Rebirth of the Northern Giants

At this time, Yoshima Oshima's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was gloomy. Looking at the information in his hand, he found some basic information about Ye Zhikui.Standing in front of him is Kamio Mitsuomi, the chief of the North Korean intelligence team. The thin two-page paper was almost torn by Oshima Yoshimasa. The more he looked at it, the more angry he became. Kamio Mitsuomi fell to the ground.

Oshima Yoshisaka shouted angrily, "Baga! What are you eating, Kamio-kun? The empire spent huge sums of money to allow you to be active in North Korea, not for you to eat, drink and have fun. Why does such an important general in the Qing Dynasty only have such a little information? Three days If you don’t give me a detailed document, you, Kamio-kun, will go to court-martial and break the jade for the empire!”

Kamio Mitsuomi held his face in his hands and thought in his heart: You, Yoshimasa Oshima, were not arrogant and did not take the Qing army seriously, which caused this big defeat, but you want to put the blame on our intelligence department, it is really absurd extreme.Although Kamio Mitsuomi was annoyed in his heart, he dared not show it. Now Yoshishang Oshima was angry, so he could only lower his head and respond, "Hi! Your Excellency, General, it's a dereliction of duty. I will hand over Ye Zhikui's detailed information as soon as possible." See Yoshishang Oshima lost his temper, and the officers around him didn't dare to say anything.

Oshima Yoshishang found that the atmosphere was a bit low, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Masters, this battle is unfavorable. Come down and continue to work hard, believing that North Korea will belong to us sooner or later, the Chinese will be driven into the sea, and the empire will surely win!"

The first volume of the Korean situation Chapter 5 Who does not know you in the world

The war between China and Japan in Korea has attracted the attention of countless people in the world. On August [-], [-], China and Japan officially declared war. It is an independent country that is in the company of other countries", claiming that the reason for the war is that "the empire persuaded North Korea to reform its government...Although North Korea has promised, the Qing Dynasty has been secretly trying to obstruct it...and even sent soldiers to South Korea to attack us. The ship is in the Han Sea, and it is extremely arrogant." It means that its purpose is to "keep North Korea from disaster forever", "maintain the overall peace in the East", and "proclaim the glory of the empire at home and abroad".

In the first round of PK, naval battles, the Toshima naval battle caused the Beiyang Navy to lose Guangyi, Caojiang, and Gaosheng, and the Jiyuan was defeated. The Qing Dynasty lost the ability to send troops to support North Korea, and the Japanese navy won a complete victory.In terms of land warfare, in the battle of Chenghuan, China and Japan suffered mutual losses. Because of Ye Zhikui's participation in the battle, Japan's losses were relatively serious.

On the evening of August 70rd, in the political center of the Qing Dynasty, in the North Xianliang Temple on Bingzhu Hutong Road, the most important place in the capital, Li Hongzhang, a Beiyang minister in his 70s, had just laid down to rest when he heard a rapid knock on the door.Li Hongzhang sighed secretly, and had to get up to open the door. Li Hongzhang, who was in his [-]s, was very old, and his energy was not as good as before. In addition, the Beiyang Navy's disastrous defeat a few days ago made this Zhongtang master mentally and mentally haggard. The hooves quit.

Li Hongzhang coughed up a mouthful of phlegm, opened the door and saw that standing outside the door were his confidantes Wang Kaitai, Chen Nai, Zhang Peilun, etc. Li Hongzhang thought rightly, why did something important happen at such a late hour? Not enough, the Japanese have come to the capital?

Before Li Hongzhang had time to speak, Zhang Peilun stepped forward to help Li Hongzhang's hands, and said with a little excitement in his voice: "Lord Zhongtang, great victory! I just received a telegram from North Korea that Ye Zhichao and Nie Shicheng and the Japanese army were in Cheng Huan fought and wiped out more than 3000 Dongying troops, including two Dongying chiefs and five middle assistants, preventing the Dongying people from advancing an inch.

