Yoshida Shoin is sick like this, Ito Hirobumi must not be able to ask any more, he can only leave in a huff.

As a result, Yoshida Shoin did not survive half a month or a month, as the doctor said.

Less than a week after Yoshida Shoin and Ito Hirobumi talked, Yoshida Shoin went to see Lord Yama, before he died, he vomited a lot of blood, and I heard that until the moment he died, he kept repeating a sentence, God is unfair...

Yoshida Shoin was completely angry, holding his breath in his chest, and there was nowhere to vent, so he could only be killed.

Perhaps, he is indeed unwilling in his heart, but he has no chance to appeal anymore, so he can only wait for the next life to find a way.

In short, Yoshida Shoin no longer exists zài and has been returned to dust.

Since Yoshida Shoin was gone, the army under his command also had to have an arrangement, so under Ito Hirobumi's calculations, with the imperial approval of the Japanese emperor, the remaining men and horses of the 1st Division of the original Yoshida Shoin Division were merged with the 10th Division as the general reserve, unified into a new echelon of the Eastern Front, and handed over to the command of Obokuritsu.

Speaking of this Okukuritsu, in addition to being one of the Three Tigers, he also has a special identity that is not known, that is, he is a close confidant of Ito Hirobumi, which is not difficult to understand why Ito Hirobumi is so relieved to hand over the newly formed Eastern Front army to him for command.

Originally, Ito Hirobumi, as the prime minister, in peacetime, although he also counseled military affairs, but after all, he was in charge of national affairs, and he still had reservations about the military journey, so this attack on North Korea, he took the initiative to ask Zhan to be the commander-in-chief, and he encountered a lot of things that made him very unhappy.

Before and for some time after, he observed carefully. He found that among the commanders of the Japanese army, there were many people who disobeyed him as a commander, especially the appearance of the three heroes was the most eye-catching, and Yoshida Shoin was the most arrogant person.

It is precisely because of the elbows of these people that Ito Hirobumi is commanding a large army, and it is difficult to do it like an arm, but fortunately, since entering the DPRK, the Japanese army has won successive battles and has been smooth sailing, so the victory on the battlefield has covered up many man-made contradictions, but as soon as the situation occurs, many contradictions are exposed, if he is not justified this time, maybe Yoshida Shoin will not give him a chance to teach himself a lesson.

And what he has been looking for is this kind of opportunity, and he wants to take this opportunity to teach this group of soldiers who are above the top a good lesson, especially Yoshida Shoin, the biggest thorn.

Yoshida Shoin was defeated this time, and he disobeyed the military order first, and Ito Hirobumi could just use him to kill the chickens and make an example, who knows, Yoshida Shoin died like this, and there was less opportunity to erect a negative model in front of him.

However, it is better to be dead, Ito Hirobumi can take advantage of the situation to hand over Yoshida Shoin's army to his close confidant Obokuri Toshitsu, and also, Tong Guò This matter, he also cleverly made those who are usually restless have a little memory, maybe. Tong guò this time. These people will not be so flamboyant in the future, it can be said that Yoshida Shoin's death is for Ito Hirobumi. Or kill two birds with one stone.

In short, after the death of Yoshida Shoin, Ito Hirobumi could basically control the entire invading Japanese army and be a clear commander.

The problem of the Japanese army was solved. Internal contradictions have also been eased. Then Ito Hirobumi will have to face a more important matter, that is, to prepare for another war with the Sino-North Korean coalition forces.

The Japanese army is preparing. The Sino-North Korean coalition forces were also not idle.

After a period of reorganization and replenishment, the army quickly recovered, especially the Taiping Army, after a period of rest, training, and sufficient personnel replenishment, as if it had recovered to its peak, while the recovery of the Korean Guards Corps was slower, after all, they did not have the Taiping Army's advanced army building ideas and perfect training measures, so if you want to fully recover, it will take a while, plus, the Guards Corps is the pro-army of the Korean King Li Yuantong, It is the elite division of the North Korean army, and it is indeed not so easy to train them into elite soldiers in a short period of time with those recruits who have been temporarily replenished.

In any case, the Sino-Korean coalition has the strength to fight again.

Since it can fight again, then the Sino-Korean coalition will not be idle anymore.

After Tian Xiaoer consulted with Wang Xiaoyong and others, he put forward a bold battle plan, which can be summed up as three major battles.

