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Chapter 1046 The smell of gunpowder smoke ()

After that, as time continued to pass, the atmosphere in the entire Far East became increasingly tense.

Forces such as Daqing, Daoguo, Xuangeying, Yin, Fa, and even the Dutch, Uncle Sam's family, Degun, Maozi, etc.

Based on their own interests and considerations, they have made some arrangements and actions of their own.

These actions have further aggravated the tension in the Far East.

So much so that during this period, anyone with a clear understanding of the current situation could feel that the air in the Far East seemed to be filled with a faint smell of gunpowder.

Then, with the actions of all parties, a war that will affect the Far East, or the century-old pattern of the entire planet, is getting closer and closer to its official outbreak.

If it is calculated from the later generations of this plane, those relatively fair history books.

The trend before the whole war broke out was like this...

On June 6st, the army of Chaodaodong Xuedang officially launched an attack on Quanzhou City; the officers and soldiers in the city resisted extremely hard and could only attack Li Xi, the emperor of Chaodao, crazily.

wrong! Such a vassal country is not qualified to be called an emperor. To be precise, it should be asking for help from the great king Li Xi.

And Li Xi went crazy to the sect leader Guo Daqing, sending reports three or four times a day constantly asking for help.

Under such a situation, Huai Army Nie Shicheng's 6 battalions, with a total of more than 2000 people, set out for Chao Island on temporarily hired merchant ships, escorted by the Beiyang Fleet.

Originally, when the Huai Army was founded, one battalion had a size of 500 men; so normally, 6 battalions should have 3000 men.

But now, the actual number of people in a Huai Army battalion is only 350 at most.

Therefore, the combined strength of the six battalions was only more than 6 men; and the shortage of 2000 men in each battalion was naturally taken up as free money.

The intention is to deter the island countries from causing trouble during this turmoil.

When escorting Nie Shicheng and other Huai troops into the DPRK, all eight major forces of the Beiyang Fleet were dispatched.

When we set off from Jinmen, black smoke billowed from the chimneys, and the entire queue pulled out a long section; plus the China Merchants ship carrying the Huai army, the scene looked quite majestic.

But at this moment, the faces of Admiral Ding Junmen, Guandai Deng and others in the fleet all had a faint look of worry.

Because only they know how bad the situation is hidden under the bright appearance of the Beiyang Fleet.

Since three years ago, in order to save money for the old witch's sixtieth birthday this year, the entire Beiyang Fleet has not purchased any cannons and artillery shells.

More importantly, if it goes according to the original plan.

In the recent period, I originally planned to carry out necessary boiler repairs on a warship, scrape the barnacles attached to the bottom of the ship and other maintenance work.

Otherwise, it will have a great impact on the overall combat effectiveness of the battleship.

After all, in a naval battle, if the ship's speed and maneuverability are not good enough, big problems will occur.

But now, in order to quell the rebellion of the Asashima Higashi Gakutang, these necessary maintenance works will be postponed until God knows how long.

So now, the only hope in their hearts is that the island nation will not go into full-scale war against Daqing this time.

Otherwise, once a fight actually breaks out, they will not be very optimistic about the outcome.

As for whether the island country will go to war against Daqing in the future, naval commanders who often go to the island country to maintain warships know one thing about these external contacts:

There will definitely be a battle between Daqing and the island country in the future...

On June 6, the island country secretly established a "base camp" on its own land that almost included senior generals from the army, navy, etc.

As the highest leadership organization to direct this war with Daqing in the coming time.

The next day, Nie Shicheng's troops, who had been sailing all the way, finally arrived at Chaoshima and began to land in the Asan area between Seoul and Incheon.

After preparing to take a short rest, they began to suppress the Dongxue Party and others on Asashima.

During the landing process, because the dock here in Asan was too small and too shallow, there was no way for warships like Zhenyuan to dock directly.

Therefore, we can only use small boats to ferry people and materials back and forth to get the people and materials on board to the shore.

