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Gong Zhaoxi, who fled to Yantai, was arrested in Yantai by Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong, on the charge of 'escaping from the battle', and planned to correct the law on the spot, but Gong Zhaoyu pleaded bitterly with a nose and tears, and expressed his willingness to return to Lushun to leave the station, so Li Bingheng released him back.

Gong Zhaoxi, who returned to Lushun, found that almost all of the 20 or so officials of the Dockyard Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau under his command had escaped completely, and they were all arrested by He Changying, the deputy commander of Lushun, in Jinzhou Bay, and tied up back to Jinmen for trial.

So Gong Zhaoyu resigned himself to his fate and returned to the inner house of the Yamen of the Dock Camp Office, sighing and waiting for death.

He was originally a son of a wealthy family in Hefei, relying on the relationship between the silver and the township party, he joined the Beiyang Manufacturing Bureau as an errand boy, and then spent the silver donated by the prisoners to the Tongzhi, the prefect, and the Taoist; In addition, he is a good person and leans on the big tree of Li Hongzhang, and he has been extremely free to be corrupt and bribed over the years.

But if he was to let him, a man who had never read a soldier's book for a day and had not let go of a shot, to lead the troops to fight, just thinking about it, Gong Zhaoyu was trembling and incontinent, and his pants were wet.

Seeing Gong Zhaoyu's urine, the rest of the commanders of Port Arthur also knew that this kind of mischief could not be relied upon.

Huang Shilin, Zhang Guangqian, Jiang Guidi, Cheng Yunhe, Wei Rucheng, and Lian Shun were noisy and shouting, and unanimously elected Jiang Gui, the general office of the Yijun Battalion Office, who was born in the army and was illiterate, as the leader of the Lushun President.

Then Jiang Gui called Li Hongzhang, complaining and begging for soldiers.

'At the moment, the travel to the ocean is very heavy, but I hope that the great strength to transfer the middle hall is particularly related to the overall situation, and quickly set up a good policy. ’

'Carving, the thieves attacked Jinzhou, the warships bombarded Dalian Bay, and then they were bound to take advantage of the victory to invade Lushun, and the town of Zhizhen and other meetings were discussed, and there was no good way to do it except to hold the long-walled earthen forts. However, there is no help from outside, and even if you try your best to defend it, it will be difficult to hold on for a long time. ’

The telegram was full of panic and decadence, and it completely assumed a defensive posture of a dead pig being beaten passively by boiling water.

At this time, the generals of the Beiyang Naval Division, who were deeply trapped in the Lushun Military Port, also fell into collective anxiety.

In Dalian Bay, which is close at hand, the infantry of the artillery battalion of He Changying, Xu Bangdao, and Jiang Zikang are fighting against the Japanese combined fleet, while the nine ironclad cruisers of their own naval division are quietly moored in the military port.

If this matter is going to be spread, I don't know how the court will condemn it, and how the people of the world will ridicule it.

"You must not linger any longer in Lushun;"

Ding Ruchang said in a deep voice: "Look at Wei Rucheng, Lian Shun, these generals, the whole mass of scattered shrimp soldiers and crab generals, in case the Japanese army occupies the fort, and a few more large warships are placed on the sea outside the port, we will be a pot!" ”

All the generals of the naval division were silent, and the accurate information obtained from the soldiers who went to Dalian Bay to transport artillery shells was that the Japanese combined fleet was pouring out of the nest this time, and going to sea for a naval battle was to send them to death.

Moreover, if the Japanese army captured Dalian, tens of thousands of Japanese troops from the east would rush to Port Arthur, and then the Japanese fleet would open a large ship and huge cannon outside Port Arthur, and the naval division would be the end of the entire army.

"But it's not easy to leave now!"

Liu Buyun rubbed his head with a headache: "If we pass it back, we will probably be regarded as an escape, Gong Zhaoyu is not an obvious example, and he almost let Li Bingheng cut it down." ”

Ding Ruchang was silent for a while and said: "Call Zhongtang, I don't think he will watch his more than ten years of hard work ruined; There are also people sent to Jinzhou City, Dalian Bay is staring, and once there is a change, the horse will come back as soon as possible. ”

At this time, whether it was Li Hongzhang, who received He Changying's telegram, or Weng Tongying and other bigwigs sitting in the Tongzhou Telegraph Office, they were all angry and angry, scolding He Changying for being young and arrogant.

Especially Li Hongzhang, who was angered by He Changying's sentence 'An Zhi stealing Sishui Division can't go to sea to fight against Japanese ships outside, and can't enter the port to defend the territory and fight together'.

The eldest daughter and the younger daughter handed water and beat their backs in a panic for a while before Li Hongzhang gasped and eased up.

However, He Changying's two heart-wrenching words, because the words are reasonable, made Li Hongzhang and Weng Tongyi helpless.

"Give it to him, since the old man's sailor is a waste, then I see how long he can make a flower! As long as he can keep Lushun, he wants the stars in the sky, and as long as there is a ladder, the old man will climb and give him enough to get down! ”

Li Hongzhang said to his eldest son Li Jingfang, who was also speechless: "Tell Sheng Huaixuan that after the arrival of the military funds of Xiyang Yunjin, as long as Lushun He Changying is still guarding, he can give him whatever he wants, and give him all the military funds on the ship; Hmph"

Li Hongzhang's voice was full of anger, and he said with seven points of hope: "As long as they keep the old man's foundation!" ”

"Father, I want to go to Lushun."

Li Jingfang said with a resolute face, this sentence has been lingering in his heart for several days, since he knew that He Changying had recaptured Jinzhou, Li Jingfang's mind was no longer the governor's yamen.

When he was in Pyongyang, He Changying was still a rising star of the new Beiyang generals, a guerrilla general from Sanpin.

It's only been a few days, and he is already the deputy commander of the second rank with real power in his hands.

This kind of promotion speed has never been seen in the Qing Dynasty for 250 years, how can it not make Li Jingfang's heart warm.

"The so-called wealth is sought in danger, and He Changying, this kid looks extremely shrewd, he always seems to have the ability to turn danger into relief, and only then float away when the advantage is exhausted in the end."

Li Jingfang is nearly 40 years old this year, if he didn't go to Pyongyang, he still can't sit on the official position of a fourth-grade Taoist, and now seeing the official position of the group of people who follow He Changying soaring, how can he not be enthusiastic.

Hearing Li Jingfang's words, a room of family members looked at Li Jingfang in surprise, and his mother-in-law Zhang and He all covered their mouths in discoloration.

And Zhang Peilun raised his eyebrows and looked at his brother-in-law with admiration in surprise.

If you want to achieve a career, at several key points in your life, you have to show the courage to gamble your life, otherwise there are countless people in the world, why can you squeeze out your head?

Zhang Peilun understood this truth, but his courage had already been exhausted by the cannons of the French fleet at Mawei Military Port.

It's okay to let him talk about it, let him decide to gamble his life, he will never do it.

Li Hongzhang was a little confused at first, and then immediately understood the meaning of the eldest son's words, and couldn't help but look at the eldest son in surprise, and then said with relief and reluctance: "You have to think clearly, there are no guns and cannons on the battlefield, a Jinzhou battle, He Changying, Xu Bangdao They died nearly a thousand people. ”

"Father, I have thought about it; I want to show the court and the people of the world that our Li family is not afraid of bloodshed, and is also fighting against the Japanese on the battlefield; Huh-"

Li Jingfang's eyes were a little moist when he said: "Xiong Kaiyu, didn't they write in the recruiting office that the children of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs were welcome to go to southern Liaoning to die; As the eldest son of the world's chief minister, if I don't go, who will go? ”