"Boom-boom-"

"Kill give—"

Japanese troops dressed in black uniforms poured across the Yalu River like a black tide and rushed into Qing territory, and the beachhead on the west bank of the Yalu River had already been razed to the ground in the days of struggle. The Korean soldiers who had lost the cover of the terrain suffered heavy casualties, and although the king was behind them, although the morale of the country was high, why should he die if he could survive?

On the Yalu River, whether the two armies of the DPRK and Japan fought for five days or ten days, Li Xi himself couldn't remember. During the day, the Japanese repeatedly attacked the positions of the North Korean army. At night, it is necessary to guard against the night attack of the Japanese army. The front line was overwhelmed, and he had to personally lead the guards up to repel the Japanese army. When he stayed in the city, he had to deal with all the mess and keep an eye out for Japanese shells. Li Xi was already exhausted, but he couldn't help but fight his spirits. Day and night were just two different states of life for him, and the date didn't matter anymore. He understood that this was a test for him by the Qing State, and if he could not withstand the attack of the Japanese, it would mean that there was no need for Korea to support him. Therefore, the Qing State gave weapons, ammunition, grain and grass, and even artillery, but did not give a single soldier. In the end, an artillery company was still matched, and that was also because the entire Korea and Ben did not have qualified artillery for the Qing State.

While helping the DPRK to teach artillery, this artillery company also completely obeyed the command of the DPRK army, and the DPRK army would shoot wherever the artillery was requested. After the first few days of extravagant artillery bombardment, the entire Korean army easily repelled the Japanese attack. At that time, the entire Korean army, starting with him, the king, took the exhortation of the artillery company to the back of his mind: there are quantities of shells, and we no longer have shells to replenish.

Finally waiting for the day when there were no shells. Li Xi knew the importance of saving shells. For three days in a row, the Japanese could only be blocked by the river, and the daily doubling of casualties caused the morale of the entire Korean army to plummet. Finally, Li Xi could no longer endure the heavy daily casualties. He ordered the beachhead to be abandoned and retreated into the city. Hopefully, the relatively strong walls will reduce casualties.

Wrong, big mistake. On the wall of Jiulian City, the king of Joseon, Yi Xi, regretted his heartache. Who would have thought that the army, which was still fighting in good shape, would disappear as soon as it received the order to retreat. The little devil followed behind the ass and killed it straight, and the commanders at all levels did not even organize resistance, and ran faster than the soldiers. The beachhead can be abandoned, and the Jiulian City cannot be lost.

"Order the guards to assemble. Follow the king to stop the Japanese. ”

Li Xi decided to correct his mistake.

"The king is the fate of the restoration of Korea, and he must not be in danger." Captain Hong Qixun hurriedly stood up: "Let's go down." In case the subordinates can't resist it, they also ask the king to return to Fengtian. Then try to restore the country. ”

Withdraw? What about retreating. As a result of giving you weapons and ammunition support, you can't even defend the Japanese across the river, so can you still recover your homeland? In this way, the Qing Dynasty is a simple Korea, and even if it will be restored with the help of the Qing Dynasty, then Korea can only be completely controlled by the Qing Dynasty. North Korea is not the Ryukyus. North Korea is also a country with a large population. If the army formed by the DPRK itself is useless. Then the Qing Dynasty would personally control Korea. Such a Korean state is not the Korean state that he Li Xi wants. There is no way back.

Xi said that he stopped Hong Qixun, who was about to leave: "The emperor of the kingdom promised this king that if this king dies in battle, the prince Li Kun will be the new king of Joseon." The Korean kingdom was lost at the hands of this king, and if he could not recapture it himself, he would only be able to face his ancestors and ancestors if he died on the battlefield. Hong Qixun-"

"Your Majesty is here."

"Now this king commands you to rush to the heavens and serve the prince at once. If this king dies in battle, the son of the world will ask you. After saying that, after bowing deeply, Li Xi turned his head and went down the city wall. left Hong Qixun, who had already burst into tears.

Hong Qixun was very loyal, naturally and obedient, and he quickly led a platoon of soldiers and turned his head towards Fengtian Jiechen.

With only 170 royal guards, it is the entire reserve of the entire Korean army. In the fierce battles for days, the royal guards, who used to be thousands of people, were the only ones in front of them. Li Xi looked at the guards, which were full of wounded soldiers. Just said a faint word and turned around and walked towards the city gate: I want to go home. They are all people who were kicked out by the Japanese, and who doesn't want to go home. Now even the Japanese can't beat it. Shangguo didn't send reinforcements, how did he get home. But this did not prevent the soldiers of the guard from following the king to the battlefield.

