The crowd of people poured in the direction of Gyeongbokgung Palace. In just half an hour, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Battalion of the Praetorian Guard launched four attacks on the front of Gyeongbokgung Palace!

Each time, they were repelled by the bullets of the Japanese army, and the surrounding streets and alleys restricted the direction of movement of the Praetorian Guards. The fierce gunfire around Gyeongbokgung Palace also attracted the vigilant teams scattered all over Seoul and had not yet encountered the Praetorian Guards. They were in groups of three and five in groups, and under the leadership of Cao Chang, they came from Sixiali, and they also fought with the tired officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in the narrow alleys, and hand-to-hand combat broke out everywhere. The shouts of killing were like huge waves, wave after wave, as if they were about to drown the entire Gyeongbokgung Palace!

The rain of bullets fired by the two sides left traces of potholes on the centuries-old palace wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the decoration of the eaves was shattered, and the wind chimes under the eaves were also jingled. Fortunately, both sides are light infantry firepower battles, and there is no heavy firepower preparation such as mountain artillery, otherwise, I really don't know what Gyeongbokgung Palace will become after a battle.

Zhang Xuzhou stood guard in a private house in the alley opposite Gyeongbokgung Palace, he climbed the courtyard wall with the help of a ladder, straddled it, and stared at the flickering fires of Gyeongbokgung Palace opposite, as well as the corpses of yellow military uniforms all over the ground. Beneath him stood a dozen heralds with their faces raised, waiting for his orders.

Zhang Xuzhou was already in a hurry, he personally took the first battalion of the first standard to Gyeongbokgung Palace, and the order Chu Wanli gave him was to shake off all entanglements, advance with light troops, seize the Korean palace at once, and take King Li and Concubine Min in their hands!

He also really went straight forward with light troops, squeezing out the last bit of energy of the most elite first battalion under his command, and the four Maxim machine guns that belonged to him were left behind. But when the light infantry arrived here, they were forced back by the fire of the army several times. The main gate could not be opened, so he extended his wings and tried to attack Gyeongbokgung Palace from the flanks, he extended his wings, and the army also divided his forces, and Gyeongbokgung Palace did not occupy a large area, and soon became the first battalion almost surrounded the palace on all sides, trying to storm inward. The army was guarding the palace walls on all sides, desperately resisting. Zhang Xuzhou now has only 400 soldiers on hand, and the army has more than 300 people guarding Gyeongbokgung Palace, which is the focus of their efforts to control. If one attack fails, the soldiers and officers, who have been exhausted to the extreme, are in danger of losing their strength again. The young officers rushed to the front, and the casualties were also in the front, and these seeds that Xu Yifan had painstakingly cultivated had already fallen!

The firepower of both sides was in full swing, and the palace walls were up and down, white smoke was filled, bullets were raining down, and both sides were red-eyed. With the expansion of the attack range of the first battalion, the squad of the Yue army concentrated here, and the melee was unfolding everywhere, inside and outside Gyeongbokgung Palace, the pot had been opened, and the situation facing Zhang Xuzhou was already a little chaotic and difficult to grasp, and the four Makqin machine guns of the backbone of the firepower did not know where they were!

The military hat was already in Zhang Xuzhou's hand, and he was almost pinching out the water. The heralds below and the officers of the battalion headquarters all shouted to him anxiously amid the gunfire: "Lord Zhang! Zhang Biaotong! Shall we rush again? Or ask for help from Chu Junmen? ”

"Asking for help?" Zhang Xuzhou rode on the courtyard wall, almost gritting his teeth before speaking.

