The 9th and 10th Armies in the Northeast, which had rested for a while, immediately rushed towards the Anzhou area, and the news of their attack should have reached the headquarters of the 18th Division, and it could not be delayed any longer.

Along the way, the Northeast Army was not too smooth, every time they arrived in a town, there would be a small Korean indigenous army supported by Japan desperately obstructing them, these Korean indigenous armies were equivalent to the local regimental training in the Northeast, there was no combat effectiveness, and the weapons used were no different from those used by the Manchu Qing army during the First Sino-Japanese War, but they could not stand their moths to the flames to obstruct, or the speed of the Northeast Army's advance slowed down a lot.

Under the Japanese colonization of Korea for more than ten years, a large number of traitors loyal to Japan have been born, who are in charge of those small and medium-sized towns in Korea and do their best to exploit their compatriots. Many of the people below now have different forms of servility, just like the situation when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs to enslave the Han people, they no longer have any hope for the Celestial Empire, and it was the Celestial Empire that lost them, so they have no good feelings about the Celestial Empire.

The traitors along the way are determined to follow the Japanese, and the entry of the Chinese Empire's army here means that they are likely to lose their current status and power, and if they do nothing, it will be their end when the Japanese army recovers these places in the future.

Originally, they wanted to incite ordinary people to resist the Chinese army, but the Chinese army did not enter those dense towns at all, and even if they did, they sent troops to destroy Japanese factories and so on, and they did not open their eyes and look at them.

Along the way, they constantly encountered sporadic resistance from the Korean natives, although there was no major trouble, but it made Feng Delin very irritable, if it wasn't for the empire not allowing them to mess around, he would have let people annihilate all the natives who dared to resist.

When Feng Delin saw that these Korean native troops were desperately intercepting them, he asked the army to avoid those towns as much as possible, and if there were important factories in the towns that were important to the Japanese from the intelligence department, he would let them attack, and he would not even look at them.

At this time, Korea was very poor, and the exploitation of the Japanese army for more than ten years had made this country not rich to a pulp, and the polarization was even worse than that of China in the late Qing Dynasty, and there was basically nothing to plunder in those towns.

More than ten hours ago, in the Anzhou area, the headquarters of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Mitsutomi Kamio, looked at the telegram sent by the three wings with a hideous face and roared.

"Damn the Chinese people, they dare to sneak attack the great Imperial Army, and the three wings stationed at the border have been shattered, this is a shame!"

"How did the people in the intelligence department work, Feng Delin's army attacked without finding out, so that the empire lost three well-established wings! The three wings were wiped out by Feng Delin's group of miscellaneous soldiers in this way, could it be that the warriors of the empire have become so bad? ”

"How could Feng Delin attack at this time, did they get the news that the empire would increase its troops and annihilate them, it is impossible, His Excellency the Prime Minister only gave the order to increase troops a few days ago, shouldn't it? Could it be a coincidence? ”

Half an hour later, he stopped, and all the officers of the 18th Division had already arrived in the war room of the division headquarters and listened to the roar for more than ten minutes.

"Feng Delin, a native of China, has already arrived here with an army, and immediately telegraphed to the Korean natives along the way to delay the speed of the march of the people, we must quickly arrange the battlefield, now there is only one division in North Korea, and we have lost three wings, and it will be difficult to fight next." Mitsutomi Kamio said sternly with a straight face.

At this time, their 18th Division still had less than 15,000 troops, while the Northeast Army had nearly 100,000, and even if they were scum, they would be killed, so they had to be treated seriously.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, Feng Delin's army has already been analyzed by our intelligence, it can't be too big, they only succeeded in sneaking up on the three wings of the division in the middle of the night, I believe their losses are also very large, the warriors of the empire are the first in Asia, if it is frontal, we don't have to be afraid of them at all." A young officer stood up and analyzed with a proud face.

After hearing this, many officers nodded approvingly, the Imperial Army is indeed the strongest in Asia, and they are completely able to achieve one top five or even more against the weak Northeast Miscellaneous Army head-on, which is also their pride.

"The intelligence department can't trust all the information, it's not that I don't believe the intelligence department, but I'm afraid that Feng Delin has secretly hidden his strength, and it is impossible for them to dare to enter North Korea without a little confidence, so we can't take it lightly."

"The army in the Northeast is not the ragtag army of the past, just look at the situation of the empire on the battlefield in Jilin, although the Northeast army is worse than us in all aspects, but it should not be underestimated, if you really fight to the death, the division will not win."

A few veteran officers were obviously not as frivolous as those young officers who underestimated the enemy, and the Northeast Army dared to attack them and achieved a certain victory, and the strength must not be inferior there, and it would be a bit short-sighted to look at them from the perspective of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"If the guess is correct, the Chinese army is going to come to Korea to sabotage, they know that the empire will attack the northeast in an all-out way, and North Korea will become a springboard for us to conquer the northeast, so they want to take advantage of the empire's weakness in Korea to attack us, fortunately, the empire does not have many important factories on the border, etc." Kamio Mitsutomi thought for a moment and said, "No matter what, we have to deal with Feng Delin's army, and we can't let them continue to go south." ”

Soon they began to make various arrangements, and many Japanese industrial and mining industries on the way of the Northeast Army also urgently hid their machines and supplies, and those Japanese who were usually extremely arrogant also hid at home or fled there.

