Chapter 196 Shame

Cherry was shocked: "Guge, what's wrong with you!"

Minxiu smiled faintly and said nothing more.

Princess Zhen sighed in her heart. Minxiu has decided that no one can pull it back! Otherwise, she will not be Minxiu!

Minxiu has Zhou Charter in her heart, but she, who is naturally stubborn, refuses to bow to Zhou Charter, even if she has lost her reputation.

being a monk is perhaps her best choice!

Yuan Shikai didn't find it well with the Empress Dowager Cixi. Yuan Keding's divorce was still a small matter, which made the Empress Dowager the Buddha even more unable to step down. It was Yuan Shikai who lost a new army in a town.

Feng Guozhang pulled away the small station's new army and went unknown, but all signs showed that this force was on the ship of the Beiyang Marine Division. The Beiyang Mariner went to Taiwan and defected to Zhou Charter!

After Feng Guozhang's third town left, Yuan Shikai knew that this matter was not a small matter. On the one hand, he suppressed the matter and sealed the news strictly. On the other hand, let his son Yuan Keding go to Beijing at night to meet Ronglu and ask Ronglu to help fool this matter. Unexpectedly, Yuan Keding's success is more than enough to fail. Feng Guozhang's matter has not been resolved, and he has come up with a divorce.

Yuan Shikai hid Feng Guozhang's secret, and Emperor Guangxu did not know it, but he could not hide it from the Empress Dowager Cixi in any case.

When Empress Dowager Cixi saw Yuan Shikai, she simply punished several crimes and immediately ordered Yuan Shikai to become an official, hand over the military power, and go back to his hometown to retire! At the same time, Minxiu's marriage was annulled.

The Empress Dowager Cixi relieved Yuan Shikai's military power and demoted Yuan Shikai to the end and demoted him to a civilian. However, she did not send Yuan Shikai to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, which was a release of Yuan Shikai.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was also helpless. Xiaozhan New Army has actually become Yuan Shikai's private army. Although Xiaozhan New Army lost a Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui are all generals trained by the war. They are all dragons and phoenixes among people. They only recognize Yuan Shikai. The army of the Qing Dynasty can no longer be used except for the new army of Xiaozhan. Empress Dowager Cixi left a way for herself and the Qing Dynasty.

The Empress Dowager Cixi is not as naive as Emperor Guangxu. She knows very well that the Japanese can't believe that Zhou Charter is dead. She even had a feeling that the Japanese could not jump in Taiwan for a few days. In the future, Zhou Charter will dominate Taiwan, and Zhang Jun will be the biggest threat to the Qing Dynasty, and I'm afraid there is only one Yuan Shikai who can compete with Zhang Jun.

The Empress Dowager Cixi is very clear that Yuan Keding is making trouble with the marriage, even if Zai Yi is behind him, but it is not easy to break this matter. Therefore, the Empress Dowager Cixi found an excuse and punished Zaiyi for three years of salary, which was a warning to him.

In this fight between Zaiyi and Ronglu, both of them were gray-faced, and neither of them was good at fishing.

However, the Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly mentioned Pu Yan on an informal occasion and instructed Zaiyi to teach his eldest brother well!

Zhaiyi's heart was pounding - the Empress Dowager Buddha was hinting that she was becoming more and more dissatisfied with Emperor Guangxu!

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On October 22, just as there were calls in Japan for the Japanese army to advance towards the Yalu River, the cruiser Jiyuan, with a displacement of 2,300 tons, appeared in the waters of Incheon.

Behind the Jiyuan ship are the light cruiser C with a displacement of 1300 and the gunboat Weiyuan with the same displacement of 1300 tons, as well as three large transport ships.

The commander of this fleet is Cheng Biguang.

Cheng Biguang's official title is a senior general from Sanpin, a senior general of Beiyang Marine.

In the Sino-Japanese War, Cheng Biguang was still the tube belt of the Guangbing ship. Guangbing is a light old cruiser with iron nails, with small displacement, almost no armor and weak firepower. It could hardly withstand the bombardment of a large-caliber shell. Therefore, in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Guangbing could only be a bystander and watch the battle from a distance.

The Jiyuan is a modern ironclad cruiser, one of the main battleships of the Beiyang Marine Division. However, the Jiyuan ship, which had high hopes for the Qing Dynasty, deserted in the Battle of the Yellow Sea. Not only did it not deal heavy damage to the Japanese ship, but on the contrary, it sank the Super Brave Gunship of the Beiyang Marine Division in a panic flight.

Fang Boqian was beheaded by the court, and Fang Boqian took responsibility for the defeat of Huang Hai, a Beiyang navy.

After the war, Cheng Biguang was appointed as the belt of the Jiyuan ship.

Cheng Biguang, who took office, found that the Jiyuan ship was full of frustration and humiliation.

It is no wonder that the court pushed the responsibility of Jiyuan's defeat and escape to the head of Fang Boqian. However, the officers and soldiers of the Jiyuan ship knew that the defeat of the Yellow Sea had nailed all the officers and soldiers of the Jiyuan ship to the pillar of shame!

