late Qing Dynasty arrest

Taiwan's Pingtung Plain was raging with war, and Liu Mingchuan led an army of [-] to surround Orchid City.

A large camp was set up on a flat and open land. The army set up the camp meticulously. Three deep ditches were dug in front of the camp, antlers were buried, and a tall sentry tower was erected every fifty steps. Cannons were hidden behind the car enclosure to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through. In the middle of the battalion is the military tent, and there are other camp tents for storing miscellaneous animals and other things.

Thousands of large tents are stationed according to six divisions, distinguished by the six banners of Suanni Banner, Pixiu Banner, Kylin Banner, Crouching Tiger Banner, Tengbao Banner, and Yangying Banner. There is a big "Liu" character in the letter, and a yellow dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty fluttering in the wind.

Thousands of camps are neat and orderly, humane and horse paths are clearly distinguished, and each battalion has officers to lead patrols, and there are three shifts, and every detail is meticulous.

This is Liu Mingchuan's style of leading troops. He governs the army very strictly, rewards are heavy rewards, and punishments are killing people. Every strict military order of his is subtly affecting the generals under his command. It is not an exaggeration to call Liu Mingchuan the "God of Killing".

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Commander Liu Mingchuan talked with Li Guolou, telling Li Guolou, who had just come to the front line, not to point fingers, and let him alone command the battle of Orchid City.

Liu Mingchuan was very dissatisfied with Li Guolou's visit to the front line in person. In front of everyone, he gave Li Guolou face, got along alone, and didn't have a good face. He glanced at him and said, "Li Guolou, what are you doing here? It's my business to attack Orchid City." , you don't take good care of your wounds, why are you frightened?"

Li Guolou is not angry, contented people are always happy, he took a sip of Biluochun, looked around and talked about other things: "Well, good tea, Liu Liumazi, you can sit down and drink it too, I won't take credit for you,"

How could Liu Mingchuan give Li Guolou any face, and said angrily: "You are here to take credit for my achievements, and I won't get the limelight."

Li Guolou waved his hand and said, "How dare, how dare, Taiwan is still up to you. I am now a spectator, and I will learn from my predecessors the experience of fighting, and I will not seize power."

Liu Mingchuan sat down, looked at Li Guolou jealously, and lamented his ill-fated fate. His official career was connected with Li Guolou, and he shared weal and woe. Even after breaking up, he would go hand in hand. His unique style, blue out of blue and better than blue, is praised by the Chinese people.

Although Liu Mingchuan disapproved of Li Guolou and believed that his military ability was superior to Li Guolou's, he had to admire Li Guolou's strategic deployment. If you are prepared, you must overcome the battle.

Of the 4000 troops led by Liu Mingchuan, [-] were Fanbing soldiers, plus the logistics and transportation of civilians, nearly [-] people from ethnic minorities were mobilized in the Battle of Lanhua City.

Inspired by Li Guolou, people of all ethnic groups in Taiwan voluntarily donated money, food and labor to join the anti-aggression war, fighting for the country regardless of remuneration.

To make the barbarians who only talk about their own national interests fight for the country, only Li Guolou in the Qing Dynasty has this charisma.

"Since you are here, Li Guolou, you will be responsible for entertaining the chieftains. I have good rice paper here. You first write twenty sheets of 'loyalty and unparalleled' in big characters, and then give them to the chieftains, military deployment, I've already completed the five tunnels leading directly to the city of Lanhua, just watch it." Liu Mingchuan didn't give Li Guolou the opportunity to dictate, instead, he assigned tasks to Li Guolou to engage in public relations.

"Can I go to the front line and visit the officers and soldiers?" Li Guolou looked helplessly at Liu Mingchuan. The Battle of Lanhua was the biggest battle launched by the Qing army this year. Let him stay in the camp of the Chinese army. What does this have to do with being in Keelung Harbor? the difference.

"You want my life. You are absolutely not allowed to go to the front line. Now our army is taking the initiative and the morale is high. We don't need you to boost morale. Don't get carried away. In the end, extreme joy turns into sorrow," Liu Mingchuan categorically rejected it from the height of truth. Li Guolou's proposal.

