late Qing Dynasty arrest

After Li Guolou received Shen Baozhen's telegram, he immediately invented the code telegram to inform the world of the results of the Battle of Langqiao. The unprecedented sinking of two Japanese cruisers and five battleships, and heavy damage to dozens of fast sailing ships, can be described as brilliant results.

In the end, Li Guolou did not forget his promise, and gave the first contribution to Lord White Snake, and asked Emperor Tongzhi to grant Lord White Snake the title of "National Master of the Qing Dynasty" and preside over the royal ashram "Baiyun Temple".

Tell the world unmistakably that the heavy fog in the Langqiao area was created by Lord White Snake.

The victory in Hualien Town was a tragic victory for both sides, and it was not the ending that the court wanted to see. Several military ministers were quite dissatisfied with him because he became more and more disobedient.

Several important ministers of the Westernization Faction secretly betrayed the interests of the country, wanted to have sex with the Japanese, and colluded with the conservatives.

Fortunately, the empress dowagers of the two palaces supported Li Guolou, and the Emperor Tongzhi was unmoved, so he did not move his seat. This Langqiao sneak attack won a brilliant victory at a very small cost, and Li Guolou finally felt proud .

In the command room of the General Military Mansion, Li Guolou yelled: "I want to burn the flames of war to the Japanese mainland, cross the Komiya Kaido, and take back the Ryukyu Islands. If the Japanese dare to provoke me, I will retaliate a hundred times. , you are now starting to deduce the battle of seizing the island and formulate a detailed plan, we are going to go on an expedition, "

The generals in the command room were also over-excited, Zheng Hengdan shouted: "I have been looking forward to this day for a long time, if I do it, I will do it with a big vote."

Numerous generals were deducing the battle on the sea charts, and the generals who were dazzled by the victory actually wanted to destroy Japan.

After Li Guolou was excited, he became taciturn again. He stood by the sea chart and watched the generals deduce. Different tactics can broaden their thinking. Every tactical strategy is deduced by the officers of the staff department. Although it will be very immature at the beginning, some even absurd ideas, but in the end, in order to turn into actual combat, I will find out the combat experience in actual combat.

Difficulties can be overcome, Japan is either an impregnable fortress, numerous islands, or countless loopholes.

Attack its short, attack its unprepared.

For the plan to attack Japan, first formulate a set of feasible plans, which will be useful one day. Li Guolou never thought of occupying the Japanese archipelago. Li Guolou wanted to take revenge on the Japanese and set the Japanese archipelago on fire. This plan is too big. Before the country has no background, it can only be discussed on paper. When the Qing Dynasty becomes a maritime power, it must make an expedition to the Japanese archipelago.

Li Guolou waited for the call back from the Ministry of War, trying to pretend to be calm, thinking that he was Jiang Taigong who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, but the expression on his face betrayed him, everyone could see that Li Guolou was in a good mood.

After listening to this for a long time, Li Guolou's thoughts flew to another battlefield, and he said in a deep voice, "Immediately send power to Liu Mingchuan and order the Mingwu Army to attack Lanhua City. I will enter Lanhua City in ten days' time, with the least casualties." Take the Orchid City and capture Luo Xingban alive,"

Orchid City is Langqiao City. Langqiao means orchid in the language of Paiwan people. Orchid City is the largest town in Langqiao Peninsula. It used to be the gathering place of Paiwan people, but now it is the "King of Beidong" Luo Xingbing The hiding place is also the last military fortress of the Japanese army on the Pingtung Plain. The Qing army will be able to open up the road to Langqiao Port after conquering Lanhua City, and then they will be able to drive the Japanese navy out of Taiwan Island and complete the siege of the Japanese army on Guishan .

Zheng Hengdan couldn't help being anxious, and said coldly with eyebrows: "Commander Li, your injury is still not healed, and you are not allowed to go to the front line. You should rest in Keelung to recover from your injuries. This is an order to die, and it is also the wish of all frontline commanders."

Li Guolou chuckled, raised his right arm, and said: "The injury is almost healed, the battle is almost over, if I don't move, my bones will become lazy, don't worry, I won't go to the front line, I will go and see Looking at Orchid City, I said that I would peel Luo Xingban's skin, even if Luo Xingban died, I would crush him to ashes."

Zheng Hengdan warned: "Commander Li, you have to learn from Marshal Zuo and be a qualified commander. Don't be greedy for revenge. What I say doesn't count, and what you say doesn't count. We all have to listen to Dr. Wang's words." , Commander Li, you have to know that you have used so many vicious schemes against the Japanese army, and the Japanese army retaliated against you. The assassination incident will not be just this one time, and there will be plots against you in the future, "

Li Guolou laughed uncontrollably and said: "I will pay attention, try to cover the veil as much as possible, and go to the front line, otherwise I will become Zhao Kuo if I talk about war on paper."

