Chapter 64: God is speechless against the chess (middle)

In late September 1894, the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, which had been stalemate, seemed to be finally time to decide the outcome.

The Qing army's camp in southern Liaoning was destroyed, and the Japanese army conquered the Qing Dynasty successfully landed on Rongcheng Bay. It had already captured Rongcheng County. The troops approached Weihai Guard and were about to launch a siege. The two heavy troops raised by the Qing court could not fight or were already in danger. The critical situation seemed to be irreversible!

Liaoyang.

After the Qing Dynasty and the Liaoning army slowly gathered on the Tianzhuangtai line, Liaoyang was used as one of the logistics grain stations. The Liaoning army was 70,000,000, and the food eaten by people and the forage eaten by horses was astronomical. The soldiers' military pay could be owed, but they had to eat. Fortunately, these foods could be collected on the spot, and the Liaozhong Plain was originally a large granary. Although the former General Zengqi of Fengtian gave Song Qing and Yike Tang A to make trouble in the military deployment - this was also anger. The dignified General Fengtian actually did not even get the title of imperial envoy! However, he spared no effort to transport grain on the front line. The 70,000 army had no food, but collapsed, but his land was still suffering.

In Liaoyang, people shouted and neighed horses these days, and tens of thousands of civilians gathered them, hundreds of large carts, thousands of hand-pushed flat carts, thousands of mules, horses and camels...... People come and go all day long, and there was no stop like flowing water. In the battle on September 17, the sound of cannons shook Liaoyang. At night, civilians who went to the front line to deliver food collapsed. It was rumored that 70,000 people were beaten to the Japanese in the Tianzhuangtai area, and I don’t know how many deaths were!

At first, some of the local teams stationed in the area, as well as officials responsible for transferring food and wages, were still complacent, but many people had already fled first. The next day, the defeated troops of the brigade rushed over - Tianzhuangtai was defeated, the Qing army fled everywhere, some retreated to Jinzhou, the western Liaoning Corridor, and some ran towards Liaozhong. These guys were even worse than those who ran towards Liaoxi. When they retreated to Liaoxi, there was Shanhaiguan and Beijing City. The court would definitely force them to fight to block the Japanese soldiers. Running towards Liaoyang, the hinterland of Liaozhong was very large, and their training camp was not responsible for defending the territory. When the Japanese came, they could continue to escape happily, but who could still stop them!

These defeated soldiers were led by Zhao Huaiye, the general of the Huai Army, and many camps were mixed together. When they collapsed, the local guards and the grain station officials knew that something was really bad, and no one knew whether the Japanese would chase them to Liaoyang! These officials who were responsible for guarding the territory were in a row. In the Liaoyang area, there were all the defeated soldiers, and the local area suffered great disasters. The civilians forced to transport arms with the army, mules and horses were robbed, and even broke into the homes of local people to rob and rob. Fireworks rose in many places where grain was stored, and there was a scene of panic and chaos.

This chaos lasted until the afternoon of that day, an iron stream wearing a Western military uniform and wearing a Canglong flag drove into Liaoyang City. In addition to the Canglong military flag, this army with no head and no tail fluttered in front of the team, there were four big characters, Xu Yifan arrived!

The people of Liaoyang, who suffered from military disasters, were immediately rumored that it was the army of General Xu of Haidong and the imperial guards who returned to the country! The local Han people looked at Yun Ni, but the local bannermen had a complicated mentality. They also hoped that someone would come to take charge and stabilize the chaos, but they were also a little unsupported about this person who served as General Fengtian as a Han. As General Fengtian, the Han people became General Fengtian, and our bannermen had Yueyin Banner Land, but are there any more?

This army has a completely different atmosphere from the Qing army that everyone is used to. The soldiers have no braids, they are strong and neat, and the queues are strict, but they just roll forward. The officers are young and fierce. When they ride on horses, their chins are almost raised to the sky, so fierce that they hurt their eyes. This army has a kind of proud and uplifting spirit from the top to the bottom. From top to bottom, they have a proud and uplifting spirit created by returning from battles and winning every battle. The team drove in, rolling up smoke and dust in the sky. It also brought a murderous aura in the sky!

