Ye Zhichao got up from the couch and stretched, looking very satisfied. Look around, a young North Korean girl is wrapped in a quilt, her hair is scattered and lying on the side, and there are still a few tears on her face.

Yesterday, the woman sent by Park Yongxiao was good, fresh and delicious, he smoked a few puffs, and he couldn't hold back and dragged the old man on the couch to talk about the teenager for a while, and after the incident, the little girl was smoking and smoking, and Ye Zhichao himself was crooked.

He's in a good mood, and everything is easy. The generals of Seoul gave him face, and without giving him a tael of silver, they urged the leaders of the battalions that were preparing to march north to slowly move their camps northward. In the middle of winter, although the soldiers below were complaining, under the pressure of the officers' bullets, they still moved forward for more than 20 miles every day. It is also said to be stable and heavy, and Mount Tai is overwhelming.

In fact, Ye Zhichao didn't want to pay some money to boost his morale, but he really didn't have any money. Supporting the mobilization of 20,000 companies, ships, and sailors into North Korea, Beiyang has already spent a lot. all know that Xu Yifan's belongings are going to fall into the hands of the Huai army stationed in North Korea, and Ye Zhichao and Zhu will have to overcome the salary for these two months. The officers pointed to Pyongyang to make a fortune, but the soldiers hadn't seen their sons for a month. Park Yong-hyo's so-called North Korean treasury can be so clean that it can run mice, and he has no way to do it, if it weren't for the staple food and non-staple food, he could be politically developed in North Korea on the spot, robbing the local people of a complaint, but I'm afraid that I won't even be able to open food!

Ye Zhichao also knew that for the Huai army, the unpaid army would not be able to fight. But this time there is no expected battle. Xu Yifan's main force was concentrated in the Datong River area, and the land for hundreds of miles was almost blank at that time. Although the relocation of the camp is slow, it will not run into anything. When Yang Shixiang arrived in Pyongyang, as soon as his will was announced, it wouldn't be long before the Beiyang soldiers had already been pressed, and Xu Yifan really dared to resist? Anyway, he has already explained that what Pyongyang has gained, he is a big son, and how to distribute it among the armies, they can discuss it themselves.

Ye Dashuai doesn't want money, even if it's good, he still expects to pay for it, not only is there no door, but there is no window!

Hearing the movement of Da Shuai getting up, several subordinates who had been brought to North Korea hurriedly came in, gargled with mouthwash, gave him a hookah, and dressed Da Shuai with socks and shoes. A few people beat thousands, and they were busy around Ye Dashuai.

Ye Zhichao took a few puffs of hookah, settled down, and asked while rinsing his mouth: "Is there any news of the return of the various armies?" Did Lord Yang send a message from Pyongyang? ”

The person in charge of Ye Dashuai's official affairs is not a middle officer, nor is he a top-level staff. It's all right, a young man who specializes in running into the room! This kid was originally studying opera in the capital, singing in Tsing Yi, with a graceful face and soft manners, he is a red man who can make several Hanlin masters jealous and break their heads. Ye Dashuai relied on his Qiu Ba's temper and spendthrift to collect this kid as his own, and married him a daughter-in-law, a male and a mother, and often served Dashuai together. This kid knows two words, so he is responsible for sending and receiving confidential official documents for the marshal, and even Li Zhongtang and even the emperor's edicts are often the first to be read by this rabbit.

Hearing the marshal's question, he smiled before speaking, and his eyebrows were full of affection: "If you return to your master, every report of the various armies will be smooth, and today's one has not come yet!" But nothing can happen, is the master's arrangement still wrong? As for Lord Yang...... There is really no news, telegrams, letters, or send someone to pass on the message, the little one has already told the door government, and he will send it as he comes, but he really hasn't seen it! ”

Ye Zhichao frowned, no...... It has been half a month since Yang Shixiang set off, and it stands to reason that he should have handed back the news. Xu Yifan should have been receiving orders for a long time, and as soon as the Huai army soldiers pressed it, it was time to come to Seoul by himself, preparing to return to China for training, and then release the foreign version. After letting go of the ocean, where should this kid go, who still cares about him. Seeing that he is still a little heroic, when the time comes, Ye may hand it over and accept him as a staff member or something......

