The temple of Mazu is magnificent, the momentum is magnificent, the cigarette smoke is swirling, more than 100 monks gather here, worship the Buddha and chant the scriptures, and the Qing army that died in the war is exceeded.

Before the banquet began, there was also a war of words and swords to resolve the contradictions between the three parties, otherwise during the banquet, the soldiers would dare to say anything bastard, and then it would hurt the feelings of the brothers' troops.

Li Guolou cooperated with the deputy general Li Yunzhuo, Liu Mingchuan cooperated with the adjutant Ma Haiyan, and Liu Mingdeng cooperated with the deputy general Fu Xianchu, all of whom had to fight to the death for their own interests.

Not long after coming to Taiwan, Xu Wenxiu, the deputy general of the Min Army, and Xu Yuang, the capital secretary of the Orchid City Battle, also wanted to join in the fun, and they wanted to ask Li Guolou for money.

Ming Wujun and Jianwu Jun received millions of silver dollars from Li Guolou, and Xu Yuang also obtained 200,000 silver dollars from Li Guolou.

In addition to the local financial support of the jurisdiction, an army also needs the support of the military department, the provincial capital, and the foundation.

Fujian Governor Ding Richang devoted all his strength to supporting the people of Taiwan, and all the taxes of each province were used to fight the war, and he also borrowed 5 million silver dollars from the "Please Come to the Bank".

Li Guolou has invested 15 million yuan in the Taiwan campaign, and with this money, he has rearmed the Qing army from all walks of life, won the hearts of the people in Taiwan, and made those who have eaten inside and outside repent.

With Li Guolou's full support, the people of Taiwan will be united in their hatred of the enemy, and the great uprising of Taiwan's ethnic minorities against the tyrannical rule of the Qing Dynasty will ignite the flame and be quickly extinguished.

Behind the scenes, these warlords will speak ill of Li Guolou.

"Embroidered pillows, a pack of grass."

"Mao is not full of Qi, how can he understand military affairs."

However, these warlords knew in their hearts that without Li Guolou's support, the Taiwan campaign would not have gone so smoothly, and in less than half a year, more than 30,000 elite Japanese troops were wiped out.

Li Guolou has made outstanding achievements in war and is deeply loved by the soldiers of the Qing army, which is convincing that a general like Liu Mingchuan will respect Li Guolou in words and deeds.

A group of eight people entered the Qisheng Temple, Li Guolou was calm and relaxed, sitting in the center, eight high-ranking officials, looking like dogs, each with a ghost, each seated, after the guards served tea, eight people took a sip of tea, moistened their throats, and started a verbal sword.

Li Yunzhu was very young, held back his anger, and fired first: "Da Liu Zhentai, forgive me for being abrupt, you must know that attacking Langqiao Port requires both land and water, this military plan has long been negotiated, I have already discussed the action plan with Shen Baozhen, why are you talking to yourself and sending Nie Shicheng to attack Langqiao Port." ”

Liu Mingchuan coughed, but there was no response, Li Yunchu was such a small person, he was his student in the past, and he didn't need to bother to speak, someone else would round the field for him.

Adjutant Ma Haiyan looks burly, only in his early thirties, with a beard, he was also an instructor of Xinwutang in the past, watching Li Yunyu become a talent, and was reused by Li Guolou step by step, Li Yun's rocket speed rose, Ma Haiyan looked down on people's expression, and looked down on Li Yun's official luck from the bottom of his heart, raised his eyes and said: "Li Yunzhuo, our Mingwu Army and the Xinwu Army are connected by flesh and blood, and the division is out of the same door, why bother to divide one of each other, the students think so." ”

Li Yunchu was three times shorter, bowed his head to drink tea, and didn't dare to speak out, Liu Mingchuan was also his teacher, and he didn't have the right to speak here.

Li Guolou had long expected this kind of scene, Li Yunyu was still too tender, it was too early to compete with these old foxes, and it still needed years of tempering, he had seen the generals under Zuo Zongtang in the great northwest, and the generals who were not subordinate to each other, said that they would turn their faces, and that was to show off the guys.

Li Guolou calmly dealt with it, drank tea unhurriedly, and turned his head to Liu Mingdeng.

Liu Mingdeng is also anxious, the Jianwu Army is the master of Taiwan, and it should make more contributions to the recovery of Taiwan's lost land, until Li Guolou came to Taiwan, and has always regarded the Jianwu Army as a partial division, he has never caught decent military exploits, the large corps fights, and it has not been the turn of the Jianwu Army, only "burning the Paijia Cliff" made him raise his eyebrows once, but this is not enough to make up for his serious crime of losing the country, the national shame is what he brought to the Qing Dynasty, the battle to liberate Langqiao Port is the battle of the Jianwu Army to prove its ability, and the Jianwu Army is determined to be a death squad.