As the Imperial Guard entered Liaoyang, an order was passed down. The Military Law Department of the General Staff Head Office and the officers and soldiers immediately closed the chaos that was already a bit uncontrollable. Under the snow-lit bayonet, teams of defeated soldiers were gathered and sent to the square outside the Confucian Temple in Liaoyang City. Regardless of the officers and soldiers, they would hold the hell out of the butt if they didn't listen to the greeting. Some battalions even wanted to be strong, and were dragged out on the spot to rectify the law. The veterans of the Imperial Guard had some lives under the bayonet. There were Koreans and Japanese, and now these soldiers were added. Not only the soldiers, but also the officers of the defeated soldiers, who were openly looting, committing evil deeds, burning the warehouse, dragged out all the people who knocked them off and chopped them off with one knife. Many people were hung high, and familiar people could recognize them, from the deputy generals to the guerrilla ministry, they were all there to show!

The cavalry holding the red orders shuttled back and forth, loudly conveying the orders of the Military Law Department.

"On the place to rectify the Dharma!"

"On the place to rectify the Dharma!"

As soon as Xu Yifan's Imperial Guard entered Liaoyang, he began to use heavy sanctions in troubled times. Not only did the chaotic defeated troops be intimidated, but even the people who benefited from Liaoyang and the people who transported materials and food were so scared that they did not dare to take a breath!

The several leaders of the defeated army, led by General Zhao Huaiye, hurried in the temporary tent of the flag camp. When they climbed the arrow tower and looked into the distance, they saw the yellow troops thundering into the city, and they looked like they were murderous. Of course, they were also indispensable to seeing the Canglong flag with claws flying in front and behind the team. This army was definitely not something that the Qing Dynasty could train itself at this stage!

Zhao Huaiye returned and sighed: "The Imperial Guards are back. The 25th year of the year not only became General Fengtian, but also became the murderous devil! After fighting all the way, this road is paved with blood! When the Japanese meet their opponents, our lives are not easy!"

There is also a deputy general and the battalion officer below as a tough guy: "Why did he kill our soldiers? Is there any king's law? We are under his control, but we can purify the camp's affairs by ourselves!"

Zhao Huaiye pointed to the team that was still neatly involved: "Can you reason with him? Get ready to kneel down to pick up the general! Once he comes back, Liaodong will be in a bloody storm! I didn't believe it before, but today I can't help but see it. This is where the Demon Star came down to earth! Everyone clean up and prepare to apologize!"

Xu Yifan, who was dressed as if he had entered Liaoyang, did not set up his big tent in the city. Instead, he set up his new city built by Nurhaci by the Prince River that year as a palace.

This palace was the palace ban in Jianzhou when the Jurchens first obtained the Liaoyang palace. Later, the Jurchens moved the capital to Shenyang and then entered the Guanding Dingtian. This new city was still carefully preserved by the government later, as a treasure land of the so-called dragon-rise land of the Qing Dynasty. Liaoyang was originally a small city, but it was only the size of a county by the Guangxu period. This simple new city palace was always swept and maintained by General Fengtian, and no one dared to live there.

As soon as Xu Yifan arrived, he drove in with great fanfare and immediately acted as his own commander.

At this time, his Goshhas were busy cleaning, and the staff headquarters also entered the lobby. The internship staff were hanging maps and compiling maps. Before the completion of the battle, someone marked the latest locations of each department on it. The figures of grain and storage in Liaoyang counted by the logistics department were also reported in a flowing manner, and the battlefield information collected from various places were also summarized. These work was pressed on Chu Wanli. Chu Wanli, who was usually smiling and swaying around on his shoulders, was also very busy at this time.

It is hard to make a deal, and if he doesn't make an order if he doesn't make an order, he can arrange it in an orderly manner. After the Imperial Guard enters Liaoyang, he must move forward and be in a state of war. He must adjust the situation of the troops according to the latest situation and prepare for further combat. All kinds of scheming are not easy, and require strong comprehensive and judgment skills. Chu Wanli is usually lazy, so he shows his ability at this time.

