Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Min Bingshi first introduced Concubine Min to everyone. Concubine Min smiled lightly and bowed slightly to say hello. Then Concubine Min led a toast one by one, and thanked the generals for saving North Korea from the heat. If we can continue to fight against the Japanese, we hope that the armies will defeat the Japanese.

When the respect came to Ye Zhikui's table, Concubine Min's eyes flickered and she didn't dare to look at Ye Zhikui directly. It came out that there was adultery between the two.

Concubine Min took a round of toasting and left with the maids first. At this time, there was a lot of discussion among the people, and they expressed their surprise at the queen of North Korea (the official wife of the king of North Korea is only called "concubine", and her status in North Korea is real. She looked like a Chinese queen), Ye Zhikui felt a little stuffy in his chest, he stood up and said: "Hua Fu, Bai Shan, take your time, I'll relieve you." Xiao Linglong was naturally left behind.

Walking out of the door quickly, Ye Zhikui saw that Concubine Min was about to disappear around the corner, and without caring about his posture, he ran forward with a stride. Seeing him approaching, the maids stepped forward to stop him. Ye Zhikui shouted with a gloomy face, "Get out!" Concubine Min had no choice but to order everyone to leave first.

After there were only two people left, Concubine Min looked at Ye Zhikui and said, "General Ye, you and I have different identities, so please don't embarrass me."

Ye Zhikui stared at her blankly, without saying a word.Suddenly he pulled her into the side room, kicked the door shut, and pressed her against the wall, only the sound of each other's heartbeat was heard.

Before Ye Zhikui could react, he kissed Concubine Min on the lips. Concubine Min patted Ye Zhikui's shoulder hard, then hugged Ye Zhikui tightly, and responded enthusiastically. Their tongues were entangled with each other. After a long time, they separated. Ye Zhikui gently stroked Concubine Min. face, said softly: "Xianzhu, I will take you out of here."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Concubine Min's reaction, and walked away quickly, leaving the beauty in tears.

By the time Ye Zhikui returned to the banquet, the dinner was drawing to a close, and everyone greeted each other and left.

Ye Zhikui was a little upset when he walked out, followed by Feng Guozhang and Wen Baishan, both of whom were smart people, they dared not speak to him.

At this time, it was about eight or nine o'clock in the evening. Because the war was about to strike, Pyongyang City imposed a curfew, and there were no people on the road, and even if there were people, they came and went in a hurry.

Little Linglong pulled the corner of Ye Zhikui's clothes, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Uncle, Uncle, look, Linglong has a lot of cakes." She said and showed Ye Zhikui the cakes she took out from the banquet just now.

Ye Zhikui was in a bad mood, so he said perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, my little Linglong is very powerful."

Xiao Linglong was dissatisfied and wanted to stuff cakes into Ye Zhikui's mouth, and muttered: "Uncle is unhappy, give it to uncle."

Ye Zhikui pinched Xiao Linglong's pouting cheeks, and said with a smile, "It's our little Linglong who cares about uncle."

"Who?" Feng Guozhang shouted angrily from behind.Ye Zhikui looked up and saw a black figure jumping down from the eaves with a knife and stabbing him.Before the shadow man arrived, the voice came first: "Ye Jun, today is the time for your death."

Japanese!Ye Zhikui judged from his strange emphasis that at this time, another five or six men in black came running from the corner, and the situation was very critical.

The first volume of North Korea, Chapter 14, became a beauty in anger

Ye Zhikui's reaction was also relatively quick. He quickly hid Xiao Linglong behind him, took out his revolver, and fired two shots. The Japanese who jumped from the eaves was immediately shot. After two shots, he rushed over fiercely, "Baga." The Japanese yelled, and slashed at Ye Zhikui with a knife. He rushed forward, and now he was kicked and fell to the ground. At the same time, the Japanese who ran out from the corner also surrounded him. Ye Zhikui pulled Xiao Linglong, turned around and shouted to Feng Guozhang and Wen Baishan: "Run quickly."