Immediately, the landing scene became a mess. There were curses from personnel and officers everywhere; the organization of all the troops was in chaos, and there was no order at all.

That is to say, there are no Dongxue Party troops nearby, otherwise as long as they launch a slight anti-landing attack, these Huai army will face a big defeat.

"Please be careful. These are things that Admiral Ye is accustomed to using on a daily basis. If they are accidentally broken or damaged, be careful of your bones."

On the deck of the Zhenyuan ship, a boy holding an exquisite spittoon in his hand was shouting arrogantly at a group of Huai Army soldiers.

These Huai Army soldiers, who were also cursing silently in their hearts, were holding a bunch of boxes of various sizes in their hands.

There were even screens, soft couches, washbasins, toilets and other daily necessities, which were being carefully moved to a small boat on the side of the ship.

The posture didn't look like a fight at all, but rather like moving.

The Master Ye that the boy was shouting about was Ye Zhichao, the person in charge of Daqing's trip to quell the chaos, and the original person in charge, Nie Shicheng, became his deputy.

There will be such a change, and the reason is simple to say.

When he first planned to send troops into the DPRK, Li Zhongtang chose Ye Zhichao as the commander of the troops, the Zhili Admiral whom he trusted more.

It's just that this guy has been delaying the order to enter the court in every possible way.

Li Zhongtang had no choice but to choose Nie Shicheng, the general soldier of Taiyuan Town.

Unexpectedly, before leaving, Ye Zhichao somehow changed his mind and was willing to take action; so Nie Shicheng became the deputy of the troops entering the court.

Due to time constraints, Ye Zhichao's Sheng Jun was unable to make the trip this time and could only be transported in the next batch.

And then at this moment, Ye Zhichao and Mr. Ye seemed to regret it again.

Because when he set off, he saw the mighty people on the Zhenyuan ship; he took his entourage and boarded this Zhenyuan ship instead of taking a ride on the China Merchants Company's passenger ship, which was obviously more comfortable.

As a result, the sea was a little rougher in the past few days, and the battleship was a little bumpy, but this made Admiral Ye suffer a lot.

I had vomiting and diarrhea, couldn't eat well, couldn't sleep well, and now I was frowning, and I looked very sick.

Fortunately, the followers he brought with him, especially the boy who was bought at a high price from a certain theater troupe and was even more charming than many women after putting on women's clothing, were quite good at doing things.

It took almost an hour to drive and beat some Huai Army soldiers to help.

Finally, a military tent was set up somewhere on the shore, allowing Ye Zhichao to have a good rest.

When the sick Ye Zhichao was invited off the Zhenyuan ship and walked into the military tent, he saw that a soft couch had been set up inside the screen, and other hot water, hot tea, towels, etc. were all in place.

On one side of the soft couch, there was also a row of different models of smoking guns.

The handsome boy was skillfully lighting the cigarette, preparing to serve Admiral Ye, who was a heavy smoker, and quickly took a sip.

Afterwards, Dang washed himself a little with hot water and drank a cup of good hot tea.

Finally, he lay down on the soft couch and smoked a nice smoke from his third brother's house. Ye Zhichao felt that he was finally alive.

But just as I was thinking about hugging the white-toothed young man with red lips, I thought about it.

Suddenly, from outside the screen, he heard his captain Goshiha shouting at the top of his lungs:

"Sir, Mr. Yuan, who is the plenipotentiary representative of the General Office in North Korea for negotiating trade matters, has sent someone to greet you. He is waiting outside the tent and wants to see you."

The above-mentioned Lord Yuan refers to the future Yuan Datou who will be the emperor for more than eighty days.

Since ten years ago, he led the Sixth Battalion Qing Army to quell a civil strife on Chao Island and sabotaged an action by the island country to annex Chao Island, he was appointed by Daqing as the plenipotentiary representative of the General Secretary in North Korea to negotiate trade matters.

