Chapter 26: Thunder Move

June 28, 1894, was also late May of the 20th year of the Guangxu period.

It has not rained for many days in a row. This spring rain has not fallen enough this spring. Korean farmers looked at the sky with frown. Originally, Seoul was close to Seoul, and the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were rushing around. Last year, the king's palace was said to have fought wars, and most of the people in Seoul fled to the countryside! Life was difficult, and the war was in full swing, and it was still possible to resist God's disrespect and seize food from the outside of his job?

When will this day end? How come North Korea is such a mountainous and poor place, why is the Qing dynasty and the little Japanese opposite the sea so interested?

It didn't rain for a long time, and Seoul was as dry as a pile of hays. The dust raised in the air was dry and stuffy. It was almost the second half of the night. The inexplicable heat in the weather had not subsided, and the air pressure was getting lower and lower. The streets were deserted and the Huai Army entered, and the curfew was never lifted. The North Korean and Huai Army soldiers appeared in the streets and alleys of Seoul like ghosts. There were only a few lights in the Zhaka's garrison room at the intersection, and there was a little light coming from inside.

"Talk about Zhang Lao San, the couple smoked big cigarettes..."

"Thick, thick! You're a mom! I've hit the Black Evil God today? It's not unfair to chop it up!"

"There were many people who died in Seoul last year. I wanted to transfer my luck, so I went to burn the paper and fucked up!"

"I have my pockets facing the sky, burning his grandma's paper. I only paid a monthly salary for three months. I can't afford the shoes anymore. I still burn paper... to myself?"

"Tomorrow, I'll hide my whistleblower. This brother-in-law is born as a fucking official, Goshha! Let's go to the countryside to find some foreign pay..."

There was a sound of discussion floating in the quiet night sky of Seoul.

In the northeast corner of the city, a street was divided into two pieces by wooden fences. The Huai Army Updater never waved to the other side, and there was no sound inside the wooden cage.

Here are the Japanese Embassy and Japanese Expatriate settlement areas. After the Seoul Palace, most Japanese expatriates in Korea were concentrated here. Even the North Koreans bought rice and vegetables, and were sent to them under the escort of the Huai Army. These Japanese expatriates, except for the indispensable urgent tasks, would never take this wooden cage. The 25,000 Huai Army's uncles were densely distributed in Seoul and Seoul. These Huai Army uncles were not as awe of the Japanese Japanese as the Western White Devils. Who would be willing to go out alone and feel uncomfortable?

These Japanese simply locked themselves up.

Originally, at the opening of the wooden fence shelf, there was a Japanese minister guard stationed. They were still wearing Murata-style rifles as usual that night, slowly swimming nearby. However, the leader was not their sergeant, but a tense lieutenant officer. The lieutenant kept swallowing and spitting, and his hands were always pressed on the Colt revolver holster at his waist, and sweat beads rolled down from the military cap. Every few minutes later, he took out his watch to take a look at the time.

Seeing that the pointer reached the specified time scale, he heard the slight sound of military boots, and more than a dozen figures turned out from the darkness. The first officer's face was gloomy and cold under the lights. It was the Minister of the Shigang Zhengchen who secretly rushed to the embassy in Japan this time!

The second lieutenant in the team stood at the stern salute to him, but Shi Gang looked at him with a pale face: "Let's move lighter, idiot!"

The second lieutenant blushed: "Your Excellency, have you started to act?"

Shi Gang didn't say anything, just waved his hand. In the darkness, the four or five teams carefully selected them. The Japanese soldiers who obeyed the orders all started to move stiffly. They were carrying foreign oil tubes in their hands and carefully spilled foreign oil on the roof of the house. Some Huai Jun number clothes, utensils, belts and shoes were also thrown around.

When passing a house, perhaps the owner was shocked to find something, lit a candle and pushed open the sliding door, walked out sleepyly. Before he could speak, his hands had already pressed his mouth, and a bayonet was holding the soldier who paid taxes and pierced his heart from his ribs!

