Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Ye Zhikui wiped away the tear Concubine Min left on his face just now, clenched his fist, and murmured: "Ziying, just wait, even the entire North Korea cannot take you away."

On August 23, 23, the troops of Ye Zhichao and Nie Shicheng, who had withdrawn from Asan, arrived outside Pyongyang. On the evening of the [-]rd, Ye Zhichao ordered the battalion officials to come to the Chinese military tent to discuss the matter of entering the city at Xushi. Ye Zhikui checked the time. It was still Youshi, which is about five o'clock in the modern afternoon, and there was still more than an hour before the time Ye Zhichao set.

For Ye Zhichao, Ye Zhikui has always been in various thoughts and entangled. He who inherited Ye Zhikui's memory from before also inherited various emotions.The former Ye Zhikui was brought up by Ye Zhichao, and Ye Zhichao made it possible to study abroad. It can be said that Ye Zhikui is the closest person in the world.However, as a modern Ye Zhikui, he understands the extent of Ye Zhichao's crimes. The responsibility for the failure of the Pyongyang Battle should be entirely borne by him. It is his inaction, incompetence, and no fighting spirit. , but gathered most of the troops inside and outside Pyongyang, and only held high wine meetings with the generals every day, waiting for the Japanese army to attack.

And after the Japanese army surrounded Pyongyang, they had no fighting spirit and were timid and afraid of death, so they proposed to abandon the city and retreat to the north. Boss, this battle has not yet been fought!As the general, you don't think about how to defend the city first, but instead think about how to escape all day long.It was Ye Zhichao's thought of being timid before fighting that made the Qing army lose every time. The morale of fighting is very important. If you are afraid, you will run away. If you run, you will be defeated. If you are defeated, you will be even more afraid. The army started to run away before they saw the Japanese in the late stage.

At this time, Ye Zhichao has not been appointed by the imperial court as the president of the armies stationed in Pyongyang, but Cheng Huan's victory has already been reported. I believe he will be appointed in a short time. Ye Zhikui will never let history repeat itself. The only breakthrough is Ye Zhichao. there.He is highly valued by Ye Zhichao, and he believes that what he said still has weight in Ye Zhichao's heart.

This was the first time he was going to see Ye Zhichao, and because Ye Zhichao was the person who knew Ye Zhikui the most, he was afraid that any major changes in himself would arouse Ye Zhichao's suspicion, so he had never dared to see Ye Zhichao. After such a long war, even if there is any big difference between the current Ye Zhikui and the previous Ye Zhikui, it can be excused from the fact that the war has matured men.

Ye Zhikui twisted a food box by himself, which contained a cooked carp. Ye Zhichao liked to eat fish, and when it was time for dinner, Ye Zhikui brought this fish with him.

When Ye Zhikui walked outside the gate of Ye Zhichao's camp, two soldiers stopped him quickly. Ye Zhikui stared at him. The soldiers didn't dare to look at each other, but they still stopped him and said, "Young commander, the admiral ordered that no one should disturb you." he."

Seeing the strange color on the soldier's face, Ye Zhikui aroused his curiosity, darkened his face, and said coldly: "Do you know what you are doing? Don't let him go." walked in.The soldiers walked back and forth anxiously, and Ye Zhikui said without turning his head, "Don't worry, I will take care of Ye Zhikui if there is anything."

Walking into the wing room where Ye Zhichao was resting, Ye Zhikui heard a bawling sound, opened the door and went in, but saw Ye Zhichao half lying on the bed, motionless, holding a long gun in his hand, pointing the gun at the flames, Ye Zhikui saw this How could he still not understand that he was smoking opium.Judging by Ye Zhichao's appearance, he is still addicted.

