Another cannon sound interrupted Yuan Weiting's thoughts, he looked up, and the cannon on another artillery position in the distance also fired, and the shell accurately fell on the enemy team in the rainy night and exploded, hitting a cavalryman.

Four 75mm Krupp cannons fired one after another, and in the firelight, people and horses fell to the ground, but the torrent of the charge did not stop in the slightest, even if the horse startled by the thunderous cannonball explosion deviated from the direction of the charge, the knight on the horse would quickly adjust the horse to the right direction.

Another shell exploded in the crowd, and in the shining red light, Yuan Weiting saw the battle flag with the four big characters "Eliminate violence and rebuke evil", and couldn't help but admire Lin Yiqing in his heart.

He now knew who the enemy was.

After occupying all the key points in Seoul, Yuan Weiting discovered the traces of the Japanese army, and when he was on self-defense, the Japanese side took the initiative to send people to contact him, and informed the cadres that "the Korean soldiers were in rebellion, the embassy was burned, and there were many victims of the Japanese overseas Chinese, so they sent troops to protect the overseas Chinese, and also escorted the envoys to Wangjing for negotiations" and the purpose of the Japanese troops' dispatch and the location of their stationing. The Japanese side was informed that the Qianguo, in its capacity as the suzerain, would ask the DPRK government about the crime of mutiny, send troops to quell the rebellion, and protect the people of various countries. Ma Jianzhong pointed out that Japan's dispatch of troops "was not invited by the Korean government and was inconsistent with the public law of all countries" and hoped that the Japanese troops would withdraw. "So as not to disturb the Korean people. and chaos again". Japanese Minister Mori Youli replied that "Japan sent troops to protect overseas Chinese, and did not want to embarrass the Korean people, so they were stationed outside the city, and when the negotiations were over, they would get on the ship and return to China without stopping for a while." Ma Jianzhong couldn't find anything wrong, so he had to warn the Japanese side to "restrain the sergeants, don't make trouble, and take care of each other when there is something, so as not to cause a conflict by mistake." Mori Youli also happily agreed.

However, just as Wu Changqing and Ding Yuting entered Seoul and went to Yunhyeon Palace to talk with Daewonjun, the Japanese army suddenly sent a messenger, claiming that there was a Korean rebel army coming, probably to attack the cadre army. The cadres were required to make early preparations. The Japanese side also took pains to say that the Japanese troops were also ambushed by North Korean thugs on the way here. "There are many dead and wounded among the sergeants", and said that the rebel army may be the Taoist disciples of the "Eastern Dao".

Yuan Weiting was not clear about the situation of "Dongxue Dao", but he was fully mentally prepared in advance for the difficulties he might encounter when he came to Korea (mainly Lin Yiqing's prior reminder), so after arriving in Seoul, he set up a twelve-point mental defense, and in the face of the Japanese reminder, although he was suspicious in his heart, and was deeply wary of the Japanese intentions, but the preparations were not the slightest negligence.

Tonight, he made careful preparations, and finally ushered in the moment of trial.

Under the personal supervision of Qirui, a skilled gunner, the gunners of the cadres played to the highest level, and the artillery was fired quickly and methodically, and the shells continued to fall, knocking down the Dongxue Dao cavalry that was rushing forward in pieces, but those cavalry still did not retreat.

The inertia formed by the synchronous gallop of thousands of war horses has become a target for everything in front of them to be trampled down, and no matter how skilled the knight is, he has no ability to restrain his own war horse at this time, and everything that stops will become an insignificant obstacle, and he will be trampled into meat without mercy in an instant.

The battle flag flew over, and countless knights trampled on the water and mud, rolling in. The guns and halberds were as dense as a forest, the snow-bright steel knives were cold, and the sound of thunderous hooves was deafening. Wang Shizhen's face was pale, the blue tendons on his forehead were bursting up, he was holding a knife and staring at the approaching Dongxuedao cavalry, the cavalry who rushed to the front had already taken off their bows and arrows, but Wang Shizhen still did not give the order to shoot.

"Buzz!" Like a mass of black bees rising into the air, a dense stream of long arrows swooped down with a piercing whistling, and all the soldiers of the cadre army quickly ducked behind the huge wooden shield that was one man high, while raising the planks to protect the top of their heads.

