Chapter 30: Come Again

On December 29, 20th year of Guangxu, Lushun.

After several bloody Lushun Fortresses, it was still a messy scene at this time. The dock pier was full of traces left after the war. In the anchorage of the port, there were several overturned warship masts exposed on the water. If you look closely, you can also see the oil stains of the lubricant of the machine parts, floating around the wreckage of the warships.

The surrendered troops of the Japanese Second Qing Army have been dismissed back to China in batches. Logically speaking, these 8,000 prisoners were considered a good bargaining chip, but the Qing court, who is in charge of this place, thinks that these 8,000 prisoners are troublesome. If you keep them, you have to cover your pockets. Jilin has been practicing military forces for half a year, and the reimbursement has not been completed yet!

The Ministry of Revenue has already opened the plates, and Iketang A reported various expenses of 2.3 million taels. If you have money, you will pay 20% of the department fees. This will be considered a payment. You kid now almost takes the position of the third general of the Northeast. He has seized so many things from the Japanese and wants to take them away. Isn’t that unreasonable?

Since everyone was unwilling to raise prisoners, they began to dismiss the Japanese army one after another since Xu Yifan left. When the court decided to make concessions to Japan, the speed of dismissal was even faster. There were even secret orders sent in the garden to see if Iketang could use thousands of Japanese prisoners in emotional intelligence and change into Jilin military uniforms. When advancing north and south, attacking Xu Yifan's three thousand partial divisions in the Northern Dynasties, wouldn't it be useful?

At that time, when Yiketang received this secret order, he immediately turned red. He and Xu Yifan were incompatible. He was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty and the highest-ranking person in Manchuria, and he could not stand together with Cao Cao Xu Yifan. However, the Jilin Jianjun war also killed thousands of people, and he was unwilling to command the Japanese to attack Xu Yifan's imperial guards!

After receiving the secret order, he accelerated the speed of dismissing the 8,000 prisoners. He drove all kinds of steamships and loaded them with Japanese devils back to Japan. He was almost at the end of the year, and he had only done this matter. It was a matter of Iketang's worries. After the war was over, Iketang also wanted to move the place and go to Shenyang to relax. In the future, he had no idea what was going on. Xu Yifan was a good friend, and he was decisive, and sometimes he still had a good time.

He had a desperate spirit, and in addition to courage, he arranged all kinds of things first. Look at the messy situation of the 70,000 defeated troops in Liaonan, Feng Sheng was decisively killed by him. He instantly stabilized his morale and made a point of understanding. He even used the army to counterattack until the entire Japanese army was wiped out in Lushun! The court still wanted him to deal with such an opponent and leaned his troops as the support of the Great Wall. Thinking of this, he could only sigh. He stayed back to Shenyang for a few days, and wanted to put aside this matter. What was going on in the future? Fuck it!

Not only Iketang, but his Jilin Jianjun troops were also lazy. After the war was over, I don’t know what direction it will be like. Either going to North Korea or being transferred to the pass. Everyone’s houses are outside the pass. These days, people have been asking for leave and the barracks have turned a blind eye to criticize. If it weren’t for the military law, the peace agreement had not been officially completed. Who wouldn’t be happy to go home for the New Year?

Even if the more than 10,000 Jilin Training Army headquarters stayed in the Jinzhou area of ​​Lushun, it would have long since disappeared from the army.

People from both places who survived the disaster returned home one after another, either the house was lost or the army was given a number. There was no way to talk about tidying up the family business. At this time, we have to take care of living! You two and three of you have to make up some money and go to a nearby place where there is no fire. One by one, one wild market will be opened, and you will specialize in the military business. Those who have no capital will sell their children, or even build mats and sheds to start a business that is half-closed. These days, the ground shacks that can be kept warm in the winter and spring up like bamboo shoots after the rain. These wild markets are dotted with

These shacks are bustling every day. Regardless of whether they are on duty or not, even the big-headed soldiers in Jilin have some trophy seized, and there are still a few rewards in their waists. They linger in these places all day long, eating and playing, a canned Japanese rice or canned Canadian beef thrown by the Imperial Guards, and they can sleep with a big daughter. They eat here during the Chinese New Year, and who cares about how the court is going to bother them! These days, there are not many soldiers in Jilin who are practicing in the camp at night, but no one has seen them since Iketang and Ichidao.

