"The defeat of the Ming army was just an accident, firstly, Liu Junmen had never fought with the little devil and lacked experience, and secondly, the Ming army was in a hurry to meet the enemy and was not well prepared. Third, the Cangzhou rout disrupted the Ming army's position. For all these reasons, the Ming army was defeated, to be honest, it was not how powerful the little devil was, but that the Ming army was too unlucky, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and met the little devil. If you change places, it is not certain who wins and who loses! Look at our Tiger Army, fighting more than 100 battles with little devils, and not a single defeat! This is enough to show that there is nothing remarkable about the little devils, as long as we dare to fight them, we will definitely be able to defeat them! Ren Chao said with a stern face. Although Ren Chao knew that there were other factors in the defeat of the Ming army, but at this time, Ren Chao could not raise the morale of others to destroy his own prestige!

The man nodded as if he didn't understand, and said with a smile on his face, "Listening to what the adults say, this little devil really has nothing to fear, it has always been our own people who scare our own people." If the villain can be ten or eight years younger, he will definitely not hesitate to follow the adults to the front line, kill the little devils, and make contributions to the country! The man couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, as if he was really lamenting that he was born at the wrong time.

"Brother, don't be a pity, at your age, our Tiger Ben Army will also accept it! If my brother has a heart, how about going to Beijing like us? Ren Chao saw that this guy was in his thirties at most, and he knew that the guy was just saying that casually, so Ren Chao couldn't help but tease him.

"This~! I can't leave the port without permission, so I'm afraid I won't be able to follow the adults to Beijing! When the man heard this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly shook his head and said, as if he was afraid that Ren Chao would really drag him to Beijing to kill devils.

Ren Chao looked at the embarrassed look of the guy in front of him, couldn't help laughing, and patted the man's shoulder, "Your duty is also very important, stay here and do a good job!" Immediately unload all our weapons, ammunition and other heavy materials as quickly as possible, we will rush to Beijing immediately, the military situation is urgent, thank you for your hard work! ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I have already ordered it to go down, and I will definitely not delay my lord!" The man hurriedly assured.

"That's great!" Ren Chao nodded with satisfaction and said.

"Your Excellency is tired from the journey, please go to the post house to rest with your humble duties!" The man said with a flattering face.

"Yes! Let's go! Ren Chao was indeed a little tired, so he nodded and said.

Ren Chao and his entourage came to the post house, and Yi Cheng immediately arranged a good room for Ren Chao to rest. But at this time, Ren Chao was no longer in the mood to rest, and summoned several major generals of the Tiger Army to his room to study the military situation.

"According to the current situation, the Japanese army has captured Bazhou and other places, and it is only more than a hundred miles away from Beijing, and at the speed of the Japanese army, it can reach the city of Beijing in two days at most!" Yang Jichang pointed to the map spread on the table and said, "On the other hand, the 7th Division of the Japanese Army has also broken through Qingxian, and was blocked by Song Qingsuo's Yi Army and Ming Army in the Jinghai area, and was temporarily blocked in the Jinghai area. After the defeat of the Ming army, Liu Shengxiu was dismissed and questioned, and the remnants of the Ming army were temporarily controlled by Song Qing.

"Song Qing fought a good battle!" Ren Chao nodded and said.

"Song Qing's Yi Army is one of the few units in the Huai Army that still has combat effectiveness." Yang Jichang explained.

In 1875 (the first year of Guangxu), Song Qing Fengzhao will run Fengtian military affairs, stationed in Jinzhou and Yingkou. In the sixth year of Guangxu (1880), Sino-Russian relations were tense. The Qing government began to operate the Lushun military port, and the Yi army was transferred to fill in the defense of Lushun, which was directly controlled by the minister of Beiyang. In the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), Song Qing officially moved to Lushunkou, garrisoned for 12 years, built forts, trained soldiers, and cleaned up the army, fortification, the head of the army, to the First Sino-Japanese War before the Yi Army had nine battalions and a sentry force, although the Yi Army was not Li Hongzhang's Huai Army, but was ordered to guard the Beiyang Port Lushun, which shows that its reputation and combat power should not be underestimated.

"Yes! Not bad. Ren Chao nodded and gave his own evaluation, if Song Qing's old guy knew that he was desperate and only got a good evaluation from Ren Chao, it was estimated that he would vomit blood three liters in anger, but for Ren Chao, these things were taken for granted. Since the Yi Army has temporarily blocked the Seventh Division, then we can ignore the Seventh Division for the time being and go straight to Beijing! Destroy the main force of the little devils first, and then go back to clean up this seventh division. The order is to rest here for the night today, and rush to Beijing early tomorrow morning. ”

"Your Excellency, don't think about it anymore!" Yang Jichang asked with a frown. According to Yang Jichang's meaning, if he is not busy rescuing Beijing, even if Beijing City is really broken by the little devils, the Tiger Ben Army is sure to recover Beijing in the hands of the devils, and in this way, he can also take the opportunity to blackmail the Qing court and win more benefits for the Tiger Ben Army.

"That's it! Even if I really want to attack Beijing City, I can't borrow the hands of the little devils, if I do this, then what will I become? A trace of anger appeared on Ren Chao's face, and he said very unhappily.

"Then we will destroy the little devils first, and then turn back and attack the city of Beijing, support the adults to ascend the throne and become emperor, and oust the incompetent Manchu emperor." Wang Jing saw that Ren Chao was a little angry, and hurriedly said.

"This is not busy, it's not too late to look back at the shape and make a decision." Ren Chao thought for a while and waved his hand and said, "It's best to defeat the little devil first, so as not to let these dogs take the opportunity to make waves again." "For the little devil Ren Chao is full of hatred and vigilance, as a traverser, Ren Chao knows the danger of the Japanese nation, if you can't beat it to death with a stick, maybe one day it will come out and bite you, so Ren Chao has always insisted on defeating Japan completely.

Yang Jichang saw that Ren Chao had made up his mind, and it was useless to persuade him, so he could only put this issue aside for the time being, coughed dryly and said with a smile, "Then let's discuss first, how to kill this Japanese Second Army!" ”

Seeing Ren Chao nodded, Yang Jichang continued, "The main force of the Japanese Second Army attacking Beijing is composed of the Japanese Second Division and the Sixth Division, with a total strength of nearly 40,000 people, even if there are losses in successive battles, there are at least more than 30,000 people now, the Japanese army has strong troops, and its strength should not be underestimated!" ”

"Thirty thousand?" Ren Chao frowned slightly, and said thoughtfully.

"Although the little devils have strong troops, but because we cut off the supply line of the little devils, these little devils have not received any supplies for at least ten days, and they can requisition food on the spot, but the weapons and ammunition cannot be replenished, so I conclude that their weapons and ammunition are running out! So it's not difficult to annihilate this little devil in one fell swoop. Yang Jichang said with a smile.