The Battle of Seoul, which lasted more than half a month, finally ended with the complete victory of the Tiger Ben Army, and the main force of the Japanese First Division (except for the 9th Mixed Brigade) and the 1st Japanese Division, a total of more than 20,000 people, were completely annihilated, and the Japanese Army suffered heavy losses. In addition, seven capital warships of the Japanese Navy were sunk one after another, and the Japanese Combined Fleet suffered heavy losses.

Such heavy losses were never dreamed of by the Japanese government, and this battle dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army and caused Japan to quickly divide into two factions. The main battle faction is like gamblers who have lost money, desperately hoping to turn the book around, and advocate gathering the strength of the whole country to fight to the death in order to achieve the final victory. However, the main peace faction was frightened by the strength of the Tiger Ben army, believing that the Qing Dynasty was a hundred-legged insect that died but did not stiffen, and with Japan's current strength, it was simply unable to defeat the Qing Dynasty, and advocated peace talks with the Qing Dynasty, temporarily enduring, and accumulating strength in an attempt to fight again.

The two factions insisted on their own words at the cabinet meeting, and the cabinet ministers of the two factions even fought and staged an all-out military exercise at the cabinet meeting, but in the end there was no result. In the end, I could only make trouble with Emperor Meiji. Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito led a group of cabinet ministers to meet with the emperor and ask him to make a final decision.

After listening to the statements of both sides, Emperor Meiji finally said only one sentence, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do I eat only once a day?" Just to defeat the Qing Dynasty, I have been waiting long enough for this day! With that, Emperor Meiji got up and walked away, leaving behind a group of cabinet ministers who were kneeling on the ground in fear.

Subsequently, the Japanese cabinet came up with a very crazy proposal and decided to devote the whole country to a decisive battle against the Qing Dynasty.

For the Japanese government's reaction, Ren Chao did not pay attention to it at all, whether it was war or peace, it was not the most important thing for Ren Chao, the most important thing was how to strengthen his own strength. No matter in which time and space, in which era, only with absolute strength can you have the right and status to match it.

And now Ren Chao is facing a heavy choice, the current Ren Chao is the emperor in North Korea, where he has supreme power. However, the current North Korea can be described in one word, that is, it is a poor and remote country, and the future of development can be imagined. What's more, Ren Chao is a native of China, and he always has a dream in his heart, that is, to lead China to prosperity and rebuild the prosperity of the Celestial Empire, so Ren Chao will never be satisfied with being the overlord of one side in North Korea. Return! I have to go back to my country!

But how to go back is a difficult problem, Ren Chao knows in his heart that in the eyes of those bigwigs in the court, and even the Guangxu Emperor sitting on the Jinluan Palace, he is a piece of fat and oily fat. If you go back like this, you will definitely be eaten up by them. Whether it is the elite of the Tiger Army, a hundred battles, or the powerful naval fleet of the Jiaolong Fleet, they will become the target of competition from all sides. Take Li Hongzhang as an example, he can't wait to include the Jiaolong fleet in his Beiyang Naval Division, and if he takes the initiative to send it to the door, the result can be imagined. Returning to China is a must, but Ren Chao still needs a suitable time.

With the passage of time, the truth about the Pyongyang fiasco finally came out, and Ye Zhichao, the governor of Zhili, had been removed from his post and investigated and arrested in Beijing. In the previous battles, Nie Shicheng, who was quite good, was proudly promoted to the post of commander of Zhili, and in addition, Emperor Guangxu issued an order to entitle Liu Kunyi, the former governor of Liangjiang, as the minister of the Qincha, to control the armies inside and outside the pass to fight against Japan. Originally, Li Hongzhang advocated the re-appointment of Liu Mingchuan, the former governor of Taiwan, to this post, but Liu Mingchuan was depressed and ill because he had been idle at home for a long time, and his physical condition was very bad, so he was really unable to take on this important responsibility, so he was reassigned Liu Kunyi. Because the war situation in Korea at this time was not out of control as in history, but showed signs of gradual improvement, Liu Kunyi did not shirk his refusal to take up his post as in history, but happily rushed to Liaodong to take up his post.

Liu Kunyi, as the minister of the Qincha, was ordered to govern the armies inside and outside the pass, of course, including Ren Chao's tiger army, but Ren Chao was far away in North Korea, and Liu Kunyi could not be said to be beyond the reach of the whip, and he could not have any impact on Ren Chao for the time being.

For Liu Kun and Ren Chao, you can completely ignore it, but there is a person in front of you, Ren Chao, who can't be completely ignored. This person is the new Zhili Admiral Nie Shicheng, because Nie Shicheng has been ordered to rush to Seoul as a minister, nominally to reward the three armies, but Nie Shicheng brought two holy decrees, one is to reward the three armies, the main generals of the Tiger Ben Army are all added to the knighthood, and all the soldiers have been rewarded, but it is just a blank check, as for some real supply rewards, Ren Chao has not seen a single hair. Another holy decree is to order Ren Chao to enter the capital to face the saint, the tiger army temporarily has Nie Shicheng to control it, and at the same time order the Jiaolong fleet to sail to Lushun to merge with the Beiyang Naval Division, which is the real purpose of this trip Nie Shicheng.

Seizure of power? This is the naked seizure of power! Ren Chao has no doubt that as soon as he enters Beijing, the Tiger Ben Army will completely change his surname to Nie, no, it should be surnamed Li, not only the army, but even the Jiaolong fleet will also change its surname to Li! Although it is said that these system warriors only obey the orders of Ren Chao alone, once Ren Chao enters Beijing, the imperial court can completely give Ren Chao an idle position and then put it on the shelf! Ren Chao doesn't have to worry about his own little life, because after all, he is now a hero of the clan and a famous general in the fight against the Japanese, even if Li Hongzhang wants to get rid of himself to prevent future troubles, he will not choose to do it at this time. But my hard work in the past few months has been in vain!

Ren Chao will not do the matter of making wedding dresses for others, so Ren Chao will not enter Beijing by order anyway, at least now is not the time.

Nie Shicheng rushed to Incheon Port by boat, Ren Chao personally led the generals of the Tiger Ben Army and the Korean civil and military officials to greet him, and after reading the holy decree in Incheon Port, Ren Chao accompanied Nie Shicheng to Seoul, and held a grand reception banquet in Seoul that night to receive the wind and wash the dust for the ministers. Ren Chao and Nie Shicheng are also old acquaintances, and at the banquet, Ren Chao only talked about the old days with Nie Shicheng, and never mentioned the matter of entering the Beijing Saint. Nie Shicheng is also a person who has been mixed with officialdom for most of his life, so he can naturally see Ren Chao's thoughts, in fact, before coming to the court, Nie Shicheng had expected that this trip would definitely not go well, and sure enough, Ren Chao was reluctant to enter Beijing, and Nie Shicheng did not dare to force it too tightly, while pushing the cup with Ren Chao to change the lamp, he kept thinking about how to coax Ren Chao into Beijing. And Ren Chao was thinking about how to send Nie Shicheng's big Buddha away quickly, the two of them can be said to have their own ghosts, it was originally a banquet to welcome Nie Shicheng, but in the end, Ren Chao was drunk on the table. Of course, Ren Chao wasn't really drunk, but he really didn't want to be with Nie Shicheng, an old fox, so he took advantage of getting drunk and went back early to roll the sheets with his North Korean beauty.