Respectfully

Lou Ershao was finally carried onto the train by Mrs. Lou.

The whistle of the train sounded, and the special train drove out of the platform. Li Jinyan felt his shoulders relax all of a sudden, and while he was relieved, he also felt a little bit reluctant.After all, Young Master Lou Er is really likable, but if he is allowed to raise him, he really doesn't have the energy.

"how?"

Li Jinyan shook his head, "It's nothing, young commander, are you going to the barracks?"

"No." Young Marshal Lou held Li Jinyan's wrist, "rest today."

rest?Li Jinyan was stunned for a moment, and then moved his grasped wrist, "Young Marshal, I have to go to the factory later." The meaning is very clear, the young Marshal Lou is absent from work, and he still has to work.

As soon as the words fell, Lou Xiao suddenly stopped, turned sideways, lowered his head, and directly met Li Jinyan with his dark eyes.

One second, two seconds, five seconds... 2 minutes later, Li Sanshao surrendered.

Well, he was absent from work today too... no, rest.

Master Lou is satisfied.

After more than an hour, the car of the Marshal's Mansion stopped beside a dense forest. Li Jinyan turned his head and looked at Lou Xiao with doubts. go down.

The accompanying Adjutant Ji and Brother Bing brought the black horse of Young Marshal Lou, Lou Xiao picked up the rifle hanging on the horse's back, pulled the bolt, and there was a crisp sound.

"Young commander, what is this?"

"hunt."

Li Jinyan: "..." Then why bring him here?Onlookers?

While talking, Brother Bing brought another maroon horse, not smaller than the black horse, but very docile in appearance.

Adjutant Ji took out a lump of sugar from his pocket, "Master Yan, this is for you."

Li Jinyan didn't take the sugar cube he handed over, and turned to look at Young Marshal Lou, if he still doesn't understand what's going on, his head will grow in vain.

"Young commander, are you going hunting and taking me with you?"

"En." Lou Xiao nodded, with the riding whip in his hand on the brim of his hat, "Not interested?"

"No."

Galloping horses, hunting in the snow.Just thinking about it makes people excited, but Li Jinyan knows how much he weighs, not to mention shooting a gun while riding a horse. For him, just riding a horse is a big problem.

"Didn't you learn it?"

Marshal Lou held Li Jinyan's hand, motioned to Adjutant Ji to put the candy in his palm, and took the reins of the bay red horse, "Try."

Looking at the horse's head approaching, Li Jinyan twitched the corners of his mouth stiffly, and Adjutant Ji interjected: "Master Yan, this horse was specially prepared by the young marshal for you, from the horse training to the training, it was all done by the young marshal." ..."

Marshal Lou glanced over, and Adjutant Ji shut up decisively.

"Young commander?"

"En." Lou Xiao still held Li Jinyan's hand, waited until the horse took away the sugar cube in his palm, then grabbed his hand and stroked the horse's neck, "It's yours now."

For a moment, Li Jinyan didn't know what to say.

Sending guns first, then horses, is it really a military style?

Feeling the warmth under the palm of his hand, Li Jinyan was also a little eager to try, and after learning a few times intermittently, he had already learned how to ride a horse.Jogging for a short distance is fine, but hunting may be a bit difficult.But with Young Marshal Lou by his side, his only worry was thrown to the winds.

"Get on the horse."

Lou Xiao supported Li Jinyan's back with one hand, put him on the horse's back, took the reins of the black horse by himself, and jumped up, with a quick and decisive movement, the spurs on the black boots knocked lightly, and the black horse neighed, and the black horse neighed. He patted his neck lightly and calmed down.

It's been extraordinarily cold this winter.

In late October, there were two light snowfalls in Guanbei City. In November, the snow became heavier. After one night, the sky and the earth turned into a silvery white. It took half a day for the snow on the road to be compacted, even with a shovel. If the shovel is not strong, it can only leave a few marks.

Adjutant Ji and several soldiers also got on their horses. They all carried rifles with them. It was obviously not the first time that they had followed Marshal Lou into the woods to hunt.In it, Li Jinyan saw the Tatar soldier who was good at "talking about storytelling". He already carried the rank of second lieutenant on his shoulders. Seeing Li Jinyan looking over, he grinned and showed his white teeth.

