Chapter 074 Marshal's Soul

The sound of horses' hoofs went from far to near. After a while, more than a dozen tall horses came to the open space in front of the military tent and jumped off a group of Japanese officers and soldiers on their backs.

The first man is tall, with a thick mustache, a snow-white beard, a straight uniform, and a big star on his shoulder. This is a Japanese marshal!

Immediately behind him is a middle-aged man with a military rank.

Surrounded by officers, the marshal stepped into the military tent, the horse lanterns went out at the same time, and the darkness in the mountains and forests returned.

The military tent in front of Zhou Charter is the headquarters of the Japanese mixed brigade. Standing in front of the military tent, the major general is Dao Yichang, the leader of the brigade.

The marshal who jumped off the horse was the originator of the Japanese Meiji New Army, known as the soul of the Japanese army and the current commander of the First Army. Behind him*, he was Nozu Daoguan, the commander of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army.

North Korea's East Learning Education launched. Violence. After the chaos, the Japanese wartime base camp appointed Yamagata Yupeng as the commander of the First Army, under the jurisdiction of the Third and Fifth Divisions. The combat mission of the First Army was to occupy North Korea and expel the Qing army from North Korea. Because of the hasty incident, the assembly and transportation of the Third and Fifth Divisions took time. Only then did the Japanese base camp order Yoshimasa Oshima to lead the mixed brigade under the 5th Division to take the lead in landing in Incheon, and the main force of the first army gathered in Yokosuka Port.

In order to complete the rapid march of the First Army to North Korea, the Japanese government launched a general wartime mobilization to recruit 112 civilian transport ships, with a total tonnage of 212636 tons. In a short period of practice, it completed the transportation of more than 20,000 people from the First Army to North Korea. During the day today, the First Japanese Army landed in Wonsan, Busan and Incheon at the same time. So far, the number of Japanese troops has reached 20,000.

In sharp contrast, during the whole war, the Qing Dynasty did not issue a decent mobilization order, the people were indifferent to the war, and the people did not even know what had happened in North Korea. The Qing army has always been a ship transporter employing British soldiers, and its transportation capacity is extremely limited. There were only 3,000 Qing troops who rushed to Asan by sea. The Qing army, which entered North Korea by land, was still wandering in the mountains in the north.

After August 1, Emperor Guangxu issued an edict to declare war on Japan. This edict seems to be a mobilization order, but in fact, for ordinary people, the war seems to have nothing to do with their lives. No one donated for the war, and of course, no one has provided a merchant ship for the Qing army. In Japan, private donations have greatly exceeded the government's expectations.

In fact, the First Sino-Japanese War seems to be a war between China and Japan, but in fact, one side of the war is hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing Dynasty, and the other side is 100 million Japanese people!

The Qing Dynasty fought a war of the imperial court, while Japan fought a national war.

If the Qing Dynasty wins this war, God will be blind!

Yama Prefecture Youpeng and Nozu Daoguan arrived at Yuanjin Mountain, indicating that the main force of the first army of the Japanese army had arrived in the capital.

20,000 elite Japanese troops are ready to go, and their next goal is Ye Zhichao.

Marshal Aritomo Yamagata was born as a warlord during the Edo shogunate and the founder of Japan's Meiji New Army, known as the military soul. He once served as the Prime Minister of Japan. At this time, he was a marshal, army general and president of the Privy Council. He had the titles of fathers, count and marquis. He has unparalleled power in Japanese politics and military circles!

Yama Prefecture Youpeng is a war maniac and an advocate of the war against the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, before the war, many Japanese politicians had doubts about the Sino-Japanese war. The reason is that on the surface, Japan's comprehensive national strength and military strength are far different from that of the Qing Dynasty. The number and equipment of the army are not as good as the Qing army. The navy is not much different from the Beiyang navy, but after all, it is working in the offshore China. War, which makes many Japanese uncertain.

Some friends in Shanxian County saw that the Qing Dynasty was just a scarecrow in red! It's decent to stand still. If you start to do it, it will be torn apart immediately!

With the strong encouragement of friends in Shan County, the main war faction gained the upper hand. Even the Emperor Meiji, who tended to avoid war, had to obey public opinion and live in the wartime base camp.

It was this mountain county that had friends. In the First Sino-Japanese War, they commanded the First Army to sweep Liaodong and make the Qing army lose their armor.

Of course, Zhou Charter knows nothing about it. I don't know those generals. He lost an opportunity to change history!

Because, just when the horse light lit, he only needed to pick up the 1888 committee rifle in his hand and pull the trigger, and some friends in Shanxian County could not avoid the bullet fired from the muzzle - Zhou Charter can shoot two birds in one shot!

However, the appearance of friends in Shan County also created an opportunity for Zhou Charter.

In order to protect the safety of friends in Shanxian County, Oshima Yichang strengthened the defense from the back mountain path to the front line of the military tent, but the vigilance in other aspects was relaxed.

It's not his fault. The battle in the capital was of great importance. When the battle started, the main force of the first army was still on the front lines of Yuanshan and Busan. The mixed brigade concentrated all its forces to attack the city. Only the artillery detachments directly under the brigade and the direct gendarmes left in Yuanjin Mountain were left alone. Oshima Yoshimasa did not have enough troops to guard Yuanjin Mountain.

