The war is still going on. The Japanese have not yet admitted their failure. There is also the variable of the Russians. Therefore, Zai Tian’s so-called “rest for two days” is just a good wish. He just made an excuse for himself to sleep in. In fact, there are still countless government affairs in the Qing Dynasty waiting for the Emperor to deal with. Fortunately, with Liu Shaoqing in North Korea, the emperor doesn’t have to worry too much about military affairs. However, if Zai Tian knew that there was not even a guard soldier in Pyongyang now, he probably would have been a luxury to sleep.

Now Pyongyang does not even have a single guard soldier.

Although Liu Shaoqing also wanted to retain at least one brigade's troops in Pyongyang, Kawakami Kawakami Kawakami's Irjin River pressured the Guards too much. Liu Shaoqing could not guarantee that the newly added divisions from the country could resist the Japanese army's desperate fighting style, so he gritted his teeth and threw all the troops into it. Now Pyongyang's troops are entirely composed of North Koreans.

During the Pyongyang Defense War, due to ammunition and military strength, Yang Yong relied on Yuan Shikai to organize nearly 10,000 young and strong Koreans. He took advantage of the opportunity that the Japanese army could not distinguish the composition of our army during the night war and threw the young and strong Koreans who were temporarily recruited into the battlefield and had a hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese. Later, the Guards finished their final decision and completed the annihilation of the Japanese.

It was also from that time that the formation of the Korean People's Army began to be established in Pyongyang. During the period when Yang Yong's division was resting and waiting for aid, a total of 15,000 people were recruited, and an infantry division was formed by barely using the captured Japanese guns.

This infantry division of the Korean People's Army is a real infantry division. Without cavalry and artillery, there is only infantry. There is no way. The weapons and equipment produced by China are now unable to meet their own army. The Koreans can only pick up the Japanese army's capture. Of course, it is useless.

The one who stays in Pyongyang now is such a division. Even this division almost allowed Liu Shaoqing to be transferred to Kaicheng as cannon fodder for siege.

Oh, there are also Yuan Shikai and his three battalions of Qing army, serving as their guards and Dayuanjun.

The Japanese army had two divisions with more than 30,000 troops.

Indeed, it is difficult for the Japanese army to carry too much heavy equipment because they want to cross the Dafeng Mountains and the Ahu Feiling Mountains. But since they are here to attack the city, they are always ready to be more complete than the North Koreans. What's more, the North Korean army uses captured Japanese weapons, and this ammunition... You know, the Japanese army's ammunition is not sufficient, and what is left after the fierce battle, haha...

So what Li Ying should think about now is how to escape.

"Pyongyang must not be lost!"

Yuan Shikai's cold eyes and calm and firm tone made Li Ying understand that if he thought about escaping, then it is very likely that he would die in the palace "accidentally".

"But...but..." Because of fear, Li Ying could no longer express it smoothly. He paused for a while, kept wiping his sweat, and then said: "If the Celestial Army is still there, of course it's okay, even if there is only a brigade division, but our North Korean soldiers are really... really..."

Li Xing should not find a suitable word to describe the combat effectiveness of North Korean soldiers, so he stumbling again.

Yuan Shikai was still very calm, and Li Yingying's crying complaint was selectively ignored by him. Looking at Yuan Shikai who was always calm, Li Yingying's face twisted back and forth for a long time, and finally had no choice but to sit aside dejectedly.

Yuan Shikai looked at Li Shiying with his head hanging down, smiled slightly, stood up and gave a slight salute, then said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I can assert that Pyongyang must be safe!"

This sentence seemed like a heart-boosting injection, which made Li Shiying quickly become energetic. "Really?"

Yuan Shikai said: "Of course it's true. The king was quite anxious just now, and he might have ignored a sentence from my official."

"What do you mean?" Li Shiying said in a daze.

"Pyongyang must not be lost!"

Li Shiying still doesn't understand. "I know, so I must stay in Pyongyang."

Yuan Shikai shook his head, "For the king, Pyongyang may be just a temporary shelter. But for our officers and soldiers fighting in the south, Pyongyang is indeed a lifeline for their life and death. If Pyongyang is occupied by the Japanese army, our army will not only be completely cut off the land passage to the north, but also completely cut off the land passage to supply. Unless our army can quickly conquer Seoul, open the city, or capture Pyongyang again, tens of thousands of troops in the central part of the peninsula will face the danger of being wiped out. Therefore, Pyongyang must not be lost. This can be seen by the Japanese, and this official can see it, and Liu Jueshuai can also naturally see it."

"So will the Celestial Army return to aid?"

"Yes! We will definitely return to help, and we must return to help!"

"But, is it too late?"

"Our army has cavalry, from Kaicheng to Pyongyang, it's only one day away, and the Japanese army is more than 200 miles away from Pyongyang, so it must be too late!"

"But the number of cavalry..." Li Shiying was still worried and muttered in a low voice.

"Not afraid, as long as we can block the Japanese army for two days, the imperial army will be able to come back!"

As the two were talking, the guards outside reported urgently: "The Second Cavalry Brigade of the Guards has returned to the city, and the brigade commander Liu Feng asked for a meeting!"

Yuan Shikai and Li Shiying were very happy, "Please please!"

Time went back a day ago. Dongdouchuan, the temporary command of the First Army of the Guards.

"General Nie Shicheng's second division has arrived at the periphery of Kaicheng and began to switch defenses with General Yang Yong's third division. After that, the third division will head north overnight and is expected to be able to return to Pyongyang in 50 hours. At the same time, General Duan Qirui's ninth division and General Cao Kun's eleventh division also set out north and will work with Commander Yang and Brigade Commander Liu to complete the blocking and annihilation of the Japanese army. In addition, the Korqin Brigade has also arrived in the Panmundian area and can deal with the abnormal movements of the Japanese Third Division at any time."

