In this era, because of night blindness, neither the Japanese nor the Liaodong Army would take the initiative to fight at night. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

So, as soon as it gets dark, the battlefield that has been noisy all night becomes quiet.

With the exception of a small number of reconnaissance units still active, everyone else began to rest and accumulate strength for tomorrow's battle.

Li Zhilong rarely had time to rest at night, and fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the English bed.

I don't know how long it took, but a scream suddenly woke him up.

The alert Li Zhilong sat up from the bed at once and asked loudly: "What happened, is it that the Japanese army has started to attack!" ”

The chief of staff who was staring at him quickly shook his head and vetoed: "No, the Japanese army not only did not attack, but retreated. The scouts have just sent back the news. Except for one infantry wing blocking the back of the hall in front of us, the rest of the Japanese troops are retreating, and some have already retreated for several miles! ”

Li Zhilong was stunned for a moment, and then asked with an incredulous expression: "No, now all the advantages are on the side of the Japanese army, the Japanese army should be very clear, I really can't think of the reason for the Japanese army's retreat." ”

The chief of staff, who was still very happy just now, frowned after listening to the analysis.

looked at Li Zhilong and analyzed thoughtfully: "Do you think this is a conspiracy of the Japanese army, a conspiracy to attract us to leave the position and take the initiative." ”

"Quite possibly!" Li Zhilong, who didn't have much information in his hand, could only think in this direction.

At the critical moment, a rush of footsteps suddenly reached Li Zhilong's ears, and then he saw a herald running in hurriedly under the leadership of the guards.

Before Li Zhilong could speak, the herald who was panting for breath reported: "Division Commander Li, the commander asked me to tell you that the Japanese army in the direction of Haizhou has been resolved, and the commander is rushing here with his troops. The commander asks you to hold off the Japanese army for two days, and then try to wipe out all the Japanese troops attacking Donggang. ”

Li Zhilong reacted suddenly and said: "I finally know why the Japanese army opposite us is retreating, it turns out that the commander has won the battle in Gaizhou and is going to block their back road." ”

The chief of staff also reacted, but he was happy for less than a few seconds, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face, and then said to Li Zhilong: "Division commander, the Japanese army has begun to retreat. And we have suffered so many losses that we are simply not able to fight back. The commander asked us to hold off the Japanese army here for two days, and how to delay it was a difficult problem. ”

Li Zhilong, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, also frowned, and began to think about how to drag the Japanese army here for two days.

However, in the face of absolute strength, the methods he came up with in his head were finally rejected by himself one by one.

In the end, he really had no choice, and decisively decided: "Since you can't delay it, don't drag it." More than half of our 10,000 people have already been lost, so don't be bitten by them instead of dragging the Japanese army in the end. ”

"I will immediately write a letter to the commander to explain the reasons. If the commander is to blame in the end, I will be the only one to blame. ”

The Japanese troops in the direction of Donggang took the initiative to retreat, and when he first heard the news, Yang Xingguo also did not understand it very much.

But after reading Li Zhilong's letter to himself, Yang Xingguo immediately reacted.

For Yang Xingguo, the final result when the Japanese army took the initiative to retreat. If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court pressed itself too tightly and had to put on a big show for the imperial court, Yang Xingguo would not want to start this war at all.

After all, the Liaodong Army had just recovered from the anti-encirclement and suppression operation that ended a few months ago.

Neither soft nor hard power has reached the point where a large-scale decisive battle can be launched.

Thinking of this, Yang Xingguo immediately ordered: "Chief of Staff, since the Japanese army has run away, then we will clean them up later." Immediately inform Lee Zhilong that I agreed to change the plan. Let him hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and then do a good job of defense, just in case! ”

After being sent out of Liaodong by a guard battalion of the Liaodong Army, Qin Cha and his entourage quickly replied to the capital.

In their opinion, the Liaodong Army has reached a precarious point, if they don't send this news back quickly and let the court and Lafayette know, then they will be sinners of the court.

Chin Cha knows this very well.

Therefore, as soon as he returned to Beijing, he planned to go to face the saint.

I don't know if he was lucky or the Liaodong Army was lucky, but when he returned to Beijing, it was the early dynasty of the imperial court.

In front of Cixi and all the ministers, it took Qin Cha a full ten minutes to tell everything he had seen and heard in Liaodong.

"You said that the Japanese army gathered 100,000 elites to attack the Liaodong Army, and the battle was very fierce, and the Liaodong Army has lost more than half of it, and it is likely that it will not be able to stop the Japanese attack and lose Liaodong!" Cixi frowned and asked Qincha.

Qin Cha hurriedly replied: "What the minister just said is all true, and there is no lie. General Wang and General Zhang are both from the forbidden army, and they only need to see the form of the battlefield at a glance on the battlefield, and they can testify to the old ministers! ”

Because they did not go to the battlefield, in order to increase the authenticity of their judgments, the two generals exaggerated what they saw during their reports.

Two or three thousand seriously wounded were said by them to be three or four thousand, and they told them about any heavy artillery that the forbidden army was not equipped with, or light and heavy machine guns that were rarely equipped, as if they had personally been on the battlefield.

Their exaggeration was very effective, and after speaking, more than eighty percent of the people in the court, including Cixi, believed what Qin Cha said, and the expression that was still puzzled just now became solemn.

When a minister spoke, hoping that the imperial court would support the Liaodong Army and must hold Liaodong. Other ministers seconded the proposal.

Standing in the court, he also planned to use this opportunity to let the imperial court list the Liaodong Army as a rebel army and eliminate Yuan Shikai of the Liaodong Army. At this time, he stood in place with a solemn face, without saying a word.

Yuan Shikai wanted to find some loopholes in Qincha's report, but in the end, he gave up because there was no evidence.

In the end, Yuan Shikai could only risk the rudeness of the court and shift his attention to a lieutenant general he had placed in the Qincha team.

The deputy general also found Yuan Shikai's gaze at him at this time, as Yuan Shikai's confidant, the deputy general knew very well what Yuan Shikai was thinking.

He saw what Qin Cha said in Liaodong, and in the end, he could only nod under Yuan Shikai's expectant gaze, indicating that he agreed with what Qin Cha said.

The country was invaded and his own personal grievances, and Yuan Shikai could still distinguish which was more important.

The old book "Reborn Iron and Blood General", a military novel of the Anti-Japanese War, more than 4 million words, was re-put on the shelves after being blocked, Tencent Reading and Mobile Reading have been released, interested readers can take a look! (To be continued.) )