In Weihaiwei, the officers and soldiers of Jiyuan have had enough of the white eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Marine Division, especially the survivors of the super brave ship. When they saw the officers and soldiers of the Jiyuan ship, they were sarcastically and heavy. The officers and soldiers of Jiyuan knew that they were wrong and did not dare to reply. If they replied or fought back, they would be beaten into meat cakes by the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Marine Division.

The officers and soldiers of the Jiyuan ship were drunk and dreamed all day long to paralyze their nerves. Over time, they became the worst military discipline. After Cheng Biguang took over the management, there was nothing he could do with these walking corpses.

Peace is a happiness for others, but for the officers and soldiers in Jiyuan, it is a kind of suffering!

Therefore, when Cheng Biguang announced to all the officers and soldiers that Jiyuan would escort the 5th Division of Zhangjun and go to Incheon, North Korea to fight against the Japanese army, to his surprise, all the officers and soldiers of Jiyuan roared as if they had been awakened.

Overnight, these drunken officers and soldiers changed their appearance. The officers and soldiers of the whole ship were uniformed and energetic, each in their respective positions, waiting for the order of the belt to depart at any time. Some people even waited impatiently and asked Cheng Biguang to act in advance.

People have faces and skins, and everyone lives for a face!

The officers and soldiers of the Jiyuan ship waited for their chance to be ashamed, and they didn't want to lose this opportunity again!

When Feng Guozhang led Zhangjun's fifth division to board the ship, Jiyuan opened the prelude to the expedition to North Korea with a long cry.

This fleet is composed of three warships and three transport ships, and its combat effectiveness is not strong. In order to avoid leaking the wind, attracting the interception of Japanese warships, and in order to unexpectedly hit Incheon, Cheng Biguang chose a circuitous route. The fleet first followed the main force of the Beiyang Marine Division to go south. After driving for a day, it quietly broke away from the main force near the Zhoushan Islands, removed the dragon flag of the Beiyang Marine Division, did not fly any flag, turned to the east, circled a large circle, and then north for five days.

proved that Cheng Biguang's strategy was correct. When the fleet arrived in Incheon waters, from afar, Incheon Port was quiet. There were more than a dozen ships moored in the harbor, all of which were merchant ships. There were only a few small offshore patrol boats without any large warships. The port fort was also quiet, and the Japanese military flag fluttered lazily in the sea breeze.

The Japanese army has no defense at all.

However, from the telescope, the dock is very lively. Hundreds of naked soldiers are busy on the dock, some are building trestles, and some are widening roads. Japanese sentries leaned lazily on the sentry.

"What are they doing?" Cheng Biguang stood in front of the glass window of the command tower and frowned.

Feng Guozhang stood beside him, holding a telescope and said, "It seems that he is preparing for the welcome ceremony."

"Welcome ceremony?" Cheng Biguang was shocked and said, "Do they already know our arrival?"

"Cheng Guandai, do the Japanese know that we are here? Will they welcome us with wine and meat?" Feng Guozhang noticed that there were a lot of military supplies piled up on the dock, including wine and cans.

"Coal smoke!" The watchtower sounded an alarm: "In the northeast direction, look five nautical miles!"

Cheng Biguang and Feng Guozhang looked up and saw four soot rising on the sea level in the northeast.

"If there is no accident, that is the person to be greeted at Incheon Pier!" Feng Guozhang pointed to the soot and said, "It seems that the Japanese on the dock regard us as them!"

"No wonder those Japanese have seen us, but they are not prepared at all." Cheng Biguang suddenly became nervous: "Master Feng, in your opinion, who is under the soot? Is it the Japanese Combined Fleet?

If it is a joint fleet, it will be troublesome. Cheng Biguang's small fleet has only one Jiyuan that can carry out naval battles, and Guangbing and Weiyuan can't compete with the Japanese iron sword warships at all.

The first mate behind him said, "Cheng Guandai, even if the officers and soldiers of the Jiyuan ship all died here, it is better than going back and letting others poke their spines!"

Cheng Biguang couldn't help laughing: "Well said! Order Jiyuan and Guangbing to transfer the bow of the ship and prepare to meet the enemy! Weiyuan covered the transport ship and immediately launched a landing battle! Master Feng, please disen the ship immediately to Weiyuan and command the fifth division to land!"

Feng Guozhang pondered for a moment and exhaled: "Cheng Guandai, it's hard for you!"

If the Japanese combined fleet is under soot, it means that Jiyuan and Guangbing will launch a suicide attack.

However, this is the only way. We can only sacrifice Jiyuan and Guangbing to buy time for the landing of the army. Otherwise, the 5th Division will be buried in the sea before landing on the land of North Korea!

Feng Guozhang raised his hand to salute Cheng Biguang, and he may never see Cheng Biguang again!

Cheng Biguang is a returnee from abroad. He is not unfamiliar with this Western-style military ceremony. He also knows what this battle means.

Four ships flying the Japanese military flag appeared on the sea level in the distance!

Jiyuan and Guangbing rushed up to the Japanese warships at sea level.

Feng Guozhang boarded Weiyuan and ordered the three transport ships to rush to Incheon Port at full power.

The dark muzzle of the Weiyuan ship was aimed at Incheon Port. All the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Division came out of their sheath and faced the port. Some officers and soldiers silently prayed to the blue sky and asked heaven to bring them good luck.