Yuan Shikai is really angry and regretful now, the Huiji warehouse at the north gate is a grain land, where 1,300 stones of grain and rice and 1,100 stones of miscellaneous grains are stored, enough for 7,000 people to eat for a month, in addition to a large number of materials such as marching tents, military pots, and medicines. But now that the reinforcements assigned by Wu Zhaoyou have already set off, he only has one battalion at hand, and it is impossible to divide the troops again. In particular, the Japanese army made full use of the speed of the cavalry, moving from east to west, south to north, which was unpredictable, and deliberately pretended to go west, and the result was to hit the north gate, and the tactical use was extremely wonderful.

After the Sino-French War, Yuan Shikai has always boasted of his strategy in the art of war, and today he realized that he had encountered a hard bone. He was very hesitant in his heart, should he save it? Do you know that this is not another trick by the enemy army to lure the enemy? Although he now has only one battalion on hand, according to the strong fortress of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the Japanese cavalry has no heavy weapons, and no matter how powerful the tactics are, no matter how many people there are, they can't do anything about themselves. But if you leave Gyeongbokgung Palace, you will give up your advantage, and who knows if the enemy will come in an instant and kill the horse pistol?

Thinking about it left and right, Yuan Shikai gritted his teeth, I endured it! Hui Jicang gives it to you, don't want it!

What if there is no food, there will always be a way for the huge Seoul to raise these thousands of soldiers. This time, I didn't understand the opponent and suffered a big loss, but as long as I kept my life, this account could always be calculated slowly.

Yuan Shikai made up his mind, no matter the direction of the north gate, the killing sound shook the sky, the fire was blazing, and he was stunned to stand still! Everything will wait for reinforcements to come.

Yuan Shikai's prudence saved him, in the Gyeongbokgung Palace to the north gate of the avenue next to the path, Akiyama Yoshigu was with more than 400 cavalry ready to go, he sent a family of guards to lead a cavalry squadron to attack the north gate, he led two squadrons to ambush in the middle of the road, just waiting for the Chinese army to come to the rescue, a family of guards back to cover the kill, and he himself copied from behind, attacking from both sides, annihilating the opponent's command organ in one fell swoop!

But after waiting for a long time, I found that the other party was calm and self-controlled, which also surprised and admired Akiyama Yoshiko, this battle gave him a new understanding of the Chinese army, the soldiers were tenacious and durable, the commander was also calm and restrained, and the quality of the troops was very high, it was really a strong enemy of the Japanese Empire!

In the dark night of Seoul, both sides fought wits and courage, and their evaluation of each other was greatly improved, which was quite a bit of a feeling of sympathy.

After waiting for a while, Akiyama sighed and sneered again, the other party can bear it, then okay, I simply burned all the Huiji warehouses and destroyed the other party's granary, which is also a great success! Akiyama then led his army to gallop north at full speed.

Yuan Shikai languished in Gyeongbok Palace for an hour, until Fu Diankui, a lieutenant colonel of the Guards, arrived with a battalion to reinforce him. At this time, the strength suddenly became abundant, and Yuan Shikai felt that it was enough to deal with the opponent's assault, so he immediately ordered the whole army to attack, and led two battalions to go straight to the north gate.

Laos, Vientiane City, also known as Viencher, south of the city of the wide Mekong River rushing torrents, across the river is Siam.

In the most luxurious Liao Basha restaurant in Vientiane City, Song Shawar, the patriarch of the local Laolong clan, is hosting a banquet to entertain China's military and political officials, including Pan Dingxin, the highest military governor in Vientiane and Colonel of the patrol army; and the new Director General of the Lao Regional Administration, Tang Jingsong.

On the table, there are fish sauce, grilled fish, grilled chicken, fried minced meat with coriander, cold papaya shreds, hot and sour soup, etc., just in the middle is a large plate of glutinous rice steak, glutinous rice is fragrant mixed with beef fragrance, very with the national characteristics of Laos.

Pan Dingxin drank silently, and for a long time, he had been indignant about what had happened to him. Although he was a colonel, such a rank had come to an end for the patrolmen, and he was already the highest, but he thought in his heart that he was worthy of the rank of general. This time, he was in charge of the military defense of the Vientiane area, and he felt that it was indeed an opportunity to prove himself, but the patrol troops under his command made him very uneasy.

