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Ye Zhichao's expression suddenly darkened again, and his expression also seemed quite excited, so he picked up the wine cup by himself, put it to his lips and took a sip.

"Regarding the strength of my Beiyang, Zhongtang gave the imperial court two months ago in the "Number of Naval and Land Soldiers", which is the most appropriate."

Ye Zhichao leaned back on the back of the chair, his eyes were slightly half-closed, and he muttered softly in his mouth.

“。。。。。。 The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty can be fought in Zhili, including the eight battalions of the Weihai Suigong Army, the two battalions of the Guardian Army, the ten battalions of the Dalian Bay Ming Army, the eight battalions of the Lushun Song Qingyi Army, the six battalions of the Qinqing Army, the four battalions of the Yantai Songwu Army, the four battalions of the Beitang Renzi Battalion, the 670 Dagukou artillery team, the 16 battalions of the Tianjin Shengjun Mabu Battalion, the two battalions of the Ming Army of the Military Grain City, the two battalions of the Lutai Wuyi Army, and then the Zhili and Fengtian training troops, a total of 53,281 people. ”

Ye Zhichao sighed softly: "As for the rest of the provinces scattered in the provinces, it is okay to suppress bandits to maintain law and order, but it is absolutely impossible to fight on the battlefield." Even then, it's only a minority. In the old man's opinion, among the millions of troops, there are more than 600,000 useless, all of them are people who sit on food and wages. ”

Looking at the stunned Qin Chuan, Ye Zhichao couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Ming Hong, although the imperial court has a million troops, not to mention that there are very few soldiers who can fight, even these battalions are available, but they are not only scattered all over the place, but the imperial court does not plan early. Just like this time in Korea, first Asan and Chenghuan our army faced the enemy with a disadvantage, and then this time Pyongyang is still like this, I believe that the strength of the Japanese army in this battle will far surpass our army. ”

Ye Zhichao's words deeply shocked Qin Chuan, although he knew the trajectory of the original history, and also knew that not only the Qing army would be defeated in the battle of Pyongyang, but also knew that the Japanese army not only invaded Liaodong and Shandong in the end, but also caused the Qing army to be completely destroyed, but he never expected that the military strength of the Qing Dynasty would decline to the point of decay!

What surprised Qin Chuan the most was that the Qing Dynasty, which had an army of one million, only had 50,000 combatable soldiers, and in the First Sino-Japanese War with the Japanese army, there were many enemies with fewer enemies and outnumbered enemies everywhere!

However, Qin Chuan still has a trace of disbelief, although the Japanese army formed the first army in Korea, but the Japanese army now has a maximum of 20,000 troops in Korea, because the Japanese army still has to consolidate the occupation of southern Korea, and the strength that the Japanese army can use to attack the Qing army in Pyongyang will be 167,000. According to the information he has learned, the total strength of the Qing troops now gathered in Pyongyang will be 15,000 or 6,000. Compared with the two, the strength of the two should be between the two? How can you still be outnumbered?

Seeing Qin Chuan's thoughts, Ye Zhichao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Minghong, in addition to the troops brought by me, Gongting, and Jiang Fuqing in Pyongyang, there are also Wei Ruguisheng's army, Ma Yukun's Yijun, Zuo Guigui's and Nie Guilin's Fengzi army, and then there are Fengsheng's Fengtian Lianzi Battalion and Jilin Lianjun's Renzi Battalion brought by Gao Jishan."

"Among them, the number of Weida Sansheng Army is the largest, including the main battalion of the Chinese army, the deputy battalion of the Chinese army, the front battalion of the Chinese army, the right battalion of the Chinese army, the rear battalion of the Chinese army, the main battalion of the left army, the right battalion of the left army, the main battalion of the right army, the left battalion of the right army, the right battalion of the right army, the main battalion of the Chinese army, the main battalion of the Chinese army, the battalion of the pro-army artillery team, the battalion of the pro-army horse team, and other thirteen battalions, with more than 6,000 people."

"The Yi Army of Ma Jingshan was transferred to Pyongyang by land from Dadonggou, with a number of 2,100, including the main camp of the former army, the left battalion of the former army, the camp of the former army, and the Qiu camp of the former army."

"There are a total of 4,026 people in 9 battalions of the Left Guanting Feng Army, including the Left Battalion Horse Team, the Left Battalion Infantry Team, the Right Battalion Horse Team, the Jingbian Middle Battalion Horse Team, the Jingbian Middle Battalion Infantry Team, the Jingbian Front Battalion Infantry Team, the Jingbian Right Battalion Infantry Team, the Jingbian Rear Battalion Infantry Team, and the Jingbian Pro-Army Artillery Team."