Liu Mingdeng disregarded his identity, Zen official sleeves, knelt in front of Li Guolou on one leg, and bowed: "Commander-in-Chief Li, please fulfill me, let Jianwu military merit fight Langqiao Port, otherwise I will not live, I promise to take Langqiao Port within a month, and ask Commander-in-Chief Li to take a look at the combat effectiveness of the Jianwu Army." ”

Without waiting for Li Guolou to reply, Liu Mingchuan rose up from the ground and shouted angrily: "Brother Xian, the Japanese army in Guishan is a hard bone, and there are tens of thousands of Japanese troops, if you don't guard the defense line, if the Japanese army breaks through the defense line, isn't the locking tactic deployed by Commander-in-Chief Li falling short, you have to distinguish priorities, don't destroy the Great Wall." ”

Adjutant Ma Haiyan interjected: "My Mingwu army doesn't need to break through Langqiao Port in a month, and it will take Langqiao Port in 20 days at most, I dare to write a military order here, Commander Li, you just wait for good news." ”

Xu Wenxiu, the deputy general of the Min army, couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Commander-in-chief Li, leave the batteries along the Hengchun River to me, I promise that within ten days, the Japanese batteries will be completely cleared, and no one can deal with the Japanese artillery." ”

At this time, Li Yun was in a hurry, stood up, and said solemnly: "Commander-in-Chief Li, the 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Xinwu Army, are on standby, and they are all resting and recuperating, just waiting for the battle. ”

In the Qisheng Shrine, the swords were drawn, and the seven generals all looked at Li Guolou, but seeing that Li Guolou was no longer graceful and generous, his sad expression was unobstructed.

Li Guolou sighed, waved his hand, and said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, please sit down and talk, originally everyone was not subordinate to each other, there was some miscommunication, and now it is so noisy, isn't it to bomb the camp, I know that I am not as convincing as Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, and the tactical deployment I have formulated has no mistakes, and I have been winning the battle, but you still have to fight for merit, where do you put me." ”

When the seven generals saw Li Guolou's expression, they took their seats one after another and stopped arguing.

Liu Mingchuan knew Li Guolou's temperament, that was the expression of a yin person, Li Guolou was not a good person, he wanted to muddy the water, and deliberately confided in the truth: "Commander Li, we are still good, we will report to you if there is something, and if there is a contradiction, say it first, everyone put it on the table and said, unlike some people, who secretly complained to Prince Gong and took away the command of the Daqingshui Division, and until now they are still boasting about their military exploits, this kind of person is the most shameless person, do you say it." ”

"Well, let's not talk about the past, let's solve our own problems, and it's best to drink early." Li Guolou was still smirking, and picked up the teacup calmly, but his chest felt like he had been pricked by a needle, and his heart couldn't help tingling.

After Shen Baozhen obtained the command of the Daqingshui Division, Shen Baozhen won the great victory in Langqiao Port, and the command of the Daqingshui Division was not returned to him, the commander-in-chief of Taiwan, and the command of the Daqingshui Division was no longer in his hands.

This is also a precursor that Li Hongzhang wants to take over his military power, and several ministers of military aircraft in the Military Aircraft Department can't see him soaring into the sky, and several warlords with their own backgrounds have begun to disobey Li Guolou's words.

The Taiwan campaign is still being fought like this, Li Guolou will be overthrown sooner or later, and the time for the replacement of Taiwan's commander-in-chief is not far off, and Li Guolou is indignant in his heart, but he is quite helpless.

Who called these commanders was not promoted by Li Guolou.

After returning to Beijing, we must work hard at the Baoding Military Academy, and when it is ready, the warlords of the Qing Dynasty will be his students, and the fruits will need to be carefully cultivated for ten years.

Li Guolou drew inferences from one case and thought far-reaching, not sticking to a corner of Taiwan.

Li Guolou was thinking about Liu Mingdeng's move, Liu Mingdeng knelt on one leg, as if he was loyal, but implied that he was loyal to him, Liu Mingchuan was a comrade-in-arms who shared life and death, and Liu Mingdeng could be used by him.

After Li Guolou pondered, he said: "You are all right, the strategic deployment I originally arranged is not wrong, since everyone wants to make meritorious contributions, they must take a step back and redeploy their troops, Nie Shicheng's soldiers and horses, since they have already been dispatched, there is no need to come back, let him be the main force to attack the fortress along the Hengchun River, Liu Liumazi, give me a face, Langqiao Port is a tough battle, you don't rob it." ”

Liu Mingchuan glanced at Li Guolou, the Taiwan campaign made the two abandon their previous suspicions, cooperate seamlessly, Taiwan is prosperous, there are many places to use Li Guolou in the future, take a step back and open the sky, endure once, and see the rainbow.

