The autumn in southern Liaoning is said to be a little more slaughtering than in the Guannei. The cold wind in the north has already come down a little bit at this time. Mixed with the sea breeze, a piece of grass and trees moved on the vast earth.

But the weather is still so high that the world is a transparent scene. People are in it, and they only feel that they are full of energy.

This is the good weather for strong men to fight and kill.

From this time when the remnants of winter in the first year of the First Sino-Japanese War have not disappeared, more than 100,000 tigers from the two countries who have been cultivated for 20 years, and dozens of ironclad warships like mountains on the sea, have collided and fought fiercely on the land and ocean of Northeast Asia to this scene!

The war has been fought until now, the Qing Dynasty is like a patient who has passed the early spring, and there is a period of time in the winter that seems to be unable to survive, the warships are lost, the army is defeated all the way and all the way, the places are lost one after another, and the famous ministers and heavy generals die one after another. But as soon as the breath of spring Jingming arrived, the disease came out mile by mile. And seeing that I ate well and slept soundly, God also helped, so I didn't have a cold spring or something. Just ten or twenty days ago, you must know that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty issued an edict to surrender!

The country's situation has turned around, just because there is this one person in Haidong.

Shandong aside, just talking about the battlefield in southern Liaoning, where he sits, the situation has now been completely reversed. The tens of thousands of defeated troops that had retreated from southern Liaoning had been reorganized into two wings, the left wing was the Jilin training army of Yiketang'a, the right wing was Song Qing's Yi army, and the center was the reserve army of the second town of the Praetorian Guard led by Xu Yifan and Nie Shicheng as the president of the second town of the Praetorian Guard.

The defeated army in southern Liaoning reorganized nearly 40,000 officers and soldiers and pressed them from the front. In Liaoyang, on the flank, there is also the main force of the first town of the Praetorian Guard, which is already the first strong army of the Qing Dynasty, and the first part of the second town is eyeing the tiger. All the armies in southern Liaoning understood that they went up to suck the devil in the front, just waiting for the Praetorian Guard to hit the flank of the devil, and then swept the lost territory in southern Liaoning in one fell swoop. Everyone is leading the troops, and Xu Yifan's deployment is also decent, who still doesn't understand. There are Janissaries on the flanks as the backers of the big guys, even if they pounce on the little devils head-on, the second army of the Qing Dynasty will have to be afraid to deal with it, and there will be no taboos in this offensive battle - there are quite a few who want to sell well in front of Xu Yifan, and the battalion head who tried to take refuge also said loudly that there is no need for the Praetorian Guard, and now the eighty horse foot battalion heads in southern Liaoning can hit Lushun in one fell swoop!

The big guys are all energetic, and in less than a month, this situation has become unrecognizable. In the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, the warships of the Western devils have been stationed, and the transport ships of the devils have come and gone, although the two sides have not torn their faces and really made any moves, but they are always under the supervision of the warships of the Western devils. The threat of the Zhili Plain has been completely lifted, and in Tianjin, Dagu, and in the area of the Liaoning West Corridor, the troops and military resources prepared by the sea can be transferred to the north and south without any scruples. These are just purely military benefits, not to mention the benefits of morale and popular support. Xiao Yue still wants to be the enemy of the whole world?

The situation of the Oriental devils in the face of the Qing Second Army also made the armies even more excited. All the way like a wolf and a tiger, the devil soldiers who defeated the Qing Dynasty army again and again, and there was no spiritual leader who broke Jinzhou, trapped Lushun, and destroyed the main force of the Qing army in Tianzhuang Tai when he went on land, and now it is unfolding in the area from Lushun to Tianzhuang Tai, the situation is depressed, and the will to fight is not so strong.

Relying on the area of Youyan and Phoenix City, the men on the northeast horses who were called the Volunteer Cavalry by Xu Yifan repeatedly harassed and attacked the supply line of the devil's military station, as well as their food collection team. The results they reported over, saying that the devils no longer have the kind of crazy energy to resist desperately to the end, it turned out that a small unit could fight to the death with a large group of volunteer cavalry, and now the battlefield surrenders dozens of people, these little devil prisoners have been escorted to the fast horse to Xu Yifan, who has placed the big camp in the northwest of Niuzhuang, how many battalion officers have used the excuse to report the military situation to see a new - in addition to the several Beiyang battalion heads in the Lushun rout, there is also a Song Qingyi army, many Qing troops who participated in the war have patronized all the way over, I really didn't see what the devil was like.

