"Since the new army of the Qing army is here, then Yanjing City has no strength that can stop the pace of the first army of the empire! - Of course, these new Qing troops can't actually stop it, and they can only bring some small confusion to the empire at most. ”

Seeing the surprised faces of a group of generals around him, Prince Akihito Komatsumiya explained in a low voice: "Zhili will be handed over to the first army of the Earl of Shan County to complete this great cause through the ages; After the 11th Brigade of the Army landed in Dongying, it marched eastward, westward, and southward, completely defeating the Qing army in Ludong and making Zhili an isolated island! ”

"Hey!"

The generals immediately understood what Prince Akihito Komatsumiya meant, and since he could no longer find an advantage in this area, he would change places and defeat the second province outside of Zhili.

The first is the land reinforcements of the stage Zhili, and the second is to regain the face lost today and pressure the Qing government to agree to any war compensation demands of the empire as soon as possible.

"Woo-"

At about 9 o'clock in the morning of February 20 in the Western calendar, amid the sound of steam whistles, the huge mixed ship group of the Japanese army immediately turned around, maintained a speed of more than 11 knots, and headed southeast.

"The Japanese army fled, the Japanese army fled!"

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Jinmen Brigade, who were searching on the coast, roared with excitement on their faces.

"Isn't it, when did the Japanese army talk so well? That's it! ”

When the news reached Huangtuobo Village, Liu Gangzhi, Bian Changsheng, and Nie Pengcheng ,——

They were all full of surprise.

However, when they climbed to a high place and looked at the fleet in the distance, they did go all the way to the southeast, not due south to Tanggu, and these officers did not believe it.

"What the hell are these damn Japanese soldiers doing, it can't be a small defeat and flee back to Weihaiwei in disgrace, right?"

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

"Don't think about it, don't care where he's paralyzed!"

Liu Gangzhi said loudly: "The grandfathers who come to serve them will not die, and the rabbits will not be distressed if they slip away, and there will always be a time to catch them in the future; -- Straighten out the army and return to the Ninghe camp in the afternoon. ”

"And the victory, the victory!"

Bian Changsheng's nose suddenly became sour, and he raised his head and yelled: "Junmen, I will avenge you a little today, and wait until I meet this old dog in Shanxian County, Lao Tzu will not pick up the skin and cramp, and pay tribute to you!" ”

Hearing Bian Changsheng's roar, especially the faces of Liu Gangzhi, a group of soldiers of the Jinmen Brigade from Dagu Fort, became gloomy again.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning of the same day, the Jinmen Brigade rushed to Dagukou with two horses to report on the battle situation.

At 14 o'clock in the afternoon, the Jinmen Brigade and Bian Changsheng's battalion were all mobilized.

The brigade artillery, the 2nd Infantry Regiment, the battle wounded, led by Cao Yitao, set off south to Dagukou.

The brigade headquarters, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the recruits of the military station, the incorporated Beitang Shuiyong, and the Bian Chang Shengli Battalion carried the corpses of the sacrificed soldiers and went west to the Ninghe camp.

Liu Gangzhi decided to build a large cemetery by the Ji Canal to bury the brave martyrs.

This will be the fourth large-scale cemetery in China after Dongshan Cemetery, Tieshan Cemetery, and Jiaoshan Cemetery.

The Jinmen Brigade made a special trip to leave a team composed of logistics soldiers, clerical bureau personnel, and military judges, carrying a large number of white slips, waiting for the people of nearby villages to come back and compensate for various losses.

At 17 o'clock in the afternoon, when the news of the Jinmen Brigade had not yet been delivered, in Laizhou Bay, a huge group of Japanese ships Mougins appeared on the northern coast.

At this time, the sun is setting, the tired birds return to the forest, and it is very lively on the wharf of Dongying Port.

Originally, this quiet small port usually had no work during the New Year, but last night suddenly eight Western cargo ships docked.

This morning, a few fake foreign devils wearing suits and civilized hats came down from the ship, saying that they were asking coolies to unload the goods at a high price, and they were looking for a car to transport the goods to Jinmen.

No one believed these words of the fake foreign devil at all.

Because this reason is clearly placed there, since there are goods delivered to Jinmen, the foreigners have to swing the rudder of the big ship, and a day's work will reach the mouth of Dagu, unless it is nerve, the goods will be unloaded here, and then hundreds of miles of post roads will be pulled over.

Isn't that fooling?

Either that's filled with scary stuff inside, and they don't dare to dock at Jinmen.

- Then no one will dare to unload, and now I heard that the imperial court is fighting with Luo Quanleg, and the investigation is strict, and it is a matter of losing his head if he doesn't do it.

It's not worth it to lose your head for a few copper plates for the New Year!

And a few Western captains, as well as fake foreign devils with foxes and fake tigers, didn't have the face to say that the cargo ship was forced by the Japanese warships, so they had to go to Lu Youren, the commander of Dongying County, to deal with it.

During this period, of course, Lu Youren didn't dare to offend foreigners, so he had to personally call several dock cauldrons to the county government and force them down.

In this way, they tossed until four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and gathered two or three hundred coolies in a noisy manner, and prepared a large number of torches, ready to unload the ships overnight.

"Boom, boom, boom-"

In the distance, the fastest cruiser Yaeyama took the lead, firing five or six guns and blasting into a green field for demonstration.

"Mom!"

"Run!"

Suddenly, there was a shout on the dock, and all the coolies dispersed in a hurry.

"Bastard, bastard! This is a provocation, a serious and extremely impudent provocation against the Tsarist Empire! ”

"All get on the boat and settle accounts with these damn monkeys, do you really think that the sacred dignity of the empire on which the sun never sets can be offended again and again?"

"Set sail now, this time to teach them the deepest lesson!"

The eight captains of the Western ships who saw this scene were all so angry that they were going crazy, and they all shouted and ordered the steamers to sail towards the Japanese ship group.

And at this time, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Ito Henyou, was also angry: "Baga, are these Western monkeys fat pigs when they are the Imperial Navy?" Why hasn't the ship been unloaded until now? Baga, don't deceive people too much! ”

"Commander, as the Chinese saying goes, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and your subordinates will suggest that they go to Dagukou to unload the ship now, so that they can save a lot of time and travel expenses; It is expected that these Western monkeys are not idiots, and they will be happy to go to Dagukou. ”

Izuha Chongyuan smiled bitterly, this is said lightly, but you don't have to think about it to know that it won't be so easy, and you have to play 8 white strips.

At this time, the entire Dongying was already in chaos, and the county commander Lu Youren fled with his family in panic, and the county officials' documents and officials also fled.

More than 300 troops of the first battalion of the Dongzi Army stationed in Dongying, looking at the ship group in the north, where is there still half a bit of courage, these soldiers who have only been in the army for less than two months, directly bombed the camp and collapsed.

They each took off their uniforms and fled home for the night.

After being spewed in the face by the captain of the Russian cargo ship Khodka, and after being sneered at by the other 7 captains, he laid down 8 white slips signed by Henyoke Ito.

Towards the evening of the same day, the Japanese ships occupied Dongying Port without bloodshed.

At this time, the beggar and mission led by Zhang Yinhuan and Shao Youlian took a small steamer to Ujina Port and arrived in Hiroshima.

That night, the mission stayed in the Chunhe Garden and the Xixin Pavilion respectively, looking at the brilliant lights at Yupin Port in the distance, Zhang Yinhuan, Shao Youlian, Gu Zhaoxin, Duanliang——

Everyone was in trepidation and sighed all night.

And that night, He Changying, who was stationed in Suzhuang Village, also got an unexpected visit.