"The credit for making the capital of a country, do you want to give it to others? I don't want to! He jumped down from the courtyard wall violently, a stray bullet swept past him, passed through the military uniform on his shoulder, Zhang Xuzhou did not move his eyebrows, threw the military hat in his hand on the ground, and pulled out the command knife on his waist: "It's the front, if you have the guts, follow Lao Tzu!" People die and birds rise to the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years...... We worked so hard for five days and five nights, we didn't just walk around! ”

He commanded his knife and pointed it in front: "The fallen brothers, some of them followed us out of the sea of corpses and blood, you see, even if they fall, in what direction will their heads be headed?" ”

The officers and heralds originally wanted to stop Zhang Xuzhou, but when they heard this, their eyes were red one by one. The flying soldiers came in five days, and even the officer's idea was that a thousand soldiers came suddenly, and even if there was any chaos in Seoul, it could be passed on. What other big waves can the North Koreans make?

But I didn't expect that as soon as I entered Seoul, not only did this place become another violent whirlpool as Lord Xu expected, but also there were also well-armed soldiers everywhere! They actually occupied the capital of the Great Qing Domain! From the very beginning, it has been in the middle of a scuffle. At this juncture, the fire pillar of the Makqin machine gun was also cut off, and all that could be relied on was a chamber of blood......

Xu Yifan sent them to Seoul and experienced a miraculous and difficult forced march. Zhang Xuzhou didn't want to understand, and he didn't bother to think about why all this happened, why Seoul became like this, and how Xu Yifan expected to deduce all this. He just knew that Xu Yifan expected that Seoul, a vassal state of China, would be in chaos, and sent Chu Wanli to lead them to help the crisis, and Chu Wanli handed over the task of capturing Gyeongbokgung Palace to him!

If you can't complete the task, you can only die. The promise that Xu Yifan shouted in Nanyang and was willing to die for the adult was not just a talk for Zhang Xuzhou, a northern man. And now what is sacrificed in front of him is the future tiger Ben who he has trained wholeheartedly, and the robe who followed Xu Yifan all the way, endured ridicule and contempt, and made a way out of nothing in a thorn!

Without further ado, he swung his saber vigorously and strode forward. Before he had advanced a few steps, he heard footsteps beside him, and the dozen or so officers and soldiers around him, who were the only ones he could now control, had already followed with rifles with bayonets, and around him, blocking his body to death.

The streets and alleys were full of officers and soldiers crouching in groups, unable to raise their heads at the bullets that came from the opposite side. Zhang Xuzhou and more than a dozen of them passed through the team, the soldiers looked up in horror, and saw that they looked like devils during training, but they were in harmony with them in peacetime, that is, Zhang Xuzhou, who was like a big-headed soldier, was passing by them, his face was tight, and the saber in his hand was as dazzling as lightning, looking at them crouching there, just glanced coldly, this gaze was even more dazzling than the saber in his hand! It's just that this glance makes many soldiers feel that the tail bones are all at a glance, and their heads are raised at once.

A sentry officer from the Nanyang Cadet stood up bent over and shouted, "Lord Zhang! The enemy fire is too fierce for you to rush into! Let's wait for the stun gun to come over! ”

Zhang Xuzhou roared, almost overshadowing the screams of the rain of bullets in the sky!

"Lord Xu was in Nanyang at the beginning, facing tens of thousands of mobs, and he also rushed up with us! This is the soul that Lord Xu brought to our Praetorian Guard, and Lao Tzu still wants to keep it! ”

After saying that, he still strode forward, and in the smoke of gunpowder, a row of bullets rushed over, and several soldiers in front of Zhang Xuzhou fell soft without humming. Zhang Xuzhou's big hand grabbed one and walked forward with him without bending his waist. The sentry's eyes turned red as soon as he soared, and he also threw off his military hat violently: "Lao Tzu followed Lord Xu all the way to North Korea, and he died here!" Brothers who came from Nanyang together, give this life back to Lord Xu! ”

First, the junior officers from Nanyang who were not far from him straightened up, and then spread into the distance like a wave, and there was a shout everywhere: "Praetorian Guard, bayonet!" Praetorian Guard, get on the bayonet! ”

Several intersections facing the direction of Gyeongbokgung Palace were still raining bullets, blocking several impact roads to death. These junior officers were red-eyed, and they actually slammed their bodies against the walls of the streets and alleys made of earth, wood, masonry, and stone! An officer pounced, followed by a group, frantically hitting with their bodies, kicking with their feet, and smashing with the butts of their rifles. The soldiers, who had only been in the army for a long time, looked at each other, and they were the courage of the army, and the officers were all like this, and the soldiers were naturally agitated by this fanatical atmosphere. More soldiers rushed forward, and the roars grew louder and louder.