The generals in the command room laughed heartily. It was a joy to fight with Li Guolou. The successive victories of the Qing army had defeated the Japanese army without any counterattack. Now if you want to look up to the Japanese army, you will be laughed at. Everyone knows that there is no suspense in the war in Taiwan, and the Qing army is sure to win.

Unless Japan expands the war, exhausts its strength as a country, and then sends a large army to Taiwan, but it is unrealistic for the Japanese army to deploy troops in the coming winter.

Zheng Hengdan had a smile on his face. With the lessons learned from the past, the Qing army's defense of Li Guolou was the top priority. Even if the enemy resorted to beauty tricks, it would not succeed. Who can stop Li Guolou from going to the front line , he was just kindly reminding Li Guolou that self-discipline is what it takes to be a human being.

Wang Han, the deputy leader of the telegram team, walked quickly into the command room and handed a telegram to Li Guolou.

Li Guolou glanced down, laughed loudly and said, "The emperor commends us, Mr. Fu Xiang is elated,"

"Oh??????" All the generals surrounded Li Guolou, scrambling to witness the telegram, with five sense organs crowded together and clapping each other in celebration.

Li Guolou roared: "Long live my emperor, Wan Sheng of the Great Qingshui Master,"

"Long live my emperor, the great Qingshui master is victorious," all the generals and officers cheered together, and the momentum was established, forming a joint force, a pair of hot eyes stared at Li Guolou, and Li Guolou, who won the victory, was worshipped.

"Bless God Guandi, I will build a Guandi Temple in Langqiao Port to commemorate the sacrificed Qing warriors, and let their tablets be incensed for generations," Li Guolou faced a three-foot Guandi statue made of nanmu, and said There are words in it, Guan Gong is the god of war in the Qing Dynasty, worshiped by the Qing army, and Guan Gong will be worshiped in every battle.

All the generals paid homage to Guan Gong before the altar, each with a single-minded expression, and meticulously finished offering incense.

"Come on, please the imperial decree,"

After Li Guolou kowtowed to Guan Gong, he asked for an imperial decree to enshrine the letter of commission granted to him by Emperor Tongzhi on Guan Gong's altar, and began the cumbersome ceremony.

Li Guolou had a solemn expression, he was a loyal and patriotic general, he tucked up his sleeves, knelt on the futon, and knelt three times and kowtowed nine times in front of a three-foot yellow framed letter of appointment.

This kind of formalistic worship activities, high-ranking officials never get tired of it, and Li Guolou is not immune to the vulgarity. It will be troublesome to be caught by others. Say a few more words of gratitude and don't give anyone a tongue.

All the generals stood up one after another, and Zheng Hengtan said with a smile: "Commander Li, it's time to treat guests this time, wine is essential."

Li Guolou smiled and said: "Okay, I will treat guests tonight, and I will hold a banquet with the highest standard. Go and buy more fine wine. If you can't find it in the market, ask Wu Dating for it, and let him come to drink too. Who will drink?" There is a private collection of fine wine, and it is also moved to the General Military Mansion, and I will not return tonight if I am not drunk."

Dao Xie Yun walked out of the command room happily, and the command room became even more lively, and all the generals dispersed in a hurry, going to get the fine wine in their collection.

Don't look at these generals crying poor in front of Li Guolou, in fact, all of them have private collections, and the first choice for soldiers is pistols. It is not uncommon for an officer to have four or five pistols made in various countries.

Many senior officers also custom-made pistols. The pistols in the gun box at the waist are silver-handled pistols, and a few gold-handled pistols can also be found.

Officers who love to drink will keep good wine privately, and soldiers who can drink will integrate into the army system. It doesn't matter if they can't drink, if they are drunk, they are brothers.

Li Guolou seldom drank alcohol at ordinary times, and he could not touch fine wine during his recovery period, so there was no good wine in the huge military mansion.

After the two wives came to Taiwan, the local officials flattered and flattered them. Liu Mingdeng was the first to think of sending "sea food" to Li Guolou, and Wu Dating even came to greet Li Guolou every day.

So Li Guolou asked his staff to make more jars of good wine, so that the banquet at night would be lively.

Afterwards, Li Guolou invited more than 200 people from his entourage and the generals of the headquarters to a banquet. Thirty tables were set up at the Eight Immortals Table, [-] of which were borrowed from nearby common people's families.

The General Military Mansion was full of people, Wu Peipei took out the celebration banquet at night, and brought out the treasured shark's fin, sea cucumber, and scallops. The cooks in the backyard slaughtered pigs and sheep, and everyone in the General Military Mansion was busy.