He thought about it again, but he still felt that it was okay. Yang Shixiang led 300 people, the thieves didn't dare to touch it, and Xu Yifan didn't dare not accept the order. It's a big deal that something is delayed, at most in the next few days, and the news should come back! From then on, he Ye Zhichao was the king of Joseon, and when he returned to China, he was also a governor's future!

Ye Zhichao stomped his feet, got up and went to the signing room, and the people followed all the way. When I arrived at the door of the signing room, I saw the doorman waiting at the door, gave Ye Zhichao a salute, and pulled the kid who ran into the room aside and cooed. Ye Zhichao didn't care, and raised his feet and entered the signing room. I heard the kid outside raise his voice: "Why are you on an errand?" I didn't explain it to you earlier, even if you came to report military documents, there is nothing to say if you don't have a bag, you are going back more and more! ”

"The soldier was pitifully frozen, and his body was smoky, saying that it was an urgent military business, and I thought about it......"

"Think about it! Can the rules of the Marshal's Mansion be broken? ”

Ye Zhichao also smiled when he heard it, if he didn't rub the oil, the saint couldn't control it in the world. Besides, if there is no example, there is no prosperity, and if there is an example, it will not be abolished. This is also a matter of course...... He suddenly shuddered, turned around and walked out. slapped the door politician on his heels: "Bastard bastard, in the future, this kind of emergency military affairs will not be able to kill you!" Get out of here and call someone in! ”

The door government crawled out, and the kid was too frightened to speak, and the little white face was even whiter. Ye Zhichao just waited anxiously, and he didn't enter the signing room, he didn't know what he was worried about.

In the blink of an eye, I saw a person who looked like a Huaijun riding rushed in, and looked at this number, it belonged to the Yijun Ma Yukun Department. The red jacket that he was wearing to indicate the urgency of military affairs was really smoky, and the snow on his body melted, dripping down. Seeing Ye Zhichao waiting there with a blushing face, he pounced on his head and slammed his head on the ground: "Big handsome, six hundred miles to expedite the military situation!" ”

The four battalions of the Yi army went north, and after passing Kaesong, they still had a smooth journey, and when they arrived at Pyongquan in Hwanghae-do, they appointed the officials sent by Park Yong-hyo Zheng, who was advancing with them, to be ready to receive them. When I was camping and resting, I was suddenly attacked by cavalry! The men and horses who came were quick and hard, threw gunpowder bags at several battalion heads, and the guns and set fire disturbed for a long time. Although the Yi army is also an old soldier, the morale of the army is not high if it is not paid, and it is unguarded, and there are still people who go out to find foreign pay after camping. It was not lightly disturbed, and the head of a battalion was burned, almost collapsed, and dozens of dead and wounded were even greater. Ma Yukun, who couldn't figure out the situation, stabilized the team, but at the same time inquired, he found that they had just newly appointed the magistrates of Pingquan and Pingshan and other places, and many of their heads were hung out. There have already been horse teams that have burned the official office, leaving behind a proclamation in the name of the former Zhongyi Dayuan Jun and the former Zhongyi Nanda General, and there is also a proclamation in the middle of the Dongxue Party that has been suppressed, and I don't know who made trouble. In the daytime, there was another fire in the village, smoke everywhere, and there was a disturbing scene everywhere. The four battalions of the Yi Army only thought that there were enemies on all sides, and the ammunition and food were not sufficient, so they were in a hurry to report, so they asked the commander for instructions, and quickly adjusted the strong troops to urge the payment of food and salary———— otherwise let them temporarily withdraw to Seoul!

Just kidding, I didn't plan to come to North Korea to fight. There is no pay, and the big soldiers have to work hard, who will do this stupid thing?

Ye Zhichao only saw that his hands and feet were cold, and he turned around in circles for a long time, and he was still trying to calm down and use his brains to figure out a way. Urgent reports were sent from all over the place one after another.

