Time passed by little by little, and the horizon in the distance had begun to light up. The Qing army, whose vision was gradually improving, began to exert its firepower advantage. The Japanese army's follow-up troops were suppressed by fierce artillery and machine guns, and could not provide strong support to the Japanese army in front of hand-to-hand combat. Soon, the most threatening attack of the Japanese army was disintegrated.

Yoshima Oshima had no choice but to order the troops to retreat temporarily.

Subsequently, Yoshima Oshima reorganized the remaining troops and launched an attack again. However, this time, the Japanese army had no cover from nightfall, and under the attack of dense firepower of the Guards, they could not get close to the Qing army's trenches at all.

Yoshima Oshima organized two more attacks, but the Japanese army set out from the camp in the early morning and fought for more than half a day. Before breakfast was launched, there was no drinking water, the soldiers were hungry and exhausted, and the ammunition would be exhausted. Especially the Japanese army in the central direction, all the ammunition had been exhausted, and more than 70% of the soldiers were injured and killed. Commander Takeda Hideyama Nakasa was killed in battle, and all other officers were injured or killed in battle, so they were no longer able to fight again. In desperation, at 10 a.m., Yoshima Oshima ordered his retreat.

When Liu Feng saw the enemy going to retreat, he sneered: "Come when you want to come, leave when you want to go? You are so beautiful that you can do it! Order all troops to alternately cover the Japanese army with squads and platoons as units to pursue the Japanese army!"

With a command, the Qing army rushed out of the trenches and launched a counterattack. The remnants of the Japanese army fought and retreated, while the Qing army pursued them all the way. By 2 p.m., the Japanese army had been forced to the camp east of Zhengpu Cave. At this time, there were less than 2,000 troops around Yoshihara Oshima. Other soldiers had either died in battle or were injured and captured. Liu Feng led a regiment to pursue them from behind.

Oshima Yoshima ordered the Japanese troops who were ordered to stay in the camp to lead the Japanese troops to resist to the death, blocking the guards, and he led the remaining Japanese troops to replenish ammunition.

In order to cover the remaining troops of the headquarters, Susaka Nishima tried his best to supervise the battle, temporarily blocking the pace of the Guards' pursuit, but then the Guards used the 60 artillery run to cooperate with infantry and artillery, and the Japanese army was severely injured again. Seeing that Susaka Nishima was unable to stop the Qing army's attack, Yoshima Oshima had to abandon the camp and lead the remaining troops to flee south.

In this battle, the Japanese army suffered major casualties, and more than 40 officers were killed and injured, among which the brigade leader Major General Yoshima Oshima was also injured. Colonel Nakamoto, who led the team to charge, Captain Takeda Hideyama, Captain Nishima Assistant Yimoto who was responsible for the breaking of the rear, and Major Kame Nagata, the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Artillery Regiment, were all shot dead. More than 4,000 soldiers were killed and injured, most of whom died on the way to charge.

The same scene was also staged on two other battlefields.

The front line of the Mudantai line was the main attack direction of the Japanese army. The Japanese army participating in the attack were the Shuoning Detachment of the 10th Brigade led by Major General Limimi Nakamoto, and the Shuon'an Detachment commanded by Colonel Sato, the 18th Infantry Regiment. The Japanese army in this direction concentrated the most troops, 2.7 times that of the Qing army's defensive forces. At around 4 a.m., the Shuoning Detachment first launched an attack on two positions of the Qing army outside the Mudantai northeast outside the Xuanwu Gate; then, the Shun'an Detachment launched an attack on two positions of the Qing army northwest outside the Mudantai.

The two regiments led by Wang Xijun, the commander of the Second Brigade of the Third Division, were responsible for guarding Xuanwu Gate. At around 4:20, the Japanese army, who also used artillery cover, used artillery tactics to be silenced by Wang Xinran. Then the Japanese army charged was suppressed by the Guards' machine guns and artillery so that they could not raise their heads, and countless casualties were injured.

In the following hours, the Japanese army launched attacks one after another in squadrons, but they were all repelled by Wang Xijun. However, because the Japanese army had far more troops than the Guards here, Wang Xijun's two regiments suffered a lot of losses.

The battle at Xuanwu Gate lasted until 6 pm. The Japanese army, which only captured the most northeastern position, could no longer continue the attack due to fatigue and insufficient ammunition. In desperation, he immediately saw that Shangwen had to order the Japanese army to retreat. Because of nearly half of the loss of troops, Wang Xijun did not launch a pursuit like Liu Feng.

