late Qing Dynasty arrest

Chapter 648 A low-key expedition to Mawei Port

Ping'an is wearing a crimson floral dress dotted with blooming cherry blossoms. Jinpei Zi sits on the bedside like a bride. Her cheeks show a vixen's charm and her twisting slender waist is more of **Looking forward to the starry night tonight. Tonight is the farewell night between her and Li Guolou. She wants to leave the most beautiful things for women to Li Guolou. She will go back to Xiaozhan Town and send Li Guolou to Taiwan.

At this time, people were very superstitious that it was unlucky for women to be on board. Li Guolou's conferring the rank of Captain Ping An had already aroused dissatisfaction among some officers. The recruited soldiers and the small soldiers in the army were all sent back to Xiaozhan Town, and another group of people was recruited. In the end, there were [-] soldiers and [-] long men left in the Xinwu Army, a total of [-] Xinwu Army soldiers will soon Go to Fujian Mawei Port

Although Ping An is wronged in every possible way, she can only accept Li Guolou's arrangement for the sake of the overall situation. She has no ambitions anymore and just wants to cuddle up in Li Guolou's arms like a bird and let the man she loves dote on her.

Li Guolou is so sophisticated, so gentle, so lovable, so heart-warming, peaceful and soft, hugging Li Guolou's body with all his wisps gone, already being hugged into the bed by Li Guolou, shyly shouting: "Brother Xiaolou, don't take it with you. woman back"

"Well, I am satisfied with you and I swear to God that I will never marry a concubine again, Ping'er. If you hadn't seduced me, I wouldn't have dared to blaspheme you." Li Guolou is full of enthusiasm for the newly reclaimed virgin land and has endless energy to use in Ping'an The two people on the body stare greedily at each other like glue

"Brother Xiaolou, Ping'er, as long as you are willing to give up everything else, we will go out together and I will be a hundred times stronger than Mr. White Snake." Ping'an is getting more and more crazy, sitting on Li Guolou's step, showing her galloping demeanor on the battlefield. Li Guolou reached the state of ecstasy. She gave up her career for Li Guolou just to get Li Guolou's love. At this time, love and lust are flowing and bravely climbing to the highest peak. Safely praising Li Guolou's bravery Accepting the test like a furnace, galloping happily in love Ocean, she wants to keep this night with Li Guolou as the best memory forever

"Good Pinger, I promise you that as long as you don't go to sea, I will take you with you and make you a heroine and be loved by the soldiers." Li Guolou's hands fluttered up and down stroking Ping'an's firm and delicate skin, and the soft feeling seemed to be While "touching" the exquisite silk, Li Guolou is full of gratitude for Ping An's career of choosing him instead of Boxing Boxing. Wandering in the world of spirit and flesh, deeply unable to extricate himself

舴艋 Tossing in the waves Riding the wind and waves sailing towards the ocean of love Li Guolou and Ping An stayed up all night kissing goodbye

Goodbye to my dear lover, I will meet again when I am victorious, and the words "wait for you to come back" make people cry Zi can't bear to take out Du Yingying's photo. The cute smiling face and "charming" smile make him kiss Du Yingying in the photo. This is the driving force for him to move forward. He wants to win The flower crown is worn on Du Yingying's head. As for safety, you can weave another flower crown. A woman with more family business will prosper[

The greedy Li Guolou would not let any one go. He wants to carve many graceful bodies on the monument. Anyway, he still has a lot of youth to squander. Wives and concubines gather in groups to show his sentimentality.

On the fourth day, Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou boarded a ship from Dagukou with [-] Xinwu soldiers and went to Fujian Mawei Port on five ships from Shanghai China Merchants.

In order to hide their whereabouts, the 300 Xinwu soldiers who returned to Tianjin carried the banner of Li Guolou to publicize their safety along the way, and also took the opportunity to show off their reputation on the road. An exclusive interview claimed that the Emperor Tongzhi ordered the new armed forces to defend Tianjin.

