在甲午中日战争史的研究中,人们常常引用姚锡光《东方兵事纪略》上的记载:“志超方以成欢之役杀敌过当,并沿途叠败倭兵铺张电鸿章入告,……获嘉奖,……未几复拜总统诸军之命。”到平壤后,“弥庸懦,无布置,识者忧之”。决战前夕,“志超将冒围北归,宝贵不从,宝贵虑志超遁去,以亲兵守之”。等到左宝贵战死,叶志超果然率军逃离平壤。从而把叶志超描写成一个饰胜临敌脱逃的猥琐人物,认为他要承担 In the study of Sino-Japanese war history in the Sino-Japanese War, people often cited the record of Yao Xiguang’s “Oriental Military Strategy” as follows: “Zhichao played an active part in the battle against the enemy forces, Report, ... ... award-winning, ... ... soon after the repetition of the orders of the President of the military. ”To Pyongyang,“ Mi Xiancun, no layout, knowledge of the worry. ” On the eve of the battle, “Zhi-Chao will run around the country north, valuable not from the valuable consideration of super escape, to the pro-Bing”. Until the left precious war dead, Ye Zhichao troops flee Pyongyang. Thus describing Ye Zhichao as an insignificant person who escaped to defeat the enemy and considered him to undertake