The patrol army was streamlined and compressed by the Qing Dynasty's green battalion soldiers, although it also eliminated the old and weak, and was well-trained, but its combat quality was congenitally deficient after all; In terms of weapons and equipment, most of them were left over from the original New Army, such as Enfield-Schneider rifles, Grusen light guns, and even some old-fashioned guns. These are still secondary, especially the patrol army cannot speak the same day as the guards in terms of the will to fight, which makes Pan Dingxin quite depressed.

On the other side, Tang Jingsong was very interested, and frequently toasted with Song Shawar. He is now in charge of civil affairs in the Lao region and is also responsible for the establishment of the Lao indigenous armed forces. Just like the original mission to Vietnam, he was very sure of this kind of thing that made something out of nothing and made a ball of sand.

"Patriarch, this Vientiane City faces Siam across the Mekong River, do you think the Siamese will smuggle across the Mekong River?"

"Lord Tang, you are too worried, the Mekong River is the dry season in January ~ February, and at that time, the shallows of most of the Mekong River's bed will be revealed, and there is only a small stream left in the middle, and people can wade to Siam. Siam wants to sneak attack, but it is very convenient.

But not now, since the rainy season in May, the water level of the Mekong River has risen, and between now and the end of next month, it will be the peak of the signal, the river is wide and the water is urgent, and it is not easy to smuggle the river. ”

Tang Jingsong nodded frequently, and hurriedly put his hands on his chest to perform a chori salute, which is a Lao custom to express his gratitude. Because he has a special mission, he also intends to encircle the local tribes, and he has a good conversation with Songsavat, and there can be no ambiguity in etiquette.

Then the two also talked about the customs and customs of Laos, Song Savat introduced, the meaning of "Vientiane" does not refer to a lot of elephants, in the local language means "sandalwood fort", such as "Yongzhen", "Yong" is the meaning of the city, "Zhen" is the meaning of the temple, together for "the city of temples"

Across the river, in Nong Kae, Siam, Chulalongkorn's fourth brother, the Minister of Military Affairs, Prince Pannurangjisi, was dressed as a peasant and observed the opposite bank with a telescope. Standing next to him was the commander of the Rama Division, the important minister Zhao Paye. Surriwang.

"Lord Wang, what do you think?"

"The defense looks very strict, but in fact it is very lax, you look at those firepower points on the opposite beach, they should have been carefully hidden, and there was suddenness when defending, but now the soldiers inside are coming out to bask in the sun, it can be seen that the management is lax, our army is completely victorious, and the Chinese army seems to be nothing more than that."

Pannurangisi was once sent to England to study, specializing in military affairs, and was naturally an expert. Surriwang agrees.

At the Siam Palace, Chulalongkorn was listening to reports from various ministers, mostly his younger brother. He had nine younger brothers, eight of whom held various important official positions: Minister of Military Affairs, Pannurang Gisi; Home Affairs Minister Than Loong; Foreign Minister Deva Wangsa and others, and another is the monk king Vanurawa.

Interior Minister Than Loong reported on military preparations: Siam has a total of 100,000 troops, half of which have been assembled on the south bank of the Mekong River, and the core strength is the "Rama Division" equipped with new weapons and trained in new methods, and there is also a "Siamese Division" being trained in the capital Bangkok.

In terms of military supplies, Siam has also made ample preparations, and has stored large quantities of grain and ammunition in Udon Thani, Phong Po Sai, Nong Khai, Chiang Khan and other places on the south bank of the Mekong River, and secretly assembled hundreds of ferries in Bungkan. At the same time, a large number of spies who had been left in Vientiane had basically figured out the situation of the Chinese army's defenses.

Therefore, Danlong is very confident that if he launches an attack now, if nothing happens, he will be able to hit Shangliao within a month!

Foreign Minister Deva Wangsa reported that the Japanese side had formally put pressure on Siam to launch an immediate military offensive and promised that as soon as Siam crossed the Mekong River, Japan would immediately provide a new loan of 8 million yen.

All sides indicated that the time was ripe for an attack, and everyone was eagerly looking at Chulalongkorn for him to make a Zuihou decision.