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It took a certain amount of time for Wu Dayong's troops to deploy. During this period of time, the troops did not march. Lin Yuan's scouts quickly detected this and reported it to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan only glanced at the report, and understood that Wu Dayong's intention to expand the width of the front was to prevent himself from outflanking, and he couldn't help thinking in his heart: "This is really strange, Wu Dayong actually saw through my plot, could it be that Wu Dayong is a rough Is there a fine guy in the middle?" At this time, Cao Zheng, the commander of the Ninth Division, sent a message: "Report to Commander Lin, the Qing army seems to have seen through our strategy to lure the enemy deep."

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "I also know that the Qing army's widening of the frontal width must be to prevent our outflanking actions. Don't bother with them, let's withdraw ours."

Cao Zheng said: "But if we can't outflank, isn't our retreat in vain?"

Lin Yuan said: "You don't have to worry about this, just retreat."

Cao Zheng asked: "Do you have any clever plans?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Of course there is, but you can't know."

Cao Zheng said: "Well, I won't ask any more questions. I understand discipline, so I led the troops to retreat."

The Ninth Division continued to retreat. At 21:[-] am on October [-], Wu Dayong’s troops completed the frontal deployment and continued to advance to the Eighth Division. Since Wu Dayong’s troops took a certain amount of time to deploy, the distance between the two sides was extended to [-] kilometers , Wu Dayong's troops marched towards Jiaxing calmly.

However, the Qing court sent a telegram asking Wu Dayong's troops to speed up their march and rescue Jiaxing quickly. Wu Dayong was dumbfounded when he saw this telegram, because he knew that the marching speed of each army was not the same. The militia troops are slow, if they speed up, there will definitely be a certain unit rushing to the front, and they will be surrounded by Lin Yuan's troops.

Wu Dayong wanted to disagree, but he didn't dare to disobey the Qing court's will, so he hurriedly consulted with Morishataro. After hearing the situation, Morishataro said without thinking: "It is absolutely impossible to speed up the march. Once we speed up the march, each of us will The troops dispersed, and when the time came, Lin Yuan's troops would be given opportunities to intersect and outflank in multiple directions."

Wu Dayong said: "I also know that this is the case, but I can't help it. The higher-ups have issued a decree. If I don't obey, I will die!"

Mori Natsutaro said: "I don't know who issued this order. I will send a report to General Kodama and ask. I think it must not be the general."

Moricataro then sent a report to Kodama Gentaro, only to learn that the order was actually issued by Emperor Guangxu. Moricataro hurriedly explained the reason, and Kodama Gentaro then found Emperor Guangxu and asked him to cancel the order.

The incoming and outgoing telegrams were quickly intercepted and deciphered by Lin Yuan's subordinates. Lin Yuan looked at the telegrams and thought, "I said how Wu Dayong saw through my plot. It turns out that there are Japanese helping! After the Qing court is finished, I must free up my hands to deal with them properly!"

Lin Yuan's troops retreated for another day, and on October 22, they withdrew to a place 80 kilometers away from Jiaxing, while Wu Dayong's troops were more than [-] kilometers away from Hangzhou. It's time for us to finish outflanking!"

Lin Yuan has already planned the outflanking method, which is to land directly in Hangzhou Bay!Stop the Qing army directly from behind the Qing army!

Wu Dayong and Mori Natsutaro also considered the possibility of Lin Yuan's troops landing in Hangzhou Bay, but they both believed that it was impossible for Lin Yuan's troops to land in Hangzhou Bay, because Hangzhou Bay formed a trumpet shape with a wide outside and a narrow inside. The bigger the waves inside, the Qiantang River tide is formed here.

When the Japanese army entered China, they always landed in Ningbo and Shaoxing, and then went to Hangzhou. The waves in these places are relatively small, and they can sail. However, Lin Yuan’s troops could not land here because these places are too far away from Hangzhou and Jiaxing. Well, there is still the Qing army on the road, and Lin Yuan's troops will die if they come up.

But what they didn't expect was that Lin Yuan really let his troops land in the windy and stormy Hangzhou Bay. The amphibious landing ships equipped by Lin Yuan's troops have a large displacement and are typical large ships. Very strong, so Lin Yuan dared to let the landing ship land in Hangzhou Bay.

At noon on October 23, Lin Yuan ordered the troops to land in Ganpu. The leading troops of the 0th Division landed on a hovercraft. This type of hovercraft was also newly developed recently, with a speed of up to [-] knots. It could carry [-] soldiers at a time. The hovercraft rushed ashore. The soldiers came down from above and quickly approached the depth.

To the surprise of the soldiers: Ganpu was not defended by the Qing army, so all the troops landed smoothly. By 23:2 pm on October [-], more than [-] people from the three brigades of the Tenth Division had all landed. Ganpu is located on the route of the Qing army. Therefore, the [-]th Division headed west after landing to attack Shimen Town.

Shimen Town is an important node on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and also an important base for the Qing army to advance to Jiaxing. Wu Dayong hoarded a lot of food here and left a garrison. Dayong reported, but unfortunately it was too late, the defenders in Shimen Town only had a little over 3000 people, how could it be possible to stop Lin Yuan's troops!

The battle lasted only 10 minutes, and all the defenders of Shimen Town were wiped out. At this time, Wu Dayong received the news that it was not the news that Shimen Town had fallen, but the news that Lin Yuan's troops had surrounded Shimen Town. As soon as he received the news, he shouted Said: "Hurry up and gather five thousand elite soldiers. I will personally lead them to relieve the siege of Shimen Town!"

Morishataro smiled helplessly, and Wu Dayong asked, "Why is Mr. Morisha laughing? Do you think I can't beat Lin Yuan?"

Mori Natsutaro said: "With the attacking ability of Lin Yuan's troops, by the time you reach Shimen Town, Shimen Town has already been defeated by Lin Yuan!"

Wu Dayong said: "Then what should we do? We don't have the fast-running cars called Lin Ni bandits. We really don't have time to go back in time."

Mori Natsutaro said: "Let's not talk about that, did the messenger say how many people from Lin Yuan's troops have come?"

Wu Dayong said: "I didn't say it very clearly. The person who reported the letter only said that there are a lot of troops, maybe tens of thousands!"

Mori Natsutaro frowned and said: "The situation is not good, we are very likely to be surrounded by Lin Yuan's troops."

Wu Dayong said: "Surrounded? How could it be possible to be surrounded?"

Mori Natsutaro said: "Our enemy in front of us is Lin Yuan's Ninth Division. The number of this army behind is unknown. I don't know which army it is, but it doesn't matter. It's the same for any army. They occupied Shimen Town. It will attack us, and the Ninth Division in front of us will turn around and attack us, we are attacked on both sides, this battle is not easy!"

Wu Dayong asked: "Then what should we do? Order the troops to withdraw quickly?"

Mori Natsutaro shook his head and said: "No way, your army has few elite soldiers and many militiamen, so a rash retreat will definitely shake the army's morale. When the time comes, the troops will flee and mutiny, and we will definitely be defeated!"

Wu Dayong asked: "Sir, please don't be a fool, tell us what we should do?"

Mori Natsutaro laughed suddenly, and said, "Master Wu, don't worry, I have already thought of a good strategy to defeat the enemy! Disciplining Lin Yuan's troops will come and go!"