The Bongjun advancing along the other road of the Hwanghae-do, and the first-part of the Shengjun advancing along the Gangwon Road. All encountered a similar chaos, the camp was stormed, the advance was disturbed, and the appointed Korean officials were expelled and killed. Everywhere there were proclamations issued by the old party in exile, and the remnants of the Dongxue party took the opportunity to make trouble, there was nowhere to collect food, the roads were not smooth, and the weather was freezing. In front of Huanghaidao, he even came into contact with the Praetorian Guard! They were on the main road, claiming to be responsible for counterinsurgency, but the Huai army did not consult them, did not get orders from their superiors, and did not dare to let the Huai army pass through the defensive ground during the chaos......

When asked about Lord Yang's message, no one said that he knew about it! It's just that North Korea is all over the place, and the Praetorian Guards are killing everywhere, who knows the whereabouts of Lord Yang?

After the bad news of the day, Ye Zhichao was already stunned.

What to do? Transfer Sheng Jun up and start fighting? He is eighty percent sure that it was Xu Yifan's ghost. But how can he have such a great ability to incite the North Koreans to make trouble? Together with the Koreans, it is a matter of course for him to sit in the suppression of the rebellion...... As long as it is said that the chaos has not been settled, and the newspaper is not smooth, there will be a lawsuit with the imperial court Beiyang for a while!

What about Yang Shixiang? Could it be that Xu Yifan is harmed, he really wants to tear his face with Beiyang and fight against the imperial court? Can Sheng Jun be transferred up now? Where's the pay? Where are the munitions? Where is the name? People are quelling the chaos!

All kinds of thoughts came one after another, and in the end, Ye Zhichao's head was big. only knows one thing, this errand, he can be regarded as a mess! Things that can't be solved by yourself can only be handed in, and the responsibility is shirked, which is also a magic formula for officialdom. Ye Zhichao didn't know how long he sat there before he jumped up violently: "Call the master!" I'm going to write a manuscript for Zhongtang! Xu Yifan is really a fucking broom star! ”

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Suddenly moved in the snow, and saw a soldier of the Sheng Army with a tightly wrapped face and body quietly touched out, and saw that there was no movement on the other side. His attention was focused on a dead horse hidden by the snow, and while praying for a long time, he took out his dagger, pushed away the snow, and cut a horse's leg as hard as he did with iron.

On the opposite side of the tightly sealed valley mouth, the deer bars have been raised in layers, and the black permafrost that has been dug out of the deep trenches is particularly eye-catching. In the trenches stretching on the opposite side, there was no human figure in sight, only smoke rising from the stove. The smell of boiled beef with potatoes wafted over, causing the soldiers of the Sheng Army to chisel and chop the frozen horse's legs like crazy.

After a while, he cut off two, turned around and ran, stepping on a deep mark in the snow, and running so quickly that the white breath he exhaled hung over his head as if it were smoking.

In the opposite trench, a Janissary soldier with a white towel wrapped around his head and face silently removed his rifle from the hiding place and did not fire. Because this kid is just here to stutter, not to escape, accumulate some yin virtue, and let him go.

A brother brought his metal lunch box, a good thing made in the South Seas, shaped like a telescope box, and a cotton sleeve to wrap it in warmth. These matching equipment, we have had the Huai army on the other side many times!

The brother smiled and asked, "Why, is it released again?" ”

The soldier opened the lunch box and looked at the half-baked and steaming potatoes and beef: "A bunch of guys who are almost hungry and crazy and freeze to death, anyway, the order is just to surround and kill so many people for what?" They all belong to their own country, orders are orders, and conscience is conscience. ”

"Ahem, there's a platform in there! It is said to be Li Zhongtang...... Li Hongzhang's henchman, I see, our adults have broken with Beiyang this time! Bullying people is too boundary, how can there be such a thing? Look at it, there is a lawsuit with Beiyang! ”

The one with a broken mouth is a veteran from the Qing Army, and the one who eats silently is a recruit recruited from North China. He glanced at the other party: "Beware of the military sticks!" Our vocation is to obey...... What do you do with those? It's none of our business! ”

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The soldier of the Sheng Army, who did not know that he had chosen his life, rushed back into the valley road, and the brothers who had been waiting for him were a low cheer. The valley road was a mess, all the trees that could be reached were cut down, even Yang Shixiang's carriage board was split, and the traces of the fire were used for heating one after another. Seeing that this bit of firewood is about to run out, I don't dare to keep warm, so it is important to keep a little boiling water to cook rice to fill my stomach.

