Chapter 69 Cheating

The capital, this is the name change of Seoul after North Korea's reading of the name to the "Korean Empire", which is relative to the "Beijing Division" of the Qing Dynasty. Although the army is directly on the territory of North Korea, the so-called "guard" is directly stationed in the "imperial palace" of South Korea. In this case, the capital of South Korea is full of lights. , paper drunkenness.

On the streets of the capital, the slogans of "defending South Korea" and "resisting Chinese invasion" posted on the streets can be seen everywhere by the members of the "One Entering Association". More of the members of the "One Entering Association" publicized China's oppression of South Korea for thousands of years in the streets and alleys, calling on the people to cooperate with the Japanese army to resist the Chinese army.

In the past year, the Yijin Association formed by Song Bingzhen has been advocating "Han Yihebang" and inciting South Korea to serve the Japanese army. The Yijin Association, with more than 1 million members, has provided 169,000 labor for the construction of the Jingyi Railway, and contributed 114,500 people to the "Japanese imperial army" as exhausted. I sincerely hope that the patriotic organization that realizes the unity of East Asia will naturally shout like jumping over the wall in the face of China's invasion.

Like the countries affected and edified by the Han civilization, the Korean imperial palace and Jingfu Palace can see the shadows of China everywhere, Chinese-style gates, Chinese-style pavilions, Chinese-style... In short, like Japan, this country does not see anything of its own at all, even the country on the fluttering city. The flag was also designed by Li Hongzhang decades ago.

After entering the palace from the gate of Jingfu Palace, Li Zhiyong, who was in a hurry, asked the eunuch in the palace directly.

"Where is Your Majesty?"

"Your Excellency, your majesty prays in the temple!"

Naturally, the eunuch in the palace who had been bought by me would not hide his majesty's whereabouts from the foreign minister. When answering, Li Zhiyong, led by the eunuch, walked towards the imperial temple in Jingfu Palace.

In the Grand Temple Hall of Jingfu Palace, Li Xi, who has been the emperor of the "Korean Empire" for eight years, is kneeling in front of the throne of his ancestors.

"The ancestors bless, bless [***] drive me away..."

While praying, he obviously forgot that 18 years ago, North Korea, a thousand-year-old vassal of China, began to transform. In addition to the aforementioned dispatch of plenipotentiaries to the United States and Europe, he was also ready to borrow money from the great powers with tariffs. North Korea's diplomacy and tariffs were originally under the management of China, so North Korea's behavior, It is equivalent to a challenge to China's suzerainty.

It was also the transformation of North Korea's attempt to get rid of China and seek self-reliance that made Japan see the opportunity. Eleven years ago, after the Japanese army occupied the capital of North Korea, it was not so much that the pro-Japanese faction entered the palace with the support of the Japanese army, coerced him to issue a statement: not to recognize North Korea as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and announced that North Korea had read its strength. Lord, abolish all treaties between China and North Korea.

It's better to say that Li Xi announced that North Korea's reading ability was independent by pushing the boat in the water. It's just that many things can only be cherished when they are lost. It was after the "reading power" of North Korea that Li Xi, who became the emperor of the Korean Empire, really began to miss the years of the local emperor who "hurried the door", where he would be forced by the pro-Japanese faction and coerced by the minister.

Even Yuan Shikai, who offered the middle and lower three strategies to annex North Korea as a province of China, he missed it. Although Yuan Shikai gave him a cuckold on Concubine Min at the night party in those years, even in order not to attract suspicion, Concubine Min came up with a plan and went back to her mother's house to marry her sister Bichan to Yuan. Shi Kai. After my sister passes the door. Concubine Min came to Yuan Shikai's house almost every day in the name of visiting her sister, but Yuan Shikai was worried that the affair with the mother of a country would be greatly affected after it was exposed, so he entrusted Concubine Min with a virtual snake.

But Yuan Shikai did not know that Min's fornication with him was acquiescence as a king. On the one hand, it was because Concubine Min was grateful to Yuan Shikai for helping her eliminate the enemy, and admired Yuan Shikai's elegant demeanor. Yuan Shikai promised each other, and Yuan Shikai was also unwilling to be lonely, and the two followed That is, it was fornication, but on the other hand, Li Xi, who did not know about this, wanted to borrow Yuan Min's personal feelings to seek Yuan Shikai's support.