The Joint Command figured out these three major battles and defeated the Japanese army in one fell swoop, thus recovering the entire territory of Korea.

The three major battles were the Battle of Kaesong, the Battle of Seoul, and the Battle of Incheon.

The purpose of launching the Battle of Kaesong was to open the road to Seoul, the capital of North Korea, and to provide an important strategic fulcrum for the Sino-Korean coalition forces to move south to recover Seoul.

After China and North Korea control the Kaesong area, there will be a further offensive to recover Seoul, then, the battle to recover Seoul can be called the Battle of Seoul, the surrender of the capital, not only can compress the strategic space of the Japanese army to a narrower place, but also take advantage of the situation to eliminate more Japanese troops, more importantly, the recovery of the capital for the Korean military and civilians, that is a kind of spiritual encouragement, enough to make the battle against the Japanese army to develop at a deeper level.

After the liberation of Seoul, it will be a decisive battle with the Japanese army, and the location of the decisive battle between the two sides will be set at Incheon, so the joint command will call the decisive battle with the Japanese army the Battle of Incheon.

As long as the Sino-Korean coalition forces capture Incheon, then the Japanese army will lose all cover and lose its only foothold, and at that time, the Japanese army will only have two options, first, withdraw from the Korean state and return the territory of Korea to the Korean people, and second, the Japanese army will wait to be surrounded and annihilated.

Therefore, as long as the goals of the three major battles set by the Sino-Korean coalition can be realized, then the war of resistance against Japan and aid Korea will come to an end smoothly.

Now that the goal has been set, the next step is to work towards it.

After the plan for the three major battles was submitted to the Emperor of the Chinese Empire and the King of Korea, Yi Yuantong, for approval, all preparations for the Battle of Kaesong began.

In this attack on Kaesong, the Sino-Korean joint command decided that the three major corps of the Taiping Army would be the main body of the war, and the Korean Corps would be responsible for all logistics and maintaining the security of the rear.

Here's how it was arranged.

The Seventh Army Corps, led by Dongfang Bufu, as the vanguard of the large army, was responsible for a frontal attack on Kaesong.

The Eighth Army Corps led by Chen Yucheng and Luo Xuan was the left wing, and the Sixth Army Corps led by Lu Qingtian and Li Kaifang was the right wing.

The headquarters of the coalition forces will act with the Seventh Legion.

Thanks to the efforts of both China and the DPRK, all military deployments were quickly put in place, and all logistical support was foolproof.

The next step is to choose an auspicious day to go out, drink Zhuangxing wine, and then, with the sound of the loud military trumpet, the army sets off.

The Seventh Army Corps was in front, the Eighth Army Corps was on the left, and the Sixth Army Corps was on the right.

The day after the departure of the Taiping Army, the Japanese army also received information that the main army of the Taiping Army was heading straight for Kaesong.

In the face of the menacing Taiping army, Ito Hirobumi also made corresponding arrangements and set up a position to face the battle.

The deployment of the Japanese army is also clear-sighted.

Takasugi Shinsaku and Togi Takayo led the army out of the city thirty miles to the village, their goal is the Taiping Army's Sixth Army, although this Togi Takayo has been abolished by Dongfang Bufu, but the recovery is good, as long as he does not meet Dongfang Bufu again, against others, he can also exert eighty percent of his skills, so, he can still partner with Takasugi Jinsaku to lead the army.

Sakamoto Ryoma and Saigo Takamori also went out of the city for thirty miles to prepare to meet the Eighth Army of the Taiping Army, and they formed a horn with the garrison army led by Takasugi Shinsaku and Ito Hirobumi in the city, and the three armies echoed each other from afar.

The army led by Obokuritsu and Hirobumi Ito sat in Kaihei Castle, ready to meet the challenge of the Seventh Army led by Dongfang Bufu.

At the same time, Ito Hirobumi strictly ordered the defenders around Kaesong to strictly defend to the death, and must not let the Taiping army attack the city lightly, and must hold the belief that someone is in the city, and the city is ruined, and fight to the death with the Taiping army.

Ito Hirobumi was well aware of the importance of this battle, so the Japanese army must do their best to win this battle.

Why didn't the Taiping Army think so?

This is destined to be an evenly matched offensive and defensive battle, and as for who will have the last laugh, it will not be long before we will know. (To be continued......)