After repeated struggles, Ye Zhichao finally decided to "shift strategy".

He was quite "bright" in his mind, and after leading his troops to resist the Japanese offensive for two days, he immediately slipped away again......

At this time, the original retreat of the Qing army in northern Korea had long been cut off by the Japanese army, and Ye Zhichao, who was forced to helpless, finally had to take his troops to the south......

And thanks to the "gift" of Ye Zhichao's troops, the Japanese army under the command of Dashan Rock finally conquered the Pyongyang city in front of them on the third day.

After that, the Japanese army almost followed the footsteps of the Qing army to pursue the south, don't look at the combat effectiveness of these Qing troops is not very good, but the running is very fast, Dashanyan's troops are from Liaodong landing, there are not many cavalry, and they are chasing enough.

It was not until November 29 that the Japanese army of Daesan Iwabe arrived at Goyang County on the north bank of the Han River, and it was only when they finally wiped out most of the Qing army in front of them, and only a small part of them were missing.

After that, the army continued to move south, and the strange thing was that there were many "bandit troops" running rampant along the way, and many Japanese strongholds were destroyed by these "bandit troops". At this time, the northern part of Korea had already entered winter, and the Japanese army had no choice but to grab while fighting, and reluctantly "collected" some cotton clothes and food from local civilians and then continued to go south.

By the time the Japanese army finally arrived in Seoul, the capital of Korea, it was December 6.

To the disbelief of the Japanese officers and soldiers such as Dashan Yan, when they led their troops to the city of Seoul, they actually saw the Korean rebels attacking the city!

At the top of the city, you can see Japanese soldiers constantly raising their guns and shooting to resist, and the battle situation seems to be quite critical.

Under the orders of Oyama Rock, the Japanese army began to attack these "bandit troops" in formation.

At this time, the attacking "bandit army" had also seen these Japanese troops who came to support, and immediately divided a part of their forces to attack the Dashan Iwabu!

Under the command of Sato Masashi and other generals, the Japanese soldiers of the First Army fought a rather fierce battle with these "bandit troops".

To the surprise of the First Army, this "bandit army" was quite disciplined in its fighting, and its equipment was no less than its own, and all of them were fast guns.

In the evening, the Japanese army of Oyama Iwabe cooperated with the inside and outside of the city to finally encircle and annihilate these "bandit troops" at a huge cost of casualties.

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To the disappointment of Dashan Yan and others, the First Army, which lacked winter clothes and quilts, did not get the supplies they wanted after entering Seoul.

After the deputy commander of the Fourth Division, Katsura Taro, who was in charge of receiving them, explained to them, Oyama Iwa and Sato Masa, the Japanese generals who had just come from Liaodong to war, knew about the situation in Korea.

"I'm very sorry about your question about the supply of the First Army. Now the whole of North Korea is about to become a pot of porridge! Not to mention the First Army, even the Second Army stationed in Korea is about to run out of supplies! Otherwise, the general of Shan County would not have rushed forward so hurriedly to clear out the rebellious army of the Dongxue Party. ”

General Yama Aritomo personally attacked and led most of his Japanese troops stationed in Korea to the south to clear out the Donghak Party rebellion!

"The rebellious army of the Dongxue Party?" Dashan Yan asked in disbelief.

"Yes! Excellency. Katsura Taro is already somewhat familiar with the reflections of his colleagues, "It's the Donghak Party that set off the turmoil in North Korea in the first place!" Now the gang is entrenched in the South Samdo region of North Korea. ”

"The Dongxue Party People's Army is so rampant that it dares to attack the logistics line of the Imperial Army!"

"Yes, but Your Excellency doesn't have to worry too much, our army has now concentrated tens of thousands of troops in four divisions to go to the south to clear them, and I believe it won't be long before they can be completely annihilated." Katsura Taro said calmly.

Sato Masashi said with some skepticism, "However, they have all already run to Seoul!" If it weren't for the fact that we had arrived today with the First Army......"

