in Cho Byung-yi's chest, the clothes on his body were all torn, and the strips of rags and the cloth masks on the Tang suit were scattered, swinging with the breeze!

At this time, there was another gunshot behind the gate of the Korean palace, and then several corpses were thrown out inside, all of which were directed at the Korean officials on the side of the Chinese Empire!

At this time, North Korean Prime Minister Park Jong-sang, who heard about the palace incident, also came to the gate of the palace. Zhao Bingyi, who looked at his colleagues and friends who had fought together in the past, was hung on the city gate, and his excited old tears were rampant, and he whimpered and moved his steps in the direction of the city gate.

At this time, Zhou Lemin immediately sent someone to stop him, and at this time, more and more family members came to the gate of the palace!

Many family members of officials, after seeing the corpses of their relatives, immediately couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed to the side of the corpse, helping the corpse and crying bitterly, and the cry resounded throughout Seoul!

At this time, the gate of the palace suddenly opened, and the sound of heavy machine guns suddenly became loud, and these people near the door had no chance to react and escape at all, and left this world with their own relatives.

At this time, Zhou Lemin couldn't bear it anymore, and he ordered the artillery battalion to prepare!

Raze this place to the ground!

At this time, the door opened again, and a palace maid without clothes was pushed out from inside, and the two hands of the palace maid did not know whether to cover the ****, or to cover her face, the people of this era were not so open, and all the people outside were once again stunned by the madness of the Japanese!

Zhou Lemin pointed to the canvas changed on the bullet box and said; "Put it on her right away!"

At this time, naturally, some soldiers tore off the canvas, leaking the weapons and ammunition underneath. But the soldiers did not dare to step forward to put on the woman, and then an old Korean woman stepped forward and took on the task.

This palace maid came to Zhou Lemin's face, and showed the words on her back to the North Korean Prime Minister Park Zongsheng, who was already in her soul at this time, and on the back of this palace maid was a decree issued by the king of North Korea written in Chinese characters, and stamped with the official seal of the king of Korea, and the back of the palace maid was "a piece of paper!" ”

This physical letter is very clearly written, asking the troops of the Chinese Empire to withdraw from Korea immediately, and the Korean and Chinese Empire to sever diplomatic relations, and now establish the most friendly diplomatic relations with Japan, promote the process of Japanese reform in Korea, and ask the Chinese Empire not to interfere.

Seeing such a will, Zhou Le pulled out his gun angrily, but at this time, the palace maid was already too frightened to do anything and collapsed to the ground completely. Zhou Lemin realized that this Keisuke Oshima is really a difficult guy.

At this time, Zuo Guigui arrived, and after seeing Zuo Guigui coming, Zhou Lemin thought about the situation and said it, and at this time, the situation of the Chinese Empire in Korea was passive!

As soon as Zuo Guigui came here, a communication soldier came to Zuo Guigui and entered; "Sit! At the east gate, there is a movement, where the new Korean army has opened the city gate, and now a large number of Korean people have begun to enter the city! ”

At this time, because of the war, as the capital of North Korea, there was undoubtedly no safer place than Seoul, so many North Korean people began to flock to Seoul. But at this time, especially the Japanese and Koreans look the same, and it is not clear at all, so Zuo Guigui closed the city gate to prevent the Koreans from entering the city.

But now that the Joseon Palace has just undergone a great change, there has been a change at the city gate, which has caught Zuo Guigui off guard, and the current situation is very unfavorable for the imperial army! Time is slipping away little by little, and now all the people are waiting for the next order of Zuo Precious Left!

Zuo Guigui looked up at the sun stopping overhead, although it was an extremely hot summer, Zuo Guigui still felt a little cold, and they thought that Japan's preoccupation would reach the point of madness.

At this time, another communications soldier came to Zuo Guigui, and he came to deliver the news to the General Staff!

In the first year of Guangming, May 23 at 10 a.m.! Japan unilaterally tore up the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the Chinese Empire and the Japanese Empire and had declared war on the Chinese Empire. That is, from this moment on, the Chinese Empire and Japan are no longer friendly countries, and the two countries are now hostile countries.

