In the early morning of October 16, 14 A.D., the war that took place in the first year of the First Sino-Japanese War, which affected the situation in East Asia for the next 100 years, finally came to an end.

The 100,000 tigers of the two countries tumbled and rolled on the land and water surface of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers from Wonsan in North Korea in the east, to Tianzhuangtai in the west, to Liaoyang in the north, and to Weihai in the south. The Bohai Sea is making waves for it, and Changbai is dyed red for it!

The army marched together with a three-way army, fighting in Korea, southern Liaoning, and Shandong. The steel ships of the two countries at sea collided even more fiercely. The Qing army also divided its way to the enemy, the Beiyang Fleet was destroyed, Ye Zhichao's 30,000 main field forces were destroyed, Lushun fell, and Weihai fell...... The main force of the 70,000 Qing army in Tianzhuangtai and southern Liaoning was defeated...... Only Xu Yifan rose to Haidong, and the first army of the Korean people was killed, and more than 10,000 Qing troops escaped. Xu Yifan even waved his army in southern Liaoning, seized power in Jinzhou, reorganized the defeated army, and defeated the second army of the Yue Army. Under internal and external pressure, it is still trying to turn the tide!

Jiawu is almost a legend of his own.

At this time, on the land of southern Liaoning. The main force of the Second Army, which was retreating in front of the enemy, was attacked by the Praetorian Guards from two directions. More than 10,000 elite main forces of the Praetorian Guard in the north swept in like a landslide, and in a blink of an eye, they broke through the defense line of the army in front of them. The chaotic army was unable to organize the slightest orderly resistance. In the west, the detachment led by Li Yunzong also broke through the battle line of the Tianzhuang Tai Army, left the chaotic Yue Army behind, and advanced straight to Niuzhuang on the east bank of the Liao River.

In this triangle area with Dashiqiao, Tianzhuang Terrace, and Niuzhuang as the three vertices, there are more than 15,000 main forces of the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty, and there is no way to retreat, and there is nowhere to defend. The rapid advance of the two Praetorian Guards made them even more confused, and when the battle was getting dark, in this area, on the roads everywhere, there was a chaotic crowd full of officers and soldiers who had lost their organization. Guns and military funds were thrown all over the mountains, all around were gunshots, and there were roads everywhere, but everywhere there was no way.

The officers have lost the ability to judge, and the soldiers are even more self-disintegrating, trying to rush out everywhere. However, the main force of the Praetorian Guard from the north had already overtaken them from the flank, and while constantly sweeping their ranks with fire from the flank, they rushed to Niuzhuang in an attempt to block the Japanese army in this area and completely annihilate it. Li Yunzong's small detachment, which was all immediately moving, even more unscrupulously entered the middle of the army, killing and injuring them, and disrupting them. The two forces have achieved the most perfect cooperation.

At noon on the 16th, the first mark of the Praetorian Guard had already shaken off the entanglement of the defeated army and approached Niuzhuang. Niuzhuang has only one army headquarters, and the officers and soldiers directly under the military station, hospital, etc., have no ability to resist. hurriedly burned some of the supplies, and escorted the general of Dashanyan to retreat. Even if some of the military funds were burned, what was left behind was still piled up. He said that he had worked hard to transport it from the sea to support the battle, and all of it became the trophies of the Praetorian Guard.

After noon, the main force of the Qing army in southern Liaoning, which had reacted, also joined the ranks of killing dogs. The Tianzhuang Terrace that the army has given up, Song Qingyi's army crossed the Liao River, and Xu Bangdao is now considered to be in the third town of the Praetorian Guard. Of the three Qing armies, his one was the fastest, surpassing the headquarters of Song Qingyi's army, and had already engaged in fire with the chaotic rearguard of the army!

The Yue army also reluctantly organized several troops and repeatedly attacked the Praetorian Guard headquarters in Niuzhuang blocking the way. But the poorly organized offensive, several times crushed. In the afternoon, as it was almost night, heavy rain fell. The last remaining little organization of the army finally collapsed completely, and the officers did not care about the soldiers, and the soldiers did not look for officers. Those who still had a little courage scattered and broke through, trying to retreat to the area of Lushun in Jinzhou. The other troops, who had lost all their courage, laid down their arms in large numbers.