Li Guolou kept a low profile and went quietly to Mawei Port on a troop carrier. Li Guolou was fiddling with maps in the cabin every day. It was extremely ridiculous to think that the Qing coast defense map and current map in his hand were drawn by the British.

Li Guolou obtained these blueprints by bribing the British Wright Smith. With these maps, he can gain military initiative at sea and prevent ships from sailing into fast-flowing areas. This is his sharp weapon for naval warfare.

Sometimes Li Guolou leans on a railing to look at the water shining in the distance, and the blue waves in the horizon make Li Guolou's heart agitate. The country is broken and the mountains and rivers are broken. Several princes are as afraid of naval battles as tigers. to distant Taiwan

Li Hongzhang, who speaks unequivocally, is cowardly and wants to resolve the Taiwan issue through negotiations. Of course, the Qing government will compensate the Japanese for their losses, but Li Guolou does not want to see the Qing continue to weaken. He wants to rise up and fight back. The Wu army is his capital to dominate the world. Although the Qing army is at a disadvantage, the Japanese army is arrogant, but as long as it persists, with the backing of the Qing's national strength, the protracted war will win.

The ship sailed to Shanghai Wusong Wharf and the troops went ashore for a short rest. The ship needed supplementary supplies. Li Guolou boarded the wharf. Thinking of his brothers and sisters in Shanghai, he hesitated for a moment in his mind. Have the opportunity to come to Shanghai again

Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou boarded the Wusong Fort without taking a sip of tea. This is the gateway to the Yangtze River. The Huai army here is Li Hongzhang's direct lineage. Li Hongzhang trained a modern army with Shanghai's financial resources.

Li Hongzhang spent all his energy on the Beiyang navy. The fort along the coast was a key national defense project in the Qing Dynasty, which cost the court a lot of silver. The sergeants unleashed brand-new cannons from the caves of the soldiers, and the black cannons pointed directly at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The booming guns rang out, and the floating target in the Yangtze River was smashed to pieces. The officers proudly put down their binoculars, as if they had completed their mission.

Li Hongzhang did not forget to praise a few words. He is quite satisfied with the outcome of this drill. Even if he passed by Shanghai in a hurry, he would come to visit this old army guarding the gate of the Yangtze River.

Li Guolou said a few perfunctory words, and also praised the artillery for its greatness. They were all good gunners. Li Hongzhang's interest was not suppressed. Everything will go well when he goes on the expedition. Now the foreign warships are cruising in the Huangpu River showing off their might, how can there be the dignity of a great country?"

"Li Guolou, let me show you the unique caves here." Li Hongzhang walked at the front like a master, and the accompanying officers followed him step by step. Treating Li Guolou with courtesy, he was afraid that he would be caught by the two if he did not do well. The officer got the handle

"That's a good relationship. I've heard that there is a treasure house under the Wusong Fort." Li Guolou smiled and followed Li Hongzhang very politely. The construction of the Wusong Fort began in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. A lot of obsolete military equipment in the treasure house can still be seen in the underground cave [

A group of people walked directly from the fort into the Cangbing Cave. There are no rocks at Wusong Wharf. This is a plain area. To build a fort on this terrain, the first thing to do is to raise the terrain, and the second is to dig tunnels. The artificially built high platform and the closely connected Cangbing Cave form the Wusong Fort. system

The British and French allied forces invaded the forts of Humen, Dagukou, Tianjinwei, Yantai and other places in the Linhai area of ​​the Qing Dynasty several times. They were ravaged by the artillery fire of foreign powers. The strategic coastal defenses fell one by one, but the foreign powers never broke through the Wusong Fort. The defense of the Wusong Fort can be seen. How solid the fortifications are, of course foreign fleets have the ability to break through the Wusong line of defense and enter the Yangtze River basin, which is why thousands of national flags fly on the Huangpu River

If we take this as the standard, Wusong Fort is just a show. The enemy can attack Wusong Fort by land as long as the enemy has enough troops.

