The Qing said that the representatives of the two countries negotiated peace in Yanjing, and Yi Kuang and Li Hongzhang represented the Qing government's original intention to give up Korea in exchange for peace; On the other hand, Komura Shoutaro, the representative of the Minister to China, demanded that in addition to seizing Korea, the Qing Empire should also compensate for the losses of the naval and army and related war expenses.

Due to the concession of the Qing Empire, there was no longer any difference between the two sides on the Korean issue, and only the concrete implementation of the amount of reparations remained.

Yi Kuang wanted to settle the matter and reach a peace as soon as possible, so he said that he could pay a small amount of compensation. However, Komura Shoutaro opened his mouth and made an unreasonable demand for compensation of 50 million taels of silver, which was unacceptable to the Qing Empire.

While the two sides were spitting at each other at the negotiating table, officials of Yanjing had already begun preparations for Cixi's birthday, and the Qing officers and soldiers on the front line were also eager to hope that the peace talks would succeed, so that they would not need to go to the battlefield.

The Qing Empire's top brass and military all put their hopes on the negotiating table and pinned their hopes on the mediation of the great powers, which chilled the hearts of people of insight in the country.

On the other hand, for the first time, Komura Shoutaro felt that the Qing Empire was so rotten, and it was clear that he had an advantage in the sea and could take advantage of the victory to gain sea control in the Yellow Sea and the Korean Strait, forcing the army to withdraw from Korea. However, the Qing Empire was in peace talks, not to mention the surrender of Korea, and was ready to pay a certain amount of compensation.

Such a cowardly Qing Empire made Komura Shoutaro immediately feel contempt, and at the same time, his tone at the negotiating table became more and more tough, threatening that if the Qing Empire did not agree, it would immediately cross the Yalu River and attack Yanjing.

At the same time, the Legation sent back to the Hiroshi by telegram every day about the progress of the negotiations and the dynamics of Yanjing, and the Ito Hirobumi cabinet saw that the Qing Empire was in a hurry to negotiate but was no longer in a hurry, and instructed Komura Shoutaro to delay as much time as possible and strive for greater benefits.

How to fight for the greater good? The Ito Hirobumi Cabinet's hope that the Army, which is pinning its hopes on the DPRK, will be able to break through the defense line on the Yalu River, which will add bargaining chips to the negotiating table.

After capturing Pyongyang, the First Army gathered about 30,000 troops, and after a short period of rest, began to advance in the direction of Uiju on 24 September. On 22 October, the main force of the First Army was assembled in Uiju.

Historically, Toyotomi Hideyoshi occupied Pyongyang only during the Imjin War in 1592, and never reached further north. Therefore, after the commander of the First Army, Yama Prefecture Aritomo, arrived at the Yalu River, he was full of pride and vowed to surpass Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The West Sea Fleet urgently transported supplies to the port of Incheon while the Beiyang Naval Division was undergoing repairs, and then transported them to Uiju to replenish the First Army.

As early as the Battle of Chenghuan in China, it was said that it continued to increase troops in Korea in the name of negotiations, and the Qing Empire let it go eventually caused a catastrophe. Now that the book is negotiating again, and the army continues to supply Korea, the Qing Empire still has no response.

A typical meal of 100 beans is not fishy, remember to eat or not.

These days, Wang Chenhao has been staying in Lushun, and has learned some news about the current situation through limited newspapers and Ding Ruchang's disclosure, but the content is limited.

The officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division had nothing to do, except for going out to drink flowers and wine and visiting the Jiyuan Academy, they had to pass the time in the barracks the rest of the time.

Because of Wang Chenhao's deeds, they had a topic of conversation when they talked nonsense after dinner, and Wang Chenhao was praised to the sky, and his Jiaolong horn was blown even more godly.

Among the middle and high-ranking officers of the Beiyang Naval Division, only Wang Chenhao was the youngest and most thoughtful and advanced person, so the officers and men of the ships watched Wang Chenhao at leisure and listened to him talk about some advanced foreign affairs.

In particular, Wang Chenhao's further concretization of Ma Han's theory of sea power, such as how to combine the advanced battle line tactics produced in the era of sail warships with modern steam warships, and how to give full play to the methods of ship maneuver and artillery fire T-shaped sequence attack in naval warfare, deeply attracted the officers of various Beiyang ships, such as Liu Buyun, Lin Taizeng, and Deng Shichang.