In just twenty minutes, each team of soldiers had completed their mission and returned to standby. The Grandmaster Shigang, who had been guarding the wooden fence and watching the movement of the Huai Army, turned around. The not-so-hard physical activities made every soldier who participated in the operation panting and sweating like rain. A soldier's uniform was still covered in blood, holding a bayonet in one hand and holding the candle in the other! The soldier was breathing heavily, as if he had forgotten where he was.

The envoy of Sugi Village, who was hiding behind Shigang, thrust his muscles on his face and bowed deeply to the quiet crowded houses in the darkness.

Shi Gang gently took the candle, and the fire swayed, and it was big and small.

"You guys, the heroes of the Meiji era have your seats... I will definitely follow you in this battle of national destiny. Then I apologize to you."

The sky suddenly brightened in the distance, and in this cloudless early summer night in North Korea, a lightning bolt of thunder sounded in the sky!

The sympathy between heaven and man seems to feel the bloody storm that will sweep away East Asia in the days to come!

"Listen! What's the sound?"

The Huai Army soldiers who were gambling in the card room heard the crackling sound of flames bursting, and the smoke also floated from afar. As the smoke came, there was a faint crying sound. In a blink of an eye, the crying sound became higher and higher, mixing into a ball!

"Don't let it go somewhere, right? If something happens to our battalion's defense area, I'll do it for everyone. For an eighty-year-old military stick, everyone will give it a tooth sacrifice!" A small foreign committee leader in the shed cursed and put on his military uniform, and walked out of the card room with big strides. The brothers who were gambling behind him also buzzed and followed.

As soon as he went out, the foreign officer jumped: "Damn it, it's the little Japanese's envoy area, close to the territory we've piled up! Why did these little Japanese make themselves burn?"

All the Huai Army soldiers opened their mouths and stared blankly, watching the flames rushing from several places at the same time, straight into the air. The firelight was filled with shadows, and inside and outside the wooden fences that were isolated on the streets, people were running wildly. The sound of crying and shouting sounded. People were also running out of the houses of the Korean people, and they were all in disheveled clothes and bumping around the streets. Mars splashed around, and there was a small fire on the thatched roof. Men and women were crying and slapped quickly. Some girls were naked on the upper body, and two white balls under the firelight!

The foreign officer was still stunned, and the veterans below were already yelling: "Sir, let's go and grab the fire quickly! Several of the generals' personal soldiers came over and couldn't get anything!"

The foreign officer also reacted and gave a loud order. A group of people rushed back to the card room in a mess. They were alert to such a city. The card room had fire-proof tools, which were originally part of the old-style urban firefighting. A group of people rushed out with hooks and fire sticks, and the bucket and water dragon rushed out. The piles were piled around, and many brothers also had the ambitions.

Fire-catching means to pull down the house, clear out the fire-proof isolation belt, and go through the doors in a mess, and you can help you with anything. The Qing Dynasty fire prevention regulations, taking advantage of the fire to rob the fire will be to rectify the law on the spot. When several of the generals' personal soldiers come over, they will be alert to the marching law in the fire, and they will not be able to catch up. Why don't you take advantage of this earliest opportunity to get a vote? There are also contributions to extinguishing the fire and benefits. Who is still behind and who is a fool?

A group of talents approached the fire near the wooden fence and were ready to take action. After a while, the bullets came. The crowds of people bumped into the streets, regardless of the military and civilians, were immediately defeated.

There were also shouting sounds in various languages ​​in the fire scene: "Qing soldiers set fire! Qing soldiers set fire! Attack the diplomatic embassy!" There were Chinese, Korean, and of course Japanese was indispensable!

The fire was already chaotic, and I could still hold back and fire the gun again? The Korean people who were trapped in the turbulent vortex were already confused and didn't know where to escape. What kind of evil has North Korea and this Seoul committed? It's just that there is no time to live?

The small foreign officer who led the team rushed in front just now, got a fire on his arm, and lay on the ground crying and calling for his parents. Several soldiers dragged him down: "Sir, the Japanese attackers attack us, what should I do?"

The little officer snotted and cried: "We have been afraid of the Japanese when we often do it. We dragged the foreign guns and hit his grandmother. I have to avenge my arms! The Japanese's move first!"

In the dark fire, the fire of rifles on both sides rang out in a short while! Bullets flew everywhere, and the people running around fell in groups. The flames rushed higher and higher, almost illuminating the entire Seoul!