Xu Yifan looked around the simple palace curiously, and secretly curled his lips to feel that Nurhaci's taste was really bad at the beginning. Then he shook to the General Staff Headquarters, sat on the chair, holding a cup of tea, looking around, listening to Chu Wanli giving orders there.

"Are the number of grain stored in the market calculated? Report it quickly! Only with the numbers can we determine how many troops Liaoyang Energy supports to fight!"

"The movements of the Japanese army obtained from the defeated soldiers are marked immediately! After rewriting, send it immediately!"

"Display along the east-west direction! No matter how you dispatch the troops or how tired the troops are, a strengthened detachment must occupy Dalizi Ridge on the south bank of the Prince River! How to organize it? You are so stupid, and the General Staff Headquarters still cares about you marrying a wife? Of course this is Yun Zong's business. I only make a request, a strengthened detachment!"

Xu Yifan was looking at Chu Wanli's rare seven orifices with a smirk, and then he heard a rumor outside: "Sir, Zhao Huaiye, General of Nanyang Town, Liu Ruhu, Deputy General of Langshan Town, and Huang Jiye, Deputy General of Guilin Town!"

A sound of the busy staff members stopped their actions, wanting to see how these escaped generals looked. In addition to the Beiyang Academy soldiers, except for the limited number of Beiyang Academy soldiers, most of the other officers were pulled from scratch, mainly from the birth of Nanyang Academy officials. After ate this bowl of rice, it was a lie to say that they were not curious about the appearance of the mother country army. Such a person as Xu Yifan, Chu Wanli and Li Yunzong were also very lit. When he was in North Korea, he looked at the mother country army and the mother country people. However, when he came into contact with Sheng Jun and others, he found that it was just like this. After returning to China, the domestic army was even worse than Sheng Jun!

Only with comparison can we conclude that in such a big country, only the Imperial Guard is the strongest army, and only Lord Xu can turn the tide in this corruption!

The relaxed smile on Xu Yifan's face disappeared, and he put down his teacup and stood up slowly. He said coldly: "What do I do when I see these things? I brought them over and chopped their heads! I will pass the orders, from Zhao Huaiye, all the officers above the Dushi and above among the defeated soldiers will be rectified on the spot! The army orders for the southern Liaoning army! If these people retreat to Jinzhou and meet in Jinzhou, I can still circumvent their lives and retreat to Liaozhong. The behavior is so unbearable that it will be difficult to subdue the people without killing them! In the Battle of Lushun, Zhao Huaiye is also one of the seven generals who defended the city. If he escapes without chopping his head, I will be sorry for our brothers in the third camp!"

After a word, he had at least more than a hundred heads. Xu Yifan was easy-going to his subordinates, and sometimes he was not serious. Unexpectedly, after returning to China, he became another person!

Everyone was shocked, and the messenger hurried out. Zhao Huaiye and the others didn't even see Xu Yifan, but they actually lost their heads! A few screams and scolding sounded outside the door. It was probably because they finally realized something was wrong when they tied it up to Zhao Huaiye and the others and started to curse.

"Xu Yifan, I am a second-rank official, a senior official! Do you dare to kill someone? Do you dare to kill someone?"

"……………Fuck you, the 18th generation of the blood ancestor of the Xu family! We have also worked with the Japanese! Even if we become ghosts, we will pester you day and night!"

"You chop our heads today, and the imperial court will chop your heads tomorrow!"

Xu Yifan seemed to be unaware, listening to the angrily scolding and screaming, but turned to Chu Wanli and smiled, "How about it, is the burden heavy enough? The Japanese have already rushed over to Tianzhuangtai. Do you think, are their main force going south or north? How can we fight this battle?"