Now in Chaodao, he is like a supreme emperor.

Only when it comes to official positions in Daqing, Yuan Datou, who will be awesome in the future, will be promoted as a Taoist priest, and only one will be promoted from the third rank.

In front of Ye Zhichao, the Zhili Admiral, he was nothing at all.

So after hearing this, Mr. Ye became very unhappy. Although he said, "Send them in" after sitting up, in his heart, he was actually ready to scold him.

Soon after, two men walked in.

One of them was about thirty years old, and the other was a little older than seven or eight years old. The two of them looked like two businessmen with smiles on their faces, not like Qiu Ba.

And their behavior is more like businessmen.

After they paid Qianqian and saluted Ye Zhichao, the younger man said with a smile:

"Master Ye, don't be surprised. Master Yuan originally wanted to come to greet you in person, but Li Xi, the king of Chaodao, happened to have something to discuss with him, so he had to let the two villains come to greet you first.

Let the villain confess to Lord Ye on his behalf, instead of welcoming him in person.

The villain's name is Friday, and he is my brother's name Wednesday; neither of them is from the Qing army. Currently, they are only responsible for supplying some military supplies to Mr. Yuan.

Currently, I am still in Chaodao, doing some small business that is not useful. I am afraid that I will need Mr. Ye to take care of me in the future. "

While they were talking, another older man named Wednesday took out another wooden box with great foresight and handed it to the boy.

The boy took it eagerly, and when he opened it, he was greatly surprised.

Because among them was a thick stack of banknotes, the top one of which was a banknote issued by the "Hengxing", one of the four major banks in the capital, with a face value of one hundred taels.

According to such a thickness, this box of banknotes may not contain at least 10,000 taels.

Just when they got off the ship, they got such a large sum of money. When Ye Zhichao saw it with the corner of his eyes, he was immediately overjoyed and felt comfortable all over his body.

He didn't care about scolding the two people in front of him because Yuan Datou didn't come to greet him.

Afterwards, he naturally comforted the two of them with words and promised that if they encounter any trouble in the future, just come to him.

The two sides exchanged affectionate greetings for a while before Ye Zhichao asked the boy to escort the two of them out of the military tent.

When saying goodbye to the boy, the young man quickly stuffed something into his hand.

Later, when the two of them left, the boy found a remote place. After secretly opening it, he was surprised to find that it was another one hundred taels of silver note.

Suddenly, his impression of these two men, Wednesday and Friday, became even better.

I decided that if I wanted to do it in the future, I would also help them say a few good words in front of Mr. Ye...

"What the heck! How easy is it to get my money? Sooner or later, I'll make you spit it all out." Feng Hua Hui cursed in a voice that only he and Han Jiang beside him could hear.

The Friday above is his pseudonym, and Wednesday is Hanjiang.

After the two were ordered to lurk in Chaodao, they first opened a local product purchase inn to hide their identities.

In the following time, in addition to using the name of purchasing local products, he also deployed his own information collection network all over Chaodao.

While still thinking of ways to quickly establish relations with Yuan Datou and the Qing army under his command.

Relying on the large pile of silver notes received from Hu Biao before coming from Surabaya City, the above operation can only be said to be quite smooth.

Now they are not only responsible for the supply of various daily purchases for the Qing army.

Also because he often drinks and gambles with the officers of the Qing army, he can go in and out of the military camp as freely as his own backyard, and he can't get any news.

Now that Daqing's reinforcements have entered the court, facing the upcoming war, the two of them naturally followed suit.

After the banknotes of 10,000 taels were delivered, Ye Zhichao opened the channel directly.

Later, the two went to see Nie Shicheng again.

Although he only gave Nie Shicheng 5,000 taels of silver, when he was about to come over, he received a lot of food and wine, as well as the people who helped him with the work.

When the aroma of stewed meat spreads on the shore.