"Praetorian Guard, bayonet!"

The army on the opposite side, in the barricades, on the wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace, were all firing desperately. The commander of the army waved his saber once, and it was a volley, and the ground was already full of copper bullet casings. The exits of the streets and alleys outside Gyeongbokgung Palace were already full of corpses of the Qing New Army wearing yellow military uniforms, and the gunpowder smoke fired from rifles had shrouded Gyeongbokgung Palace.

This is the first time that their new-style army has opened fire with the army of the Qing State since the enlightenment of the Qing State! At this time, the army was far from the era when Xu Yifan came, and in the difficult eight-year bloody battle, the army was proud and contemptuous of the Chinese [***] team. Although the officers have been indoctrinated, the army on the opposite continent is inferior to the militia, weak and arrogant...... But now the army on the opposite side, which is also new, not only killed in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace in one fell swoop, but also braved such firepower to launch four charges!

The soldiers were already so nervous that they couldn't breathe, and even the officers were secretly praying: "These Qing [***] people can't rush, right?" Can't rush it, right? ”

The gunfire on the opposite side suddenly weakened, followed by the sound of shouts and the sound of smashing masonry and earth! The sound of falling bricks and stones sounded at the same time, and the smoke from the ultra-dense firing of the rifle just now had shrouded the small battlefield, and the soldiers looked back at the officer uneasily, but the officer looked at the opposite side with fascination, and the command knife in his hand was about to come out of the water.

The sound of a huge collapse suddenly sounded in all directions on the opposite side, and the sound of shouting seemed to break through the cage and filled the entire Gyeongbokgung Palace battlefield at once! In the smoke, the figures were longing, everyone was shouting in their voices, and after a slight pause, according to the carefully selected elites of the Kumamoto Town Terrace who guarded Gyeongbokgung Palace, they saw flashes of light shining in front of them.

That's a bayonet! The tide generally makes waves of bayonets surrounding the entire Gyeongbokgung Palace! Hundreds of Qing [***] people tore down the walls of the streets and alleys used to cover themselves, opened the battle line, formed a semi-encirclement posture against Gyeongbokgung Palace, and launched a white-knuckle charge of the group!

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When the Praetorian Guards were about to launch a white-knuckle charge, not far from the back gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, where the battle was not very fierce, more than 200 Japanese soldiers came in a group. The Janissaries entered from the western half of Seoul and stormed all the way to Gyeongbokgung Palace. After hearing the sound of gunfire in Seoul, Kawakami collected all the troops that could be concentrated in the embassy, equipped them with weapons, and immediately came to Gyeongbokgung Palace for reinforcements. The Praetorian Guards were west of the palace and they were in the east, and they didn't meet all the way, Kawakami Yoroku rode a horse and personally led the team, panting all the way, and he was about to arrive at Gyeongbokgung Palace, and he had already seen the vigilant soldiers and officers on the east palace wall beckoning to them desperately, and Kawakami Yoroku's face was always blue before he smiled slightly.

He has always been conceited with his own mind, believing that everything in Seoul is under his control. Everything will develop according to the track he booked. But the sudden sound of gunfire in Seoul gave the conceited lieutenant general a great blow!

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, a Qing [***] team suddenly appeared in Seoul, and the goal was clear, and they went straight to the palace! Could it be that anyone else has seen through the conspiracy of the plan he has painstakingly planned for more than half a year, and the Genyosha and most of the army's resources have fully cooperated?