After tempering all the way, after experiencing the tempering of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Xu Yifan himself didn't feel that he was talking and killing people, and then laughed gently, and the emperor's mind was in it. The staff around him unconsciously held his breath a little. Chu Wanli's eyes flashed with a flash of light, and he also smiled: "The Japanese are sure to launch the main defense against the north. When we go to Liaoyang, we can't hide it...... They only put on a posture of oppression to the southwest. Tianzhuangtai was lost, the main force collapsed, the Japanese's achievements in the northeast were already great enough, and it was enough to form an oppression threat to Liaoxi... As for war, it has always been a continuation of politics. It must be said that the Japanese have already obtained everything they want......"

"War is a continuation of politics..." Xu Yifan patted his head.

He was one step late after all, and history was still rotating roughly according to the original trajectory. At this time, I am afraid that the Japanese army had already landed in Shandong? Two heavy troops threatened the capital, and the entire Qing Dynasty was only one of the soldiers that could fight. From no matter where he saw it, there was no power to turn the world back... What if the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty was destroyed? Can it give the court a long sigh so that they could not seek peace so quickly?

His eyes were turned to Chu Wanli. Chu Wanli, who was so smart, didn't know Xu Yifan's thoughts. He immediately shrugged: "We are back, and our strategic attempt is to stabilize the situation in southern Liaoning when the Japanese army defeated the Tianzhuangtai line. We tried to counterattack again, but now it was a step late... Although we now have the power to attack actively, we have to destroy the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty... we have insufficient troops."

"I don't have enough troops, I'll get it for you!" Xu Yifan said word by word.

Chu Wanli's eyes flashed: "Sir, are you going to Jinzhou?"

Xu Yifan smiled, his expression full of indescribable mockery. He looked around the dilapidated palaces and houses, and seemed to be mocking Nurhaci, the owner here at the time.

Why, your descendants defeated your family and property level is not worse than Emperor Chongzhen back then? The only difference is that the Ming Dynasty, which was the end of the battle with you, and the internal and external troubles collapsed, and finally the hearts of people were lost and irreversible. At that time, the destiny was no longer clear. But when your descendants could still fight, they would have the idea of ​​surrender!

He was too lazy to guess the thoughts of the rulers in Beijing, and history was there. It would be in vain to expect that Xu Yifan would let these people think about the problem with their brains. After the Japanese army collapsed the main force of the Qing army in southern Liaoning and Shandong, the Qing court chose to negotiate peace and surrender. Now it is roughly the same. Although Xu Yifan has already fought his life and is exhausted and rushing back!

But his idea now is that even if history still rotates roughly according to the original track, he still has to work hard to get back this luck!

Umbting the Qing Dynasty was originally a defiance of the heavens. He started from scratch and wanted to change the direction of history. It would be impossible to achieve anything without risking it. What's more, he had already promised in his heart that he would give this history a different end!

Changing the fortune of Sino-Japanese War may be the beginning of a slow and heavy change direction at this critical moment?

Now that I have come here, I can’t retreat anyway. The Qing court has surrendered, but I, Xu Yifan, cannot surrender! Let you all the princes in Yanyan, let the old woman and the bean sprouted emperor see, and let the people of the world see, I, Xu Yifan, have this qualification, come and ask the importance of this tripod!

This destiny ultimately comes down to the shoulders of people with responsibility and a big picture.

Xu Yifan thought so much, but he didn't expect others to understand. Moreover, even though he was in it, he thought he had thought it carefully, but he did not expect that at the end of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Beijing City and the whole world would have such big twists and turns due to his actions!

His real disturbance of the world was determined by later generations, which began with the palace built by Nurhaci on the Prince River.

However, this is all a story.

At this time, Xu Yifan just smiled and replied: "Nonsense, if you don't go to Jinzhou, where can you have any soldiers? I am General Fengtian and the General Office of the Liaonan Military Affairs Commissioner. I will help you clean up the junk and recruit the main force of the Japanese to the southwest. You press the imperial guards and greet the Japanese on the waist!"

Chu Wanli touched his chin, then strode to the front of the map that had just been hung up. The staff below looked at his eyes and gathered with a buzzing sound.

After the news of the collapse of the Daying in southern Liaoning came. The General Staff Headquarters had two plans for the army to rush to Liaoyang. The Imperial Guards occupied Liaozhong and had a supply base. They had food and fodder, and had room for advance and retreat. As long as the supply line from Anzhou to Liaozhong was maintained, the war in one or two months could still be supported.

