After receiving Shen Baozhen's telegram, Li Guolou immediately invented a code telegram to inform the world of the results of the Langqiao Campaign, sinking two Japanese cruisers and five battleships and inflicting heavy damage on dozens of speedboats.

In the end, Li Guolou did not forget his promise, gave the first credit to the White Snake Langjun, and asked the Tongzhi Emperor to crown the White Snake Langjun as the "Great Qing National Teacher" and preside over the royal dojo "Baiyun Temple".

Tell the world unmistakably that a fog in the Langqiao area was caused by the practice of the White Snake Langjun.

The victory in Hualien Town was a tragic victory for both sides, and it was not an outcome that the imperial court was willing to see, and several military ministers were quite dissatisfied with him because he was becoming more and more disobedient.

Several important ministers of the Westernization faction secretly betrayed national interests, wanted to fornicate with the Japanese, and also colluded with the conservatives, so that he was subjected to much criticism, and wanted to remove the commander-in-chief of Taiwan in the form of a clear promotion and a secret surrender, so that Li Guolou could return to Beijing to report on his work.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager of the two palaces supported Li Guolou, and the Tongzhi Emperor was unmoved, so he did not move his seat.

In the command room of the General Military Palace, Li Guolou shouted: "I want to burn the flames of war to the Japanese mainland, cross the ancient palace sea road, and recapture the Ryukyu Islands, if the Japanese dare to provoke me, I will retaliate a hundredfold, the General Staff, you will now start to deduce the battle to seize the island, formulate a detailed plan, we will go to sea for an expedition." ”

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

Many generals were on the charts, deducing the war, and the generals who were carried away by the victory actually wanted to destroy Japan.

After Li Guolou was excited, he became silent again, standing by the sea chart, watching the generals deduce, different tactical ways of playing can broaden their thinking, each tactical style of play, is based on the officers of the staff department to deduce, although at the beginning it will be very immature, some are even absurd ideas, but in the end in order to become a real battle, in the actual combat to find out the combat experience.

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

Hit it short, attack it unprepared.

Li Guolou never thought of occupying the Japanese archipelago, Li Guolou wanted to take revenge on the Japanese, and wanted to let the Japanese archipelago ignite a raging war, but this plan was too big, and before the country had no foundation, it could only be talked about on paper, and when the Qing Dynasty became a maritime power, he must go on an expedition to the Japanese archipelago.

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

Li Guolou listened to it for a long time, his thoughts flew to another battlefield, and he said in a deep voice: "Immediately send a message to Liu Mingchuan and order the Mingwu army to attack Orchid City, I want to enter Orchid City after ten days, and be sure to take Orchid City with the smallest casualties and capture Luo Yuxi alive." ”

Orchid City is Langqiao City, Langqiao is the meaning of orchid in the language of the Paiwan people, Orchid City is the largest town on the Langqiao Peninsula, it was originally the gathering place of the Paiwan people, and now it is the hiding place of the "King of Beidong" Luo Yuxin, and it is also the last military fortress of the Japanese army in the Pingtung Plain.

Zheng Hengdan couldn't help but be anxious, and said coldly: "Commander-in-Chief Li, your injuries are not healed, you are not allowed to go to the front line, you have to recuperate in Keelung with peace of mind, this is a death order, and it is also the will of all front-line commanders." ”

Li Guolou smiled, raised his right arm, and said: "The injury is almost healed, the battle has almost been fought, I don't move anymore, my bones will become lazy, don't worry, I won't go to the front line, I'll go to see Orchid City, I said that I want to peel Luo Yuxin's skin, even if Luo Yuxin dies, I will crush his bones and scatter ashes." ”

Zheng Hengdan admonished: "Commander-in-Chief Li, you have to learn from Commander Zuo, be a qualified commander, don't be happy with enmity, I don't count what I say, I don't count if you say it, we all have to listen to Dr. Wang's words, Commander-in-Chief Li, you must know that you have used so many poisonous tricks against the Japanese army, and the Japanese army will retaliate against you, the assassination incident will not be the only one, and there will be a conspiracy against you in the future." ”

Li Guolou said with a smile: "I will pay attention, try to cover the veil as much as possible, the front line still has to go, otherwise I will not become Zhao Kuo on paper." ”

The generals and officers in the command room laughed heartily, and it was a pleasure to follow Li Guolou to fight, and the Qing army's successive victories had already beaten the Japanese army to the point that it had no counterattack, and now if you want to look down on the Japanese army, you will also be laughed at, and everyone knows that there is no suspense in the war in Taiwan, and the Qing army will win the battle.

