Ping An was dressed in a scarlet flower dress, decorated with blooming cherry blossoms, gold and purple, and sat on the edge of the bed like a bride. The cheeks reveal a foxy charm, the delicate twisting of the thin waist, more *, looking forward to the starry night tonight, tonight is the night of parting between her and Li Guolou, she wants to leave the most beautiful things of a woman to Li Guolou. Ping An is about to return to Xiaozhan Town, where he will send Li Guolou to Taiwan.

At this time, people were very superstitious, thinking that women were unlucky on the ship, Li Guolou conferred the rank of captain Ping'an, which had caused dissatisfaction among some officers, Li Guolou was afraid of causing a commotion in the army's heart, so he did not take Ping'an with him, and 2,000 newly recruited soldiers and small soldiers in the army were sent back to Xiaozhan Town. In the end, there were 1,500 soldiers and 500 long-husbands left in the Xinwu Army, a total of 2,000 Xinwu soldiers, who were about to go to Mawei Port in Fujian.

Although Ping An was aggrieved, in order to take into account the overall situation, he could only accept Li Guolou's arrangement. She has no ambitions, she just wants the bird to snuggle in Li Guolou's arms like a human being, and let her beloved man pamper her.

Li Guolou is so sophisticated, so gentle, so likable, and so exciting. Ping An hugged Li Guolou weakly, and there was no trace of it on his body. has been carried into the bed by Li Guolou. shyly: "Brother Xiaolou, don't bring a woman back." ”

"Well, I'm satisfied with you, and I swear to God that I won't marry a little wife 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 on Ping An, the two are like glue, gazing greedily at each other.

"Brother Xiaolou, as long as Ping'er is you, you can give up everything else, and in the future, the two of us will go out together, and I will be a hundred times more powerful than White Snake Langjun." Ping An became more and more crazy, sitting on Li Guolou's straddle, showing her style of galloping on the field, and her bumpy and bold posture made Li Guolou reach the realm of selflessness. She gave up her career for Li Guolou in order to get Li Guolou's love, and at this time, her love was rampant and she climbed to the highest peak. Ping An celebrates Li Guolou's bravery, accepts the test of refining furnace, and gallops happily in the ocean of love. She wants to treat this night as the best memory and stay by Li Guolou's side forever.

"Good! Ping'er, I promise you, as long as you don't go to sea, I will take you with me, so that you can become a heroine and be loved by the soldiers. Li Guolou's hands flew up and down, caressing Ping'an's firm and delicate skin, and the soft feeling was like touching exquisite silk. Li Guolou was full of gratitude for Ping'an for choosing him instead of the cause of Yihequan, wandering in the world of spirit and flesh, deeply unable to extricate himself.

Tumbling in the waves, sailing towards the ocean of love in the wind and waves, Li Guolou and Ping An did not sleep all night, kissing goodbye in the midst of inseparability.

Good bye! Close lovers, see each other when you win. One sentence, "Waiting for you to come back!" Tear-jerking, Li Guolou didn't want to show his children's affection, so he pretended to be generous and boarded the carriage. * Endless, Li Guolou's mind, thinking about Du Yingying's posture, couldn't help but take out Du Yingying's photo, that delicate and lovely smile, and charming smile, so that he couldn't help but kiss Du Yingying in the photo. This is the motivation for him to move forward, and he wants to wear the wreath of victory on Du Yingying's head. As for peace, you can weave another flower crown, and if there are more women, the family business will prosper.

The greedy Li Guolou refused to let go of any of them, and he wanted to carve many graceful jade bodies on the monument. Anyway, he still has a lot of youth to squander, and the group of wives and concubines shows his sentimentality.

On the fourth day, Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou boarded the ship from Dagukou, and 2,000 Xinwu soldiers rushed to Mawei Port in Fujian Province on five steamers of the Shanghai Merchants Bureau.

In order to keep their whereabouts secret, the 2,000 Xinwu soldiers who returned to Tianjin, under the banner of Li Guolou, publicized themselves along the way, and Ping An also took the opportunity to show off their scenery on the road. This trick really worked, and the newspaper "Pravda" in the concession published an exclusive interview with Li Guolou in Eugene. It is claimed that the Tongzhi Emperor ordered the Xinwu Army to defend Tianjin, and the Tianjin defense was impregnable, and Li Guolou was in good health. There are no three hundred taels of silver here, which makes people think that Li Guolou, who has not appeared for a long time, is ill.