These Manchu children from Jilin trained the army have made enough contributions to the Qing Dynasty. They are still guarding here during the Chinese New Year. If they have a turmoil, they will follow them even if they have a good time...

There was no stern atmosphere of the military city inside and outside Lushun. There were chaos everywhere, and there were big soldiers who were drunk and crying and making a fuss about homesickness. The city was in a mess.

Only the soul-summoning platform set up by Xu Yifan when he went there was no one who dared to go up and ruin it. The white banners were still facing the dark Bohai Sea, floating silently.

It was in the afternoon that outside Lushun Pier, a whistle sounded. Two steamships, both passenger and cargo, sailed carefully past the waterway that had been cleared out with black smoke.

Lushun Wharf is the only place where this battlefield has been sorted out. Two long wooden trestles were built. The reason is that it was used to repatriate Japanese prisoners.

There were only seven or eight lazily squatting or sitting flag soldiers on the pier, none of whom had a stupid and heavy foreign money, and a few were wearing casual clothes. The Dusi, who led the team to guard the pier, even changed into a long lamb robe, which was warm and windy, and everyone was chatting happily.

"...Don't play with those bad bitches. Mom's business is going bad. If you get sick, you have to smoke it with light powder. If you are stuffy, you will just fall out of your teeth. If you are fuming to death, you will be unfair!"

"Bao, bah, bah, Da Geely City, the New Year is the New Year, is it bad to say this bad luck?"

"Sir, the meaning of the mark is that this happy life will not last a few days. At that time, we might have to go to the capital to fight with the Xu man. That would be a good deal? If you don't play with a few big daughters of yellow flowers, you will be wronged if you die. Those bad bitches who build the shacks are all disabled, but there are good tricks for the marks - to jump into the shacks! There are always many families who can't get rid of the blame. Adults want face and refuse to go to the market to sell. Their children set up kangs in the shacks, two big heads of Xu and one yellow flowers! Sir, should they mark the way?"

"You are just unethical! We eat rice that is licking blood from the knife. If we ruin our conscience, the gun will be specially greeted by you! Walking on the road, the black evil spirit blocks the way! If I don't go, you don't go, so you can accumulate some virtue, and the people will be pitiful!"

As he was talking, he heard the whistle sound, and then he saw the smoke columns of two steamships. There were obviously water diverters familiar with the Lushun channel on the ship, so he drove in. The flag soldiers guarding the signal lights at the hill at the entrance of the port didn't know where to drill sand. When the two ships entered the waters of the port, the lights flashed a few times and asked about the purpose of the ship coming. There was no signal on the ship, so I didn't care about the entrance. Anyway, there were many ships coming and going these days, all of which were picking up people. Even the Japanese ships were honest. At this time, can the sky collapse?

Several people were alarmed and stood up to look at the flag on the ship. They frowned. Nadusi cursed: "Damn it, the ship of the China Merchants Bank! There are not many Japanese devils left here. What are they doing for the New Year?"

Some of the soldiers were very excited: "Is it because the emperor and the empress dowager who remembered that we, the children of the bannermen, could not go home during the New Year, and we are here to send rewards?"

"I'm sending rewards, can the coach know? Can he not send a team to pick them up? Just imagine that Liangjiang is gone now, and the Eight Banners of the Beijing City are still not sure whether to get the New Year's rewards. Most of us are Sauron, when will we want to get us?"

"What's wrong with Sauron? Now we are still a soldier? The Eight Banners of the Capital have been pulled out. If there are too many, we can beat eight of them!"

