Lin Daxin stayed in Weihaiwei for 7 days, in addition to completing the formation of the 5 new divisions of the Dingbei Army, and taking time to give two classes to the trainees of the fifth phase of the teaching team, most of the time with the relationship has changed, like the two beauties of Ding Xueshan and Du Juan, who are sisters, shopping and chatting, of course, Lin Daxin did not take advantage of the shame of the two women!

After Lin Daxin enjoyed the blessings of Qi for seven days, Lushun sent a telegram saying that the Japanese army took advantage of the peace talks to increase a large number of troops in Liaodong, and at present, more than 100,000 troops have been re-stationed in Liaoyang City. The military situation was urgent, Lin Daxin had to leave Wenrou Township, board the Xinghai, the flagship of the Second Fleet, and rush back to the Lushun base under the escort of the Second Fleet.

During the one-month armistice talks, Komura Shoutaro and Li Hongzhang held 6 negotiations in the British Legation in Beijing, and now the two of them are bringing their respective negotiators to the 7th negotiation at the British Legation!

Komura Shoutaro said in an arrogant tone to Li Hongzhang across the table: "The Qing Dynasty must admit defeat!" Ceded the Liaodong Peninsula and Taiwan to Japan! The entire warships of the Beiyang Naval Division with a displacement of more than 7000 tons were handed over to Japan as compensation for the losses of the Japanese Combined Fleet in naval battles! Compensate Japan for military spending of 100 million taels of silver! Recognition of Korea as a vassal state of Japan! This was the last condition of the Great Japanese Empire! Li Jun, if you Qing Dynasty do not agree to the final conditions of our Great Japan! Starting tomorrow, our Great Japanese Army will continue to attack! Maybe it won't be long before your capital, Beijing, will be occupied by our Imperial Japan! Li Jun, I hope you will think carefully! ”

Li Hongzhang, who was over seventy years old, was rampant by Komura Shoutaro, and his angry white beard was about to stand up, Li Hongzhang said angrily: "Komura minister! You have to figure it out! Our Qing Dynasty was not defeated! Instead, our Empress Dowager feels that our Qing Dynasty and Japan have always been friendly neighbors, and hopes that our two countries can turn hostility into friendship! Minister, don't get an inch! Think of your Japanese Combined Fleet and Liaodong's Southern Route Army! Hum! Whoever loses and who wins, perhaps the ministers of the five countries present here can see it more clearly! ”

Li Hongzhang did not show weakness to Komura Shoutaro in the negotiations, and the conditions offered by the Japanese were far from the bottom line given to Li Hongzhang by the Empress Dowager Cixi, who recently summoned Li Hongzhang to the palace and told Li Hongzhang that he could pay no more than 10 million taels of silver to the Japanese, and that the Qing Dynasty could recognize Korea as a subject of Japan.

Li Hongzhang then told Komura Shoutaro about the bottom line of the Qing Dynasty, but Komura Shoutaro still insisted on the conditions he had just offered.

The envoys of the five countries looked at the conditions of Japan and the Qing Dynasty, looked at each other, and shrugged their shoulders helplessly, and the British Minister Ogener said: "Now both the Qing Dynasty and Japan still have the ability to fight this war!" Their differences can also only be resolved on the battlefield! ”

British Minister Ogna's words are very accurate, after this 7th negotiation, the Japanese negotiator, Komura Shotaro, the former Japanese minister to the Qing Dynasty, unilaterally announced the breakdown of the peace talks, and Japan will continue to attack the Qing Dynasty until the Qing Dynasty chooses to surrender unconditionally!

On May 5, 1895, after receiving the news of the breakdown of the peace talks, the four divisions of the Japanese North Route Army, under the leadership of the commander of the Northern Route Army, Yama Prefecture Aritomo, marched out of Shanhaiguan and went straight to Funing City, not far from Shanhaiguan.

At this time, in Funing City, Yi Ketanga and Nie Shicheng had already reorganized 100,000 green battalion soldiers in a short period of one month, and dispersed the remaining elite of the Huai army under 2 people to 100,000 green battalion soldiers, especially some Huai soldiers who graduated from the military academy and became generals at all levels of 100,000 green battalion soldiers.

After the four divisions of the Japanese Northern Route Army arrived at Funing City, the commander of the Yama Prefecture Aritomo said to Watanabe Yokoki, the commander of the 11th Division: "Watanabe-kun! Capture Funing City by your 11th Division! Questions? ”

Watanabe Yokogi glanced at Funing Castle in the distance, chuckled and said, "Commander! As far as we know, although there are 100,000 Qing troops in Funing City, they are all green battalion soldiers with extremely weak combat effectiveness, and most of them are rout soldiers who escaped from Shanhaiguan! Our 11th Division will let the commander dine in Funing City tonight! ”

Yama Prefecture Youpeng nodded with satisfaction: "Watanabe-kun!" I await the good news of your 11th Division! ”

Immediately, the 11th Division of the Japanese Northern Route Army began to attack Funing City!

The Qing army in Funing City took advantage of the one-month peace talks and armistice to build fortifications on all sides of Funing City, and the 11th Division directly chose the position of the Qing army in the north of Funing City to start attacking!

"Boom-boom-boom-" After a short burst of artillery fire, an infantry battalion of the 11th Division began to rush to the Qing army's position north of Funing City.

"Hit! Hit me hard! A Qing army general in his 30s, who was in charge of the northern position, shouted.

This Qing army general is the original Huai Army officer under Nie Shicheng, graduated from the military academy, followed Nie Shicheng through the Korean Chenghuan War, the Battle of Pyongyang, the Battle of the Yalu River, the Battle of Shengjing City, the Shanhaiguan Route, although the Qing army as a whole is always defeated, but he fought bravely, often with the soldiers, rushed to the front, was injured several times, if it wasn't for luck, he would have hung up a long time ago!

