"Baga, is it that difficult to think of a solution? Everyone raise their heads and don't lose the face of the Imperial officer!" The Chief of Staff cursed loudly with a look of regret.

After cursing, he called out directly: "You say whatever you say, don't hide it, I want to listen to the truth!"

The division commander who was named thought for a long time before answering: "There is no artillery, I can't think of a way. After all, the powerful firepower of the Liaodong Army is there!"

"Also, the counterattack that the Liaodong Army is launching is obviously to weaken our troops and use the meat-cutting tactic to eliminate us bit by bit. The commander-in-chief of the army repeatedly told us that casualties must be controlled! In order to make more soldiers survive, we must temporarily avoid the edge!"

Although the Chief of Staff looked embarrassed, he had to admit: "There is one thing you said right. We must control casualties. The losses of the troops are already great enough, so there can be no more losses!"

"The entire army has it. Retreat immediately and withdraw from the range of the Liaodong Army's mountain artillery battalion. They can't use artillery to cut off our bodies!" The Chief of Staff ordered decisively.

However, no one of the dozen subordinates left, and each showed an incredible expression and looked at the Chief of Staff in a daze.

Soon, a division commander asked, "Then we won't attack or retreat?"

"When you have a way, you will talk about attacks! Now there is no way, you can only avoid the edge of the situation, and you can't let the soldiers stand here and wait for death.

The Japanese army suddenly retreated, and although Wu Xin's idea of ​​killing him well failed, the Japanese army retreated three or four at once to attack was also a good news worth celebrating.

Although it is not clear whether the Japanese army is planning a new conspiracy, the Japanese army retreated so far at once, at least Li Zhilong and Wu Xin can be sure that within three or four hours, the Japanese army will never be able to launch a new attack.

Three or four hours later, the main force led by the commander was not far from the battlefield even if he could not reach the battlefield.

Because he carried a large number of artillery, Yang Xingguo and his more than 10,000 soldiers under his command were very slow.

When Yang Xingguo once again urged the troops to speed up the march, the messenger sent by the Cavalry Division arrived.

"Report to the commander, our division commander asked me to report that the Japanese army left all the baggage artillery and advanced lightly. In order to hold them back, the cavalry division left behind the guardian baggage artillery, and gave up all the war horses and chased on foot. Reinforcements were already in front of the Japanese army!"

One or two hundred cannons said they would give up. When they heard the news, Yang Xingguo was also shocked.

Of course, he also admired the decisiveness of the Japanese Chief of Staff.

At this time, Zhou Qiangsheng next to him suddenly said with a worried look on his face: "Commander, although the Japanese army is advancing lightly, they still have more than 30,000 elite troops, and there are also a large number of light and heavy machine guns."

"The Cavalry Division and Commander Li's people are 10,000 people, and half of them are Russians. I'm worried that they won't stop the Japanese army for too long!"

"We must speed up the marching speed. The speed in front of us is really too slow..." Li Xiaohu, the commander of the guard, agreed.

"Commander, if it really doesn't work, we will divide the troops. The infantry marched forward quickly, and the artillery followed. Anyway, the Japanese army has lost the cannons now. We don't have cannons, and they don't have them, so they can't do anything to us at all!"

"Yes, division of troops is a good way!" Zhou Qiangsheng, who was afraid that the cooked duck would fly like this, immediately agreed.

After listening to the report of the Cavalry Division's scouts, Yang Xingguo had the idea of ​​dividing his troops.

Now that they heard them, Yang Xingguo didn't want to divide his troops.

With the incredible eyes of his subordinates, he decided to say, "No, we will not divide our troops! The artillery and infantry march together to reinforce Commander Li and destroy the Japanese army!"

The heavy artillery division commander Zhong Hu was anxious at this time and quickly replied: "But, Commander, the fastest marching speed of the heavy artillery division is already in front of him, and it is impossible to be fast at all! You should divide the troops. I promise that the heavy artillery division will never drag its back and will definitely arrive at the battlefield in the shortest time!"

"No! The speed of the heavy artillery can be increased by at least twice, or even more!" Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied.

"How is that possible! I am the commander of the heavy artillery division, why don't I know?" Zhong Hu retorted with an incredible look on his face.

Yang Xingguo did not explain and directly ordered: "The heavy artillery division left all the baggage and artillery, followed the infantry and advanced lightly, and the baggage troops left protective artillery!"

Zhang Shaozeng, who was next to him, immediately came to answer: "Commander, you plan to let us use the artillery abandoned by the Japanese army to shell them... This method is good. Without the burden of artillery and supplies, the marching speed will be more than doubled!"

Yang Xingguo nodded and replied, "Why are you still stunned? Go and prepare immediately!"

When they arrived at the battlefield several hours in advance, the Japanese army had just retreated less than an hour.

When Yang Xingguo appeared in front of Li Zhilong, an incredible expression appeared on Li Zhilong's face.

Before Li Zhilong could speak, Yang Xingguo took the lead and said, "I won't say much nonsense, let me tell you about the specific situation first!"

In less than ten minutes, Li Zhilong simply told the battle before Yang Xingguo came.

"You did a good job. I will definitely give you more than one million taels of silver. In this battle, the three Russian corps performed well. It is time to give them some rewards!" Seeing the worried expression on Li Zhilong's face, Yang Xingguo quickly answered.

Then, he continued: "Of course, it is definitely unrealistic to ask the headquarters to compare the money. My idea is that the wool comes from the sheep."

Zhou Qiangsheng, who had just experienced the battle in Liaoyang, immediately reacted.

"Commander, you want to negotiate with the Japanese army... As long as they are willing to pay the money, we can let them go?"

"Why not? Now the Japanese attach the most importance to the Battle of Liaohe. During the battle, the more troops the two sides have, the more fierce the battle will be, and the longer the battle will take. Why not do it for us who are preparing to reap profits?" Yang Xingguo said with a confident look on his face.

"However, if you want the Japanese army to be willing to take out the money, you must let the Japanese army know that we have enough strength to destroy them. Apart from negotiations, they have no other way to leave here!"

Not long after, the Japanese army received news that the Liaodong Army had already arrived.

In the command center, many officers' faces turned pale in an instant.

Of course, there are also officers who are not afraid of death and shouted to the Chief of Staff: "At worst, you can fight against the Liaodong Army! Chief of Staff, please give the order. The brave Imperial Japanese Army is invincible."

"Work, how to fight? Haven't you seen the Liaodong Army erecting hundreds of light and heavy machine guns around us?" A calm brigade commander immediately retorted.

In this way, all kinds of quarrels immediately rang in the small tent.

Seeing that everyone became more and more quarrels, the Chief of Staff, who couldn't stand it, had to scold, "Baga, shut up... Woo woo woo woo woo!"

Just as the Chief of Staff was about to continue scolding, the scream of shells passing through the sky sounded again.

This time, the face of the heavy artillery brigade commander turned pale in an instant.

The violent explosion just reached their ears, and the brigade commander's voice was also heard in their ears.
Chapter completed!