The army of the first four years is not the army of the thirties of the twentieth century. The idea of the imperial state has not yet been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people because of the two wars of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Second Sino-Japanese War. The respect for the emperor's old boy has not yet been educated to that extent. The Army does not have such perverted battle formations. It is true that I am generally a naturally excellent infantryman, hard-working, simple and daring to fight. But the army has always been an organized and violent group, and if it loses its organization, the army is equivalent to losing its combat effectiveness. At this time, what else can the Yue army, who is bent on killing himself on the battlefield before he is metamorphosed enough to go to the battlefield, except to surrender?

The rain was pouring down, and the mountains were full of troops rolling like mud monkeys. A few months ago, these little devils were still chasing the north and were arrogant. Now there are piles of piles, slumps of people slumped in the mud. The rain drenched everyone and shrunk them into a ball. Weapons and military resources are everywhere like rags, not only have people become fools, but they have no strength to think, and even the mules and horses that have been scattered and discarded are also stunned, shivering incessantly in the rain. The wounded horses could not even bark, but shivered more and more in the rain, until the cold rain drained the last bit of heat, and then collapsed into the muddy water.

The officers and men of the Praetorian Guard, one by one, passed through the defeated army that was full of mountains. These victors were equally exhausted, but all of them were in high spirits. The swift pursuit made their establishment almost chaotic, and now they are capturing prisoners while returning to the building. The army looked at the victors of the battle in a daze, moved according to their commands, slowly assembled, and then walked towards the assembly place of Niuzhuang.

The procession of captives grew larger and larger, stretching from the front of the eyes to the end of the rain curtain, as if endlessly. In the muddy water, one after another was in tatters, and was trampled by a pair of heavy feet.

This picture witnesses the complete failure of a country's ambitions!

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"Cloud Vertical! Good boys, you're here so fast! ”

Chu Wanli jumped off his horse, and there were so many people present, he was wearing a stormcoat and shrunken his neck, looking like he couldn't stand the rain.

The only street in Niuzhuang town is full of Praetorian Guards, who have long since trampled this dirt-paved street into a quagmire. Seeing Chu Wanli coming, they all stood up and saluted. The Praetorian Guard's canon is German-style, and as soon as it stands upright, it will kowtow. Hundreds of people acted like this, and suddenly muddy water splashed everywhere.

Chu Wanli spat at the mouth, while instructing his guards: "Check where is the army headquarters of the old boy of Dashanyan?" Chu Laozi stayed there tonight, lit a charcoal fire, and found two dry blankets...... Fuck, why didn't the devil lose two of them? Last time, I followed the handsome man to this book, and when I took a hot spring, I said that the girls rubbed their backs so gently......"

Li Yunzong and the first standard and second battalion of the North Road Praetorian Guard arrived in Niuzhuang, and at the beginning of the battle, the two roads started. He reacted the same as Chu Wanli, the key to this battle lies in Niuzhuang! The difference is that the first standard and the second battalion are flanks that surpass the chaotic Yue army and rush over desperately, while his unit is from the Yue army, all the way over! The main force of nearly 1,000 people attacked with all the arrows and guns, and nearly half of them were killed or wounded. Jiang Ziming was seriously injured and has been nursed and evacuated. Nie Shicheng hung his arm and was walking around the streets of Niuzhuang City excitedly, screaming twice from time to time.

Only Li Yunzong still stood there meticulously, comforting the wounded soldiers, counting the captures, and reorganizing the troops. He stood in the middle of the streets of Niuzhuang with his guards, personally acting as a traffic adjustment post, and a group of Praetorian Guards escorted the prisoners to arrive one after another, and assigned their stations on the spot, so that they could be restored as soon as possible and start repairs. One day of rushing and killing, and then being so busy until late at night, in the heavy rain, his back was still not slightly bent, and he still stood upright in a military posture. You know, he also had two or three minor injuries on his body!

Xu Yifan is the soul of this Praetorian Guard, Chu Wanli is the brain of this Praetorian Guard, and Li Yunzong is the straight backbone of this army.

