Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 30
In the capital city, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Zuo Zongtang took the telegram just sent from North Korea and sat in front of Guan Xuqing.His expression was flat, without any joy after the victory ahead.Maybe this veteran general in his 70s has been through the battlefield for a long time, and he has tasted too much victory, and now he is numb.In his opinion, if he can't beat even a small one, it will be a waste of the court's painstaking efforts to cultivate this army for more than a year.

But Guan Xuqing didn't see it that way, he knew it clearly.The horror of military combat effectiveness in history may not have reached such a level now.But it is definitely not as casual as Zuo Zongtang imagined.

"Your Majesty, the North Korean telegram said that the enemy's deployment of troops in North Korea is already known. There is only one regiment? But Li Zhongtang said before that the number of troops has increased by more than 1." Zuo Zongtang asked.

Guan Xuqing was also wondering what if there was a spy satellite.I also want to find out how many people there are in North Korea, but there are none.

"I don't know either. Since ancient times, soldiers have been false and real. They have never met before, and everyone doesn't know the combat effectiveness of the opponent. No, I have suffered from our losses." Guan Xu said quietly.

"It's no different from North Korea. How dare you go against my Qing dynasty? You're beyond your control. The emperor praised them!" Zuo Zongtang said without hesitation.

Guan Xuqing knows how to tell him now how powerful he will be in the future and how he will invade China.He definitely wouldn't believe it, so he didn't say anything at all.

"Ask the Ministry of War to draw up an order, and don't get too entangled with the Japanese army. Arrive at Seoul as soon as possible to eliminate the rebels. Help the King of Joseon regain his throne. In addition, let Wu Ping's two battalions guard the King of Joseon and approach Dong Liang's army. The number of Japanese troops is unknown now. , those two battalions are too dangerous." Guan Xuqing said.

"Cha!" Zuo Zongtang replied.

In the southwestern part of North Korea, there is a strong smell of gunpowder near Xiaolu Bridge.Obviously a big war has just ended, but there is no peace here.Because another big fight is about to take place.

"General, the imperial court has sent a telegram. It says not to get too entangled with people, and go to Seoul as soon as possible to eliminate the rebels." A communications soldier reported.

"Understood, wait until these bastards are eliminated. I will march to Seoul in a hurry." Dong Liang said impatiently.

"General, the emperor is still a child after all. He is anxious about the Korean throne. He doesn't know anything about war. He will not accept the orders of the emperor abroad."

Mao Weimin said.

"Although the emperor is small, he has great talent and great strategy. He is wise and wise. Don't you think you can guess the holy will?" Dong Liang glanced at Mao Weimin, and continued: "Just now, the general was in a hurry and made a mistake. The emperor must be worried about this arrangement. .”

"General, why don't you take the big troops and leave first. Leave the two battalions of Liu San and Li Wei to me, and set off immediately after killing those bastards. I will catch up with you before noon tomorrow." Fan Tianhao Said hastily.

"I said, Lao Fan, Liu San of yours is still called a battalion? Half of the battalion has arrived. Let me take two battalions to stay, and you all go first. I will deal with those bastards tonight, and tomorrow morning I will catch up with you." Mao Weimin said.

"You..." Fan Tianhao was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Stop arguing, the situation ahead is unclear. In a foreign land, don't divide up the 1 troops. We all wait here, kill those bastards, and then set off together." Dong Liang gave an order decisively.

On the Xiaoluqiao position, the fourth battalion of the Qing army was ambushed.After Liu San repeatedly called for battle and agreed to give up, the army's vanguard pathfinding mission was exchanged for this ambush mission.

Dong Liang and a group of soldiers looked southeast from the high ground, but apart from the endless woods and loess road, there was not even a ghost.

"General, there is another message from the Japanese army's small telegram." A telegraph soldier reported back.

"Read." Dong Liang said without turning his head.

"According to reports from the scouts, there is a Qing army of about a thousand escorting the King of Joseon and moving towards your brigade. After Inoue's brigade arrives, they will kill the King of Joseon at all costs." The telegraph soldier said word by word.

