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Wei Jichen sighed and was about to go back to the camp when he saw Li Yunfei hurried over with Mengzi, Huzi, Xiaosi and other brothers who escaped with him from Jiulian City.

Seeing Wei Jichen, Li Yunfei first had a worried expression on his face, and then he was about to say something.

But Wei Jichen stretched out his hand and interrupted him: "Yunfei, if you're here to persuade me to rest, you don't need to say anything more. I'm awake, neither in a trance nor irrational."

Li Yunfei thought for a while, then his expression became solemn, and he said loudly: "I don't want to say anything more, I just came to tell you that no matter what the result of tomorrow's bet, I, Li Yunfei and my brothers will always follow At Zijie's side."

The rest of the people nodded and said in unison: "Wei Ying, I have discussed it a long time ago. Life is your person and death is your ghost. If Liu Shengxiu takes back Wei Ziying tomorrow, I will come back and follow you Continue to be our little soldier."

"Brothers!"

Tears welled up in Wei Jichen's eyes, and he was deeply moved. He sees people's hearts in times of crisis. When everyone thought his future was bleak, there was still such a group of people who supported him no matter what.

Thinking of the people who were still making friends with him at the banquet yesterday, Wei Jichen felt even more precious. Those people talked beautifully, but none of them came to visit him tonight.

Didn't one of them know the news of his bet with Liu Shengxiu?

But why don't these people come to see him!

This is not the first time that Wei Jichen from modern times has experienced the coldness of the world.

Because they thought that Wei Jichen was done for, and it was no longer worth making an investment.

For people who have lost their value, they naturally don't bother to pay attention.

Fortunately, there are still this group of brothers, no matter whether he is up or down, they have always followed him closely.

Maybe, I came here not only to upgrade to earn merit points, but also to have other responsibilities, that is to lead these brothers to escape the Sino-Japanese War.

Wei Jichen, who had always been looking down from above after time travel, finally felt that he had gradually integrated into this era. People in this era have become living, flesh-and-blood people, rather than props for him to upgrade one by one.

Looking at the smiling faces, Wei Jichen couldn't help feeling better, and he put a smile on his face again, jokingly said: "Life is my person, death is my ghost, why does this sound so awkward? What! It seems that the young daughter-in-law told her husband."

Restraining his smile, Wei Jichen's expression became solemn, his eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he said solemnly: "Brothers, Zijie can't repay you for treating Zijie like this, and he won't say anything. Empty words and lies, the only way to survive this cruel battlefield is to lead the brothers."

Yes, survive on the battlefield!

It was already late at night, and in the political center of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang, a Beiyang minister in his 70s, just lay down to rest in the North Xianliang Temple on Bingzhu Hutong Road, an important place in the capital.

There was a hasty knock on the door.

Li Hongzhang sighed secretly, and had to get up to open the door. Li Hongzhang, who is in his 70s, is getting old, and his energy is not as good as before. Moreover, the battle on the front line is getting worse day by day, which makes the middle hall man mentally and mentally exhausted. He just wants to stick his hoof quit.

Could it be that there has been some important change in the frontline warfare?

Li Hongzhang put on his coat, coughed twice, and spit out a large mouthful of thick phlegm into the spittoon, then staggered and creaked and opened the door.

Outside the door, several of his confidantes Wang Kaitai, Chen Nai, Zhang Peilun, etc. were standing.

The faces of several people were very strange. Even the seasoned Li Hongzhang couldn't tell whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

It was still Zhang Peilun who stepped forward first. He had two telegrams in his hand, and he didn't know which one to pass to Li Hongzhang first.

"Give me the bad news first." Seeing this, Li Hongzhang, who has lived in the circle of power all his life, still doesn't understand what's going on. There must be good news and bad news.

Zhang Peilun stretched his left hand forward, handed it to Li Hongzhang and said, "Zhongtang, this is from Dalian City."

Li Hongzhang nodded, instead of watching immediately, he led several people into the room, and after sitting down one by one, Li Hongzhang unfolded the telegram on the table and read it carefully.

"Jinzhou was occupied by the Japanese army. Zhao Huaiye requested to withdraw from Dalian and retreat to Lushun to fight the Japanese army." Li Hongzhang slapped the telegram on the table forcefully, raised his eyebrows, and said angrily: "Zhao Huaiye is messing around, Jinzhou, Dalian is lost, Lushun has become an isolated city, defense will only be more difficult, doesn't he know?"

Chen Nai thought for a while and said, "A while ago, Zhao Huaiye asked Lushun for reinforcements because of his weak force, but all the generals in Lushun refused because Lushun would not tolerate any mistakes. It seems that Zhao Huaiye has to do the same this time."

There are seven commanders in the Lushun area, about 3000 people, and none of them paid any attention to Zhao Huaiye's plea for help.

Under Zhao Huaiye's chill, he thought that if the Japanese army attacked Dalian and the generals were still desperate, he would definitely not be able to resist, so he did not stop doing anything, and after sending a telegram to Li Hongzhang requesting a retreat, he hurriedly He hurriedly led the army to flee to Lushun.

"Where is Song Qing?" Li Hongzhang held back his anger and asked aloud.