Now the government of Nanjing, the Imperial Yuan, the Ministry of the Interior, and the General Staff of the Chinese Empire unanimously passed a resolution to declare war on Japan. The General Staff ordered all the personnel of the Chinese Empire and the army, in an effective strategy and tactics, to carry out an effective counterattack against Japan!

At the same time, the Ministry of the Interior issued the Chinese Empire's Bright Emperor; "The Edict of Dingguo!"

"How difficult it is to prosper the country, and it will be reborn after a catastrophe!"

After reading the order of the General Staff, Zuo Guigui said to Zhou Lemin; "The palace of the Joseon Dynasty will be cut off from water, food, and electricity, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave, and those who violate the order! Summarily executed!

Then he spoke to North Korean Prime Minister Park Jong-sang; "Your Excellency, Prime Minister! Please summon all of you to my division headquarters for a meeting! ”

Now I can only listen to this division commander!

Then the door opened, and another man came out, again naked, but this time it was a man, obviously a eunuch, and this man went out and began to run this way, although there was no vicious dog behind him!

came to Park Zongsheng's side and said; "Your Excellency! Help us! Save the King! ”

Zuo Guigui gave Zhou Lemin a look, and Zhou Lemin immediately sent someone to put clothes on this person, and then snatched the letter in his hand and dragged the eunuch away!

Park Zongsheng's current IQ is obviously not enough, and he immediately gave it to Zuo Guigui, Zuo Guigui has no choice, and he can send people to a meeting with other officials in Seoul to discuss countermeasures. At the same time, the other gates of Seoul have also been opened by the new Korean army, and there are people who have entered the city, and there are also people who have taken the old and young out of the city, making a mess!

After coming to the headquarters, Zuo Guigui opened the letter, which was the condition of Keisuke Oshima, first asking for the immediate release of Kim Dae-kyun and Kim Young-sub, and let them maintain order in Seoul, North Korea, otherwise he would start killing people inside, starting with the hard-won prince of Lee Hee!

Seeing Keisuke Oshima's request, Park Zongsheng cried again, at this time his mistake, but it was useless to solve the problem, and at this time, the North Korean officials who came to the headquarters gradually increased!

Zuo Guigui now realized that the current Gao Zongsheng was no longer able to preside over the overall situation, so he spoke to the nobles, civil and military ministers of North Korea; "Now Japan has declared war on the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire has responded to the war!"

Something like this is happening now, and I apologize to you on behalf of the Huaxia Empire! It was I who failed to protect His Highness and put His Highness in danger!

Zuo Guigui stood up, and the generals and officials of the Huaxia Empire behind Zuo Guigui also stood up and bowed deeply to all the North Korean officials present!

At this time, some North Korean officials in the back began to hear the sound of crying!

At this time, Zuo Guigui slammed his Lu Wei sword on the table in front of him, and he shouted loudly; "What are you crying about!"

Suddenly the scene was quiet and coke down!

Zuo Guigui continued; "First, good news!

Imperial Field Marshal, Lord Yuan Shikai has already led the army into Pyongyang, so don't panic, the Chinese Empire will definitely achieve the final victory!

However, now that Japan has registered a total of four brigades along the coast, adding up to more than 40,000 troops, and now the Chinese army in Seoul does not live at 20,000, and the proportion is very different, so this time we must not fight hard, and we must do a good job of dealing with it completely!

Now I order, Seoul begins to implement the "Empty City Plan!" ”

At this time, Park Zongsheng seemed to be a little sober, and said; "Shangguan! Are you abandoning Seoul, North Korea? ”

Zuo Guigui took a deep breath and did not answer him directly, but saw it; "It's essential to be completely prepared!"

Park Zongsheng took the lead and knelt down at this time! While crying, he spoke; "My lord! Please don't give up on us! We have always been the head of the Chinese horse, respectful, and have never had any slack!

