Saigo's suicide by Seppuku in the province was both sad and angry when Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, who had previously taken responsibility for him, and the army took the opportunity to make trouble and hold him accountable for sheltering Saigo's unauthorized behavior, which put Ito Hirobumi under unprecedented pressure. No matter how tenacious his mind was, the intense despair, pain, self-blame and grievances still knocked Ito Hirobumi down, although his life was saved in time because of the rescue, but at least for a month, he didn't want to continue to work.

Under these circumstances, Emperor Meiji intended to summon Aritomo Yamaguchi back from Busan, North Korea, to preside over the overall situation, but was discouraged by the patriarch Seonji Konobo.

Saionji Gongwang, who wears a pair of pants with Hirobumi Ito, knows very well how much contradiction there is between Aritomo Yama and Hirobumi Ito, it is not a personal grudge that can be laughed at and enmity, but a conflict of lines that is difficult to reconcile.

Whether it is the construction of the country or the route of external expansion, there are serious differences between Yama Prefecture Aritomo and Ito Hirobumi, and if Yama Prefecture returns to China to preside over the base camp, it will not be long before the previous efforts of liberals such as Ito Hirobumi and Saionji Konobu will be completely wasted, which is what Saionji Konobu does not want to see.

Meiji had a lot of trust in Saionji Konozo, and he couldn't help but hesitate after listening to his opinion, but within a few days, a piece of news from North Korea turned the tide in an instant

"I was going to wait a few more days for the Qing army to stock up on more supplies, but unfortunately there was a big defeat at sea, so I had to attack before the news spread and affected morale," immediately saw Shang Wen sigh with some disappointment after quickly scanning the list of captured supplies.

But his adjutant complimented him with admiration, "In just three days, our detachment has more than 5,000 people (in fact, the total strength has exceeded 8,000, but because of the prevalence of water and soil adaptation and beriberi, Pyongyang has to leave a little people to prevent the resurgence of local anti-Japanese forces. successfully broke through the defense line of the Yalu River, which was garrisoned by 30,000 troops, and completely routed the Qing army, and captured enough guns and ammunition to arm a division, even a famous general in ancient times, could not have done better"

"Do you think this battle will not be easy?" , Seeing Shang Wen's brows suddenly furrowed, if it weren't for the deepening of the city government in the past few years, he would have kicked that idiot

But immediately saw that Shangwen finally adjusted his mood, and patiently taught, "Although the Qing army is five times larger than me, it is scattered on the long defense line, although our army is small, but it can work together, it seems that the enemy is outnumbered, and if it really fights, it is to fight more and less, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of these Qing troops is far inferior to the group that entered the dynasty, let alone compared with our army, and the Qing army's defense line lacks levels, and it will collapse on the whole line if it only needs to break through a little, so many favorable conditions, isn't it a matter of course for our army to win?" ”

Although the adjutant had average military qualities, he was a man of all sides, and after discovering that the horse's fart had been slapped on the horse's leg, he immediately put on a posture of listening to the teaching, and "suddenly realized" that it was so, "I see! ”

"In fact, the most dangerous thing is the surprise attack on North Korea, that time I really didn't have the bottom, it was completely gambling, North Korea took it and reversed the strategic disadvantage, I also understood the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, and there was no challenge at all after that", immediately saw Shang Wen said a few words to himself, and then realized that overly belittling the enemy was equivalent to belittling himself, so he barely found a little bit of the Qing army's shining point, "The previous Song Qing and Yiketanga at least dared to divide their troops into field battles, even if the investment force was limited, it could cause a little trouble to our army, And the Qing army along the Yalu River can't even do this, then it's really like 30,000 pigs waiting to be caught."

"Their ability to escape is still good, and we can't catch up with them." Although the Qing army fled too fast and failed to complete the goal of annihilating a large number of people, the casualties of the Limi detachment themselves were greatly reduced (all added up to more than 300 people), which was still more beneficial than disadvantageous to the Lijian detachment with insufficient troops.

What's more, the reason why the Qing army was able to run so fast was largely because they decisively abandoned the baggage, and the latter was what Lijian Shangwen valued the most.

"It's a hard time to live on seizures!" On the one hand, it is necessary to wait for domestic reinforcements, at least to expand the troops to the size of a division, even if the Qing army is weak, immediately see that Shangwen will not dare to take these more than 5,000 people deep into Manchuria, on the other hand, let the pigs have time to fatten, what can be gained by chasing those deserters who have lost their guns?

The unexpectedly brilliant victory in the Battle of the Yalu River made the Japanese government, which was once ready to take the initiative to sue for peace, overjoyed, and saw that the army's record was far superior to that of the navy, and it was not easy for Xionji Gongwang to continue to insist on opposing the return of Yama Prefecture Youtomo to preside over the overall situation; The fragility of the Qing army made the Japanese top brass see through the decay and weakness of the Qing government, and the idea of expanding the scale of the war was also supported by more and more people.

However, what many people didn't expect was that the first order issued to the Korean Japanese army after returning to Japan was to transfer Tachimi Shangwen from the front line!

Yama Ann Youtomo's reason seems to be very strong, after the complete loss of sea supremacy, the land lines of communication become crucial, so the Donghak Party rebels must be eradicated as soon as possible, and the success of Rikmi Sang-moon in northern Korea fully shows that he is an expert in suppressing the rebels, and it is not appropriate for him to take full responsibility for this matter. The attack on Manchuria on the Northern Front was a more traditional mode of operation, and as long as there was sufficient strength, any division commander could be competent, and it was not necessary to see Shangwen immediately

However, the high-ranking officials in the base camp of the Japanese army all understood how difficult it was to exterminate the Donghak Party rebel army, which had now abandoned the operation of the large corps and specialized in guerrilla raids, especially since they still had a deep mass base in southern Korea, and even if they were to immediately see Shangwen, it would not be possible to complete the task as easily as in northern Korea. What's more, even if he can still complete the task excellently, his merits will definitely not be comparable to the invasion of China!

However, because Emperor Muhito also had prejudices against Naomun, the last shogunate general to surrender that year, and did not want him to make too many meritorious contributions, and because Nabumi was not popular and almost no one spoke for him, the commander of the Japanese army on the northern front was finally replaced