When Li Hongzhang heard this, he immediately showed a happy face, and while leading everyone into the house, he secretly thought about the gains and losses.In the past few days, Li Hongzhang's life can be described as exhausted. The loss of the Fengdao naval battle made Li Hongzhang worried that the Beiyang Navy would suffer further losses, so he had to order the warships to shrink back to the alley, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from Emperor Guangxu. The issue of Shangyin is very sad to the Navy.This time, he said that it would be better if all the money was spent in the garden of Ai’s family than it would be useless to sink into the water. The pressure from the emperor and empress made the Lord Zhongtang just need a victory to whitewash his ability.

Zhang Xin thought: These 3000 people probably need a discount, but even if the Japanese army suffered more than 1000 casualties, it is considered a rare victory.Li Hongzhang was a little surprised that so many Japanese officers had died. He believed that Ye Zhichao dared not make a false report because it was too easy to find out.

Li Hongzhang picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Youqiao, this Dongying man has killed many officers, has the news been verified?"

Zhang Peilun stretched out his hand to cover the bank note in his bosom, it was just sent by someone from Ye Fu, before warming it up, he nodded and replied: "Well, according to the telegram, it was Ye Zhichao's nephew Ye Zhikui who killed him with a cannon , Ye Zhikui fought bravely and strategically, took the lead, and I heard that he was injured a lot."

"Oh, Ye Zhikui, but the one who just came back from Germany not long ago? His uncle sent him to study abroad. I met this young man a few days ago. He is very good!" After a pause, Li Hongzhang glanced around. The crowd went on to say: "Young people should give more opportunities. Look, this big house is in its seventies and eighties, and it can live for a few more years. Back then, when I met Wen Zhenggong (Zeng Guofan), I was still young. .It's getting old now."

Then the old people in a large room recalled the past. Li Hongzhang made a request for Ye Zhichao and Nie Shicheng's merits in the early morning court. At the same time, he sent a notice to the embassies of various countries, saying that more than 4000 Japanese pirates had been killed, and even the young hero Ye Zhikui had killed the Japanese. There are more than ten officers, large and small.When Emperor Guangxu saw the good news, he danced with joy and slurred his speech with excitement. He repeatedly praised Ye Zhikui, "How are you young people, only young people can accept my reform ideas. He only said that our Qing Dynasty cannot be defeated by a small Japan, and clamored to give it to Ye Zhikui." Japan is a good-looking, and at the same time issued an order to urge Li Hongzhang to carry out naval battles.

Japan, Tokyo "Jiji Shimbun" reported on August 5000: "The two countries of Japan and the Qing Dynasty went to war in North Korea. The telegram that arrived from Busan yesterday morning stated that the Nie Shicheng and Ye Zhikui troops of the Qing army fought in August. One morning, we launched a provocative raid on our army. Although our army hastily responded to the battle and was forced to fight back, under the heroic fighting of the Imperial Japanese Army, they occupied the Asan area of ​​the Qing army and killed and wounded more than [-] enemy troops. When we are rejoicing, our citizens please actively buy national debt and contribute to the Sino-Japanese war.”

Outside the Imperial Palace of Emperor Meiji, Japanese Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu and Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito stood outside the door anxiously waiting for Emperor Meiji to wake up. The bedroom door creaked, and Mutsu and Ito rushed to greet him.What came out was a beautiful woman in messy clothes. Mutsu and Ito quickly stopped and bowed down. Ito took a sneak look and felt a little familiar. Said in a low voice: "It's Crown Princess Kujo Setsuko." Ito hurriedly replied: "Be careful! Mutsu-kun."

Soon, Emperor Meiji Murencai Shi Shiran came out, and the three sat down one by one. Ito said: "Your Majesty, our Japanese army has fought with the Qing army. Both sides have a chance of winning. Oshima-kun called because there are not enough weapons." Ask the staff headquarters for tactical guidance. The base camp has agreed to the request, and the Fifth Division has already entered North Korea."

Emperor Meiji yawned, waved his hands and said, "Just follow the instructions of the headquarters. The military said that Oshima Yoshimasa's leg was injured in this battle. Will it affect the next battle? Whose defeat is this battle? responsibility?"

Ito Hirobumi dripped a drop of cold sweat, and replied: "Although Oshima-kun was injured, he is fine. I hope to continue to lead the Ninth Brigade to fight. The failure of the battle was due to insufficient intelligence preparation, which made Oshima-kun misjudgment. The shadow was hidden not far from Cheng Huan, and despicably launched a sneak attack from behind, and Oshima-kun was also injured in his leg at this time."