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In Seoul, inside Deoksugung Palace, Joseon Gojong Yi Hee and his son Chunjong Yi Kun were placed under house arrest by the Japanese, and they were not allowed to contact outside information.

In July 1907, Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Dong and Korean Prime Minister Yi Wanyong forced Li Xi to abdicate, and then Li Xi Chan throne to the crown prince Li Kun, who ascended the throne for Junzong.

After Li Xi was forced to abdicate, he was called Emperor Taishang and was placed under Japanese surveillance in Gyeongyun Palace (renamed Deoksugung Palace). In 1910, Japan and Korea were merged, and the Korean Emperor, Emperor Taishang, and Crown Prince were granted the status of Japanese imperial family, and Gojong's title was reduced to "Deoksugung Palace Lee Taewang" and lived with Lee Kun in Deoksugung Palace.

At this time, the core members of the Yi royal family of Yigan Joseon were gathering at Deoksugung Palace, and the princess of Yoshi, Deren Kim, also came on the pretext of visiting her father, Lee Hee. The Lee royal family in Deoksugung Palace is still very free, and the Japanese only put them under house arrest and did not supervise them all the time.

After dinner, Li Xi and the others gathered together in secret, and the righteous princess and Princess Derenjin brought them news from the outside. This is what they often do, at first they deliberately attracted the attention of the Japanese, just talking about some news outside the palace, there was nothing overstepping, after many times the Japanese did not have the patience to listen, and slowly the Japanese who monitored them got used to it, and did not listen too much.

"Father, the army of the Chinese Empire has crossed the border, and the Japanese army has only one division in our country at this time, and it was annihilated by the army of the Chinese Empire last night, and the loss was Yanzhòng." Prince Yi Princess Naruhito Jin said softly, "The prince asked someone to tell me that this is an opportunity, maybe we can use the Huaxia Empire to restore the country, the Huaxia Empire is at war with Japan, I believe they will help us." ”

Li Xi and his son Li Kun were shocked after taking a look at each other, they have been trapped in Deoksugung Palace, they don't know which country the Chinese Empire is, and Prince Yi Princess Naruhito Kim did not mention these two people before in order not to attract the attention of the Japanese, after all, she did not have many opportunities to visit them, and after Prince Yi fled, she was also monitored by the Japanese army.

"Huaxia Empire, why haven't I heard of this country, what is going on outside?" Li Xi asked Prince Yi and Princess Naruhito Jindao suspiciously, he didn't know how this country came to be.

"The Chinese Empire is the previous Celestial Empire, the Qing court was overthrown by the Han people in China at the beginning of last year, the current Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty is surnamed Qin, he single-handedly established the Chinese Empire, once defeated the British army to recover the unequal treaties imposed by the British on China, and then successively recovered the power of various powers in China, and the strength is very strong.

The Chinese Empire also received the support of Germany and other Allied countries, and not long ago annihilated hundreds of thousands of troops of Tsarist Russia, occupied a large amount of territory of Tsarist Russia, and is still fighting with Tsarist Russia, and has gained the upper hand.

Japan is attacking the northeast region of the Chinese Empire at this time, so the Chinese Empire is on the same page as Japan, and one day China and Japan will have a decisive battle, and I am more optimistic about the Chinese Empire. "Prince Yi Princess Naruhito Jin simply told the news she had received about the Huaxia Empire.

"I see, it seems that this Chinese Empire will be much stronger than the Qing Dynasty at that time, but I don't know much about the news outside, I can't be in a hurry about the restoration of the country, Japan is too strong now! The matter of recovering the country will be left to you to deal with it with full authority, no matter what, you have to fight hard, I don't want to die in the palace, and I don't have the face to see my ancestors and ancestors. Li Xi sighed and said.

As for Chunzong Li Kun, he just listened quietly and didn't express any opinions, he knew that it was basically impossible to restore the country, but it was not easy to attack his father and them.

"Yes, father, the prince will definitely live up to your high expectations, and in a few days he will secretly meet the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty and ask him to help us restore the country, and the prince also said that he needs the holy decree of his father and brother, so that he can prove his identity." Prince Yi Princess Deren Jin whispered softly in the ears of Li Xi and Li Kun, this is his real purpose this time.

"Although the seals are all held by the Japanese, but we have already left a lot of blank decrees that have changed the chapters, wait a few I will take a few for you to use for the restoration of the country, let the content of the text be filled in by yourself, just imitate our handwriting."

After a while, Prince Yi's concubine Naruto Jin secretly carried out a few blank holy decrees, and immediately handed them over to Prince Yi's liaison staff who stayed in Seoul after returning, and then the liaison person rushed to the imperial capital of the Chinese Empire with the holy decree and handed them over to Prince Yi Li Yan.

Li Yan, the fifth son of Prince Yi of Joseon and Li Xi, has been committed to the restoration movement, and Ahn Changhao, Zheng Jae-kuan and others established the restoration organization, in 1910 when Japan and South Korea joined the country, died in Shanghai, and after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, it was transferred to the imperial capital of China.