At this time, a group of soldiers of the Renzi Army were salvaging the bodies of the people who had thrown themselves into the well, and the courtyard was full of the bodies of women and children who had drowned. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"The family's surname is Qu, and there are only five sisters-in-law and five children left in the family; One of the Japanese soldiers rushed in and committed violence, and they stabbed the Japanese to death with kitchen knives and scissors, fearing that they would be insulted by the Japanese beasts who broke in again, and threw themselves into the well one after another; Alas—"

Anton County ordered Song Xi to sigh faintly.

"Bury them properly, and set up a stone monument by the well as a memorial, and it is a warning,—— you write it down."

He Changying said to Yu Zeqing beside him: "Qu's well, clear and deep, sparkling and cold. Ten people in a family died in a well, and Qianqiu died without sinking his reputation. ——”

"Report to the commander-in-chief, Shen Zhaoao came to report."

At this time, Shen Zhaoao led a few staff officers and personal soldiers into the courtyard, and looked at the corpses in the courtyard, his face suddenly became sad.

"Well, let's take a look outside the East City."

He Changying nodded and walked out of the courtyard.

"It is reported that the telegraph line connecting the direction of Dalian Bay, which was destroyed by the Japanese army, has been connected."

At this time, a soldier from the technology department ran over.

"Go to the telegraph office first."

He Changying glanced at the bloody remnant sun in the western sky, and his heart was as heavy as a mountain.

In the east of Jinzhou City, the Japanese army still has nearly 10,000 and nearly half of the troops, and there are still 6 or 700 Japanese cavalry and stingers stationed in Dalian Bay.

The strength of the anti-Japanese army will reach 10,000, plus Zhao Liuhong's two battalions and Jiang Zikang's four battalions, the total strength is barely 13,000.

In He Changying's memory, the Japanese Second Army that landed at Huayuankou had an elite military strength of 25,000.

Even if he ate one of their infantry brigades, plus a cavalry squadron, it would only be 1,400 people.

In order to eat the more than 1,400 Japanese troops, although the anti-Japanese army invested more than four times the superior forces of the Japanese army in the two battles of Pulandian and Jinzhou City, and they were all fought with the wind.

However, the number of soldiers killed and seriously wounded in the anti-Japanese army also exceeded 400.

In other words, the anti-Japanese army had to face more than 23,000 Japanese troops, which was close to twice the strength of the coalition forces on their side.

What's even more frightening is that once the Japanese Combined Fleet enters Dalian Bay, after destroying the coastal forts, the Japanese artillery can directly bombard Jinzhou City or Nanguanling.

If the Japanese navy wanted to, they could easily raze the city of Jinzhou with even heavy artillery.

Or the Japanese army has a bigger appetite and completes a small frog jump tactic in Dalian Bay, attacking the anti-Japanese army and the Renzi army from east to west, and blocking Jinzhou City?

He Changying's body trembled, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Two days; The anti-Japanese army only held out in Jinzhou City for two days, and the day after tomorrow all withdrew to Nanguanling. ”

Walking on the streets covered with corpses, He Changying said to Wang Shizhen as she walked: "Your logistics department has joined forces with engineers to transport all the important materials that can be transported, and the houses, batteries, and all facilities that cannot be transported have been completely destroyed; In addition, all the people of Jinzhou and Dalian Bay were evacuated to ——。 ”

He Changying suddenly stopped, and her voice stopped.

Everyone, including Jiang Zikang, who was silent all the way, looked at him quietly.

"Lushun!"

He Changying gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "The anti-Japanese army is here, and Lushun is here!" ”

Zhili, the governor's office.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Hongzhang, who had been unable to wait for news from the direction of Jinzhou, finally had a little peace of mind.

At this time, there is no news, which is often great news.

Li Hongzhang ordered the Goshkhas to prepare the car, since there is nothing to do in Jinzhou, then Lafayette's birthday tomorrow will be held normally.

He, Li Hongzhang, as the head of a hundred officials who was about to fall, of course had to participate in this celebration.

Standing on the steps in front of the lobby, Li Hongzhang sighed faintly, if nothing else, this would be the last time he would participate in this kind of national celebration.

