Although the Republic's armored forces swept across the European theater in the future, this force at this time, like a dozen tanks in their hands, did not attract the slightest attention, and even the Russians did not pay attention to these things after losing them.

Now Lao Maozi is focused on the battlefield of Shanhaiguan, and they urgently need to break through the precarious defense line of the Beiyang Army as soon as possible, and the eyes of other countries in the world are also on Shanhaiguan and North Korea.

The Volunteers suddenly fought an ambush battle of the Japanese 10th Division west of Seoul, although Yang Xiaolin did not achieve any substantial results because of the vigilance of going straight to Songyuan, but the pace of the Japanese army to let go of the pursuit really slowed down.

Da Shanyan hurriedly sorted out the formation that had been pulled away because of the pursuit of Yang Xiaolin, and was about to fight a siege and annihilation battle outside Seoul, when suddenly the news came that Yang Dagui turned around and went north. The 1st, 7th, and 9th divisions of the Volunteer Army had 20,000 troops and rushed to the Tumen River.

This turn was really unexpected by everyone, and the battle situation, which seemed to have no suspense, suddenly made waves again. The forces of the little Japanese are now chasing behind Yang Xiaolin, if he is allowed to pass through the Tumen River, then the volunteers will directly enter Changbai Mountain, and Dashanyan's encirclement and annihilation plan this time will be regarded as a failure.

Excluding the battle between Yang Xiaolin and the Second Army at the beginning, from the time the Japanese two armies landed in Jinxi to the present, the Volunteer Army has already achieved the record of destroying a reorganized Eighth Division of the Japanese Army with two brigades in the movement. If Yang Dagui was really allowed to rush over the Tumen River, then their Imperial Japanese Army should return to China to train for a period of time and then come back to fight the Volunteers.

But the danger of Yang Xiaolin's turn is also very great. Dashan Iwan hurriedly telegraphed the Japanese troops on the Tumen River to blow up the bridge, burn the ferry, and organize forces to defend it tightly. It was not easy for the Volunteers to think about the past.

Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops who were preparing to fight the encirclement and annihilation battle also followed Yang Xiaolin and chased after him, and the two sides began a new round of racing.

Daesan Rock is really a bit old, and this part of North Korea is not suitable for cars. Although the Japanese army had deliberately taken care of the commander-in-chief's body, specially made a sedan chair, and then let eight strong Koreans carry Dashan Rock away, but the commander-in-chief was seventy years old after all, and even if he sat on the sedan chair, he had a bumpy back pain.

When I rested every night, the bones seemed to be scattered, and the thoughts of that guy who beat the ghost like a nightmare were entwined with Dashanyan, and he couldn't sleep at all! During the day, he had to continue to run, and he had to command the battle, and after a while, the Japanese generals next to him found that the commander-in-chief's face was getting more and more ugly day by day.

Nogi Noshinori really felt very guilty, and he thought that all of this was caused by the incompetence of these people. First Matsumura of the Second Army, and then himself, if someone can kill Yang Dagui, he will not let the commander-in-chief drag his body to race against Yang Dagui in this big mountain.

There is a distance of more than 700 kilometers from Seoul to the Tumen River, and according to the marching speed of the volunteers, it should be about 15 days to arrive, and the Japanese army must be faster, so that the volunteers can stretch the distance through the march, and no one dares to guarantee whether the troops there can stop Yang Dagui for a few days.

After climbing three mountains in a row, Nogi Noshinori was also tired, and he really needed to sit down and take a breath, and look at the troops in front of him and behind him all over the mountain. The footsteps of every Japanese soldier seemed to be unusually heavy, and Nogi Noshinori let out a sigh unconsciously.

It didn't take long for Oyama Iwa's palanquin to chase to Nogi Noshinori's side, and when he saw the Japanese general sitting on the stone gasping, Oyama Iwa beckoned the sedan chair to stop: "Nogi." Can't walk? ”

Nogi Noshinori nodded: "Commander-in-chief, I always feel that it is not a way to follow Yang Xiaolin like this, when that guy trains the troops, running is the most important training subject for them." We can't outrun them. ”

Da Shanyan nodded: "Yes, when we received him in Japan in the past when he trained soldiers to run seventy miles a day, some people laughed at it and said that it was because of the timidity of the volunteers. But now it seems that this guy is very targeted. The most crucial reason why the Eighth Division suffered a catastrophe was that they were able to run better than us. Nogi, have you ever calculated how far our Volunteers have traveled so far? ”

Nogi Noshinori really didn't calculate it carefully, and he lowered his head and didn't speak. Dashan Yan smiled: "Starting from Jinxi, our Japanese army has traveled a total of 1,400 kilometers in this month, and each soldier has to walk an average of 90 miles a day. ”

Ninety miles is not too far, but it is really a little tiring to be at this speed for a month, not to mention that the road they take has to go over mountains and mountains, this marching speed has exceeded the limit of normal troops, and the Japanese army is now very tired.