Two officers passed by Wu Peipei carrying a jug of fine wine. The thin officer said with a smile, "Hello mistress, where is the wine jug?"

Wu Peipei said in a hurry: "Just put it in the corner on the right, so that when you walk around like this, you won't bump into it,"

"Hey," the two officers happily moved the sixty-jin wine jar, put the wine jar on the side of the living room, and watched Wu Peipei, who was wearing jade on his temples, leave.

The thin officer said in a low voice: "Did you see it, old cousin? This is Mrs. Eighth, Commander-in-Chief Li. Don't let me tell you about the origin, hehehehehe,"

Another burly officer said suspiciously: "Ah, this is the eighth lady of the Jianghu legend. She is not old. She looks at most 30 years old. Have you made a mistake?"

The skinny officer snorted: "It's not too old, I can be your mother,"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhh," the burly officer sniggered obscenely. There are too many people coming and going, so it's not appropriate to say more here.

The two walked out shoulder to shoulder, whispering in their ears and laughing lewdly as they walked, Li Guolou's harem was an endless topic, and it had already been introduced to the military camp from the teahouse.

When Li Guolou returned to his study in the backyard, his right hand could already write with a calligraphy brush. To show his merits to the Emperor Tongzhi, he wanted to write a colorful memorial by himself.

Chu Xiangyu was grinding beside Li Guolou, her plump body leaned next to Li Guolou, she was satisfied that she could come to Taiwan to accompany Li Guolou, Li Guolou was like the wind, it was difficult to hold in her hands, now standing in Li Guolou There is a sense of happiness around Guolou.

Chu Xiangyu saw that Li Guolou had written halfway, and stopped, and knew that Li Guolou would not write, and the next thing to write was to commend the heroes, and that was to wait for Shen Baozhen to return to Keelung Port.

Chu Xiangyu obediently cleaned the writing brush, returned the four treasures of the study on the desk to their original positions, and then massaged Li Guolou's right arm. Li Guolou wrote half of it. .

Li Guolou enjoyed the feeling of soreness, closed his eyes lazily, and said: "The woman is pregnant with the hero's tomb, and you two will accompany me. I don't want to fight anymore. When I go to the Pingtung Plains, you two should go back home." Beijing, "

"No, Brother Xiaolou, Sister Peipei and I are waiting for you here, we won't cause you any trouble," Chu Xiangyu whimpered, her delicate body wrapped around Li Guolou's back, her whole body still writhing.

"Little villain, I'll eat you tonight, be good now, I know," Li Guolou hugged Chu Xiangyu in his arms, and kissed his rosy lips.

Li Guolou's thoughts are no longer on the battlefield. Now the Qing army has an absolute advantage in the war in Taiwan. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops have been surrounded by various Qing armies. The Japanese army has no room for strategic maneuvering. However, in a short time, the Qing army cannot The Japanese military fortress, Kameyama, was captured, so what could not be obtained on the battlefield had to be resolved through diplomatic channels.

What Li Guolou thinks most about is his uncle Li Hongzhang's diplomatic negotiations. The diplomatic negotiation table is another battlefield. The game between Li Hongzhang, who doesn't know how to play well, and the Japanese government's Foreign Minister Maemitsu Yanagihara, will win or lose. .

"He has no conscience, no passion at all," Chu Xiangyu broke free from Li Guolou's embrace, seeing that Li Guolou was absent-minded, and glared at Li Guolou angrily, wishing he could swallow Li Guolou alive.

"Hey, tonight," Li Guolou knew what Chu Xiangyu was thinking, but he had too many things to do, and he couldn't indulge his desires.

"Well, then it's settled. Sister Peipei and I will wait for your triumphant return here and return to Beijing together," Chu Xiangyu stroked Li Guolou's chest and used a beauty trick to seduce Li Guolou. She is confident enough that she believes that Li Guolou will let her stay.

"Well, bring me the map, and call me at the beginning of the banquet," Li Guolou cheered up, putting aside his love for his children.

Chu Xiangyu lit a stick of incense and put it in the incense burner. The green smoke curled up in the study, which made people feel happy. Chu Xiangyu sat quietly on the couch, hooked a child's sweater, and glanced at the blue brick lying on the bed. Li Guolou, who went up, shook his head and showed a wry smile.

Today, Li Guolou's hobby is reading maps, even when eating.

Li Guolou lay on the ground and looked at the city defense map of Orchid City with a magnifying glass. Although he couldn't personally direct the attack on Orchid City, looking at the map of Orchid City made him feel like he was back on the battlefield where artillery was raging.

This is how a commander-in-chief fights, talking about wars on paper, in exchange for victories again and again, Li Guolou completed the transition from a general to a commander-in-chief,