Chapter 034 Response
In this way, Nogi Hori became a subordinate of the local governance of the mountain, led the first brigade, and followed the first division of the local governance of the mountain to launch the Battle of Lushun. It was his first brigade that captured Lushun, and the whole attack took only two hours. This eastern Gibraltar fortress made Naimhidian famous all over the world.
And in the subsequent Lushun Slaughter City, Naimu Xidian opened his eyes and closed his eyes, allowing his subordinates to commit murder without making any statement. In fact, he is the culprit of the slaughter city in Lushun, which is second only to the governance of the mountains. In his heart, he fully agrees with the slaughter order of the city ruled by the mountains.
From Lushun to Yingkou, Naimu Xidian's first brigade swept Liaodong with 5,000 people and defeated the 100,000 coalition forces of Song Qing and Ike Tang'a. Nogi's name has become synonymous with victory.
In the three battlefields of the Japanese army, Liaodong, Shandong and North Korea, Naimu Xidian is in the most dangerous situation. He has the least troops, the most vast war zone, and the most troops against the Qing army. However, from the base camp to ordinary soldiers, they believe that the first brigade is the safest and the most sure offensive force!
Even after the loss of Lushun, the base camp did not worry too much about Nomu Xidian. The base camp believes that the Qing army on the front line of Haicheng and Yalu River has no fighting spirit after a series of failures, and they do not have the courage to launch a counterattack against the First Brigade.
Therefore, after capturing Yingkou, in order to prepare for the battle of Shanhaiguan, Naimu Xidian ordered his troops to immediately gather at Yingkou. Wafangdian, Gaiping, Haicheng and other places north of Jinzhou, that is, the rear of the First Brigade, did not leave any defenders. Naim Xidian Brigade became a lonely army without a rear.
There is a reason for Norikin to do this. His troops are limited and he can't divide his troops to defend these cities, and Xi Kuanjilang's second brigade is approaching the camp entrance according to the plan. They can quickly fill the vacuum zone left after the departure of the first brigade, thus providing side rear support for the first brigade.
However, Nogi Xidian never thought that Lushun was lost, and in a hurry, he issued an order to Xikuan Erlang Brigade to stop the northward and recapture Lushun.
The Xikuan Erlang Brigade quickly waved south and distanced itself from the Nomu Xidian Brigade. As a result, the front line of Wafangdian, Gaiping and Haicheng really became a vacuum zone!
And when Nomu Xidian drove from Yingkou to Lushun, he suddenly found that the Qing army appeared in this vacuum zone.
A Qing army occupied the junction of Gaiping-Liaodong Peninsula and the Liaohe Plain, cutting off the road of the first brigade back to Lushun.
This is an accident, but in Nogi's opinion, this accident can be made up for.
Not long ago, his troops easily broke through the flat line, and now he should still be able to do it.
The First Brigade launched a strong attack on Gaping.
However, by the Daqing River, the attack was blocked.
The Qing army's defense is extremely tenacious! It greatly exceeded Nomu Hidian's expectations.
......
At night, a pine forest on the south bank of the Qing River was ignited by artillery fire, burning a fire, illuminating the dry beaches and narrow drinking channels of the Daqing River.
On the beach, there are incomplete corpses, including the Japanese army and the Qing army. Some bodies have been frozen blue and purple, many of which were left three days ago, and neither of the warring sides had time to bury them.
This Qing army belongs to Nie Shicheng's Wu Yi Army and Meng Mingshi's Hezi Army, with a total strength of 8,000.
Guarding the front of the Daqing River is Li Guoge's revolutionary camp, and behind him is the Hezi Army known as the Royal Forest Army.
Six days ago, on the evening of New Year's Eve, Nie Shicheng, the commander of Wu Yi's army, suddenly ordered that the whole army of Wu Yi's army should leave Jiulian City and move towards the glaze rock area.
This order puzzled Li Guoge, because that day, Ye Zhichao came to Jiulian City to arrest and escort Song Qing to Beijing. Ye Zhichao succeeded Song Qing as the commander of Jiulian City. At the same time, Ye Zhichao announced that all the troops of the Yalu River were ready to cross the river and enter North Korea.
And the glaze rock is located in the middle of the Liaohe Plain, which is the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty.
However, Li Guoge resolutely obeyed Nie Shicheng's order. He didn't want to be Ye Zhichao's subordinate at all. More than half a year ago, he had seen through the defeated general who only knew how to escape! It's a shame to be Ye Zhichao's subordinate!
As the vanguard of Wu Yi's army, the revolutionary battalion was pulled out overnight. The troops left Jiulian City and walked out of ten miles and met the Hezi Army head-on.
Li Guoge met Duan Qirui, the deputy general of the Hezi Army, and then knew that the Hezi Army had pulled out the camp before Wu Yi's army and marched to glaze rock.
Duan Qirui told Li Guoge that Liu Kunyi, the prime minister of the war against Japan, ordered Wu Yijun and He Zijun to leave Ye Zhichao and stay in Jiulian City. However, after discussing with Meng Mingshi, Nie Shicheng decided to leave Jiulian City and enter Liaodong.
Duan Qirui's words made Li Guoge happy and surprised.
What is happy is that entering Liaodong means that Wu Yi's army is going to war with the Japanese! He knew that Zhou Charter led a lonely army to fight hard in Lushun and was in urgent need of reinforcements, Wuyi Army and Hezi Army. This was to start a war against the Japanese army and respond to Zhou Charter.
It is shocking that Ye Zhichao conveyed the decree of Empress Dowager Cixi that Zhou Charter's army is a rebel, and in response to Zhou Charter is to respond to the rebels, which is an open rebellion against the decree. The Empress Dowager, the Buddha, investigated for it, which was a serious crime of killing the head!
