Chapter 261: The mediation of all countries, Shanxian County is advancing

On November 12, the British, who had been watching for a long time, believed that the situation had reached its limit and that it would be uncontrollable if it continued to fight. They immediately joined forces with the United States and France to propose mediation.

Whether those in the Qing court were inclined to negotiate, those who did not want to continue to see Yang Hao make military achievements, or those who did not want Li Hongzhang to get the opportunity to turn things around, they all agreed. Under the good situation, there were very few who supported continuing to fight to drive away Japan.

Even if Yan Fu repeatedly appealed in the newspaper, he should take the opportunity to cheer up, train the new army and continue to enter the battlefield, and use the Japanese invaders as a whetstone to re-bring a powerful military force, train a group of new generations of generals, and ensure that the Qing Dynasty is forever and China's dignity remains unabashed. As a result, almost no one in the court fully supported him.

Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi and others all agreed to train the new army, but they also agreed to discuss and stop the army. In short, they did not want to see Li Hongzhang's family dominance, which was in line with the meaning that the Qing court could not expressly say-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yang Hao's team is redundant. He wants to train troops, but he doesn't have any doors.

Unlike the Qing court's active cooperation attitude, Japan obviously suffered a great loss, but refused to agree.

According to the views of various countries, since Japan has occupied North Korea, stop when it is better. Both the British and Americans agreed to clearly guarantee Japan's interests in the negotiation and conditions, so that they can control Goryeo, thus forming a restraint over the Qing and Russia. At the same time, they can also obtain a huge colony, which is enough to make up for the deficit of launching a war and resolve the domestic economic crisis.

But when the Japanese base camp held a meeting, in front of the Japanese emperor Mutsuhito, there were many quarrels!

Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito first expressed his willingness to accept the peace talks. Japan should do whatever it can and do every step. Don’t rush to seek too much gains and be careful of greed and indigestion. In addition, the sacrifices made this time are already great enough. Before thinking of ways to defeat the enemy, it is not advisable to over-invest troops.

Foreign Minister Lu Ao Zongguang clearly objected, pointing out: "If the empire wants to agree to peace talks, it must be reached under military dominance to ensure that there will be no additional clauses. We cannot rely on the moral integrity of the great powers, especially the cunning Li Hongzhang and the vicious Yang Hao of the Qing Dynasty. Judging from their words and deeds, it is even difficult for the empire to completely obtain Goryeo."

Navy Minister Saigo Congdao tends to be armistice: "The navy was severely damaged and comprehensive weapons must be renewed and renovated, and new warships must be added to restrain the Beiyang Fleet. Otherwise, there will be no maritime hegemony, how can we ensure support for land warfare?"

Army Minister Oyama Iwa is not happy: "The Navy's performance is too bad! Taking out half of the money spent on them to update the weapons and increase troops to the Army, it can easily wipe out the Qing country, and it will not be delayed until today! The blood debt owed by China must be paid, and there is only a part of the strong army we have encountered, and we can attack their capital directly!"

Although the current naval officers are still from the army, especially Dashan Iwai and Saigo Congdo are both from the Satsuma family. They have already caused a lot of filth in the fight for military expenditure. Especially this time the navy suffered consecutive losses, and a ship was a loss of millions, which made people feel so painful!

There was no dispute over several aspects, but overall, the attitude of not being able to suffer losses just like this is the upper hand. In addition, there is no accurate conclusion on whether the conditions for mediation of the countries can be agreed upon at present, and in the end, the Japanese Emperor Mu Ren did not make a decision.

Hirofumi Ito was very dissatisfied with this. After the meeting, he met Mutsuhito alone and patiently stated the benefits of stopping and the disadvantages of continuing to start a war. Not to mention anything else, if the finances are tight, it will be enough to kill people.

But Muren is very independent. He himself does not want to seek peace in a seemingly failure. Even if he gains certain benefits, it will make him feel very unhappy and will greatly dampen the morale of the army. He even agreed with Mu Ao Zongguang's introduction, which is not too late to gain military advantages first, and then to agree to peace talks. Only Yang Hao can fight in the entire Qing Dynasty, and he cannot take care of the battlefields in many aspects.

Under the vague attitude of the Japanese army, the Qing court thought that peace talks were expected, so they immediately turned around and forced Li Hongzhang to step up the mediation of the great powers. All kinds of ugly behaviors were hard to describe.

A few days later, Nogi's body was generously found a good coffin by the Qing court, and the British escorted it back to Japan, carrying a large pile of heads flooded with lime.

On the day the ship docked, the people of Hiroshima were alarmed. In the newspaper they saw, they claimed that Nogi Kino was a heroic, decisive, and unparalleled imperial warrior. When they were ambushed by shameless enemy troops, they still fought firmly to the end and were shot dead.

The personal edict from the Japanese Emperor Muren used him as a model for soldiers and gave him the greatest honor.