Save our king!

Save our prince! ”

The entire command was filled with the cries of these North Korean officials!

At this time, Zuo Guigui pulled out Lu Wei's sword, and the bright blade shone with cold light, shining in front of these officials in North Korea!

The crying is a little quieter!

Zuo Guigui said; "The empire will never let Korea die! The suffering suffered by Korea today will definitely be repaid by Japan tenfold and hundredfold, and the Chinese Empire must pay a price that Japan can hardly imagine this time.

But now, the Korean people must cooperate with the strategic needs of the Chinese Empire, and the people of Seoul must be evacuated, and at the same time, the people in other parts of Korea must also be evacuated north, and the Chinese Empire has made all kinds of reserves.

Retreat is the support of the Chinese Empire, and it is also the support for the restoration of Korea, but anyone who stays without permission is suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and the Chinese Imperial army will regard it as a rebellion against China and kill it!

Come! Send Prime Minister Park Jong-sang to Pyongyang!

And shoot Kim Dae-kyun and Kim Young-sub right away!

To correct the public, to prove the law of the country!

At this time a staff officer reported; "Sit! Just now, these two people disappeared! ”

As soon as Zuo Guigui heard it, he knew that Seoul was already very dangerous now, and it seemed that decisive measures must be implemented!

Zuo Guigui looked at these Korean nobles and civil and military ministers and said; "Three days, two roads, the first way to withdraw from the province of Silla Wang, where you are still an official of North Korea, to organize the government of North Korea. The second way is to stay here, or surrender to Japan and be a lackey!

The insightful people of the Tamsui Huaxia Empire and Korea will definitely break him to pieces, and the Huaxia Empire will also use all its strength to deal with these traitors before retreating!

Three days, only three days, immediately retreat for me, in Kaesong we made sufficient preparations, the new Korean army also retreated at the same time, and was responsible for the retreat order, anyone who violated the retreat order, all military law disposed of, this is not a joke!

Alright, hurry home and retreat immediately!

Master Park Zongsheng, you go now!

Park Zongsheng cried and was carried away by two soldiers!

That night, Seoul began to retreat, the streets were brightly lit, Zuo Guigui opened the various granaries in Seoul, began to release grain, these people received the grain and embarked on the fleeing journey again, on the road from Seoul to Kaesong were retreating Korean people and official troops.

At this time, the Joseon Palace has been surrounded for 12 hours, there is no light or sound inside, the entire Joseon Palace is like a dead city, just when Zhou Lemin was eating supper, another person was released inside!

This time an old lady came out, and he brought a message, which was very brief, but it was also beyond Zhou Lemin's cognition!

"His Royal Highness King Li Xi is not used to eating human flesh!"

When Zuo Guigui received the news, he only told the comer; "Got it!"

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At 13 p.m. on May 23, 1894, at the port of Incheon, Jeon Bong Jogon had already boarded the cargo ship Goseung, and the other three troop carriers full of his men had anchored. Under the watchful eye of the led fleet, they left the port of Incheon. They will be heading to the port of Nampo, Silla!

At this time, the second batch of troop carriers left, after the troop carriers left the port, a huge explosion sounded in the direction of the port, and the Japanese began to attack the army of the Donglin Party.

But it didn't take long for him to take care of himself, and then the North Korean warship "Cruiser Yang Wanchun!" "Japanese warships were spotted, and these warships slowly raised their sun flags when they approached the North Korean warships, apparently they had been waiting here for a long time!

Li Jiasheng, commander of the Korean fleet, immediately ordered the messenger to immediately send a report to Deng Shichang, commander of the Second Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy. Then he raised his binoculars and looked at the Japanese warships that kept appearing in his sight.

Three, four, five...... There are a total of eight warships, and there are a total of four warships in North Korea at this time, but the others are four troop carriers, and there is no resistance at all, so Li Jiasheng can give up all these people.