The three of them retreated while shooting. The Japanese were coming fast and fierce, and all of them were fierce and fearless.Fortunately, the opponent didn't have any firearms. I don't know if they were arrogant and arrogant, and they thought they were highly skilled in martial arts, or it was caused by the strict investigation by the Qing army during this period.Ye Zhikui looked down and saw that there was not a single bullet left in the magazine, there were four little Japanese rolling on the ground, and three ran over screaming, Feng Guozhang and Wen Baishan were also out of ammunition. Little, go first, let the humble officer block you for a moment."

Of course Ye Zhikui would not run away alone, seeing that there were only three left, he said: "Hua Fu, you and I will solve one together first, and then we will see the situation."

All three were unarmed, and before the Japanese got close, Ye Zhikui and Feng Guozhang rushed towards the nearest one. When the Japanese saw him, a look of joy flashed across his face, and he swung his knife forward to strike at Ye Zhikui's body. Head, Ye Zhikui turned his head to the side, ruthlessly, he met his left shoulder, and the Japanese slashed Ye Zhikui's shoulder with a single knife.

Before he could pull it out, Feng Guozhang threw him to the ground, picked up a brick from the ground and smashed it. The poor Japanese was smashed to death by Feng Guozhang with the brick. Picking up the samurai sword, at this time the remaining two Japanese actually abandoned Wen Baishan and stabbed at Ye Zhikui at the same time. Seeing this, Wen Baishan yelled Ye Shao be careful, but Ye Zhikui had no time to dodge.

It was too late to say it, but it was soon, but Xiao Linglong threw himself on Ye Zhikui's back and took the knife on Ye Zhikui's behalf. The samurai sword passed through Xiao Linglong's back and reached Ye Zhikui's back.It turned out that Xiao Linglong had been curled up in the corner of the wall since Ye Zhikui and the others rushed forward. No one expected her to rush out suddenly. Ye Zhikui felt that Xiao Linglong's blood was continuously flowing behind his back, and felt a burst of heartache. He yelled and turned his head back The backhand was a knife, which hit Little Japan's crotch. Little Japan screamed and fell to the ground, howling.

Feng Guozhang over there also reacted, abandoning the bricks, picked up the knife and charged at the last Japanese. After a fight, the last little Japanese also fell to the ground.

Ye Zhikui was covered in blood, some of his own, and some of Xiao Linglong's. Turning around, he gently held Xiao Linglong in his arms, and blocked her wound with his clothes. Ye Zhikui panicked. Gradually he became lax, and murmured: "No one is allowed to bully uncle." Then he fell into a coma.

Both Feng Guozhang and Wen Baishan were seriously injured, and Little Japan had already fallen to the ground at this time, and they exhausted all their strength, lying motionless on the ground, Ye Zhikui couldn't stop calling softly with his arms around Xiao Linglong.

It was only then that the patrol battalion rushed over after the gunshots. The leader recognized Ye Zhikui, was startled, and urgently notified the police while carrying out medical treatment.

Ye Zhikui looked at the leader with terrifying eyes, and said with all his strength: "We must save her." After speaking, he couldn't stand it any longer and passed out.

In the morning of the next day, Ye Zhikui slowly opened his eyes, and saw Feng Guozhang sitting meticulously with gauze wrapped around his hands; beside him sat a butcher with a gloomy face, two scars interlaced on his face, looking very hideous, when he saw Ye Zhikui When he woke up, he could only force a few smiles, Ye Zhikui moved his head, and hurriedly asked: "How are Bai Shan and Xiao Linglong doing?"

The butcher showed a worried expression, and replied: "The little girl is still in a coma, and Bai Shan has woken up, but she is lying on the bed with serious injuries." Then he said: "The commander just came to see you, not long after your lord left. , and after the torture last night, the identities of those people have been ascertained, they are all members of the Xuanyangsha, a Japanese ronin society, and they mix among Japanese expatriates on weekdays."

