Super dictator.

In Jinzhou City, the base camp of the First Japanese Division, the lights were bright and people were coming and going.

It turned out that the commander of Xiuyan's First Army, Nozu Dokan, sent someone to discuss the battle with Yuanzhi in the mountains.

There were many people attending the meeting. In addition to Shandi Yuanzhi and Dazao Shangmin, there were also staff officers from the two armies.

Yamaji Motoji stood up first and read the call from the base camp: "Our combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Empire entered Weihaiwei, and the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty was completely destroyed. Our front-line soldiers must continue to work hard to achieve more brilliant achievements, raise the country's prestige overseas, and lay the foundation for the emperor. domestically based."

Although it was not the first time to hear this news, all the Japanese still cheered.

Yamaji Motoji put down the telegram, suddenly his face sank, he slapped the table angrily, and said, "Masters, the navy has won, what should we do with the army? It is a shame, this situation must be changed immediately, starting tomorrow, my second army will enter the active attack phase, as for the strategy to be adopted, please discuss it.”

Shandi Motoji's remark made the Japanese generals below bow their heads in shame.

Seeing the gloomy atmosphere, Chief of Staff An Chun couldn't help saying: "Your Excellency, the division commander, the current situation has developed in our favor. A mixed detachment of more than 5000 people led by Bi Zhijun has already landed in Dalian Bay. The troops will be replenished, Kawakami-kun's strategy has been successful, and the famous Chinese general Wei Jichen has been relieved of his command, so I think the time is ripe for the division commander's proposal to enter the attack phase."

Yoshida Seiichi, a representative sent by Nishi Kanjiro from the front line of Fuzhou, stood up and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, Song Qing led an army of [-] troops to attack Fuzhou continuously, and they could not stop for a long time. Now the Qing army is exhausted. , Morale is low, so Admiral Xikuan asked to take the initiative to take back Gaiping City to repay the shame of last time."

Dapu Shangmin didn't say a word anymore. Originally, he wanted to capture Ximu City and Haicheng, but he was embarrassed to say more because the First Division was eager for revenge.

Yuanzhi Shandi saw that no one had any other opinions, so he made a decision to fight back against Song Qingbu on the spot, and asked the First Army to cooperate, forcing Shang Min to agree.

Shandi Yuanzhi didn't know, he was thinking about how to deal with Song Qing, and Wei Jichen had already pointed his target at him.

On a trail about 10 miles away from Jinzhou, a large army is galloping through the night. The army horses are all with rings in their mouths and their hooves are wrapped in cloth, trying not to make loud noises.

This army is the Qing army coalition army that went to attack Jinzhou City. It has a total of more than 2000 people, of which more than 3000 are Wei Zijun soldiers, and the other [-] are elite soldiers drawn from various battalions.

Wei Jichen divided the team into the front, middle, and rear armies. The middle army was commanded by Ma Jinxu, the rear army was commanded by Ma Yukun, and the front army was naturally led by Wei Jichen himself.

"Are you sure this road leads to Jinzhou?" Wei Jichen pulled the reins at the front of the team, looked at the path that had disappeared, and asked Zhang Zuolin beside him with a frown.

Zhang Zuolin is a native of Liaodong, and Wei Jichen asked him to find a trail leading to a hidden spot in Jinzhou a few days ago.

The path that the army walked tonight was a rugged path that was not marked on the map. Not to mention the narrow road surface, many places were even covered by vegetation, making walking very difficult.

Zhang Zuolin replied affirmatively: "Wei Shuai, don't worry, this road was pointed out by a local who escaped from Jinzhou City, saying that it was some medicinal material merchants who were digging ginseng in the past, and later because the ginseng in this area was excavated , this road has gradually become deserted. In order to confirm, this subordinate personally walked along this road, which leads to the back of Jinzhou City. Moreover, this subordinate was afraid of getting lost tonight, so he also called the guides. .”

Zhang Zuolin turned around and gave some instructions, and soon a scribe with a gray beard was brought over.

"I've met Wei Shuai." The scribe cupped his hands as a greeting.

"There is no way ahead, is our army lost?" Wei Jichen asked directly.