Anyway, their Fifth Division of the Silla Militia and Li Jiasheng are not the same system, the Silla Navy's newly replaced boiler has reached the best state in terms of speed, and now the Korean Navy fleet is sailing at full speed, and it can completely break away from the battlefield and join the Chinese Navy, and then come to the decisive battle with Japan until dawn!

But in that case, the soldiers on the four troop transport ships that Quan Feng Zhun was waiting for would definitely die. Li Jiasheng used the flag language to inform the troop carrier and made every effort to speed up the departure from the battlefield. Then he ordered the flagpole to raise the black flag of naval decisive battle!

The other three warships also saw the black flag of the flagship, which signaled that the final moment had come, and the troop carriers began to sound a long whistle, while black smoke rose from the troop carriers, and the troop carriers began to accelerate away from the North Korean fleet.

The Korean naval fleet was divided into two columns, and the four warships rushed towards the Japanese 1st Guerrilla Combined Fleet with a long whistle!

The flagship of the Japanese 1st Guerrilla Fleet was the cruiser "Yoshino", and the captain of the ship was Koichi Kagenmoto, who saw that the Korean fleet did not flee, but rushed towards the Japanese fleet, and spoke to his first mate; "They seem to have gotten a little braver!"

The first mate said; "The bravery of moths to the fire!"

Heyuan smiled a little, and then spoke; "Order the fleet to form an attack queue, and make sure to ensure that the entire fleet is secure!"

On May 23, the first year of Guangming, at about 15:55 in the afternoon, the Korean fleet and the Japanese fleet encountered near the port of Incheon, and the cruiser "Yi Sunsin", the flagship of the Korean fleet, was the first to open fire!

Then at 25:57, the cruiser "Yoshino", the flagship of the Japanese fleet, opened fire on the cruiser "Yi Sunsin", and a major battle officially broke out between the two sides in the northern part of the Yellow Sea!

In one confrontation, eight warships against four, and the North Korean warships did not have any advantage in artillery fire at all, the North Korea did not hit the Japanese ships in the first round of fire, but the North Korean battleships "Wang Jian" and "Yang Wanchun" were hit by several shells.

Moreover, after the first confrontation, the Japanese warships only had four battleships, the "Yoshino", "Chiyoda", "Yaeyama", and "Akagi", which turned back and confronted the Korean fleet, and the other four warships were obviously going to pursue the troop carriers!

Li Jiasheng ordered the use of heavy oil!

At this time, the first mate of the "Yi Sunsin" wanted to say something, but he shouted, "My lord! ”

Li Jiasheng did not look at him, but ordered the torpedo to be prepared, and the front main gun to be prepared!

The first mate sighed, then shouted into the microphone; "Use heavy oil!"

A few minutes later, billowing black smoke rose from the chimney of the cruiser "Yi Sunsin", but the speed of the cruiser "Yi Sunsin" immediately raised to a maximum of 27 knots! Then the other warships of the North Korean fleet also rose with black smoke and increased their speed, following behind the "Yi Sunsin".

At this time, Kawagen Yoichi on the Yoshino also discovered this, and he also ordered to increase the speed of the ship to the maximum, but it seemed that the speed of the Japanese warships increased very slowly, and looking at the Korean warships that were getting closer and closer, Kawagen Yoichi was actually a little nervous.

The North Korean fleet is going crazy at this time, they are making a last stand!

The two fleets approached, and the front main guns of the "Yoshino" opened fire first, but because the commander of the main guns of the "Yoshino" miscalculated the speed of the "Yi Sunsin", the calculation was slow! So the shells fell on the back of the "Yi Sunsin".

The Yi Sun-sin did not return fire immediately, because the front gun of the Yi Sun-sin had only one battery, so Yi Jiasheng had to wait for the best time, and at this time, the second forward gun of the "Yoshino" sounded again and hit the port side of the "Yi Sunsin".

At this time, the two ships approached, and Li Jiasheng ordered to open fire with all his might!

The 210-mm main gun in front of the "Yi Sunsin" and the four front-mounted torpedo launchers were all fired, and they all swam directly towards the "Yoshino"!