The moment he stepped into the mansion, Wang Chenhao couldn't wait to see his wife Li Youyi, who would haunt him forever.

Wang Chenhao's footsteps were like the wind, and his heart had already flown to the "Flower Language Pavilion", where was the sweet nest built by Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi.

When he was still more than a dozen steps away from Huayu Xiaoxie, Wang Chenhao suddenly shook his whole body and said, "Madam! ”

I saw a beautiful beauty standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking at the direction she came from.

"This little fool...... I don't know how to put on more clothes before coming out. ”

Seeing Li Youyi's appearance, she hurriedly came out without a coat, and she was already shivering a little cold when she stood there in the cold weather. Wang Chenhao couldn't help but regret in his heart, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Husband!"

When she saw Wang Chenhao, Li Youyi's smart eyes suddenly flashed with great surprise. As soon as Wang Chenhao had time to open his arms, Qianying galloped over with a faint fragrance, and had already pounced into Wang Chenhao's arms like a bird returning to the forest at night.

"Husband, you're finally back, I think you've worked so hard......"

Before the words were finished, Li Youyi's delicate body was picked up by Wang Chenhao's tight building, and the slightly open red lips were caught by Wang Chenhao's lips in a blink of an eye.

Li Dehai, the housekeeper who followed closely, suddenly stopped and stopped Yang Shixiang who was following.

"Lord Yang, please!"

Since Li Dehai followed Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi, he knew that the young couple was extremely affectionate and did not pay much attention to the occasion. So I had to worry a lot, lure Yang Shixiang away, and sent away the nearby family members and maids, leaving enough space for the young couple to talk about each other's thoughts and friendship.

Yang Shixiang could understand Wang Chenhao's mood at the moment, so he put down business first and followed the housekeeper to the wing.

lingered for a long time, and the lips of the two parted, but they still hugged each other tightly.

"Husband, you have lost a lot of weight, and you can't be by your husband's side, it's not good for Youyi."

Li Youyi's face was flushed, she slowly stroked Wang Chenhao's face, staring into his eyes, as if she had a thousand words to say, but it was difficult to express it for a while.

Wang Chenhao stroked Li Youyi's somewhat thin face, and said pitifully: "Madame has lost a lot, it's because I'm tired that you're worried." ”

Li Youyi's heart was sweet and warm for a while, a burning emotion rose from the bottom of her heart, and she happily offered a fragrant kiss.

Wang Chenhao kissed Li Youyi, then took off his cloak and put it on her, and said with a smile: "Seeing that your nose is frozen red, let's go into the house and talk about it!" ”

Li Youyi stood still quietly, holding Wang Chenhao's hands with both hands, and looking at Wang Chenhao's eyes with seven points of coquettishness.

Wang Chenhao was too familiar with this look, so he shouted, lazily picked up Li Youyi horizontally, and in Li Youyi's coquettish voice full of exclamation and joy, Wang Chenhao held her and strode into the flower language pavilion.

From ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ to deep winter, the weather is cold in the north, and the snowfall in the northeast is frozen.

The Heilongjiang River Basin, whether it is the Jiangbei Emperor Russia East and West Villa District, or the Jiangnan Emperor Qing Heilongjiang General District, is covered with snow, up to half a meter thick.

Affected by the seasonal climate, the cold and heavy snow were not conducive to the war, and the war between Qing and Russia in the Heilongjiang River valley also temporarily stopped, and both sides coincidentally chose a truce.

Wang Shizhen, commander of the Beiyang Army on the Heilongjiang front, after receiving Wang Chenhao's latest instructions, deployed defenses along the Heilongjiang, Songhua and Ussuri rivers and built a large number of fortifications. Wang Shizhen received the order to defend for the time being, wait for Wang Chenhao to obtain sea control, send warships into Heilongjiang, and then carry out a counteroffensive against the Russian army to recover that part of the territory in Jiangbei.

Since the Battle of Aihui and the Battle of Sanjiangkou, after the Imperial Russian Far East Army lost the Amur Inland River Fleet and 50,000 elite troops, it was no longer able to launch a large-scale offensive, and the cold winter was not conducive to military offensives, so the Russian army on the other side was very honest, and Wang Shizhen's task was very easy.

However, this ease did not last long. Although the Russian army suffered heavy losses and it was difficult to launch a large-scale offensive, it does not mean that the Russian army is really honest.

