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"Your Excellency Commander has arrived!" With a shout from the officer on duty, the Japanese generals sitting in the conference room stood up one after another, bowing their heads respectfully to welcome the arrival of His Excellency the Commander.

Accompanied by Katsura Taro, Yama Prefecture Aritomo slowly walked into the conference room, Yama Prefecture Aritomo glanced at the generals attending the meeting, waved his hand and said, "Everyone sit down!" ”

"Hay!" The crowd answered, and sat down honestly.

Youpeng of Shanxian sighed helplessly and said, "The Fifth Division's setback in Shanqing must be known to everyone!" The base camp has decided to promote Major General Obao Gong to lieutenant general of the army, succeeding him as the commander of the 5th Division, responsible for the rebuilding of the 5th Division! This matter has come to an end for the time being, and I do not want any more remarks that are detrimental to the morale of the locust army to be popular among the army. Speaking of this, Youpeng's gaze became stern in vain, and he glanced at everyone coldly.

"Hay!" The Japanese officers present at the meeting responded in unison.

"Yes!" Shan County Youpeng nodded with satisfaction, "According to reliable information, tens of thousands of people in the main force of the Qing army gathered in Pyongyang. I decided to immediately move my army north, conquer Pyongyang, and expel the Qing army from Korea! ”

"Your Excellency, Commander! If the locust army moves north, the Qing Tiger Army and the Korean Dongxue Army in Jeonju will inevitably move north to attack Seoul, so that the locust army will inevitably be attacked on both sides. The commander of the 10th Brigade immediately saw Shang Wen and said after hearing it.

"Then in your opinion, the locust army should go south to deal with the tiger army in Jeonju first? So what if the main forces of the Qing army in Pyongyang go south? Youpeng of Shan County asked coldly, "Hmph! The Qing army in Jeonju was only more than 2,000 people, and the Korean peasant army was not worth mentioning at all, so leaving at most one brigade to ensure that Seoul was safe! If we can defeat the main force of the Qing army in Pyongyang, the lone Qing Huben army will lose its logistical supplies, and it will naturally collapse without a fight! ”

"Hay! Your Excellency Commander has taught you that you are humble and stupid! Seeing that Shangwen was reprimanded twice, where did he dare to refute, he could only bow his head obediently.

"Yo Xi!" Shan County Youpeng nodded slightly, "Xiaochuan is the chief of staff again!" ”

"Hay!" Xiao Chuan, chief of staff of the First Army, once again stood up when he heard this, and responded respectfully.

"Let's announce the battle plan!" Youpeng in Shanxian coldly commanded.

"Hay!" Ogawa replied again, then opened the Wen Jiàn folder in his hand and read aloud, "Order Major General Tian Youzawa to lead the Ninth Brigade from Seoul to Pyongyang Avenue and reach the south bank of the Dadong River in Pyongyang, so as to contain and attract the Qing army and facilitate other troops to encircle and attack from Pyongyang's left and right flanks and behind; ”

"Hay!" Tian Youzawa bowed down to receive the order.

"The 3rd Division, led by the division commander Lieutenant General Katsura Taro, sent troops from Seoul to attack southwest of Pyongyang out of Gyeongse-gun;"

"Hay!" Katsura Taro bowed down to receive the order.

"Major General Takmi Sang-moon led the 10th Brigade (known as the So-Nyeong Detachment of about 2,400 men), which also set out from Seoul, crossed the Taedong River from Maitiandian and attacked the northeast of Pyongyang;"

"Hay!" Immediately saw Shang Wen bow down to receive the order.

"The locust army, which landed on Wonsan in Korea by sea from Japan, was reorganized into the Wonsan Detachment (about 4,700 men), commanded by the commander of the 18th Infantry Wing, Masadasa Sato, starting from Wonsan, crossing the Taedong River and advancing to Sunan in the northwest of Pyongyang, cutting off the retreat of the Qing army to Uiju, and joining up with the Soning detachment to jointly take on the attack north of Pyongyang."

"Hay!" Masadachi Sato bowed down to receive the order.

"Major General Daeko Shangmin led the 5th Brigade and other units to stay in Seoul and other places to prevent the Korean army of the Qing Tiger Army in Jeonju from attacking Seoul north!" Ogawa continued.

"Hay!" Major General Ōsako Shomin respectfully responded.

"Your Excellency, the mission has been ordered!" Xiao Chuan bowed respectfully to Yama Prefecture Youpeng again.

"Yo Xi!" Youpeng nodded slightly, "Then follow the plan!" ”

"Hay!" The generals at the meeting responded in unison.

"The fortune of the empire that is related to this war, I hope that all the monarchs will work together to defeat the Great Qing Kingdom! Please! Saying that, there are friends in Shanxian County who bowed deeply to everyone respectfully.

On 31 August, Ye Zhichao, who was greedy for life and feared death, telegraphed to Li Hongzhang, advocating that "the troops should advance together after the autumn harvest." Li Hongzhang actually thought that this was an "old-fashioned view." It was not until Min Bingzao, the superintendent of Pyongan Province in North Korea, telegraphed that the Japanese army was rushing towards Pyongyang, that Li Hongzhang realized the severity of the situation and urgently telegraphed Ye Zhichao to "prepare to enter and occupy", and Emperor Guangxu was also very displeased with Ye Zhichao, and ordered the Qing army in Pyongyang to "not wait for the enemy's attack before all the troops arrived, and divide the troops of the enemy to cultivate the way, listen to his free exchange, and attack without thinking about half the effort." Ye Zhichao had no choice but to order all armies to strengthen their sentinels to find out the enemy's whereabouts.

On September 6, Zuo Guigui sent Fu Diankui, a sentry officer of the Feng army, to lead a cavalry outpost to investigate, and when he entered 5 miles east of Huangzhou, he encountered the first brigade of the 11th Wing led by the vanguard of the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army. On the same day, Ye Zhichao learned that the Japanese army was about to attack, so he convened a meeting of generals such as Wei Rugui, Zuo Guigui, Ma Yukun, and Feng Shi'a, and decided that each army would send eighty teams, totaling more than 7,000 people, to cross the river to Zhonghe County on the morning of September 7 to meet the attack; In Zhonghe, the Qing troops couldn't see clearly because of the darkness of the night, so they killed 20 people and wounded more than 100 people. Ye Zhichao conveniently transferred the enemy to return to the defense before the flight letter that day, and from then on, the armies were firmly hidden in Pyongyang and could not retreat. The Japanese army took advantage of this opportunity to complete the siege of Pyongyang City.

On September 13, the Japanese troops on all four routes had approached Pyongyang, and the Wonsan detachment advanced to Sunan, cutting off the back route of the Qing army's retreat to Uiju. On the morning of the 14th, the two detachments of Yuanshan and Shuoning launched an attack together and captured several Qing military camps on the top of the mountain north of the city.

"Bastard!" Zuo Guigui gritted his teeth and scolded, "Brothers, follow me to drive the Oriental Woko back to Lao Tzu." Zuo Guigui shouted, and led his corporal to rush out, when a personal guard suddenly stopped Zuo Guigui, "My lord! Ye Junmen ordered us to collect our troops and return to the city! ”

"What did you say!" Zuo Guigui asked with a star.

"Ye Junmen ordered us to collect our troops and return to the city!" The guard hurriedly repeated it.

Zuo Guigui glanced at the fortress captured by the Japanese army, and then looked back at the direction of Pyongyang City, and still sighed, "Retreat!" Zuo Guigui gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat. The Qing army immediately abandoned its positions on the outskirts of Pyongyang City, withdrew into Pyongyang City, and held out, which was very unfavorable to the Qing army.