After that, as time went by, the atmosphere in the Far East became more and more tense.

Daqing, Island Country, Xuange Camp, Yin, Law and other forces, and even count the Dutch people, Uncle Sam's family, Deba, Maozi and so on.

Based on their own interests and considerations, they have made some arrangements and actions of their own.

And these actions have further aggravated the tension in the Far East.

So much so that during this period of time, anyone who had a slight sober understanding of the current situation could feel that the air in the Far East seemed to be filled with a faint smell of gunpowder.

Then, with the actions of all parties, a war that is about to affect the Far East, or the entire planet for a hundred years, is getting closer and closer to a formal outbreak.

If you look at the later generations of this plane, those more fair history books.

The whole situation before the outbreak of the war, this is the situation......

On June 1, the army of the Asagima Togaku Party officially launched an attack on Jeonju Castle; The officers and soldiers in the city resisted with great difficulty, and could only frantically face Li Xi, the emperor of Chaodao.

Wrong! This kind of subject state is not qualified to be called the emperor, and it is correct to say that it should be to ask for help from Li Xi, the king.

And Li Xi frantically went to the sect master too green, and sent reports three or four times a day to ask for help.

Under such a circumstance, the Huai Army Nie Shicheng had 6 battalions, a total of more than 2,000 people, on a temporarily hired merchant ship, under the escort of the Beiyang fleet, and set off towards Chaodao.

Originally, when the Huai Army was first established, a battalion had a scale of 500 people; So normally, 6 battalions should have 3,000 men.

It's just that up to now, the actual number of people in a battalion of the Huai Army is only 350 at most.

Therefore, the combined strength of the 6 battalions is only more than 2,000 people; And the shortage of 150 people in each battalion was naturally justified in eating empty salaries.

Out of the intention of deterring the island countries, do not make things happen in this peace of mind.

When escorting Nie Shicheng and other Huai troops into the court, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet was dispatched from all over the country.

When we set off from Jinmen, black smoke billowed from the chimney, and the whole queue pulled out the old one; With the addition of the China Merchants steamer loaded with the Huai army, the scene looked quite mighty.

It's just that at this moment, Admiral Ding Junmen in the fleet, as well as Deng Guandao and others, all have a faint worry on their faces.

Because only these people know how bad the situation lies under the glossy appearance of the Beiyang fleet.

Since three years ago, in order to save money for the old witch to celebrate her 60th birthday this year, the entire Beiyang Fleet has not purchased any cannons and shells.

More importantly, if it is according to the original plan.

In the recent past, it was originally planned to carry out the necessary boiler repairs on a battleship, scrape the barnacles attached to the bottom of the ship, and other maintenance work.

Otherwise, it will have a great impact on the overall combat effectiveness of the battleship.

After all, in naval warfare, if the speed and maneuverability of the ship are not good, there will be big problems.

But now in order to quell the rebellion of the Asagishima Togaku, God knows how long these necessary maintenance work will be postponed.

So now in their hearts, the only expectation is that the island country will not go to war against Daqing this time.

Otherwise, once the fight really starts, they are not very optimistic about the result.

As for whether the island country will start a war against Daqing in the future, the commanders of the sailors who often go to the island country to maintain warships know one thing in their hearts:

Between Daqing and the island country, there will definitely be a war in the future......

On June 5, the island nation secretly established a "base camp" on the mainland, which almost included the participation of senior generals such as the army and navy.

As the supreme leadership organ that commanded this war with Daqing in the following time.

The next day, Nie Shisei, who had been riding a sea boat all the way, finally arrived at Asahdo Island and began to land in the Asan area, which is located halfway between Seoul and Incheon.

After preparing to take a short break, he began to suppress the Togaku Party and his party on Asahima.

In the process of landing, because the dock here in Asan is too small and shallow, there is no way for these warships in Zhenyuan to dock directly.

Therefore, it is only by ferrying back and forth in small boats that the people and materials on board can be docked.