But later, Yuan Shikai categorically refused to have an affair with Concubine Min again, which also made Li Xi quite satisfied. Now looking at the recovery of the Chinese rivers and mountains, that is, to show the momentum of a strong country, of course, he can't help but think of Yuan Shikai, an old acquaintance.

"It seems that someone should be sent to Nanjing to visit Lord Yuan!"

When praying for the blessings of his ancestors, Li Xi thought that Yuan Shikai was now the Minister of Internal Affairs and was in charge of vassal affairs. He must lose to China before China fought in Seoul.

As for the reason for losing sincerity, he had already thought about it almost when the Chinese army crossed the Yalu River.

"Declare the declaration of the Year of Jiawu to be invalid!"

After praying for blessings, Li Xi left the imperial temple and saw Li Zhiyong coming this way under the guidance of the eunuch. Although he did not want to see him, he could not avoid it.

"Lord Li, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has met Your Majesty!"

Li Zhiyong made a respectful salute.

"Free gift!"

Li Xi said a word indifferently, but his words were just nonsense. Before he said anything, Li Zhiyong had straightened up. Now these relatives have their own support, and they don't take him as the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I just met with Minister Lin Quan. Minister Lin said that South Korea was invaded by China without declaring war, which is really unprecedented. It is a plan for the reputation of the Korean Empire. I ask Your Majesty to immediately declare war on China!"

In the face of Li Zhiyong's request, Li Xi answered in silence, joking, declaring war? South Korea doesn't even have an army. Why do they declare war?

"Your Majesty, Lin Quan said that if South Korea does not declare war on China, the subjugation of the country will only be in a moment!"

Li Shiyong said a pun, which only shocked Li Xi. He looked at Li Shiyong in front of him and could hardly believe that this was what his ministers said. They sold so righteously that they sold the country. Don't they know that Zhong [***] has been called over?

"Declaring war on China is actually a matter of determining the survival of the country, so..."

Li Xi hesitated and decided to delay for the time being. He must immediately send a secret envoy to China.

"At least we should hold a royal meeting before making a decision!"

Although they know that Li Xi is delaying the declaration of war, there is no suitable reason to refute it. Will those ministers agree to declare war on China?

"Your Majesty, I don't know how to open the imperial meeting!"

"I don't know when you think the imperial pre-meeting should be held!"

"Your Majesty, I think it is more appropriate to inform the ministers first, and it is more appropriate to hold an imperial meeting two days later!"

Although he knew that his advice was right for Li Xi's mind, he also understood that even Lin Quan needed time to "convince" those ministers.

After listening to these words, Li Xi, who was suddenly relieved, turned around and walked towards the inner palace.

"Qing's family, leave!"

On the way to the inner palace, Li Xi looked a little solemn, and he looked to the north.

"Hope..."

Shi immediately ordered the eunuch next to him.

"Please have Mr. Li Jun, the prosecutor of the People's Court, immediately!"

On the outskirts of Bochuan City on the bank of the Ning River, there are desolate colors. There are wooden layers of earth houses that were blown up by shells and grenades and then burned into black. The houses collapsed and piles of rubble. The wooden beams occasionally appeared on Mars also reminded people that it was not long after the end of the battle, and the broken walls were next to each other.

In the curtain, the ragged North Koreans packed up the bodies of the Japanese soldiers according to the orders of the soldiers. The trenches excavated by the Japanese army will be their graves. The poor and greedy North Koreans once again "plundered" the bodies that had been cleaned by the guards before throwing them into the trenches. The shabby bloody military uniforms, cowhide military boots, and even the unique crotch cloth of the army have been carved up by the Koreans.

Hundreds of naked Japanese corpses were randomly thrown into the pit. The mouth of the corpse was opened and the neck was twisted. Then the harvested North Koreans shoveled up the soil with shovels and buried these soldiers. In this way, the tomb of an unknown soldier was built.