The commander of the Russian Far Eastern Military District, General Kurobetkin, in order to save as much face as possible for Russia, ordered the Cossack cavalry regiment to continue the military operation. Although the cavalry could not attack the strong fortifications of the Beiyang Army, nor could it pose a serious threat to the cities with the walled defense system, the cavalry had his natural advantage, that is, raiding.

With the advent of midwinter, heavy snow covers the mountains, and the Ergun River basin west of the Mohe River in the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River is frozen, and the Russian Cossack cavalry regiment can cross the river from some frozen rivers and attack into the territory of the Heilongjiang general, 20,000 Cossack cavalry use the Nebuchu fortress as a supply base to attack the Khan of Yubin, Hulun and the Mongolian Chechen Khan, looting and killing everywhere, causing heavy casualties and economic property losses to the above-mentioned areas, compared with the military losses of the Qing Empire on the frontal battlefield, This raid of looting took a toll on the Qing Empire. The Cossack cavalry regiment fed the war with battle, and in less than half a month, the three places were disturbed and suffered heavy losses.

Most of the children of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia lived in the provinces of the Tibetan and Mongolian Eight Banners, and the Qing court was shocked by the looting and massacre of the Russian Cossack cavalry. In addition to the diplomatic protests, the Qing court ordered Wang Shizhen to immediately send troops to protect him.

However, Wang Shizhen had no choice. The Beiyang Army is well-equipped and has strong combat effectiveness, which has been tested in actual combat. However, this does not mean that the Beiyang Army will be able to deal with the Cossack cavalry, positional warfare, offensive and defensive warfare are the strength of the Beiyang Army, but cavalry guerrilla warfare is helpless.

The cavalry of the two regiments of the 1st and 2nd towns of the Beiyang Army were almost wiped out by the Cossack cavalry regiments in the last battle, and the only remaining incense is being reorganized. And the two cavalry regiments of the fifth and sixth towns were too small in strength to attack the Cossack cavalry regiments would undoubtedly be tantamount to death.

Especially when the mountains were covered with ice and snow, it was difficult for the heavy weapons of the Beiyang Army to be transported and transferred, and the Cossack cavalry regiment came and went like the wind.

The Beiyang Army could not help, and the imperial court had to transfer various Mongolian cavalry to fight. But the Mongolian cavalry of each department has to have a variety of military expenses such as opening fees, maintenance fees, etc., and this money has to be given first, at this moment the imperial treasury is empty, there is no money to pay for the opening fee, the imperial court can be on credit with the Han army, but it is not possible for the ministers of the Mongolian palace, and they must give money.

The imperial court was helpless, so it ordered the provinces of Zhili, Shengjing, and Shanxi near the Mongolian ministries to cooperate with each other, with a total amount of 1 million taels of silver. And the governors and generals of several provinces knew in their hearts that the compensation to the Mongolian ministries was equivalent to meat buns and dogs, and it was difficult for the imperial court to make up for it afterwards. So the governors and generals of several provinces began to shirk for various reasons, but until the end of the war, the money was not coordinated, and finally it was not settled.

After the ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Battle of the Great Ocean and the Battle of the Eastern Ocean, the Russian Far East Fleet lost six main warships, of which the sinking of the largest tonnage Rurik made the Russian Far East Fleet particularly passive, because the remaining Russian ships were far inferior to the Pacific Fleet in terms of speed, and the siege of Arthur and Weihaiwei was lifted, and the Pacific Fleet and the Beiyang Naval Division were reconciled, so that the Russian Far East Fleet did not dare to engage the Qing Imperial Navy in the Yellow Sea, thus losing the sea supremacy in the Yellow Sea.

The Russian Far East Fleet, in order to avoid the sharp edge of the Qing Empire's navy, intends to withdraw to the Pusan naval base, and the Qing Empire will gain complete sea supremacy, at least until the arrival of the Russian reinforcement fleet, of course.

The four warships of the Russian reinforcement fleet are not expected to arrive in Pusan until February or March next year, so during this time, the Russian Far East Fleet has chosen to make strategic concessions.

Major General Kendrachev, commander of the Russian forces in the Liaoyang area, received a notice from Lieutenant General Foucadem on the 14th, conveying the latest instructions of General Kurobertkin, asking the Russian army to retreat strategically and quickly withdraw from Liaoyang to Korea.

