Chapter 125: Trap

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In the following days, news from spies from all over the country came back. Katsura Taro was determined to be a turtle. He abducted many Chinese people to build fortifications for him. He ignored Wei Jichen's aggressive offensive.

The generals discussed in Haicheng for several days. Yiktang'a sent cavalry to harass the rear of the Japanese, and the situation became increasingly tense.

German newspapers sometimes exclaimed that since the Sino-Japanese War, no battle has been so eye-catching before the war. The people of the Qing Dynasty have set their sights on Haicheng, a place of moderate size. The famous Qing general Wei Jichen has won victory after victory. From the emperor to the peddlers, the Qing Dynasty has great expectations for his counterattack.

It is unknown whether his large-scale counterattack will succeed. If it fails, the Qing Dynasty will be greatly disappointed and the morale of the soldiers will drop to the lowest point.

General Schlieffen, the chief of the imperial general staff, believes that the performance of the Qing army since the beginning of the war is really disappointing. Among the Qing army generals, only Wei Jichen can give people a bright feeling. However, the plan he planned to recapture Ximucheng this time will probably be difficult to achieve any results due to the early leak of information.

A reporter from Shenbao wrote an article calling on the Chinese people not to have too many expectations and not to put too much pressure on Wei Jichen.

The article said: I don't know why the news that General Wei planned to counterattack Ximu City was leaked so early, allowing the Japanese to prepare for defense in advance. The gains and losses of a city or a place cannot explain anything. General Wei dared to propose a counterattack strategy and swept away the Chinese army's defensive decline. He deserves his title-the God of Death. So, no matter what, I have to praise General Wei and wish him a victory.

In Japan, there is also great concern about this upcoming war.

The Tokyo Times bluntly pointed out that the reason why Ximu City was surrounded by the Qing army and the reason why Qing general Wei Jichen dared to counterattack Ximu City was due to the empire's previous wrong strategy. The empire advanced rapidly when it was not firmly established, resulting in the capture of the isolated city in the end, but it was difficult to contact the rear.

It was unwise for the Qing army to launch an attack from all directions and capture Ximu City. The empire should withdraw from Ximu City in time to readjust the battle line.

After reading this article, Yamagata Aritomo cursed inwardly for being stupid. Everyone knows that the place is surrounded by wars, but retreating now will only attract the slander of the people, and will also increase the enemy's power and affect the morale of the front-line troops. Therefore, it is not that they will not retreat, but that they cannot retreat.

Regardless of the ups and downs outside, Wei Jichen still arranges the battle plan step by step and in an orderly manner.

After discussing with the generals, Wei Jichen finally formulated a plan to counterattack Ximu City from the left and right. In this way, the Japanese troops can be dispersed by relying on the advantage of the number of Chinese troops.

Ma Jinxu, Xu Daobang and Jiang Xiyi are one team, Wei Jichen and Nie Guilin are the other team. The two armies form an arc-shaped encirclement line around Ximu City, and also consult Song Qing to let him lead the team to attack.

Wei Jichen was actively mobilizing for the war, but undercurrents were surging in Haicheng. Fujisaki Hide, the spy chief of the Japanese Haicheng, had been repeatedly urged by the headquarters to kill Wei Jichen before he went to counterattack Ximucheng.

Katsura Taro, the commander of the 3rd Division stationed in Ximucheng, seemed fine on the surface, but he would wake up from nightmares every night, and the content of the dream was that Wei Jichen was slashing at him with a big knife.

Yes, Katsura Taro was very scared in his heart. It was not that he was afraid of death, but he was afraid of losing Ximucheng. He could not bear that responsibility. The attitude of the headquarters had already taken a 180-degree turn. Before, they wanted to give up Ximucheng, but now they asked the 3rd Division to defend Ximucheng at all costs.

An insignificant city became extremely important because of political needs.

Others don't know how powerful Wei Jichen is, but Katsura Taro, who has fought with Wei Jichen many times, knows it very well. This young man has a kind of magic, a magic that can make soldiers charge into battle without caring about casualties.

Therefore, when Katsura Taro heard that Fujisaki Hide in Haicheng had made a plan to assassinate Wei Jichen, he couldn't wait to let him implement it immediately, and even put pressure on him through the base camp.

Fujisaki Hide was also anxious. He also wanted to implement the assassination plan as soon as possible, but Wei Jichen was busy with military affairs and never appeared in Li Que'er's wine shop again.

There was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the door. Soon, Yamazaki Kosaburo pushed the door open. Fujisaki Hide looked at him expectantly, and Yamazaki Kosaburo shook his head.

"Baga, will this Wei Jichen go to that hotel again?" Fujisaki Hide walked back and forth in the room with some annoyance.

Yamazaki Kosaburo was also a little anxious, and at the same time he had some complaints about Fujisaki Hide. If the assassination plan had been implemented last time, it might have been successful. Now there is no chance to implement it.

"Wei Jichen has not left his command post for several days in a row." Yamazaki Kosaburo said depressedly.

After walking a few steps, Fujisaki Hide stopped and suddenly asked: "Yamazaki, we can't wait like this. Since Wei Jichen won't come out, let's lead him out."

A cold light flashed in Fujisaki Hide's eyes, and he continued: "There is no doubt that Wei Jichen and Li Que'er are lovers, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed in Li Que'er's room for so long. You know, only Wei Jichen has entered Li Que'er's room."

"Your Excellency is right!" Yamazaki Gaosaburo nodded in agreement.

Fujisaki Hide analyzed again: "After this period of secret preparation, we have buried a lot of explosives inside and outside the wine shop. When Wei Jichen enters the wine shop, we will detonate the explosives. It is likely that he will be killed. Hehe, as long as Wei Jichen dies, his counterattack plan for Ximu City will definitely end in failure, and we will become the heroes of the empire."

Yamazaki Gaosaburo's eyes were also full of longing. If Wei Jichen is killed, I, Yamazaki, will definitely become a hero of the empire.

He didn't even think about whether he could survive after killing Wei Jichen.

Yamazaki Kosaburo calmed down and asked, "Sir, how can we trick Wei Jichen?"

Fujisaki Hide sneered and said, "We will first control Li Que'er and force her to write him a love letter with extremely disgusting words and the pain of missing him. Let Wei Jichen come to the wine shop for a date. As long as Wei Jichen comes, we will make them a pair of doomed mandarin ducks."

Yamazaki Kosaburo asked with some doubts, "What if Wei Jichen doesn't come?"

"He will come." Fujisaki Hide said lightly, "Because he is a man."

At this moment, Fujisaki Hide turned into a psychological researcher.