Suddenly the landing scene was a terrible mess, and everywhere there was the scolding of the personnel and the invective of the officers; The structure of all the units is completely disorganized, and there is not the slightest rule to speak of.

That is, there are no Dongxue Party people nearby, otherwise as long as they launch a slight anti-landing attack, these Huai troops will usher in a big defeat.

"Be careful, these are the things that Lord Admiral Ye is used to on weekdays, if you accidentally break or break them, be careful of your bones."

On the deck of the Zhenyuan ship, a small guy holding a delicate spittoon in his hand was shouting proudly at a group of Huai soldiers.

These Huai soldiers, who were also silently scolding in their hearts, were holding a bunch of boxes of all sizes in their hands.

There are even screens, soft couches, washbasins, toilets and other daily necessities, which are carefully moved towards a small boat on the side of the hull.

It didn't look like a war at all, it looked like a move.

And the little guy who was shouting in his mouth Ye Zhichao was Ye Zhichao, the general person in charge of Daqing's trip to quell the chaos, and the original person in charge, Nie Shicheng, became his deputy.

The reason for such a change is simple.

When he originally planned to send troops into the court, he favored Ye Zhichao, the commander of the army, Li Zhongtang, who he trusted more directly.

It's just that this thing has been delaying in every way in the face of the order to enter the court.

In desperation, Li Zhongtang selected Nie Shicheng, the chief soldier of Taiyuan Town.

never thought that before leaving, Ye Zhichao didn't know how to change his mind again and was willing to go out; So Nie Shicheng became the deputy of the soldiers and horses in the dynasty.

Because of time reasons, Ye Zhichao's Sheng Jun failed to make the trip this time, and could only be transported in the next batch.

And then at this moment, Ye Zhichao and Master Ye seemed to regret it again.

Because when he set off, he looked at the mighty ships of Zhenyuan; Obviously, there is a more comfortable China Merchants passenger ship, and he didn't sit on it, and took his entourage on this Zhenyuan ship.

As a result, the sea has been a little rougher in the past few days, and the battleship has been slightly bumpy, but this Admiral Ye has suffered an old sin.

vomiting and diarrhea, not eating well, sleeping badly, and now frowning, the whole person looks very sick.

Fortunately, the entourage he brought with him, especially the one who bought it at a high price from a certain theater troupe and was more charming than many women after changing into women's clothes, was quite good in terms of work ability.

It took almost an hour to drive and whip some Huai soldiers to help.

Finally, a military tent was set up somewhere on the shore, which allowed Ye Zhichao to have a good rest.

waited until the sick Ye Zhichao was invited off the Zhenyuan ship and walked into the military tent; I saw that a soft couch had been set up in the screen, and other hot water, hot tea, and towels were all in place.

On one side of the soft couch, there is also a row of different models of smoking guns.

The handsome little guy was skillfully burning the smoke bubbles, ready to serve Admiral Ye, who had a big smoking addiction, and hurried to take a sip.

Afterwards, I washed myself with hot water and drank a cup of hot tea.

Finally lying on the soft couch, after Mei Zizi smoked a bubble of fine cigarettes from the third brother's house, Ye Zhichao felt that he had finally come back to life.

But just when I was rising in my heart, I was going to hug the little guy with white teeth and red lips, so what was it.

Suddenly, I heard outside the screen, his own captain Goshha shouting at the top of his voice:

"Your Excellency, Lord Yuan, the plenipotentiary representative of the General in Korea for trade matters, has sent someone to greet you, and is now waiting outside the tent to ask to see your lordship."

The above Lord Yuan refers to the future Yuan Datou, who has been the emperor for more than 80 days.

Ten years ago, he was appointed by Daecheong as the plenipotentiary representative of the General Li in Korea to negotiate trade matters after he led the 6th battalion of Qingjun to quell a civil strife on the island and sabotage an operation by the island nation to annex the island.

Now in Chaojima, it is simply an existence like an emperor.