Now that I see it, everyone is happy. A bunch of hoop-legged dwarfs! Thinking of the time when the sky fell apart and the heart was broken, everyone was embarrassed, at that time everyone thought that Shenzhou Lu had sunk, and the dark and heavy dark clouds only felt breathless in addition to making everyone frightened, but now it is like this!

Just because there is this one, because there is this one person. What is the important minister of the country, the treasure of the country, at this time can you feel a little taste. Some veterans with seniority can recall those Zhongxing important ministers in the same year of Xian. At the beginning, the French invaded Haijiang, Fujian, Taiwan, and Vietnam and Guangxi at the same time. Li Hongzhang blocked the French land division on the southern front, but the country was wide open on the sea, and Zuo Zongtang and Zuo Gong entered Fuzhou, and the world was suddenly settled. That feeling, the difference seems to be the current taste. It's just that now those important ministers are dead and down, and Li Hongzhang is also vulnerable to this part, and there are still people who come out to clean up this river and mountain! And it's even more powerful than these important ministers, and they have to raise their eyebrows!

Xu Yifan is no longer replicable. He has stretched his scales and spread his wings, and in this war that has shaken the soul of the nation that has been sleeping for a long time, Haidong Canglong has soared into the sky!

People with a heart in the ups and downs of officialdom, at this time, there are already people analyzing, judging, and waiting. The structure of the Qing Dynasty has been deeply shaken by this war. Everyone knows that the Qing Dynasty has changed, but no one can say where it will change, to what extent, and who will lead this change. The remarks that Xu Yifan is Cao Ying are still circulating in the streets and alleys, but among many well-intentioned people, this is a good thing. There will always be an end to the fortune of a dynasty, and when the time comes, no matter how strong the dynasty is, it will also look like heaven and man. Not to mention that we are now facing great changes unseen in 3,000 years!

In this era, there is a Cao Ying, which may be the result of luck. The question is, does this Cao Ying have this ability, is it worth following?

Of course, these thoughts are still lying in the dark, just accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity. And for the armies in front of Liaonan, such thoughts are lighter. The battle has been fought until now, a man has to have a three-point blood surname, Xu Dashuai has created all the conditions for the big guys, and the most urgent thing at the moment is to drive the devil in front of him into the sea, get the credit of helping the crisis and solve the difficulty, and wash away the shame at the beginning!

This is really the last battle of the turbulent Jiawu year, everyone can see that if the little devils are defeated in southern Liaoning, and they finally hold on to a little false fire, it will be completely over!

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"Handsome! Handsome! Handsome! ”

The cheers were earth-shattering, dozens of battalions of the Yi Army stretched on the black soil of southern Liaoning, at this time, the horse infantry artillery team was pulled out, the officers and soldiers, everyone stood solemnly, raised their weapons and cheered to the sky!

Hundreds of cavalry galloped past Xu Yifan, and Pu Yang, who was in the lead, naturally held the Canglong Banner of the Praetorian Guard. These men on horseback were transferred by Xu Yifan from the area of Youyan Phoenix City. The "Volunteer Cavalry" there is already in full swing, but Jiang Ziming and them have nothing to do. In front of southern Liaoning, Xu Yifan felt that his descendants had fewer troops, so he simply transferred them over to take charge.

The 40,000-strong army has already spread along the line of the defeated battle of Grangetai, and the attack has been launched. The front-line battalion leaders have already started a tentative offensive towards the front-facing position of the army with Niuzhuang as the core. This time, the General Staff Headquarters of the Praetorian Guard did not use any tricks, that is, more than 80 battalions of horse infantry artillery launched an all-out offensive and pushed it over. It doesn't matter how much progress you make, what you want is this momentum, and the more you attract the devil in person, the better.

This tactical arrangement can't hide from people, and Xu Yifan and the staff officers of the Praetorian Guard don't plan to hide it. Now that the Second Army has been cleared, it is considered a dog in the poor alley, and the morale is also low. He had 60,000 soldiers and horses in hand, and the back road was unblocked, and he beat them clean even by hard fighting.

Since it is to attack on all fronts, it is also necessary for the commander of the army to muster morale. In the past two days, he has led a large group of cavalry, hoisting his big banner, and the wind is like patrolling the head of the camp from south to north.

Everywhere he went, the cheers were earth-shattering.

"Master Jiang, how is the scenery at this time?"

Xu Yifan rode on a horse, proudly pointing at the head of the Yijun camp with a horsewhip.

The sky above his head is high and the clouds are light, the wind is whistling in his ears, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers who have died in front of him. Xu Yifan, who has been worried and conscientious for more than two years, feels that the happiest mood is now.