- In the future, let's go back to Feixi to retire, tease your grandson, and wait for old age to die!

"Naka, naka—"

Li Hongzhang was about to board the carriage, and his son-in-law Zhang Peilun ran over from behind in a panic, holding a telegram in his hand.

"It's broken!"

Li Hongzhang's heart jumped, looking at his son-in-law's expression, he didn't need to think about it to know that Jinzhou was lost.

Li Hongzhang felt dizzy, this capital didn't have to rush overnight.

"Whoa—"

Zhang Peilun ran in a hurry this time, stepped on a flight of steps, and fell heavily on the ground, which made Li Hongzhang feel pain.

However, Zhang Peilun didn't care about the pain at all, and he didn't have time to wait for Goshha, who was screaming around, to help him up, and even ran to Li Hongzhang's side, and said in a trembling voice with a blue nose and swollen face: "Zhongtang, Dalian Bay is lost, Zhao Huaiye has escaped!" ”

"Nak."

Seeing Li Hongzhang's body staggering, Zhang Peilun, who had been on guard, grabbed Li Hongzhang's arm.

"——Rather lose the bay, never lose the trip; Good, good! ”

Li Hongzhang was furious and laughed: "What a Zhao Huaiye, it turns out that all these crimes are the old man's mine, and the old man's face is your!" ”

"Zhongtang, control anger, control anger."

Zhang Peilun was also shocked and powerless to persuade.

"Let's go back to the house."

Li Hongzhang's face was full of old age, and he finally had a hint of ruddy face before, but now it became dark and pale again.

"What about Lafayette's birthday?"

Zhang Peilun hesitated.

"Lafayette is also a person who wants to save face, she can bear the loss of Pyongyang and North Korea, and she can bear it if she loses the Yalu River and captures Liu Shengxiu alive; But now that she has lost Jinzhou and Dalian, where does she still have the face to live? I'm not going to slap her in the face! ”

Zhao Huaiye's three telegrams when he fled immediately disturbed Lushun, Jinmen, and Tongzhou.

Soon after, the news spread to the Forbidden City, and Guangxu roared and smashed a room full of fine porcelain, and even Concubine Zhen couldn't dissuade it.

"Teacher, we let Beiyang fight with the Japanese before, how did we expect Beiyang to be so rotten? This Li Hongzhang should really go to prison and kill him an old thing! ”

Emperor Guangxu's eyes were full of scorching flames: "Ming'er is the big day of the Queen Mother's birthday and return to power, and the whole world knows it; But this time I lost North Korea, then I lost the Yalu River, Phoenix, and this time I lost Jinzhou and Dalian! How can Ming'er still have the face to hold a birthday celebration in front of the Western countries? ”

Fighting with old arms and legs, Weng Tongyi, who hurriedly came over to deliver the news, was already happy in his heart.

This old Li kills talents, and this old fool who clings to power, deserves to slap your old flower face into a monkey's ass!

"Give me a decree, Li Hongzhang is dismissed-"

Guangxu endured a lot of hard work before holding back the word 'investigation': "——, Zhao Huaiye ignored the fall of Jinzhou and did not rescue, abandoned Dalian Bay without authorization, immediately dismissed from his post for investigation and was escorted to Beijing. ”

Not long after, Cixi, who got the news in Ningshou Palace, was also furious.

This Qing-Japanese war has already completely disrupted her birthday celebration plan.

In the original plan, tomorrow, the 10th day of October, her 60th birthday, she would receive the congratulations of the princes and ministers at the palace in the morning.

Then the big row of Luan, mighty and mighty, out of the palace Xihua Gate, take the North Long Street, turn to Xi'anmen Street, through the West Fourth Road intersection, to the north along the West Fourth North Street, through the new street entrance, out of the West Zhimen, go straight to the Summer Palace.

Then listen to the big drama in the Summer Palace, hold a big banquet, and set up a banquet for the ministers.

Dozens of miles of avenues from Xihua Gate to the Summer Palace, along the way to decorate the landscape, build the altar, the stage, the color hall, the archway, organize the monks to chant the scriptures, the troupe to act, the people are welcome on the way, for her to watch on the way.

In short, the ultimate luxury to celebrate.