While talking nonsense, the pier was also looking around there curiously. The surroundings of the pier were also alarmed, and many left-behind flag soldiers came out from all over the houses to watch the fun. After a while, it seemed that General Iketanga's headquarters in the city was also alarmed. A central military officer, with a team of cavalry, rushed to the pier.

The ship slowly sailed to the dock under the curious gaze of the flag soldiers, and skillfully moved on to the two trestles. There were only seven or eight crew members on the ship, all of which were bulging in clothes. They didn't even look at the flag soldiers with wide mouths on the trestles, but they just lay anchors and throw cables there.

A flag soldier was quick to catch the large-scale cable that had been thrown down, and raised his face and asked loudly: "Brothers, where did you come from? The Japanese soldiers are transporting them? There are no one else, so you still need these two big steamer wheels? Why did the New Year come?"

The crew on the boat looked down and replied loudly: "We are here to give rewards on the New Year's Day hurdle! If it weren't for the assignment, who would have the fucking willing to go this way! Tie the cables quickly and put the springboard!"

When everyone heard the reward, their faces were almost laughing and they hurriedly helped tie the cables. At Du Si Xiaowu Officer also smiled and said, "When I get here, I have enough wine. I will entertain you all! The emperor is still thinking about how hard we have done!"

The shouts from the pier immediately made the flag soldiers watching the fun on the shore cheer loudly, and rushed towards the trestle. The military officer who led the team to check shouted loudly and drove them away. The military officer got off the horse at the entrance of the trestle and strode over. At this time, the two steamships had already placed the springboards on the front and back decks. The military officer walked to the front and rear of the springboards and shouted loudly: "What rewards are you here? Why didn't you receive water and telegrams here? Who are you? If you don't explain it clearly, you must not get off the boat!"

The words of the military officers of the Central Army immediately aroused the sound of cheering the flag soldiers around him. Everyone is still here at the New Year's Eve, which is already giving face to the emperor and the general. The court is still very concerned. He sent a reward for the New Year, but this guy was like a command arrow. What is it! Those who drive this foreign thing like to take candy. If they pull off their faces and leave, what should they do? Fire fire at the steamship?

A few crew members on the ship did not answer, and suddenly gave up the springboard. The whistle on the ship suddenly sounded three short whistles. When the flag soldiers didn't know what was going on, the bridge on the ship's deck, the hatch on the ship's deck, and the places where they could be opened were all opened! A figure in a yellow winter military uniform rushed out, and then there was a group of people. Everyone is familiar with this outfit, big-brimmed hat, Western backpack, German-made foreign guns, and the Canglong collar seal with the collar. Who else can be there besides the Imperial Guards!

The officers and soldiers of the imperial guards of the brigade rushed down the springboard like thunder. At the beginning, a few stunned flag soldiers, including the military officer of the central army, were pressed to the ground in an instant, and the black muzzle was pointed at them. The others ignored them and just ran wildly outside the trestle. At this time, if a field gun or Green cannon was blocked at the entrance of the trestle, it would immediately turn into a sea of ​​corpses and blood! At the beginning, an officer ran the fastest with a pistol. There were also flag soldiers on the trestle who didn't know what to do, so he pushed them into the sea with one hand!

The screams of people who fell into the water and woke up the frightened people. Hundreds of flag soldiers watching the fun suddenly screamed: "Imperial Guard! Xu Yifan is here again!" With a bang, these hundreds of guys hated their parents for giving birth to two legs, and they hugged their heads and ran away, rushing around like headless flies. Some of them were blindly fleeing to the guards. They beat them to the ground with two guns.

When it comes to training the military in Jilin, he is not really that cowardly. He has fought with the Japanese devils for a few times. But these days, the soldiers have been separated and have been spoiled. Just talking about the hundreds of people around the dock, none of them have a gun with guns! Without the organization, they have suddenly undergone a major change, and with the invincible reputation of the Imperial Guards, this thunder and lightning come like this, who can still think of resisting!