"Master Yan, you don't know yet, our young marshal once hunted a tiger in this forest." Adjutant Ji rode over and walked over, perhaps because he was not "at work", Adjutant Ji's demeanor and tone were revealing A breath of relief.

tiger?

Li Jinyan suddenly remembered the tiger that was sent to the Li family as a "betrothal gift". Now this tiger is being kept in the "garden" of the Marshal's mansion, and neighbors with a pair of pandas. Although it is a garden, no matter what Li Jinyan says Look, it's like building a brick wall directly to enclose the entire mountain forest.

Absolutely original.

The sound of horseshoes stepping on the snow alarmed the animals in the forest.

There are fawns with spotted patterns on their bodies, roe deer with their heads stunned, golden pheasants flying from the snow with their long tail feathers, and squirrels sticking their heads out of tree holes.

The sound of gunfire suddenly rang out, and a fat rabbit that had been well hidden in the snow fell down. A soldier rushed forward to pick up the prey. Marshal Lou put away the gun, turned his head, and looked at Li Jinyan. For some reason, Li San Shao suddenly shivered.

Speaking of so many prey, why did Young Marshal Lou focus on the rabbit and shoot...

A group of people walked deeper and deeper in the woods, gunshots kept ringing out, besides Marshal Lou, Adjutant Ji and his fellow soldiers also gained something, only Li Jinyan was sitting on the horse with nothing to do, as if he was here to watch.

Walking to a relatively open area in the forest, Lou Xiao rode up to Li Jinyan and handed him the gun in his hand, "Try?"

The gun was very heavy in the hand, I don't know if it was an illusion, but I always felt that it still carried the body temperature of Young Marshal Lou.

It took 10 minutes for Li Sanshao to aim and shoot under the guidance of Marshal Lou.

Gunshots rang out, but nothing was gained.

Ring again, still nothing.

Keep on ringing, keep on not...

After refilling the bullet five or six times, Li Sanshao still didn't have any prey in his account.However, his mood is getting better and better, as if with the gunshots, all the fatigue is swept away.

Marshal Lou didn't shoot again, and rode his horse beside Li Jinyan, occasionally pointing him to the hiding place of the prey. After Li Jinyan fired twelve bullets, the horsewhip rested on Li Jinyan's arm.

"Young commander?"

"Take a break."

With the whip back, Li Jinyan realized that his arms were a little sore, and his shoulders were aching from the recoil of the gun butt.And it wasn't just the arms and shoulders that were sore. After riding a horse for such a long time for the first time, the inner thighs also felt a little uncomfortable.

Scratching your head, forgetting...

Beside him, Lou Xiao suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Jinyan's arm. Before he could react, he had already moved from the back of the bay red horse to the front of Young Marshal Lou.

Looking at the height and distance between the two horses, Li Jinyan couldn't help but tremble. If he falls... at least make a sound in advance...

A big hand covered his shoulder, and slowly stroked down along the shoulder. With a little force, it just pinched on the sore part, and Li Jinyan couldn't help but snorted.

"Forbearance."

A deep voice rang in his ears, and a warm breath blew over the top of his hair. Even though Young Marshal Lou didn't do anything too outrageous, Li Sanshao couldn't help but feel his ears turn red.

Sitting in front of Young Marshal Lou, Li Jinyan suddenly realized that it seems that there are not only the two of them here, but a large audience. Is this appropriate?

Obviously, Li Sanshao is not the only one who has this idea.

When Adjutant Ji and the other soldiers saw that Marshal Lou pulled Li Sanshao onto their horses, they all pulled the reins in unison, looked at each other, and their eyes conveyed the same message: Danger ahead, stay away!

A sudden grunt broke the silence between the two.

Li Jinyan raised his head and wanted to speak, but his eyes caught the smile lines flashing by the mouth of Young Marshal Lou, and he froze for a moment.He doesn't know what kind of expression he has now, is he a bit silly after all?

After his lips were contained, the thoughts in Li Jinyan's mind gradually blurred, and he put his arms around Young Marshal Lou's shoulders, and he had no time to think about anything.

Adjutant Ji and Brother Bing rode their horses and took a few big steps back. Their movements were uniform and their steps were clean and neat, which was completely up to the level of an equestrian show.The soldiers patted their chests while swearing in their hearts that the next time the young commander-in-chief and young master Yan go out to hunt, and the ones on the pole will follow, they will be a bunch of stupid roe deer!