Hearing that Xiao Linglong was still in a coma, and hearing the words Japanese expatriates, Ye Zhikui's eyes flashed a cold light. The Japanese had withdrawn some of their expatriates before the war, and some Japanese expatriates believed that the Qing government did not dare to attack them. They continued to stay in Pyongyang. In fact, many Japanese spies were hidden among these expatriates, who provided a lot of military information for the Japanese army. Ye Zhikui thought it was time to clean up these dross.

"Brother Tu, the expansion of the Thirteen Iron-Blooded Eagles is too slow. We should speed up the pace. We can expand from outside the army. Regardless of background, people with strange skills and abilities can absorb more. First develop peripheral members, and then investigate them." Ye Zhikui instructed.

Then he said to Feng Guozhang: "Hua Fu, thanks to you this time, otherwise I would have confessed here." Seeing Feng Guozhang wanted to reply, Ye Zhikui waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, I, Ye Zhikui, suffered a big loss this time. If I can't get it back, I won't be Ye Zhikui, can you tell me what to do?"

Seeing Ye Zhikui's fierce eyes, Feng Guozhang knew that he would not let it go, so he made a decision, thought for a while, and replied: "Young Master Ye, if you personally lead the troops to arrest those Japanese nationals, it may cause dissatisfaction in foreign countries. The imperial court may also blame you. Your subordinates have heard that Commander Wei treats soldiers meanly and ungratefully, without restraint, and often withholds military pay and plunders. Sir, you can reward the soldiers of our battalion generously, let the soldiers show off in front of the Sheng army, and fan the flames , lead the Sheng army to snatch the Japanese, and then act in disorder, provoke conflicts, and take the opportunity to kill the Japanese. At that time, the adults will not only be able to get out of the matter, but also damage Wei Rugui's reputation and cause dissatisfaction in the court, and you will take the opportunity to seize the Japanese. Winning the hearts of the soldiers kills two birds with one stone."

Ye Zhikui didn't expect that Feng Guozhang would present such a vicious and old-fashioned strategy. He is worthy of being one of the three heroes of Beiyang. He also knew that this poisonous strategy was Feng Guozhang's stepping stone to him after the assassination, so he dared to say such outrageous words.

Ye Zhikui looked directly at Feng Guozhang for a moment, nodded and said: "Hua Fu's plan is very clever, I have read the military book of the Duke, and there is no student in the military who surpasses the Duke, and I hope that Hua Fu will be able to give you more advice in the future."

Seeing Ye Zhikui nodding in agreement, Feng Guozhang breathed a sigh of relief secretly. He dared to kill two birds with one stone. I want to find a big tree to rely on. Although Nie Shicheng was good before, it is a pity that he is too old, and Ye Zhikui is not only from a good background, but also holds a high position at a young age. The second choice.If Ye Zhikui knew that Feng Guozhang saw him this way, he didn't know what to do.

Ye Zhikui didn't want to wait for a moment. According to Feng Guozhang's plan, he first rewarded the 1 taels of silver that he had not warmed up, and then made people show off in front of the soldiers of the Sheng army, saying that the Japanese had a lot of property, and the Sheng army was disciplined. Worst of all, coupled with the deductions of military pay from above, all of them are poor and poor, and when they hear these rumors, their eyes glow green.

If you say that they even robbed the friendly North Koreans, they were afraid that these Japanese would go to the Japanese settlements in groups of three or four, and when they saw the Japanese, they would kick the door in and grab their property.

The Japanese were no different than the North Koreans. The two sides did not know who opened fire first. Even though it caused a military disaster, a scuffle broke out. The gunfire continued all night. It was night, and blood flowed into rivers in Pyongyang.

According to statistics afterwards, more than [-] Japanese nationals, men, women, and children were killed. Chickens, ducks, dogs, pigs, cockroaches, mice, etc., as long as they were related to the Japanese, were all destroyed humanitarianly.Afterwards, the sergeants of the Sheng Army were still not satisfied, and their eyes turned red. When Wei Rugui got the news, they had already set their sights on ordinary North Korean citizens. Fortunately, Ye Zhikui, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town, arrived and killed dozens of rioting soldiers. People, this ended the turmoil, known as the "Pyongyang riots" in history.After this incident, Ye Zhikui's prestige among the soldiers and civilians of North Korea was unparalleled for a while, and even the sergeants of the Sheng army were terrified of him.

