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

With a rather "bright" mind, he immediately slipped away again after leading his troops to resist the offensive of the army for two days......

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

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

After that, the army almost followed the footsteps of the Qing army to pursue southward along the way, 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 Daesan Iwabe army arrived in Goyang County on the north bank of the Han River, and it was only when the army 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 actually many "bandit troops" running rampant along the way, and many strongholds of the army were destroyed by these "bandit armies." At this time, the northern part of Korea had already entered winter, and the army had no choice but to rob while fighting, and reluctantly "collected" some cotton clothes and food from local civilians before continuing south.

By the time the army of Daesan Iwabe finally arrived at Seoul, the capital of Joseon, it was December 6.

What made Dashan Yan and other officers and soldiers unbelievable was that when they led their troops to the city of Seoul, they actually saw a Korean rebel army attacking the city!

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

Under the orders of Dashanyan, the Yue army began to attack these "bandit troops" in formation.

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

Under the command of Sato Masashi and other generals, the 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 army of the Great Mountain 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, who had just come from Liaodong to fight, 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 Youpeng of Shan County personally attacked and led most of his troops stationed in Korea to the south to clear out the rebellious army of the Dongxue Party!

"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 and the People's Army are so rampant that they dare to attack the logistics line of the Emperor's [***] team!"

"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 troops from the Youpongsuo Division in Yama County, the Donghak Party and People's Army in southern Korea were finally outnumbered and suffered heavy losses in troops and equipment.

On November 22, the Rang 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 attack of the Yue army from two directions, the Donghak Party and the People's Army in Gyeongsang Province were also completely annihilated.

On December 19, after several days of recuperation, the army turned to attack Jeolla Province, the last stronghold of the Donghak Party, because of the complicated terrain in the southwestern part of Korea, after losing thousands of troops, the Yamabu Army 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 Shan County collected his troops and returned to Seoul with the main force of the army......

It is said that it was the wartime base camp of Hiroshima

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

"Good! Now the emperor's [***] team can attack the Qing Kingdom wholeheartedly! When Emperor Muhito heard the news, he immediately stood up from his seat excitedly.

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

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Compared with the excitement of Emperor Muhito, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi 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! 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 combat determination of his own army, and after receiving this telegram from him, the Japanese army 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!! He said that he was in Seoul...... Everywhere...... Grab something!! ”

"Yes! Queen Mother! He said that he robbed all the rice in various grain stores in Seoul! ”

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

"Queen Mother!! He said that he was 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, clothing, and other materials, on December 27, the Yue army braved the bitter cold weather in Korea and began to attack the Qing State again.

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

On January 22, the 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 the Qing army dug a large number of trenches inside and outside the Shanhaiguan, at this time Liu Mingchuan's troops have received a large number of reinforcements from the rear, and the army is no longer dominant in terms of 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 army was raising troops to attack Shanhaiguan at night, the government and the opposition were suddenly shocked, and the people inside and outside the capital were panicked!

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