Ma Yukun saw that Nie Shicheng directly imprisoned Feng Sheng'a, and hesitated: "Gongting, this move is inappropriate." Fengsheng Anai is an authentic Zhenghuangqi origin, and now he is imprisoned because of such a thing, and when we return to China, I am afraid that the children of the Eight Banners will embarrass you. ”

Nie Shicheng snorted coldly and said: "Brother Jingshan, now that the war between China and Japan has escalated, the war continues, Fengsheng Ah doesn't have much ability to fight, look at the soldiers he brings, how much he has to go, if he is allowed to lead the troops, it will be bad to make a mistake when the time comes, national affairs, no negligence, I just need to watch the victory of the Qing Dynasty, the others are not enough, in the coming day, the children of the Eight Banners really want to trouble me, I also admit it!" ”

Ma Yukun saw that Nie Shicheng had made up his mind, sighed, and said: "Okay, it's up to Brother Gongting, but in the future, Brother Gongting should also be careful not to be caught by those dumb disciples." The top priority at the moment is to write a telegram to report the success to the imperial court, especially the crown court brother, who needs to ask the imperial court to posthumously reward him. ”

Nie Shicheng nodded and said, "Okay, let's discuss the message." ”

In the direction of Seoul, after listening to the report of the cavalry sent back by Shangwen in Yamayama, his eyes were dull, and his heart was cold, the fifth division, the main force of the entire division, nearly 9,000 people, was reimbursed in this way, this is the most elite unit of the imperial army, died in a battle, how can he explain to the base camp, even if the troops transported by the navy arrive in Korea in the past two days, it is only four or five thousand people, and the strategic planning that he has worked hard in North Korea has come to naught, and the opportunity has been lost.

Shan County Youpeng was disheartened, waved his hand and said: "Order all departments, return to Seoul and station, call the base camp as soon as possible, and ask Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi to strictly guard against the sneak attack of the Qing army, and strictly prohibit all departments from taking the initiative to attack without my order." ”

Under the repeated blows, Youpeng in Shan County was no longer in high spirits when he first arrived in Korea, and such a big setback was a serious blow to Youpeng Shan County's dream of occupying Korea and invading the Qing Dynasty, and he suddenly became more than ten years old.

Japanese base camp, "Smack! Hirobumi Ito slammed the telegram to the ground, "Yaga, Nozu Michikani this shit!" An entire division and regiment died in a battle like this, and its combat strength was eight out of ten, and it deserved to die! He is a disgrace to the Great Japanese soldiers! Shan County Youpeng is also a fool, knowing that it is the enemy's trick to lure the troops, but still does not restrain Nozu Michikan, knowing that this guy has a hot temper, and rashly puts him at the forefront, isn't this clearly handing the opportunity to start in front of the Qing army? ”

In the base camp, Oyama Iwa, Kawakami Caoroku, Kitaro and others sat around, and they were shocked by the battle report on the Korean front, and now the Japanese have more than 35,000 troops, and with the arrival of the follow-up troops, they will soon break through 40,000 people, and the war advantage against the Qing Dynasty that has just been established has been completely buried by Nozu's impulse, and the situation has changed greatly, and it is even more difficult to establish a huge advantage. After all, the follow-up troops of the Great Qing State are also urgently mobilized, and they may enter Korea at any time.

Da Shanyan frowned tightly and said, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, things are a little strange. The Fifth Division led by Nozu Michikan, which was nearly 9,000 people, how could it be that the entire army was wiped out after just supporting it for two days and one night, even if it was surrounded by the Qing army, the strength was at a disadvantage, but the soldiers of the Japanese Empire were well-trained and far above the Qing army, how could they collapse so quickly, so that the 10th Brigade of the Tenth Brigade of Tsumi Shangwen could not be rescued? If it is facing the siege of the British and German armies, it makes sense that the soldiers will be defeated and dying in a short time, but the Qing army is on the opposite side! ”

Ito Hirobumi replied: "Yama Prefecture Aritomo said in the letter that on the day the Fifth Division was trapped, there was a fierce battle with the Qing army, although it was at a disadvantage, it was still both offensive and defensive, quite orderly, and the two sides were injured by each other, but in the middle of the night, the Qing army sent a small force to surprise attack the artillery position of the Fifth Division in Songyue Mountain, the entire artillery wing was completely lost under the surprise attack of the Qing army, all the heavy artillery and ammunition were destroyed, and the Fifth Division was no longer able to deal with the artillery battle of the Qing army, and the fortifications were crushed by the heavy artillery battalion of the Qing army in a short time, There was no defensive barrier, the 5th Division suffered heavy losses, and had no choice but to withdraw from Songyue Mountain, but it was still difficult to break through the encirclement, and finally the 5th Division was completely annihilated, less than 800 soldiers escaped, and all officers above the rank of junior were killed or captured. ”

"How is that possible?" Kawakami Caoroku looked incredulous and shouted: "Although Nozu Michikan is short-tempered and arrogant, but he has been in battle for a long time and is on the defensive, he must be heavily guarded for the artillery position, what kind of troops can avoid the heavy guards and sneak into the artillery position to carry out a sneak attack?" Are the guards all blind? ”

"The blue wolf, it must be the blue wolf again!" Dashan Yan said viciously: "Only that mysterious army has such strength, and it can successfully attack without being detected by the guards!" ”

"That's it!" Hirobumi Ito stopped: "It's too late to say anything, let's think about how to deal with the aftermath next." His Majesty the Emperor has appointed Prince Fushimi to inquire about it, and he has suffered so many losses one after another, and I have lost more than 10,000 troops in the fight against Japan, and there has been no progress in the slightest, and His Majesty the Emperor is very dissatisfied with our response to the war, and it has been said that in the next month, it is necessary to turn the tide of the war and regain its prestige. Information about the war must not be leaked, and now that the war-weariness among the people is growing, I am afraid that all of you here will face tremendous pressure if you learn of the defeat at the front. ”

Kawakami replied: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I think that Yamasan-kun is no longer qualified to command the Japanese army in Korea, because of his poor command, he has already caused huge losses to the empire, and if there is another accident, it will be a burden that we cannot bear." We must recall Youpeng in Shanxian and select others to take unified command of the Qing operation. ”

Ito Hirobumi was seriously stunned and asked, "Who else does Kawakami-kun think is more suitable to command the Korean war?" ”

Kawakami replied: "Dashan Iwa-kun, I think it's time for Dashan Iwa-kun to come out, a change of commander is like a change of sword, and the arrival of Oyama Iwa-kun will definitely bring new changes to the change of the Korean war situation." ”

When Dashanyan heard this, he straightened up and said proudly: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, if I rush to Korea, I will definitely win the battle and clear the way for the realization of the empire's grand plan for Asia!" ”

Ito Hirobumi muttered, "Oyama Iwa-kun, are you sure that you will command the Imperial Army to win the Korean War?" ”

Da Shanyan said in a loud voice: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, rest assured, I am absolutely sure!" ”

Hirobumi Ito replied: "Okay, in that case, we will ask His Majesty the Emperor for instructions, recall Yamaguchi Aritomo, appoint Oyama Iwa as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and command all the Japanese troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty!" ”