Ye Zhikui threw the food box on the ground, rushed forward, grabbed the bong, threw it on the ground, and stomped hard a few times.Ye Zhichao was half awake and half dreaming, he didn't know what was going on at all, he couldn't make out what he was saying, and shouted loudly: "Come on! Come on, drag this lunatic out and beat him for [-] rounds." Several soldiers soon heard The voice ran over, and it was Ye Zhikui, who stood to the side silently.Ye Zhikui shouted angrily: "Go down quickly." The soldiers disappeared after a few swishes.

Ye Zhichao got out of bed, hurriedly picked up the bong on the ground, ignored the filth, pointed at the flames, and let out a long breath to recover.

Ye Zhikui kept watching with cold eyes, and only waited for Ye Zhichao to feel better before he stepped forward and said sadly, "Uncle, this is what you want me to say about you."

Ye Zhichao looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar nephew in front of him, thought of the younger brother who sacrificed himself to save him, saw the resolute and sad expression in front of him, and felt that Ye Zhikui had matured, and was no longer the child who only promised to be escorted by himself. Can't help secretly happy for my brother.

Immediately thinking of his own situation, he sighed and said, "Congyun, now I can't live without it."

Ye Zhikui interrupted him and said: "Uncle, opium is harmful to people. Look at what you are now. You have lost more than ten catties than before. Emperor Daoguang in the past could quit his addiction. I believe that uncle can quit if he has the heart. "

Ye Zhichao had lost confidence a long time ago, and when he heard Ye Zhikui's words, he remained silent. Ye Zhikui stepped forward to hold his hands, and said, "Uncle, believe me, I will make Uncle quit. Now Dajun still needs Uncle to worry about it."

When it came to the army, Ye Zhichao finally came to his senses, and said with a smile: "Congyun, I didn't expect you to be really good at fighting. It seems that I did nothing wrong in sending you to Prussia. This time you have made a great contribution. Uncle It has already been taken care of, my nephew Fei Huang Tengda is just around the corner, and my Ye family can also rise by then. Uncle is old and can't give you more support. Everything depends on you. And after this battle, uncle feels Your energy is not as good as before, and you will give Uncle more advice from now on from Congyun."

When Ye Zhikui heard his words from the bottom of his heart, he had completely accepted this uncle from the bottom of his heart, and agreed with tears in his eyes.The two nephews talked about the past for a while, because there would be a military meeting later, Ye Zhikui didn't stay for a long time, so he got up and said goodbye. Reduce the dosage until Ye Zhichao quits him.

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When Ye Zhikui returned to the camp, he was a little depressed. Then he thought about the "Double Spear Soldiers" afterwards. Is this the army of the Qing Dynasty?Although there are passionate and brave people, most of them are extremely corrupt. No matter how to repair a dilapidated house, it will collapse after experiencing wind and rain.

Ye Zhikui lowered his head to think about the problem, and walked quickly and anxiously.When turning into the door, he bumped into someone accidentally, Ye Zhikui took a closer look at the person who fell on the ground, who is it not Xiao Linglong?That's right, only Xiao Linglong can enter and leave his room at will.

Xiao Linglong stood up, touched her forehead, puffed her mouth and said, "Bad uncle, it hurts Linglong, Linglong wants to rub it."

When Ye Zhikui saw this pistachio, his mood gradually became brighter. Xiao Linglong's condition became more and more stable, and her speech was not so confused, but she was still very afraid of contacting strangers.

Ye Zhikui rubbed Xiao Linglong's forehead with his hands, and asked with a smile, "Little Linglong, what are you doing here?" , Xiao Linglong gave it to uncle." After speaking, Xiao Linglong jumped out.Ye Zhikui looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake dumbfounded, stuffed it into his mouth, and murmured: "Xianzhu, here comes the tea." After a long time when no one answered, he realized that the Yiren had gone, leaving a lingering fragrance.

Ye Zhikui didn't feel melancholy for a long time. After dinner, he went to the big tent of the Chinese army. Ye Zhichao hadn't come out yet, but Nie Shicheng, Jiang Zikang and others came all over the place. Come in together.Just as he was about to go out, Jiang Zikang had already stepped in front of him.

