In historical records, Dayuanjun was a very capable old fellow, and he was the father of the only king of the Li dynasty who was alive to receive this title for hundreds of years. Ten years ago, he once usurped power and seized the throne and almost controlled Korea, but because of Japan's brutal interference, Li Hongzhang's brazen action arrested him and sent him to Baoding to be imprisoned for three years, but his success fell short.

This 64-year-old old fox, those old eyes definitely don't rub sand, he can see that Yang Hao's group of people is definitely not Japanese soldiers, let alone those useless things in China, nor is it a rebel army or some mob disguise, the only possibility is that it is someone from the Qing court.

In the recent confrontation between the Qing and Japan, through guò newspapers and external intelligence channels, he knew everything clearly, and he also guessed the value of his deposit, and he was prepared in his heart.

As soon as Yang Hao spoke, he immediately followed the good as a stream, regardless of everyone's opposition, he didn't clean up anything, and directly followed the soldiers except for Yunxian Palace, got on the rubber-wheeled carriage, and under the followers of several loyal subordinates, rolled up all the way to the smoke and dust, and rushed towards the north gate!

At this time, the inside and outside of Seoul were in an unprecedented chaos, and Concubine Min, who was forced to be anxious, ordered all the guards to be dispatched, hard against the Japanese army, denounced their barbaric acts, and sent several envoys in a row to urge Yuan Shikai to quickly play the role of your Heavenly Empire and support our clan!

The Japanese army had no more than 1,000 men in total, except for those guarding the south gate and protecting the legation, the rest were scattered and driven along the road, and the speed was not fast, and at least 500 of them followed the Confucian scholars to Yuan Shikai's outer yamen and surrounded them, and the control of the order of the whole city was far from enough.

Yang Hao and his entourage went on a rampage, and after they got out of the city gate, they went around outside, and at more than eight o'clock in the evening, they returned to the vicinity of Longshan Wharf.

Dayuanjun got down from the carriage, had already changed into civilian clothes, looked up at the two steam gunboats moored on the Han River, understood everything when he boarded, and smiled meaningfully at Yang Hao: "Thank you!" ”

Others were confused, but Yang Hao knew in his heart that this old guy had guessed everything. He must have known that once the Japanese occupied Korea, in order to control the government, they would inevitably clean up the part of Concubine Min who was close to the Qing Dynasty, and then elect an influential puppet to power. There is no doubt that no one is more suitable than him.

Now, he was snatched out in advance, so he didn't have to worry about being used as a marionette to manipulate--- throughout the ages, the chess pieces that were played with in the palm of his hand basically didn't end well!

Yang Hao grinned and said: "It's good for the old gentleman to go to Rongyang with peace of mind, you don't have to worry about things here, when he cleans up the mess in the future, it's not too late for you to go out of the mountain!" ”

Raise your hand to greet people, use rubber boats to send Dayuanjun and a few servants to the gunboat, take advantage of the night to turn around and run all the way along the Han River, they will sail directly to Rizhao, and hide people completely. When needed, pull it again as a cover.

Looking back at the soldiers, there were no more than one, and there were no injuries. From the perspective of mental outlook, it is much better than at the beginning. Yang Hao was sure that such a result was ideal. A good soldier must be sharpened from the battle, but he can't be pulled to the flesh mill with artillery fire as soon as he comes up, because that kind of screening method is too cruel and too costly.

Now is the right time. In the gradually increasing combat intensity, their endurance, pressure resistance, and reaction ability will be continuously improved, and they can finally face the cruel situation of naval artillery fire, and they are not afraid of danger!

Turning back to the dock warehouse with the people, everyone hurried to change their clothes and weapons, changed into a dress of the Tsarist Russian Far Eastern Army, and changed their rifles to the Mosinagan M1891 type, but there were more 56 light and 67 dual-purpose machine guns in the team, in short, they all used 7.62x54r bullets.

The officers' pistols were also replaced with Smith & Wesson's new No. 3 revolver, which was quite advanced at this time, and the type of .44 Russian-style ammunition was also a product that was just beginning to be copied at the Masan Industrial Base. As the students of the technical school, the quality of the goods made by the hands, because of the advanced machine tools and equipment, and the perfection of the processing process, are not worse than the quality of the mass production of Western arsenals in this era. And with smokeless propellant bullets, the performance is still surpassed.

Preparing to stop, Yang Hao took the platoon commander to check one by one, to make sure that there was no omission, and told them to hurry up and rest, and the sentry posts were lined up outside, and several leaders returned to the temporary headquarters to hurry up the work summary of the day and update the plan for tomorrow.

The harvest of this day's operation was far beyond expectations, and Ding Weifen was excited, but also had to worry: "Our action is too fast, which will stimulate the Japanese army to quickly move in." In this way, Li Hongzhang of the Qing court was particularly passive. Wouldn't it be a bit overdone? ”

Xu Yanzhuo also has the same opinion. They know more or less about the decay of the Qing soldiers, which can be said to be completely incorrigible, drinking the blood of soldiers from top to bottom, bullying the weak and fearing the hard, afraid of war, afraid of hardship, and not at all like soldiers. When Nie Shicheng's group of Huai troops marched out, the entire Weiman Street in Tianjin was crying and wiping away tears, and the people of each family seemed to be sending them to the execution ground to die.