The one who rushed to the front was Li Xing. This time he was determined to catch up with this big show. My brother-in-law camp changed his personal military camp. According to him, Chen Depu and Wang Chao, why did he want his guard Xu Yifan to do? He had to change his field camp to a belt, and Xu Yifan had to transfer him to the second battalion, the first target of the Imperial Guards. My brother-in-law always took some care. This time he rushed to Lushun on the sea, and he was rushing to do so.

Li Xing had been in the hospital for so long, and it was like a tiger out of a cage. No one could go ahead! In a blink of an eye, Li Xing led the team across the trestle. His mission was to lead a commander who rushed to Yiketang's headquarters. According to the information, Yiketang was still in Lushun at this time. Speaking of which, the Qing Dynasty really had no sense of confidentiality. The telegram exchanges between Yiketang and the court were forwarded by the waterline of the Tianjin Telegraph Bureau. When Xu Yifan passed by Tianjin and received Sheng Xuanhuai, he asked him to install several people in the Tianjin Water and Telegraph Bureau. The movements of the court and Yiketang were afraid that before the telegrams of both sides had already been on Xu Yifan's desk. The Qing Dynasty was leaking everywhere, and who had the intention to notice such subtle details!

As long as Iketang is controlled, the overall situation in southern Liaoning can be said to be halfway!

On the dock, Li Xing raised his arm and shouted: "Fourth Company, go to the Water and Telecommunications Bureau, the Second Company and the Third Company, cover the large army on the spot and control the vital points of the dock. First Company, go to the Iketang's headquarters with me! If you want to deal with our brothers in North Korea, let's copy their nest first!"

Li Xing's prestige in the Imperial Guards was really good. He raised his arms here and immediately responded! The troops of the Imperial Guards' First Town, No. 1, and No. 1, are the Xionghu troops who started with Xu Yifan. They were the ones who suppressed the civil strife in Seoul, and they were also the ones who suppressed Ye Zhichao and other troops. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, they were all in charge!

Suddenly, they were relieved to carry out construction training in Liangjiang. Since their establishment, they have been in the blood and have been in trouble, but they can't help but feel a little slacking off and uneasy. This is also a normal phenomenon that Xu Yifan's Imperial Guards have just begun to move into comprehensive and regular construction.

However, when they set foot in the land of Lushun, southern Liaoning, which condensed all their glory and sacrifice and pride, under the gaze of the national war of the Golden Mountain Tou National War, they fought to keep the country's golden cup intact again, and suddenly burst out with a hundred times of passion and combat effectiveness!

"Imperial Guards, advance!"

The shouts sounded like mountains and tsunamis, and a large-brimmed hat surging like a surging tide, and bayonets formed a cold steel jungle!

The Imperial Guards descended on southern Liaoning again!

On the dock, the prisoners who squatted all over the ground were all earth-faced, lowering their heads and counting the ants under their feet. The shouting sounded like a storm shaking their hearts and they did not dare to look up. Why did the Imperial Guards come back? How clear are the soldiers?

But what they remember was the night that determined the fate of the war in southern Liaoning. Tens of thousands of them hurried in the camp, watching the fire-smoke columns of large and small explosions of shells on the Liaohe River in the distance. In the light and dark night, the silhouettes they saw from afar rushed towards the Japanese army's strict positions without hesitation!

Why are these guys back again? Not to mention that Jilin's military training is so lazy, even if everyone is in the camp, everyone will probably look at each other and hold their heads and grab the guns. Anyway, they are all shot down by Lushun. It's already been a good thing for everyone to enjoy a few days here. Who is still crazy to resist?

I have to say that there are still some guys in Jilin's military training. When the shouts of the imperial guards' advance had almost swept half of Lushun, a sudden flash of head on the big tiger-mouthed turret in the distance, followed by a dull sound of cannons. A solid shell crossed the high trajectory and landed near the trestle, stirring up a large area of ​​sea water, and poured the prisoners squatting there. The military officer of the central army jumped up and stomped his feet and cursed: "Beat your mother! What's the point of fighting now? I'm still here!"