If the main force of the Japanese army is on guard against the direction of Liaozhong, he will concentrate his main force to fight south and press them back to the isthmus area of ​​Jinzhou in southern Liaoning to prepare for counterattack of Lushun. This idea must be to seek stability, and the imperial guards have some foundation for advancing and retreating. However, the Japanese army has a strong military force and has sea support. This method lasts for a long time. Don’t think of counterattacking Lushun within three or two months. Let’s slowly tug the war. After Xu Yifan’s pursuit of returning, the political effect that shocked the world was difficult to achieve.

If the Japanese army can continue to go southwest and suppress the broken Qing army retreating into the western Liaoning Corridor, that would be the most ideal situation. With Liaozhong as the starting base, the Imperial Guards can attack the Japanese army at once and sweep the entire Qing Second Army. If they defeat the two Japanese armies, are they afraid that they will not shock the world? The main force of the Japanese field battle can be considered to be in the hands of Xu Yifan. Everyone in the world can see that the Japanese are powerless in the fight again, and the Sino-Japanese War can be defeated by the Sino-Japanese War!

However, since it is the most ideal situation, that is, the most unanticipated situation. Chu Wanli thought that he could not expect the Japanese to be so stupid. The Imperial Guards had the strength of combat effectiveness, and the Korean War could be seen. Now that he suddenly returned to Liaozhong, the Japanese would not be surprised if they would face their main force against them. The first case is the most confident. Fight the Japanese to the south to fight the Japanese to the main force, and then slowly recommend it.

But did the court have this courage to persevere? How many constraints will there be when Xu Yifan, an alien from the Qing Dynasty, fights against the Japanese? This is something that is indefinite.

After all, the Imperial Guards are still one step late! The Liaonan Camp has been defeated!

Chu Wanli just glanced at the map and took a hard shot on the map: "Sir, if you can concentrate a force to counterattack southern Liaoning and force the Japanese to conquer the Qing Dynasty to turn the main force to the west, you can give the main force of our army in Liaozhong to take advantage of the opportunity!"

He turned his head suddenly and looked at Xu Yifan, but laughed again: "Sir, do you really want to bet so big? Can you rush to southern Liaoning to collect such a defeated army? How many famous Qing generals and important officials are there...... We offend people enough? Even if we collect them, can these soldiers be used? But they are all defeated soldiers... And, sir, you never thought that even if you work hard to get over, the court will give you this time? How long can the court last? A peace-making edict came over, and we have offended them, and things are just like this. What else can we do? Is it necessary to have such a hard time in life for decades?"

Xu Yifan also smiled: "I have been in my life for decades, and there is no need to be so hard... Then why do you follow me to Nanyang and Ping Korea and come all the way? The court cannot rely on it, but we can rely on it in a small way. If the court surrenders, I cannot surrender!"

It is false to say that the entire Imperial Guard Army has made such a big fanfare and arrived so hard. The Liaonan camp still collapsed and the domestic war situation is corrupt. It is false to have everyone's morale not low. Although the young staff members were still busy, they all looked depressed and had fewer smiles. Everyone understands what the imperial court is. At this time, on the way back, Xu Yifan, who seemed to have been idle, gave orders and more than a hundred heads fell to the ground. Another saying that the imperial court surrendered, I can't surrender. Suddenly, it seemed that someone had held their backs on their waists and backs, and their heads were raised!

As for how Xu Yifan dealt with the defeated soldiers and how he could use these defeated soldiers with weak combat power to attract the main Japanese army to the southwest, it seemed to have become an insignificant thing. Didn’t they follow Xu Yifan all the way?

Chu Wanli looked at Xu Yifan quietly and suddenly smiled. He stood at the sight and saluted a military salute. At this time, he became strict: "Sir, I feel relieved if you say this. Let's go ahead, let's follow... I stay here to organize the team and cover the transportation materials. When you fight back from the Liaoxi Corridor, the Imperial Guard will inevitably attack the Japanese side with thunder!"