The gunshots sounded for a while, and the Huai Army lying on the ground were cursing and beating. Anyway, they were not sure of their heads through the fire, and no one launched a charge, just shooting at each other. Then they heard the sound of hooves behind them, and a large group of people rushed over. First, it was Ma Yukun, and then Nie Shicheng appeared on the other side. In the end, even Ye Zhichao came over!

Several admirals were all dressed in disheveled clothes, and some of them rode on horseback and were wearing one less boot. They were fluffy and shouting for a ceasefire. But who would listen to them in such a chaotic scene? At this time, the wind was strong and the fire was rolling. The Huai Army in front was unable to stand, so they forced them down one after another. The shooting on the opposite side also relaxed, and probably began to busy put out the fire. There was also the sound of houses falling down, which was also cleaning the fire barrier.

Several military gates gathered together in a mess, and their personal soldiers surrounded and protected each other. When they looked at each other, their faces turned pale. The embassy was burned and there were shootings. At this time, there was no need to tell anyone to do it first. Anyway, it was a bad debt! The Huai Army probably had more than 10,000 people in Seoul alone, and the Japanese embassy guards and the expatriates were only more than 2,000, so the shit basin could be easily placed on their heads.

The Empress Dowager Wanshou is trying to have a banquet for the river and Haiqing, and even Xu Yifan has temporarily put his hands on it. Can you resist such a sudden chaos in North Korea?

Ye Zhichao turned over and dismounted, watching a team of Huai troops retreating in a mess. He saw that it was Sheng Jun, the old man from his military. He shouted loudly at that time: "Bind it up! He cut off the head! Taking advantage of the situation and robbing and shooting arbitrarily, it is his charge!"

The personal soldiers rushed up and tied up a few of them in a row. Nie Shicheng pulled Ye Zhichao's hand: "Ye Junmen, we should put out the fire first! We want to save them, and the Japanese people must also save them. We cannot afford this crime!"

Ye Zhichao then realized that he didn't care about ordering people to be chopped down and loudly ordered his personal soldiers to start putting out the fire. Hundreds of people were rushing and beating and demolishing the houses. Several admirals were frowning in the circle there, all frowning. Nie Shicheng looked even deeper, frowning, unable to say a word, and he didn't know what he thought of!

After a while, Ye Zhichao suddenly thought that the Japanese Embassy could not ignore it! If he could help them put out the fire and send good gifts, he might be able to cover up. When the Lafayette's birthday is over, who will not transfer from this short-lived North Korea? Who is the girl? What kind of southern route will suppress the imperial envoy? It is not rare!

Although the fire was a little smaller, Ye Zhichao did not dare to force him to the front. He fired another shot, and the bullets were not divided into official positions! He commanded his personal soldiers to set up a table, held a foreign iron horn, and made several loud personal soldiers shout together: "The imperial envoy of the Qing Dynasty, Ye Junmen, is here! There is a fire in the middle of the night, and Ye Junmen is worried about the envoy of Shancun. Please don't misunderstand, we will also help put out the fire!"

After shouting for a while, the blood in his throat was shouting out. The other side had no response except for the sound of crying and crackling sound of the fireheads. Ye Zhichao was waiting beneath, and he was angry and said, "Don't you go down here! Find a few people who speak Japanese and go up and shout!"

Several personal soldiers were obeying the orders, but the answers sounded in the fire opposite, but in Chinese: "The Huai Army set fire and shot the diplomatic embassy of the Great Japanese Empire, which violated the laws of the Public Law of All Nations. The embassy had no choice but to conduct solemn representations! The envoy of the Sugi Village, Lord Yi Ye, has a sense of personal friendship, and justice cannot be abolished! The embassy belongs to the territory of the Great Japanese Empire, and no outsider shall invade it!"

Ma Yukun whispered behind Ye Zhichao: "If you burn a few more Japanese to death, there will be something good to see......Sir, do you think you are asking Park Zhizheng to come over? He is the Minister of Political Affairs and has contacts with the Japanese, so he can say a few good things in the middle?"