After Major General Kendrachev knew that Russia had lost control of the Yellow Sea, the Qing army could land from the sea at any time to attack his flank, and he would face the danger of being isolated and surrounded, so Major General Kendrachev immediately convened a meeting and urgently made retreat arrangements.

On the afternoon of the 14th, the Russian army began to retreat with deployment.

As soon as the Russian army showed signs of retreat, they were discovered by the Beiyang Army scouts who were closely monitoring them nearby, and the news was quickly transmitted back to Mukden.

Cao Kun, commander of the Beiyang Army, immediately convened officers at all levels in the third and fourth towns, and invited Yi Ketang'a, Nie Shicheng and other generals to hold a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Due to Wang Chenhao's special instructions, it is necessary to launch an attack while the Russian army is retreating, bite the Russian army, prevent it from escaping, and then wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the seventh and eighth towns of the Beiyang Army, and encircle and annihilate this Russian army together. As long as this Russian army is eliminated, it is equivalent to the complete elimination of the last main force of the Russian Far Eastern Military District, and the Russian Far Eastern Military District will be unable to invade China again, and will force the Russian political axe to accept the negotiation conditions proposed by the Qing Empire.

However, one of the biggest problems facing Cao Kun and others was that the two reinforcements of the Beiyang Army's 7th and 8th towns were still on the train, and they had reportedly just entered the customs through Shanhaiguan, but they had to wait until about 11 p.m. to arrive in Mukden. And by that time, the Russian army outside Mukden had long since withdrawn its shadow.

"Otherwise, let's not wait for reinforcements from the seventh and eighth towns, let's attack first, as long as we hold off the Russian army for twelve hours, the reinforcements will arrive, and then encircle and annihilate all the Russian troops."

The chief of staff, Guo Xudong, put forward his opinion, but it was immediately opposed by Qing army officials led by Shengjing's general Yiketanga.

Iktanga said, "No! What if this is a conspiracy of the Russian army? They pretended to retreat, led our army to take the initiative, exposed weaknesses, and then the Russian army suddenly came to a counteroffensive. It doesn't matter if we defeat it, but if Fengtian is lost, don't say that your life is not guaranteed, even my head will have to be moved, what kind of place is this? Fengtian, the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, even if we have any reason, we have to finish our lives if we lose Fengtian. ”

"Then watch the Russian army flee?"

Zhang Huaizhi's tone was very heavy, he didn't take Yike Tang'a in his eyes at all, what bullshit General Shengjing, in his eyes, only Wang Chenhao, the marshal of the Beiyang Army, ignored everyone else.

Nie Shicheng said more objectively: "We won the naval battle, and the retreat of the Russian army has already shown that we are going to win this war." Reinforcements are coming in six hours, and if we take the initiative to attack and hold off the enemy, we have a great chance of destroying this Russian army. But it would be a shame if they were let go. ”

Iktanga's lieutenant Nalan Qingzhu said: "Wouldn't it be nice to let them go?" If they withdraw, this war is over, and we are safe, the best of both worlds, why do we have to fight? I don't know how many people will die in one fight? How much silver is lost? ”

Zhao Hengti said at this time: "This is our commander's order, we must carry it out!" ”

Nalan Qingzhu snorted coldly: "Handsome? Who? That Wang Chenhao is right! Who made him handsome? I think you sealed it yourself, right? There is General Iktanga here, the dignified Iron Hat King, you have to listen to General Sheng Jing! ”

Zhao Hengti slapped the table suddenly, glared at Nalan Qingzhu angrily, and shouted: "Lao Tzu is not under your control, Lao Tzu only listens to the orders of our family commander, how about it?" ”

Nalan Qingzhu also slapped the table and stood up, pointed at Zhao Hengti and said angrily: "You...... It's back to you! On the ground in Shengjing, you have to listen to General Shengjing! ”

The two of them quarreled with Mai Mang, and the generals of the Beiyang Army all sided with Zhao Hengti, while the generals of the Shengjing General's Mansion supported Nalan Qingzhu, and the two sides were on top for a while.

Iktanga was silent at first, obviously Nalan Qingzhu was instructed by him to say this deliberately. But as he found out that Zhao Hengti and other Beiyang Army generals only had their marshal Wang Chenhao in their mouths, this made Yi Ketanga very unhappy, after all, the current Qing Kingdom is still their banner people's country.