However, the Japanese army is indeed strong. They don't believe that after the capture of the capital, there will be fighters who are enemies of the Japanese army in Yuanjin Mountain.

Zhou Charter and Jin Shu penetrated in by mistake.

Zhou Charter is not interested in the marshal generals in the military account. He is concerned about where the Japanese army will lock Feng Guozhang and them?

Zhou Charter and Jin Shu quietly bypassed the military tent and continued to move forward to the top of the mountain.

Zhou Charter knew that from the west gate of the capital to Yuanjin Mountain, there was a simple road built by the Japanese army. The road was connected to the official road at the foot of the mountain, which was the only way for Feng Guozhang.

This road leads to artillery positions,

That is to say, the Japanese army escorted Feng Guozhang and his party must pass through the artillery position, which is the commanding height of Yuanjin Mountain.

If you want to find out the whereof of Feng Guozhang and his party, you must touch the artillery position, which is easy to observe.

And the rear of the artillery position is the headquarters of the Japanese army.

The two did not dare to be careless and climbed up carefully. Every time they walked, they had to stop and listen carefully to the movements around them.

Fortunately, the mountain was not steep, and there was a dense forest. The two successfully avoided the Japanese wandering sentry and fixed sentry and climbed to the top of the mountain.

The trees on the top of the mountain were sparse. In order to facilitate artillery fire, the Japanese army cut down most of the big trees, leaving only some low trees and bushes.

On the top of the mountain, although it was night, under the moonlight and fire, the capital was still burning, but the tall palace did not catch fire, showing a dark silhouette. There was a big flag flying on the silhouette, which should be a white flag - the palace guards stopped resisting. Ting surrendered!

There are still sporadic gunfire in the city. The Japanese army is suppressing the last rebels, and some people would rather die than be subjugated slaves!

The Japanese army escorting Feng Guozhang and his entourage walked to the mountainside. They came along the official road. The official road tortuously in the mountains, the journey was much longer, and the prisoners walked very slowly. They haven't reached the top of the mountain yet.

Yu Guangxin, who was walking in the middle, fell down. Li Guoge and Xin Delin hurried to help him. The Japanese army shouted and hit Li Guoge and Xin Delin on the waist with the buttstock, separating them from Yu Guangxin.

Yu Guangxun stood up, and one of his legs was down. Obviously, he was seriously injured.

Two Japanese soldiers pulled Yu Guangxin under a small tree on the roadside. Li Guoge and Xin Delin roared and rushed up and were immediately knocked to the ground by seven or eight Japanese soldiers with gunstocks. Feng Guozhang tilted his head and shook his head and sighed.

The gun sounded, and Yu Guang fell down under the small tree.

Jin Shu said in a trembling voice, "They killed the prisoners!"

Zhou Charter did not answer, and his face was almost distorted. Yu Guangxun was his classmate who lived in the same dormitory!

The captured team continued to move forward slowly.

Zhou Charter's eyes stopped in a small forest not far away.

Most of the trees on the top of the mountain have been cut down, only the small forest is lush, with a horse lamp hanging beside the forest, and the light is dim.

About ten meters in front of the woods, there are 15 bushes in turn. There are swimming whistles patrolling back and forth in the bushes.

Yesterday, Zhou Charter saw these 15 bushes, which were carefully disguised as 15 wild cannons.

Zhou Charter showed a sneer at the corners of his mouth.

That small forest is the ammunition depot of wild artillery.

Zhou Charter said to Jin Shu, "Stay here. I'll come as soon as I go."

"Hmm!" Jin Shu nodded and climbed to the ground honestly, holding a dagger in her hand.

"Hey, aren't you afraid I won't come back?"

"You won't!" Jin Shu said, staring at the prisoner team on the mountainside, and her trust in Zhou Charter was unreserved.

"Fool! Give me the dagger and you use a gun!" Zhou Charter whispered loudly.

Jin Shu obediently handed the dagger to Zhou Charter, pulled out the gun, and awkwardly held it in her hand.

Zhou Charter carried the rifle on his back, held the dagger, and touched the woods with his waist.

As expected, in the woods, there is a row of rain nets hanging, two or three horse lamps hanging around the corner, disguised with vegetation on the net, and a box of shells piled under the rain net. Some boxes have been empty and scattered on the ground, and the shells there have flown into the capital.

The woods were very quiet, and only one sentry was swimming back and forth. From the military tents on the hillside, there were bursts of cheers, and Japanese officers and soldiers were celebrating the capture of the capital.

This is the first victory of the Japanese army in the foreign war and the first time that the Japanese army has captured the capital of another country! This victory is historic, and it marks that Japan has embarked on the road of a powerful country.

Based on this, it is not too much for the officers and soldiers to revel.

Zhou Charter quietly touched the back of the sentry and jumped up. The dagger cut off the sentry's throat, and the sentry fell silently - Jin Shu's dagger turned out to be an extremely sharp knife!

Zhou Charter opened a wooden box beside him, revealing iron-blue shells!