22nd night.

Jin Xiaoyong, who was on duty at the city, was awakened by a soaking urination. He rubbed his sleepy eyes slowly, and he slowly climbed up to the city pier, intending to pee outside the city. At this moment, he was confused and saw a ball of fire at the foot of the city, and then several strange bird calls came.

When Jin Xiaoyong was shocked, he suddenly lost his sleepiness. The soldiers guarding the city tower had long been told to pay attention to the light signals from outside the city at night. Now, the signal indeed appeared.

Before Jin Xiaoyong had time to tie up his pants, he jumped off the battlement and kicked his comrade who was still asleep, "I'm here to watch, I'll go find the general!"

Before Jin Hyoyong could escape from his senses, his comrade-comrades who were suddenly kicked to his senses.

Ten minutes later, Li Huizheng, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, finally saw the signal from the city tower, and then a hanging basket slowly lowered from the city.

Li Huizheng, who was riding on the hanging basket, climbed the city tower in anger and said to the city guard general who came, "Why did people come so long? What are you doing? If someone hadn't urinated outside the city in the middle of the night, wouldn't this official have to wait until dawn!"

The generals guarding the city knew that it was because they were sleeping and did not dare to reply, so they just stammered. Li Huizheng also knew what these soldiers and generals were. After a few words of fire, he stopped pursuing them. "Okay, hurry up and take people to open the city gate, the **** army will arrive."

Since the Japanese brigade entered the city a few days ago, although the slogans of the military and civilians in the city were shouting, no one was sure of thinking that they might really fight against the Japanese. Especially these leading Qiu Ba, although they usually chatter in martial arts, they really wanted to let them fight to the death with their trousers and belts, and each one with them was wearing them.

At this time, when the generals guarding the city heard that the **** army had arrived, it meant that they no longer had to fight the Japanese in person. They immediately ran down happily to open the city gate and prepared to welcome the army into the city.

As the city gate quietly opened, Ma Jianzhong and Yuan Shikai immediately led the soldiers into the city. Then, without stopping, they headed straight to the palace under the leadership of Li Huizhengde.

Seeing the soldiers from the Qing Dynasty walking away, Jin Xiaozhi whispered to his leader: "There are only a few people coming from ****'s army, there are too few people. Can this beat the Japanese? Could it be that we have to rely on us?"

The general replied subconsciously: "Maybe this is just a pioneer, maybe there must be a large group of people behind..." When he said this, he would react and explain to a soldier. He then turned his back and scolded: "Damn, you haven't gone to the city to be on duty yet, why are you doing here? I haven't settled the score with you before, why don't you get out of here!"

Jin Xiaozhi and others ran away quickly, and the general was still cursing, but in fact he was thinking in his heart that if **** was really the only one with this little force, he would definitely have to rely on people like him, whether he would think about some reason to hide first.

In the palace, Li Xi and Li Ying, who were sleeping in their dreams, were woken up by their close servants. When they learned that **** had sent the army, they were both relieved. However, when they saw that only two hundred people came, their hearts were cold at the same time.

Ma Jianzhong seemed to know what the two were worried about, so he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Dayuanjun, we are just worried about the safety of Your Majesty and others, so he led the elite troops to come in advance. As for the imperial army, we will arrive in the future!"

Hearing that the court had a large army, the stone in their hearts was half gone, and then Li Shiying said: "The angel can worry about the safety of my father and son, and work hard all night, and the king and ministers are in the five senses. However, although the **** army arrived not far away, tomorrow is the day when the Japanese ultimatum is stipulated. If the Japanese are ruthless at that time..."

Ma Jianzhong smiled and said, "It's okay, we have memories, Yuan joined the army..."

Yuan Shikai responded, "Your Majesty, all the lords, have you heard on the road that North Korea once had an army trained by Japanese people?"

Li Shiying said: "That's right, but the 'Non-Tech Army' has been disbanded at this time." He thought that Yuan Shikai mentioned this army at this time because he was worried that the 'Non-Tech Army' would cooperate with the Japanese inside and outside, so he quickly explained.

Yuan Shikai said: "Oh? I wonder if your country can find these people again. If possible, please send someone to reorganize them immediately. I will be useful!"

It turned out that Yuan Shikai had thought about it with Ma Jianzhong on the way that Wu Changqing's army might not arrive on the 23rd or 24th. If the Qing army brigade did not have time to arrive at Seoul, then when the Japanese attacked the city on the 23rd, they would have to face the Japanese brigade's troops alone. With his 200 people, they would definitely not be able to catch them.