"Tuk ...... Tuk Tuk Tuk ...... "The surface of the giant wooden shield was covered with a layer of arrows, some of which passed through the cracks in the shield and hit the bodies of the soldiers of the Qianjun, but the strength was insufficient, and the soldiers who were hit by the arrows were only slightly injured. Someone let out a cry of pain. After a while, the sound of "tuk tuk tuk" rose again, and a second round of sharp arrows hit.

Mounted archery is the skill of the Korean cavalry, a considerable number of soldiers can shoot more than ten arrows in a row in the first breath, if there is a large group of Korean cavalry rushing over, you can shoot dense fast arrows at the first time, far and accurate.

As early as the time of the first ten thousand years, the Korean archers were the only troops that could compete with the Japanese invaders, and now more than 100 years later, when the Koreans charge into battle, they still use the archers as the main force.

Wang Shizhen is brave and good at fighting, and has been in Shanhaiguan for many years, familiar with the tactics of bows and arrows. He knew that the dense platoon of guns of the cadre army was suitable for dealing with such a dense cavalry charge. However, the range was not far, and if the fire could not be fired when the enemy cavalry of the group broke into the firing range, the empty discharge of guns and bullets could frighten some of the enemy's horses. However, in the process of reloading with all the bullets, the enemy's cavalry, which was as fast as the wind, could already rush in front of them, and in the event of hand-to-hand combat, the cadres and infantry who used their bayonets against the enemy would inevitably suffer losses.

An arrow shot straight at Wang Shizhen's front door, Wang Shizhen stretched out his left hand, and copied the arrow in his hand, only to find that the arrow shot by the enemy was so weak and weak.

The rain hit his face and hands, and he understood in an instant.

The Eastern Daoists chose to launch a surprise attack on a rainy night, the purpose was to take advantage of the dampness of the Qianjun's ammunition, and the cannons and rifles might not be released and attack, but they did not expect the Qianjun to make arrangements first, and all the ammunition and guns were covered with tarpaulins, and there was no problem in casting, but the bowstrings used by the Dongxue Daoists were weak because of the rain and the cannons, and the arrows shot were powerless, although they were dense and terrifying, but they could not cause any damage to the Qianjun.

The third wave of arrows poured on the giant shield like a rainstorm, and there were some unprotected dry sergeants who were hit by arrows, but no one fell, and then Wang Shizhen roared like thunder: "Fire!" ”

The Dongxue Dao cavalry, which had broken through the artillery bombardment, rushed to the firing distance of the rifles, and the rows of swarthy muzzles that had long been ready to fire erupted tongues of fire, in a piercing gunfire. The dense bullets struck back faster and harder than the arrows. Swept the Eastern Sect disciples.

Swept by a rain of bullets. Even the bravest warriors and dragon-like horses are equally difficult to resist with their flesh and blood. For a moment, the invincible, the man turned on his back, his clothes were torn, and his shield became a sieve, and he flew into the air with his hands, and the Dongxue Dao warrior wearing only leather robes and iron armor was like a pile of fallen leaves in the wind under the terrifying power of the dense rain of bullets and fires like a landslide and a crack. Suddenly it was swept into the dust.

This wave of blows was too hard, and the dense impact formation made the gunfire produce the greatest damage effect, and nearly a hundred warriors fell from their horses, and hundreds of blood-covered war horses roared and rampage, making the charging Dongxue Dao cavalry stunned.

Yuan Weiting couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw that the tall banner warrior had blinded one eye and the corners of his mouth were wide open, showing his white teeth, but still charging like a remnant soldier.

At this time, the Qianjun had already killed hundreds of Dongxue Daoists, and the price paid was only a few insignificant arrow wounds from a few soldiers.

The Qianjun's rifle roared again, spewing out tongues of fire. The remnants of the Eastern Daoist disciples in the smoke of gunpowder only had time to shoot two arrows before they were swept off their horses.

The artillery of the cadres who kept firing left dead bodies in the uncontrollable tremor of the earth. The Eastern Daoist disciples charged wave after wave like a tide, and the striker just drove his horse up like a fly, "Knock knock!" "The five-barreled cannon of the Khagkaisi of the cadre army went off.

The severed limbs and stumps flew in all directions, and for a time blood rained, a huge horse's head flew into the sky, and fell to the ground with a "bang", and the two huge horse eyes made people feel cold.