Fengsheng Asuo led the Fengtian Lianzi Battalion and Jilin Lianjun, with six battalions, including the Zhenghongqi Infantry Team, the Zhenglan Banner Infantry Team, the Shengzi Left Wing Horse Team, the Shengzi Right Wing Horse Team, the Jizi Left Wing Horse Team, and the Jizi Right Wing Horse Team, totaling more than 1,000 people. In addition, there are more than 2,000 people in the Renzi battalion under the command of Jiang Fuqing and Gao Cipu, and more than 1,200 people in the third battalion of the Gubeikou training army of the old man. ”

Looking at Qin Chuan, who was even more confused, Ye Zhichao sighed: "Although there are thirty-four battalions at the head of the battalion, there are many shortages in the left and Feng departments, and the actual number is only more than 14,500. Korea is a peninsula, and the land route from Pyongyang to the Yalu River is more than 500 miles, and the Japanese army can land behind our army at any time and cut off the return route of our army. Therefore, several Haikou places need to be garrisoned by troops to be prepared. Jingbian Right Battalion Infantry Team, Zhenglan Banner Infantry Team, Shengzi Training Army Right Army Battalion, Shengzi Training Army Right Army Right Battalion, Jizi Left Wing Horse Team, a total of five battalions with a total of 2,035 people stationed in Anzhou; Shengzi training army is the Red Banner Infantry Team, Jizi Right Wing Horse Team, two battalions of 535 people stationed in Bochuan; The third battalion of the Sheng army was stationed in Suzhou. As a result, although Pyongyang has 34 battalions, the number of people is less than 10,000, and there are only 28 artillery pieces. ”

Listening to Ye Zhichao's words, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Qin Chuan said in his heart: "The Japanese army attacked Pyongyang with at least more than 16,000 troops, so it seems that the Japanese army is 60 percent more than the Qing army in Pyongyang, but the mainstream historical materials in later generations say that the two sides are not equal in strength. Not to mention that the Japanese army far exceeded the Qing army in numbers, but the artillery of the Qing army, which has always been boasted in those nonsense historical materials, was definitely inferior to the Japanese army at least in the first battle of Pyongyang. You must know that one and a half divisions of the Japanese army have at least more than 40 artillery pieces. This is not counting, as far as he knows in Seoul, the Japanese army collected 30 mountain guns from the palace guards in Seoul, and this does not count the eight artillery pieces captured by the Japanese army in Asan and Chenghuan. Even if these 70 or 80 pieces of artillery were damaged, or if all of them were not brought to Pyongyang, the total number of Japanese artillery pieces attacking Pyongyang would never be less than 50. ”

Looking at Qin Chuan, who looked worried, Ye Zhichao smiled helplessly and shook his head.

"This is the case, when I first arrived in Pyongyang, the imperial court repeatedly urged the old man to lead his troops south into Seoul, if it were not for the old man's repeated pleading, replying that our army is not good at field warfare, but is good at holding on, if you want to advance south, you must have a strong army of 30,000. This must also be carefully arranged before and after, otherwise it will still be difficult to win. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Zhichao sighed and continued: "Asan and Cheng Huan were defeated, those court ministers with other thoughts and those Qingliu who stood and talked without back pain, I don't know where to get the news, and even some just made something out of nothing, and they went to the middle hall to impeach other. As the saying goes, the fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, and we, the generals of the Beiyang, bore the brunt. ”

"For example, Wei Dasan of the Sheng Army was given an excerpt, saying that Wei Dasan led troops to North Korea, and connived at his subordinates to plunder the Korean people along the way, and ** kidnapped, killed the Korean people, and so on."

"Hmph."

Ye Zhichao pursed his lips disdainfully: "Although Wei Dasan is upright and dull, and His Majesty is also very harsh, he has been following Zhongtang for so many years, and such a thing will never happen." It's just that as the saying goes, everyone has a lot of money, and they accumulate and destroy their bones, and once these folds are up, if Wei Dasan fights well, it will be okay, but Pyongyang is sure to lose the game, and this Wei Dasan is afraid that it will be more auspicious. ”

"For example, Zhang Shiheng was denounced by those clear streams, saying that Zhang Shiheng was a Japanese spy who not only sold Beiyang arms privately, but also leaked Beiyang military information. Fortunately, Zhang Shiheng was well-behaved, and as early as the end of July, he confessed that he had neglected to supervise for a while, was deceived by a slut, sold scrapped artillery privately, handed over the 50,000 silver he had obtained, and asked for dismissal. It was also revealed that Ishikawa Wuyi, an employee of the Japanese Foreign Bank, was a Japanese disc, and a secretary of the Machinery Bureau surnamed Liu, who had ties to Ishikawa Wuyi, had also confessed, proving that the artillery sold by Zhang Shiheng was indeed a scrapped artillery from Beiyang. With this confession, it is estimated that Zhang Shiheng will be removed from his official position at most, and there will be no major trouble. ”

"What's more, some people even denounced Li Jingfang as the son-in-law of the Japanese emperor。。。。。。"

Ye Zhichao sighed heavily: "It's okay to say that Zhang Shiheng is good, but Wei Rugui is different, those who attack the middle hall know that it is not easy to directly participate in the middle hall, and most of them will catch Wei Rugui, the descendant of the middle hall, and will kill him quickly." The old man persuaded him many times, asking Wang Desheng to explain clearly as soon as possible to avoid future troubles. It's just that Wei Rugui is straightforward, thinks he is upright, and doesn't take the old man's advice seriously. ”

"Hey."