So they could only rely on the existing military strength of North Korea. Yuan Shikai immediately thought that with the Japanese's rigor, the combat effectiveness of the "Non-Technical Army" they trained may not be as good as that of the Japanese or Qing army, but it must be much better than other Korean troops that were basically not trained. So he had the idea of ​​"Non-Technical Army".

Li Ying understood Yuan Shikai's plan, but he was still a little hesitant, "Is this feasible?"

Ma Jianzhong smiled and said, "Please rest assured that the safety of Seoul is for us."

Maybe Ma Jianzhong guaranteed the vote, or maybe there was no other way. In short, Li agreed to Yuan Shikai's request and sent someone overnight to find the dismissed soldiers of the "Bianjie Army" and gathered at the Dongbiying Camp. Ma Jianzhong, Yuan Shikai and others seized the time to rest.

In the early morning of the 23rd, this was an important day for the flower house. He got up at 6:30 in the morning and made a little morning fortune to make himself more awake and excited. Then he had breakfast and meditated on the conditions assigned by Inoue Kin. At 8 o'clock, he came outside Xingren Gate.

The most magnificent city gate in Seoul is Chongli Gate, but Chongli Gate is the south gate, which is the main city gate used to welcome envoys from the Qing Dynasty. The meaning of the flower house is that Japan is in the east, so he left Seoul three days ago and left Xingren Gate.

In the heart of the flower house, he wanted to use this coercion to sign the Korean royal family, and build the Xingren Gate into the second Chongli Gate, which will establish Japan's status in North Korea and the Qing Dynasty.

Outside Xingren Gate, several North Korean officials were already waiting there.

Seeing them, Huafang smiled knowingly and knew that Li Xi and Dayuan Jun could no longer withstand the pressure.

Sure enough, several North Korean officials were appointed to negotiate with him.

But the flower house is very dissatisfied with the moral character, "Why should Li not come here in person? Is he despising the Japanese Empire?"

Li Huizheng quickly walked forward with a smile and said, "I dare not, it's not that Dae Yuanjun doesn't want to come. Angels should also know that the city has been calm for a few days, and there are still many mobs who refuse to cooperate with the Great Japanese Empire. Dae Yuanjun needs to spend energy to calm the resentment of the people in the city, so let me come first and negotiate the details of the contract with the Angels first."

Li Huizheng has changed the name of the meaning of the flower house from "envoy" to "angel", so he is quite satisfied with the performance of North Korean officials, so he agrees to give them face.

"This is a copy of the contract submitted by the Great Japanese Empire. I have already told Lord Oeen-kun about the content of the treaty. As long as you sign this treaty, North Korea will become a friendly country of the Great Japanese Empire in the future. The Great Japanese Empire will support your court as before."

Li Huizheng nodded and said, "I understand, I will give the contract to His Majesty the King and the Lord of the Courtyard. Please ask the angels to stay here for a while." While speaking, he ordered the people around him to arrange tea and snacks, and wait for the flower room Yizhi and others to rest.

The flower room watched Li Huizheng enter the city gate, and then sat outside Xingren Gate with a big golden sword.

In fact, Dayuanjun, who had already received support from the Qing Dynasty, would certainly not agree to the harsh treaty of the flower house. Li Huizheng's actions were just to delay time as much as possible.

At this time, more than 400 soldiers from the "Baijian Army" had gathered again. In addition to them, hundreds of selected North Korean soldiers were waiting in a row in the distance.

Li Jingxia looked at the soldiers in front of her, then smiled and said to Yuan Shikai: "Sir Yuan, the soldiers have already gathered, look..."

Yuan Shikai bowed and asked, "I'm sorry, Lord Li. But are there only so many soldiers in the 'Other Skills'?"

Li Jingxia said: "Of course it's not the only one, but after the chaos before, some of the soldiers who were eliminated have left Seoul. These are the ones that can be gathered together now."

Yuan Shikai nodded.

Then he walked to the team and began to speak to these ignorant soldiers. "Soldiers, I know that you have experienced unfair treatment before, your relatives, friends, robes, and the court, because you are a military trained by the Japanese, you look at you coldly, and even disband you and deprive you of the opportunity to serve the country. But I know that no matter who you have trained, you are first of all Koreans. Your mission to join the army is first to defend this country and the people here. Now, the opportunity to prove that you are still loyal Koreans is right in front of you. Today, we will fight against the Japanese, resist the Japanese invaders, and defend the imperial city. Anyone who is willing to join this glorious team and prove your bravery and loyalty, please step forward."