"I said Cao Kun, what kind of rank system is your Beiyang Army? How old are you? ”

Cao Kun replied: "If you return to the general's words, the Beiyang Army is modeled after the German Army, adopting the Western rank system, and I am now a lieutenant general and division commander. ”

Mrs. Iktang eyelided and asked, "Lieutenant General?" Then what kind of official can I, General Sheng Jing, be with you? ”

Cao Kun didn't quite understand what Iktanga meant, but he still replied, "Why do you have to be a general?" I don't quite understand the specifics, after all, the imperial court has not clearly defined our official rank, and it is not easy to judge. ”

Iktanga nodded and smiled, "Anyway, I'm bigger than you, right?" ”

Cao Kun was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Of course, are you the Iron Hat King!" ”

"If only you knew!" Iktanga suddenly wiped his smile away and said, "Since I'm older than you, you have to listen to me now." Let's honestly stay in Fengtian City, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, I think you should understand this truth! ”

Cao Kun smiled helplessly, only then did he understand Iktang's intentions, and he originally wanted to suppress him with that official position.

"That's good! Old general, you take your minions to guard Mukden, and we will deal with the Russian army outside. Presumably, the old general will go out with thousands of troops and horses, and it should be no problem to defend Mukden. ”

Iktang'a suddenly sank his face and said unhappily: "So General Cao doesn't give the old man face?" ”

Cao Kun suddenly cried and laughed: "Don't dare! Duty! The humble post must carry out the orders of Lord Wang, and I hope the old general will forgive me! ”

Iktang Arden said angrily: "I am the Iron Hat King, if you don't obey my orders, you don't obey the orders of the court, do you know what you're doing?" Equivalent to rebellion! ”

The last sentence was almost shouted out by Iktanga.

Cao Kun sneered: "I said the old general, your hat is a bit too big, but I don't care, you just go to the court to sue me!" ”

"You!" Iktanga pointed at Cao Kun, a little out of breath.

Nie Shicheng, who had been watching coldly beside him, shook his head helplessly, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yi Ketang: "The general may have forgotten that the imperial court has issued a decree appointing Wang Chenhao as the Minister of Plenipotentiary Affairs for Russia, and he has the right to control the movement of troops and all personnel throughout the Northeast. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

Iktanga didn't know, and immediately looked at Nalan Qingzhu, who suddenly said with a weak heart: "There is such a thing, I forgot to tell you!" ”

"You dead minion!"

Iktang Ah was suddenly half angry, and he picked up the tea bowl and was about to hit Nalan Qingzhu, but was stopped by Nie Shicheng.

Cao Kun and the others all sneered, happy to see Iktanga's jokes.

"If you are in military affairs, you won't play with the old general, farewell!"

After speaking, Cao Kun and the others left with a burst of laughter, so angry that Iketang Arden fainted.

Leaving the conference room, Cao Kun and other Beiyang Army officers found another place to hold a meeting alone.

Cao Kun didn't look down on Iktanga's army at all, and it would be a burden to take them to fight together, so he let Iktanga defend Fengtian City by himself. Anyway, Cao Kun didn't think that the Russian army was still capable of attacking Mukden City, so he wasn't worried about Mukden's safety.

An hour later, Cao Kun and others finished discussing and formulated a battle plan to encircle and annihilate the Russian army in the Mukden area, and ended the war victoriously.

Cao Kun's plan was to use the newly arrived Beiyang Army's Seventh and Eighth Towns to detour the two flanks of the Russian army, and the third and fourth towns to contain the Russian army in the Shahe area with a frontal attack, and to ensure the roundabout movement of the two flanks of the Seventh and Eighth Towns, which arrived 10 hours later. The main attack of the Beiyang Army is directed to the right flank of the Russian army, which is served by the third town.

At this time, the Russian troops assembled along the Shahe line were mixed into 3 field brigades. On the right flank is the 2nd Field Brigade (commanded by Kaulbas), 25 km from the front; In the center is the 3rd Field Brigade (commanded by Beardlinger), 20 km frontage; On the left flank was the 1st Field Brigade (commanded by Linevich), 45 km from the front. The exposed flanks were covered by the reading force under the direct command of the Russian command, under the direct command of Major General Kendrachev.