This incident caused riots in Japan. The Japanese clamored to pay blood for their debts and threatened to kill all the nationals of the Qing Dynasty in Japan. The Japanese called the embassies of various countries, saying that the Qing army was cruel and killed our innocent people indiscriminately, which was a provocation to the international community.should be sanctioned by all countries.

The Qing court reacted immediately, and replied: "Sometimes Japanese ronin made rebellions, attacked our Qing officials, and led Japanese expatriates to riot to plot Pyongyang City. Fortunately, our Qing soldiers understood their plots and were able to see through them."

The two sides insisted on their own words, and the major powers did not know who to believe, and expressed their neutrality one after another.When Li Hongzhang learned of the inside story, he called Wei Rugui to warn him: "The enemy is approaching. If there is a big chaos, you will lose your property and life. What is my face and reputation?"

He also praised Ye Zhikui: "Congyun was young and quick-witted, fortunately he dealt with it in time, so he didn't make a big mistake." He was asked to "continue to work hard to repay the court."

The first volume of the Korean situation Chapter 15 The generals divide their troops to attack the Japanese pirates

On September 9, Ye Zhikui sent cavalry scouts to Chengchuan, about 1 kilometers northeast of Pyongyang, and found out that the Japanese army had divided into four routes to besiege Pyongyang.

Among them, the Eighteenth Regiment, referred to as the Wonsan Detachment, led by Osato Sato from the direction of Wonsan, has 3000 people;

The 4000th Brigade led by Major General Lijian Shangwen from the direction of Shuoning, referred to as the Shuoning Detachment, has [-] people;

There are 4000 members of the Ninth Mixed Brigade led by Major General Yoshimasa Oshima who attacked from the Zhonghe side;

There were 5 main forces of the 4000th Division, led by Lieutenant General Nozu Michisuke, attacking from the direction of Huangzhou.

The Japanese troops were scattered, and each route was relatively weak. Ye Zhikui suggested to Ye Zhichao that the superior forces should be concentrated, and the enemy should be eliminated first, so as to achieve the effect of defeating each of them.Ye Zhikui also suggested that the newly defeated Ninth Brigade of Yichang, Nishi Oshima had low morale and the newly added 1000 troops had not yet gotten along with each other, so it was better to strike first. Veteran Zuo Baogui expressed his support.

On the 3rd, Zuo Baogui assembled more than 15 people from the 10000th Battalion of Mabu, divided into two or three routes from the left, center, and right to attack in the direction of Namzhonghwa, Huangzhou, and Shuoning in Pyongyang, and marched northward with 3000 people in the direction of Wonsan.

Ye Zhichao led 4000 people to live in Pyongyang to support them.

The 5000 left army (Ye Bu, Ma Bu, and a part of Zuo Baogui's Fengjun were assigned to Ye Zhikui) were led by Ye Zhikui and Ma Yukun to annihilate Oshima Yichang.

Zuo Baogui of the Central Route Army led 2500 people to meet Nozu Dōkan to prevent him from reinforcing Oshima Yoshihiro, Feng Sheng'a and Jiang Zikang led 2500 people from the Right Route Army to attack the Shuoning Detachment, and finally Wei Rugui led 3000 people to go north to meet the Wonsan Detachment.

The most important route is the Left Route Army. The Left Route Army has a heavy responsibility. It must first defeat Oshima before the other routes are defeated by the Japanese army and support the Oshima Yichang 9th Brigade before it can support other routes. , and then negotiate or retreat or strike.

On September 9th (from 5:23 to 01:[-] Beijing time), the sentry officers of the Yi Army led by Ma Yukun were running back and forth on horseback with torches, and whispered to the soldiers to run forward.

"Brother Cao, where do we end up?" the team leader softly asked Cao Kun, his sentry officer.