Heaven and earth are completely open in front of him, and for the time being, there is no need to think about holding back the intrigue that is indispensable for the great cause of usurping the Qing Dynasty in the future, spreading the economy, just raising 100,000 troops, and striking at the national enemy in front of him, and the certainty of victory is not eighty percent but seventy percent, even if it is difficult to say how it will be usurped in the future, the hat of this national hero will not be able to run in the future.

One hand can mend the crack in the sky, so far, what more can the husband ask for?

Jiang Ziming straightened his back on the horse, looked at Xu Yifan's high-spirited appearance, and replied with a smile that was half emotional and half excited: "How dare my subordinates think of it today?" ”

Xu Yifan laughed: "Follow Lao Tzu forward!" The future scenery is even more limitless! ”

His triumphant appearance, followed by a deep character, most likely has to be admonished. Chu Wanli, this guy is here, he must be laughing. Jiang Ziming and these cavalrymen, all of them were born as horse thieves, and their surnames were rough and intense, and when they heard Xu Yifan's high-spirited words, blood gushed above their heads, urging them to build horses, and their four hooves took off, almost becoming a straight line! Xu Yifan's equestrian skills have been thoroughly practiced, and he can keep up, hundreds of healthy horses bring up large pieces of soil, and the sound of hooves is like thunder. Most of the soldiers depend on whether you have a kind or not, especially the old border army like Yijun, seeing the commander like this, the cheers are getting higher and higher!

Seeing that the horse team had rushed to the right-wing camp where Song Qing was. The general of the Yi army has already greeted him outside the camp. Song Qing stood in the head, dozens of generals pressed their waist knives, looked at the hunting and fluttering Canglong Banner in the distance, and then looked at Song Qing who was standing motionless in front of him like an old tree root, his white beard fluttered slightly, and the generals couldn't help but have a sentence in their hearts.

"Song Junmen is old...... The dragon banner is dazzling......"

In the blink of an eye, Xu Yifan had already rushed into the camp gate, and Pu Yang opened his voice at the right time: "Handsome!" ”

With a shout, thousands of troops made a change, and thousands of officers and soldiers knelt down together: "Greet Xu Dashuai under the mark!" ”

Pu Yang first replied loudly: "Get up!" Then he gave a loud order: "The commander's order, in the future, in the army, do not kneel to receive the salute!" Marching and fighting, and even the act of the sun, what is it to kneel down and be a head shorter? ”

Song Qing was stunned, and then he took the lead in standing up, and saw that Xu Yifan had already picked up the stirrups and dismounted, and hugged his fists at him with a smile: "Old Junmen, I'm here to be a villain, you have to take care of the food at noon!" ”

Song Qing's root-like face didn't move, and he doubled his old state: "Dashuai said this, how dare you be restrained?" ”

Xu Yifan laughed, he was already young, and now he is at the most high-spirited, and he has the aura of a king, which is really a little dazzling: "I won't eat you in vain, by the way, I will tell you a news, the soldiers of Yaoshan are approaching Caojiawanzi today, and they can see the Liao River!" Nie Gongting pointed to Xu Bangdao's Gongwei Battalion, and also took Chongyi Mountain, and the cannon was already able to bombard the town of Tianzhuangtai. These two pieces of news are enough to change a swallow table, right? ”

Hearing that Xu Yifan gave Nie Shicheng and Yiketang a boast, dozens of generals behind Song Qing were ready to twitch. Now that the matter has been laid out, the leaders and generals of the camps in southern Liaoning will have to point to the Xu Dashuai in front of them when they eat porridge and eat in the future. Nie Shicheng is already an insider in his circle, needless to say, he has to take care of three points in advance, and Yiketanga has already been promoted by General Fengtian. Their Yijun has always eaten little, and this time they fought the hardest, with the most casualties, and they didn't feel worth it when they returned to that bitter place in Suiyuan in the future. Everyone is now fighting for merit, and the army is obviously much weaker in the face, and the army looks like it is panicked and unbearable.

Song Qing remained silent, just respectful as before. Since Yi Ketanga and Nie Shicheng opened fire on the eighth day, they have worked extremely hard, and the offensive has been wave after wave. The Jilin Training Army and the Second Town Reserve Army of the Praetorian Guard Army had never fought with such courage. The north side of the battle line of the army Tianzhuang has been beaten backwards and deeply recessed. One of the main reasons is also because the army did not have many troops in Tianzhuangtai, which was originally an outpost position on the right bank of the Liao River, and the main force of the army was still not completely taken, and it seemed that the idea was to resist step by step to the end, retreat to Lushun, and wait for changes.

In this battle, Song Qing's subordinates fought step by step, and the battalion leaders took turns to pull up, and the battalion heads were changed when the sharpness was slightly frustrated. The progress is far inferior to that of the two friendly armies, and Xu Yifan's coming over this time also has the meaning of promoting.