The screams came one after another, and the Dongxue Dao cavalry who rushed in front had been beaten into broken flesh and blood, and the people who rushed up behind were mostly hit by rifle bullets, and fell off their horses in all directions.

The Gatling machine guns of the cadres also opened fire, and in the night, a stream of bullets and fires swept over, and the powerful bullets could even be shot through the horse's head with a single blow, and they shot into the human body without hindrance, and with a dull "poof" sound, the lives of the people turned into cold corpses in an instant.

The Gatling machine gun and the Haggai Kais machine gun formed a perfect match, "bang bang bang" a strafing, after the Gatling machine gun ran out of a cartridge, immediately reloaded the ammunition, when the Hagging Kais machine gun was loaded, it was the Gatling machine gun shooting, the rifle firing was not interrupted, the Eastern apprentices were bombarded by the guns like a sieve, and some were hit by machine shells, turned into broken corpses, in front of the defensive position of the cadres, the dead bodies were like walls, wailing all over the field.

The entire killing battlefield was boiling, but no matter what, the Eastern Daoist disciples could no longer take half a step forward before rushing to the position, and only piled up with endless blood and dead corpses.

In front of the cadre army's position, the dead piled up, stumps and broken arms, scattered everywhere, blood stained the earth, and the bloody blood stimulated the killing intent in the chests of the cadres and soldiers. Forget about fear.

On the hillside in the distance, Tatsujiro Uezaki, a Japanese army junior in a raincoat, looked at the bloody slaughter on the battlefield, his face was pale, and he vomited with one mouth.

"Uezaki-kun?" When an officer next to him saw him like this, he didn't say something sarcastic, but gently patted him on the back.

"Thank you, Kirimura-kun." After vomiting for a while, Tatsujiro Uezaki felt better, and then turned around and nodded to the officer.

"It's a reminder of the experience in Moss Bay, isn't it? Uezaki-kun? Taro Kiritura, who is also a major in the army, smiled slightly and asked.

"Yes." Tatsujiro Uezaki nodded, his gaze somewhat avoiding the killing battlefield in the distance.

Tatsujiro Uezaki lived through the Battle of Moss Bay and the Southwest War, and although he can be said to be an officer with considerable battlefield experience, these two wars have caused terrible wounds in his heart.

"I've heard that in Moss Bay, the cadres are like this, bombarding our samurai with machine guns, is that right?" Taro Kiritura's eyes were fixed on the battlefield in the distance and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, anyone who is hit by this kind of machine shell will have their bodies shattered and their flesh and blood flying." A hint of fear flashed in Uezaki Tatsujiro's eyes, "I've seen with my own eyes that a person was hit, his upper body was blown away, and his lower body still ran forward for a long distance before he staggered and fell. ”

After listening to Tatsujiro Uezaki's description, Taro Kirimura actually fought a cold war.

"It's horrible." He muttered.

"At that time, it was the shipbuilding and navy soldiers of the Qianguo - that is, the Marine Corps - that only had such weapons and fierce combat power." Tatsujiro Uezaki said, "Ordinary cadres can't do it. On that occasion, we had already driven the cadres into the sea. But the Qianguo shipbuilding and navy suddenly appeared. Shoot at us with heavy artillery fire. The situation on the battlefield was immediately reversed, and we were horrific in the slaughter, just as they are doing to the Koreans now......"

"You mean, the ordinary cadres and soldiers have reached the combat power of the shipbuilding and naval soldiers back then, right?" Taro Kiritura asked, his voice trembling.

"I don't know about the other cadres, but this unit in front of me. The combat power should not be inferior to that of the shipmaster and the navy of the year. Tatsujiro Uezaki said.

"Yes! I seem to see in them the shadow of the Satsuma thief. Taro Kiritura said.

Listening to Taro Kiritura's words, Tatsujiro Uezaki was shocked.

"Satsuma thieves? Don't...... Be...... Lin Yiqing? ”

Taro Kiritura nodded.

Taro Kiritura joined the army late and did not participate in the Battle of Moss Bay, but he participated in the two-year Southwest War of Japan, and he participated in several important battles and survived all of them, because of his unusual familiarity with the tactics of the Satsuma army.

Now he saw the shadow of the Satsuma army in front of him in the cadre army guarding the gate of Seoul!

