"Is the Golden State still guarding it? Jinzhou is the throat of Dalian Port, and there are only two roads from Liaodong to Jinzhou, both sides are mountains that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it would be a pity not to defend them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Yuanhong, the chief justice of the regiment headquarters, as an 'old Lushun' and a general with excellent military skills, certainly has his own good vision.

"Of course, Jinzhou must be defended, and Dalian Bay will also be defended after that; Since the sailors are unreliable, then our heavy troops will be assembled at Nanguanling, which is the land route from Dalian to Lushun, but-"

He Changying said regretfully: "Once Dalian Bay is lost, once the Japanese fleet sails into Dalian Bay, Nanguanling will be covered by the heavy artillery of the Japanese warships, and it will only give up; The final decisive place is only Port Arthur! ”

He Changying's fist slammed on the barren grass beside him, and said loudly: "Lushun and Weihai are the key nodes of this Sino-Japanese war; Since we can't control the situation in Weihaiwei and Ludong, then let Lushun Military Port, the first fortress in the Far East, become a tomb where 100,000 Japanese troops are buried! ”

November 4, 1894 was destined to be an extremely difficult day for Li Hongzhang and even Beiyang.

On this day, Emperor Guangxu decreed the establishment of the 'Military Affairs Office of the Supervision of the Japanese Police' based on Prince Gong, Wang Yi, Sun Yuwen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Weng Tongyi, Li Hongzao, Xu Yongyi, and the six military machines of Gangyi.

The office was directly located in the Tongzhou Telegraph Office, and began to disguise Li Hongzhang's control over the Beiyang armies.

After the establishment of the 'Military Affairs Office of the Supervision and Administration of Japanese Officers,' several telegrams were sent in succession.

First, urge Liu Kunyi to go north quickly.

Second, Tang Renlian, the governor of Guangdong, was dispatched to the Lushun Governors Jinzhou, Dalian, and Lushun armies.

Third, after inquiring about the Wei Navy Port and learning that the Beiyang Naval Division was going to Lushun, he sent a telegram to the Lushun Military Port that once Ding Ruchang entered the port, the entire naval division would immediately leave for Dalian Bay to assist in the defense of Jinzhou.

Fourth, he sent a telegram to Liaoyang, asking Song Qing, Yiketanga, and Shengjun about the details of the troops, and asked Luyu to discuss the defense countermeasures of Liaodong with Song Qing and Yiketanga and report immediately.

Fifth, he ordered Zhao Huaiye's department in Dalian Bay, Mao Chao's department to aid the Korean army, and increase troops in Jinzhou.

Sixth, he telegraphed the deputy capital of Jinzhou to send reinforcements to the main force of the Korean army, and ordered that if it arrived, it would defend Jinzhou on the spot.

Seventh, he sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, and ordered Li Hongzhang to send a telegram urging Zhang Gaoyuan, the chief soldier of Denglaiqing Town, to lead the eight battalions of the Songwu Army to try to cross east to Lushun for reinforcements.

At noon, Li Hongzhang learned the contents of these telegrams one after another, and he was furious.

He called Hannagan, a Western handsome, to the signing room for some discussion, and conspired with the son-in-law of the dog-headed military division for a long time, and directly bypassed the 'Military Affairs Office of the Supervision Office of the Japanese Governor' to give Guangxu a fold:

First, the city of Jinzhou is small and dangerous, and it is difficult to defend against tens of thousands of troops in the East; At present, the military strength of Lushun Dalian should be clenched together, and it is better to lose Dalian than to temporarily protect Lushun.

Second, the Japanese warships blocked the southern coast of Liaoning, and no ship dared to go, so please change Tang Renlian to go to Fengtian to ensure the safety of the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty for the back road of Song Qing.

Third, Gao Yuan led the eight battalions of the Songwu Army, and it was difficult for ships and civilian ships to risk the brigade from Ludong, and suggested that the Songwu Army board the ship from Ludong Dongying and go to Yingkou to land in the Bohai Sea to fill the gap in the Liaodong army that would be used to aid the Korean army and the Renzi Army march west to Lushun Zhaocheng.

Li Hongzhang's telegram was sent to Guangxu, although Guangxu hated Li Hongzhang, but felt that this old dead man could be regarded as saying something human this time.

Lushun is known as the first fortress in the Far East, and more than 20,000 troops will be stationed in it one after another, how can it be captured by the small Japanese people?

Moreover, Fengtian is the land of the ancestors, and it is the face of the Qing Dynasty, and there is no room for loss!

So Guangxu immediately agreed to Li Hongzhang's proposal that Tang Renlian and Zhang Gaoyuan go to Yingkou instead.