A major staff officer reported the latest troops' mobilization in front of the map. In the temporary meeting room, there were senior guard generals such as Muller, Ma Yukun, and Jiang Chaozong.

"The Japanese vanguard is now 24 hours away from Pyongyang, and it will take our army fifty hours to return to the main force of aid. There is still a day and a night left. The burden on Liu Feng's shoulders is very heavy."

Duan Qirui said: "Although the Japanese vanguard is less than 24 hours away from Pyongyang, the number of people should not exceed one corps. At the same time, in order to cross Ahu Feiling faster, the vanguard will inevitably be unable to carry heavy weapons. Pyongyang also has some bronze cannons defending the city. I believe that Lord Yuan and Brigade Commander Liu should be fine for more than 20 hours. As for the Japanese army's successors, even if they can arrive first than Division Yang, it may not be much less time. Moreover, they need to rest after arriving before they can enter the battle, which also takes a certain amount of time."

Liu Shaoqing sighed and said, "I hope! The responsibility for this matter is with me. It is because I am too impatient that the original good situation becomes so passive. After the war is over, I will apologize to the court and the emperor."

Muller and others looked at each other and said together, "Why do you have to blame yourself? We all participated in this battle personally, and we know the tenacity and cruelty of the Japanese army. If we divide our troops to defend Pyongyang in advance, we may cause a weak defense line due to the reduction of troops. Maybe it will affect the whole body and cause the failure of the entire Linjinjiang Battle!"

Liu Shaoqing smiled bitterly: "It's not the problem of division of troops and staying behind. I underestimated the enemy too much. I didn't expect that the Japanese might use Russian ships to circle around us. In fact, we can't push the front to the Linjin River in a hurry, but wait for the Japanese army to advance the front north. In this way, it would be foolproof for us. This time, if it weren't for the Japanese surprise soldier three days late, no, two days later, all of us tens of thousands of people might have been here. We were killed by the small death of our own, and the court would have completely lost the barrier of the Northeast. It was not good to say that it would cause changes in the entire battle situation. In that case, I would really not be able to die!"

After these words were said, everyone was speechless. As senior generals of the Guards, these people had received complete military theory education and had done war games countless times, so they naturally knew that what Liu Shaoqing said was true. If the Japanese army landed during the battle of Linjinjiang, whether it was going south to threaten the Guards behind or directly attacking Pyongyang, the Guards would face a dilemma of being attacked from both sides. Surrounded by the Japanese superior forces, are there any cities and the dangers of geographical advantage that can be used, but the enemy has pinned the supply line, and the Guards could be wiped out.

The only senior general here is Ma Yukun, who is not a military academy department and a veteran. At this time, he is the only one who has the face to comfort Liu Shaoqing's heart.

"General General, this cannot be said to be your decision-making fault. If we do not decisively move south and force the Japanese to fight in advance, once we dragged two Japanese divisions to land in Yuanshan, even if we are backed by Pyongyang, we will be surrounded by seven Japanese divisions, and this battle will not be good. At that time, the situation seems to be critical, but in fact, we will first solve the large army in the south, and then look back, and the knife behind it can be withstood."

"Yes..." With the comfort of General Ma, the others could easily answer, and quickly followed Liu Shaoqing's heart.

However, the Japanese army was obviously a good game of chess, but unfortunately the surprise soldier in the north was two days late, but he became the Guards.

Some people may ask, why did Kawakami Kawakami know that a surprise soldier would land in Yuanshan, but he didn't wait a few more days, and wait until these two divisions were in place, and he had to launch an offensive against the Imperial Guards?

If you think about the entire Linjinjiang Battle carefully, you will find that you really can't blame Kawakami Kawakami Kawakami. At that time, the Guards had entered Jinchuan, the front line of the horse farm, and the cavalry had even arrived at Panmunjom. They had sufficient soldiers and sufficient food and ammunition. If Kawakami Kawakami could not put pressure on the Guards at this time, the Guards might hit the superior forces and seize Kaicheng in one fell swoop. At that time, even if the two divisions were deployed in place, the Guards would have the Kaicheng stronghold, and the Japanese strategic intentions would still not be realized.

When Kawakami Kawakami launched an offensive against the Guards, he did not fail to consider the surprise army in the north. This is why he asked Nogi Hinomi to hold his position. In fact, Kawakami just wanted to share the pressure of Kashitaro through a certain offensive, so that the Guards could not fully capture Kaichi, rather than annihilation of the First Guards' First Army. In his plan, the annihilation of the First Army began after the two divisions in the north landed.

But as the saying goes, you are not afraid of opponents like gods, but you are afraid of teammates like pigs. Kawakami Kawakami's exquisite little abacus was ruined by Nogi Hidun. It was because of Nogi Hidun's aggressive advance that Duan Qirui was able to annihilate the 9th Division in a short time, and the sides of the Japanese central cluster were completely exposed to the attack of the Guards.

Even so, Kawakami still did not give up. He was still waiting for the surprise troops of the two divisions in the north to change the situation.

Indeed, even at this time, if two divisions of the Japanese army landed in Yuanshan, Liu Shaoqing would never force him to return to the north to rescue him regardless of everything and give up the good situation of annihilation of the Japanese central cluster. In this way, it would become the Japanese army attacking the Qing army in three aspects. Unfortunately, it is gratifying that the Japanese chose more than one pig teammate.

The two Japanese divisions that were originally planned to land in Yuanshan were not one day late, but two days late!

The reason for this is that the Russians temporarily changed their minds and raised prices.
Chapter completed!