The Russian army lost more than 10,000 people in the last battle of Shahe, and the total strength of the Russian army at this time was still more than 33,000 people, but there were 52 artillery pieces and 6 machine guns left, and the rest were destroyed by the artillery units of the Beiyang Army in the last battle.

As for the Beiyang Army, it lost more than 700 people in the last battle, and it has already drawn troops from the reserve replenishment regiment to make up for it. In terms of artillery, 23 guns and 33 heavy machine guns were lost during the battle of Shahe, but they were soon replenished by Beiyang Ordnance Heavy Industry and replenished with ammunition. In terms of the number of troops, the strength of the two towns of the Beiyang Army is only 25,000, and the front-line combat troops are only 20,000, which is still at a disadvantage. However, the Beiyang Army has 108 artillery pieces and 100 heavy machine guns, and is in an absolute position in terms of heavy firepower. With the combat experience of the Battle of Shahe, the third and fourth towns of the Beiyang Army have also truly completed the requirements for forming an army, and with the support of superior firepower, the combat effectiveness of the armies of these two towns has become stronger.

Major General Kendrachev is an excellent commander, and he knows that once the Russian army retreats on its own initiative, the Beiyang Army in the Mukden direction will definitely follow the attack. Moreover, the Russian spies in Tianjin also sent back the news that the seventh and eighth towns of the Beiyang Army had been pulled out overnight, and Major General Kendrachev judged that this army must be going to Mukden to participate in the war. Therefore, in order to ensure the smooth evacuation of the large army, he decided to complete the evacuation operation before the 7th and 8th towns of the Beiyang Army went north, so he prepared to take the initiative to attack the Qing army on the front line of the Shahe River in order to cover the retreat.

Major General Kendrachev planned to use the 2nd Field Brigade with a total of 10,000 men for the assault, and the task was first to occupy Shendanbao (Sandiepu), a village about 40 kilometers southwest of Mukden. Major General Kendrachev considered the village to be the key to the entire position of the Qing army. The Qing army in this direction was only on the alert of 4,000 men of the black battalion of the Sheng army general Hei Lai, and there was no Beiyang army, so Kendrachev believed that its strength was weak and could achieve major results.

On the afternoon of the 14th, the Russian army began a surprise attack. The Russian army had 2 regiments from the direction of Heigoutai, 1 regiment from the direction of Shendanbao and the Mishuchenko cavalry battalion inserted to the left side of the Qing army. Because it was a snowy day, the Qing army was not on alert enough and was soon surrounded. Heilai led his troops to resist stubbornly and beat the corpses of the charging Russian cavalry all over the field.

The battle suddenly began, which immediately alarmed the Beiyang Army, which was deploying operations. Cao Kun did not guess the strategic intentions of Major General Kendrachev for a while, thinking that the Russian army was really a fake retreat, and was worried that Iktanga's men would not be able to stand the position, so he urgently mobilized the 11th mark of the third town located in the rear to reinforce Heigoutai. At the same time, the troops that may be drawn from all fronts are also drawn into temporary reserves to counterattack.

The battle began at 3 p.m. on the 14th and ended in the early morning of the following day. In this short period of nine hours, the Black Lai Department fought a bloody battle. Until they ran out of bullets, they were forced to engage in the world's largest white-knuckle battle so far, and all 4,000 Qing soldiers were killed. A small unit of the Russian army took advantage of the victory to launch an attack on Mukden.

Seeing that the Russian army did not withdraw from the counterattack, Iktanga was so frightened that he sent more than a dozen letters of request, asking Cao Kun to lead his troops back to Mukden.

However, when Cao Kun mobilized his troops, he found that only a part of the Russian army participated in the battle, and he immediately guessed that this was Kendrachev's strategy, and in fact, the Russian army was still mainly retreating.

After figuring out the true intentions of the Russian army, Cao Kun decided not to save Mukden, but to attack.

Seeing that the Beiyang Army was not fooled, Major General Kendrachev immediately worried that the 2nd Field Brigade of the Russian Army might be divided and surrounded, so he immediately stopped the attack on the remnants of the Qing army on the Heigoutai side and issued an order to retreat.

However, at this time, the Beiyang Army had already attacked on all fronts, biting the retreating 1st, 2nd, and 3rd field brigades of the Russian army, respectively, and even Kendrachev's direct reading force was bitten. Kendrachev knew that things were not good, but he could no longer retreat, and retreating at this time was tantamount to handing over his back to the enemy, which was very dangerous, so he had to order the Russian army to stop retreating and organize defense.