After his grand burial, Nogi Shizuko's wife Nogi Shizuko personally sent her two sons Nogi Katsunomi and Nogi Jodori onto a troop transport ship and headed to Liaodong to inherit his father's will and fight bravely for the empire and the emperor. In order to strengthen their confidence, Nogi Shizuko calmly fasted and bathed, she committed suicide and stopped their thoughts.

Needless to say, the Japanese government and the opposition felt deeply admired and commemorated again. Many people followed suit. In order to get their sons to join the army, they had all kinds of tricks to hang their necks.

This news was regarded as a strange story by journalists from all over the world and was published in domestic newspapers. However, Yang Hao took the time to fabricate an article, using it as the starting point, reminding the people of the country that the Japanese are so warlike and expect to have peace with them? That's a dream!

The crazy spirit of the Japanese scared many officials from the Qing court. What a cruel parent who forced his son to go to the battlefield to die? If he didn't go, he would pay his life. Isn't this a dead son or grandson?

Such a crazy enemy also added to their fear. The voices of peace talks in the court increased again, and the power of admitting defeat emerged one after another.

Among the younger generation, under the call of Yang Hao, hatred and hatred for the Japanese gradually accumulates. Such a group of enemies who are more cruel than wolves, let them be eyed by them for more than a thousand years, and their attempts to annex China several times will definitely not tolerate it!

In the midst of chaos, most of the Qing court thought that they could be safely and steadily until the New Year, but they were reluctant to attack again. Youpeng of Shan County commanded the army to break through Phoenix City in one fell swoop and forcing forward into Kuandian. Nie Shicheng and Yiketang A's troops tried their best to counterattack, but neither succeeded.

The people who were waiting for the mediation of the great powers to be slapped in the face, and were slapped in the face. The major event of recruitment and training in the new army, which was deliberately intervened and delayed, was finally put on the agenda again. However, after this setback, the enthusiasm in the hearts of the original people seemed to be poured by a basin of cold water.

This capricious court is becoming more and more like a clown, making some funny antics, but representing hundreds of millions of people, acting like a monkey to foreigners.

It's embarrassing!

Yang Hao was not in a hurry to counterattack. While he stepped up the digestion of the previous war dividends, Li Yingjiu brought the soldiers back to Tianjin, and compiled the young and passionate students who were recruited on the spot, formed a new regiment, and trained them quickly.

At the same time, he quietly returned from Dalian several times, returned to the world through the Tianjin Concession, and followed up on the construction progress of the warship. In April 2008, the multi-purpose "Zhongshan Ship" was completed and launched. Yang Hao immediately dragged the projection of the gunboat superstructure to the B plane and stepped up the installation operation.

In early December 1894, the weather in Liaodong suddenly turned cold and heavy snow began to fall in the north.

Neither army prepared sufficient winter clothes, so both the Japanese army attacked and the Qing army trying to counterattack had to endure the extreme cold. The Japanese army lost more than 200 people due to frostbite within a few days, and many troops in the valley had no choice but to cook, so they had to eat cold rice dumplings.

But even so, the Japanese army under Yama Prefecture's command still insisted on being unremitting. Especially the grand funeral of Nogi Hidian from the country made the soldiers excited and vowed to resolutely invade the capital of the Qing Dynasty and avenge the major general! In addition, the Second Army failed to attack and was blocked and unable to advance in Jinzhou. The hope of the entire Japanese Empire to defeat the powerful enemy was placed on them.

I don’t know if the Japanese had a secondary disease since then, but the young soldiers had no doubt about such lies. On the contrary, they were inspired to be full of energy and were extremely brave in fighting. They were suffering and were not afraid at all!

However, senior officers such as Youpeng in Shanxian County were not so confused. As the harassment war between Yang Haiwei and the Navy expanded, the entire Yellow Sea became a paradise for their rapid gunboats to be elusive. Anyway, the Japanese army could not catch up with them, and they could not even shoot the cannons. They could not detect the heavy fog in advance, and were exhausted by the tossing.

This leads to a very fatal problem--the supply cannot be supplied!

Even if the fleet escorted along the way, running back and forth, the consumption made the navy miserable. The doubled transportation costs made their already stretched finances even more precarious and were on the verge of collapse.

At this level, the Japanese Emperor Mu Ren also began to consider whether his decision was wrong. The army's progress was not as fast as expected, and the Qing army's resistance was far greater than their previous judgment.

They didn't think that Liaodong and Liaozhong were close to the old nests that started in the Qing Dynasty. Their ancestors were all there. In addition, the troops were led by veterans like Song Qing and Nie Shicheng who dared to fight. It would be quite difficult to defeat them!

However, Shanxian Youpeng was very skilled after all. He saw that the Qing army had to set up defenses everywhere and had to divide the troops. However, as the attacking side, he could calmly choose a breakthrough point. So after several tests failed, he ordered the Third Division to turn to attack Haicheng!

When Haicheng comes, he will attack Liaoyang and open the gate of Fengtian! Even if he is approaching Shanhaiguan, it will be a big deal!

On December 9, the Japanese army divided into three groups to launch an attack.

Yang Hao summoned everyone and issued a new combat command: "The rest is almost the same, and it's time for us to move on!"
Chapter completed!