"Okay, I'll give you face, Langqiao Port is a tough battle, and the Mingwu Army can be used as a partial division to cooperate with other brother troops." Liu Mingchuan didn't say anything, he still wanted to get something for nothing, you must know that Langqiao Port was a distribution center for Japanese military materials, hoarded a lot of strategic materials, and more than 100 fast sailing ships.

Li Guolou showed a pleased expression, and said with his head bowed: "Well, Da Liu Zhentai is high and bright, I am very relieved, Xiao Liu Zhentai, the heavy responsibility of attacking Langqiao Port will be handed over to you, let Min Jun cooperate with you." ”

"Thank you Commander-in-Chief Li, the lower officials will definitely take Langqiao Port and atone for their crimes." Liu Mingdeng was like a rough man, bowed his head and thanked Li Guolou again, and expressed his determination with confidence.

The meaning of it can be understood by others, and they all show disdainful expressions, and Liu Ming's face is clearly revealed.

Li Yunzhu hung his head, it seemed that the Xinwu army was still building a fortress in the Guishan area, and slowly advancing to the hinterland of Guishan, the lockdown tactic was the most boring tactic, the soldiers were doing coolies day after day, and they still burned the barren mountains a few more times when they went back, so that the Guishan was red and wild.

Li Guolou looked around at the generals around him, and said: "In the land of life, the traffic is not smooth, so it is difficult for us to transfer troops, use more soldiers, there will be endless troubles in the future, after driving the tiger, there is a hidden danger of wolf smoke everywhere, we still have to use our own troops to fight, we are fighting in Taiwan, we will learn Zuo Zongtang's method, while fighting a war, while building roads, after the roads are smooth, the local economy will also go to a higher level, and the soldiers will also contribute to the local economy. The improvement of the lives of the people in Taiwan has killed two birds with one stone, and this is the mission entrusted to us by history. ”

Liu Mingchuan was happy to hear this, Li Guolou had experience in invigorating the economy, and was planning for him to plan Taiwan's agricultural business, and nodded frequently: "Commander-in-Chief Li can be good at literature and martial arts, and he is thoughtful, I will first express my attitude and agree to build roads, starting from Orchid City, and building roads into the mountains, so that the Japanese army will have no danger to follow." ”

As for the funds needed to build the road, like the rewards of the Qing army from all walks of life, the eight immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers, and they all asked Li Guolou for their own money, and they would not be made public in front of everyone.

Liu Mingdeng echoed: "I am also in favor of building roads, now the enemy has become a turtle in the urn, I am afraid that the enemy dog will jump off the wall in a hurry and become a rogue, so the defense of the fortresses everywhere is the top priority, there can be no slack, train soldiers to fight in the mountains, prepare for the offensive next spring, and must not let the Japanese army be the king of the mountain in Guishan, in my opinion, the Japanese army still has the strength to spare, and will definitely take the initiative to attack our fortress, and the strategy of locking the city will not be smooth sailing." ”

Li Guolou nodded and said: "Xiao Liu Zhentai is reasonable, next to attack Guishan, there will be a lot of thorny problems, but we have to lead the enemy by the nose, the first task is to let the mountain people leave the habitat, not allowed to engage in massacres, this will make people's hearts go to extremes, even if it is a mountain people, I have to take them out of the mountain, arrange the lives of these mountain people, be fierce when escorting, you can tie up the mountain people, don't let people escape, Li Yunzhuo heard clearly." ”

Li Yunzhu scratched his head, the real difficulties, very imaginable, the officers and soldiers on the front line are physically and mentally exhausted, but no matter how big the difficulties of the soldiers are, they must overcome them, resolutely raised their heads, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured that Commander-in-Chief Li will do nothing in the autumn and move the mountain people near Guishan away, the Japanese army's countermeasure plan, the General Staff has already thought of five ways." ”

Li Guolou jumped up and waved his hand: "Let's go, watch the sand table deduction." ”

The other seven people followed closely and walked around the sand table, all standing and listening to Li Yunyu's explanation.

Li Yunyu was able to be promoted quickly, not only relying on the blood relationship of the Li clan, but also his outstanding military talent, which was appreciated by Li Guolou, and now he is showing his talents, which is reasonable and well-founded, and according to the thinking of the Japanese army, he is plotting and plotting one after another, which makes everyone look sideways.

Liu Mingchuan appreciated Li Yuncau's talent, Li Yunchou was also his beloved apprentice, and he was secretly jealous of Li Guolou's good life, and the woman and disciple had a bumper harvest.

Liu Mingdeng is also jealous of Li Guolou, he does not have such talents, it seems that relying on the mechanism of building a military army to cultivate military talents, has been unable to keep up with the pace of the times, it is time to send people to Xinwutang to study, and in the future, how close and close to Li Guolou will be, and officially worship Li Guolou.

The generals ate lunch next to the sand table, and while eating, they talked freely, regardless of age, grade, or food.

During the war, the soldiers were so united, full of vitality, and as high as an orchid.