The heavy snow covered the valley road to the full, and in some places it was a piece higher, and you could still see the traces of people and horses covered, all of whom had died early. A dozen dead horses had been dragged out and cleanly cut. The Sheng army, which was still alive, was no longer organized, and they disintegrated and divided into small groups and lived together, guarding each other's small food and firewood as if they were great enemies.

This is already the tenth day of the siege. Everyone seemed to be in an icy hell, with coughs high and low everywhere. Those were frostbitten people, thrown aside, and there was no one to take care of them, and there were fellow villagers, who occasionally gave them a piece of dry food and a bowl of hot water.

The small group of the soldiers who robbed the horse meat was already boiling snow water in a pot, and throwing large pieces of horse meat into it, plus the bubbles of dry food, was a good meal. The fragrance wafted up, everyone looked at the heat, and the soldiers guarding the pot were already holding weapons in their hands, staring at the surroundings.

Yang Shixiang and Ye Zhongjun were in one place, hiding under the roots of a tree, draped and hanging, wrapped up all the things that could be put on their bodies, and watched people cook with a long stream of snot.

The authority of the two of them is useless when they are trapped in the cold for ten days. Ye Zhongjun swallowed a mouthful of saliva and muttered, "Those people are my own soldiers, can you share a little?" ”

Today he prayed for a good time, and when the meat was cooked. There was a lot of weight today, and the soldiers hesitated for a moment, but they still sent one to Ye Zhongjun. Ye Zhongjun's eyes were straight, and Yang Shixiang beside him swallowed his saliva. Vice General Ye hesitated, but still divided Yang Hanlin a little. At that time, Yang Shixiang's grateful appearance was simply indescribeable.

The two of them gobbled up for a while, and several of Yang Shixiang's family members were hungry, and they wanted the master to make up here. They were in the worst situation in the siege, everyone hated it, not to mention food, it was good if they were not beaten. As soon as they came over like this, even Yang Shixiang kicked them while eating, and then threw them away to a few soldiers.

The two of them had a little bit of vitality. Ye Zhongjun sighed: "If it weren't for the chaos, most of the horses ran away, most of us would still have food now...... It's just that it's almost gone...... Lord Yang, you said that Xu Yifan did it, why is he so bold? Why don't you just collapse us, it's a hundred, when will this living crime be punished? ”

Now Yang Shixiang and him are friends in distress, and his tone is not so high-minded: "Lord Ye, Xu Yifan is waiting for the whole North Korea to be in chaos!" ”

He stared blankly into the distance, and his tone was even weaker: "...... The people who ambushed us spoke Korean. It is to push this matter on the North Koreans. Although everyone knows it, it depends on who will tear this face. If the court tears it up, it has to kill him immediately...... Only then did he sign the treaty of renewing the preparation of Tianjin, and he could still stand up to suppress another minister of the imperial court? If the ministers are all in chaos, where will the face of this court be placed?

Since he can ambush me, Yang Shixiang, he knows the plan of the Huai army to follow. How to block it? It is nothing more than a reason for the DPRK to make trouble, he wants to quell the chaos, he has responsibility, and all kinds of means will have room to be used...... I just don't understand, can he survive the difficulty of stepping down for a while, and can he still withstand it for a lifetime? Now that he has stepped down, he has not lost his wealth, and Zhongtang no longer has the intention of wanting him to die...... After such a fuss, the current crisis is in the past, but the court and Beiyang have been with him forever! What could he wait for? Why did he have to spend a little more time on stage? Under the pretext of quelling the turmoil, the exchange of newspapers and newspapers will not drag on for more than half a year at most—a remarkable year. 10,000 people want to rebel, that's. As soon as he pulled the flag, the people below him were astigmatized. If you don't rebel, you have to step down obediently, and the court will deal with him, so it's not a matter of stepping down!