After Li Hongzhang gave Guangxu a twist, he immediately went to the Dalian Bay Naval Division Camp Office and asked Ding Ruchang to protect the ship first and not fall into death.

-- This is tantamount to directly negating the directive of the 'Military Affairs Office of the Supervision Office of the Japanese Navy' to go to Dalian Bay to assist in the defense of Jinzhou.

Then Li Hongzhang went to Zhao Huaiye, Mao Chao's department, and not a single soldier of the Beiyang Army could cross Xiaotuozi Bay and enter General Shengjing's defense area.

In this way, Li Hongzhang and the 'Military Affairs Office of the Office of the Supervision of the Japanese Army' played Tai Chi for a day, and they seemed to be completely oblivious to the fact that the Japanese army had almost arrived under the city of Jinzhou.

In the early morning of November 5, 1894, there was still a white fog between the heavens and the earth, and no one could be seen 100 meters away.

At this time, in the entire eastern and southern Liaoning, there was not a single gunshot, and hundreds of thousands of reckless land and mountains were a rare tranquility.

"Infantry squadrons in front, cavalry squadrons in the rear; Arriving two miles from Pulandian, the infantry immediately launched a frontal attack, and the cavalry squadrons were scattered on the other three sides, and they must not escape a single Qing army; Sortie! ”

Akiyama Yoshiya gave the battle order loudly, then mounted his war horse and led the army to advance at a uniform speed.

Erlong East Ten Miles, Longtan Temple.

"Report, the Japanese army has begun to move."

With the sound of horses' hooves, three cavalrymen of the reinforcement army ran over quickly and reported loudly.

Lu Tie's face was excited, this was his first time commanding a battle independently, and it was also nearly three cavalry battalions, about 700 cavalry.

"Lao Qu, these two battalions of riding battalions, you have a battalion, I have a battalion, I am east and you are west; If we come to the aid of the DPRK to fight, if we don't fight, we will basically wipe out all ,——."

Lu Tiejiao's voice suddenly became louder: "Everyone has listened to the treatment of our aid army; If nothing else is said, let's just think that we can bring the brothers who died in the battle in Hushan back to Jinmen, and everyone should understand what kind of affectionate person our regiment leader is; Your Sheng Jun was also a party figure before, and Pyongyang didn't have to pick and choose, but in Andong you became a soft egg, whether you will be a hero or a soft egg in the future, it depends on the present! ”

Lu Tiejiao's 'soft eggs' can make these Sheng army cavalry's eyes blood-red and their eyes fierce.

And the cavalry of the guard next to him all held their heads high and looked proud.

However, as the so-called cannibalism is short-mouthed, not only is the treatment of the Korean army good, but the officers are also very tasteful, and they do not engage in specialization from top to bottom, and they are all treated equally.

All this makes these Sheng Jun, who are confused about the road ahead, feel a sense of belonging at this time.

So at this time, everyone was holding their breath, and they couldn't wait for the Japanese to be right in front of them now, so that these guys who looked down on people could see what the 'No. 1 Beiyang Army' was the prosperous army!

Qu Desheng silently listened to Lu Tie's words, and then paced back and forth in front of the cavalry of the Sheng Army with his war horse 'da-da', his eyes looking sharply into the eyes of each cavalryman.

Then, Qu Decheng stopped immediately: "If there are too many words, I won't say anything; The face is earned by himself, not begging, today I will either charge and die under the guns of the Japanese Yi, or I will kill the Japanese in front of me, dare to take a step back-"

Qu Desheng said coldly: "Die! ”

"Captain, you look good, our Sheng Army was not a bad breed before, and not now!"

Suddenly, the cavalry of the Sheng army shouted: "Kill the Japanese!" ”

Purandian.

"Battalion commander, the Japanese army has set off!"

In the cold morning, Hao Tiansheng was still sleeping in the marching tent, and the scouts of the second battalion ran over to report breathlessly.

Last night, it wasn't until four o'clock in the morning that the various departments were arranged, and Hao Tiansheng didn't want to get up from sleep at this time.

"It's only 400 Japanese troops, our second battalion can eat it, it's really a pig-killing knife to cut flies!"

Hao Tiansheng kicked Ma Decao and Cao Kun, who were sleeping next to him: "Hurry up, them, let's continue to make up for sleep." ”

"The regiment commander wants to run in the Sheng Army and the Renzi Army; To put it mildly, if you really have to work hard, Qu Desheng's 100 or so personal cavalry can almost defeat these Japanese troops. ”

Cao Kun and Qu Desheng were classmates in the former Martial Arts Academy, so they naturally knew this Wei Rugui's favorite general: "You haven't looked at their equipment, it's all Mauser repeating guns, that is, Lu Tie's guards, and the sixty or so people are only equipped with more than a dozen repeating guns." ”