Lin Yuan stayed with Ye Zhichao for a day, during this day, Ye Zhichao raced against time to collect the remnants, Lin Yuan was on the phone with the Beijing ship almost all the time, and from the call, he learned that the morale of the soldiers on the ship was high and they were ready to attack the Japanese army at any time.

The marines had all gone ashore, guarding the prisoners of war of the combined fleet while training the rescued Qing prisoners of war, Lin Yuan learned that the biggest difficulty now is that there are too few personnel available for land warfare, and the rescued Qing prisoners of war have a total of 143 people, but most of them are wounded and sick.

After Lin Yuan gave the battle order, the carrier-based aircraft unit carried out uninterrupted air strikes against various military targets of the Japanese army, and under the monitoring of the early warning planes, the Japanese telegraph planes would be destroyed as soon as they were turned on, so the Japanese army's contact with the outside world had been basically cut off. The carrier-based aircraft unit also carpeted the Japanese artillery and other heavy weapons.

The time was already September 20th, and on this day, news came from the Qing court that Song Qing, the governor of Sichuan, was appointed to assist in Beiyang military affairs, and led the Yi army to garrison Jiulian City. Song Qing was given the title of "Yi Yong Baturu" warrior because of his meritorious service in fighting against the Taiping Army and the Twist Army, so his army was called the Yi Army.

Although Song Qing's official name was the governor of Sichuan, his Yi army was stationed in Lushun. Everyone knows that the Qing army entered the customs, relying on the Eight Banners, and the Eight Banners quickly became obsessed with the life of the young master who carried the cage bird, so when Kangxi pacified the three feudatories, he relied on the green camp army dominated by the Han people, this time was 1673 AD, and when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising in 1850, the green camp army could not be used after two hundred years of peace, so the Qing court had to rely on the landlord arm, that is, the township regiment, Yongying, everyone is very familiar with the Hunan army, the Huai army, Song Qing is one of them, In order to give these people an establishment, arrangements were made across regions, so although Song Qing was stationed in Lushun, his official position was the governor of Sichuan.

Ye Zhichao knew very well what the Qing court meant, and appointed Song Qing to assist in Beiyang military affairs and garrison Jiulian City, instead of assisting himself in defense, that is, the court was going to take a knife on himself, and Ping Yiping cleared the mouth of the gossip official, so that Lafayette could celebrate his birthday with peace of mind, and let Emperor Guangxu be a great filial son. Therefore, Ye Zhichao led his troops to Yizhou at noon on September 20.

Lin Yuan followed Ye Zhichao to Yizhou, who had already learned the news of the Pyongyang rout, and the defenders in the city were in danger and ready to withdraw across the Yalu River to return to China at any time.

After Ye Zhichao arrived in Yizhou, he immediately held a combat meeting, and Lin Yuan also attended the meeting.

As the saying goes, "You can't hold fire in paper." Although the Japanese army was able to block the news of the death of the commander, the news that the grain, grass and ordnance in Incheon Port had been blown up could not be sealed, so Ye Zhichao also heard the news, and when he saw the facts, it was as Lin Yuan said, and he paid more attention to Lin Yuan.

The participants in the meeting were all the commanders of the various units that had been stationed in Pyongyang, and they were still worried about the defeat they had just made, and they were worried that the imperial court would come to punish them for their crimes one day, so they also wanted to do something glorious in Pyongyang and hold their heads and the official hats on their heads.

The first to speak was Wei Rugui, Lin Yuan of course knew him, he was the president of the Sheng Army (here the word is the meaning of the commander), the number of the various armies of the township regiment Yongying is used to take the name from the name of the general of the unified army, and the word "Sheng" of the Sheng Army is taken from the founder Zhou Shengbo and the name of Zhou Shengchuan.

Wei Rugui was later identified as the culprit of the defeat and beheaded in Beijing's Caishikou, after which many historical books have made him a sinner of the nation.