He said with a dark face, "Son, when will that sentry soldier be returned to this old man?"

I was really afraid of what would come. Ye Zhikui borrowed Jiang Zikang's men and horses before, but this guy was borrowed from Jingzhou by Liu Bei.He kept avoiding Jiang Zikang all the time, but now he was blocked by the righteous master. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned and pretended to be stupid: "Shao, what is the whistle, wasn't General Nie transferred to my camp? Do you want to return it?" .” After speaking, he went straight to Nie Shicheng.

Jiang Zikang stamped his feet and cursed the junior for being a bully, but there was nothing he could do.

Nie Shicheng had already seen Ye Zhikui, and seeing his previous performance, he couldn't help but secretly amused, Ye Zhikui greeted Nie Shicheng with a junior salute first.Then he greeted Nie Shicheng's battalion officers, and walked to Nie Shicheng's side.

"Nephew, I've worked hard for you this time. I heard that you used the old man's big camp to set up a big shit formation that day, and actually made Yoshima Oshima blind in his right eye. It's really unbelievable, haha." Nie Shicheng touched With a beard and a smile.Everyone around laughed together.

Ye Zhikui blushed for a rare time, and said with a chuckle: "My nephew never thought he would be so fragile."

Nie Shicheng patted Ye Zhikui on the head, and said with a smile, "You, you just have a lot of bad ideas, but the marching and fighting are mainly for surprises and supplementary, so remember it." Ye Zhikui nodded obediently, paused, and Nie Shicheng said again: "The situation in North Korea is tense, and the Japanese army is much stronger than my Qing Dynasty. I will return to China to recruit troops in a few days, and the Lutai army will be handed over to you."

Ye Zhikui was startled, and all the generals were in an uproar.Before he could refuse, Nie Shicheng pulled over a burly man in his thirties. This burly man had a square Chinese-shaped face, a mustache, and rough eyebrows.

"Nephew, this is Feng Guozhang, Feng Huafu, an important staff member of the old man's army. He has repeatedly advised the old man, and he has both civil and military skills. A few years ago, he led the students of the military training school to inspect the three eastern provinces and helped the old man compile "Journey to the East". This year, he even went to Japan. It has been compiled into several volumes of military books, but it is a pity that the war broke out suddenly, and the old man has no time to read it, so he is a great talent. Now leave him to North Korea to help you."

Ye Zhikui was stunned. What happened? Feng Guozhang, one of the three heroes of Beiyang, was actually Nie Shicheng's staff at this time. Because it was Feng Guozhang's deeds before his fortune, Ye Zhikui didn't remember it very clearly. It seems that we should pay more attention in the future. Maybe the period of the Republic of China was awesome. The characters still don't know where to struggle silently!

Feng Guozhang was young and intelligent, with a bold and unrestrained temperament. He entered the Beiyang Armed Forces Academy and studied hard. He ranked among the best in every exam.Feng Guozhang saw that Ye Zhikui was stunned and did not speak, he smiled awkwardly, and said: "I have seen Young Master Ye, please take care of Young Master Ye in the future."

Ye Zhikui was thinking about abducting this guy, when he suddenly thought that this guy is already his subordinate, and he wants to abduct a bird, just prevent Yuan Shikai from abducting him, and leave the rest of your life to me.

Ye Shao smiled and replied: "Hua Fu's name has long been known, Ping Lan (I don't know if you still remember the trick in Chapter 1) often mentions you to me. A very good military book, can Hua Fu use it to see it?" ?”

Feng Guozhang agreed repeatedly, and Nie Shicheng was relieved when he saw that the two had a happy conversation.

Not long after, Ye Zhichao led a group of staff members in, and everyone did their job one by one. Ye Zhichao couldn't help laughing at everyone looking at him eagerly, coughed and said: "Everyone must already know that the imperial court's reward has come down, everyone. There are rewards for being brave in battle." Ye Zhikui was overjoyed, and he was promoted and made a fortune.

