Emperor Guangxu was speechless for a long time after listening to the words of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and then asked Cixi: "Dear father, that is, after peace talks with Japan, according to the strength of Lin Daxin's Dingbei Army, isn't it still possible to rebel?" ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi said: "There is news from Beijing that when Lin Daxin sent troops to chase the Japanese Southern Route Army, he had already occupied Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province, and then asked the imperial court to change his Fengtian Governor to the Governor of the three northeastern provinces, in charge of the military affairs and people's livelihood of the three provinces of Fengtian, Jilin and Heilongjiang!" The mourning family is ready to promise him to canonize Lin Daxin as the governor of the three northeastern provinces, and stabilize this Lin Daxin first. As for whether Lin Daxin will rebel, he can only rely on the blessing of his ancestors! ”

Although Prince Gong Yixin and Li Hongzhang in Beijing did not tell Cixi the news of Lin Daxin's performance, the Empress Dowager Cixi can be said to be all over the city of Beijing, and as soon as Lin Daxin's telegram excerpt arrived in Beijing, someone sent a secret telegram to the Empress Dowager Cixi in Xingtai City, Zhili Province, to report the incident.

When Emperor Guangxu heard that Lin Daxin was so bold and reckless, he dared to directly ask the imperial court for the position of governor of the three northeastern provinces, and immediately said angrily: "How unreasonable! Dear father, Lin Daxin is equivalent to occupying the land of Longxing in our Qing Dynasty! ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi sighed helplessly, and then said: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside!" Therefore, the mourning family knew that Japan could no longer hold on, and they also sent a telegram to Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang, asking them to negotiate peace with Japan! Otherwise, if Lin Daxin sends troops to the customs on the grounds of fighting the Japanese, it will be bad! ”

Emperor Guangxu said respectfully: "My father is wise! ”

Cixi continued: "The mourning family understands that without a strong army, our Qing Dynasty should not say anything to resist foreign invaders, and even the country is almost unable to suppress it!" When you return to Beijing this time, Your Majesty, you will immediately discuss in the court the formation and training of our new army of the Qing Dynasty, a new army in the hands of the imperial court! ”

In fact, the Empress Dowager Cixi is worried about the sky, and Lin Daxin really has no idea of overthrowing the Manchu court now.

Although Lin Daxin has a Dingbei army that can conquer Beijing, it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to sit on the country! Lin Daxin's subordinates are almost all soldiers, overthrowing the Manchu court, Lin Daxin's subordinates don't even have anyone to govern the country, and they have to use the original Manchu officials to govern the country.

Moreover, the current Qing Dynasty has not experienced the fiasco of the First Sino-Japanese War in history, and the Qing Dynasty still has some influence in the hearts of the people, after all, it is a dynasty that has lasted for nearly 300 years.

So Lin Daxin really didn't have the idea of overthrowing the Manchu court immediately, after he received the "Qing-Japanese Armistice Treaty" signed by the court and the Japanese, he put his mind on Korea, which was abandoned by the Manchu court.

Lin Daxin, who was in Shengjing, ordered the Eighth Division of the Dingbei Army to continue to be stationed in Shengjing, and then led the Ninth and Tenth Divisions of the Dingbei Army along the line from Benxi to Fengcheng and rushed to the Yalu River. At the same time, several small gunboats at the Lushun base were ordered to immediately sail for the Yalu River. In addition, Lin Daxin also sent a secret order to Jiang Hui of the Second Fleet.

On June 10, four days after the signing of the "Qing-Japanese Armistice Treaty", Lin Daxin rushed to the north bank of the Yalu River with the 9th and 10th Divisions of the Dingbei Army and joined Zhang Daxiong's 6th Division.

