"Okay." The cute CEO handed the message back to Wang Zhankui and continued to go in and burn incense.

On the same day, Xuan Jianzhang received a reply from Seoul. While thanking the emperor for giving him full power, he also felt a heavy responsibility.

The Japanese had absolute superior forces. Facing the first regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, they chose not to stand out.

"The Japanese dare not come out, they don't look like the Japanese? Are you afraid of being beaten by us?" Chief of Staff said in a strange way.

"It should be that I want to take Yucheng as the core, move around, relying on the advantages of military strength to find fighter jets in the movement, and the Japanese have also learned to be smart." Xuan Jianzhang said.

"I think that we have captured six important Japanese cities in a row. The Japanese are afraid of being beaten by our Chinese army and dare not confront our First Field Division head-on with our Chinese army." The chief of staff smiled.

"Don't underestimate the enemy, the Japanese are not simple. The overall combat effectiveness is stronger than the Beiyang army at the time, especially the courage to fight head-on. The soldiers are brave and have good fighting spirit." Xuan Jianzhang waved his hand, "We are facing the Japanese government army now, and the main general is Katsura Kanetaro. This man is stubborn, rich in combat experience, and skillful in using troops. Moreover, the few Japanese troops we have met are not simple."

"Yes, I can't underestimate the enemy." Chief of Staff of the Division said with sincerity: "It's still the teacher's right. What should we do now?"

"Push slowly, no matter how the Japanese fight, we will use slow control and fast." Xuan Jianzhang ordered.

"Yes." The Chief of Staff gave a military salute and immediately sent someone to pass the order.

The Japanese gathered outside Yucheng, divided into five groups to encircle the Chinese army, and the two sides joined forces.

The Chinese army built fortifications on the spot, because the enemy soldiers were too large and widely distributed, and the artillery was unable to find the target. So Xuan Jianzhang ordered the troops to stop advancing and build fortifications on the spot.

The Japanese and Chinese troops fought more than a dozen times, and the two sides fought for three days, with casualties.

On the fourth day, Xuan Jianzhang ordered a fierce attack on Yucheng.

The two sides fought fiercely for a whole day.

"The division seat cannot be defeated. The Japanese built three lines of defense outside the city, and five armies attacked from the side, which was difficult to fight. Maybe we would be surrounded." Chief of Staff came to report.

Xuan Jianzhang frowned at the map, which was difficult to fight. He even began to doubt his plan to advance Yucheng. He guarded Kumamoto Castle and originally planned to treat Kumamoto Castle as a meat grinder, but the Japanese were not fooled and could only advance towards Yucheng.

"They are going to defend Yucheng to the death." Xuan Jianzhang whispered: "We should not rush to attack Yucheng first, attack the Japanese army more and more, and consume some of their live power! Our ammunition is temporarily sufficient, but the navy is not as good as the great powers. It is difficult to transport. We must save some use, otherwise we will not persevere in the spring next year."

"Okay." The Chief of Staff gave a military salute.

The two sides continued to fight fiercely outside Yucheng, constantly changing their strategic deployment.

Two more days later.

Chief of Staff asked: "Shishou, is it necessary to transfer a regiment from Nagasaki Castle? Nagasaki has a security regiment now, so there is no problem in defending the city."

After Li Hongzhang came with a large amount of supplies last time, the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army had completely replaced the equipment, and all the equipment was added to the newly formed security brigade.

This security brigade is composed of young and middle-aged people selected from the Han people in Japan and is undergoing intense training.

"Don't move the troops of several other cities for the time being." Xuan Jianzhang said, "Tell the first battalion that he will attack Yucheng at night! Yucheng's walls are small and they will be taken down in one fell swoop."

"Yes, the division seat." The Chief of Staff gave a military salute and immediately arranged the arrangements.

Xuan Jianzhang looked at the map and felt hot all over. He was really more burdened than when he was just a regiment commander or battalion commander. The entire battle situation may have irreparable losses due to any of his tactical commands, or even the entire battle situation collapsed.

The sneak attack of the first battalion only broke through the first line of defense outside the Yucheng. Not to mention attacking Yucheng, he didn't even get the city gate, and lost more than 300 people. These are all veterans who have experienced several wars, which made Xuan Jianzhang very annoyed.

The next day, the Chinese army launched a fierce offensive again and attacked Yucheng.