After returning to the Marshal's Mansion, the soldiers sent the prey they had caught to the kitchen. There was a chef in the Marshal's Mansion who was very good at roasting and stewing meat. At noon that day, Li Jinyan ate a whole plate of roe deer meat alone.

After eating, Li Jinyan wandered back and forth in the room for more than 20 minutes, eating and digesting.

As he said, Young Marshal Lou spent the whole day "resting" at home.

Li Jinyan was digesting, but he was sitting on the sofa flipping through a German book.

Wooden floors, low tables, leather sofas, snacks on porcelain plates and steaming black tea.

A man in military uniform and boots, his military cap has been taken off, with jet-black hair, thick eyebrows and eyes, a high nose bridge, and plump lips.The fingers holding the teacup were long and slender, but their fingertips were covered with gun calluses.

Lou Xiao, who reads quietly, is like a saber in its sheath. No one knows how sharp the saber will be once it is unsheathed.

"come over."

Maybe it was because Li Jinyan's gaze stayed too long, or maybe he had noticed it a long time ago, Lou Xiao put down the book in his hand and reached out to Li Jinyan.

Li Jinyan walked to the sofa, knelt on the sofa with one knee, took the initiative to embrace Lou Xiao's shoulder, and kissed the corner of his mouth. This man, this saber-like man, belongs to him!

Pressing the back of Li Jinyan's head with his big hand, his lips were pressed together. There was no other sound in the room, only the rising temperature and the gasping from his lips...

Adjutant Liu, who came to deliver the telegram, stopped at the door, looked at the closed door, and then looked at the telegram in his hand. The balance in his heart kept tilting left and right, up and down.

In the end, Adjutant Liu chose to heed the advice of Adjutant Ji before, and the telegram can be sent later. Anyway, it is not an urgent military situation, but life is more important...

The telegram in Adjutant Liu's hand was sent by Zhao Yue, commander of the third division.

More than 60 warships of Japan's Second Fleet are already cruising in the Korean Strait. The situation in northern North Korea is becoming increasingly chaotic. Huaxia planes are still distributing leaflets, but when they flew over Seoul, they encountered three Japanese planes that came to intercept them. , it is obvious that these three planes arrived in North Korea together with the warship.

Since neither side has the weapons for air combat, even if the three Japanese planes have a numerical advantage, they can only drive away the Huaxia planes and cannot be shot down.

With the arrival of Japanese warships and the appearance of aircraft, the defense forces in southern Korea, especially in Mokpo, Seoul, and other places have been continuously strengthened. The No.19 Division has entered Pyongyang. bloody repression.

In history, until 1919, the resistance movement in North Korea has never stopped, and the March First Movement pushed the resistance movement to a climax.During this period, Japan has been suppressing North Korea by force. It was not until the resignation of the temple and the death of the last king of North Korea that North Korea really fell into Japan's pocket. Even so, many people still went into exile and continued to resist Japan's colonization rule.

The order from Marshal Lou to the Third Division was to try every means to confuse the situation in North Korea and drag Japan to North Korea.If the plan goes well, before Japan tramples North Korea to death, the money they borrowed from the British will be almost exhausted. By then, the Chinese army can do more.

Neither President Lou Da nor Marshal Lou has much interest in completely occupying North Korea, and if it fails, it will cause "international disputes."Although Europe is fighting fiercely and can't send troops, they still have money in their hands and can use their mouths. Japan is now a dog raised by Britain in Asia. If John Bull thinks that China is enough to threaten their interests, it will definitely Will release this dog to bite people without hesitation!

As for the price, it is nothing more than a few bones.

The British have money, at least for now.

The Japanese are short of money, and no one dares to guarantee whether they will have convulsions or even go crazy because of these few meaty bones.

If you don't want the British to have an excuse to intervene, then simply let North Korea and Japan pinch it. Huaxia can add fire behind it at any time, occupy the righteousness, and support North Korea's "national independence" movement.

On November [-]th, Zhao Yue, the commander of the third division, received a call back from Marshal Lou. There were only four words in the telegram, and he waited and watched.

Zhao Yue rubbed his chin and understood, what the young marshal meant was to allow North Korea and Japan to choke, anyway, he couldn't be choked to death.Even if it is strangled to death, it is nothing, it is not a good thing, one strangled is one less.