Li Xi insisted that these defenses of the North Korean army were a test for the Qing state to Korea. Therefore, he wanted to prove that the Koreans were capable of fighting in front of the kingdom, and he wanted to make the emperor clearly understand that the DPRK had the value of support. In fact, he thought too much, Guangxu just wanted to consume more of the existing army loyal to Li Xi, which was also to prepare for the control of the Korean army in the future. Even if the North Koreans waste the material, Guangxu must support him to restore the country. This is an obligation of the suzerainty and a regional political necessity. Because only by doing so can the vassal state feel at ease. Only by doing so can the former vassal states that broke away from the Qing Dynasty but cherished the Qing Dynasty return to the embrace of China.

Strength is not spoken with words, strength is not bought with money, and the strength of the country is brought out by the army in the rain of bullets. The current Qing State is still a weak country, far from being an opponent of Britain and France. But fighting on two fronts in the northeast, and being able to fight the Europeans for the first time is a total annihilation record. So, if you want others to recognize you, you have to show your own strength. It is a friend who wants him to know that you can protect him, and an enemy who wants to make him afraid. The key is still the Ryukyus, every move of the Qing Dynasty to the Ryukyus was seen by these former vassal states, and now the Russian ** team of the Qing Dynasty has been completely annihilated, and the majesty of the thousand-year-old Empire is still there. Therefore, many former vassal states have different thoughts.

For example, in Burma, the emperor said that once the army is sent to Burma, it is necessary to figure out what every stone on the road looks like. In order to achieve this goal, Zhao Erfeng, the commander-in-chief of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, never gave up reconnaissance of Burma in addition to military training. Now, under the dispatch of the CIA, the periphery of the agents who infiltrated India's Lednagiri to spy in the name of business inadvertently came into contact with the last king of the Gongbang Dynasty of Burma. As a result, the tin robe was blown unconscious by professional agents. Believing that the Qing agents wanted to rescue Xipao and restore the Gongbang Dynasty, he handed over the list of loyal ministers of the Gongbang Dynasty. The suzerainty treats the Ryukyus favorably and makes them yearn for it. Right now. The victory of the Great Qing State over the Russians gave them great confidence, and these old ministers of Gongbang, who thought that there was no hope of recovering the country, were contributing money and efforts to the formation of a modern army in Burma, and the envoys who asked the Qing State to help them train soldiers were already marching to Mukden under the escort of Zhao Erfeng.

Another example is Annan, Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Liangguang General Army and the head of the Second Mountain Regiment, sent a secret telegram: Nguyen Phuc Zhao, the king of Annam, sent a secret envoy to ask Jin to see the emperor. Liu Yongfu asked, where do you want to send the secret envoy?

"Your Majesty, according to Weichen, let's let all the envoys go to Beijing to see you." Tang Shaoyi thought for a while and said, "The kingdom should have the majesty of the kingdom. ”

"Don't I understand that it is more appropriate to summon me in the capital? It's just that after I go back......" Guangxu sighed.

When I go back this time, how should I face the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty? A return to power is inevitable, but in order to prevent a recurrence. It is inevitable that something will be done against the people of Cixi's party. Cixi is easy to do, just find a courtyard and put her under house arrest, but those post-party officials are the trouble. The reason why Cixi was able to control the court situation was through these officials who were loyal to the Empress Dowager. It is because of these officials. Cixi was able to launch a palace change at the end of last year. Guangxu understood that only by getting rid of these officials, Cixi, who had lost her support, could no longer pose a threat to Guangxu. How to get rid of it? Overhead or even dismissed from office? It's useless, that's what I did last time. If you want to really do it once and for all, there is only one word - kill. Guangxu is not a butcher, he doesn't want to kill. No matter how these people opposed Guangxu, they still had a certain amount of credit for quelling the chaos and maintaining the rule of the imperial court. In fact, Li Hongzhang has been urging the emperor to return to Beijing to preside over negotiations with foreigners, but Guangxu still stayed in Fengtian to wait for these people to take the initiative to resign, but none of them were there.

Tang Shaoyi also understood this truth, and the people in the staff headquarters also understood it. They have no hesitation about killing, but they can't say it explicitly. So. Tang Shaoyi said: "Your Majesty, you always have to go back." ”

"yes, I always have to go back. Since you can't hide, let's face it. Guangxu stood up and clapped his hands: "Clean up, let's go back in the next two days." By the way, the Japanese have fought the Yalu River, they should be happy. ”

"Honestly, there's nothing to be happy about in this situation."

Da Shanyan's understatement calmed the excitement of the Japanese front-line commanders. Days of hard fighting finally came to fruition, and the troops of the Empire of Japan once again set foot on Qing soil. However, Dashan Yan was not happy, it was only the Korean army that was defeated, and it was not the Qing army, so there was really no need to be happy.

According to the meaning of Dashan Rock, since the Korean king ran away during the Korean incident, since the Russian naval and land armies have been defeated. Then the troops of the Japanese Empire should immediately retreat south of the Han River and restore the situation before the war. Supplemented by diplomatic means, taking advantage of the diplomatic advantage that Britain did not want Japan to be completely defeated by the Qing State, Britain came forward to coerce the Qing State not to cross the Han River, so as to maintain the cornerstone of Japan's rise. Instead of chasing and fighting as Yama County Youpeng said, hoping to exchange the victory in the land battle for bargaining chips against the Qing State.