The Japanese were indeed very smart in their fighting style. They interspersed back and forth between the three lines of defense and cooperated with the harassing troops on the periphery, which made the Chinese army's attack very difficult.

If the Chinese army had not had too high combat qualities, they would not be able to fight, because the Chinese army's strength was only one-quarter of the Japanese, and in some local battlefields in Yucheng, it was only one-tenth of the Japanese!

If the Chinese army had not had strong combat power and huge advantages in equipment, such a small amount of troops would not have been the main attacking party.

Faced with the fierce offensive of the Chinese army, Yutomi, who was watching the enemy situation with a telescope at the top of Yucheng City, was full of sweat on his head.

Yama Prefecture Aritoto was a military strategist and politician in the late period of the Japanese shogunate and Meiji, a Taisho period, two ministers, the founder of the modern 6th Japanese army, and the "ancestor of the warlord kingdom" since the Meiji Restoration.

He was born in the middle of the Changzhou clan (now Yamaguchi Prefecture). He was named Tatsunosuke and later changed his name to Kosuke and Kosuke. After the Meiji Restoration, he changed his name to Yuto and his name was Hanxue.

He loved martial arts since he was a child. He once regarded "I am a martial artist" as his motto and was good at judo and swordsmanship.

Since the age of 16 in 1853, he served as a servant of the Changzhou vassal state and was a follower of the inspector.

Participate in the "Respecting the King and Repelling the Barbarians" activity.

He served as the supervisor of the Changzhou vassal armed surprise troops.

He once studied at the Matsushita Village School and became a teacher at the leader of the Overthrow School, Matsuyin Yoshida, and had close contacts with Kurato Kinrui, Takasugi Shinsaku, Takasugi Takasugi Takasugi Takayoshi, Hirofumi Ito, Kin Inoue, Imae Maehara and others.

He traveled between Cheungshu and Kyoto many times to understand the situation and instigate the fall of the curtain.

In September 1864, in the Xiaguan War against the joint fleet of Britain, France, Netherlands and the United States, he led the way, was shot and injured in his right wrist and abdomen, becoming the pioneer of the barbarian movement.

In 1865, he led a surprise army to eliminate the "People Party" who expressed respect and surrender to the shogunate and regained the vassal power.

In 1866, he commanded the surprise troops to defeat the shogunate army that had fought against Changzhou for the second time and defended the Changzhou base.

In 1868, in the Wuchen War, which was related to the success or failure of the Maku Reform Movement, he served as the Governor of the North Door and the Staff to attack the Governor of Aizumatsu. He personally led the army to fight and successively captured strategic areas such as Nagaoka and Wakamatsu, making significant contributions to the establishment of the Meiji Restoration regime.

In 1869, due to his merits in the "Wuchen War", he was treated as a 6o stone for generations.

Yupeng of Shanxian is not only excellent in politics and military affairs, but can even be called a general with great command ability.

"Exit Yucheng!" Shan County Youpeng ordered.

Everyone thought they had heard it wrong, and a group of generals shouted together: "General."

"Don't you understand the retreat? We can't defend it. Since we can't defend it, let's take a step back first." Shanxian Youpeng said angrily: "Do you think I'm not sad? When winter comes, do you understand? Only by cutting off the connection between the Chinese army and concentrating superior forces can we better attack the Chinese army. The Chinese army is a heavy weapon, and in winter, their mobility will be reduced."

"Yes, General." After hearing the explanation from Youpeng in Shan County, everyone's eyes were red and everyone went down.

"Brig Commander Zhang, send an officer's regiment to inquire first and see how many Japanese people are in Yucheng? I expect there are no less than 10,000 people." Although he was ready for the general attack, Xuan Jianzhang still calmly issued an order to test the attack.

Zhang Xuan stood at attention, "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

"Time is tight, we cannot lose the opportunity to avoid falling into the trap of the Chinese army. Fight harder!" Xuan Jianzhang patted Zhang Xuan on the shoulder.

"I understand." Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Please rest assured. If more than 20,000 people, we will take the Japanese soldiers outside Yucheng as the main force. If the troops in Yucheng are less than 10,000, we will attack Yucheng, and I will definitely find out."

"You can attack the North Gate by force. If you capture a city gate, the defenders in the city will be clear." Xuan Jianzhang narrowed his eyes.

Zhang Xuan turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xuan Jianzhang, "Wait a minute."
Chapter completed!