Only then did he realize that a tall man in a straight military uniform had a gold edge on his head. He was taking off his gloves while looking at the place where the fire was firing in the distance. Looking at his over-the-knee boots and the soldiers surrounding him, he knew that he was a senior officer of the Imperial Guard - he couldn't tell which official position was there. He didn't wear a big brimmed hat, but he knew he was a general or a deputy general!

The sea water stirred by the shells also poured them all over, but the tall officer and the soldiers around them did not bend their waists, but instead he laughed and scolded: "Hey, there are really a few people with seeds! I thought there was no need to shoot! A company of people came and snatched the fort! I asked two boats to exit the dock, wait for Lushun to control them before going down the anchor, breaking one or two of them. I couldn't explain to the general! We ran around, and we were like the wind, relying on these iron guys!"

Several commanders ran away and went to pass the command. In a flash, they heard the sound of steam bulging on two steamships. The tall officer noticed the military officer of Iketang Azhong who was still standing there, and naturally saw his bright blue top, frowned and asked, "Deputy General?"

The military officer of the central army bowed and laughed: "The rank of deputy general is the first to be the guerrilla Wensheng, panic! panic! I don't know if the military gate is..."

"I'm the Imperial Guard Zhang Xuzhou!"

A sentence immediately attracted the prisoners to look up, and one day he decided to Zhang Xuzhou, the powerful general under Xu Yifan in Seoul!

Wen Sheng's legs became weak and he barely stood up straight: "The military power is powerful! Jilin's military training is not enough to be an imperial guard. I just want the military to think that our general is also a man, so I can give you a high priority!"

Zhang Xuzhou stood upright and his eyes turned to Lushun City. The shouting of the Imperial Guard had already covered the entire fortress. There were very few gunfires. The shouting came in waves, mixed with the sea breeze, as if it was declared that the No. 1 fortress in the Far East had fallen into the palm of the Imperial Guard again!

He frowned: "If your court hadn't sold North Korea and had to call on your Jilin training army to help the Japanese unarmed the Guards, we would come? We should have thousands of brothers who have kept their flesh and blood. You should wipe them clean with both hands and hold them to the Japanese, fearing that others would not accept them! Open your eyes and prick up your ears and listen to this golden mountain. Is there a voice crying! Roaring! Scolding! To make them feel at ease, we can only come back!"

Wen Sheng's face was as white as earth. He glanced at the snow-white flag on the top of the Golden Mountain and lowered his head quickly. He was the deputy general of the central army, and his confidant beside Ike Tanga, and knew some inside story. Zhang Xuzhou roared like thunder. It seemed that at this moment, the soul-suming flags on the top of the Golden Mountain were also rolling up angrily and roaring!

The soldiers looked up and looked at Wen Sheng.

"I'm going to sell North Korea?"

"We want to go to North Korea to disarm the Imperial Guards?"

"Even if we are not good at it, thousands of brothers have died in southern Liaoning! If our ancestors do this, they will not let you get buried!"

"I don't have an asshole for a son! I'll take off this hurdle and don't do this!"

Wen Sheng could no longer hold on. Dong knelt on both knees and cried out loud: "Zhang Junmen, our general is unwilling to do it! Please raise your hand because our general once fought the Japanese side by side with the Imperial Guards!"

Zhang Xuzhou's face was as strong as iron, and he responded coldly: "What about Iketang? It depends on his own!"

The night gradually drooped, and in the city of Lushun, only an occasional gunshot broke through the night sky.

Groups of Jilin soldiers were squatting on the ground with their heads in their arms. The entire city of Lushun was basically caught in one go. Several teams of the Imperial Guards who were wandering outside the city had already driven out without stopping. In addition to trying to control the surrounding area of ​​Lushun, the forwards had to go straight to Jinzhou. As long as the narrow Jinzhou isthmus were strangled, the news here would not be spread within a few days. Xu Yifan's overall planning was only to keep it secret for two or three days.