Along the way is a straight railroad track. The wide caves are built of bricks and stones. The ten meters together are pots of lime to prevent "dampness" and mildew. Twelve people are sitting on a flatbed cart. Four sergeants are shaking the handles. The flatbed cart is speeding towards the cave. The caves for the Tibetan soldiers on the Wusong Fort were excavated and built by generations of officers and soldiers, and have already become a maze. Such a huge underground project is amazing.

Looking at the road where the railway tracks are laid, Li Guolou said quite complacently: "Master Fu, this railway troop transport is a method I came up with that can save a lot of manpower."

An officer said unconvinced: "Where is it? Master Yu Shi doesn't understand the situation of our Wusong Fort. When Mr. Fu Xiang was in Shanghai, we had already used the railroad tracks. Unfortunately, we haven't seen the locomotive has been using manpower until now."

Li Hongzhang looked at the four sergeants skillfully shaking the handles and said calmly: "There will be everything. The locomotive head Tianjin Machine Manufacturing Bureau has successfully developed and dragged a few cannons. It's a piece of cake, and it's Wusong Fort's turn to equip it soon."

"That's great. We've been waiting for this day for many years. Master Fu Xiang will come to welcome you."

The soldiers on the flatbed were beaming with joy and praised Li Hongzhang for making the defense industry so impressive that it seemed that with the locomotive, the Qing Dynasty could keep up with the pace of the industrial revolution.

Li Guolou exclaimed: "Oh, it turns out that Mr. Fu Xiang is hiding so deeply and thinking so far, I am really a frog at the bottom of a well."

Li Guolou lamented in his heart that Li Hongzhang's pace was like a snail crawling. He laid two railroad tracks and used manpower as a locomotive. Li Hongzhang is still painting cakes to satisfy his hunger, waiting for the world to drop his pies, he is Li Hongzhang's God, he made Li Hongzhang the savior, but Li Guolou is a man who knows how to repay Li Hongzhang, and rarely responds to Li Hongzhang's requests. Asking him to review the garrisons in various places is to integrate him into the system of the Huai Army and train him as his successor.

Li Hongzhang originally relied on Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Yao in the military. These two were Li Hongzhang's right-hand men. Li Hongzhang even wanted to regard Liu Mingchuan as his successor. He believed that Liu Mingchuan's thinking was highly consistent with his, but Li Guolou's huge age advantage and growing maturity in thinking I have taken refuge in his sect, let Li Hongzhang change his course, let him rule for 20 years, and hand over the heavy responsibility to Li Guolou. At that time, Li Guolou was just in his 40s, and he was in the prime of life.

Two foxes are sitting side by side, counting each other's hole cards. The seemingly intimate chats and jokes are actually making calculations. They always feel that the other party owes us a lot.

The five troop carriers docked overnight at Wusong Naval Port and sailed the next day. I don’t know who told Li Hongzhang about Li Guolou’s private possession of the Great Qing Coastal Defense Map. Li Guolou has no concept of country at all, pretending to be innocent, making a lot of excuses, and gifting the original map to Li Hongzhang with both hands. This calmed down the turmoil and made Li Guolou recognize the truth of Goshha beside him. not believable

Just in case, Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou took two boats. When Li Hongzhang looked at the map Li Guolou gave him, Monk Zhanger couldn't figure it out. Some charts he couldn't understand the arrows marked on the map and the twists and turns. What do you mean? Li Hongzhang hurriedly asked someone to inquire about the ocean current map for all seasons. It turned out that wars at sea had to be viewed in different seasons. Li Hongzhang had a new understanding of the rigor of the British. Too selfish, he can still be persuaded not to put others in his eyes. This is a taboo in the military, isn’t he handsome? Fujian and Taiwan need to respond to each other. There are so many generals of different systems. Only he can command them like a man.

Li Hongzhang thought with his hands behind his back this time that he went to Fujian Mawei Port to sit in command of the Taiwan naval battle. He made a deliberate consideration. He wanted to gain political capital instead of signing the name of "Li Hongzhang" on the traitorous treaty. Now the person who poses the greatest threat to his power is Shaanxi. Gan Governor Zuo Zongtang wanted to consolidate his position, so he went to the front line to direct the battle against Japan without hesitation

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