Sometimes, when Wang Chenhao gave a "lesson" to a cadre of officers, Ding Ruchang and Yang Shixiang would occasionally secretly observe, but they were never discovered by Wang Chenhao.

"Yu Ting thinks what he said makes sense?" Yang Shixiang asked Ding Ruchang next to him.

"At first, I just thought that this kid was talking nonsense, and the twenty-year-old boy Mao didn't have any deep knowledge. But when I went back and thought carefully about what he said, I benefited a lot, this kid is not bragging, there is a certain discipline! ”

Then Ding Ruchang stroked his beard and sighed: "I like this kid more and more!" You and I are old! If he can be used by my Beiyang, he will be the pillar of Beiyang in the future! ”

Yang Shixiang smiled and said: "This kid has the ability, but he just speaks without virtue, and pierces people's hearts, he is too upright and difficult to mix in officialdom!" ”

Ding Ruchang smiled, disappreciated, and said, "How old is he?" Young people! It's good to be upright, and then slowly teach the tune! The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves-"

"The front wave dies on the beach!" Yang Shixiang blurted out Ding Ruchang's words, and the latter looked at him in amazement.

Yang Shixiang smiled bitterly: "Don't look at me! This is the boy's own mantra, and your subordinates must have memorized it! You're just waiting to be photographed on the beach! ”

"What a living treasure!" Ru Chang couldn't help but laugh, his age and identity at this moment obviously did not match this exaggerated laughter.

At this time, Yang Shixiang sighed and said, "Lord Zhongtang is going to meet him!" If he said his words to Lord Zhongtang as they were, he would be so angry that he would scold his mother on the spot! ”

Ding Ruchang stopped laughing and said, "Since Lord Zhongtang wants to see him, then you have to worry about the Lotus Mansion!" After all, talents are rare! ”

Yang Shixiang nodded, noncommittal.

At this time, they suddenly heard a howl from the officers around Wang Chenhao, and the two hurriedly looked over.

Although Wang Chenhao did not allow everyone to visit the inside of the Jiaolong, he couldn't resist their demagoguery, and finally Wang Chenhao decided to drive the Jiaolong to show them the situation of popping Yoshino chrysanthemums.

Deng Shichang ordered someone to transport the scrapped main gun barrel replaced by the Zhiyuan, Wang Chenhao ordered it to be thrown into the water, and then controlled the two mechanical arms of the Jiaolong to control it and do pumping movements.

"This is a popping chrysanthemum!" Jiaolong's actions suddenly caused the laughter of the officers on the shore, and even tears flowed out of their eyes, and at this moment they threw themselves to the ground with Wang Chenhao's admiration.

Ding Ruchang and Yang Shixiang followed over to watch, and they called Liu Buyun for questioning, Liu Buyun didn't want to say it, but Ding Ruchang was his boss who had to explain to him.

In an instant, Ding Ruchang and Yang Shixiang opened their mouths wide in surprise enough to stuff a goose egg, and secretly said that Wang Chenhao was simply too imaginative.

"Awesome!" Deng Shichang leaned over and said something at this time.

"What do you mean?" Ding Ruchang didn't understand the meaning of the word force.

"It means happy, refreshing, and uplifting!" Yang Shixiang explained to Ding Ruchang on the side.

Ding Ruchang smiled and asked, "Do you know a lot about Yu Ting?" That's his mantra too? ”

Yang Shixiang smiled bitterly and said, "If I want to take him to see Zhongtang, I have to find out his spleen surname first, and I have to give Lord Zhongtang a wake-up call, otherwise I can't afford to provoke Lord Zhongtang!" ”

Ding Ruchang and the others burst into laughter, and at this time, Wang Chenhao also finished his performance, opened the hatch and came out of the Jiaolong.

More than a dozen officers and soldiers approached the Jiaolong and wanted to go up, but Wang Chenhao hurriedly locked the hatch and let them dry their eyes.

In order to prevent outsiders from breaking in, Wang Chenhao found out when he looked through the manual, so he hurriedly set the lock door password.

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