When the North Koreans buried the bodies of the Japanese army there, and several piles of bonfires guarded by soldiers burned the bodies of Chinese soldiers there, the heavy soldiers with guns scattered around the city according to the size of the platoon. When crossing the Yalu River, in order to carry as much ammunition as possible to reduce logistical pressure, every A soldier only carried three days of rations. In order to continue the battle, after the battle, the heavy soldiers had to split up to look for food. They did not search for a day and could not eat for a day. This was the situation of the Korean army five days after the battle in North Korea.

The war caused a large number of North Koreans to flee their homes, and in the homes of these North Koreans, the soldiers got their own supplies. These "ownerless" food did not need to be paid. When the heavy troops scattered to requisition food, the troops who fought fiercely a few hours ago rested outside Bochuan City, and more troops But along the paddies on both sides of the dirt road, the gun trucks and heavy trucks on the dirt road are running towards the next goal in the dust... Xin'anzhou.

Although the population of Xin'anzhou, which was raised by the "Qingyi Railway" repaired in wartime, is only a few thousand, it has begun to have a city scale, and the attack there is equivalent to breaking into North Korea's South Pyongan Province. Now the three divisions are rushing towards Ping'an South Road like three steel pliers, running straight to a final goal like a march. Go to Pyongyang, the old capital of North Korea.

Go to Pyongyang, go to Pyongyang!

Wu Luzhen, who rode on horseback and marched quickly with the troops, seemed to hear the shouts in the hearts of the soldiers.

"Speed, speed, the first is speed, the second is speed!"

In order to increase the speed of attack, the staff has formulated the deployment of each regiment with a double-pointed knife battalion. In principle, if you encounter a small team of enemies on the road, you will be anniled. If the enemy is relatively large, you can bypass it. If you can't get around, you can't get around. The avant-garde battalion will fight, and the second avant-garde battalion will continue to move forward. Anyway, in principle, the main offensive forces of the three divisions can't stay.

This is the requirement of the staff. To win the battle in North Korea, but the root of winning is to compete with diplomacy. Time has never been as urgent as it is now.

The soldiers carrying guns in the rice field, with shrinking bullet bags and a day or two of rations, buried their heads and walked forward without any complaints or complaints. What they thought in their hearts was Pyongyang, Seoul, and even Busan... The railway bridge was bombed and said that the army collapsed. It doesn't matter. They still have legs!

"Report to the division commander, the seventh battalion detoured to the railway bridge on the side of Xin'anzhou and defeated the military defense force. The military did not destroy the railway bridge..."

"I know"

After the correspondent's report, Wu Luzhen almost ordered without thinking.

"Immediately generate power to the 136th regiment, order them to attack Yongrou immediately, and strive to capture Yongrou before tomorrow afternoon!"

There is no need to look at the map at all. Wu Luzhen immediately gave an order. It can be said that almost every goal on the offensive route of the division has been engraved in his mind. His task is to follow the Qingyi narrow-gauge railway, which is said to get rid of the status quo of being controlled by Dalian and use the engineers to repair. On the way, although The army accelerated its march, but the Japanese army successfully blew up the Daning River Railway Bridge. Even other simple railways on the Qingyi Railway have become the target of destruction of the Japanese army. Now the division not only needs to seize time from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also has to seize time with the destruction of the Japanese army.

At more than 10 a.m. on April 27, the atmosphere was very tense in the combat room of the Korean Army Command in Wujiang Town by the Yalu River. The sun shines through the open door, forming a square light area on the ground of the door. A wisp of smoke floated in the sun, and there was a spicy smell of tobacco in the wooden room. The light in the wooden room was dim, and the blue sky frowned against a battle map hanging on the wall. Fang Zeping, the chief of staff of the division, either smoked or read the telegram, and looked very anxious.

Since the Korean Legion entered North Korea, it seems to be progressing rapidly. In addition to the annihilation of the Second Reserve Division in Wu Lidong, in addition to the whole North Pyong'an Province, they have hardly encountered the 40th Divisions advancing along the railway line, and the largest enemy. It was a brigade of the Japanese army that was killed in Xin'anzhou yesterday evening.

"The peninsula gate is open, and my department is advancing quickly!"

This is a telegram sent by Lan Tianwei to the staff three days ago. Except for the two divisions in the Tumen River, there were almost no one in North Korea. For the enemy of the Tumen River, he left a cavalry division, an infantry division, and the remaining four divisions tried their best to spread their feet to rush to Pyongyang.