Song Qing was the first to listen to his orders among the armies in southern Liaoning, but now he is tepid, I don't know what this old guy means! When he first surrendered, he cried and shouted that he would take the Yi army to counterattack Tianzhuang Terrace for revenge, and now he looks like a dead and alive man!

The generals held their breath and watched Xu Yifan's smile gradually stiffen, hundreds of healthy horses also stopped, and immediately the knights dismounted, and the camp was quiet for a while, only to hear the sound of cannons in the distance faintly drifting over.

Fuck, Lao Tzu just wants to throw everything away for the time being, do Xu Wumu well, and simply fight this battle, which doesn't make Lao Tzu happy!

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Cattle Village

The sound of cannons was faint, drifting from the east bank of the Liao River, and the smoke of gunpowder was also wafting in Tianzhuangtai for a while.

The army general of Count Oyamaiwa was fully uniformed, standing on the tiled roof of his headquarters, holding a telescope and looking motionlessly in the direction of that side.

The Earl's Admiral did not allow a single staff officer to follow him, and since the tide of war had taken a turn for the worse, he had become a loner. The staff officers under his command asked His Excellency the General to simply break the cauldron and advance all the way to the Liaoxi Corridor, either to do a vigorous job, or to win, or to let the second army of the Qing Dynasty wither like a cherry blossom, and there is no loss of life.

This is not only the opinion of the young staff officers of the military headquarters, but even the guidance of the staff headquarters also hints at this. There is a reason behind this hint.

It is no longer reliable for Russia and Ben to join forces in the Far East, and in just a few days, I don't know how many diplomatic setbacks there were.

The staff officers on the front line did not know that Britain and France had jointly sent a note to Russia, demanding that Russia explain its position in the war in the Far East. The British fleet in the Indian Ocean was also moving to the Far East. Germany expressed its support for Russia's move in the Far East, but the Germans did it and the French were opposed to it, and the French Third Republic immediately expressed its intention to reconsider the question of the rollover of the maturing Russian debt -- who did not know that the disabled emperor was counting on the Russian steam steamroller to sink into the Far East in order to relieve the pressure on the Eastern Front? As soon as the pressure from both sides increased, the Russian emperor had already declared that the envoy in the Far East was only expressing his personal opinion, and that Russia was absolutely neutral in the event of war in the Far East -- they were now insufficient in the Far East, and the Trans-Siberian Railway was still far from being completed. I don't know if there are 100,000 bayonets in the mouth of the minister.

Having lost the hope of Russia in this regard, the general staff headquarters of Yuben also fell into confusion, and the opinion of some fanatics was that the Second and Third Armies had broken through the cauldron and advanced towards Zhili! There is still hope going forward, even if it fails, the entire empire will be finished, and the unlucky will not only be the army and navy.

Of course, the front-line staff officers behind this twists and turns are not clear, but this forward is extremely appetizing. The national surname of this book originally had this crazy factor, life is like a summer flower, death is like autumn leaves, a samurai life, but that's it!

However, the actions of the Second Army were forcibly held down by Dashanyan, and not only that, but he also arranged the main force to retreat, putting on a posture of resisting and retreating. Everyone knows that this kind of troop deployment is completely passive. Your Excellency Dashanyan has completely given up the posture of taking the initiative to attack, maybe this arrangement can allow the Second Army to hold out in southern Liaoning for a long time, but the key now is not the question of how long the Second Army can hold out! No matter how long you hold on, you won't be able to win the war!

Shōmoto expressed his opposition, but now Ito Hirobumi is in the midst of impeachment, the headquarters is disbanded, and the Imperial War Guidance function is completely lost. The armies on the front line are basically completely on their own. Not to mention the three major generals of the Imperial Army, one is the imperial family, which is equivalent to eating idle meals, and one county has entered the shrine, leaving him with the most respected virtue and dignity in Dashanyan, and the identity of the Minister of War, who can suppress his old man?

"Your Excellency the General is already old and confused!"

"The empire is over!"

These are the two most widely spread sentences in the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty, and it is inevitable that the morale of the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty has been depressed, so on the front line of Tianzhuang Tai, a main wing, under the attack of the Qing army in southern Liaoning, the battle will be almost retreated to the edge of the Liao River in two days, and the Qing army will pounce again, and it will be directed at the headquarters of the Second Army in Niuzhuang! At that time, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty were at the tip of the narrow Jinzhou Lushun Peninsula, and there was no room for maneuver, only to defend to death! Although there was plenty of ammunition, a lot of food was captured by the Qing army, and there were so many Qing army fortress cannons captured, it was extremely difficult to gnaw Jinzhou Lushun.