It's just that when he really talks about his official position in Daqing, Yuan Datou, who is awesome in the future, is promoted as a Taoist, and only one is promoted from the third rank.

In front of Ye Zhichao's Zhili Admiral, he was nothing at all.

So after hearing this, this Lord Ye was very unhappy in his heart.

Although he also sat up and said the phrase 'pass them in', he was already ready to reprimand him in his heart.

Soon after, two men walked in.

One was about thirty years old, and the other was a little older than seven or eight years old; The two of them didn't look like Qiu Ba with a smile on their faces, but they looked like two businessmen.

And their style is completely businessmen.

After they beat thousands and saluted Ye Zhichao, the younger man said with a smile in his mouth:

"Don't blame Lord Ye, Lord Yuan originally came to greet you in person, but Li Xi, the king of Chaodao, happened to have something to discuss with him, so he could only let the two villains come to greet him first.

Let the villain definitely confess to Lord Ye on his behalf, and there is no inconsiderate place to greet him personally.

The villain's name is Friday, and his brother is called Wednesday; Neither of them is from the Qing army, and they are currently responsible for supplying some military supplies to Lord Yuan.

At present, he is still in Chaodao, doing some small businesses that are not successful, and I am afraid that Lord Ye will have to take care of them in the future. ”

While talking, another older man, named Wednesday, took out another wooden box with great insight and handed it to the little servant.

The little guy took it, but when he opened it, he was greatly surprised.

Because in it is a stack of thick silver tickets, the top of which is a silver ticket issued by the four major money banks of Beijing and the Hengxing No., with a face value of one hundred taels.

According to such a thickness, this box of silver tickets is not at least 10,000 taels.

When he got off the boat, he got such a large sum of silver, and after Ye Zhichao saw it with the peripheral vision of his eyes, he was immediately overjoyed in his heart, and his whole body became comfortable.

Where do you care about reprimanding the two people in front of you because Yuan Datou didn't come to greet him.

Subsequently, it was natural that the two of them were relieved and promised that if they encountered any trouble in the future, they would just come to him.

The two sides exchanged affectionate greetings for a while, and Ye Zhichao let the little guy send the two out of the military tent.

And when he said goodbye to the little guy, the young man quickly stuffed something.

Later, when the two of them left, he found a remote place, and after secretly opening it to take a look, he was surprised to find that it was actually a silver ticket of one hundred taels.

Suddenly, his perception of the two men on Wednesday and Friday became better and better.

decided that in the future, if it was by the way, I would also help them say a good word or two in front of Lord Ye......

"Special! Is Lao Tzu's silver so easy to take? Sooner or later, I'll let you vomit it all. With a voice that only he and the two of them could hear, Fenghua would scold such a sentence in his mouth.

The above Friday is his pseudonym, and Wednesday is Hanjiang.

After the two were ordered to come to Asahi Island to hide, they first opened a local product purchase inn to disguise their identities.

In the time that followed, in addition to using the name of purchasing souvenirs, he also set up his own information collection network around Asahima.

On the one hand, he also tried to find a way to quickly establish a relationship with Yuan Datou and the Qing army under his command.

Relying on the large stack of silver tickets received from Hu Biao before coming from Surabaya City, the above operation can only be said to be quite smooth.

Now they are not only responsible for the supply of various daily purchases in the Qing army.

is also because he often drinks and gambles with the officers of the Qing army, and when he goes in and out of the barracks, he is as free as his own backyard, and he can't get any news.

Now that Daqing's reinforcements entered the DPRK, facing the next war, the two naturally concocted the same method.

After the silver ticket of 10,000 taels was delivered, Ye Zhichao directly opened the channel here.

In the following time, the two went to see Nie Shicheng again.

Although he only gave Nie Shicheng 5,000 taels of silver, he also sent a lot of wine and meat to eat and drink when he came over, as well as the people who helped with the work.

When the aroma of stewed meat spreads on the shore.

For a while, it can be said that the entire Nie Shicheng team, which had just landed, had rave reviews for the two knowledgeable and interesting Daqing businessmen on Wednesday and Friday.

