After the great uprising in Korea was approved by the leaders of the rebel groups, the rebel groups began to mobilize soldiers loyal to them, as well as ordinary people and some officials.

After the rebel organization began to launch, Wang Bin learned from Ma Zikai that the rebel organization had decided to launch a nationwide uprising.

After knowing the news, Wang Bin only began to pay attention to the affairs of Phoenix City after an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Phoenix City has now become the place of the final decisive battle with the Japanese, and this is also the last line of defense arranged by Wang Bin, as for whether this line of defense will be broken by the Japanese, Wang Bin has never considered this matter.

In Wang Bin's eyes, the Japanese army that saw Shangwen would never be able to cross the defense line of Phoenix.

At this moment, after Duan Qirui retreated here, Phoenix City began to transfer the wounded to the rear in a steady stream, and the lightly wounded stayed behind to participate in the battle against the Japanese army.

In Phoenix City, Wang Bin deployed all the military forces in his hands, the soldiers who retreated from Tiger Mountain to the soldiers who retreated from Jiulian City, plus the soldiers who were originally deployed in Phoenix City.

Excluding all those who were unable to fight, Phoenix City now gathered an army of more than 40,000 people, although the number of troops in the current situation was more than that of Phoenix City's defenders.

But the defenders of Phoenix were not afraid of the Japanese.

After Wang Bin arranged So's army on the front line of Phoenix City, he immediately saw that Shangwen also began to push from Jiulian City towards this Phoenix City.

This time, Limi Shangwen transferred the wing guarding the Anping River Estuary, even in Jiulian City, he only left a brigade to be responsible for guarding, in addition to placing the wounded soldiers in Jiulian City, Lijian Shangwen also mobilized the originally somewhat scattered army.

At this moment, after mobilizing the troops of Hushan and Anping Ferry, the number of troops in Shangwen's hands plus the lightly wounded had reached more than 65,000.

Although he had previously lost more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 8,000 wounded soldiers in Jiulian City, the good news now was that the number of troops in the hands of Lijian Shangwen still exceeded the garrison in Phoenix City.

After a morning's rest, Naomi began his march in the direction of Phoenix in the afternoon.

The name of Phoenix City originates from the Phoenix Castle in the Ming Dynasty, according to the History of the Ming Dynasty? Geographical Chronicles record, "Dingliao Zhongwei ......, there is Phoenix City in the east, in the southeast of Phoenix City, Chenghua 17 years to build", the Qing Dynasty Guangxu years here to place the Phoenix Hall.

The local area is most famous for the Phoenix Mountain near Phoenix City, which is said to have been named after Tang Taizong Li Shimin who had come here to look for the sacred bird Phoenix.

Half a day's march was enough for Tachimi Shangwen to reach a short distance from Phoenix, and after reaching a short distance from Phoenix, Immediatelymi Shangwen began to camp on the spot, and sent troops to guard in the direction of Phoenix City to prevent the defenders of Phoenix from coming to attack.

The rest of the soldiers began to dig trenches and build barracks, and immediately saw that Shang Wen also knew the advantages of trenches after fighting Wang Bin's army so many times.

Even though Shangwen has not yet understood all the key points of trench construction, he still knows how to draw a scoop according to the gourd.

The arrival of the Japanese army outside Phoenix City was naturally a matter of great concern, and it also began to mark the final victory or defeat between the Japanese army and the Chinese army.

For this reason, in order to better observe the situation of the war, all countries have sent military observers to pay attention to the details of the battle this time, and the military observers sent by various countries are far away from the battlefield, paying attention to the course of the war.

The British naturally sent military observers on the side of the Japanese, while the Russians, Germans, the United States and other countries sent military observers to Wang Bin's side, which naturally reflected the current confrontation of these countries against the empire on which the sun never sets.

The trench warfare in the Russo-Japanese War has attracted the attention of all countries in the world, so that all countries have carried out the embryonic exploration of trench warfare and the combination of heavy machine guns and trench tactics, but because there is no war, the progress of this exploration is very slow.

Therefore, after the Sino-Japanese war, Wang Bin's side began to widely use the tactics of trenches and heavy machine guns, which once again attracted the attention of the whole world, and all countries wanted to use the experience of this trench war to improve the tactical research in this area.

Arthur MacArthur was one of them, after he was dismissed and repatriated in July 1901 following a conflict with the civilian governor of the Philippines, William Howard Taft.

During these years, he served as commander of the Colorado, Lake District, and Eastern Military Districts, served as a military attache and senior military observer in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War, and in 1906 began to tour around Asia, observing the armies and military conditions of various countries.

This time, because of the resumption of war between China and Japan, Arthur MacArthur received an order from China: as a senior military observer, he led some US military officers to observe the war and summarize some experience in trench warfare.

After arriving at his destination, Arthur MacArthur went directly to Phoenix to observe the construction of the trenches by Wang Bin's army, as well as the weapons and combat capabilities of Wang Bin's army.

After Arthur MacArthur's observation, he found that Wang Bin's army had training strength that was not inferior to that of any other country, and was able to enforce orders and prohibitions, so it was no wonder that he was able to inflict a heavy blow on the Japanese army in Hushan.

Arthur MacArthur can be said to have great respect for Wang Bin's army, and Wang Bin was also very interested in hearing Arthur MacArthur's respect for his army.

You must know that although Arthur MacArthur is only a little famous now, he has a son named Douglas MacArthur, so Wang Bin, who is very interested in this, put forward a request to meet Arthur MacArthur.

Arthur MacArthur's request came as a surprise to Arthur MacArthur, who was now only a major general himself, but Wang Bin was a powerful figure in an ancient country, and had defeated the Japanese army in previous battles, proving his strength in the Far East.

How could such a character want to see himself? Arthur MacArthur, though a little puzzled by this, accepted Wang Bin's request and rushed from Phoenix.

The two sides did not have any in-depth topics, but because Wang Bin was very interested in this old MacArthur, the two of them had some topics about army building and their views on the current war, and that's it. (To be continued.) )