Zhang Peilun immediately replied: "Song Qing is still on the way and has not yet arrived in Lushun."

Li Hongzhang anxiously walked two steps in the room, thought for a while, then stopped and said seriously: "Let Song Qing hurry up, rush to Lushun to coordinate the overall situation, and send a telegram to Gong Zhaoyu. If the Japanese army attacks Lushun, who will retreat?" , will not be spared!"

Gong Zhaoyu joined the Beiyang Manufacturing Bureau in 1871 as an errand, and was donated by supervisors and students to be Tongzhi, Zhifu, and Taoists. In 1890, recommended by Li Hongzhang, he took charge of the Lvshun Dock Project and will also run the Lvshun Dock Operation Office.

From his experience, we can get some clues. The reason why Li Hongzhang made Song Qing speed up was because Gong Zhaoyu was a civil servant who was promoted by donating money. He was a layman in commanding wars, fighting, and training. Perhaps his qualifications could be commanded. The generals, but when facing the Japanese attack, they must be in a hurry and have no countermeasures.

After Li Hongzhang issued an order that he would never let go, he felt a little relieved.

Zhang Peilun wrote down one by one. Seeing that Li Hongzhang had nothing to add to the Lushun front, he handed over another telegram with a smile on his face and said, "Zhongtang, this telegram was sent by Nie Shicheng from Dagaoling. The telegram arrived at the same time."

Seeing Zhang Peilun's relaxed expression, Li Hongzhang reckoned that there should be no major disturbances in the war on the Eastern Front.

Spreading it out, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"It was really a great victory. The armies on the Eastern Front not only withstood the crazy attack of the Japanese army, but also killed more than a thousand Japanese soldiers, beheaded Takeda Hideyama, Major of the Japanese Tenth Division Brigade, Captain Saito Masaki of the Artillery, and other captains. There are dozens of officers below, this is the biggest victory since the beginning of the war."

The deadline for his telegram was the time when Lijian Shangwen retreated in shock, Lijian Shangwen's subsequent attack, and the loss of a large number of officers in the Eighteenth Regiment has not yet been counted by Nie Shicheng, let alone reported to Li Hongzhang.

If Li Hongzhang learned that he won another big victory, I don't know how he would feel.

In Nie Shicheng's telegram, the other generals mentioned it a little bit, but he mentioned it separately: Wei Jichen and Wei Zijie from Tianjin, for our Luyu army middle sentinel, beheaded Saito Zhengqi, killed Takeda Hideyama, and offered to dig trenches. Repelling dozens of attacks by the Japanese is really a great contribution, which cannot be added.

After reading it, Li Hongzhang was shocked. Why, because most of the credit reported by Nie Shicheng was done by this Wei Jichen.

"This Wei Jichen is amazing." Li Hongzhang couldn't help admiring. Nie Shicheng dared to report Wei Jichen as a small sentry officer, but the others had nothing to say. This shows that Wei Jichen's contribution is real, and there is Possibly gave some to others.

Li Hongzhang knew that now was a critical moment in the war, and he must reward all meritorious deeds and punish all demerits, so as to motivate the soldiers of the three armies, otherwise why would these soldiers work hard.

Li Hongzhang picked up the teacup on the table, rinsed his mouth with the tea first, then picked up another teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "You Qiao, check your military achievements first, the one who should be promoted , should drop."

Zhang Peilun replied yes, and then asked: "Zhongtang, this Wei Jichen, should he be promoted?"

Li Hongzhang thought for a while and said, "I'll be promoted to general!"

Participating generals are officials of the third grade in the military position, and there are guerrillas, capital divisions, and garrison below them. They are all called battalions, and they are under the jurisdiction of the governor, governor, admiral, and general soldier. soldier.

Wei Jichen jumped several ranks from a low-level official, and was promoted to a general at once. This would be impossible in normal times, and it would only happen in wartime.

But with all his merits, this is nothing.

Of course it wasn't Li Hongzhang who said that being promoted to a general was a general. He still needed to report to the Ministry of War and obtain the consent of the Ministry of War. However, with Li Hongzhang's current status, it was naturally within reach.

After a pause, Li Hongzhang said again: "In the early morning of the court tomorrow, the old man will report to the queen mother and the emperor, and ask for credit for my Huai army officers and soldiers. Let's see who else dares to say that I, Li Hongzhang, have preserved my strength. The Huai army is useless. Young After you go down, polish up this battle report again."

The so-called embellishment is to increase the number of people. Nie Shicheng reported to his superiors that more than a thousand people were killed. In fact, it would be good to have seven or eight hundred people.

After Zhang Peilun made such a touch-up, it is estimated that there will be another five or six hundred more people.

In the end, when the battle report reached Guangxu's desk, it was estimated that more than [-] Japanese people had been killed.

However, no matter how much he polished it, Zhang Peilun didn't dare to make a fuss about how many Japanese lieutenant officers he killed. Those were all prominent figures among the Japanese, and it was easy to find out.

Zhang Peilun obviously understood what Li Hongzhang meant, and nodded his head clearly, and then several people discussed other battles on the front line, and then left safely with a bit of gratification.