Duan Qirui did not agree with Li Guoge's concerns. Duan Qirui told Li Guoge that the actions of Wu Yi's army and He Zi's army had nothing to do with Zhou Charter, but were purely to recover Haicheng and Yingkou and regain the territory of the Qing Dynasty occupied by the Japanese. Moreover, even if the Empress Dowager investigates it, there are Nie Shicheng and Meng Mingshi, Nie Shicheng, and there is also an imperial minister Liu Kunyi. The sky fell down, with so many heads, afraid of a bird!
Duan Qirui's words relieved Li Guoge. He knew that the action of an army of 8,000 people could not be concealed by Liu Kunyi, but he did not say anything. He was a major minister of the court. With Liu Kunyi, it was much easier to do.
Li Guoge was undoubtedly worried. He led his troops to the front of the Hezi army and went straight to the glazed rock. After reaching the glazed rock, Nie Shicheng sent an order to march south along the first-line path of Baiyanggou and Buyun Mountain, straight into Gaiping.
After a two-day march, the revolutionary camp reached the city of Gaiping. A month ago, the Qing army was defeated in Gaiping and lost this small city with an important strategic position. Now, Li Guoge has returned here again, and in front of him is actually an empty city.
The first and second brigades of the Japanese army were disconnected and gave Gaiping to Li Guoge.
The leather camp occupied Gaiping without firing a shot. Subsequently, the whole army of Wu Yi and Hezi Army arrived in Gaiping.
When he arrived here, Nie Shicheng announced the purpose of the operation to the soldiers.
At the beginning, Li Guoge secretly took over Zhou Charter to cross the Yalu River. Li Guoge had been hiding this matter from Nie Shicheng. Later, Hezijun intercepted Zhang Jun and almost fought with Li Guoge's revolutionary camp at Hushan Pass. That night, there was a lot of noise. When Nie Shicheng heard some news, he called Li Guoge away and questioned him severely.
Li Guoge knew that he couldn't hide it and told the story. Nie Shicheng knew that Zhang Jun secretly crossed the river to attack Lushun.
Nie Shicheng was very impressed by Zhou Charter's courage. Zhou Charter's troops were only 2,000. In the face of the powerful First Division of the Japanese army, it was extremely dangerous, while Zhou Charter did not avoid the danger and went deep alone, and his Wu Yi army did nothing by the Yalu River, which made Nie Shicheng extremely ashamed.
Without the order of the dynasty, Nie Shicheng did not dare to act rashly. After all, his official title was an admiral, a senior military officer of the Qing Dynasty. He did not lead the army to act privately and conspired with the same situation.
However, Ye Zhichao came to Jiulian City and brought the decree of Empress Dowager Cixi, declaring Zhang Jun as a rebel and Zhou Charter as a rebel. Jiulian City troops were ordered to cross the Yalu River to fight against the rebels.
Ye Zhichao lost North Korea, but made great achievements; Zhang Jun recovered Pyongyang and made outstanding achievements, but became a rebel instead! This is really a reversal of black and white!
Nie Shicheng was sad and indignant. On the evening of New Year's Eve, he came to He Zijun and agreed to visit Meng Mingshi. Li Guoge told him that at the Hushan Pass, this Meng Mingshi played a game to capture Cao and let Zhou Charter go. It seems that this person has some friendship with Zhou Charter.
After seeing Meng Mingshi, Nie Shicheng knew that this Meng Mingshi was actually the niece of Empress Dowager Cixi!
Nie Shicheng was overjoyed. Obviously, Minxiu was the confidant sent by the Empress Dowager Cixi. This is the old rule of the Qing Dynasty. When the general is outside, there must be the imperial court to spy on the commander-in-chief. Minxiu can not only go directly to the Empress Dowager Cixi, but also has a very friendly attitude towards Zhou Charter.
Nie Shi became Zhou Charter and shouted injustice for Zhou Charter, hoping that Minxiu would persuade Empress Dowager Cixi to take back her order and not let Ye Zhichao take the team to fight Zhangjun.
However, to surprise, Minxiu is more radical than him. She asked Nie Shicheng to lead Wu Yi's army, join forces with the Hezi Army, break away from Ye Zhichao, launch an attack on the Japanese army in eastern Liaoning, and attack Lushun to reinforce Zhou Charter.
This is what Nie Shicheng wanted to do but did not dare to do. Since Minxiu Gege picked his head, Nie Shicheng naturally agreed. Moreover, what made Nie Shicheng more excited was that Liu Kunyi, the imperial minister, suddenly issued an order, ordering Wu Yi's army and the Hezi army to stay in Jiulian City and not cross the river with Ye Zhichao. That is to say, Liu Kunyi legalized the actions of Nie Shicheng and Minxiu!
The two armies pulled out their camp overnight, left Jiulian City, and left Ye Zhichao.
In order to get in touch with Zhou Charter, Minxiu sent Cherries to Lushun. Choosing cherry to go to Lushun is also a helpless move.
Cherry is just a little maid. She has never traveled into the world, let alone experienced a real war. It is very dangerous to go to Lushun. However, Minxiu knew that the Empress Dowager Buddha had already blackmailed Zhang Jun. In this case, Zhou Charter would not easily clear the army, but he believed in cherry, and his trust in cherries even exceeded his trust in Minxiu. Zhou Charter will only believe that Wu Yijun and Hezijun have sent troops to Liaodong. Otherwise, he will think that this is the trap of the Empress Dowager Buddha.
Cherry accepted the task without hesitation without any fear. In order to prevent accidents, Minxiu sent a ten-person team to dress up as ordinary people with Cherry and set off for Lushun in advance.