He ...... I heard that after he returned to Qianguo. It was not reused by the Qianguo government, so he was depressed. Feasting and enjoying himself in his hometown in Fuzhou all day long, indulging in wine......" Tatsujiro Uezaki shook his head, "I think he has lost the ability to command the Satsuma thieves, so he shouldn't be ......"

"I just feel this way, hehe, he's just a small baron in Qianguo now, and he can't be here without an actual official position." Taro Kirimura smiled self-deprecatingly, "Maybe I'm thinking too much." ”

As the gunfire on the battlefield subsided, Tatsujiro Uezaki and Taro Kiritura turned their heads to see that the battle was over—perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that the killing had stopped.

"This massacre is finally over." Tatsujiro Uezaki sighed.

"For these Qianguo people, it is a massacre of Koreans, but if the same thing happens to us, I am afraid that it may not be a massacre." Taro Kirimura retracted his gaze and looked at Tatsujiro Uezaki, "If we want to eliminate these more than 5,000 Korean cavalry, we will have to pay at least a few hundred casualties, and it is impossible to do it without casualties like these Qianguo people." ”

"You're right, Kirimura-kun, Your Excellency's caution is extremely correct." Uesaki Tatsujiro nodded and said, "We have to report everything we saw tonight in detail to His Excellency the Minister as a reference for the government's decision-making. ”

"That's it!" Taro Kirimura said approvingly, "Let's go!" ”

The group of Japanese soon disappeared into the night without a trace......

The next day, Seoul, Unhyeon Palace.

"The arrival of the heavenly soldiers, the relief of the upside down of our people, the kindness of the great emperor of heaven, we will never forget!"

Seeing that the father of the Korean king Li Xi, Jun Li is should be prostrate on the ground and lead the Korean monarchs and ministers to bow in the direction of Beijing, Ma Jianzhong let out a sneer in his heart, although he still had to pretend to be polite on the surface.

It was easy to wait until the Dayuan Jun and the Korean king and his ministers praised the Great Qiantian Emperor Weideli, and after sitting down, Wu Changqing asked: "Your Excellency the Royal Father, do you know which way the chaotic army attacked the city gate last night?" ”

"According to His Majesty's report, the rebels who attacked last night were Heavenly Dao bandits." The king of the courtyard replied respectfully, "When they learned that Wang Jing was in turmoil, they gathered to come and kill all of us, but fortunately, the heavenly soldiers arrived and wiped them out!" What a blessing! ”

"What is the cause of this rebellion? Did Your Excellency the Royal Father know? Wu Changqing asked again.

"It's all my unscrupulous son, who was bewitched by his wife and clan, and lost his government to the people, causing the people to have a poor life, and then a military rebellion!" As he spoke, Dayuanjun turned his head and glared angrily at the Korean king Li Xi who was sitting on the side, and replied loudly.

Hearing his father's reprimand, Li Xi just hung his head and didn't say a word, looking submissive.

Seeing that the king of the courtyard actually reprimanded the king for his failure to govern in front of them, Wu Changqing and Ding Yuting quickly glanced at each other.

"Your Excellency, even if the king of your country is at fault, he can point it out, and it is probably not the way of a courtier to denounce it like this." Wu Changqing said calmly.

Hearing Wu Changqing's words, although the complexion of Dayuanjun did not change, the anger in his eyes did not dissipate.

"Lord Wu...... That's right! Alas! It's all Min Ziying, a woman, and the family is all a disaster for the country and the people! The courtyard gentleman sighed.

Seeing that the courtyard monarch called Concubine Min's name, Kim Yun-sik and Yu Yun-jung, the North Korean interrogators standing at the bottom of the stairs, all looked angry.

"When I entered the city, I saw that the funeral of Her Royal Highness the princess was being held in your country." Wu Changqing asked again quietly, "But I heard that Her Royal Highness the princess does not seem to be dead. ”

"That's true." A trace of embarrassment appeared on Dayuanjun's face, "Because the rebellion was caused by the Min clan's greed for military salaries, the sergeant hated the Min clan to the bone, and he must be killed to prevent his revenge in the future, and in order to calm the chaos, I discussed with the ministers before I released the news that he was dead, and held a funeral for him, in order to calm the hearts of the army and the people." ”

"I see. In other words, Her Royal Highness the Princess is not dead. Wu Changqing nodded, "That's good, that's good." (To be continued......)

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