Chapter 080 The Will of the Imperial Court

In the evening, I finally walked out of the valley, but I saw the hills and rivers interscrossed. A road extends to the southeast, and a small city can be faintly seen at the end of the road.

Feng Guozhang pointed to the small city and sighed, "There is Chenghuan in front of us. Eight of us left Chenghuan, and there are only two left to come back."

Yu Guangxin, Xin Delin and four Qing soldiers who followed Feng Guozhang to the capital can never come back!

Zhou Charter asked, "Will the Lord of Chenghuan be Ye Zhichao?"

"Yes, he is the main general and the deputy general is Nie Shicheng. In addition, Ye Zhichao's son Yetao also came. You know him, the guard battalion officer of Tianjin Wubei School."

"Where is Zuo Baogui? Has his Feng army come?"

Feng Guozhang shook his head: "They will not come. When I left Chenghuan, Zuo Baogui sent a letter. His army arrived in Pyongyang. The court ordered them to stick to Pyongyang and wait for reinforcements. It seems that the court has foreseen that the capital will inevitably fall. What the court thought about is to defend half of the north of North Korea.

Li Guoge asked, "Waiting for reinforcements in Pyongyang, what about us? Who will reinforce us?"

"General Nie said that Lord Li Hongzhang had ordered 1,300 Renzi Battalion, Renzi Deputy Battalion and Wuyi Army infantry stationed in Beitang, Lutai and Tianjin to take a British steamboat from Dagukou to Asan. In addition, 1,200 people from Tianjin training army, guard battalion and front battalion with 12 cannons took the British steamship Gaosheng from Dagukou and will also arrive in Asan in the future. After these two troops arrive, Chenghuan's garrison will increase to 5,000. Although it is not enough to restore the capital, it should be no problem to defend Chenghuan. Chenghuan is the throat from the capital to Quanzhou. As long as we keep Chenghuan, there will be a chance!"

Zhou Charter played drums in his heart. He offended Li Hongzhang and Ye Tang in Tianjin Wubei School. Originally, he came to find Zuo Baogui for a way to live. Unexpectedly, Zuo Baogui did not find it, but he found his enemy. Yetao's heart is narrow-minded and his methods are vicious. He is afraid that things will be more or less auspicious.

Zhou Charter hurriedly said, "Guys, I came to the capital to help Shu'er recover her father's bones, and more than 100 brothers are waiting for me to go back to redeem their heads in the Soul Valley. Shu'er and I will say goodbye..."

Feng Guozhang said with a bitter face, "Brother, this is your fault!"

"Why am I wrong?"

Feng Guozhang asked, "Where did you go after redeeming your more than 100 brothers?"

"Go to Pyongyang and find the precious left."

Feng Guozhang said, "Going to Pyongyang to find Zuo Baogui is to fight against Little Japan, and staying in Chenghuan is also to fight against Little Japan. Moreover, Chenghuan needs you more now! Big brother! You shouldn't be able to see that Chenghuan and Pyongyang, one south and one north, just form a pair of pliers for the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army can't care about the beginning and the end. As long as we keep Chenghuan, even if the Japanese occupy the capital, they can't do it. If Chenghuan is lost, I think Pyongyang can't keep it!"

Feng Guozhang's words hit the point of the problem. Although Chenghuan is small, it is the key point of the Korean battlefield. Chenghuan is not only a transportation hub connecting the north and the south, but also a bridgehead for the Qing army to attack from the sea. As long as they can defend Chenghuan, the Qing army can march into North Korea from the sea. At present, although the Japanese army has occupied the capital, life is not easy. The Qing army attacked the Japanese army in the north and south, and also took the initiative on the battlefield.

If the Japanese army wants to seize the initiative, it must make a breakthrough in the north and south, and the breakthrough point must be happy!

This is because Chenghuan is weak and Pyongyang is strong; Chenghuan is behind the Japanese army and Pyongyang is in front of the Japanese army; Chenghuan threatens the landing point of the Japanese army in Incheon, and Pyongyang poses no threat to the actions of the Japanese army in the south.

More importantly, once the Japanese army occupies Chenghuan, it can control Yashan and cut off the Qing army's maritime transportation line in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the Japanese army must concentrate on attacking Chenghuan.

Chenghuan will have a big war, which is the time to employ people. Feng Guozhang did not want Zhou Charter to leave Chenghuan here. In Feng Guozhang's view, it is a waste of war resources to put people like Zhou Charter in Pyongyang.

Zhou Charter was still hesitating. Park Yonglie sneered: "I cut other people's braids and left by myself. I'm afraid this is not what the eldest brother did!"

"Bulls!" Then Ha Wu shouted, "When did our boss become a shrinking turtle!"

Zhou Charter doesn't want to stay with Chenghuan. He is very clear about the current war situation. Keeping Chenghuan is equivalent to defending North Korea! However, the Ye family's father and son are in Chenghuan. If he goes to Chenghuan, I'm afraid that he will not only play a role, but also cause trouble to Feng Guozhang.

Zhou Charter is a deserter from Tianjin Military Academy. According to the military law of the Qing Dynasty, deserters are a death penalty! If Ye Tuo wants to catch him, Feng Guozhang can't get rid of it.

Feng Guozhang saw Zhou's thoughts and said, "Brother, don't worry, General Manager Nie is Chenghuan's deputy general. Although Ye Zhichao is an official admiral, he has a false reputation, timid and cowardly, and has no way to lead troops. Only our Master Nie can fight. He has to rely on General Nie to defend Chenghuan for him. With General Nie's presence, the father and son of the Ye family will not do anything to you!"