When Chu Wanli arrived, the two of them were in two places for almost a month, and they experienced a thrilling bloody battle in each other's aspects. Li Yunzong glanced at him coldly when he saw him dismounting, and looked at Chu Wanli coming over with a smile, before he said coldly: "Arrived so late?" I thought you would be able to get there earlier...... I don't change my life! ”

Chu Wanli smiled: "I'm not as Spartan as you...... The result? ”

Li Yunzong glanced around, and the captives were still rushing towards here. Seeing the two senior officers of the Praetorian Guard standing here, the officer in the team began to salute. However, none of the two of them took care of each other, Li Yunzong said lightly: "According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 6,000 prisoners, and the others are still pouring over, killed and wounded, there is no exact statistics, at least more than 3,000." More than 50 cannons were captured, and the rest cannot be counted...... Thousands of miles, a beautiful sortie. ”

Chu Wanli smiled: "If I don't attack, are you going to crash over and fight the little devil?" I was also shocked when I heard the report that your actions were so timely, this guy is not slow to react! ”

Li Yunzong replied briefly: "A handsome is a handsome." ”

Chu Wanli smiled and shrugged his shoulders: "Now that he is beautiful, let's finish the work...... The righteousness is over, and it's time to hold back the treasure and play badly...... In war, the handsome man is not too good at it, and he is bad, that is his strength......"

On this topic, Li Yunzong stiffened his face and did not answer, but said softly: "By the side of the big handsome, Chen De was left with a Goshha...... I have already sent Pu Yang back, and by the way, I will ask the marshal to instruct me on the next move, whether to immediately launch a pursuit of Jinzhou Lushun......"

Chu Wanli waved his hand with a big grin: "Send Pu Yang back?" In fact, it can't be done, and now there must be people lining up to ask for sin, and those who are loyal to show their loyalty...... There's nothing to do with us below, Golden State Lushun, the things in the bag...... The big picture is decided! …… I'm going to take a leave of absence and go to Shanghai to have a show, Yunzong, or do you want to go together? ”

The two were talking in a low voice, when they heard a surprised and happy voice from the other side of the street: "Lord Li! Lee-sama! Finally caught up, the brothers and the whole army arrived, please Li Junmen give an order, is it to enter Jinzhou Lushun immediately...... Li Junmen, as soon as you give an order, my brother will put his life on the line! ”

When the two turned their heads, they saw a group of embarrassed Qing troops sandwiched between the Praetorian Guards, with bald Western-style military uniforms on one side and big braids on the other, the contrast could not be more obvious. Several Goshha surrounded Xu Bangdao, the assistant leader of the Praetorian Guard's Third Town Reserve Army, and crawled over with a deep foot and a shallow foot, and hurriedly sold Li Yun, the only one they knew.

It was also thanks to Xu Bangdao's quick response, and he ran first among the three battalion leaders. This time, I really worked hard, and I actually arrived at Niuzhuang that night, and there were small gains along the way. The Beiyang backer behind him has fallen, and he is looking for a new group. Some time ago, I looked at the style, at this time, Wang Ba was already eating scales and iron, the world governor, who still has Xu Yifan's high prestige, great energy, and unlimited future? This battle is decided, and Xu Yifan will no longer be able to control it!

For more than 200 years, this is the first contribution to helping the crisis and overcoming difficulties! Since Daoguang Ye surrendered, there has never been such a handsome man in the national war, so high-spirited!

On the one hand, he really obeyed Xu Yifan's mind and wrist skills, and on the other hand, he was not touched. They are watching, hesitating, thinking about things. Only Xu Yifan, under pressure, is still dedicated to this national war until the first battle is successful! With such a handsome, at least he won't be like following the middle hall.

Song Qing and Yi Ketang Ah don't care what he Xu Bang said, anyway, this battalion leader who was changed from the Gongwei Army and the remnants of Lushun Beiyang is with Xu Yifan!

Li Yunzong and Chu Wanli glanced at each other, Chu Wanli smiled and said in a low voice: "What am I talking about?" It's time for some people to choose a line! This guy, you send it away, I'll find a place to sleep and, I'm tired and stinky, and I haven't seen a penny more......"

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Liaonan Qin sent the ministers of military camp affairs.

Heavy rain.

In the rain, dozens of generals stood outside the empty Yuanmen camp with their knives, and the white-haired veteran Song Qing** knelt in the rain with his upper body and thorns behind his back. The heavy rain soaked his white hair and beard, and he looked even more depressed. There are all Yi generals around, and all of them don't look good, but no matter how they persuade Song Qing and how they pull Song Qing, the old man refuses to get up.

Up and down, Yijun felt gray and faceless. Xu Yifan pulled back the three armies of the counterattack. The Yi army was the hardest and most ruthless at the beginning, and the counterattack was also the highest call for revenge for his children. As a result, the counterattack began, but Song Laojunmen fought the most powerlessly. The Praetorian Guards succeeded in the first battle, and Xu Yifan filled in all his Goshha! As a result, it was only at noon today that the Yi army began to cross the river in pursuit. Xu Bangdao ran the fastest, Yi Ketanga robbed the Grange Terrace, and Song Laojunmen didn't grab the work in front of him, but took them to find the place where the devils had the most to fight. As a result, after crossing the river, it was discovered that the Praetorian Guards had done almost all the work.