Ever since he was injured, Li Guolou had never been tough. The commanders from all walks of life talked to themselves, using his injury as an excuse, and often bypassed the headquarters. The military situation was first reported to the Ministry of War. This is also related to the situation of the war. The Japanese army could not organize large-scale battles, so the pressure on the Qing troops from all walks of life was reduced, and the commanders from all walks of life could formulate their own combat plans.

As the commander-in-chief, Li Guolou formulates strategic deployments, and the specific battles are carried out by the commanders from all walks of life. Everyone performs their own duties and cannot override their duties. Li Guolou does not argue with Liu Mingchuan, but listens to Liu Mingchuan's tactical deployment.

Liu Mingchuan had a well-thought-out plan, pointed out the huge sand table, and told about the situation of the Beidong Army and the Japanese Army in Orchid City.

The Japanese army in Lanhua City has two corps, about 2000 people, but these 2000 Japanese troops belong to the wounded and sick troops with extremely poor combat effectiveness. Infected with sexually transmitted diseases, commonly known as the "plague", Japanese soldiers died of illness every day, and girls from ethnic minorities were as terrifying as the plague, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.

When they first came to Taiwan to fight, the Japanese army sent the wounded back to the country, but this made the troops even more unstable. Some Japanese soldiers even self-mutilated, just to return to the country and avoid fighting. A decision was made to send all these soldiers infected with the "plague" to Lanhua City to defend the city with the Beidong Army led by Luo Xingban.

Now in Orchid City, apart from 1000 Beidong miscellaneous troops and [-] Japanese troops with extremely poor combat effectiveness, there are also some ethnic minority soldiers who surrendered to the Japanese army. There are more than [-] people, most of whom are Paiwan people.

The war is extremely vicious. In order to survive, many people choose to surrender on the battlefield, or even fight back, and finally work for the enemy.

"Now in Lanhua City, there are about [-] remnants and defeated generals hiding. These Beidong soldiers committed blood debts. Those female Beidong soldiers are more brutal than the male Beidong soldiers. They are not exempt," Liu Mingchuan said, not planning to accept prisoners. , he wanted to bloodbath the Orchid City.

Li Guolou understood as soon as he heard it, his face changed, as if seeing the most terrifying scene, he shouted: "Liu Mingchuan, you can't fight like this. It is easy to break through the city wall in a siege battle, but after entering the city, it will become a street battle. The artillery is in the street. Now the remnant soldiers in Orchid City have become crazy. If they attack by force, they will cause heavy casualties to the soldiers. These soldiers will not fight if they suffer a lot of casualties. At that time, we still have to contribute our own efforts, and we should use the minimum Take down the Orchid City at the price, avoid excessive casualties, "

Liu Mingchuan nodded and said, "Please don't worry, I have considered this, but attacking with fire will cause too much damage. You will have to take more responsibility for rebuilding Lanhua City in the future."

Li Guolou smiled wryly and said: "Liu Liumazi, I am not a golden rooster, I can lay a golden egg every day, give me a few years, and I will support you, since the enemy in Lanhua City is not strong in fighting power, just dying, It is better to use night battles more, and rely on the personal bravery of the soldiers to defeat the enemy, and there must be a brave man under the heavy reward."

Liu Mingchuan said with a smile: "Li Guolou, that's right. I'll use strong kerosene to clean up. You can take a look at this thing. Come, I will serve you with pen and ink. Commander Li will inscribe first, 'Loyalty and Invincible'" Big characters are worth thousands of gold,"

Li Guolou said helplessly: "Okay, I will write, but only in large characters. My arm strength is limited. Today I can only write ten characters."

Li Guolou's writing in big characters is not outstanding, dragging his injured right arm, he reluctantly wrote "Loyalty and Incomparable".

Now those chieftains are proud of getting Li Guolou's calligraphy, and they especially like the evaluation of "loyalty and unparalleled", and they don't care whether it is justified or not. .

Li Guolou finished writing calmly, put down his brush, and said with a smile: "Liu Zhentai, in my opinion, the enemies in Lanhua City should be treated differently, and those soldiers should be allowed to surrender. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is nothing good about it, "

Liu Mingchuan heard Li Guolou talking about democratic policies, and Li Guolou wanted to recruit thousands of soldiers in Orchid City. His suppressed anger flared up again, and he said angrily, "Fuck you, these bastards who are working for tigers, I can't wait to see you!" Eat their meat, drink their blood, I will take you to see what the enemy has done now, so that you, a new scholar, can gain some knowledge."