In the early morning of the 15th, as the seventh and eighth towns of the Beiyang Army rushed to Mukden, the total strength of the Beiyang Army in Fengtian reached 50,000, with 216 artillery pieces and 200 heavy machine guns, doubling its strength. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Yiktang A in Fengtian City also wanted to grab some credit, so he mobilized 30,000 Sheng troops to cooperate with the Beiyang Army to launch a decisive battle.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Wang Chenhao carried Li Youyi into the Flower Language Pavilion, and did not stay in the living room, but went straight into their bedroom.

The maids waiting in the living room, Huqin and Ruhua, and the wet nurse who was holding Wang Chenhao's newborn daughter, they were all directly ignored by Wang Chenhao.

In the bedroom, Hua Yiluo's clothes were half-untied, and she leaned on the pillow of the soft couch charmingly and gently, listening to Wang Chenhao tell her about everything that had happened in the past year.

The atmosphere in the house was warm, Wang Chenhao talked slowly, and told Li Youyi everything that happened to him, no matter how big or small, nothing was missed!

Listening to all this told by Wang Chenhao, Li Youyi's face was full of incredulity. Her expression kept changing with what Wang Chenhao said, some worried, some frightened, some shy, some resentful, some jealous, but more tolerant...... Li Youyi glanced at Wang Chenhao with disgust, ripped off the bandages and white sand wrapped around Wang Chenhao's head and body, and said reproachfully: "Husband, how can you be like this? You don't know how distressed I felt when I saw the bandages on your body, my heart was about to break at that moment, and I wanted to bear the pain for you! But you ......"

Wang Chenhao suddenly hugged Li Youyi's delicate body, kissed deeply and said vaguely: "I'm sorry!" It's all my fault, I shouldn't lie to you. This is all a bad idea from Yang Shixiang, I don't want to lie to you. Actually, I pretended to be hurt just to make you pity me. ”

Li Youyi broke free and said angrily: "Am I so stingy? It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that you are a hero, husband, and there must be many women who like you. Admittedly, when my godmother told me that you were engaged to a foreign woman in the United States, I was indeed a little angry. However, I can feel how much you love me and love me, husband, so Youyi will not object to your husband marrying a wife and taking a concubine, as long as you still have me in your heart, I will be satisfied. ”

'What a good woman, where to find such a virtuous wife?' The big stone in Wang Chenhao's heart finally fell, and his whole body suddenly became much more relaxed.

Li Youyi glanced at Wang Chenhao with disgust, and said with a smile: "Now...... Husband, you have to taste what you want? ”

Wang Chenhao coughed lightly and sighed: "I'm also reluctant to make it difficult!" It's just a political marriage, and there is no emotion, and it's a blonde and blue-eyed girl, how can I have my heart and soul baby Youyi are beautiful? ”

Li Youyi smiled and glanced at Wang Chenhao: "It's cheap and good!" ”

Wang Chenhao laughed, hugged her waist again, and said softly: "Angry? ”

Li Youyi glanced at Wang Chenhao again, shook her head with a smile, and said, "Blonde hair and blue eyes, I am too lazy to be angry with such an ugly woman?" ”

Wang Chenhao held Li Youyi's little hand, stroked it gently, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You still say that you are not angry?" As soon as I arrived in Shanghai, I sent you a telegram asking about our daughter, but you were two days late to reply to me! ”

"How did I forget!" Li Youyi screamed, and hurriedly shouted at the door: "Hug the qin, quickly bring the maid over to show the master!" ”

Yaya naturally refers to Li Youyi's daughter born to Wang Chenhao, because she doesn't have a name yet, so Li Youyi calls her Yaya.

In Wang Chenhao's heart, Li Youyi always comes first, followed by this unnamed daughter Yaya. This is also the reason why after Wang Chenhao came back, the first time he paid attention to Li Youyi, not his daughter.

After a while, Baoqin and the two picturesque girls brought Yaya.

"Congratulations to the master, happy to win a daughter!"

Wang Chenhao hurriedly and carefully hugged the child over, looking at his sleeping daughter, Wang Chenhao suddenly felt proud in his heart. The feeling of blood connection suddenly came to me. At this moment, Wang Chenhao suddenly found that he had roots in this world and a real family, and at this moment he had integrated into this world, and was no longer a lonely person.