Unless Japan expands the war and exerts its strength to send a large army to Taiwan, it is unrealistic for the Japanese army to want to transfer troops in the coming winter.

Zheng Hengdan had a smile on his face, with the experience of the past, the Qing army's defense of Li Guolou is the top priority, even if the enemy uses a beauty plan, it is impossible to succeed, who can stop Li Guolou from going to the front line, he is just a kind reminder Li Guolou A few words, life depends on self-discipline.

Wang Han, deputy head of the telegraph group, walked quickly into the command room and handed a telegram to Li Guolou.

Li Guolou glanced down and laughed: "The emperor praised us, and Master Fu raised his eyebrows." ”

"Oh??????" All the generals and officials gathered around Li Guolou, vying to witness the message, their facial features huddled together, and they high-fived each other.

Li Guolou roared: "Long live my emperor, the great clear water master wins." ”

"Long live my emperor, long live the Great Shimizu Master." All the generals cheered together, and their momentum had been achieved, forming a joint force, and a pair of hot eyes looked at Li Guolou, and Li Guolou, who won the victory, was worshipped.

"Emperor Guan blesses, I will build a temple of Emperor Guan in Langqiao Port to pay tribute to the sacrificed Qing warriors, so that their tablets will receive incense from generation to generation." Li Guolou faces a three-foot statue of Emperor Guan made of Nanmu, and there are words in his mouth, Guan Gong is the god of war of the Qing Dynasty, worshiped by the Qing army, and will worship Guan Gong in every battle.

The generals paid homage to Guan Gong in front of the offering stage, and each one had a single-minded expression, meticulously completing the incense.

"Come, please decree."

After Li Guolou kowtowed to Guan Gong, he asked for a holy decree to enshrine the letter of appointment issued to him by Emperor Tongzhi on Guan Gong's altar and began a cumbersome ceremony, and all the generals and officials bowed together to thank the emperor for his grace.

Li Guolou's expression was solemn, he was a loyal and patriotic general, he Zen his sleeves, knelt on the futon, and knelt three times and nine kowtows in front of a yellow-framed three-foot letter of appointment.

This kind of formalistic worship activities, high-ranking officials are not tired of it, and Li Guolou is not exempt from vulgarity, and it will be troublesome if he is caught by someone, and he will say a few more words of gratitude, and he will not give people a tongue.

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

Li Guolou smiled and said: "Okay, tonight I will treat you, buy a banquet with the highest standards, knife handle, you go and get more wine, you can't get it on the market, go and ask Wu Dating to ask for it, let him also come to drink, who has a private collection of fine wine, also moved to the General Military Mansion, don't get drunk tonight." ”

The scabbard cloud happily walked out of the command room, and the command room became even more lively, and all the generals dispersed in a hurry, wanting to get the treasured wine.

Don't look at these generals crying poor in front of Li Guolou, in fact, they all have private collections, military treasures, the first choice is pistols, an officer has four or five pistols made in various countries, it is not unusual.

Many high-ranking officers also custom-made pistols, and the pistols in the waist magazine are silver-handled pistols, gold-handled pistols, and a few can also be found.

Officers who love to drink will keep fine wine privately, and soldiers who can drink will integrate into the military system, and it doesn't matter if they can't drink, they are brothers when they get drunk.

Li Guolou rarely drinks alcohol in ordinary times, and he can't touch fine wine during his recuperation, so there is no good wine in the huge general army's mansion.

After the two ladies came to Taiwan, the magistrates greeted the horses, and Liu Mingdeng first thought of sending "seafood" to Li Guolou, and Wu Dating even came to greet Li Guolou every day.

Therefore, Li Guolou asked his subordinates to make a few more jars of good wine, so that the banquet in the evening would be lively.

After that, Li Guolou hosted a banquet for his entourage, as well as the generals of the headquarters, a total of more than 200 people, and thirty tables were set up at the Eight Immortal Tables, of which twenty Eight Immortal Tables were borrowed from the families of the people nearby.

The General Soldier's Mansion was full of people, Wu Peipei Zhang Luo's celebration banquet in the evening, took out the treasured shark fin, sea cucumber, and dried scallops, and the men in the backyard killed pigs and sheep, and the people in the General Soldier's Mansion were busy.