However, North Korea is definitely not Japan's opponent. China's coastal defense force has always been weak, and the Japanese warships at sea have to defend against it.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yue pondered for a while, and then sent another telegram to Young Marshal Lou.

On November 21th, five cruisers of the Second Squadron of the Japanese Second Fleet and a battleship temporarily incorporated into the Yellow Sea, which had been staying in the Korean Strait, suddenly entered the Yellow Sea. This time, Japan spent a lot of money on sending troops, and the leader turned out to be a A Dreadnought-class battleship.In the era of giant ships and cannons, this kind of warships can be called the giants of the sea, all equipped with large-caliber artillery.Before losing the South-Manchuria Railway, Japan devoted all its efforts to build six ships, Britain had [-] ships, and Germany had only [-] ships.

Six warships sailed swaggeringly into the Yellow Sea. The ships raised observation balloons. Half an hour later, naval artillery shells smashed into several fishing villages by the North Korean coast, and two of them landed very close to the southwest of Pyongyang.

The No.19 Division, which had received the news in advance, retreated to a safe distance, and these shells took only the lives of North Koreans.

The shelling lasted for 10 minutes, and where the shells fell, all buildings ceased to exist, let alone people.

The captain of the Zhou Fang watched the rising black smoke and ordered the ship to turn around and return. This bombing was enough to let the Koreans know what would happen if they angered the Japanese Empire, and it was enough to deter the Chinese people.They must know that they may be able to defeat the Japanese Army, but they cannot fight the Japanese Navy!

Since the Sino-Japanese War and the destruction of the Beiyang Navy, everything has been doomed!

"It's a pity." The captain of the Zhou Fang put down his binoculars and looked further north from North Korea. The incompetent army caused the empire to lose the South-Manchuria Railway and the rich resources of Northeast China, leaving Japan with a powerful sea power. However, the warship could not sail out of the naval port at all!

It is a disgrace to the Japanese soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire that they have to rely on borrowing from Britain to dispatch the fleet!

Suddenly, the side of Zhou Fang's ship trembled violently, and a few seconds later, the violent explosion was deafening.

The explosion ignited a fiery flame, billowing thick smoke surrounded the bow, and experienced sailors shouted: "Mine!"

But his voice was quickly drowned out by more violent explosions...

Not far away, the Iwami watched helplessly as the bow of the Zhoufang was torn open, and the hull jumped upwards. Then half of the ship was shrouded in thick smoke, and sailors continued to fall from the ship into the sea. There was not even time to launch the lifeboat and send out a distress signal.

"It's a mine!" A sailor shouted, pointing at the water at the same time: "Look!"

A mine with "tentacles" is floating in the blue water, looming.

Iwami was not the only one who discovered the mine, but several other warships also issued alarms one after another. They were all careless, thinking that the Chinese navy was weak, and North Korea had only a few wooden ships, and they were not prepared at all!

It can't be done by Koreans, it can only be done by Chinese!

Thinking of the Chinese taking over Jiaozhou Bay from the Germans not long ago, as well as a cruiser, a dozen torpedo boats and other small ships, the Japanese felt a chill in their hearts.

"Damn it! Return!"

"Cunning Chinese people!"

While cursing, the Japanese sailor carefully manipulated the warship to turn around and avoid all the mines that could be seen.There were no minesweepers to open the way. Once they encountered a mine, these cruisers would have to be blown up and sink into the sea just like the Zhoufang.

As for the sailors on the Zhoufang, no one thought they would survive. Even if they could jump into the sea and escape, they could only call the North Korean garrison to drive a small boat to rescue them.But the biggest possibility is to collect the corpse.

Lushun

More than a dozen old Beiyang led the students from the Naval Academy of the six northern provinces to step down from the torpedo boat one after another, and turned their heads to look at the sea in the distance. First one person, then two, three, gradually, all the old Beiyang Laugh heartily.

As if to set off the laughter of the old Beiyang people, there was another violent explosion on the sea. This time, it was the cruiser Okishima...

Worth it!

If the brothers in the sea are alive in the sky, I will bless the mines they planted to blow up a few more Japanese ships, and it will be a blood sacrifice for Liu Guandai and Deng Guan back then!