Ye Zhichao raised his head and sighed heavily: "Wei Dasan is stupid, it's okay to say that Pyongyang is defeated, but once Pyongyang is defeated, it is estimated that his good head will not be his." And the scapegoat for the defeat of the Korean war is none other than the old man, the president who has been firmly on his head. ”

North Korea was defeated, Wei Rugui was beheaded, Ye Zhichao was beheaded and imprisoned, and the two of them have been infamous for thousands of years in mainstream historical materials, Qin Chuan knows these things. But now he has no heart to feel sorry for these two people, he only cares about whether the more than 10,000 Beiyang elites who stayed in Pyongyang can safely withdraw to China.

"And."

Ye Zhichao sighed and said: "It's okay if the reinforcements can't come up in time, but the war is imminent, and the grain and ammunition must be fully stocked, but the domestic action is slow, and the artillery that is said to be good is still piled up in Dagu, and now Pyongyang's ammunition reserves are only enough to last for a few days, and there is some food, but it is less than a month." Once the Japanese army arrives and besieges the city on all sides, our army is in danger. ”

Qin Chuan remembered that the historical materials before the crossing said that the grain and ammunition reserves of the Qing army in Pyongyang were enough to last for a month, why did Ye Zhichao say that the reserves were insufficient now?

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan somewhat understood.

Regarding the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qingliu people in the imperial court, headed by Weng Tongyong, naturally did not say that Pyongyang was not prepared, and that would not be to find an excuse for Li Hongzhang's defeat. Moreover, Li Hongzhang may also really actively prepare food and ammunition for the Pyongyang army, but at this time, there is no special logistics unit in Beiyang, and the logistics deployment is chaotic.

Regarding ammunition, Qin Chuan was more worried than Ye Zhichao.

The Qing army had a bad habit of going to war, and when the two sides went to war, they would shoot from a distance, and whether they hit or not, they would hit the opponent with the most intensive firepower. This is okay when pacifying the long hair and flattening the twist, and with a single gun, the opponent will be knocked down, and the ammunition consumption is okay. But if against the well-trained Japanese army, the Japanese army will not collapse at the first touch, and the two sides will fight fiercely for a long time, and the ammunition consumption of the Qing army will increase sharply.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel anxious. He never expected that in the first battle of Pyongyang, the Qing army would be passive. Don't say it's Ye Zhichao, whoever is in command of this battle will also be defeated.

"And."

Ye Zhichao said with a wry smile: "My president is a defeated general, although those people don't say it, but the old man knows that they are all dissatisfied with the old man as the president, once the war is urgent, it is difficult to say whether the old man can command them。。。。。。 ”

Ye Zhichao stopped halfway through speaking, shook his head with a wry smile.

"President."

Qin Chuan stared at Ye Zhichao tightly: "Since the president knows that it is the best policy to leave these tens of thousands of troops in Pyongyang, and the imperial court does not allow the Pyongyang army to retreat north, then 。。。。。。 What does the president want to do? ”

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan frowned and added: "As the saying goes, the general will not accept the orders of the foreign monarch, and keep these tens of thousands of elites for the imperial court, so as to move later, why not withdraw the army across the Yalu River first?" ”

Qin Chuan's words seemed to poke Ye Zhichao's sore spot, and Ye Zhichao was silent for a long time and said slowly.

"No."

"Ming Hong, if you want to withdraw the army immediately at this time, not only will the old man's head move, but Zhongtang will not be able to explain to the imperial court, so you have to fight a battle with the Japanese army."

Seeing Qin Chuan's worried face, Ye Zhichao reached out and grabbed the wine cup in front of him, raised his head and drank it all, and then squatted the wine cup on the table and stood up.

"Ming Hong can be relieved. Although a war in Pyongyang is inevitable, we are not toothless tigers, and if we want to capture a fortified city like Pyongyang, it is difficult for the Japanese army to do it without 20,000 men. Moreover, the old man has already received the news that the Japanese army is eager to capture Pyongyang, and the Japanese army that has already moved north only has more than 13,000 people of the Fifth Division, which is only 40% more than our army defending Pyongyang, and does not have an absolute advantage. In addition, we have a fortified fortress, and it is still okay to deal with the Japanese army for a few days, and it is not too late to teach the Japanese army some lessons. At that time, although the old man would still be the scapegoat of Pyongyang's First World War, Zhongtang also had an explanation to the imperial court. ”

Ye Zhichao obviously wanted to keep the more than 10,000 Beiyang elites living in North Korea for the sake of the imperial court, in order to withdraw to the country, and then rely on these troops to fight against the Japanese army for a long time, even if he lost his official position or even his head for this, he would not hesitate to think about it.

Looking at Ye Zhichao, who had a resolute expression, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned.