Chapter 56 Loyal Minister

September 2, 1894.

Anzhou.

The war has passed. After the fierce battle, the Anzhou city walls are broken, and the trenches on the city are full of purple and black blood. It is summer, and the smell of corpses is spreading around Anzhou.

It was only dawn that the officers and soldiers of the Second Town of the Imperial Guard began to repair fortifications and clean up the bodies.

In the Anzhou war, when the Japanese army was siege, the casualties between the two sides were basically one to one, with about one loss of about a thousand people. However, when Xu Yifan's troops arrived, the two Japanese regiments that had been struggling to support began to collapse, and the casualties were one-sided. Not only did they put down thousands of corpses, but they also captured four or five hundred prisoners. The Japanese army was not iron-clad, and they began to attack and advance all the way, and they all managed to defeat one army after another, enduring hunger and hard work, and huge casualties. Several generals set an example and followed them. They were still able to bear it. But when the hope of victory was lost, these

The Japanese army that had advanced hundreds of miles in a lone army like gambling collapsed and destroyed, which was natural. The Third Division, the backbone of the three regiments, only Katsurao and hundreds of men walked into the mountains, and Dai Jun's cavalry were still staring at them. How many people could return to the starting point of Yuanshan attack was a matter of opinion. Anyway, the entire Third Division had no ability. In addition to receiving a large amount of reinforcements, how many Japanese forces would squeeze out reinforcements, and their combat effectiveness was comparable to that of the standing army built before the war. It was really doubtful.

A huge pile of firewood was built on the open space far away in Anzhou. The Japanese corpses were erected together, lit the piles of firewood, and they were burned. After burning a batch, they buried the ashes and then burned them. The consequence was that they were as hungry as the Zuo Xie of the Imperial Guards, and they were disgusted for the past two days.

The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard were digging rows of shallow pits near Anzhou and collected the loyal bones. Whether it was the Imperial Guard or Shengjun, they were all wrapped in white cloth. They tried to place them as much as possible, erect tombstones, indicate their status and place of origin, and bury them, which would also facilitate the family members to come to North Korea to pick bones in the future.

Looking out from the head of Anzhou City, the wooden tombstones were arranged neatly as before this army, until the distance was a Canglong military flag fluttering alone in front of the tomb area. It seemed that with a command, it would jump up from the ground and continue to follow the Canglong military flag and move straight to the end of the world.

There were too many troops to arrive in Anzhou. After a long battle, the left alliance, the main force of the right alliance that had been late for two days, plus the second town recruits here, and the seven or eight thousand soldiers of the city were no longer able to be placed. The tent camps were set up, and the field kitchens were set up everywhere. The imperial guards officers and soldiers who had already fought back and forth between North Korea and the east and west were hurrying to carry out a brief renovation.

The soldiers can rest, but the officers can't rest, so there are too many things to do. The posts in the main town of the Imperial Guard must be supplemented. They have been fighting hard for days. The Imperial Guard, especially the Zuo Xie, have already reached the point of injuring their vitality. At least two thousand people must be supplemented before the battle is continued. What's more, the recruits from the second town will be supplemented, and Sheng Jun will also be recruited to supplement the part. The first town has returned to the scale of 9,000 people. Although all the soldiers who have experienced the war are supplemented, they will have to train for at least one week to ten days before they can recover to 80,000 strength before the war begins.

The second town has fallen into pieces. Needless to mention the four battalions transferred out, the eight battalions left behind, except for the third battalions left in Pyongyang, there are as many as three battalions that have been dissolved and supplemented the imperial guards, and the remaining two battalions guarding Anzhou were also broken. Xu Yifan unceremoniously added most of the Sheng army into the second town. With some of Nie Shicheng's remaining soldiers, he blatantly swallowed up all the Beiyang tribes sent to North Korea by Li Hongzhang through great difficulty.

.The second town now has set up the twelve infantry battalions, with nearly 7,000 troops, with two battalions guarding Anzhou and the third battalion of Pyongyang as the backbone. Some officers should have been drawn from the first town, but Xu Yifan now needs combat-capable troops. After the first town's hard battle, he still felt that the officers were not enough, so he simply did not adjust. As a result, the second town can only play a role in garrison and field combat, and has no ability to operate field combat.

The president of the second town was promised to Nie Shicheng, and Xu Yifan would not make a fuss. At this point, Nie Shicheng was already devoted to the newly resigned master. Xu Yifan could not do anything better in public or private matters. What would he want to do if he didn't work hard?

Yuan Shikai's status is more subtle, and his contributions are impeccable. If he had not arrived in Anzhou and gathered the morale of the army, the chaos of Yang Shixiang and others would have really ruined Xu Yifan. The Imperial Guards, who were not respectful to Yuan Shikai, the surrender whom he looked down upon at the time, were now convinced. However, Xu Yifan did not pay much credit for the time being. The Sheng army had less than 8,000 embers, and the first town was replenished by nearly 4,000, and the second town had replenished nearly 4,000, and there were only 2,560 and 600 people left. Xu Yifan temporarily asked Yuan Shikai to lead him, but these 2,560 and 600 people were not worth much.

Not enough for a town to be organized, and the number has not been published. Who knows what Xu Yifan wants to do? Everyone knows that giving Yuan Shikai this way is not necessarily a reward for the president of a town. Nie Shicheng's foreign department has already led the town, let alone Yuan Shikai. He was originally a leader in North Korea! Xu Yifan has always been very arrogant. When Yuan Shikai defected to him, he was nothing. Xu Yifan dared to give an important position as the head of the intelligence department directly under the General Staff, but now he is not given the name of not giving a third town, and there is no intention of supplementing it. I really don't know what he is thinking.

However, Yuan Shikai expressed his humility and never mentioned his achievements. He just temporarily cared about these more than 2,000 remaining soldiers and repeatedly expressed his desire to return to the information gap. No one mentioned this, so naturally he would be silent on the surface.

Fortunately, this issue is not something that the Imperial Guards should give priority to. Now everyone is thinking that the overall situation in North Korea has been settled. The Japanese army wants to revitalize and launch an offensive, but there is no new force that cannot be organized. The Imperial Guards are now in a position where they can attack and retreat or defend. This strategic position that has been fought for is unprecedentedly free. What should we do next?

Pyongyang also reported the situation in the country. Liaoning was defeated, Lushun fell, Zhou Zhanjie died in the city, and nearly 2,000 children of the Imperial Guards of the Third Battalion were defeated. Two Japanese divisions also had unprecedented strategic freedom. Whether to defend North Korea or return to the country to help the country, it would take a lot of thought. In the past two days, Xu Yifan just comforted the army, read books in his spare time, and did not convene a meeting to let everyone discuss and understand. While repairing and replenishing, everyone waited uneasy. Where should we go next? As the army, there was no firm goal, and the long-term fatigue, the entire army was a little lazy and uncertain. The string that had been tense since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 seemed to be a little relaxed. After the passion for victory, the atmosphere was a little low and depressed.

The battlefield was tragic, and the corpses were piled up. Most of the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guards were wearing this tiger-skinned body after joining the Imperial Guards. Every night, young officers were sitting outside the camp and staring blankly in front of the wilderness. These Nanyang children have been covered in the fields since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and I don’t know how many people were not allowed to return home. When the war was fierce and tense, they still felt that they could slowly review some things. The mother country was so embarrassing to fight and the Imperial Guards worked so hard to save this danger?

"Standing at attention!" An officer from the Second Town of the Imperial Guards who were repairing the damage at the top of the city loudly ordered that the soldiers of Shengjun who joined the Yi and Yeliang Town all changed into the yellow uniforms of the Imperial Guards. Some of them shoved their heads, and some even had braids. These former soldiers of Shengjun who were used to wearing big crotch-loss pants, wearing bags and cotton shoes. They wore such standing neck uniforms, big-brimmed hats, and leather military boots. They looked a little awkward no matter how they looked.

These days, the first town of the Imperial Guards was completely repairing, and the second town was responsible for servitude. It was still early in the morning, and I was already sweating profusely. Now when I heard the voice of my new boss's command, I quickly straightened my waist and didn't dare to look at me.

I saw a few very young soldiers walking past, two of them were half a step behind, one was half a step ahead. The two behind were both neat and neat, and they were surprisingly young. One always had an indifferent smile on his face and looked a little lazy, while the other had a straight waist, a handsome face, a tight corner of his mouth, and a cold light in his eyes. He glanced at the soldiers standing in military posture, and was also full of picky scrutiny.

The officer walking in front was as young as them. He smiled gently at the soldiers who had newly joined the Imperial Guards. Even the officers and soldiers of Shengjun were used to the smell of the battlefield. The whole army was only now that they saw someone wearing a mask, the person in front.

Oh my god, it is Xu Yifan, the four imperial envoys, and the supreme commander of these tens of thousands of tiger and wolf troops! That day Xu Yifan entered Anzhou, and Yuan Shikai and Yuan formed a team to greet him. These former soldiers saw the 25th imperial envoy of the Qing Dynasty who had been legendary for a long time. The two behind him, Needless to say, were Li Yunzong, the president of the First Town of the Imperial Guard. At that time, Lord Li also took the officers of the First Town to check them one by one. The mighty and guarded Anzhou were all picked into the First Town. It was the kind of look that flashed, which made people sweat from behind. There was also a great official who didn't know him, even though he didn't know him, and he was half a step behind Lord Xu, and he could also tell that he was an amazing official.

For those who are soldiers, these are all heavenly beings. Not to mention that the tens of thousands of vicious Japanese in Korea beat Lord Xu cleanly. These former soldiers of Sheng Jun stood there and did not dare to breathe, and only felt their calves twitching.

Xu Yifan went to Li Yunzong and Chu Wanli's tent early this morning and called them out. Li Yunzong was neatly dressed and was doing soft gymnastics. Chu Wanli was still lying high in the quilt, and the map was thrown everywhere in the tent. The cigarette butts of British sailor brand cigarettes were piled up like hills. Xu Yifan, who entered the tent, almost got a fuck.

Xu Yifan, hurting them, climbed up to the city and started walking around the city wall. Li Yunzong and Chu Wanli knew it, and it was time for the adults to make a decision! Now maybe it’s just a blow to their confidant general?

Seeing these recruits coming out to work as chores so early, Xu Yifan stood still and patted a soldier beside him on the shoulder: "Where are you from?"

The soldier's face dripped down like rain, and his throat rolled, and he couldn't speak for a long time. It was still an officer from Nanyang who was around him who came forward: "Sir, he was from Anhui, and Sheng Jun came here. In the battle of Anzhou, he lost dozens of shells alone, and the shrapnel collapsed and injured seven or eight places. He didn't even get down to the city to bandage him. He is a good soldier!"

Xu Yifan turned around and smiled at Li Yunzong: "Why didn't you pick you into the first town?"

Li Yunzong smiled faintly and recruited the soldiers to add, but he just took a quick look. The second town still wanted to keep some elites, so this was natural. Xu Yifan just asked casually and had nothing to explain. The soldier was honest and said stutteringly: "Sir... I was stunned. The Japanese went down and touched his body with blood. The villain also fainted... When he woke up, the Japanese were defeated..."

Xu Yifan laughed: "Soldiers are all good soldiers, but you are so incompetent! Do your best in the Imperial Guards, it's not embarrassing!"

Shangguan had just seen these soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. Xu Yifan encouraged him gently. The soldier's face turned red and he stammered: "Master... Sir, watching the Japanese escape is different from running for his own life. We have escaped enough. The brothers who died on the road have not even collected the corpse. We... let's work in the Imperial Guards to the end!"

Xu Yifan patted his shoulder again and walked towards the top of the city with a smile. Li Yunzong and Chu Wanli looked at each other and followed. The three of them stood on the high place with their hands behind their backs, looking at the neatly arranged camps below, a tent lined up neatly, as if they extended to the end of the sky. After the fierce battle, there was a solemn atmosphere of the battlefield. The sun was rising from the east, dispelling the thin morning mist. Although the city of Anzhou was not high, from here, the three thousand miles of rivers and mountains in North Korea seemed to be in sight. Looking west, you could see the surging Yellow Sea. On the other end of the sea, there was the fallen Lushun, the mountains and rivers of the mother country.

"Beiyang has been defeated in every battle... but only my army defeated the enemy alone. We finally got to this point. Should I become a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, or Cao Cao of the Qing Dynasty?"

Xu Yifan muttered to himself with his hands behind his back as he was rising. Chu Wanli and Li Yunzong could hear it clearly behind him, and couldn't help but look at each other again.

When the two first met Xu Yifan, they had already submitted a memorial to ask the people to kill the bannermen to capture the heads. Who would have any intention of the Qing Dynasty understand the swaying momentum? It was just that there was no way out in the darkness. Everyone knew that the country would not be able to continue like this, but they were unable to change. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the last pair of underwear that covered the Qing Dynasty had been stripped off. The Beiyang Army and Navy, which relied on the Great Wall, were beaten up. If the people from the Imperial Guards had not fought to the death, they would have fallen early. Even 20,000 soldiers could not defend such a fortress. If it were to be extended, what could they be able to fight and defend?

The Qing Dynasty has declined to its extreme!

Only Xu Yifan started from scratch in North Korea, with two years of operation and two years of ups and downs. Only he is here to destroy the enemy. The Imperial Guard is no exaggeration to be the strongest soldier of the Qing Dynasty!

At this time, Xu Yifan was already a force that could no longer be restricted by the Qing court. If he was to guard North Korea, he could completely explain it, and cut off the sea route, and he would know the land route from North Korea to southern Liaoning. Even if he was ordered to return to the army, according to the road conditions at this time, no one would be able to tell the truth. According to the current strength of the Qing Dynasty, there would be only one after another defeat, and then a humiliating peace.

If Xu Yifan really had the ambitions they guessed, he should have seen the more miserable the Qing Dynasty defeated, the better. In the ruins, the heroes of the storm meet had a better chance of rising!

At that time, even if Xu Yifan has the strength of being strong, will the world really be in aspiration? I am afraid that when the kick is lifted, the empire will collapse and the turmoil begins - even though Xu Yifan already has reputation, his foundation within the empire is still too weak!

But when will we wait for this opportunity to give up? Not to mention the battlefield has expanded so many times, can Xu Yifan's troops recover the crisis? Help the Qing Dynasty breathe a sigh of relief, and then let them continue to find ways to deal with the Imperial Guards and Xu Yifan. Then in the war of the country, the Qing Dynasty will still have another miserable defeat?

Li Yunzong and Chu Wanli have been old partners for many years, and their considerations and judgments on the situation are similar. Xu Yifan has not followed the old path from the beginning, so they have swear to follow him to the death. Now, thinking about Xu Yifan is really a dilemma!

Li Yunzong was purer. After he made up his mind to follow Xu Yifan, he just followed the orders. No matter what decision Xu Yifan made, he would just do it. At this time, he remained silent.

A wicked smile appeared on Chu Wanli's lips: "Sir, do you still have to give us a blow to unify our will? I'm afraid you'll make a decision long ago..."

Xu Yifan said to himself, suddenly turned around, his eyes exposed on the mask were rolling, looking at Chu Wanli who was smiling: "Wanli, the Japanese are only the standing soldiers of six divisions. If you put them together, at most one or two can fight. Let's kill two, and there are two in southern Liaoning. The Japanese have two or three divisions of reserves. Do you think they will put this force into North Korea or where will they go?"

Chu Wanli took off his military cap and scratched his head: "Either Shandong or headed straight to Tianjin, just hit Beijing, and you won't come to North Korea..."

Xu Yifan then asked: "Why?"

"When I come to North Korea, I will chew on this tough bone? The Japanese are not stupid... At this time, North Korea will throw in the last bit of power in the country, and it will be difficult for us to eat... Besides, if we defeat us, the court will ask for peace with them? Nonsense... I think the court is most likely looking forward to us fighting with the Japanese to lose both sides. After eating us, the Japanese have no surplus food at home...

In southern Liaoning, Shandong, even from Tianjin to the imperial capital of Beijing, at least how the Japanese fight now depends on how brave the Japanese are... They are still worried about the interference of the great powers. It is undoubtedly true that they swept Shandong. Instead of fighting with us, it is better to try to expand the results of war in these places, beat the big men in the capital to the point of peace, and make peace quickly, and they will be considered to have achieved the results of war... If they drag it down, the Japanese will exhaust themselves. How big is they?"

Li Yunzong also echoed quietly next to him: "This time he fought with the Japanese army, he also felt that the Japanese army was gambled from top to bottom, from strategy to part. Strategically, with a small country, the big country, relying on few elite troops to fight quickly. Tactical, every war is expected to be quick and there is no way out. It can be seen that the Japanese army has not reserved much military capital. It has exhausted the national strength to build such a standing army...... They won't be able to gain enough results if they continue to fight in North Korea except for face!"

Xu Yifan's eyes were circling and he smiled, "Oh? It seems that we can stay in North Korea, wait safely to see what we will be like in the end, and then go back to China to pick peaches? This is good, we are tired of fighting..."

Li Yunzong remained silent, and Chu Wanli smiled and refused to respond.

Lord Xu, Lord Xu, now you have learned to play with this kind of emperor's mind, and you are making great progress.

Adults… When do you want to act?

Hiroshima, Japanese Army Base Camp.

The Japanese civil and military officials sat in a daze, staring at a briefing sent by each person. Hirobuki Ito turned his back to them, looking at the huge map hanging, motionless.

Outside the window is Yupin Harbor in Hiroshima. The sun is bright and white sails dotted on the blue sea. The sun shines in. When we arrive in this conference room, it becomes cold and wet under this low atmosphere.

That brief was in addition to the Qing Dynasty report number copied by the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, Changdian sent it back to the country. Before the defeated unit of the Third Division had climbed to Yuanshan and called back to the country to inform the news of the crushing defeat. Tan Sitong and Xiongwen had already been released. After destroying the Fifth Division, the Imperial Guard defeated the main force of the Third Division again. One-third of the Japanese permanent army had been eliminated by Xu Yifan. The situation in North Korea was completely under Xu Yifan's control. There was a Japanese army in the Yuanshan area, and there were still a thousand troops in Seoul, and it was the logistics force of the Fifth Division. It was no longer able to restrain Xu Yifan, and this Imperial Guard could be transferred to the country at any time!

After the demise of the Fifth Division, the Japanese base was shocked. The Third Division still launched a land attack as scheduled, but in the planning of the base camp led by Hirofumi Ito, it was only used to restrain Xu Yifan's imperial guards and prevent them from being able to use them freely. However, the army lost a veteran general like Aritoto Yama Prefecture, how could it not revenge with red eyes? This also affects the growth and decline of the two vassals of the Army's Navy's army and Navy's army, the power of the two vassals of the Navy, the army and the Navy, the accomplice and help of the army's senior management, Kawakami Kawakami, who was originally the representative of the base camp, followed the army to supervise the Third Division to fight. The mission should be to supervise the Third Division not to go crazy and expand the war rashly, as long as it threatens to restrain Xu Yifan's safety on the eastern front.

Who knew that this was Kawakami Kawakami who had a long talk with Hirofumi Ito before leaving. Before he was worried Ito, he personally led the main force of the Third Division to make such a big adventure and suffer such a crushing defeat!

The new Minister of the Empire's Army, Mura Aozomi Mitsuhiro (original Japanese Army Minister Ayama Prefecture, served as the commander of the First Army of the Qing Dynasty as the Minister of the Army. Yama Prefecture died in battle. Mura Aozomi Mitsuhiro was urgently appointed as the Minister of the Army as the Minister of the Army), and his eyes were straightened. In the Qing Dynasty, the war process and the Japanese army numbers were all recorded in detail, unlike fakes. The Third Division had no detailed report on the advancement. This was originally the result that the army acquiesced to see, pretended to be deaf and dumb, and let the Third Division advance alone and take risks to win! Even if the Third Division encounters an unexpected accident, it can force the base camp to use its troops and lose the Fifth Division. Does Ito still have the courage to continue to lose the Third Division again? This will force the focus and dominance of the war from the Navy to the Army.

But no one expected that Kawakami had a big bet and that the Third Division was defeated so quickly and neatly. The Japanese Army lost another lieutenant general!

Ito kept his hands behind his back and didn't speak. The air pressure in the conference room was getting lower and lower. Muro sat there, just feeling that the Navy's gaze was constantly coming. Navy Command Minister Shiki Karayama's eyes were filled with contempt - a bastard! This guy is still a major general who was transferred to the position of Army Major General! Now, relying on the Navy's achievements, do you want to take the blame on the Army?

Mu Ao Zongguang slapped the table suddenly: "A great shame! The great shame of the Imperial Army!"

He stood up with a bang, touching the table and benches, and bowed his head stiffly: "Your Excellency! I dare to use the Second Empire and the Fourth Division, which is called the Third Army of the Qing Dynasty. If the troops are not enough, the military military troops in Hokkaido can also be drawn out! We must decide the winner with Xu Yifan! The army is crying and weeping, beg you, please!"

The room was filled with solemnity, and then all the army officers stood up and lowered their heads fiercely. The Spurs collided with a loud sound.

Ito Hirofumi didn't move at all, and the breathing of several army generals became heavier and heavier. At the end, Muro Osunami looked up again, his tone was urgent: "Your Excellency!"

Hirobu Ito slowly turned around. Kiyoshi's face was as hard as iron, and the corners of his mouth were bent down, but he just spit out a Japanese word contemptuously: "Damn it!"

Mu Ao Zongguang's face suddenly turned red, and his chest was fluttering violently: "Your Excellency! Are you going to let His Majesty's army suffer such shame? How can you intimidate the Qing people if you don't defeat Xu Yifan? As long as you defeat Xu Yifan, the Qing people will definitely seek peace! Now it is time to shift the center of the attack!"

Hirobu Ito said coldly: "If it weren't for the army's own deception, how could Xu Yifan have today's status? How could he become a hero in the minds of the Qing people?"

"The army made a wrong judgment, but Lord Kawakami has washed away the mistakes with his blood. In the future, the army will work a hundred times hard and sacrifice a thousand times, and must completely crush the Qing Dynasty's last warable army!"

In the end, Mu Ao Zongguang almost yelled.

Ito looked at him coldly for a while, and finally shook his head: "In this war, I will no longer discuss any issues with the army."

Shikiha Kazuya laughed, full of mockery.

I don’t know if it was Shiki Karayama’s sneer or Hirofun Ito’s words that completely angered Muro Ozuki. He punched his fists heavily on the table: “The Army General came to the tent and asked His Majesty the Emperor to sage the Holy Prison! You don’t need your approval!”

Before his words could be finished, Hirofumi Ito kicked the chair down, making a louder sound.

"You are not just bastards, but idiots! What is our goal in fighting? It is to seek peace in the Qing Dynasty, not to smash Xu Yifan! You must remember that the Qing Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty, and Xu Yifan is Xu Yifan! Our citizens bear four times the taxes of the Qing Dynasty, and we bear 64 million yen of national debts. We need the Qing Dynasty to open the market to sell our products. We need the Qing Dynasty to repay the national debts for us! We also need the Qing Dynasty to cede North Korea to us!

And can we get all this after defeating Xu Yifan? At that time, the empire was bankrupt!

You have to remember this: Qing Dynasty was the Qing Dynasty, and Xu Yifan was Xu Yifan!

We want to expand in Manchuria, occupy more territory before the armistice, and bargain and exploit more benefits. We want to conquer Shandong, completely annihilate the Beiyang Navy, so that Asia will no longer have the maritime power that can threaten us. We need the navy to approach the coastline of Dagu, destroy their coastal defense fortresses with artillery, burn the war to the gate of the capital of the Qing people, and make them lose all the will to resist... The empire cannot fight a war of attrition! And the Western powers are unwilling to see the two countries in East Asia engaged in a war of attrition, and lose the power to restrain the Russian expansion in the Far East. They will inevitably intervene in mediation at that time, so that the empire can get nothing, and our dream of a strong country is only lost in this way! Compared with the fate of the country, the status of the army, even if I, Hiromoto Ito, my personal power, life, what can I not be lost?

Remember, the decision to surrender and seek peace was not just Xu Yifan with an imperial guard, but Cixi, Guangxu, and the ministers of the Qing Dynasty in the court of the Qing Dynasty! We only need to destroy their will to resist!

At this time, you have done so many stupid things and have to bother His Majesty Shengcong. What is the intention of the Army? His Majesty has sent a telegram from Tokyo to severely denounce the Army for being reckless and incompetent. At this time, don’t you reflect on it and drag the Empire into the abyss? I really want to drag you out and behead them all in front of Yupingang Pier, and apologize to the Empire!"

Ito Hirobuki's words burst out like a cannon. The blue veins on his neck burst high, and small red dots slowly appeared on his forehead. He was so angry that he even had his capillaries ruptured!

Under Hirofumi Ito's storm-like anger, several army generals listened blankly. After hearing Emperor Meiji also called to scold him, they finally sat back on the chair and lowered their heads without saying a word.
To be continued...