On the huge battle map on the west wall, there are three red arrows protruding from the banks of the Yalu River. The left wing attacks south along the coast of the peninsula, the right wing marches south along the Wolflin Mountains, and the middle wing marches along the Zhongman River and Jiulong River. The ultimate goal of the three branches is to Pyongyang.

The three troops, like the three iron pliers that appeared in northern North Korea, turned into a fierce tiger to go down the mountain and pointed directly at Pyongyang. Now a division of the Japanese army has appeared in Pyongyang, which is the sixth division urgently transferred from Dalian. They directly used the Yellow Sea tide to reach Pyongyang along the Datong River.

"...In addition, after the 6th Division was stationed along the south bank of the Datong River, six more gunboats were sent in the direction of Pyongyang to prevent our army from crossing. At the current speed, for every day of delay, Pyongyang can get less than one brigade and more than one regiment of reinforcements, which is expected to be tomorrow. All the 6th Divisions can arrive in Pyongyang... If our army bypasses Pyongyang and leaves an enemy to contain Pyongyang, then the Japanese army with water advantages is bound to take Pyongyang as a wedge and go deep into the rear of the main force of our army..."

When the chief of staff explained, the blue sky nodded deeply. Pyongyang was a must-have place, but looking at the map, his eyebrows were locked. The Japanese army gave full play to their maritime advantages and directly transported the troops to Pyongyang with small tonnage merchant ships, instead of the Qingyi military railway with limited transportation capacity. The army even took the initiative to withdraw its troops in order to use the Datong River to build a defense line in Pyongyang.

The south bank is equipped with gunboats and gunboats in the river. This is Kodama Gentaro forcing himself to fight a battle to cross the river.

"Where is the 38th Division now?"

Lan Tianwei looked at the map and asked without looking back.

"The first troops have arrived in Tokugawa, and the main force of the division has just arrived in Xiaxing Cave. It is expected to cross Miaoxiang Mountain in two days."

Fang Zeping, Chief of Staff, replied.

"Why do the soldiers of the 38th Division walk like women wrapped in small feet, and a group of old men can't walk?"

As soon as he heard that the 38th Division arrived in Dechuan, Lan Tianwei immediately scolded angrily. When he scolded this sentence, Lan Tianwei took out a cigarette from the cigarette box on the table. He rarely smoked. When he saw that he wanted to smoke, everyone knew the commander. I'm afraid it would be really anxious.

He pulled out a cigarette from the cigarette box and handed it to Fang Zeping. Then he took a deep cigarette and stared at the map and said.

"Where is the 32nd Division?"

"Long Sanli!"

"Order the 32nd Division to arrive in Monsanto within two days..."

"S sir, what do you mean"

Fang Zeping looked at the map and found that Dechuan and Mengshan were just separated by a river.

"Keyu Gentaro set up a defense for me according to the Datong River. We don't have a fleet or ships to cross the river. It's just a delusion!"

"That can only be a detour to southern Pyongyang from other regions!"

Zhao Shupu drew a line on the map.

"Sir, if we transfer the two divisions to the south of Pyongyang, although we can form a siege of Pyongyang, the Japanese army can still come from the north of Haizhou Bay. They have a maritime advantage, which cannot be considered. At that time, it is likely to cause the two divisions to fall into..."

After he finished speaking, Lan Tianwei interrupted him.

"Time!"

The blue sky frowned and then said.

"Force, as long as the main force of the Manchurian army is still surrounded by us, I have a division to surround the enemy, and a division to block the enemy, we can ensure that there is no mistake. As long as the encirclement is formed, I will eat Koyuyuan Taro in Pyongyang! ......"

"Well, I think I can give it a try,"

Fang Zeping looked at the map and thought about it.

"If they surround Pyongyang, they can not be annihilated immediately. The Japanese army can use the Datong River, so they are bound to shout for help. If the land route is cut off, they may reinforce through the Datong River. At that time, they can bombard river ships with wild artillery along the coast, or lay mines, then..."

"I have to see if it's a trap for me, or I've prepared a pit for him!"

A powerful word came out of the mouth of the blue sky, and his voice stirred in the room, which seemed to indicate a fierce battle in North Korea in the near future.

(to be continued)