The strength of 70,000 troops, that is, the strength of the First Corps and Qin Liang's Korean Corps, with 70,000 well-equipped Liaodong Army, one of the best main forces, to deal with the Japanese army with only 20,000 people, is this a bit of a slaughtering knife.

"Zhongtang, the three-way army is going south, is this too much?" Although Ding Ruchang respected Li Hongzhang, his orders to Liu Jun were much more important.

"Not much, if you can make the 20,000 Japanese troops in Seoul soft in the face of our army's strong forces, this is not necessary, however, the Japanese army has always eaten soft and feared hard, this three-way march into Seoul, the Japanese army will definitely fight with us, therefore, you try to do it, in a war, you will beat the arrogance of the Japanese army, so that they will not dare to fight with me from now on, but a regular peace talks." Li Hongzhang came to the chair and sat down and said.

Since this is the case, Ding Ruchang is not easy to refuse, nodding, Ding Ruchang walked out, and asked people to pass the order, the officers of all corps, divisions, and brigades of the First Corps, as well as the officers of the Korean Corps at the army and division levels, immediately went to the conference room for a meeting.

This is the first time that Pyongyang has given a military commander and gathered in the conference room, and many people in Pyongyang are estimating that Liaodong is going to fight the Japanese, so the streets are full of people, all talking about this matter, and it is inevitable that the wind will spread farther and farther, and gradually, this news will reach the military headquarters of the First Army in Seoul.

"Your Excellency, according to reliable information, Ding Ruchang in Pyongyang has summoned the First Corps and Qin Liang's North Korean Corps to start an emergency military meeting, I'm afraid this will?" The chief of staff said this, skillfully closed his mouth, and looked at Sajiro Ono, who was sitting in a daze in his chair, and did not speak.

Ono Zhenjiro didn't understand what the chief of staff said later, now that the entire Korean army has all withdrawn to Japan, the only thing left is his own 20,000 people, Ding Ruchang does not hold a meeting to deal with himself, can he still deal with the North Korean troops, therefore, he understands in his heart that this Ding Ruchang held a meeting completely to deal with himself.

Taking a deep breath, Ono Zhenjiro looked at the chief of staff standing beside him, he now wanted to know how many people were attending the meeting, after all, he could calculate how many troops Ding Ruchang would use against him.

"Did you find out who was in the meeting?" Ono asked.

"It's out, according to the news, the people who attended the meeting this time were third-level officers of the First Corps and divisional brigades and division-level officers of the North Korean Corps." The chief of staff said quietly.

The more I listened to it, the more terrible it became, and from the words of the chief of staff, Ono Sadajiro had already deduced that this time the first corps was used against his own men, that is, nearly 80,000 people.

Stronger than four times his own troops, and his own equipment is not comparable to the other party at all, how can this battle be fought, to use a bad word, people don't shoot, just those artillery are concentrated, and after a while, there will be no bones left in their own thundered face.

"Let's go down." Waving his arm, Ono said lightly.

Horror, the fear in my heart can't be shown in front of the people below, that will affect the morale of the army, and after his chief of staff left, Ono Zhenjiro wiped the sweat on his face with a handkerchief, and this time walked to the re-hung map, once, on that map, too many numbers representing his own troops, now have been erased by the staff officers, and now there are only five or six places around Seoul, marked with their own logos, and in Pyongyang, the pile of red, is like a rolling flood, At any moment, it could collapse south and sweep through Seoul. The mantis arm just blocked the car, looking at the current situation. Ono thought to himself.

It seems that there is only one fight with Liaodong. Perhaps thinking about something, Ono took a few deep breaths, walked over to the table, picked up a pen, and began to sketch on the map.

On the morning of June 1, the weather was a little cold today, but even so, at the headquarters of the Pyongyang Eastern Advance Corps, which was originally hanging outside next to the headquarters of the First Corps, a plaque was added again to sit down, the headquarters of the Liaodong Eastern Advance Corps.

The commander of the First Corps and the Eastern Advance Corps was Ding Ruchang.

In the Click-

A little excited, Ding Ruchang, who was sitting on the chair, took off the big cap on his head from time to time and then put it on his head, while Li Hongzhang, who was sitting on the side, actually lit the dry tobacco again, and was smoking it, and no one spoke anything, and they all looked at the wall clock quietly.

According to the results of the meeting, the attack on the Japanese army in Seoul was set at 8 o'clock today, or in other words, the decisive battle against the Japanese army will begin today.

According to the discussion at the meeting, this operation still adopted Li Hongzhang's three-way marching method, which was divided into the northern, southern, and middle routes, each with 20,000 men, that is, the strength of an army, and the middle route, which was the most elite first army that defined the corps, was also the main force of this attack on Seoul. The North Road and the South Road are mainly composed of the North Korean Corps and the North Korean troops, which is mainly to train the North Korean soldiers, of course, in order to reduce the losses of the Liaodong soldiers, which is also a normal thing.

The tower pointer was already clearly pointing to eight o'clock.

frame, Li Hongzhang, who was smoking, knocked off the cigarette ash a few times and stood up all of a sudden, while Ding Ruchang and others also stood up.

"Commander, it's time." A staff officer in charge of looking at the watch came over and said quietly after saluting.

Huhu exhaled two deep breaths, Ding Ruchang raised his head, and after seeing Li Hongzhang nodding to himself, he tidied up his military uniform, and then walked out of his position and came to the battle map: "Order all the armies, as well as the predetermined plan, to attack Seoul." ”

"Yes." After the staff officer standing next to him finished saluting, he turned around and walked out.

Boom, boom, the armies that received the order to set off began to step through the original Japanese frontier positions like a green flood, and began to gallop towards Seoul, with an army of 70,000. 60,000 infantry. With 10,000 cavalry, plus 120 artillery pieces, and hundreds of thousands of mobilized laborers, Seoul will definitely return to Liaodong again in the near future.