Emperor Meiji nodded and said: "Ye Zhikui? It seems that the intelligence department of the empire needs to continue to expand. Put this person on the assassination list."

"Yes, Your Highness." Seeing that Emperor Meiji did not pursue responsibility, Ito Hirobumi and Mutsu Munemitsu quickly agreed.

As the first land confrontation between China and Japan, the Battle of Chenghuan brought the name Ye Zhikui into the sight of high-level officials in both China and Japan, and attracted enough attention.The name would go on to haunt an entire generation of Japanese as a lingering nightmare.

The first volume of North Korea, Chapter 6, the generals gather to talk about retreating (recommended, favorited)

The autumn of [-] was destined to be an eventful one. After a few days of rest, Ye Zhikui's wound recovered quickly, and the gauze was already scarred.After the Battle of Chenghuan, the Chinese and Japanese armies have been relatively quiet for the past few days. Oshima Yoshinawa waited for the arrival of weapons, and the Qing soldiers were too few to launch a major battle.Although there were many small battles during this period, there were no major battles, and they were all repelled under the command of Nie Shicheng.

Early in the morning, Ye Zhikui got up to exercise. The last battle made him realize that even if he is in an important position, he still needs to lead a team to charge occasionally.

Ye Zhikui was not surprised by this. News came yesterday that the main force of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army had completely entered the DPRK and assembled in Chenghuan and Pyongyang. In the middle of Seoul, the reinforcements of the Qing army also gathered in Pyongyang in the first ten days of August. Since Seoul was separated in the middle, Ye Zhikui was out of reach. If the Japanese army sent troops from Seoul, Ye Zhikui and others would have to wait to be driven out He fed the bastard, Nie Shicheng and Ye Zhichao, who were veteran generals of the Qing army, could not see this. In this way, withdrawing the army became the only option. Ye Zhikui estimated that Nie Shicheng sent someone to discuss this matter.

After Ye Zhikui washed up, he and Wen Baishan rushed to Nie Shicheng's main camp. As soon as Ye Zhikui entered the door, he saw Nie Shicheng's battalion officers and some sentry officers already seated. He is an elite army, so he is not very familiar with most of the generals of Nie Shicheng's army, but Ye Zhikui still greeted all the generals with a smile on his face. He came to help, and he was also very enthusiastic about him. Seeing that Ye Zhikui was not arrogant or rash, he felt that this young man was very good at being a man.

Ye Zhikui took a look, then sat down under Jiang Zikang, and Wen Baishan sat behind him. Jiang Zikang was over 50 years old and said few words. He was considered a relatively orthodox general of the Qing army. It was only through hard work step by step that they were promoted to this point, so they didn't have much affection for the previous second-generation official Ye Zhikui, and they didn't have much contact with each other.It's just that he was restrained by Ye Zhichao, and he was ordered to lead the Renzihu Camp to rescue him, so he could be regarded as Ye Zhikui's savior.Ye Zhikui was really speechless about Ye Zhikui's arrogant and arrogant personality before, no wonder he was worn out even in the last hut, it seems that he pretended too much on weekdays.

Ye Zhikui performed a junior gift first, and then thanked Jiang Zikang repeatedly. Jiang Zikang was not used to Ye Zhikui's enthusiasm. He squeezed out a few smiles on his face, nodded, and said hello.

Not long after, Nie Shicheng stepped into the door, and after a while of pleasantries, all the talents took their seats again. Nie Shicheng sat in the first place, looking at the crowd of generals, he brushed his beard and smiled.After everyone quieted down, Nie Shicheng said: "Everyone here must have known that the Fifth Japanese Division is assembled in Seoul. If they come to help, we will suffer from the enemy. Moreover, there are many Japanese soldiers and generals. The old man and Shu Qing (Ye Zhichao) Words) correspondence, I think the only way to retreat is to avoid the sharp edge before making any plans. Tell me about the retreat method.”

Nie Shicheng was unambiguous, straight to the point, and threw out the topic. The generals below began to discuss. In history, the Qing army retreated as early as the day of the Chenghuan Battle and began to retreat to Pyongyang, bypassing Seoul, and trekking hard through Chungju and Jinhua. It took a month to join the Pyongyang army that entered the DPRK to join the war.