Regardless of other people's affairs, Ye Zhikui was only waiting for his own reward. To his great surprise, even though he had prepared himself for it, he never expected that the reward would be so generous. The reward was 1 taels of silver, and he was promoted three times in succession to become the registered admiral The commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town, Shanxi Province.The registered admiral is your turn when there is a vacancy for the admiral.However, the actual title of being a general soldier is already very high. The previous Nie Shicheng was the general soldier of Taiyuan Town, Shanxi Province. Ye Zhikui took Nie Shicheng's class directly. It seems that Nie Shicheng has received the news before, otherwise he would not entrust his troops. For Ye Zhikui, Nie Shicheng was promoted to Admiral of Zhili, and Ye Zhichao was promoted to Governor of Jiangsu and President of the armies stationed in Pyongyang.

The 22-year-old general soldier, if you don’t even have to think about it in peacetime, you don’t even have to think about it in wartime. The reason for this is actually very simple. Yes, the court needs this victory.It is necessary to set an example. The most important thing is that Emperor Guangxu thought he had discovered a talent, and Li Hongzhang was happy to see it succeed. Lafayette was too busy celebrating his birthday to care about such trivial matters.Therefore, Ye Zhikui turned red, so red that it turned purple, so red that everyone wanted to come forward and bite him.

Everyone was happy with the reward, and then Nie Shicheng dropped another blockbuster, announcing in public that he would return to China to recruit troops in the near future, and Ye Zhikui would hand over Lutaihuai army training to Ye Zhikui.

The generals of the Lutaihuai training army immediately talked a lot, and some even yelled: "Huangkou children, how can you be responsible for this important task."Even Ye Zhichao couldn't stop it. Here we can see the disadvantages of the military system of the Huai Army. The largest unit with a fixed establishment in the Huai Army is only the battalion!The Huai Army did not have a larger establishment, and the combat was generally conducted by various battalions commanded by various commanders.The relationship between the commanders is equal, and they do not belong to each other.These battalions are generally recruited and trained by the commander himself.There is an inseparable relationship with the commander himself. If it is not the commander or the cronies appointed by the commander, the troops often refuse to obey orders, and even clamor for mutiny.

Ye Zhikui's face was very ugly, and Nie Shicheng's face was even more ugly. Nie Shicheng slapped the table, stood up suddenly, pointed at each of them with his hands, and said angrily: "Is the old man's order a joke? This is the gate of the city." No? How decent are you all? Why didn’t you see you fight when you broke up? Why didn’t you see you fight when you killed the Japanese? Without Congyun, how could you have made such a great contribution? Without Congyun, maybe some of you You have already died in Cheng Huan, and you can still make noise here, ungrateful things, seniority, the military is about strength, if you kill Da Dao Yichang tomorrow, the old man will put this hat on you. When did the old man practice your group of things?" Nie Shicheng scolded a little anxiously, panting heavily after scolding, and it took a long time to slow down.

Seeing that Nie Shicheng was furious, all the officers and men lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. Ye Zhichao saw that everyone had no objection, snorted coldly and flung his sleeves away.Ye Zhikui secretly wrote down a few generals who had a grudge against him, and let Nie Shicheng take them away later.

The first volume of North Korean situation Chapter 13 When will Pyongyang dance and dance rest

On August 25, Nie Shicheng returned to China yesterday. Ye Zhikui commanded the third battalion of Mabu, with a total of more than [-] people. They were the two battalions of the Lutaihuai training army, the first battalion of the Yongzi battalion, and the flowering guns. , including five Krupp-style breech-loading guns (two were handed over from the Japanese army. At that time, the Japanese army's artillery was old-style German Krupp guns and old-style bronze guns, which were not as good as the Beiyang Army's steel guns), Gruson-style Four steel cannons (velocity-firing cannons), one special force team, and more than [-] North Korean soldiers who had retreated from Chenghuan were also thrown into his care by Ye Zhichao. Everyone serves as a support team.

