Qin Chuan was very sorry that Nie Shicheng did not leave Feng Guozhang and Li Chun behind. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qin Chuan believed that as long as he could keep these two people by his side for a while, he would have the opportunity to finally subdue these two famous figures in the future for his own use.

After sending Nie Shicheng away, Qin Chuan intentionally or unintentionally asked Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin about the situation of Feng Guozhang and Li Chun, and only then did he know that Nie Shicheng valued Feng Guozhang very much and had appointed Feng Guozhang as the general office of the Wuyi Army Ordnance Bureau. Although the general office of the Wu Yi Army Ordnance Bureau was appointed by Nie Shicheng and was not an official appointed by the imperial court, Feng Guozhang already had a certain status in the Wu Yi Army after all, as long as he had a little meritorious service, he would be promoted to a formal official position in the future, which was just around the corner.

As for Li Chun's situation, it also made Qin Chuan very discouraged.

Because, from Yu Guangxi's mouth, he knew that Tan Qingyuan, the battalion officer and registered general soldier in the Wuyi Army, was Li Chun's brother-in-law, and with this relationship, Li Chun would naturally not throw himself under Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan, who was a little excited, chatted with Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Xindelin for a while, and Yu Guangxin took the initiative to withdraw and told Qin Chuan to rest.

After the three of them went out, Qin Chuan's two guards hurriedly came in and laid out Qin Chuan's marching bedding on the carved wooden bed that was empty inside.

Qin Chuan also felt a little tired, called Xu Tong, ordered to line up the sentry, let the other soldiers rest well, then went into the inner room by himself, untied the belt around his waist, put the saber on the side of the bed, and put the revolver in the holster under the pillow, and then lay down on the bed with his clothes.

was promoted to commander, which made Qin Chuan very happy, he didn't care about this third-grade official position, but he finally had an official identity, and he would have a greater say on the battlefield in Liaodong in the future, and he could better grasp the behavior of the salt regiment.

It's just that this commander's third-grade official position came late, and if he came half a year earlier, he might also bring in Feng Guozhang.

As for the title of Zhiyong Baturu, Qin Chuan was not interested in it at all, and even slightly disgusted him.

This is because Baturu is a Manchu language, which means hero and warrior.

To tell the truth, Qin Chuan was very resistant to the Manchu Qing Dynasty entering the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty, after all, it was a foreign invasion, which was unacceptable for any Han Chinese. For the increasingly decaying and declining Manchu court at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Qin Chuan hated it even more. Although he did not reject the Manchus, he still felt very awkward about the title of this Manchu language.

Regarding the promotion and obtaining the brave name, although Qin Chuan thought about it for a while and put it down, he couldn't sleep for a while, and his mind was full of things about the Korean war.

Regarding the First Sino-Japanese War, the original history Qin Chuan only knew a rough idea, and Qin Chuan did not know the details of the war process. Moreover, the channels he obtained for Jiawu's cognition came from the scattered mainstream historical materials he had read before the crossing.

For example, in the mainstream historical materials or textbooks of later generations, the most talked about is that the reason why the Beiyang Naval Division failed was because the Beiyang coach Li Hongzhang did not actively prepare for the war before the war, and blindly expected the foreigners to uphold justice and adjust the peace; The war started and the command was wrong, and the two factions of the imperial court were in conflict, and they could not make up their minds for a long time.

For another example, there is also the defeat of the Beiyang Naval Division in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and the final annihilation of the Weihai army, which is the result of Li Hongzhang's erroneous advocacy of defending ships and controlling the enemy. Of course, there is also Cixi's embezzlement of naval military funds by building the Summer Palace, so that the Beiyang Naval Division has no money to purchase warships for several years, and so on.

For these accusations, Qin Chuan believes that they are not entirely true. At least Li Hongzhang is unwilling to start a war in vain, so it is not all Li Hongzhang's fault.

The reason why Li Hongzhang vigorously advocated peace negotiations before the war was that the literati of the DPRK and China were accused of fearing the enemy and avoiding war by the literati who could only talk clearly, and blamed Beiyang for spending countless amounts of money, but did not dare to fight angrily. This really wronged Li Hongzhang, who was well aware of the reason why the Beiyang Naval Division was defeated by the Japanese Navy and that once a war broke out, the consequences would be unbearable.

As for the First Sino-Japanese Land War, the mainstream historical materials of later generations are all words, that is, among the Beiyang generals, except for Nie Shicheng and Zuo Guigui, the other generals were incompetent people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, timid as a mouse, and afraid of the enemy like a tiger, which led to the defeat and defeat of the First Sino-Japanese Land War until the war burned across the Yalu River and Liaodong was eroded. The soldiers of the Qing army were all brave and good at fighting. In a word, a soldier is a good soldier and will be a bear. The defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War was all caused by the incompetence of the generals in Beiyang who were afraid of death.

Due to the false accusations against Li Hongzhang, Qin Chuan now has doubts about the views of the mainstream historical materials of later generations on the First Sino-Japanese Land War.