This army could only be the newly established Qing Janissaries in Pyongyang. Kawakami did not ignore this force, and the head of the Xuanyang Society, Manjun Yama, even gave Xu Yifan, who rose up like a comet in the political arena of the Qing Dynasty, a high evaluation. Although I also think in my heart that this army has not been formed for a long time, its combat effectiveness is greatly doubtful, and the distance between Pyongyang and Seoul is also very safe. However, he still spent the Shaolin abbot of the post-80s generation and launched the Dongxue Party riot to entangle them. But this Praetorian Guard still appeared in Seoul!

At that moment, Lieutenant General Kawakami even felt as if he was suddenly being illuminated by a light while he was having sex.

After all, Kawakami is the army's number one think tank, and the short-term frustration is hidden at once. Since the fact that the Qing [***] team arrived in Seoul cannot be changed, the focus of the battle now is Gyeongbokgung Palace, especially King Li and Concubine Min in Gyeongbokgung Palace! Since the army and the Hyunyang Society want to push the entire empire to the mainland, the name of this Korean invitation is indispensable. If King Li and Concubine Min fall into the hands of the Qing [***] team, then in North Korea, it will suddenly be a change of power and object, and those forces in the country who are still swaying and watching will at least not support the empire in front of them to immediately get involved in Korea, then the plan of the army and the Xuanyang Society will really be in vain!

After gathering all the strength he could concentrate, he immediately rushed to Gyeongbokgung Palace, and along the way, the lieutenant general just muttered a prayer to Hachiman Bodhisattva, hoping that when he came here, he still saw that he occupied this place!

When he saw that it was the soldier who waved to him, and the gunfire was still concentrated outside the western courtyard wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the lieutenant general on the horse took a deep breath, and his whole body almost collapsed on the horse. After realizing that he was weak, the lieutenant general immediately straightened his waist and sat up straight, but his vest was cold and all the sweat was wet, and almost all the tweed military clothes were wet.

Several officers looked at Kawakami, waiting for him to give the order. Kawakami Yoroku froze his mind and waved his hand lightly: "Kokurahara, Sado, Kinoshita...... You take your squad and go around the flanks to the west, where the main forces of the Qing [***] team are gathered, do not engage them with fire...... Set them on fire and burn them out! and the garrison of the royal palace, sandwiching them in the open field...... Well! I see? ”

He sat on his horse, and quietly made a gesture of squeezing his hands. The white gloves he wore were dazzlingly new. The three officers stiffly bent down and nodded, and as soon as they greeted, they separated their wings with about half of the men and horses and flanked the place where the guns rang out.

Kawakami Tsuroku dusted off the non-existent dust on his body, shook his head and said in a low voice: "This Sugi Village, don't you know about transferring King Li and Concubine Min to the legation?" It's really nostalgic for His Excellency the Asuka Minister in the time of Koshin......"

He actually got up for a long time, and when he finished sighing, he arrogantly made a slight move backwards with his right hand, and more than 100 soldiers followed him towards the palace neatly and slowly. Lieutenant General Kawakami wants to put on the bearing of a famous Warring States general, and they also cooperate with each other.

At this moment, the gunfire in the west suddenly fell silent, leaving only the sound of the rifle firing unilaterally, followed by a roar that rang out to the sky!

Kawakami reined in his horse and carefully discerned the loud roar, frowning.

"Praetorian Guard...... Army...... Above...... Bayonet? ”

"The Qing [***] team is going to fight a white-knuckle battle with the Imperial Army?" Kawakami's eyes widened, he had a wealth of experience in traveling and investigating in the Qing Kingdom, and in his observations, he never thought that the Qing Kingdom could have an army to fight a large-scale white-knuckle battle! In his eyes, those Qing soldiers could only maintain the courage not to collapse if they shot at each other at a long distance.