"Great, I'm a father too!"

Wang Chenhao looked at the child in surprise and said happily.

Baoqin suddenly smiled: "I said that the master will definitely like her, now Madame, do you believe it?" ”

Li Youyi saw that Wang Chenhao's happy expression did not seem to be fake, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Chenhao said: "What do you mean by hugging the qin?" Of course my own children like it! ”

Baoqin hurriedly said: "What the master said is true!" It's just that when Madame knew that it was a daughter and not a young master who gave birth, you don't know how disappointed Madame was at that time? I'm worried that the lord won't like it, and I haven't seen Mrs. really happy these days! When the lord called to inquire, Mrs. hesitated for two days before calling you back. ”

Li Youyi apologized: "I didn't give birth to my husband, and the concubine is really angry!" ”

Wang Chenhao paused for a moment, and then suddenly realized. Thinking that this era is a very, very serious patriarchal era, and it is precisely because of this that Li Youyi feels very sorry for Wang Chenhao and failed to give him a son.

Wang Chenhao smiled helplessly and said, "What a little fool!" My husband will solemnly tell you today, whether it is a boy or a girl, this is the crystallization of our love, I like it all! Let's be honest! In fact, I prefer my daughter, raising a son is too tiring, and I have to prepare the family property for him, how good it is to raise a daughter, you can earn gift money without worrying! ”

Li Youyi suddenly burst into tears and laughed, and when Wang Chenhao said this, she was in a much better mood.

At this time, Li Youyi suddenly asked, "Husband, why don't you take Rothier over?" If she stays in Shanghai, if outsiders know, they still think they are tigresses! ”

Then Li Youyi kissed Wang Chenhao and said softly: "Don't worry, husband, you take her over, I will treat this girl named Rothier as a sister!" ”

Wang Chenhao said in his heart that he didn't know how to take Luo Xier over, since Li Youyi was so considerate and took the initiative to help, this was naturally a good thing. It's just that Wang Chenhao was still a little worried, and said tentatively: "You really don't object to me accepting other women?" ”

Li Youyi said softly: "I am also a woman, of course I will be jealous, but it is common for men to have three wives and four concubines, as long as the husband does not disappoint me!" ”

Wang Chenhao really put his mind at ease, and secretly criticized that this is a world where men are superior to women, polygamy is indeed normal, and he doesn't have to apply the morality of the original world to this world.

He hugged Li Youyi tightly in the cup, but suddenly there were several more beautiful women in his mind, so he subconsciously said softly: "No matter how many women I have in the future, Youyi will always be the most important thing in my heart!" ”

Li Youyi couldn't help but smile when she heard Wang Chenhao say sincerely, her gentle eyes were full of tenderness, and then she couldn't help but send a fragrant kiss.

Baoqin and the two picturesque daughters saw that Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi were making love again, so why did they come over and take the girl away.

Li Youyi suddenly slapped Wang Chenhao and said: "It's all your fault, you always make people can't help it, and you are embarrassed in front of the maids." ”

Wang Chenhao laughed and said: "It's not the first time, they like to watch it, let them watch it!" It's just that the taste of the lady seems to have changed! ”

Li Youyi asked puzzledly, "Where has changed?" ”

Wang Chenhao suddenly smiled evilly: "There is more milk smell!" ”

Li Youyi's face suddenly turned crimson, and she said coquettishly: "Are people mothers now?" ”

Wang Chenhao looked Li Youyi's pair of plump ** up and down, and pricked his mouth and said: "The milk must be sufficient, our daughter must not be able to eat it." ”

Li Youyi said angrily: "How do you know that I have enough milk?" I haven't fed my daughter myself yet. It's always the wet nurse who feeds our daughter! ”

Wang Chenhao looked at Li Youyi in surprise, Li Youyi didn't feel anything wrong, and said, "Aren't all children raised on the milk of wet nurses?" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded, suddenly rubbed his hands and reached into Li Youyi's corset, and said with a wicked smile: "That's really a waste, madam, I'm hungry!" ”

"Then I'll call the kitchen to prepare the meal!"

"No need!"

Wang Chenhao suddenly threw Li Youyi on the bed, and whispered in her ear: "I want to feed my husband!" ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Cao Kun was able to command an army of 80,000 to fight, and he was very happy in his heart, and decided to immediately launch a plan to encircle and annihilate the Russian army, attacking the 33,000 Russian troops that had been steadily dragged around Mukden.