On the southwest battlefield of the city, the Japanese army attacking this line was the Fifth Division led by Nozin Dokun. The unit arrived at Shanchuan Cave in the southwest of Pyongyang at 7 a.m., and immediately lined up artillery on the hills and fired at the Qing army's positions. Infantry forces were dispatched to charge towards the Qing army's positions.

The Shankawa Cave is more than 4,000 meters away from Pyongyang, and is also within the range of the artillery strikes of the Guards. However, because the Japanese army used hilly terrain to arrange artillery positions, the Guards could not completely destroy their artillery. However, due to the suppression and attack of the Guards artillery fire, the Japanese artillery could not destroy the fortresses of the Guards' front-line positions. The battle was not until noon, and the Japanese army was killed or injured, and it was impossible to cross the line. At this time, Nozu did not know the details of other battlefields, and the reports he received all said: "The enemy soldiers are good at fighting, and Pyongyang has a strong defense." So Nozu Daoguan, chief of staff of the division, Colonel Ueda Arizawa, and Staff Fukushima Akatsushima and others discussed how to launch an attack. However, facing the dense bunkers of the Guards and the crisscrossing trenches, all the officers were at a loss.

Notsu Dokun was furious: "I am leading my troops to fight against the enemy thousands of miles away, but I can't even capture a city. What kind of face does I have to return to my Emperor? I have decided to fight tomorrow. In the battle, I will carry out the entire army to advance to the city, blast the enemy and climb to the wall. Victory and defeat are here! If our army is lucky enough to trap the city, I will be enough; if my luck is defeated, the city of Pyongyang will be where I am burial!" So he ordered a truce to wait for tomorrow. The two armies are in a truce.

That night, news of the failure of Oshima Yoshikaku and the Shimizuki Naomiyasu's troops in the battle was sent back to Yuto's command center in Yama Prefecture. Although the Yoshikaku and the flee too far were unable to convey accurate combat information, based on the combat process of the two troops of Yushima Yoshikaku and Notsudoku that day, Yama Prefecture's troops were able to roughly judge that the possibility of success of the Pyongyang battle was not high.

"Everyone..." After weighing the pros and cons, Akito Yama Prefecture immediately met several core officers of Notsu Dokun who attended the meeting. "Judgement from the current situation, it is inevitable that the empire will lose its control of the sea in a short time. The Second Army of Dashan's Supreme Court must be extremely difficult to fight. Our army's actions are judged by the day's battle, and it is difficult for the Qing army to conquer Pyongyang in a short time. As time goes by, the Qing army can continuously replenish the source of troops and supplies from the land. When our army loses control of the sea, it is difficult for our army to obtain sufficient supply of troops and ammunition. Therefore, I believe that the combat plan of "expelling the Qing army from North Korea and supporting North Korea's "independence" is no longer possible. So I decided to stop the military operations in Pyongyang, withdraw back to Seoul, implement the third combat plan, strengthen the defense in North Korea, repel the Qing army's offensive, and wait for the turning point of the situation."

Yutoto Yama Prefecture's words immediately aroused opposition from Notsu Dokun: "Great General, please be honest. Although our army was in a disadvantageous situation on the first day's attack, it does not mean that our army was unable to conquer Pyongyang. In fact, today, Shun'an Detachment, which was immediately seen by Sakamori, had already conquered a position located in the northeast of Xuanwu Gate. Moreover, although our army suffered some casualties, the main force was particularly strong. Even if the Oshima Brigade was not considered, our army still had 20,000 troops to fight. At the same time, although the enemy resisted tenaciously today, it would also suffer a large casualties. Even if the casualties ratio was lower than our army, our army still had an advantage in military strength. Therefore, I do not think that the second plan of the base camp has gone bankrupt."

Immediately, Naomoto stood up and said, "Your Excellency, I agree with the opinion of the commander of Notsu Dokun Division. I hope you can take back the life. We will prove to you that the samurai of the empire will definitely defeat the cowardly Chinese people!"

With the speeches of the two generals, other generals present expressed their hope that the Battle of Pyongyang could be carried out. Even Yutoshi, the opinions of these front-line generals should not be ignored.

"Well, generals, on behalf of the Empire, I thank you for your loyalty, and I am not proud of your courage. But I need to remind everyone that through this day's battle, we must face our opponents. If the enemy on the opposite side is a coward, then what are we who are blocked by them? In addition, as the commander of this North Korean operation, I must be responsible for the entire North Korean plan, so I will only give you three days. Three days later, when we confirm that we cannot occupy Pyongyang and defeat the enemy, we must retain the vitality to deal with the more difficult situation in the future! Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!