Wei Rugui collected remnants of the army all the way when he retreated, and actually gathered about eighty percent of the strength of the Sheng army, so among several troops, his troops were the largest, he said: "If you want to fight back to Pyongyang, I don't think it is easy, first of all, the troops, we have less than 5,000 troops together, but there are more than 10,000 elite Japanese troops stationed in Pyongyang; The second is the armament, Pyongyang retreated, almost all the artillery and Gatling rapid-fire guns were thrown away, and now the troops are left with rifles. ”

Through his own observations, Lin Yuan saw that Wei Rugui was still very simple and honest, and listened to his soldiers say that he took the lead in the battle of Pyongyang and fought bravely, which gave him a little more respect.

Lin Yuan said: "General Wei don't worry, now the Japanese army in the city is short of food and clothing, and the high-level generals have been assassinated again, and they are in chaos without a fight, so General Zuo doesn't have to worry about the number of people; Heavy weapons, the heavy weapons of the Japanese army have been completely destroyed by us, so we don't need any heavy weapons. ”

When everyone heard this, they were not surprised, Ye Zhichao asked: "Mr. Lin just said that the heavy weapons of the Japanese army were completely destroyed by you, I don't know what Mr. Lin means by this?" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I want to say that we are from the 21st century, we have planes and missiles, do you believe it!" So Lin Yuan said: "We are searching for high-ranking hermits all over Korea, and we can do things that ordinary people can't do, assassinate high-ranking Japanese officials, blow up Japanese weapons, these people are all doing it!" ”

Although Ye Zhichao didn't believe it, he was willing to believe it from the bottom of his heart, because in this way, he would have a better chance of winning Pyongyang and save his head.

So Ye Zhichao said: "Then let's discuss how to attack Pyongyang?" It is clear to all of you that when the Japanese army attacked Pyongyang, it achieved strategic encirclement of Pyongyang in all directions, and when attacking, it adopted a three-way approach and attacked from the north, south, and west at the same time. Now we want to fight back, and the Peony Terrace can't get around! ”

Everyone present understood that the Peony Terrace was the commanding height of Pyongyang's periphery, and from here it could overlook Pyongyang, and if artillery was erected on the Peony Tower, the whole of Pyongyang would be under artillery fire, and the Japanese army did just that during the Pyongyang Campaign. However, the terrain of the Peony Terrace is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the troops lack heavy weapons, so it is simply a whimsical thing to want to take down the Peony Terrace.

At this time, Lin Yuan smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this, why do we have to lay down the peony platform?" The decisive force of war is people, and our battle is to strike at the vitality of the Japanese army, that is, to annihilate their people, at that time, whether it is Mudodae or Pyongyang, or even Incheon and Seoul, they are all in the pocket of our army! ”

Wei Rugui said: "Mr. Lin is easy to say, but the Japanese army can't hold out, how can we annihilate their people?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "You all know the importance of the Peony Terrace, the Japanese army in the city knows better than us, if our people seize the Peony Terrace, they will definitely invest heavy troops to take it back, our combat goal is - by our people to seize the Peony Terrace, and when the Japanese army is surrounded by a large force, you will lead the army to attack their reinforcements and annihilate the Japanese army in one fell swoop!" ”

Wei Rugui asked, "Then how did your people seize the Peony Terrace?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "We have our own way to do this, and we don't bother General Wei." ”

Ye Zhichao nodded and said, "This method is very good, we will set off on the same day, and when the time comes, we will have a wine party in the middle of Pyongyang City to celebrate the victory!" ”

According to Lin Yuan's strategy, the Qing army did not carry heavy weapons, only carried light weapons and a large amount of food, and they were all cavalry, so the march was very fast, and three days later, at six o'clock in the afternoon of September 23, the main force of the army arrived five kilometers outside the Peony Terrace!

When the Japanese soldiers in Pyongyang surrounded the Peony Terrace, the Qing army attacked the Japanese army!

Lin Yuan's communicator rang, and Chen Fei's voice came: "The Marine Corps is ready to land and can seize the main position of Peony Terrace at any time!" ”

Lin Yuan calmly gave the order: "Attack according to the plan!" ”

He looked at the quiet sky, the night was deep, like a silent sea, and he silently told himself: the decisive battle is about to begin!