The scribe replied with a smile: "Wei Shuai, don't worry. At that time, the Japanese were arresting laborers everywhere, and I escaped from this path. I was afraid that this path would be useful in the future, so I did it in a place where it was easy to go wrong. Some marks."

This scribe had a delicate mind, Wei Jichen couldn't help giving him a high look, and asked with a smile, "What's your name, sir?"

"I was born in a private school in Jinzhou City, surnamed Li Mingshun. After the Japanese entered Jinzhou City, they burned, killed, looted, and arrested a large number of people to repair fortifications. Even people in their 60s like this old man were not spared. When the old man was repairing the city wall, he was careful and escaped when the Japanese were unaware." Li Shun probably thought of the tragedy in Jinzhou City, and shook his head and sighed repeatedly.

It is said that Li Shun escaped from the city of Jinzhou, Wei Jichen stood aloof, and was able to escape from the encirclement of the Japanese with an old and weak body.

After Li Shun finished speaking, he walked to the end of the road, fiddled with it a few times, then pointed to the left side of the road and said, "Wei Shuai, go a short distance ahead from here, and the trail will appear."

Wei Jichen nodded, and led his soldiers to open the way ahead with big knives. Not long after, a faint trail really appeared again.

It seems that with this person leading the way, I won't get lost at night.

After walking for more than an hour, Wei Jichen looked at his pocket watch with the torch. It was already around two o'clock in the middle of the night, and Jinzhou City was looming in the distance.

Wei Jichen ordered the whole army to put out the torches, take a rest temporarily, and wait quietly for the sergeants of the middle and rear troops to arrive.

Soon, Ma Yukun and Ma Jinxu arrived in a hurry.

As soon as Ma Yukun came to Wei Jichen's side, he admired him: "The path Wei Shuai found is really remote. Our army has not been discovered by the Japanese along the way."

Wei Jichen replied with a smile: "Liaodong is the place of our Chinese after all. Even if the Japanese were well prepared before the war, none of us would be familiar with this place. Now that the whole army has arrived, I will explain the whole plan again. Let's see what you have to add."

Ma Yukun, Ma Jinxu, Zhang Zuolin, Wang Shizhen, Zhang Meng, Zhao Hu and others all surrounded them.

Wei Jichen glanced at everyone, and said seriously: "Because it was a sneak attack late at night, we went into battle lightly and did not carry cannons, so I am going to form a commando team, use explosives to destroy the city wall, capture a city gate, and then the army will rush in. and enter."

Wei Jichen only spoke a few words, but the difficulty can be imagined. The number of commandos should not be too large, otherwise they might be discovered by the Japanese before reaching the city wall, and after blasting the city wall, they have to resist the counterattack of the Japanese , Waiting for the arrival of the army, so there must be heavy casualties.

"Wei Shuai, leave it to me." After hearing Wei Jichen finished speaking, Huzi spoke first.

Wang Shizhen then said: "There must be soldiers from my engineering team in the commando team, so this task is still entrusted to me. After all, this time it is not only about being brave, but the most important thing is to be adaptable."

Others also volunteered again and again, but Wei Jichen still preferred Wang Shizhen, even though Wang Shizhen didn't talk much, but Wei Jichen knew that he was full of fluff.

"Pin Qing will lead this 300-man commando team, Mengzi, and send twenty elites from your firefighting team to Pin Qing. There is no room for loss in this battle. Pin Qing, it's up to you." Wei Jichen said He looked at Wang Shizhen with a serious face.

"Don't worry Wei Shuai, Wang will definitely not take a step back."

Just as he was talking, a soldier walked up to Wei Jichen and said softly that Li Shun asked to see something just now.

Seeing that the arrangement was almost done, Wei Jichen asked the soldiers to get out of the way, and Li Shun hurried over.

"General Wei, I see that you are ready to attack the city. I have helped the Japanese to repair the city wall, so I know that one place is relatively weak." Li Shun finished speaking in one breath.

It turned out that when the Japanese attacked Jinzhou, they destroyed the eastern city wall, and then forced the Chinese people to repair it.

The people had no choice but to cut corners, and the Japanese were just looking for a good look. They didn't think the Chinese army would be able to return to the city, so the walls on the east side were extremely weak.