Tianzhuangtai.

The battlefield was close to each other, and there were all Qing army corpses. The Qing army prisoners from the brigade were weakly escorted off the battlefield under the Japanese army.

General Dashanyan, surrounded by a group of staff, walked with satisfaction to the mountain where Song Qing was in charge. The mountain was already charred. The bumpy pits were all craters made of shells. The bodies of the Qing and Japanese troops were entangled in a row. Here, the most fierce battle in the Battle of Tianzhuangtai. Song Qing's personal camp was in a rear-end battle here to protect their general from retreating from the battlefield. The woods under the mountain had already swept the firepower of both sides to the point of being bare. There were only a few twisted trunks on the trunks. On the trunks, there were heads hanging on the Song Qing's personal camp. At that time, there were countless escaped generals who had cut down the heads of many escaped generals!

Dashanyan walked on the pile of corpses all over the ground, a Qing army officer sat against a huge rock, and had been dead for a long time. He had a six-wheeled pistol in his left hand and his right hand was scattered on the ground. Four or five Japanese corpses surrounded him, and the officer stared at him, as if he was still shouting. Dashanyan walked to him, looking down for a while, bent down to break the pistol in his hand, but could not take it off.

"This is a warrior, let's arrange a grand funeral." He straightened up and gave a light order. He was cleaning up the tragic service on the battlefield - many of them were prisoners of the Qing army. He also came to carry the corpse. Many people even made low comments.

"Isn't this the nephew of Song Junmen?"

"The title of deputy general is to be promoted to general, good man!"

"Better than us, it's over if you kill me. If you fall into their hands, God knows what kind of sin you will suffer!"

"There are a few officials like Deputy General Song, no one will take us to fight!"

Dashanyan could understand Chinese, but smiled faintly. Several guards were about to smash the stock when they swung their butts, but they were also stopped by Dashanyan. He turned to the south, in the direction of the Bohai Sea, and the sea water was endlessly slapped the coast. On the mudflat, the body was slapped into a linear shape by the sea water, and it undulated with the waves.

The general trend of East Asia is in the palm of your hand. This success was achieved in his great mountains and rocks.

The capital of the Qing Dynasty was close to the capital, and he finally destroyed 70,000 soldiers who could fight, and the Zhili plain was already open. Whether Japan had the power to advance to Zhili was another matter. The key is that the Qing people could no longer provide strength to resist!

He had known the military report of the Imperial Guards entering Liaoyang for a long time. In his opinion, he was unable to make up the world. As long as he defended to the north, set up defense lines in the hilly areas in southern Liaoning to block their advance. The Second Army of the Qing Dynasty, with more than 20,000 troops, concentrated its main defense, but could not stop the Imperial Guards with more than 10,000 troops? As long as the Second Army of the Imperial Guards were placed at the door of the western Liaoning Corridor and made a move to the capital, the Qing Dynasty court had no choice but to seek peace.

A regime that has lost its absolute rule and can only rely on balance of power to control it. It is the most feared that others will take off their last pair of underwear. The so-called Qing Dynasty could not afford any possibility of losing Beijing City. This was no longer during the Xianfeng period, and the Qing Dynasty had a little bit of power at that time. If Beijing City is lost, the entire Qing Dynasty would only have the possibility of falling apart!

On the other end of the sea, the Shandong strategy planned by Your Excellency Ito must have gone smoothly, right?

The fortune of the empire is in his palm......... When will the Qing court's peacekeeping report be held? Ten days? Twenty days? Conquering the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty, it would not be impossible for Xu Yifan to resist for twenty days......Levels of defense are all.

Dashanyan had no intention of fighting with Xu Yifan to win back the army's honor, avenge Yama County and others. The war began to end. Everyone didn't even understand this, and they were all heroes of the Meiji era.

He looked at the friendship between the sea and the sky, and was stunned for a while, and turned around. The Qing army prisoners had already lifted the deputy general to death down on a stretcher. The general's body still did not fall down on the stretcher, sitting in a stance, and was energetic.
To be continued...