After Zhang Daxiong saw Lin Daxin, he saluted and asked, "Principal!" At this time, you came with the 9th and 10th Divisions, did you want to cross the Yalu River and attack North Korea? ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said: "You kid is right, I am going to attack North Korea and drive the Japanese army in North Korea to the sea!" ”

Zhang Daxiong asked suspiciously: "Headmaster, hasn't the imperial court already negotiated peace with Japan?" Our Dingbei Army has fought the Yalu River, how can the imperial court explain it? ”

Lin Daxin waved his hand: "I'll solve the affairs of the imperial court, how is the situation on the other side of the Yalu River now?" ”

When Zhang Daxiong heard Lin Daxin say this, he no longer thought about the imperial court, anyway, everything was in the hands of the principal, and immediately replied: "Principal, there should be a brigade of the Japanese Sixth Division opposite us, when we attacked here, the Japanese troops of this brigade took the initiative to retreat to the south bank of the Yalu River and did not exchange fire with our Sixth Division. ”

Lin Daxin then asked, "Has the navy's gunboat arrived?" ”

Zhang Daxiong nodded and said, "The 6 small gunboats sent by the Navy arrived yesterday!" ”

Lin Daxin said loudly: "Okay! Pass me on the order of the Dingbei Army to launch an attack on the Japanese army on the south bank of the Yalu River! Hit the Yalu River and drive the Japanese into the sea! ”

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th, under the artillery fire of the Dingbei Army and the cover of 6 naval gunboats, the Dingbei Army of 3 divisions suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese army on the south bank of the Yalu River!

In the face of the attack of the three integrated divisions of the Dingbei Army without warning, even the original Southern Route Army, which had eight fully organized divisions, did not dare to say that it could resist it, not to mention that the Japanese army guarding the south bank of the Yalu River was a brigade of the Sixth Division.

The Japanese army on the south bank of the Yalu River could not resist the tidal attack of the Dingbei Army at all, and it did not take half an hour for the entire Japanese army's defense line on the Yalu River to be breached, and most of the time of the Dingbei Army was wasted on crossing the Yalu River. The Japanese troops on the south bank of the Yalu River were routed, and the wolf bèi abandoned all the positions on the south bank of the Yalu River and fled to Sinuiju, where the brigade headquarters was located.

Kashiwahara Kantong, the brigade commander in Sinuiju, had just received the news that the Dingbei Army was attacking the south bank of the Yalu River, and the rout troops guarding the riverside fled to Sinuiju. ”

There was no radio station in Sinuiju, so Kashiwahara Kantong had to send cavalry to report to Pyongyang City, and then Kashiwahara Kantong organized the remaining Japanese troops of the brigade to use the walls of Sinuiju to resist the Jeongbuk army.

After the Dingbei Army attacked Sinuiju, it found that the Japanese army used the city wall to resist stubbornly, and immediately transported the division's heavy artillery regiment across the Yalu River, pulled down the city of Sinuiju, and used 105mm howitzers to fire at the city wall and gate of Sinuiju.

After the artillery, the walls of Sinuiju collapsed in several places, and the city gate was also blown open, and the officers and soldiers of the Dingbei Army rushed into Sinuiju through the gap in the city wall and the blown open gate. The whole army turned back! ”

Then the brigade commander Kashiwahara Kantong fled from the south gate of Sinuiju with less than 1,500 Japanese troops, and fled in the direction of Pyongyang without hesitation.

After the Dingbei Army occupied Sinuiju, Lin Daxin left a regiment of the 10th Division to guard Sinuiju, and led 3 divisions to continue to advance deep into Korea in the direction of the Japanese army's escape.

Sakai Bongin, the commander of the 6th Division in Pyongyang City, was having dinner in his headquarters when suddenly a Japanese soldier ran in in a panic and shouted: "The division commander is not good!" The Dingbei Army is attacking us! The defense line of the Yalu River has been broken, and at this time Sinuiju may be lost! ”

"What? Did the Dingbei Army cross the Yalu River? No way! The Qing Dynasty has signed an armistice treaty with us! Korea already belongs to our Great Japan! How could the Dingbei Army attack us? Are you sure? Sakai asked in a surprised voice.

The Japanese soldier replied: "The messenger sent by the commander of the Kashiwahara Kantong Brigade has arrived in Pyongyang!" ”

Sakai Fengren, the commander of the Sixth Division, "Whoa," suddenly pushed a table of food and scattered it all over the ground. Sakai Fengren said urgently: "Send a report to the Japanese base camp immediately!" The Dingbei Army has attacked North Korea! ”

Then Sakai Fengren thought about it for a while, sighed and said: "North Korea only has our Sixth Division, and it can't resist the powerful Dingbei Army at all, please give us the guidance of the Sixth Division from the base camp!" ”

Then the soldiers of the 6th Division in Pyongyang City, under the leadership of the division commander Sakai Bongin, began to establish positions and prepare to resist the Dingbei Army in Pyongyang City.