The key points of Lushun are all occupied by the Imperial Guards, and the Telegraph Bureau and the Wharf are the top priority. The ships in the port have increased to five, and the brigades of neatly equipped Imperial Guards are unloading, and there are a large number of supplies. The advance troops of more than a thousand people have already controlled the entire Lushun with lightning speed. Now a large group of people are coming. The dejected Jilin Army Practice Captains understand in their hearts that the number of Jilin Army Practice is probably going to become history...

In the entire Lushun, there were officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guards moving everywhere. Only Iketang's headquarters was still fluttering.

During the process of sweeping across Lushun, only a dense fire broke out near Iketang's headquarters, and both sides suffered minor injuries. The Imperial Guard used the Maxim machine gun and immediately pushed the Iketang's guard back into the headquarters, and then surrounded the headquarters.

In the night, the gear was silent, and only the sound of the commands of the guards outside were heard. Li Xing squatted in a corner, looking at the locked gear gate, while eating dinner with fire. This supper was made by the chefs who trained in Jilin, and steaming pork stewed vermicelli. Around Li Xing, there was also a snoring sound of swallowing.

I haven't come out for a long time and moved. After being bored on the boat for a few days, everyone was crooked and had no appetite. But after sweeping over Lushun, they all had a big appetite!

Li Xing laughed at himself in his heart, but he didn't expect that he would be a rough man! Why didn't he realize it when he was in Nanyang?

Then he looked at the headquarters unwillingly. Today he ran away and didn't even fire a few guns. It was not enough. If his brother-in-law had not ordered them to be polite to Iketang, after all, he was a man who had fought the Japanese. It would be over if he really wanted to let go of the fight. If the breaking siege in front of him was not enough, he would grab Iketang to Zhang Xuzhou for less than half an hour!

He was thinking about it when he heard the sound of standing up from his side. Li Xing turned his head and saw Zhang Xuzhou strode over. This guy was like him, with a rough life. He was so energetic that he went to the battlefield. When he was in Jiangning, Zhang Xuzhou had nothing to say!

"Mr. Zhang, order to fight! When will it be? I'll set up a military order here for half an hour! Do you say you're going to die and live?" Li Xing also jumped up and saluted, smirking and instigated Zhang Xuzhou.

Zhang Xuzhou glared at him: "Don't harm me! Just set up a team and siege it. I'll shout again tomorrow dawn and ask them if they need food... Damn, this job is not strong enough!"

The two were exchanging regretful expressions when they heard the soldiers beside them raise their rifles and aim at the wall. A head appeared from the wall, and waved the white flag in their hands: "Don't fire! The general asked his brother to send an order. Which adult is the imperial guards leading this move? We can take the guns, please ask that lord to go with the general for a while first!"

Li Xing cursed: "When is it that I still play with such colorful intestines? Iketang Ah asked him to come out by himself! We won't make things difficult for him!"

Zhang Xuzhou frowned and was ready to rub his hands: "Go in! Let's see what Iketang is like now! He shouted inside, the leader of the Imperial Guards' First Town, Zhang Xuzhou, come in now!"

Several guards held Zhang Xuzhou tightly, how could this make it happen? They were guards for Zhang Xuzhou. Li Yunzong and Chu Wanli had explained to them that they would always be optimistic about them, so that they would not make him feel angry. They would go wherever they were dangerous. Watch him, and have no demerits!

Zhang Xuzhou lowered his face and scolded him a few times. The guards refused to let go even if they died. Li Xing was still causing trouble: "Mr. Zhang, why don't you raise me and let me go?"

There was a fuss here, but the gate of the steeding gate opened heavily. Under the light, I saw Yiketang A full set of robes and wearing a yellow jacket, strode out according to the sword given by the imperial guards: "How bold is I to be an imperial guard? I, Yiketang A, are just fish swimming under the cauldron, and you don't dare to come in. Okay, I came out! What's the point? Come on me, don't make things difficult for my children!"
To be continued...