Seeing Jiang Zikang sitting motionless on his seat like a clay bodhisattva, Ye Zhikui couldn't help feeling amused, and turned sideways to ask for advice, "Mr. Jiang, what do you think?"

Jiang Zikang curled his lips and said, "Pass through Zhongzhou, Jinhua, and enter Pyongyang." It seems that this old man has his own gully in his chest. In fact, everyone here is not stupid. Most of them have considered it before coming. There are only one or two roads. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it at a glance.The reason why Nie Shicheng convened the generals to discuss the retreat was actually the order of the retreating troops discussed and some follow-up preparations, such as who would end the rear. This is a major matter related to his own safety, and it cannot be sloppy.

Ye Zhikui heard Jiang Zikang's answer, and asked again: "Then who will be the rear army?"

Jiang Zikang gave a rare smile, and said, "This old man is too old to bear the great responsibility. There must be someone who is backward and brave to take on the responsibility."

You old man, what does it mean to be unbearable, what is meant to be backward, isn't this about me?It's just that you were jealous of me because we were awarded the first victory in the battlefield last time, and cursed you, an old immortal who fell to death while walking and swallowed to death.Ye Zhikui cursed secretly in his heart.

But he still replied with a smile on his face: "Well, this junior suffered a serious loss of troops a few days ago, which is not enough for heavy duty. Besides, Jiang is still hot, and Mr. Jiang should be strong. Whoever says you are getting old, this junior must be in a hurry with him." .”

Jiang Zikang curled his lips and stopped talking.

Nie Shicheng saw that the generals below were arguing endlessly like the great gods buying vegetables in the vegetable market. After discussing for a long time, no one stood up and said, so he couldn't help frowning, pressed his hands down, and stopped him: "Okay, look Don't think that I don't know your plans. Congyun, tell me."

Ye Zhikui swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and swallowed it with difficulty, mother, this old Nie pointed directly, but he had to stand up, first swiping to the left and right, looking at the dark faces, Ye Zhikui just I want to rush up and pinch a few, mother, just now I called my brother and brother, talking and laughing.But when something happened, he hid far away.

"Nie Shuai, the last general will follow orders."

Seeing Ye Zhikui uttering such a sentence for a long time, Nie Shicheng couldn't help but smile, and said with satisfaction: "Well, from Congyun, you will destroy the enemy for the rear army, and then send a sentry man from Fuqing (Jiang Zikang) Huzi camp to you." Seeing that Ye Zhikui still wanted to talk, he hurriedly said, "Okay, that's it, let's discuss other matters."

As for Nie Shicheng, he also has a headache. The biggest loss in the last battle was not Ye Zhikui, nor Jiang Zikang, but Nie Shicheng. Now, as Ye Zhichao's subordinates, only Ye Zhikui can lead the sentry officers and soldiers of Huziying well.

Ye Zhikui was still in a daze before he came to his senses, and the other generals began to discuss other issues enthusiastically. This speed is so fast.Ye Zhikui couldn't help but come up with such a sentence, a cheating general of the Qing Dynasty.But there is no way, the leader has spoken, so I have to sit down and start planning.

After the successor was settled, other issues were no longer a problem. Not long after, Nie Shicheng discussed with the soldiers a charter for a major strategic shift. Ye Zhikui was completely ignored, and then everyone spanked a few more words before returning to their respective camps , Find each mother, prepare for tomorrow's retreat.

The first volume of Korean wind and cloud Chapter 7 Ye Zhikui played Dashima

Ye Zhikui is really not afraid of the queen, why?It's not that he, Ye Zhikui, can foresight and anticipate the enemy's opportunities in everything.It's that he is not afraid that the loss of troops will be serious and he will not be able to replenish, because Ye Zhichao is the coach, can he lose his soldiers?The second is that Ye Zhikui in this world also lost his parents since he was a child, and was adopted by Ye Zhichao since he was a child.The most important thing is that after so many days of buying the army's morale, Yongziying has already recognized him as an officer of Yeying. Yes, there will be no incident of fleeing thousands of miles.Most of the collapses of the rear army that occurred in history were caused by the leader who was timid and afraid of death, and was the first to sneak away.