However, the entire Sixth Division defended one Korea, which made the troops very scattered, with more than 6,000 people in a brigade of the Sixth Division along the Yalu River, and more than 3,000 people in one wing of the Sixth Division near Seoul, and one wing scattered to guard some important towns in Korea.

In the entire city of Pyongyang, there were only nearly 8,000 people in the division headquarters, cavalry brigade, artillery wing, and engineer brigade, and in the face of the powerful Dingbei Army, which could defeat eight Japanese divisions, Sakai Fengren could only do his best to obey the fate of heaven.

The Japanese base camp was equally taken aback when it received a telegram from the commander of the 6th Division, Sakai Fengren, and was not there an armistice? Moreover, Korea has already belonged to Japan, how can the Dingbei Army still attack?

Emperor Meiji shouted angrily, "What's going on? Prime Minister Ito immediately protested to the Daeyo! Let the Dingbei Army immediately stop attacking North Korea and retreat to the north bank of the Yalu River! ”

Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito hurriedly said: "I will immediately protest to the Qing Dynasty!" I will also report it to England, France, Germany, the United States and Russia immediately! Let the 5 Treaty Witnesses administer justice! ”

Emperor Meiji nodded and said, "Yes! The armistice treaty was signed in the presence of the five countries, and the five countries should come out and administer justice immediately! ”

After the defeated Japanese troops in Sinuiju fled to Sinanju, an important North Korean town, they joined up a Japanese army brigade in Sinanju, voluntarily abandoned Sinanju, and continued to flee in the direction of Pyongyang, and the Dingbei Army immediately occupied Sinanju, an important Korean town.

Lin Daxin asked the 10th Division to leave another regiment in Sinanju, and then the army continued to pursue the Japanese in the direction of Pyongyang.

Brigade commander Kashiwahara Kantong led more than 2,000 Japanese troops all the way day and night, and fled into Pyongyang City early the next morning. The subordinates had no choice but to take the surviving soldiers and move towards Pyongyang City! The subordinates lost the defense line of the Yalu River and Sinuiju, please ask the division commander to punish the crime! ”

The commander of the Sixth Division, Sakai Fengren, smiled bitterly: "Kashiwahara-kun, the strength of the Dingbei Army has been confirmed with the lives of hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers!" It is not easy for one of your brigades to be able to run out of thousands of people under the attack of tens of thousands of Dingbei Army! The problem now is that the Dingbei Army is coming towards our Pyongyang City, and we are in Pyongyang City, plus the people brought by you, Kashiwahara-kun, there are only more than 10,000 people, and I have no confidence that we can hold Pyongyang City at all! ”

The brigade commander Kashiwahara Kuantong clicked his eyes and said in a low voice: "The division commander has a sentence that his subordinates don't know whether to say or not!" ”

Sakai Fengren said: "Kashiwahara-kun, what can't be said according to our relationship!" You said! ”

Kashiwahara Kuantong said: "Division commander, since our Pyongyang City cannot resist the attack of the Dingbei Army at all, it is better for our division to withdraw from Pyongyang City and reduce the losses of the imperial soldiers." Then our division retreated all the way to the south, and if the Dingbei Army continued to pursue us, we would retreat all the way to Busan, leave Korea by transport ship, and return to Japan! ”

Sakai Fengren frowned and said: "But we escaped like this, let Korea fall into the hands of the Dingbei Army, and our division returned to Japan, will the base camp let me go?" ”

Kashiwahara Kantong said: "Now our earliest seven standing divisions, in addition to the Guards Division and the Fifth Division, which have always been on the mainland, that is, our Sixth Division still maintains strong combat effectiveness, if one of our standing divisions is lost in Korea in vain, it will be irresponsible to the Japanese Army, I believe the base camp will understand our painstaking efforts!" ”

Sakai Bonghito reluctantly nodded and said, "Okay! By order of the commander of the division, all the soldiers of the 6th Division in Pyongyang City immediately turned in the direction of Seoul, North Korea! ”