Even so, the devils collapsed like this, the old army took them, and a thousand devil captives could be caught, and this kind of cheap and great achievement could still be let go gently? Who thought that Song Laojunmen would say to himself with a blue face: "I don't have a face to see people!" "With them, I returned to the west bank of the Liao River, and it rained so heavily that I came to Xu Yifan to ask for guilt before leaving!

Xu Bangdao, who was determined to take refuge, ran fast and got closer. Yiketanga is a man, and no one will vote for Xu Yifan, so he is now entrenched in the Grange, under the pretext of rectifying the team, and preparing to continue to obey the order to attack, but he will not come to take care of him. Yi Jun is not embarrassed or embarrassed, he can't pull his face when he throws Xu Yifan, or he just learns from Yiketang, he is ruthless, he simply doesn't meet Xu Yifan, who knows what phlegm the old army has made, and he has to come to bear the guilt! That Xu Yifan's shelf is really big, and he actually let the old military gate kneel for a long time in this heavy rain, and the curtain is hanging low, but he doesn't come out!

Song Qing knelt down and looked more and more quiet. But Rao is that his heart is as calm as water, and the cold rain in early autumn is bone-chilling, but his body and bones are a little unbearable. Trembling slightly. A close lieutenant couldn't help it, ripped off his cloak and draped it over him. Song Qing twisted his body and threw the cloak on the ground again. The deputy general pounced, knelt face to face with Song Qing, and burst into tears: "Junmen, you can't stand it!" Xu Dashuai has made a great contribution, if you want to blame for any crime, we will receive it, and the court will also stretch out its hand! ”

Song Qing glanced at him coldly, squirming his frozen lips: "Mix!" Touch our conscience, do we still have a face? People live for a lifetime, and they know right and wrong by virtue of their conscience! I am not kneeling handsome, I am kneeling and dying here, thousands of our brothers! We swore together to avenge them! What are we doing now? It's enough for people to be wrong once, but should they continue to be wrong? Everyone hasn't figured out yet, what should we go and what should we not go? What must we do to be worthy of our dead brothers and the body that our ancestors gave us? ”

He said it with difficulty, and the generals behind him were all moved. Yi Jun has been stationed outside the mouth for a long time, and he eats little and lives hard. After the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, the news was imminent, and among the armies, the fighting was the hardest. In the end, he was loyal to the court, but he ended up in a bad end! The inside story of this war spreads, and it is just a matter of being poked in the back, and I am really sorry for the dead brothers and my conscience!

Even if you think about the future, it is not optimistic. Beiyang's big backers have fallen, and the Beiyang descendants are all looking for their own ways, not to mention their side lines. Yiketanga is a Manchurian and can't be compared, if Xu Yifan investigates this matter, Xu Bangdao has already taken refuge in needless to say, in order to give an explanation to the world, the court can only attack Yijun! Thinking about the responsibility of this imperial court, this possibility is the largest. At the beginning, I had the intention of eating Yijun with Fengsheng. has an explanation for Xu Yifan, and at the same time has an army in hand, no matter how cheap it is.

It's a pity that they are loyal to the court, what the court has done in the past, what it is doing now, and what it will do in the future, are all such asshole things! It's better to follow Xu Yifan at the beginning, and only do things worthy of the ancestors and conscience, regardless of whether the damn court is round or flat!

Everyone immediately understood Song Qing's thoughts, the old military man was really guilty of conscience, and he sincerely pleaded guilty. Another meaning is that I have finally made up my mind to find a way out for the children of Yijun!

The deputy general glanced at the back, and dozens of generals knelt down together, sandwiching Song Qing in the middle. They didn't kneel honestly like Song Qing, and they let go of their voices one by one.

"Dashuai, let's take the blame!"

"Dashuai, what we have done is shameless, beg Dashuai to punish!"

"Dashuai, let's bastard, you can even beat us, don't be angry with yourself!"

There they shouted at the top of their voices, and a group of cavalry behind them had already arrived in the rain. It was Li Yunzong who ordered them to come back to protect Xu Yifan's Pu Yang.