Although Ye Zhikui is not worried, but it is better to make careful preparations. There is a saying that three cobblers are inferior to Zhuge Liang, so we should go back to the camp to discuss with the soldiers first.Ye Zhikui thought as he walked: Wu Dashan is too brave, he can use it to charge into the battle, but he can't do anything after it is broken. He can join himself and the sentry from Huziying as a mobile force in the Chinese army; It is good, but unfortunately the loss of the rear sentry is relatively serious, so they can be regarded as the former army; the left and right sentry officers are Song Pinglan and Bao Dong respectively.

Not long after, the sentry officers received the news one after another. Ye Zhikui first conveyed the news of the retreat, and then told his thoughts one by one. Seeing what the soldiers had to add, Wu Dashan pouted and said in a rough voice: "Young Master Ye! I've been lying on this bed for several days, and my bones have recovered a long time ago. Let me go to the rear army." Ye Zhikui stared and ignored him.The other generals didn't have much problem, and they all took orders and left.

Ye Zhikui untied his belt and pissed directly into the latrine pit. He didn't know whether he drank too much water or something else. He had already run to the latrine several times. Seeing the water hitting three thousand feet, Ye Zhikui's eyes As soon as the light came on, he suddenly thought of a way to disgust Oshima Yoshimasa.Although I don't know whether it will be successful or not, but it doesn't take much effort, action is worse than action, Ye Zhikui immediately sent an order to collect urine, night fragrance and lime.All the soldiers were stunned by this order and looked at each other speechlessly.

Wen Baishan only felt that there was a big gap between his current thinking and Ye Zhikui's. This is not a good phenomenon. As Ye Zhikui's number one military adviser, he has to figure it out no matter what?So he was ashamed to ask, Ye Zhikui looked at him, and thought to himself, generation gap, generation gap!Then with a mysterious smile, he replied: "Do you want to know?" Wen Baishan nodded quickly, and Ye Zhikui continued: "The secret must not be revealed." Wen Baishan held his breath in his throat and couldn't swallow it.

Not long after, almost no one in the camp urinated, and several buckets full of urine were collected. Ye Xiang and lime were also ready, and Ye Zhikui rushed to Nie Shicheng's camp with his excrement and urine army.

Nie Shicheng was about to take off his clothes and lie down to rest, when he suddenly heard the noise outside and a pungent smell coming in, he got up quickly to figure out what was going on, opened the door and saw Ye Zhikui leading a team of men, Everyone twisted the wooden barrel and rushed in. Nie Shicheng took a closer look and found that the wooden barrel was either yellow and white or gray-white lime, and he couldn't help wondering.

"Nephew, what are you doing? You came here in the middle of the night to give me such yellow and white things. Could it be that you are dissatisfied with my appointment today." Nie Shicheng stared at Ye Zhikui with a pair of tiger eyes.

"How can it be! Uncle Shi, my nephew just wants to borrow your house, who told you that your house is the best!" Hehe smirked twice, Ye Zhikui succumbed to Nie Shicheng's lust and had no choice but to explain.

Nie Shicheng snorted coldly, and said: "You have made this place like this, can I still live here? Forget it, no matter what you do, this place is for you, and I will be with you, you little bastard in the future." Settle the bill." After saying that, he went to find another place.

Ye Zhikui first ordered people to pour urine into the well in the courtyard, and then spent most of the night clanging in Nie Shicheng's house, and then sprinkled spices to cover up the smell, and then led the troops away.

In the early morning of the next day, at the headquarters of the Japanese Ninth Brigade, Oshima Yoshimasa's leg injury had completely healed, but unfortunately left sequelae, he walked limping and became a lame man, Oshima Yoshimasa He is in a good mood today. There is a piece of rice paper and a command knife on the table in front of him. There is a gold-carved wooden crutch next to the table. Oshima Yichang Middle School has a lot of attainments. In a flash, the Fifth Division has completely entered the court, and when the weapons and artillery support come over, it will be time to defeat the enemy, and then!Ye Zhikui, a Chinese man, was just like this desk. With a cold light in his eyes, Yoshimasa Oshima pulled out his command knife, and immediately cut the desk in two.