"Hehe, Wei Wei to save Zhao!" Katsura Taro narrowed his eyes, "You don't need to ignore them, as long as you crush their base in the south, the rebellious army that loses supplies will not be able to become a climate!" ”

"Your Excellency, don't worry, I have already sent a telegram to Tokyo on the issue of supplies, and I believe that news will be available soon......"

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Under the heavy firepower of tens of thousands of Japanese troops under the Youpongsuo Division in Yama County for several days, the Donghak Party and the People's Army in the south of Korea were finally outnumbered and suffered heavy losses in terms of troops and equipment, and gradually lost their former momentum.

On November 22, the Japanese army conquered the Donghak Party's stronghold in Chungcheong-do, and the Nationalist Army began to retreat to Jeolla Province.

On December 14, under the flanking attack of Japanese troops from both directions, the Donghak Party and People's Army in Gyeongsang-do were also completely annihilated.

On December 19, after several days of rest, the Japanese army turned to attack Jeolla Province, the last stronghold of the Donghak Party, because of the complicated terrain in southwestern Korea, and after losing thousands of troops, the Japanese army in Sansanbu finally annihilated most of the civilian army in Jeolla Province, and only a small remaining force was still entrenched in the mountains and resisted.

After leaving the troops of the two wings to continue to clear up, Youpeng in Yama County collected his troops and returned to Seoul with the main force of the Japanese army......

Japan, Hiroshima, wartime base camp

"Your Majesty, a telegram from the troops stationed in Korea! -- The Dongxue Party has been wiped out by our army! ”

"Good! Now the imperial army can attack the Qing country wholeheartedly! When Emperor Muhito heard the news, he immediately stood up from his seat excitedly.

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

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Compared to the excitement of Emperor Muhito, Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito was not so happy at this time.

"What?! And resupply! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

"From May to now, the war has been going on for half a year! Tell North Korea's Katsura Taro that there have been several rice grabbing incidents in Tokyo, Japan! You can transport some winter clothes to them, and let them figure out the food themselves! ”

"Hail!!"

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Ito Hirobumi obviously underestimated the determination of his own national army to fight, and after receiving this telegram from him, the Japanese troops stationed in Korea actually began to loot the rations of the local Korean people, which was already commonplace for the Japanese army anyway......

North Korea, Seoul Royal Palace

"The Queen Mother! Oh no!! Japanese in Seoul...... Everywhere...... Grab something!! ”

"Yes! Queen Mother! The Japanese robbed all the rice from every grain store in Seoul! ”

"And!! The rations, cotton clothes and quilts in the people's homes were also snatched away by the Japanese! ”

"Queen Mother!! The Japanese are killing people everywhere in the city!! ”

"The Queen Mother! If this continues, the people of North Korea will not be able to live happily! ”

Min Jung-ho sat on his knees in the palace, staring blankly at his toes, as if he hadn't heard anything in his ears.

“…… What should I do......"

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After collecting enough food, cotton clothes and other materials, on December 27, the Japanese army braved the bitter cold weather in Korea and began to attack Qingguo again.

After weeks of marching, the Japanese army arrived at Yingkou on January 16. After a short rest, on January 19, the Japanese army began to organize troops to attack Jinzhou!

On January 22, the Japanese army broke through Jinzhou.

Qing veteran Liu Mingchuan continued to lead the army along the Shanhaiguan line to resist, perhaps because of the early preparations, now Shanhaiguan inside and outside the Qing army dug a large number of trenches, at this time Liu Mingchuan's troops have received a large number of reinforcements from the rear, the Japanese army has no longer occupied the advantage in strength, and the two sides began to stalemate.

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At this time, after hearing the news that Korea and Liaodong had fallen one after another, and that the Japanese army was raising troops to attack Shanhaiguan day and night, the government and the opposition were shocked, and the people inside and outside the capital were panicked!