…… What exactly does he want to do? ”

Hearing that Xu Yifan wanted to rebel, Ye Zhongjun's face was already as pale as earth. Yang Shixiang heard his teeth trembling, turned his head and actually laughed, and patted Ye Zhongjun on the shoulder: "Old Ye, Xu Yifan doesn't dare to kill me...... Kill me, and his drama won't be easy to act. Such an insult to the middle hall, even if the middle hall breaks up, it will not break with him! Then he has broken through the bottom line...... He's just around me, and when it's all set up, he'll have a good reason. Then come over and be a good person like everyone else...... This person ......"

Yang Shixiang groaned for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and came to a conclusion: "It's Cao Ying!" ”

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Xu Yifan had already arrived not far from Yang Shixiang, and at this time, he was in the warm tent of the Chinese army, while roasting the fire, while watching the news reported everywhere.

For Yuan Shikai, who is presiding over here, he naturally commends him. An envoy was immediately appointed, a new General Staff was established, and he was the head of the Intelligence Department, and he guaranteed him a future! Jiang Ziming and the North Koreans were responsible for the operation to disrupt the North Korea, and now he is dispatched by the intermediary.

The news from all over the place was reported one by one, and Jiang Ziming and Nan Yunrong moved quickly, and they had dispersed to the junction of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Since Xu Yifan was stationed in North Korea, there has been no political axe here for a long time, first the bannermen and the gang of grandfathers who raised salaries and salaries were abused, and the central government of Seoul did not dare to ask, and the original magistrates ran and walked, or they could only listen to Xu Yifan's big camp, and then Seoul became chaotic, the old party stepped down, and many local officials who belonged to the old party were also dismissed by Park Yongxiao. But Seoul still can't manage it here! This area is almost empty. Many Donghak Party members who had been defeated in the Taedong River area of Pyongyang were scattered here. Anyway, Xu Yifan was just guarding the Datong River base, too lazy to care about them.

As soon as Jiang Ziming and Nan Yunrong arrived, the local government had been operating the old party for many years, and they had many foundations. The Southern Dynasty was only the Huai army helping Park Yongxiao to suppress it, and the government decree could be passed. In this area of North Korea, the banner of the former Daeyuan Jun and the former Namdae General is played, and there are really many people looking at the scenery! In addition, the remnants of the Dongxue Party took the opportunity to cause an incident, and these two beacon smoke were filled out of control at once. Jiang Ziming's horse thieves as the backbone assisted these North Korean sticks to harass the slowly advancing, and the demoralized Huai army was really difficult for them to advance!

Li Yunzong sat in Pyongyang, and also mobilized teams of Praetorian Guards to guard the main roads as another means of prevention.

After all his efforts, this bureau was finally laid out......

Xu Yifan looked at the stacks of newspapers in his hand, and his expression seemed to be smiling. Yuan Shikai, who was waiting respectfully at the bottom, didn't dare to take a mouthful.

Yuan Shikai asked himself, no matter how ruthless he was, he was just thinking about the idea of robbing and killing Yang Shixiang, and he would pretend not to know anything when the time came. Unexpectedly, Xu Yifan was even more ruthless, and he actually wanted to cause trouble to the whole dynasty to keep his position! This kind of gas pattern made him unconvinced. In front of Xu Yifan, there is always a chill from the heart.

I don't know how long it took before I heard Xu Yifan ask softly, "Brother Lianfang...... Not dead, right? ”

Yuan Shikai also replied in a low voice: "Every scout has observations, Lord Yang is still alive......"

Xu Yifan smiled faintly: "Let's go, it's time to go see Brother Lianfang!" Tianjin farewell, I really miss him! ”

(To be continued)