For a time, it can be said that the entire Nie Shicheng team who had just landed had rave reviews for the two well-informed Daqing businessmen Wednesday and Friday.

In the evening, the two of them started a gambling game.

Half a night later, without blinking an eye, he handed over more than a thousand taels of silver to the officers of Nie Shicheng's First Division.

They and a group of officers were already talking to each other about how docile Asajima girls were, and they could already call each other brothers.

Without asking around, I could hear a lot about the Huai army from these officers.

It was just in the middle of the night that they declined the two people staying overnight in the camp; after leaving the military camp directly, they looked at each other under the moonlight, and one could see some helplessness in the eyes of both parties:

"What the hell! Even Daqing's Huai army, which is known as the strongest and most elite at present, is now in such a state of ruin. It seems that there is really no way to count on them in this battle..."

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On June 6, the envoys sent by King Lee Hee of Chaoshima and Concubine Min finally reached an armistice agreement with the Donghak Party in Jeonju.

It means that Ye Zhichao and other Huai army did not pass any battle, and the Dongxue Party's judgment was completely calmed down.

But such a result did not mean that they could return to Daqing; on the contrary, in the following time, due to some subsequent situations, they gradually became more and more nervous.

From this day on, the Chaodao court demanded that the island country and Daqing withdraw their troops immediately.

But on the surface, the Japanese devils promised quite well, saying that they would withdraw as long as Daqing withdrew its troops, but in fact they continued to increase their number of troops.

The day before, on the 9th, 900 people from the island country's advance force, led by the minister to North Korea, Ohtori Keisuke, entered Seoul on the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese.

Because of Xuan Ge Camp, the number of troops was 500 more than in the original history; each subsequent increase in troops was far more than the original number.

Two days later, on the 12th, another 1500 people from the island country arrived at Chaoshima.

Counting the original strength, it is almost the same as Daqing's strength on Chaodao.

Before the Japanese advance team set off, the island's Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu ordered the minister to the DPRK, Ohtori Keisuke, to "implement any ad hoc measures deemed appropriate."

It is tantamount to authorizing Big Bird to stir up trouble and find excuses to start a war.

On June 6, the first batch of troops of the mixed brigade led by the Japanese Oshima Yimasa landed in Incheon.

On June 6, the second batch of troops from the Zuizi mixed brigade landed. By this time, the Japs had reached more than 28 people, and they had an absolute advantage over the Qing troops stationed in North Korea.

Faced with such a situation, Daqing's Li Zhongtang could only continue to add troops to Chaodao.

Battalion heads one after another, led by generals such as Zuo Baogui, Wei Rugui, Ma Yukun, etc., were sent to Chaodao one by one for reinforcements.

China Merchants' ships, escorted by the Beiyang Fleet, can be said to be constantly traveling back and forth between the two places.

It's just that Li Zhongtang's purpose in sending troops there was to frighten the island country, and he didn't want to fight this battle at all.

At the same time, they place their hopes on the mediation of Uncle Sam's family, Yin, Fa, Maozi and other powers to allow the island country to withdraw its troops.

The problem is that now, the two countries of Yin and France no longer have high expectations that the decadent Daqing can withstand Maozi's expansion, and they place their hope on the Japanese.

Uncle Sam's family's military strength at such a time is really not that good.

Therefore, the island country has adopted a default attitude towards this action; it only expressed a verbal 'condemn' and then started to wait and see.

The Maozi family, on the other hand, clamored for the island country to withdraw its troops immediately, but to no avail.

In short, Li Zhongtang's anticipated suspension of the Lieutenant Highlights is simply a joke...

　PS: The Chinese New Year is coming up in a few days. As a man, there are already so many things to do.

　　There is not much content left in this book, but if you want to finish it before the end of the year, it might be a bit hasty.

　　So, just let nature take its course and finish writing, don’t rush the schedule.

　　It’s just that I can only guarantee a chapter of 5000 words per day. If you want more, it depends on your availability. I hope you understand.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)