There was a lot of coming and going in the compound of the army headquarters, and all the news of the battlefield came with the smell of gunsmoke. Everyone tore out their voices, and they didn't know where to vent their grievances. Dashan Yan stood on the roof but didn't hear it, just stared blankly in the direction of the Grange Terrace. I don't know how long it took for him to put down his binoculars and slowly descend the wooden ladder from the roof. He was old, his movements were slow, and the long saber he was carrying was in the way, and the old man's movements of climbing down were difficult and funny, and the young staff officers all over the courtyard watched coldly, and no one even helped him!

The old man easily climbed down, and he was unaware of the indignation and coldness of the staff officers. In the past ten days, Dashanyan has obviously become haggard, and his eyes are full of black circles of lack of sleep. He clapped his hands, muttered a few words softly, and then slowly asked, "How is the battle?" ”

A staff officer stepped forward and replied loudly: "Your Excellency! According to the 14th Wing of the Kogura Infantry Unit, which was guarding the front line of Gadadai, the northern flank and the central front were already under great pressure, and the battle line had bent backwards and was in danger of breaking at any time. The Qing Army's armed forces on the southern flank are not violent, and the support may be ...... The Wing Commander said that Ikuni Nakasa had sent messengers in succession, requesting that the 24th Fukuoka Wing, which was under the control of the army in Niuzhuang, quickly reinforce it! ”

Da Shan Yan half-squinted, his hands behind his back, and paced slowly for a few steps, as if he didn't hear the staff officer's return.

The staff officer took another big step forward, almost standing in front of the nose of the big mountain rock, and said in a earnest tone: "Your Excellency! Please send reinforcements to Fukuoka United! The first division of the mountain lord can also be used to counterattack the enemy army in front of him, and the battle line of the Qing [***] advance has been separated because of the different progress, and we can attack from the Qing State Yi Army in person, and roll back behind the Qing State Nie Shicheng Department and Iketang Abu! ”

He fell, and the staff officers around him also echoed. No one can stand the angry battle just by being beaten, let alone the troops who can attack vigorously in front of them, they are all defeated under the Second Army of Zhengqing! The weaknesses of the front-line Qing army's attack intensity and progress have been captured by these staff officers, and now is the best time to counterattack! At the very least, you can also push back the Qing army in front of you for a while, and then turn to concentrate the main force to deal with the Praetorian Guards on the flank! Although there is some danger - no one knows when the Praetorian Guard will rush in from the flank, and it is very risky to transfer the 1st Division of Lieutenant General Genji of the Mountains facing the direction of Liaoyang...... The battle situation is like this, it's better to fight it all and pull it down!

Everyone's voices were very neat, and Da Shanyan raised his head and said, "Oh? What the? Where is the 1st Division now? ”

The staff officer in front of him was about to have sparks in his eyes, as Your Excellency the Army Commander, can you still not know the current location of the First Division? Now this fighting position is not set up by you!

"Your Excellency, the 1st Division is spreading along the Big Stone Bridge all the way to Pulandian, covering the belly and back of the army! The 1st Brigade is located in Dashiqiao, facing the Liaoyang Qing Janissary Army, with a complete system and can be drawn out at any time! ”

Da Shanyan sighed again, hunched over and walked a few more steps, suddenly stood still, turned his head and said lightly to the staff officers who were about to breathe smoke and fire: "It is not allowed to transfer the first division, gentlemen, arrange a retreat, make a plan to cover one by one, retreat to Jinzhou, and we will defend Jinzhou Lushun." ”

"Your Excellency!"

If death can make this stubborn old man change his mind, it is estimated that there are not a few of these staff officers who have already rushed to their brains!

"Your Excellency! The fate of the empire is already in danger, if there is a glimmer of life, it is in the hands of our emperor [***] people, we would rather die forward than be driven into the sea by Xu Yifan in Lushun, Jinzhou! ”

Da Shanyan straightened his waist at this time, ignorant and old, and disappeared for a while, and the light in his eyes suddenly became fierce!

"Dispatching the main force of the 1st Division to the west to counterattack is either a quick victory or a quick defeat, is there nothing wrong? The empire can't afford to gamble now! If there is still a glimmer of life in the fate of the empire, I tell you that it is no longer in the hands of our soldiers! Prepare now to arrange a retreat! ”

The old man turned and walked away, his footsteps heavy, and the memory struck in the hearts of the young officers in the courtyard who had lost their souls.

"The fate of the empire is no longer in our hands, and in whose hands is it?"

(To be continued)