Pu Yang, this kid can be regarded as showing his face today, killing and injuring a lot of devils, and personally chopped the head of a devil officer to the sky, got a family heirloom katana, and rushed to kill all the way, which is considered lucky, and the oilskin has not been scratched. With dozens of Goshha braved the rain to kill overnight, all of them were so tired that they couldn't lift their heads on horseback. When I rushed back, I saw a bunch of people kneeling in the muddy soup and crying in the mountain gate.

These Resolute guys still have the face! Without them, our Praetorian Guards would have done their job! Dare to come here to force the palace, do you want to take advantage of the fact that there is no one around the marshal, forcing the marshal not to dare to pursue them or what?

When the rush approached, the kneeling general of the Yi army turned around, and Pu Yang jumped down with the strength that came from nowhere. Holding the horsewhip and pumping it one by one, except for Song Qing, everyone kneeling behind them had a share: "You guys still have a fucking face!" Dead Zhang butcher, the master still eats mixed pigs! Fighting devils one by one is like something, crying mountain gate is a good voice, save it for your father to go to the grave and howl! One by one, they all fucking fuck off! ”

He beat and scolded there, and the Goshkhas took off their guns on horseback. The Yijun general Zuo didn't dare to fight back, nor did he dare to get up, kneeling there to dodge, but Song Qing closed his eyes and shouted: "You want to beat me!" The commander of the Yi Army is Song Laozi and me! ”

"Don't you dare?" Pu Yang twisted his eyebrows and was about to go up, when he heard a loud shout in the tent: "Pu Yang, you kid get out!" ”

Everyone froze there, and they saw Xu Yifan finally striding out of the tent. Pu Yang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly greeted him: "Dashuai, let's win!" The devils have taken thousands of prisoners! ”

"Why don't we win if we fight against our country? Heaven is good, and the devil has a reason to be defeated! Xu Yifan replied coldly, and waved his hand to let him retreat. He was still wearing the uniform of the Praetorian Guard, and the rain hit his face, dripping downward. Song Qing opened his eyes and looked at Xu Yifan. Xu Yifan walked to the kneeling line with his hands behind his back, and kicked down at an officer: "That kid can't beat you, Lao Tzu can!" What are you doing by touching your consciences! ”

Kicked one, and he kicked next, and no one could run.

"What kind of housework is there in my own country, the enemy is currently in trouble, and he is still making trouble with his eyes closed and his face covered! The people above are bastards, you are all soldiers who go to the battlefield and exchange your lives for your life, and you don't have brains! Is this something you can mix into? ”

Every kick he kicked was real, and the officers of the Yi Army were kicked into the muddy water, but everyone had joy on their faces.

When he walked in front of Song Qing, Xu Yifan paused, redoubled his strength and kicked down: "You old Qiuba, it's easy to bully when you are Lao Tzu?" The reputation of Lao Tzu two hundred and five is now terrifying even for little devils! Think about it for yourself, in such an apocalypse, still take the old way, it works? It's not clear what is right and what is wrong, how old are you to live on a dog? ”

Song Qing gritted his teeth and kicked hard, and said loudly: "Sin will be confused!" The old man is old, it doesn't matter, I beg the handsome to show these children of the old man a clear way! ”

Xu Yifan was silent for a moment and picked him up, Song Qing's body was already cold. Xu Yifan ripped off the thorns behind his back, and said lightly: "I don't punish you for kneeling for a while, I don't kick you, you old Qiuba, you don't have a solid heart......

Song Qing looked at Xu Yifan gratefully, unable to say a word. Xu Yifan straightened his military uniform, and his tone was still light: "I won't take you to Liangjiang, the movement is too big." You still talk back, I will protect you, no one dares to move, lack of pay and weapons, ask me. Don't think I'm what Cao Dang, I'm for this country! If I act in the future, you feel that it is not in accordance with heaven and conscience, even if you deal with me, I will not blame you! ”

This time, Song Qing and the others were all grateful. Xu Yifan not only didn't annex them - although everyone sent them to the door. And it also protects them, and in the future, it also leaves them a lot of leeway. It doesn't matter if Xu Yifan is Cao Ying, if what he does can be like this Jiawu year, when it really comes to that time, which side Yijun is on, do you still need to ask?

Seeing that Song Qing trembled his lips and couldn't speak, Xu Yifan waved his hand: "Go pour some ginger soup and slow down." Tomorrow dawn, keep Lao Tzu across the Liao River, I will take you into Lushun and clean up the devils! This battle is over! ”

(To be continued)