Dashanyan shook his head painfully, not to mention that the current Japanese army is no longer the opponent of the Qing State, in fact, the strength of the Japanese army in the first Wu year is not the opponent of the Qing State. It was only that the Qing State had a straw bale commander that year, and under his leadership, the whole army ran away that the momentum of Great Japan was like a bamboo. Don't you see how the Qing ** team, which the Qing emperor no longer retreated from on the Liao River, defeated the army of the Great Japanese Empire in a war.

The current strength of the Japanese army is not only still not the opponent of the Qing State, but the distance is getting bigger and bigger. The Japanese army still used weapons from the First Sino-Japanese War, but fortunately, a large number of Qing weapons captured in the First Sino-Japanese Year armed the imperial ** team, otherwise single-shot rifles and bronze artillery would still be the main weapons of the Japanese army. The empire spent the next ten years and all the money it received was invested in the navy. Now the Qing army has begun to equip its divisions with large-caliber artillery, while the funds that Japan can allocate to the army can only maintain the current scale.

It is Dashanyan's dream to defeat the Qing State once on the frontal battlefield, but unfortunately there is no chance. That time almost surrounded the 7th Division of the Qing Army, it was also because the Korean troops on his flank were defeated too quickly, so that the 7th Division had no time to retreat. Is it so difficult to break through the defense line of the Qing Royal Army led by the Qing Emperor from the front?

Dashanyan reluctantly raised the binoculars, looking at the dense Japanese troops crossing the river on this side of the river, and they couldn't see the river. Looking at the battlefield, there is not only one big mountain rock, there is also a group on the hillside on the other side of the river.

"Commander, I think it's okay." The division staff officer put down the binoculars and said.

"Don't worry, wait until the Japanese attack the city."

Lei Zhenchun knew that his ** artillery division was ready, but he thought that he could still let some Japanese troops in.

"That's pretty much it, wouldn't it be more casualty if you put too much?" Shoushan was very dissatisfied and said: "Our Fourth Division is doing the same as firefighters, how can it be that when it comes to reinforcements, it seems to be the work of the Fourth Division." ”

"Alright, at least you still have a fight to fight. I didn't see the Sixth Division, the reinforcements in Fengtian didn't catch up, and Tieling didn't catch up, so it was not easy to run to Siping's house and the Russian army surrendered. I didn't see that when the emperor asked Nie Shicheng to lead the team to Vladivostok, Nie Shicheng's eyes were red. ”

Lei Zhenchun put down the telescope and gave the order for the shelling amid the sound of laughter.

"Infantry and artillery coordination, let the Fourth Division also start attacking." Shoushan also gave the order to attack.

People's reinforcements are described as fast, racing against time, for fear of being late. Li Xi's reinforcements can only be described as tragic, and the guards, which are less than 200 people, finally walked to the edge of the city gate with messy steps. They still want to go out of the city and fight with the Japanese army, but they haven't reached the city gate yet, and the Japanese army has already arrived first. It is already impossible to go out of the city to reinforce it, so let's go to the city wall and fight. Before Li Xi could open his mouth to speak, the sound of whistling cannonballs completely drowned out his voice.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom......" Shells smashed into the ground, and huge smoke and dust enveloped the entire beachhead.

Where did the shells come from? Li Xi and Dashan Yan both wanted to know, so one of them rushed to the head of the city, and the other rushed to the observation position. Seeing that all the shells fell on the Japanese position, both of them understood that such a fierce artillery fire meant only one possibility - the main force of the Qing army had arrived.

Li Xi smiled, which means that he doesn't need to go up and fight hard, which means that he will get the support of the Qing State to recover Korea, which means that he can continue to be the king of Korea. But Dashanyan cried, at this time more than half of the Japanese army had crossed the Yalu River, especially on the crowded Yalu River, and a single shell could kill a large area. The artillery bombardment of the Qing army completely cut off the last retreat of the Japanese army crossing the river, and the killing sound of the Qing army attacking on the other side of the river shook the sky, which meant that the Japanese army crossing the river was about to be annihilated.

Recovering all the forces that could be recovered, Oyama Iwa gave the order for the entire army to retreat. When the last one left Dashanyan by the Yalu River, he cried and shouted: "There are friends in Shanxian County, is this the result you want?" ”

Maybe Dashan Yan is not crying about the lost troops, or maybe he is crying about his own fate. The Qing Beiyang Fleet, cruising in the Tsushima Strait, had completely cut off their return home, and the Qing marines were slaughtering from Pusan to Seoul, which was garrisoned by a merchant division. Even if they retreat, where can they retreat? In fact, there is no way back. (To be continued......) u