Since the main direction of attack of the Beiyang Army was the right flank of the Russian army, it wanted to force Kendrachev to transfer reserves from the right flank to the left flank.

At dawn on December 15, the 8th Town of the Beiyang Army, the 15th Association and the 29th Standard, took the lead in advancing north from the upper reaches of the Taizi River. With the support of the 3rd Town, a detour began to the right flank of the 1st Field Brigade of the Russian Army. This action was completely unexpected by Kendrashv, who did not expect that the soldiers of the Beiyang Army would swim in the icy river with arms. He immediately transferred 22 platoons of the right reserve to strengthen the left flank, which was exactly what Cao Kun wanted.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the 15th, the third and fourth towns of the Beiyang Army began to detour the right flank of the Russian army and carry out the main assault. This move put the Russian army in a difficult position: on a front that stretched for about 30 kilometers, only one regiment remained in the reserves of the right flank of the Russian army. The Russian 2nd Field Brigade had to deal with two divisions of the Beiyang Army, that is, 25,000 people, and more than 3,700 Sheng Army, and while the right flank of the Russian army was beaten, the two field brigades on its left flank did not move. The 2nd Field Brigade was forced to shrink its positions.

At this time, Major General Kendrachev decided to transfer the reserves from the left flank back to the right flank. The troops tossed back and forth, exhausted. He decided to launch a counter-assault on the flank of the Beiyang Army, which had detoured to his right flank, and for this purpose a number of companies were drawn from the two field brigades on the left flank and hastily organized into a mixed force under the unified command of Kaulbas. But the counter-assault did not work, because the difference in strength and firepower between the two sides was too great. The Beiyang Army continued to make roundabout moves, gradually accomplishing its strategic objectives.

On the evening of the 15th, after being fiercely attacked by the Beiyang Army, Major General Kendrachev ordered the 1st and 3rd Field Brigades to abandon their positions on the Shahe River and withdraw to the north of the Hunhe River. He took this decision in an attempt to shorten the battle line, withdraw troops to strengthen the right flank, and prevent the Beiyang Army from attempting to complete the encirclement of him with a new counter-assault.

However, the Russian army's counter-assault on the main force of the Beiyang Army on December 16 was ineffective, and at the same time, the Russian 1st and 3rd field brigades, which had abandoned the Shahe position, did not have time to build a strong position on the Hunhe River. Under these circumstances, on the afternoon of the 16th, the 7th Association of the 4th Town of the Beiyang Army took the lead in breaking through the frontal defense line of the 1st Field Brigade of the Russian Army and began to implement interspersed detour tactics from the left flank.

At the same time, the three towns of the Beiyang Army detoured from the right flank to the Russian 2nd Field Brigade and appeared in the rear of the field brigade in the evening.

The Russian army was suddenly in danger of being surrounded.

On the night of the 16th, Rear Admiral Kendrachev ordered a retreat to the south of Liaoyang and in the direction of Longwangmiao, and at the same time requested reinforcements from the Russian Far East Fleet.

However, in the midst of the ice and snow, the Russian soldiers who had lost their supplies were in a rather chaotic situation when they retreated. Kendrachev threw away the baggage and ran away with the cavalry battalion first, but the baggage blocked the road, the artillery behind could not pass, the infantry artillery mixed up, and the troops lost their command.

The Beiyang Army was in hot pursuit, and the seventh and eighth towns, which were carrying out a great detour strategy, suddenly appeared on both flanks of the Russian army on the way to retreat, and as a result, the Russian army fell into the complete encirclement of the Beiyang Army, and was finally driven into the mountains near Qianshan.

And when Major General Kendrachev ran all the way with the cavalry battalion, and fled to the vicinity of the Dragon King Temple, he did not find the Russian battleship, but the French battleship was waiting there. It turned out that the Russian Far East Fleet no longer dared to operate in the Yellow Sea, for fear of being run into by the Beiyang Naval Division and the Pacific Fleet, so the Russian side asked the French Navy for help, so Kendrachev boarded the French warship and fled back to Korea.

On the 19th, the 9,300 Russian officers and soldiers who were surrounded by the Beiyang Army on the thousand hills south of Liaoyang finally fell under the pressure of hunger and cold, and the commander abandoned them and ran away.

(To be continued)