With such an army and such a popular heart, who else is willing to fight to the death?

It was already so bad, but they were far behind the Japanese army in terms of mobilization, which made it many times more difficult for them to move than before.

Yang Hao had already made up his mind in his heart, gave them a reassuring smile, and lightly pressed his hand on the map, covering Seoul and the surrounding area of two hundred kilometers: "If this is not the case, it is impossible to force Li Hongzhang and the Qing court to devote themselves to it." If they don't, they won't be able to let people with lofty ideals across the country see their incompetence clearly. At the time of this great change, we must use the means that do the least harm to our own country and our nation to break down the most important contradictions and drawbacks for everyone to see. In addition, once Korea goes to war, Beiyang and the Qing court will be defeated, but how to defeat the law is very particular. We have to make full use of the whole process to achieve the effect of four or two thousand pounds. ”

Ding Weifen and Xu Yanzhuo looked at each other gloomily. That's right, the reality they know is like this, instead of procrastinating and consuming time, it's really better to spread it out all at once, and make a fool of yourself completely!

Ding Weifen muttered: "Then our news team will have to be more diligent." The situation in Seoul changed three times a day, the country was shocked overnight, Yuan Shikai's foreign communications were cut off, and what we say, the country can only listen. After all, this is the only channel for information. ”

Yang Hao said with a smile: "Presumably at this time, Yuan Shikai is already anxious, right?" ”

In fact, in the face of more than 100 Confucian scholars who took refuge in the outer yamen, Yuan Shikai's head was three circles bigger!

He didn't eat dinner well, in order to serve these young masters, he had to ask people to take out the japonica rice and white noodles in the warehouse and provide meals in batches. After eating and drinking enough, they had to listen to the generous statements of An Chengyu and others, and after a few days of people's rebellion and lawlessness, they had to repeatedly promise that the Qing court would definitely stand up for them, not only to avenge the shame, but also to make Japan apologize.

The first brigade of the 11th Wing of the Japanese army, the captain of the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army, who came to arrest people, shouted at the door with a stubby neck, demanding that Yuan Shikai immediately hand over the murderers who attacked the Japanese legation and beat the Japanese merchants!

Yuan Shikai is a dignified three-grade official, the emperor of North Korea, how can he listen to the shouts of a little Shaozuo, he asked Tang Shaoyi, the consul of Seoul, to negotiate.

Tang Shaoyi, who had also been exhausted in recent days, had nothing to do, stood at the door and faced the muzzles and bayonets of the Japanese army, and said righteously and sternly for a long time, it was useless, and he returned to the yamen and shook his head at Yuan Shikai again and again: "This matter is extremely difficult!" The arrogance of the Japanese has already begun, and it will be difficult to clean up. It seems to me that they deliberately made mistakes and wanted to take the rule of Seoul in one fell swoop. Lord Yuan, for the sake of today's plan, let's hurry up and find a way to protect ourselves. ”

Yuan Shikai was startled, his eyes narrowed, and he said, "Could it be that they still dare to come in and threaten their own officials?!" ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled bitterly: "It's not just a threat, I think they have the intention of killing." Adults should always know how much influence they have on North Korea. The Japanese regard you as a strong resistance, and it is faster to realize their ambitions than to get rid of them! ”

"Oops! How good is that? Yuan Shikai was shocked, sat back on the Taishi chair, covered his head and sighed, "The telegram can't get through, and I have no way to ask for help, it's too bad, it's too bad!" ”

Yuan Shikai is extremely smart and has a very good judgment of the situation, but in recent days, he has been hacked by the "National News Daily" on the outside and on the inside, and he has already been messed up. And because of Yang Hao's centralization, the situation was messed up, which was far beyond his control and reaction.

After all, Tang Shaochuan is a diplomat, and he has a clear view of the international situation, and comforts him: "Your Excellency, you don't have to worry too much. From the perspective of the following, this time the situation in Seoul is changing, and there must be someone behind the center to operate, which is really not good, and we can also turn to the British Consulate for help. ”

The implication is that we are really in a hurry, if we want to flee for our lives, we can go to the British for help!

Yuan Shikai didn't want to stay here for a long time. It's okay to be the emperor to be powerful, but it's a bit difficult to be a strong man when he is cannon fodder and sacrifice his life for the country. However, Li Hongzhang was not allowed, he could not be a deserter, otherwise his future would be ruined. Tang Shaochuan's construction can only be used as a backup, and now, he still wants to fight to see if he can calm the chaos in front of him.

But the trouble was much bigger than he thought! The Japanese army, who believed that the situation was irretrievable, did not want to give him the slightest chance to turn the tables. The representative sent by Yuan Shikai to contact the Japanese Minister Keisuke Otori was driven back in disgrace without even seeing the other party's face.

The following night, the North Korean Prime Minister negotiated that the trade yamen had been surrounded by Japanese troops, and the water could not be penetrated!

At the same time, at the port of Incheon, other Japanese troops who had landed on the shore were also urgently mobilized and rushed to Seoul for reinforcements. At the same time, the second batch of regular troops of the Fifth Division in Japan, with more than 4,000 troops, also began to land, and one of them, starting from Incheon and heading north, prepared to cut off the main communication route from Asan to Seoul, in an attempt to prevent Nie Shicheng's main force from going to reinforcements.

The clouds of war are enveloping the Korean Peninsula!