Before Nogi Noshinori could say anything, Oyama Iwa continued: "However, our opponents have been shuttling back and forth on the battlefield for a month, and their marching route should be two thousand one hundred kilometers if calculated, and each soldier has to run more than a hundred miles every day. That's why we still can't catch that guy. ”

Nogi Noshinori stood up from the stone, and Oyama Iwa beckoned the people to continue walking, although he did not look back, but said to Nogi Noshinori in his mouth: "If we lose this war, we will lose on these two legs!" As a general of the Great Japanese Empire, I don't think you dare to stop and rest. The men you are chasing are running desperately ahead, they are out of supplies, and now they have to rely on wild herbs and raids to maintain their strength. ”

Nogi Noshinori's eyes suddenly changed, and he was a little ashamed, he understood that Oyama Iwa was telling him that the Volunteers were now more tired than the Japanese.

The general straightened his clothes and continued the pursuit.

Yang Xiaolin in Dafeng Mountain couldn't run anymore, General Nogi Noshinori still sat down when he was resting, and Commander Yang crossed the mountain and lay down directly on the ground, his limbs stretched out to the greatest extent, and his mouth emitted a heavy pant like an old cow.

People are people, and when a person is wheezing like a cow, it means that his body has been supported to the limit! The Japanese only drew a semicircle to chase and intercept him, while the volunteers ran in a V-shape.

As Oyama Iwa said, they run a lot more than the Japanese. But the biggest difficulty for the volunteers was not the pursuers behind them. It was their own supplies, and Commander Yang's cigarettes were gone.

The brothers in the back ran here like Yang Xiaolin, almost all of them rushed to the ground, and a few days ago, some people thought about finding something to eat, but now no one thinks about this problem. Some soldiers were so hungry that they grabbed a handful of weeds that had just emerged from the ground, and without asking if they could eat them, they stuffed them into their mouths and filled their stomachs.

After Yang Xiaolin took a slight breath, he forced himself to sit up, and glanced at the team lying all over the place: "Brothers, get up." Don't lie down. ”

Some of the warriors slowly got up after hearing this, but most of them couldn't restrain their desire to lie down for a while.

Yang Xiaolin didn't pull them either, he raised his foot and kicked Cai Ye beside him: "Songpo, you can't run anymore, if you run any longer, we will run to death." I estimate that Little Japan is tired enough, so at this time we can turn back and go to Dandong to kill. ”

Cai Ye sat up straight with a chirp, his head lowered for a long time before he had the strength to discuss this topic with Commander Yang: "I can't run anymore." My opinion is to contact Deputy Commander Zhang and ask him to immediately send troops to attack the Japanese army on the front line of Fengcheng in Dandong. We don't know if little Japan has transferred its troops there to the Tumen River, but even if it doesn't, it must be defeated, otherwise we will die in Korea. ”

Yang Xiaolin squeezed out a smile: "Is there a North Korean tunzi or something around here?" Let's find a place for the brothers to have a bite to eat and rest for the night. Also contact Zhang Lao Wu, we must cooperate well at this time, we arrived at the Yalu River, and we can go over when he hits Fengcheng. It's not early or late. ”

If Zhang Zuolin fights early, Dashanyan will be able to judge Yang Xiaolin's intentions, and he will take precautions in advance. If the action is late. When he arrived at the Yalu River, Dandong and Fengcheng were still in the hands of the Japanese, he couldn't get by, and the Japanese chased him and he was finished.

Yang Xiaolin now found that his battle was already emulating the genius stroke of Taizu and his old man, if Dashanyan really let himself succeed in crossing the river for the fourth time, his hundreds of thousands of troops could only watch the back of his departure behind him!

All this must be contacted with Zhang Zuolin, to know how many troops the Japanese army still has in western Liaoning, where to choose, and when is the most appropriate time to cross the river. From the last time he crossed the Yalu River to the present time he was ready to fight back, Commander Yang's feet walked a triangle in the north of Korea, and the Japanese marching route was like a circle surrounded by this triangle.

Cai has memorized the map of North Korea: "The villages in this area are all small villages, and even if we grab a dozen of them, we will not be able to get enough supplies for the soldiers. However, Daixing in our north can fully meet the supply needs, but it is too close to Rongguang, which is the barracks of the Japanese army, and now there are 1,000 Japanese troops and more than 3,000 Korean troops in it, which is very troublesome. ”

If it had been placed in the past, where would Commander Yang have seen this enemy in his eyes? It's just that now the Volunteers really can't fight. Not only was the food depleted, but the bullets were gone, almost all the chambers were empty, and the soldiers' only weapons were their bayonets, but their physical strength could not keep up.

Yang Xiaolin's face showed that fierce look, and he didn't hesitate at all: "Then surround Dai Xing for me, don't let anyone go, kill them all!" ”

Although Cai is not very in favor of slaughter, he is not the kind of pedantic person either. Now in this situation, if you are not ruthless, you will not be able to pass this level! Anyway, Commander Yang is not afraid of others scolding him.

April 3, 1907.

On the night of 2 April, the volunteers suddenly surrounded the North Korean county town with a population of more than 10,000 and blocked all roads in and out of the county.

The Japanese only found out that the area was occupied after the volunteers had left the next morning. The glorious Japanese army hurriedly sent troops to Daixing to check, and it turned out that more than 10,000 people living in this county town had all died under the bayonets of the volunteers!

The elderly, children, women, young and strong, were not spared.

This time, although Yang Dagui did not put his head in the landscape as before, he did not cover it up at all. He didn't even clean the streets, and when the Japanese stepped into Daixing, the main road in the county town, which was not very spacious, seemed to be paved with red stones! The corpses were lying casually in the open doors, miserable. (To be continued......)