Li Guolou kept a low profile, took a troop carrier, and quietly rushed to Mawei Port. Li Guolou fiddled with the map in the cabin every day, and it was extremely ridiculous to think that the map of the Qing Dynasty coastal defense and the sea current in his hand were actually drawn by the British.

Li Guolou by bribing the Englishman Wright? Smith only got these drawings, and with these maps, he was able to grasp the military initiative at sea, so as not to let the ship sail into the turbulent water, which was a sharp weapon he used in naval warfare.

Sometimes, Li Guolou overlooks the distance by the railing, the water is shining, and the endless blue waves make Li Guolou feel excited. The country was shattered, several princes were afraid of naval battles, and those arrogant Manchus could only talk on paper, only he rose to the challenge and went to distant Taiwan.

Li Hongzhang, who said it conclusively, was cowardly in his heart and wanted to settle the Taiwan issue through negotiations, and of course the Qing government would compensate the Japanese for their losses. But Li Guolou didn't want to see the Qing Dynasty continue to be weak, he wanted to rise up, he wanted to fight back, he wanted to ride the wind and waves, and sail away. Although the Qing army was at a disadvantage, the Japanese army was arrogant, but as long as it persisted, with the national strength of the Qing Dynasty as the backing, the protracted war will be won.

The ship sailed to the Wusong Wharf in Shanghai, where the troops went ashore for a short rest, and the ship needed to replenish supplies. Li Guolou boarded the dock, thought of his brothers and sisters in Shanghai, and hesitated in his mind for a moment, should he go to the public concession and visit his brothers and sisters? I was quickly relieved that I would have a long time to come to Shanghai in the future.

Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou did not take a sip of tea, and boarded the Wusong Fort, which is the gateway of the Yangtze River, and the Huai army sitting here is Li Hongzhang's descendant troops. Li Hongzhang relied on Shanghai's financial resources to train a modern army, and Shanghai was the place where Li Hongzhang made his fortune.

Li Hongzhang spent all his energy on the Beiyang Naval Division, and the coastal forts were a key national defense project of the Qing Dynasty, which cost the imperial court a lot of silver. The sergeants pushed out a brand-new cannon from the cave of the Tibetan soldiers, and the swarthy cannons were pointed directly at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The rumbling cannon sounded, the floating targets in the Yangtze River were shattered, and the officers proudly lowered their binoculars, as if this was the end of the task.

Li Hongzhang did not forget to praise a few words, and was quite satisfied with the outcome of this exercise. Even if he passed through Shanghai in a hurry, he still had to come to visit this old army guarding the gateway of the Yangtze River.

Li Guolou said a few perfunctory words, and also praised the artillerymen for their strength, all of them were sharpshooters, and they did not sweep away Li Hongzhang's interest, and everything would go smoothly when he set out on the expedition. I was thinking in my heart: "When there are no foreign ships in the Huangpu River, this can be regarded as holding the mouth of the Yangtze River." At present, foreign warships are cruising in the Huangpu River, where is the dignity of a great country. ”

"Li Guolou, let me show you, the hidden soldier cave here is unique." Li Hongzhang is like a master, walking in the forefront. The accompanying officers followed him step by step, treating Li Guolou with courtesy, for fear that he would be caught by the two commanders if he did not do things well.

"That's a good feeling, I've heard a long time ago, Wusong Fort is a treasure trove." Li Guolou smiled, very politely followed behind Li Hongzhang, the construction of Wusong Fort, started from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, has a history of three hundred years, here is a treasure trove of military knowledge, a lot of obsolete military equipment, can also be seen in the underground cave.

A group of people from the fort, directly into the Tibetan soldier cave, Wusong Wharf has no rocks, this is the plain area, in this terrain to build the fort, the first to increase the terrain, the second to dig tunnels. The artificially built high platform and the closely connected Tibetan soldier cave form the Wusong Fort System.

The Anglo-French forces invaded the coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty several times, and the forts in Humen, Dagukou, Tianjinwei, Yantai and other places were ravaged by the artillery fire of foreign powers, and one after another the strategic points of coastal defense were lost. However, the foreign powers never broke through the Wusong Fort, which shows how strong the fortifications of the Wusong Fort were. Of course, foreign fleets have the ability to break through the Wusong defense line and enter the Yangtze River valley, which makes the flags of all countries flutter on the Huangpu River.

If this is taken as a standard, the Wusong Fort is a fancy shelf, and the enemy can attack the Wusong Fort by land. As long as the enemy had enough troops, the Wusong Fort would be attacked by the enemy, and the tragedy of defeat would have been doomed.

