Shanxian Youpeng's next attack was overwhelming, and all of Iketanga's troops collapsed immediately. Except for Zuo Baogui and Wei Rugui who put up some more lethal resistance, including his own Heilongjiang town border troops
They mainly focused on running. They ran all the way across the Qingchuan River before they could steady their steps and then set up defenses along the river.
At this time, friends from Shan County were running out of energy to chase. You must know that it is winter now, and the cold climate in North Korea is not suitable for them. In addition, the funds are tight, and the soldiers have limited means of cold protection. They encountered a snowstorm, and their men were frozen to death and frostbite.
It was over a thousand, so I had to stop the attack.
The disastrous defeat on the northern line was a blow to Cixi. She was waiting with great expectations for the victory of her Manchurian hero! But she was waiting for the bad news of a disastrous defeat. Fortunately, this old woman was not a fool. If Iktanga was not good, the others would not be good either.
Naturally, it was not easy to criticize him too harshly. Apart from removing the fastest runner, Fengsheng'a, for investigation, there were not many punishments for the others. Instead, Wei Rugui, who fought hard with wounds, was rewarded with a piece of Huang Da Gua.
Then he encouraged all the troops to fight bravely and not to let down the emperor's kindness. If they were defeated again, they would not blame the court's laws.
After all, this is not a big deal, and it doesn’t count as a defeat if we haven’t retreated to the Yalu River. Isn’t it true that Yashan is good at fighting with well-equipped weapons? Then just buy it. If you are short of cannons, buy them! If you are short of electric guns, buy them! If you are short of grenades, buy them.
! The incoming orders almost made O'Connor almost die of joy. Because of Cixi's message, Master Weng no longer complained about lack of money. He bought a hundred Bofors version of Maxim alone. This news made Yang Feng happy.
He was happy, but what he didn't know was that it wouldn't be long before he regretted this business and hit a wall.
At this time, he was not the only one hiding aside and snickering to watch the fun. Li Ergui was also watching the joke. Yang Feng suspected that Ming Jun's collapse was somehow related to him. To say that Liu Mingchuan's direct troops fought so poorly.
It's definitely not normal. Liu Shengxiu has been following his uncle since he started his career. Even Liu Mingchuan praised him for being brave and resourceful, otherwise he wouldn't have handed Mingjun over to him.
Of course, these inside stories are unknown. The looting of Osaka made him a small fortune. Although the harvest of less than 10 million taels of silver can only be regarded as small money in his opinion, the employment of his subordinates
The military is different. After deducting Yang Feng's investment and adding a small amount of subsidies to the troops left behind, each of the sea and land soldiers participating in the operation can receive more than 500 taels. Now they are all clamoring to continue punishing Japan, especially
Those who stayed behind can be said to be in a state of excitement now. Although each of them also received a hundred taels as compensation, this is incomparable to those who participated in the war.
In this case, Yang Feng complied with the morale of the army. He exchanged the remaining troops with some of the troops that participated in the battle last time, and prepared to go further this time to Sendai, which was the hometown of the Second Division. He didn't know that the Japanese troops were on the Anzhou front line.
How does it feel to know that your hometown has been raided? As for how to fight this, it is even simpler. It is much simpler than landing in Osaka. There are no fortresses in Sentai, and even the Japanese navy cannot reach there. The only thing that needs to be considered is
What's more, the Northeast Line is not close to the sea, so we have to move faster.
It would be great if there were bombers. You could blow up the railway for them first and then take their time. However, it is a bit early to get airplanes at this time. Airships can be used for fun, but time does not allow it now. Forget it, the Japanese army is so far away anyway.
It's impossible to arrive in one day, so time shouldn't be too tight.
Although there are still a few Little Doe in the shuttle, and he can barely fly it, but with such a distinguished status as Boss Yang, he cannot risk his life for a small amount of money. It would be a tragedy if it crashes on the way.
There are shuttles following sea activities underwater. No matter what happens, you can escape in time, but you can't leave the sea. Otherwise, why doesn't Boss Yang like to do land activities?
However, just when he was about to set off, he suddenly received an unexpected job.
"Song Qing?" Yang Feng was stunned when he heard the name. Only now did he remember that he seemed to have forgotten Song Qing in Pyongyang City and his 4,400 Yijun. In fact, almost all the white-haired generals were now
He has almost been forgotten by everyone, but he is the most critical one now. 4,400 Yijun soldiers have been holding on to Pyongyang for a week. This shows that the battle of Pyongyang was a tragedy in history. More than 10,000 people were killed in one day.
It took time to drive them out, but now Prince Nojiu of Kitashirakawa Palace has been leading his fourth division for a week, but he has not driven Song Qing and Ma Yukun out of the city, and it is said that the fight is not going very smoothly.
Pyongyang is Iktanga's rear base, and its ammunition reserves are absolutely sufficient. Moreover, more than a dozen Gatling cannons that they thought were not suitable for the attack have also been left in the city, as well as six Hotchkiss rotating cannons.