In the evening, the two sat in the village and opened a gambling game.

After half a night, the officers who gave Nie Shicheng a section without blinking their eyes all exported more than a thousand taels of silver.

When they and the officers were already talking to each other about how docile the girls of Asagima were, they could already call each other brothers.

Without deliberately inquiring, you can hear a lot about the situation of the Huai army from the mouths of these officers.

It was only in the middle of the night that the two people who stayed in the camp were refused; After going straight out of the barracks, when they glanced at each other under the moonlight, they could see some helplessness in the eyes of both sides:

"Special! Even Daqing, who claims to be the strongest and most elite Huai army at present, has now rotted into such a state, and it seems that there is really no way to count on them in this battle......"

******

On June 10, an envoy sent by King Lee Hee and Concubine Min of Asahshima finally reached an armistice agreement with the Donghak Party in Jeonju.

It is equivalent to Ye Zhichao and the other Huai army failing to pass any battle, and the judgment of the Dongxue Party has completely calmed down.

But such a result does not mean that they will be able to return to Daqing; On the contrary, in the following time, because of some subsequent circumstances, I gradually became more and more nervous.

From this day on, the court of Chaodao demanded that the island country and Daqing immediately withdraw their troops.

But the devils of the island country promised very well on the surface, saying that as long as Daqing withdrew his troops, they would also withdraw, but in fact, they were constantly increasing their troops.

The day before, on the 9th, 900 people from the advance force of the island nation, led by Keisuke Otori, the minister to the DPRK, entered Seoul under the pretext of protecting the expatriates.

Because of the Xuange battalion, the number of troops is 500 more than in the original history; Each subsequent increase in troops was far more numerous than the original.

Two days later, on the 12th, another 1,500 people from the island nation arrived on the island.

Counting the original troops, it is already about the same as Daqing's troops on Chaodao.

Before the departure of the devil's advance team, Mutsu Munemitsu, the island's foreign minister, instructed Keisuke Otori, the minister stationed in the DPRK, to "impose an impromptu punishment as he deems appropriate."

It is tantamount to authorizing the big bird to provoke provocations and find an excuse to start a war.

On June 16, Yoshimasa Oshima led the first batch of troops of the mixed brigade to land at Incheon.

On June 28, the second batch of troops of the Zuizi mixed brigade landed, and at such a time, the devils reached more than 13,000 people, which was an absolute advantage over the Qing army stationed in Korea.

Faced with such a situation, Li Zhongtang of Daqing could only continue to increase troops to Asahima.

One battalion after another, under the leadership of generals such as Zuo Baogui, Wei Rugui, and Ma Yukun, were sent to Chaodao for reinforcements one by one.

The steamers of China Merchants, escorted by the Beiyang fleet, can be said to be constantly going back and forth between the two places.

It's just that Li Zhongtang's purpose in sending troops in the past is to deter the island country, and he doesn't want to fight this battle at all.

At the same time, it is hoped that the mediation of Uncle Sam's family, Yin, France, Maozi and other powers will make the island country withdraw its troops.

The problem is that the two countries of Yin and France have no longer had much hope that the decaying Daqing could withstand Maozi's expansion, and put their hopes on the devil.

Uncle Sam's family, the military strength at such a time is really not good.

Therefore, the default attitude has been adopted towards the action of the island country this time; After just expressing a verbal 'condemnation', he began to wait and see.

It was the Mao family, who shouted for the island country to withdraw its troops immediately, but it had no effect.

In short, Li Zhongtang's expectation of a stoppage is simply a joke......

PS: There are still a few days to go before the New Year, and as an old man, all kinds of things have suddenly increased.

And there is not much content left in this book, but if you want to finish it before the end of the year, it will be a bit rushed.

So, just go with the flow and finish it, and don't rush the schedule.

It's just that you can only guarantee a chapter of 5000 words a day, and if you say more, it depends on whether you are available, I hope the brothers understand.

(End of chapter)