Along the way is a straight railroad track, a wide cave made of bricks and stones, and ten meters away is a basin of lime, which is used to prevent moisture and mildew. Twelve men sat on a flatbed, and four sergeants shook the axle handle, and the flatbed slid rapidly into the cave. The hidden soldier cave on the Wusong Fort has been excavated and built by generations of officers and soldiers, and has long become a labyrinth.

Looking at the road where the rails were laid, Li Guolou said quite complacently: "Master Fu, this railroad transportation is a method I came up with, which can save a lot of manpower. ”

An officer was unconvinced and said, "Where! Lord Yushi doesn't know about the situation of our Wusong Fort, and when Lord Fu Xiang was in Shanghai, we already used railroad tracks. It's a pity that the locomotive has not been seen until now, and it has been pushing with manpower. ”

Li Hongzhang watched the four sergeants skillfully shake the shaft handle, and said calmly: "There will be, there will be anything." The locomotive head Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau has been successfully developed, and it is a piece of cake to drag a few cannons, and it will be the turn of Wusong Fort to equip it immediately. ”

"That's great, we've been waiting for this day for years. When Lord Fu Xiang comes, the magpie welcomes the nobles! ”

The soldiers on the flatbed car were overjoyed and praised Li Hongzhang for making the national defense industry impressive, as if with a locomotive, the Qing Dynasty would keep up with the pace of the industrial revolution.

Li Guolou exclaimed: "Oh! It turns out that Master Fu Xiang is deeply hidden, and he thinks so far, I am really a frog at the bottom of the well. ”

Li Guolou lamented in his heart, Li Hongzhang's pace was like a snail crawling, laying two railroad tracks, and using manpower as the locomotive. If it weren't for the fact that he opened up his financial resources, cheated the silver of the emperor's relatives into his hands, borrowed chickens to lay eggs, and created a money empire. Li Hongzhang is still painting cakes to satisfy his hunger, waiting for the world to drop pies, he is Li Hongzhang's God, and he made Li Hongzhang a savior. However, Li Guolou is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and rarely returns Li Hongzhang's request. Li Hongzhang became more and more important to him, and this time he promoted him and asked him to review the garrisons in various places, so that he could integrate into the system of the Huai Army and train him as a successor.

Originally, the people Li Hongzhang relied on militarily were Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Yao, and these two people were Li Hongzhang's right-hand men. Li Hongzhang even wanted to regard Liu Mingchuan as his successor, believing that Liu Mingchuan's thoughts were highly consistent with him. However, Li Guolou's huge age advantage and increasing ideological maturity have taken refuge in his disciples. Let Li Hongzhang change his course, and after he has been in power for 20 years, he will hand over the heavy responsibility to Li Guolou, who was in his forties at that time and was in the prime of life. Li Hongzhang thought far-reachingly, within 20 years, he would not be handed over.

The two foxes sit side by side, counting each other's hole cards, seemingly intimate and laughing, but in fact, they are all dialing the plate, and they always feel that the other party owes themselves a lot.

The five troop transports docked overnight at Wusong Military Port and set sail the next day. I don't know who told Li Hongzhang that Li Guolou's private collection of the Qing Dynasty coastal defense map. Li Hongzhang was so angry that he lost his temper with Li Guolou for the first time, the country has reached a critical moment, and he only knows that he has hidden private interests, but he has no concept of the country at all. Li Guolou pretended to have an innocent expression, and a lot of prevarication reluctantly, and reluctantly presented the original map to Li Hongzhang with both hands. This calmed down the turmoil, and also made Li Guolou realize the facts, and Goshha around him was not credible.

Just in case, Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou took two boats, and when Li Hongzhang looked at the map given to him by Li Guolou, the second monk was puzzled. There are some charts that he can't read, and what does the arrows and zigzags marked on the map mean? Li Hongzhang hurriedly asked someone to ask, only to know that it was a map of the sea currents throughout the year. It turned out that when he fought a war at sea, he had to look at the map according to the season, and Li Hongzhang had a new understanding of the rigor of the British. For Li Guolou's small movements, he hated the pain. Li Guolou is too selfish, he can still be subdued, and he doesn't take other people in his eyes, this is a taboo in military affairs, not a handsome talent! Fujian and Taiwan need to echo each other, and only he can command so many generals in different systems.

Li Hongzhang pondered that this time he went to Mawei Port in Fujian Province to take command of the Taiwan naval battle, because he had made careful considerations, and he wanted to gain political capital, but he did not sign the name of "Li Hongzhang" on the traitorous treaty. The person who posed the greatest threat to his power now was Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, who wanted to consolidate his position, so he worked tirelessly and went to the front line to direct the war against Japan.