Now these things are playing a huge role in Song Qing's hands.
Of course, he will definitely not be able to hold on for long. Now he is relying solely on the amount of ammunition projected. After the Datong River is frozen, sea supplies have been cut off, and land supplies are also not mentioned. Four thousand Yi troops are trapped in the isolated city. If the Japanese army hadn't been in a hurry
, Secondly, they were afraid of casualties. At this time, the city had already been defeated, but there was no way out. The only way was to retreat to the seaside and take a boat. However, the Japanese surrounded Pyongyang on all sides and they could not withdraw even if they wanted to.
Li Hongzhang had no choice but to ask Yang Feng to lead troops to rescue Song Qing and others. Of course, if Yang Feng didn't go, he had nothing to say. After all, this guy was not his soldier and had no obligation.
Follow his orders.
This request made Yang Feng very entangled. According to theory, he would not do anything that has no benefits. However, seeing the white-headed man die in Pyongyang, this seems a bit too unkind. Song Qing and his Yijun,
It's still worthy of respect. It's a bit incredible that four thousand people can actually defend Pyongyang.
After much consideration, I decided to be a good person for once.
"Okay, please tell Li Zhongtang that I will take this job, because we are all Han Chinese!" Yang Feng said to Xue Fucheng, the last few words being particularly emphatic.
Xue Fucheng nodded calmly. In fact, no one among these people knew Yang Feng better than him. This result was already expected.
Song Qing in Pyongyang City was indeed almost at the end of the road at this time. After a week of hard fighting, the four thousand Yijun soldiers were less than three thousand left. Fortunately, they were all old brothers who had followed him through life and death for many years, and they fought to the death.
The Japanese army did not retreat until Pyongyang was captured, but they could not hold on for more than a few days. Now the white-haired general was facing sorrow with his right-hand men Ma Yukun and Jiang Guiti.
At this time, the guard came in and reported that a foreigner asked to see him. Although it was unexpected, Song Qing still invited the person in.
"Mr. Luo, do you think Master Yang will come to rescue us?" Song Qing was stunned by the news brought by this foreigner named Roy. Naturally, he had heard about Yang Feng, but the two sides were fighting eight poles.
No, it's simply incredible that he could send troops to save himself.
"Of course, Mr. Yang's telegram made it very clear. Please hold on for one more day and wait for my news tomorrow night. When the Japanese army is attacked in the direction of Zhuque Gate, immediately gather all your troops and fight south. Then what?
Don't worry, just run to the sea along the Taedong River, there will be a boat waiting to pick you up." Roy said. He is the business representative of Bofors Bank in Pyongyang. Of course, he can also be said to be a spy. He has a weapon that can directly communicate with Yang
The radio transmitter contacted by Feng, now Boss Yang has already begun to use electronic tube transmitters internally.
"But what if the Japanese army pursues us? Zhenhai Port cannot dock large ships. Our Yijun still has more than 2,700 people. Although I don't know how many brothers Mr. Yang has sent, it will be at least 3,000. Six thousand people use small boats.
I'm afraid the transfer won't be completed in a short time. Once the Japanese army catches up, the losses will be huge." Song Qing asked doubtfully.
"General, Mr. Yang's landing ship can dock directly. In short, you don't need to think about this issue. Ah, there is one more thing I need to remind you. It is best for each of your subordinates to prepare a wet towel and soak it in alkaline water.
Even better, cover your mouth and nose when you go out, and try to cover your face with something. If there is yellow smoke in front of you, of course you may not be able to see the color clearly at night. In short, if there is smoke in front of you, try to avoid it, otherwise it will be very serious.
Dangerous," Roy said.
Boss Yang will naturally not let his soldiers come to fight the Japanese army. Why not use such a good thing as mustard gas? It is the cold winter season and we are wearing cotton jackets and cotton trousers. Naturally, we don’t have to worry about contamination on our bodies. We also cover our mouth and nose with a face covering.
That's about it. If there are still people poisoned, they can only blame themselves for their own misfortune.
Initially, Song Qing was still a little unbelievable about such a good thing, but after receiving the telegram from Li Hongzhang, there was nothing to doubt. The Japanese army only launched some small-scale harassing attacks the next day. In their view,
The fate of this lone army has been determined. All they have to do now is to use up their ammunition as much as possible before launching a large-scale attack. You must know that Song Qing has lost more than a thousand people this week, and Kitashirakawa Palace has lost nearly a thousand.
In this way, until night, the Yijun in the city began to follow Roy's request, one by one, they were ready and waiting for the news. It was not until close to midnight that Roy hurriedly ran over with a strange-looking machine on his back and said: "
Get ready, it’s coming!”
Song Qing cheered up, and the Yijun soldiers at the city gates quickly withdrew. At the same time, they loaded up the weapons and ammunition that had been piled up and could not be taken away. When all this was done, there was a sudden sound from outside.
There was intense gunfire.
"Let's go!" Roy shouted, then got on his horse and rushed towards the opening Suzaku Gate.