"What? An army of about a thousand people? Whose army is it? Escorting the King of Joseon?" Dong Liang wondered.

"General, could it be the two battalions that General Wu Ping was stationed in Seoul? They escaped?" a soldier reminded.

Dong Liang thought for a moment, and immediately made a decision.

"Pass my order and change the location of the ambush. The troops of the Fourth Battalion follow me to advance towards the southeast. Let Li Weiying be the vanguard to explore the way, and Liu Sanying is the rear. Let Fan Tianhao and Mao Weimin lead the large troops to stand by at Xiaoluqiao." Dong Liang ordered road.

"Cha." The four communications soldiers ran in four different directions.

Dong Liang was worried. It turned out that the emperor told him not to get entangled with others because he was going to the battalion to support the two battalions of Wu Ping's troops?How did the emperor know where the two battalions were.If I lost two battalions of troops because I was greedy for petty profits for a while, it would be small, and the king of Joseon would die.There is no point in increasing troops to North Korea this time.That's too much to lose! "Tell Li Wei to hurry up, dawdle, I will throw him back to China to study again." Dong Liang was agitated and cursed.

"Report to the general. Battalion Commander Li reported that there are my Qing troops ahead, the number of which is unknown. They are moving towards the southeast of me." A signal soldier said.

"Quickly, let Li Wei go up. They are General Wu Ping's troops, and they are escorting the King of Joseon. Let Li Wei escort them to Xiaolu Bridge." Dong Liang said excitedly.

"Cha." The communications soldier turned around and rode away.

"Report, there are cavalry in the east, and there are a large number of infantry behind. The number is unknown!" said a soldier with a Shandong accent.

"General, the road ahead is flat, without Li Wei's escort. General Wu Ping's two battalions can safely send the King of Joseon to Xiaoluqiao. The number of enemies is unknown. Let Li Wei's battalion be transferred back." A soldier said kindly.

"Fart, the king of Joseon is fine in the hands of Wu Ping's troops. If something happens to me when he arrives here, how can I be worthy of the emperor?"

Dong Liang said to the soldiers: "I ordered Zhou Bo to lead the battalion to the woods to ambush. The troops of Zhao Yong's battalion followed me to the high slope and let the enemy's cavalry go. Stop the enemy's infantry. Tell Liu San, you can't Let a cavalry pass his line."

"twitter."

The first battalion of Li Wei escorted the second battalion of Wu Ping and the king of Joseon to Xiaoluqiao safely. Fan Tianhao asked, "Why are you back? Where is General Dong?"

"I don't know, I set up an ambush here. Well, the general asked our battalion to be the vanguard to advance to the southeast. After receiving the King of Joseon, he asked me to escort them back." Li Wei said.

"The general told us not to stay here, but he rushed out by himself." Fan Weimin said dissatisfied.

On the other side, the battle has already begun.As soon as they came into contact with people, they were defeated because of a day's rapid march.The army has long been seriously overdrawn, after being bombarded by the artillery fire of the Qing army.It was a hand-to-hand fight, with the two battalions of the Qing army attacking from left to right.The Japanese Inoue Brigade was divided into several sections, and all of them were wiped out within half an hour.It was even easier for Liu San, with a cavalry squad of more than 50 people.Half of the tripping rope set by Liu San fell down, and the other half became the target of Liu San's shooting competition.

"Order Fan Tianwei to lead the fifth battalion to stay and garrison at the same place. The rest of the troops quickly follow up and go straight to Seoul." Dong Liang ordered.

"Cha." A communications soldier left far away.

Dong Liang sighed in his heart, the little war was not very good.The communication tools are much more advanced than ours. Lao Tzu conveyed an order to toss a horse and a person back and forth for dozens of miles.If there is an accident on the road, the order will not be transmitted.This little thing can deliver orders to troops tens or hundreds of miles away by whistling.When we go back, we must tell the emperor to equip our army with this thing, how much manpower will be saved.

(End of this chapter)