But the roar that sounded was so unhesitating, it was so unhesitant that it almost shook this Gyeongbokgung Palace!

He slammed his whip on his horse, and rushed into the east gate of the palace that had only opened halfway through.

King Lee and Concubine Min must be transferred out of Gyeongbokgung Palace as soon as possible, and if the situation does not allow it, then they can only be killed and everything must be pushed on the head of Park Yong-hyo. At that time, it may be a little opportunity to take advantage of the absence of a master in Korea and send troops to participate in maintaining order and protecting overseas Chinese! This will be the next best option, and the only option that will hold on to a little bit of fruit......

But he just didn't believe that the Qing [***] people could rush into Gyeongbokgung Palace with bayonets!

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The shouts from the direction of Gyeongbokgung Palace also vaguely floated to Chu Wanli, the headquarters temporarily set up in the telegraph room.

He just looked out of the window, watching the slowly rising fireworks in the distance, and remained silent.

The shouts and killing voices of his brothers in the robe Ze were naturally heard by the small number of officers who stayed by Chu Wanli's side, and they all looked at Chu Wanli with blank eyes, but the strength around Chu Wanli was already very thin, and they didn't dare to propose reinforcements. The soldiers in the courtyard outside the telegraph room also stood up straight, looked west, and then looked at each other.

Chu Wanli smiled bitterly: "Xuzhou, he's desperate......"

An officer from the headquarters hesitated and asked, "Your Excellency...... Shall we go for reinforcements......"

Chu Wanli waved his hand, there was still a little smile on the corner of his mouth, and his tone was not necessarily heavy: "I have done everything that should be done, do you want me to take the bayonet to participate in the charge?" We've done enough, so it's time to listen to the destiny of heaven...... Before you roll the dice, you know the size, and life is too boring......

The officer's expression suddenly became a little disapproving, but he could only bow his head.

Chu Wanli also just smiled: "Lord Xu expected the chaos in Seoul, it is our personnel one, the brothers who have not been in the army for a long time are one thousand or hundreds of people, and they have been flying for eight hundred miles in five days and five nights, which is our personnel two." The haggard and tired division, all the way to the front of Gyeongbokgung Palace, is the third of our best! ”

He patted his subordinates on the shoulder: "We haven't done enough?" That's more than we can pay...... The telegram has been sent, and now the country will soon know about the chaos in Seoul, and it will also know that the only force that can be borrowed now to stabilize the situation in North Korea is our Praetorian Guard! It's not that guy Rong Lu who doesn't know life and death...... I guess that's what adults want. Whether the North Koreans are dead or alive, adults may care, but I don't care......"

Listening to the Shangguan's mouth full of tongues, the staff officer of the association headquarters dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. The shouting outside seemed to be louder again, and everyone was listening with their ears pricked up. While he was engrossed, there was a sudden noise of footsteps and roaring outside.

Chu Wanli tilted his head and looked outside, and saw the soldiers outside the door retreating step by step, and several officers pulled out their pistols. Could it be that I rushed in? Why don't the people outside shoot?

The soldiers staggered to both sides, looking like they didn't dare to stop them. I saw a middle-aged man with a red top wearing a Daqing Qin suit striding in, although the clothes on his body were luxurious, but they were already water and mud, and they were not the same, and several Goshha who were more embarrassed than him were clustered around him.

Chu Wanli's pupils contracted and his mouth tightened.

The person who came was none other than the Minister of Comfort of the Great Qing Dynasty and the Minister of the Great Qing Dynasty, Xu Yifan's direct superior, Rong Lu!

He had a horse whip in his hand, and he looked angry: "Are you the Chu Xietong under Lord Xu?" Now you return to your own moderation! Call the imperial court and Beiyang, I, Ronglu, am trying my best to quell the chaos! ”

Where the fuck did this Rong Lu come from?

(To be continued)