Qin Chuan believes that it is absolutely difficult for people to agree with just putting the responsibility for the defeat on the generals of Beiyang. In his opinion, I don't know if it was deliberately ignored by the mainstream historical materials of later generations or for some other reason, at least they didn't see the deep-seated reasons for the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War.

For example, the issue of the Sino-Japanese military system, the quality of officers and men, the issue of the combat awareness of the troops, and the issue of the state's investment in and recognition of the modern army, and so on.

Take the quality of soldiers as an example, Qin Chuan had already observed when he was in Seoul that although the Japanese soldiers were shorter, they could be compared with the soldiers of the Qing army.

It's not that all the people are weak, but the Qing army recruits soldiers, as long as they look at their health, they don't care about other matters such as height and weight. Moreover, there is no retirement time in the army, so that the Qing army is full of old and decrepit, not to mention the big smokers who smoke opium.

In later generations, many materials talked about the First Sino-Japanese War, and they clearly sorted out how the Qing army's weapons and equipment were stronger than the Japanese army, but they never mentioned that the Qing army only focused on weapons and equipment, but extremely neglected the training of troops. Thinking that as long as there are advanced weapons, they can defeat the side with backward equipment. So much so that the recruits learned to put their guns and were considered qualified soldiers.

Although Qin Chuan only knew about the defeat of the Qing army in Pyongyang in the first battle before the crossing, he did not know the specific situation, and even how the two sides fought in Liaodong, and how the battle went through, and the order of the battle process was not clear at all.

However, Qin Chuan now at least has a lot of questions about the battle of Pyongyang in front of him.

Later mainstream historical materials said that the battle of Pyongyang was similar to that of the Japanese and the Qing army in the city to reserve food and ammunition for a month, Ye Zhichao should have defended Pyongyang, but in Pyongyang only fought with the Japanese army for one day before abandoning the city and fleeing, running 500 miles to retreat across the Yalu River. And it was precisely because of Ye Zhichao's cowardice and cowardice that the Qing army suffered heavy losses, and the accusation of handing over Pyongyang to the Japanese army made Qin Chuan feel unfair.

Qin Chuan thinks that even if Ye Zhichao sticks to Pyongyang for a month, what should he do?

As a result, it is likely that Pyongyang will be surrounded by heavy Japanese troops.

If Li Hongzhang gathers all the capable troops of Beiyang to go to the rescue of Korea, the Japanese army will certainly increase its troops on a large scale, and several divisions of the Japanese army that landed in Lushun and Shandong in the future are likely to arrive in Pyongyang, and may even take advantage of the great naval victory to land near the Yalu River and gather all the elite of Beiyang in Korea. If this is the worst outcome, then the Japanese army will be in a no-man's land outside the pass, and the Manchus will be in a dilemma of being unable to resist the Japanese attack, and the Japanese army will really be able to enter the Shanhaiguan Pass and join the army outside the capital.

So, what can you do if you stay in Pyongyang? Also, if the battle of Pyongyang is still lost as in the original history, and he leads the salt regiment out of the pass to Liaodong, how should he fight?

After thinking about it for a while, Qin Chuan finally fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, Qin Chuan was awakened by the sound of talking outside the main room.

Qin Chuan turned over and looked at the watch on his wrist, it was already seven o'clock in the evening, because it was already dark outside, and the room was dark, but the smell of pork was faintly wafting into his nose. Qin Chuan knew that this should be the two battalion officers of Lopet and Wu Bingwen who brought food and horse feed while they were asleep. At this moment, because he didn't wake up, I'm afraid Xu Tong hasn't arranged to have dinner yet.

Qin Chuan quickly put on the shiny riding boots that had been wiped by the guards, hung up the saber, inserted the pistol, picked up the big-brimmed hat on the dresser and put it on, put his face close to the mirror of the dresser and looked at it carefully, and then turned around and walked out of the bedroom.

The living room outside had already been lit with bright lights, and looking out from the half-open door, one of his guards was standing outside the door on duty, Xu Tong, Yu Guangxi, Li Guohua, and Xin Delin were standing in the courtyard and talking in a low voice. Although the moonlight was bright outside, because Qin Chuan was standing in the brightly lit room, he couldn't see the clothes and face of the person outside.

However, one thing is for sure, that person is definitely not from the reconnaissance platoon.

Hearing the sound in the room, Xu Tong saw Qin Chuan come out, and hurriedly pulled the man into the room.

The man entered the room, and Qin Chuan saw the person clearly.

The person who came was a middle-aged man wearing a yellow khaki cloth military uniform, with a somewhat clear face, looking a little familiar, and the copper buttons on the military uniform were shining brightly under the lights, but he did not wear a belt or a hat. This military uniform Qin Chuan not only recognizes, but is also very familiar with it, this is the standard clothing of the Beiyang Military Academy.

didn't wait for Xu Tong to report the situation of the visitor, that person was already a thousand beats.

"Wang Shizhen, the head of the artillery team of the Yuguan Martial Arts Academy, please say hello to Lord Qin."