Two officers carried a jar of fine wine and passed by Wu Peipei, and the thin officer said with a smile: "Hello master, where is the wine jar?" ”

Wu Peipei said in a hurry: "Just put it in the corner on the right, so that when you walk around, you won't touch it." ”

"Hey." The two officers happily carried the sixty-pound wine jar, put the wine jar in the living room, and watched Wu Peipei, who was wearing temples and jade, leave.

The thin officer said in a low voice: "Did you see it, this is the eighth lady of Commander-in-Chief Li, don't let me tell me the origin, hehehehe." ”

Another burly officer said suspiciously: "Ah, this is the eighth lady of the legend of the rivers and lakes, she is not old, she looks like she is thirty years old at most, are you mistaken?" ”

The thin officer scoffed: "It's not old, you can be your mother." ”

"Shhh The burly officer snickered obscenely, and there were too many people coming and going, so it was not appropriate to say more here.

The two walked out shoulder to shoulder, while walking, whispering in their ears, lewd and smiling, Li Guolou's harem is an endless topic, and it has long been introduced from the teahouse to the barracks.

Li Guolou returned to the study in the backyard, his right hand was already able to write calligraphy, to the Tongzhi Emperor to show merit, by him personally pen, write a flowery recital.

Chu Xiangyu was grinding beside her, her full body was next to Li Guolou, she was already content to come to Taiwan to accompany Li Guolou, Li Guolou was like the wind, it was difficult to grasp it in her hands, and now standing beside Li Guolou, there is a sense of happiness.

Chu Xiangyu saw that Li Guolou had written half of it, and stopped, and knew that Li Guolou was not writing, and the next thing was to write a commendation for the heroes, which was to wait for Shen Baozhen to return to Keelung Port.

Chu Xiangyu obediently washed the brush, put the four treasures of the study on the desk back in place, and then massaged Li Guolou's right arm, Li Guolou wrote half of it, and there was another reason, that is, the arm could not bear it and could not be raised for a long time.

Li Guolou enjoyed the sour feeling, closed his eyes lazily, and said: "The woman is pregnant with the hero's mound, accompanied by the two of you, I don't want to fight anymore, when I go to the Pingtung Plain, you two should go back to Beijing." ”

"Don't, Brother Xiaolou, Sister Peipei and I are waiting for you here, and we won't cause you trouble." Chu Xiangyu snorted, her delicate body was wrapped around Li Guolou's back, and the flesh of her whole body was still writhing.

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

Li Guolou's mind is no longer on the battlefield, now in the war in Taiwan, the Qing army has occupied an absolute advantage, tens of thousands of Japanese troops have been surrounded by Qing regiments from all walks of life, the Japanese army has no strategic room for maneuver, but in a short period of time, the Qing army can not capture the Japanese army's military fortress Guishan, so what can not be obtained on the battlefield must be solved by diplomatic means.

What Li Guolou thought about the most was the matter of his uncle Li Hongzhang's diplomatic negotiations, and the diplomatic negotiation table was another battlefield, and he didn't know how the game between Li Hongzhang, who was long-sleeved and good at dancing, and Yanagihara Maemitsu, the foreign secretary sent by the Japanese government, would win or lose.

"He who has no conscience, has no passion at all." Chu Xiangyu broke free from Li Guolou's embrace, saw that Li Guolou was absent-minded, and glared at Li Guolou angrily, hating to eat Li Guolou alive.

"Well, at night." Li Guolou knew what Chu Xiangyu was thinking, but he had too many things to do and couldn't indulge.

"Well, then let's say okay, Sister Pei Pei and I are here waiting for you to return triumphantly and return to Beijing together." Chu Xiangyu stroked Li Guolou's chest and used a beauty trick to tempt Li Guolou, this man eats soft and not hard, she has enough confidence to believe that Li Guolou will let her stay.

"Well, bring me the map, and the banquet will start calling me." Li Guolou shook his spirits and put aside his children's affection.

Chu Xiangyu lit an incense stick, inserted it in the incense burner, and the green smoke curled in the study, which made people feel happy, Chu Xiangyu sat quietly on the couch, hooked a children's sweater, glanced at Li Guolou lying on the green brick, shook his head, and showed a wry smile.

Nowadays, Li Guolou's hobby is to look at 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 could not personally command the attack on Orchid City, but looking at the map of Orchid City, he seemed to return to the battlefield where artillery was flying.

This is how the commander fights, talking on paper, in exchange for victory after victory, Li Guolou completed the transformation from a fierce general to the commander of one side.