Ye Zhichao stomped his feet and waved his hand to let the soldiers roll up, stabilize the other end first, and sent someone to fly to invite Park Yongxiao.

I don’t know how long it took, when the fire was gradually under control, Park Yong-hyuk’s car drove over. This man accidentally took the position of North Korea’s minister of political affairs. Although all forces looked down on him, his status was as stable as Mount Tai and was recognized as a real villain. Ye Zhichao was always domineering to him, but today he was like seeing a brother. He stepped forward and helped him get off the horse: "Mr. Park, our vassal is one. This incident is a sudden and it is best to solve it on the spot! You can talk to the envoy of Sugi Village, and you are a landlord, so please make some trouble. It’s important to put out the fire first! What losses do the Japanese have? We can discuss, so how can we not let them suffer?"

Today, Park Yong-hyo's expression was no longer as attentive as before. Although she still smiled and took the order, the minister of the stick had no idea what kind of light flashed behind her back. The situation in his mind was about to change, and the calculation of the situation in his mind was probably clattering.

Seeing Park Yongxiao talking to the Japanese ambassador Sugi Village through the fire, Sugi Village never gave in. Ye Zhichao and Ma Yukun were watching below.

Nie Shicheng was far away, but he just watched all this coldly. The sound of horse hooves was Zuo Baogui rushed over. The Huai Army was in the four major towns of North Korea. Ye Zhichao led Sheng Army as the main force, and Ma Yukun led the fourth battalion Yi Army completely relied on the Sheng Army system, basically wearing a pair of pants with Ye Zhichao. There were already thirteen battalions in the Feng Army's horse camp, saying that they were President Zuo Baogui and Nie Shicheng. In fact, the two had the same qualifications, and each of them was not subordinate to each other, so they were considered two towns. Although they belonged to the Huai Army, Zuo Baogui and Nie Shicheng were secretly excluded by Ye Zhichao. Zuo Baogui led his own private camp, and he didn't even live in Seoul, and was farthest away. Seeing the fire and hearing the gunshots, he rushed over with his personal soldiers.

Seeing Ye Zhichao there, he was about to rush over to ask, but Nie Shicheng stopped him from the side. Zuo Baogui dismounted in confusion: "Mongting, what happened?"

Nie Shicheng smiled bitterly: "Brother Guanting, stop joining in this fun. Our elite Huai Army has been in Korea for a long time, and the Japanese can't wait. Today is an excuse. They have created one by themselves! They are really good at it. More than two thousand expatriates have fired... I don't know how many of them have been burned! This Ye Junmen, we can't count on it anymore. Go back and order troops and prepare for generals, ask for food, arms and supplies, and prepare for war!"

Zuo Baogui was stunned. The two of them were quite good at speaking in North Korea. They were all brave generals. They had discussed the current situation many times. That time, Nie Shicheng had a lot of comments to Li Hongzhang by committing crimes. However, Nie Shicheng was honest and signed his title and gave it to him.

At this time, I looked at the chaotic scene, the second time in a year, the burning fire in Seoul, the raging flames of the dark night, the corpses all over the ground, and the Huai army in the brigade, what else does Zuo Baogui not understand?

"Is there any need to fight?"

"Perform your duties and leave your destiny! Let's see how the central government commands... but I can't believe in the little Zhuge Yang Shixiang! If the navy is there, maybe it can be evenly matched. If the navy is not there, the safety of North Korea or even the local people will depend on..."

After saying that, Nie Shicheng sighed heavily, ignoring Ye Zhichao and Ma Yukun, who were still anxious to jump, turned over and took Goshha and left.

Zuo Baogui looked blankly: "...what do you see?"

"Just look at the guy in the north who has carefully seen Tao Sheng and Yun Die. Do you really have the ability to help the dangers and resolve difficulties? Guanting, if you are lucky, you will see it on the tablets of loyalty and wise men in our court!"

With a roar, a drought thunder sounded on the banks of the Datong River in North Korea.

Xu Yifan suddenly turned over and sat up from his camp bed.

I am really tired of directing the evacuation and mobilization these days. I was already half leaning on the camp bed in the signing room, looking at the information transferred by Yuan Shikai, I turned over without realizing it.