After Yuan Shikai finished speaking, he stood there and waited quietly.

Among the soldiers, no one was moving forward. Everyone was watching, look at me, look at you.

However, Yuan Shikai did not urge them, but still smiled and waited quietly.

Five minutes later, a young soldier came out, "If I were willing to join the war, would I get the same trust as them?"

Yuan Shikai said in a deep voice: "Trust is not given by others, but by yourself!"

The young man paused and then said, "Okay, I'll participate, please give me a gun!"

Yuan Shikai smiled and said, "Very good, soldier, you will get everything you want. Now, please stand behind me."

With the first one, there was the second one. Soon, more than 400 soldiers of the "Other Skills" chose to pick up their weapons again.

The "Baiji Camp" was previously trained as a confidant of the Min family, but the time for the army was short, and most soldiers were not loyal to the Min family. Moreover, because of the problems of Japanese instructors and military pay, they were always looked down upon in Seoul. In fact, everyone was also holding a sense of resentment. They did not want to be inferior, and they were not selected to be ridiculed and insulted by others. Now they have a chance to prove their value, so why would everyone not accept it?

Now, Yuan Shikai has a thousand elite soldiers in his hands, and his confidence in defending the city has increased greatly. The Japanese army outside the city has only 1,500 people. He believes that even without Wu Changqing's reinforcements, he can still defend Seoul.

Outside the city, the flower house was still waiting quietly. Li Huizheng successfully delayed the time. Until noon, the flower house was still not seeing Li Huizheng's shadow, and he realized that he had been deceived.

The angry flower house immediately ordered the bombardment of Seoul.

"Don't panic! Don't panic!" On the city tower, Yuan Shikai cheered the soldiers loudly. "The Japanese came eagerly, hoping to force your king to surrender, but they were too anxious, so they could not carry more cannons. They only had some camp cannons or six-pound bronze cannons in their hands. Such artillery fire looked scary, but in fact they could not threaten our city walls at all."

The Korean soldiers guarding the city experienced a brief panic when the Japanese army first started bombing, but Yuan Shikai's words quickly calmed down their emotions. Indeed, the Japanese artillery fire did cause some trouble, but only caused dozens of soldiers to be slightly injured, and most of them were injured by broken sand and gravel in panic. The sound of the cannons sounded scary, but in fact, the killing of the soldiers on the city was far less than that of the civilians in the city.

The battle for siege was mainly commanded by Takashima Cyon Pillar. Seeing that the shelling effect was not very effective, Takashima decisively stopped the shelling and ordered the Japanese army to start siege.

The Japanese soldiers were well-trained, their shooting was more accurate and their morale was stronger. The damage caused by those rifles was much greater than that of artillery, and the casualties of the soldiers guarding the city suddenly became greater.

However, the Qing army and the Korean army had the danger of the city, and even if the casualties increased, the Japanese army could not easily seize the city gate. At the same time, Yuan Shikai ordered the Korean military and civilians to set up the Qing army's flag everywhere to confuse the Japanese army. Takashima was worried that most of the Qing army had entered the city and dared not attack blindly.

When I discovered that the Qing army appeared on the top of Seoul City, the Flower House Yizhi realized how stupid he had made. But at this time, he was already regretful.

The battle to capture the city gate continued intermittently until dark. I wondered how many Qing army flower rooms were in the city, and did not dare to attack rashly, so I had to temporarily retreat to the camp. In order to prevent the Qing army from attacking at night, Takashima also arranged for soldiers to build fortifications to prevent the Qing army from counterattacking. At the same time, the flower room also urgently asked Inoue Kin for help.

At this time, Seoul defeated the Japanese army and the Korean military and civilians who had repelled the first day of attack. Especially those soldiers who were originally "unskilled army". During the day, they and the soldiers from the 5th battalion of other battalions assisted the Qing army in defending the city, proving their loyalty and role in the battle. From then on, they no longer had to be coldly looked down upon by others, and they even had the opportunity to become elite soldiers of the Korean royal family again.

But Li Jingying was still uneasy. Although he did not let the Japanese invade in today, it did not mean that there would be nothing tomorrow. He would not be at ease in less than a day in the Qing army.
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