At this time, there were four Huai armies stationed in North Korea. They were the "Sheng" army led by Wei Rugui, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia Township. Unfortunately, this army "collapsed when encountering bandits, and captured when encountering things, without any scruples." .On the way to the DPRK, "harassment along the way led to notoriety, especially in South Korea"; the "Yi" army led by Ma Yukun, the general soldier, had a strength of 2000; the "Feng" army led by Zuo Baogui, the general soldier of Gaozhou Town, Stationed in the Fengtian area, with a force of 500 people; the Fengtian Lianjun Shengzi Camp and Jilin Lianjun led by the deputy governor, Feng Sheng'a, were originally stationed in the Fengtian area, with a strength of 500 people. The training army has no combat effectiveness and is known for its fragility. It is nicknamed "Duck Egg Soldiers" to ridicule its "unable to bump".In addition to Ye Zhichao's department, there are a total of 35 battalions with 7000 people.

The five-way army gathered inside and outside Pyongyang, and Ye Zhichao was the leader of the president.For a while, the wind was rumbling, and the mountains and rain were about to come.

On the evening of the 25th, Min Bing-seok, supervisor of Pyongyang Province in North Korea, invited the commanders of the various armies to have a banquet. Only he can make the decision. Ye Zhikui only hates his parents for not giving birth to many hands and feet. At this time, Ye Zhichao has not yet called the commanders to discuss the battle matters. "Confident" ah.

Ye Zhikui would not pretend to be lofty and refused to go to the banquet.Leading Feng Guozhang, Wen Baishan, and that little follower Linglong, the yellow glazed tile hard top of the Pyongyang Taoist Palace looked very beautiful, and Ye Zhikui walked in without admiring the scenery.

Ye Zhikui came late, and the inside was already full of wine and wine, and Yingying, Yanyan, and Yanyan were very lively.

Ye Zhikui led the crowd to say hello to Ye Zhichao and sat down on his head. He came to this lively place from the serious military camp. Although Ye Zhikui was not used to it for a while, he got up to visit the other commanders. Zuo Baogui, a famous hero of the Xuanwu Gate in Pyongyang, died early. Zuo Baogui’s parents died early, and he was alone. concentrated.

Ye Zhikui will borrow more from him in the future, and he has great admiration for this old general, so he is very strict and respectful.Zuo Baogui was very enthusiastic about Ye Zhikui, without putting on airs, with a smile on his face, he praised the young man for being good.

However, Wei Rugui and Ma Yukun are both brave and unrestrained people. They dragged Ye Zhikui to drink a few bowls of wine, and as a junior, Ye Zhikui could only be bullied. To drink two bowls.This made Ye Zhikui tremble with fear, and finally Ma Yukun patted Ye Zhikui on the shoulder vigorously, and praised: "Good boy, he can drink, he is a man."

Ye Zhikui bared his teeth, and said to himself, mother, this arm is useless tonight.The last one, Du Tongfengsheng's family, is the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner, which is incompatible with the whole banquet. How can you be a little general soldier who has just been promoted.

Not long after Ye Zhikui sat back in his seat, Min Bingshi accompanied a woman in front, followed by a group of court ladies, and saw the woman with a green bun, icy and jade-like, radiant with pearls and emeralds, and glittering in fine clothes. , the lotus steps are moving at first glance, waiting to stop and wanting to go.Among this group of big bosses and Yingying Yanyan's official prostitutes, she looked extraordinarily noble and unspeakable, Xiao Linglong put down the pastry in her mouth, pointed at the woman and said to Ye Zhikui: "Uncle, it's sister Min."

Ye Zhikui had already recognized it as Concubine Min, but he just lowered his head and drank silently, and when he heard Xiao Linglong speak, he said, "Be good, Xiao Linglong don't talk." Wen Baishan knew what was going on but pretended not to know, Feng Guozhang didn't Understand what's going on but thoughtful.