During the nap, I was full of a fragmented dream. It seemed that I had returned to the place where I traveled through time and trekked on the grassland. Thunder and lightning could not be blown up on his head, and there was also the sound I vaguely heard during the time travel: "I'll give you this opportunity!"

"The demon dream is in my arms..."

Xu Yifan got up in his clothes and walked out of the signing room. Pu Yang kept guarding the door of the signing room, wearing both arms and wearing clothes. Watching Xu Yifan go out for a walk, he hurriedly followed with a few Goshhas.

The moon was very big and round tonight. Looking out from Xu Yifan's Office, there was a newly built wharf on the banks of the Datong River not far away. Inland river wooden boats and steamers gathered on the wharf so late. Teams of people were carrying uniform wrapping backpacks and were waiting to board the ship in a panic. Everyone probably knew where they were going. Or they went to the concession in Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou, where they had rented houses and could continue their studies. Or they went to the place outside Suiyuan Pass to settle down, with Dashengkui taking care of them, and they could survey the minerals and explore the possibility of building factories and mines in those places. Or they would also go to Nanyang, where the Nanyang Li family was taken care of, they could learn commercial operations, and they could enter the new factory invested and opened by Nanyang Li family!

They were dug up by Xu Yifan from various places and arrived in a barren place like North Korea. After experiencing so many twists and turns and learning so much, they were so passionate that they were fooled by the ideal of Chen Tianyou and Zhan’s industrialization to save the country. When they were about to throw their arms around, they were now going to say goodbye to North Korea and relocate.

Someone in the crowd started to whimper, remembering the fact that a friend died in the North Korean riot. Many apprentice technicians were inspecting, building, and exploring, and colliding with the Dongxue Party riot. There were also sacrifices in construction!

Look at their dormitory schools. Many of them were built by these students in the middle of winter. Now they are about to leave, and the road ahead is vast, and I don’t know when it will be. The world has just opened a window for them. Should we go back to that lifeless dark room?

I don’t know who shouted softly: “Don’t leave! Don’t leave! Who dares to touch us and fuck them with a gun!”

The crowd was in agitation. Zhan Tianyou, who had been commanding the evacuation at the dock these days, hurried over. His eyes were deep, his eyes were covered with blood and his beard was deep. Every time a group of students were sent away and every batch of equipment was evacuated, Zhan Tianyou would cry! These were all seeds of industrial construction! Although it was evacuation and resettlement, Xu Yifan's status was in turmoil and Japan's invasion was imminent. Without Xu Yifan, can you see these students again?

Looking at the students' angry expressions, he was not willing to get on the boat, Zhan Tianyou's lips were trembling and he couldn't say a word. Just when he was speechless, a slight commotion sounded from behind the team, and a low voice sounded: "Mr. Xu is here, Mr. Xu is here!"

When the crowd separated, Xu Yifan was slowly coming with a few Goshhas following him. He was not as energetic as Zhan Tianyou.

I walked to the front of the pier and looked at the row of wooden boats parked beside the pier. The two small steamers had already finished the fire and were about to tow. I went to the sea outlet and went to the big boat. But no student technician got on board.

"Da Ren, why doesn't he move?"

Before Zhan Tianyou answered, a student shouted: "Sir! Let's not leave! Without you, we wouldn't learn so much and understand what the world is like now! Didn't we say it's possible to fight? We stay here, fire guns, and work with the Imperial Guards! Leaving North Korea, who knows whether we can come back, who knows whether we can meet Teacher Zhan and Lord Xu!"

"If you don't evacuate, you won't be resettled! You have to be together! So many storms have come. When things come, you still treat us as outsiders!"

"No matter what you say, go!"

Xu Yifan's face turned pale and strode to a pile of goods on the pier, standing on a high place, and his eyes swept around.

"Who said he wouldn't come back? Who said he would never see me again?"

"What are you planning to learn skills here? You are going to go back to build the land where our ancestors are, the land of Yao, the soil of Shun, and the seal of Yu! You are not going to want you to stay in Korea, you really think this is a paradise? Since you open your eyes and see the world, you know what we should do when we go back... You are my Xu Yifan's construction seeds!
To be continued...