Zhou Charter said, "Well, let's go to see General Nie. If General Nie looks up to me, I will stay." Zhou Charter means that if you want to stay, you have to stay in Nie Shicheng's camp. If you go to Ye Zhichao's barracks, the sheep will enter the tiger's mouth.

Then everyone started. Before dark, they came to the barracks of Chenghuan and Nie Shicheng's Wuyi Army.

Taiyuan general soldier Nie Shicheng, a native of Hefei, Anhui Province, has loved chivalry and righteousness since childhood. In the first year of Tongzhi, he joined the Luzhou military camp. First, he followed Yuan Jiasan, the regiment training minister, and then Liu Chuanming of the Huai army to participate in the expedition against the Taiping Army and the Nian Army, and made great achievements. For 12 years of Tongzhi, he served as an admiral in the right army of Wuyi. Former camp management belt. In the ninth year of Guangxu, the Sino-French War broke out, and the French army invaded Taiwan. Nie Shicheng took the initiative to fight and led the army to help Taiwan. In 1892, for rewarding the Batulon Abatulu Yong, he was awarded the title of Taiyuan General and commanded the Lutai Huai Army and Training Army.

Nie Shicheng is brave and good at fighting, leading troops well, and is a tough general of the Qing Dynasty. What's more rare is that Nie Shiwei is not proficient in Western modern military. His war experience mainly comes from civil war. However, he does not reject Western advanced weapons and tactics, and is a rare enlightened general in the late Qing Dynasty. Among his staff, there are many young talents like Feng Guozhang who are proficient in modern militaries.

When Nie Shicheng heard that Feng Guozhang was back, he was overjoyed and personally welcomed him out of the camp.

When Feng Guozhang saw Nie Shicheng, he hurriedly knelt down: "Feng Guozhang is guilty and failed to save the Lord. Please sanction him."

Nie Shicheng sighed: "The capital is heavily guarded. I didn't expect you to take out the courtyard. As long as you can come back alive, it's my blessing!" It's also the blessing of the imperial court!"

Nie Shicheng attaches great importance to Feng Guozhang. In his eyes, Feng Guozhang has strategy and courage. He is a rare talent in the Qing army. Feng Guozhang tops ten courtyard kings.

Feng Guozhang was moved and burst into tears: "Thank you, Lord Nie! However, the braids of the humble job are gone.

Only then did Nie Shicheng find that Feng Guozhang's hair was loose. Looking at it again, there was a group of people behind him, who also had no braids like Feng Guozhang.

Park Yonglie hurriedly said, "The investigation of the Japanese and the palace guards is extremely strict. In order to sneak into the capital, Feng and his entourage had to cut off their braids, which are all necessary for battle."

Nie Shicheng was stunned and then laughed: "The prestige of my Qing Dynasty is no longer braided! Feng Guozhang can kill a bloody way from the Japanese, which is the majesty of the Qing Dynasty! Feng Guozhang, you are innocent! Please get up quickly.

"Thank you, Lord Nie!" Feng Guozhang stood up and took everyone to follow Nie Shicheng into the handsome account.

After everyone sat down, Feng Guozhang carefully reported the situation of the capital to Nie Shicheng and introduced Zhou Charter, Jin Shu, Park Yonglie, Naha Wu and Yao Xi to Nie Shicheng.

Feng Guozhang introduced the origin of Zhou Charter and described his performance in the Battle of Songgu Peak in detail. Feng Guozhang praised Zhou Charter as a military wizard and implored General Nie to take in Zhou Charter to serve the country.

After listening to Feng Guozhang's narration, Nie Shicheng wrinkled a big pimple on his forehead and meditated.

Feng Guozhang was very anxious and said hurriedly, "Chief Nie, Zhou Charter left Tianjin Military Academy without permission, violating military law, but this is also a reason for the incident. Moreover, he blew up Japanese artillery positions and killed more than 20 Japanese soldiers, which was a match. Nowadays, when the great enemy is employing people, Zhou Charter has the talent of generals and can be given heavy responsibilities!"

Zhou Charter stood up and saluted Nie Shicheng: "General Manager Nie, I have some time with Ye Tao, the son of Admiral Ye, and it is indeed inconvenient to stay with General Manager Nie. I will leave now."

Nie Shicheng waved his hand: "Zhou Charter, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to drive you away."

Zhou Charter bowed and said, "Lord Nie, please show it."

Nie Shicheng was silent for a moment, looked at Jin Shu and asked, "Are you Jin Yujun's daughter?"

Jin Shu saluted Nie Shicheng: "Yes, my name is Jin Shu. It was Brother Zhou who saved me."

Nie Shicheng looked at Park Yonglie again and said, "Park Yonglie, I heard that you are the deputy commander of the North Korean Palace Guard."

"Exact!" Park Yonglie said.

Nie Shicheng asked, "I don't know what advice you two have when you two come to my camp?"

Park Yonglie bowed and said, "I dare not give instructions. As an official of the imperial court, I naturally have to follow the will of the imperial court and restore the capital. I implore General Nie to send troops to the capital, and Park Yonglie is willing to be a pioneer.

Nie Shicheng shook his head: "Follow the will of the court? General Park, which court are you going to follow?

"Of course, it's my court."

"However, the Korean court has declared war on the Qing Dynasty. Just at noon today, your court issued an edict declaring the independence of North Korea and changing its name to the Korean Empire, calling on the North Korean army and civilians to fight side by side with the Japanese army and expel the Qing army. Now, you and Kim Shu are my enemies of the Qing Dynasty!"

"What!" Everyone exclaimed.