This time, Yi Ketanga and Nie Shicheng reorganized the green battalion in Funing City, and he was promoted to the temporary general soldier, commanding 10,000 green battalion soldiers to guard the Qing army's position in the north outside Funing City. The name of this Qing army general is Wang Shizhen.

With Wang Shizhen's order, a continuous burst of gunfire rang out on the Qing army's position, especially the Gatling machine gun in some of the dark forts that Wang Shizhen ordered the soldiers to build, and they kept shooting at the Japanese army.

The first attack of the 11th Division was repulsed by the Qing army's powerful firepower, and the entire northern position outside Funing City resounded with the cheers of the Qing army!

Wang Shizhen walked on the battlefield and constantly encouraged these green battalion soldiers, "The Japanese are the same as us!" A head on one shoulder! They Japanese are not three-headed and six-armed, as long as you follow the method I gave you, you will definitely be able to hold your position and defeat the Japanese! ”

The commander of the 11th Division, Watanabe Yokoki, was not surprised to see that the attacking infantry brigade was repelled by the Qing army, the Japanese troops of this brigade only made a tentative attack, and then an infantry wing of the 11th Division began to attack the position defended by Wang Shizhen's headquarters outside Funing City!

This infantry wing of the 11th Division attacked twice in a row, but both were repulsed by the Qing army, and Watanabe Yokoki ordered the Japanese artillery to carry out a long artillery bombardment of the Qing position, and then added an infantry wing to the attack.

The Qing army position in the north outside Funing City was built by Wang Shizhen with his soldiers, and it was very reasonable and solid, and the Qing troops on the position were hiding in the anti-artillery hole when the Japanese artillery bombardment, and there was no loss, and after the Japanese artillery fire, the Qing army entered the trench from the anti-artillery hole! In particular, the bunker built by Wang Shizhen was not destroyed by artillery fire, and when the two infantry wings of the Japanese army rushed up, the Gatling machine gun in the bunker continued to shoot at the Japanese army.

The 11th Division took turns attacking the position of Wang Shizhen's department, but until dark, the 11th Division did not break through the position of Wang Shizhen's department, let alone attack into Funing City, so that the commander Shan County Youpeng could have dinner in Funing City!

The commander of the 11th Division, Watanabe Yokoki, came to the temporary headquarters of Aritomo in Yama Prefecture with a look of shame, "Commander! The 11th Division has disgraced you! We did not break through the positions of the Qing army! ”

Youpeng in Shan County was also surprised by the resistance of the Qing army in Funing City, aren't the Qing defenders in Funing City all green battalion soldiers with weak combat effectiveness? Is the intelligence inaccurate? A large number of elite troops of the Qing army came to Funing City?

Yama Prefecture Aritomo said: "Watanabe-kun! Don't care! Let your 11th Division have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow I will order 4 divisions to attack together from 4 directions in Funing City at the same time! ”

After the Japanese army stopped attacking after dark, more than a dozen Funing guards gathered here at the headquarters of Yiketanga in Funing City, and Yiketanga said to Wang Shizhen who came to the headquarters with a happy face: "General soldier Wang, your position is very good today!" As long as you can hold Funing City! Wang Zongbing, the old man asked the court for credit for you, and the temporary two words in front of your general soldier must be removed! ”

Wang Shizhen said expressionlessly: "Thank you for your promotion!" Wang Shizhen actually didn't have any confidence in holding Funing City, but his duty was to do his best to resist the attack of the Japanese army.

Yi Ketanga then said to the guards of the outer positions in the other three directions of Funing City: "Feng Guozhang, Yu Guangxi, Zhou Xianxian, the positions of the three of you should also be the same as Wang Shizhen's department, and give the old man a firm block of the Japanese army!" As long as you can block the Japanese army and hold Funing City, the old man will ask the court for credit to you! ”

Feng Guozhang, Yu Guangxian and Zhou Xianzhang are all in a similar situation to Wang Shizhen, they all graduated from the Military Academy, and fought with the Japanese army from Korea to Funing City, and were appointed as temporary commanders to defend the positions outside Funing City.

Early the next morning, the Japanese troops of the Northern Route Army, under the order of Youpeng in Shanxian County, launched a full-scale attack on the outer positions of Funing City! The 4 divisions of the Northern Route Army attacked simultaneously in 4 directions of Funing City!

For a whole day, the Japanese army's attack did not stop, and even rushed into the Qing army's position several times, but under the leadership of Wang Shizhen, the original Huai army generals, the green battalion soldiers with very weak combat effectiveness broke out with amazing tenacity, and several times under the leadership of the generals, the Japanese troops who rushed into the position were driven out of the position with white-knuckle battles!

Seeing the outlying positions, Iktanga resisted the Japanese army, and immediately overjoyed to send 10,000 green battalions to the positions in each of the four directions! This made it even more difficult for the Japanese to attack!

The Japanese Northern Route Army attacked the periphery of Funing City for 5 days in a row, and the 4 Japanese divisions suffered many casualties, and they did not break through the Qing army position outside Funing City!

Without the capture of Funing City, the Japanese Northern Route Army would not dare to wave its army to continue southward and attack Beijing City, otherwise the Qing army in Funing City would be able to cut off the rear route of the Japanese Northern Route Army.

The Japanese Northern Route Army did not expect that the green battalion soldiers in Funing City would suddenly burst out with such a great combat effectiveness, which was simply a world of difference from the green battalion soldiers who had been defeated by one blow in the previous battles!

The Japanese Northern Route Army was in Funing City, and the Qing army entered a stalemate stage!