Liu Mingchuan dragged Li Guolou, rushed out of the Chinese army tent, walked for more than ten minutes, and came to a fir forest, but saw that in the deep pit dug more than 100 meters, there were twisted corpses, thousands of corpses piled up together , The tragedy was shocking.

Many corpses have no noses, which is the treatment only given to the Qing prisoners of war. The Japanese army cut off the noses of the Qing prisoners of war, and then transported the noses back to China, intending to build a nose mound for the Qing prisoners of war. The great achievements of the Taiwan Expedition Group, (it was not built in the end, the Japanese destroyed the evidence,)

Even Li Guolou, who was used to seeing dead bodies, couldn't bear to look at them more, he was so sad that he couldn't express his feelings at this time, it was too heavy.

Liu Mingchuan said sadly: "We have found five places like this, all of which were done by those beasts in the city. How can you tell me to spare them?"

Li Guolou's eyes were red, and he choked up and trembled all over his body. He knew that such things would inevitably happen in wars, especially ethnic wars, that is, ethnic cleansing wars.

To be honest, the Qing army would also do this kind of thing. Liu Mingchuan, the "god of killing" beside him, is as good as his name.

But when he was in the scene, his chest was depressed, he had nowhere to vent, and he said angrily: "It should be killed, this is what a beast did." After saying that, Li Guolou walked away, this is not a place for people to stay, he has the urge to kill, If you want to cut off the enemy's head, you must cut off at least ten heads this time to relieve the hatred in your heart.

Killing is addictive, Li Guolou's violent murderous aura is exposed, and he walks like the wind.

Liu Mingchuan squinted, his cheeks trembled, and he sneered alone, seeing death at a glance, Li Guolou was a hypocrite, a villain with a true temperament.

Inside the Orchid City, there was no life. The Japanese soldiers patrolling along the way had abscesses on their faces and stiff expressions like zombies. They dragged their thick short legs and climbed up the tower in unison.

The military drills of the Japanese army were impeccable, even if they were suffering from injuries and illnesses, they were still meticulous.

However, the unspeakable brutality caused the people of Taiwan to suffer a catastrophe. The entire Taitung Plain was bloodbathed, and it also spread to the Taichung Plain. The Japanese army looted a large amount of materials and manpower for war consumption.

Tens of thousands of male captives built fortifications for the Japanese army were buried alive, and countless women were ravaged. At this time, there were still more than 900 young women in Lanhua City, living an inhuman life.

In an orchid city, food and grass are abundant, and there are thousands of mules on horseback. The Japanese army is ready to fight the Qing army to the death.

The Japanese army had the determination to burn jade and stone together, and Lanhua City was the place where they were buried. They smashed pots and smashed them, and built Lanhua City into a meat grinder.

At this time, those who were still fighting side by side with the Japanese army were stubborn traitors who pledged their allegiance to the Emperor of Japan and were determined to fight to the end.

Luo Xingbun stood on the top of the city tower, admiring the criss-crossing fields. The deep ditches had already reached the foot of the city wall. The officers and soldiers of the Qing army hid in the caves and built the fortifications under the Lanhua City. What a spectacular scene. The enemy is right under the nose. The orchid city was completely surrounded.

There was a faint sound of a huge explosion, and the ground trembled. Luo Xingban's face was extremely ugly. It was the Qing army's engineers blasting in the cave, and there were rocks that could not be dug under the surface. Blasting is used to dig holes. Although the Qing army’s engineers work slowly, the engineers are working every day, digging tunnels day and night, persevering like mice. One day the holes will be dug to the bottom of the city wall. Shocking.

The Japanese army had no choice but to wait for the moment when the city wall collapsed.

Maybe it is the last day of my life, I have no regrets in this life, I have no fear of death, I have enjoyed all the fun that should be enjoyed, and at the age of knowing my destiny, I finally become the "King of Beidong", and I can go to see my ancestors with peace of mind.

In his 50s, Luo Xingban indulged too much, his muscles became flabby, his fat face looked bloated, and his fierce eyes lost their luster and became dull. Luo Xingblen touched a bottle of poison in his pocket, and Li Guolou, Liu Mingchuan, Luo Shidai, come on, Luo Xingban is standing on the gate tower, impermanence who is threatening his life, come on,