Hearing Yang Shixiang's shouts outside, the tea bowl that Li Hongzhang had just picked up in his hand fell to the ground with a snap. Become two halves.

What is the bad news, looking at Yang Shixiang's panicked pace and expression, Li Hongzhang's heart suddenly cooled.

Seeing that Yang Shixiang's hands and lips were trembling when he came in, Li Hongzhang grabbed the armrest on the chair: it took a long time before he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yang Shixiang took a deep breath before saying in a trembling voice: "Lord Lushun Liu Jun...... Liu Jun telegram. ”

"Read it." Li Hongzhang closed his eyes.

"The Lushun garrison sent troops to the barracks, except for the 11th Brigade Taochuan, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army. Annihilation. ”

With a bang, Li Hongzhang felt a thunderbolt explode on his head. He stood up violently: "You...... You're saying it again. ”

Yang Shixiang nodded, picked up the telegram, and read it carefully: "Liu Jun's telegram, in the Yingkou Campaign, except for the 11th Brigade and regiment that escaped, more than 4,000 people of the 6th Division were annihilated, and no one escaped. ”

"Show me," Li Hongzhang grabbed the telegram in Yang Shixiang's hand and looked at it stupidly.

After a while, Li Hongzhang smirked: "Okay, good." ”

No one escaped, that is, it proved that all the division commanders and soldiers were wiped out. It's really a big win that can't be a big win.

Putting down the telegram in his hand, Li Hongzhang looked at Yang Shixiang with a smile on his face, and Li Hongzhang said happily: "Change clothes, I want to enter Beijing immediately and ask for credit for Lushun." ”

Li He, commander of the Lushun Detachment of the Beiyang Naval Division and captain of the Hashili, stood at the wharf, staring at the road from the Lushun Military Port to the wharf from time to time.

Shortly after he fell asleep last night, he was woken up by Zhong Lin and said that he would let the Hashidate light a fire at any time. Escort the military seat to Tianjin. Li He knew that this was not a trivial matter, so after Zhong Lin left, he urgently called the captains of the only few warships in Lushun to discuss with everyone how to escort them. After all, the task of escorting now is not ordinary people, but the god in the minds of the people of Lu, in charge of more than 20,000 troops, Liu Jun, a fierce general under Li Hongzhang, if there is nothing but mistakes, don't say that Li Hongzhang can't spare them, I'm afraid that even the people of Lushun will probably swallow them alive.

In the end, after immediate discussion, it was decided to add Cai Tinggan's Fulong torpedo boat to the warships escorted.

The Furyū torpedo boat, although its firepower is not very good, but its speed is fast, and it is the fastest warship Yoshino in the Japanese Combined Fleet, and its speed is relatively inferior.

I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, if I really meet the Japanese Combined Fleet. After discovering the situation, he immediately asked Liu Jun to evacuate on the Fulong first, while the Hashili was to cover.

According to Liu Jun's order, this time all the people changed into the original Qing army clothes, after all, the unauthorized transformation of the military uniform has not yet been approved by the above, and Liu Jun does not want to cause this unnecessary trouble.

Early this morning, Li He received an order that Liu Jun was going to set off this morning, so after he got the notice, he immediately asked the Qiaoli to increase the amount of coal to fill and increase the steam pressure, as long as Liu Jun arrived, he could start the ship.

Finally, Li He saw several fast horses running towards the dock, the first one was wearing a black cloak, a general hat and court clothes, and behind the second, there were indeed two officers with the rank of general. Don't think about it, Li He knows that this is definitely Liu Jun, after all, now in Lushun, there is only Liu Jun who has the rank of chief soldier and dares to wear a black cloak.

It was indeed Liu Jun who came, after receiving Li Hongzhang's telegram to Tianjin, Liu Jun called Shoushan that night, handed over the military affairs of Lushun to Li Rong and Shoushan, and handed over the government affairs to Wu Datong, Liu Juncai returned to the room and rolled the sheets with Wu Xiaoyan several times.

"Oh, Commander Li is early, I've kept you waiting." Liu Jun jumped off the horse and said with a smile to Li He, who was standing by the dock.

Li He said with a smile: "Whatever the military seat says, this is what we should do." ”

Hehehe: "You're polite, you're the commander of the navy, and I've had to rely on you for protection these days." After joking, Liu Jun said with a straight face: "How is it?" Ready to go, right? ”

"Throne, at any time."

Liu Jun nodded: "Okay, then I'm talking about getting on the boat." After speaking, he took the lead and boarded the warship Hashidate.

And the next few Qing soldiers did carry a box to the cabin under the command of Zhong Lin. Le Hao didn't know what was in it, but he estimated that it was definitely a gift from Liu Jun to Li Hongzhang.

Seeing Liu Jun enter the cabin, Li He returned to the command room and gave the order to sail.

The whistle sounded, and the body of more than 4,000 tons of Qiaoli slowly left the wharf, slowly left the military port, and began to sail towards Tianjin accompanied by the Fulong.

Along the way, Li He was worried that he would encounter the Japanese combined fleet, but fortunately, after knowing that he had arrived at the outskirts of Tianjin and could already see Tianjin, Li He was relieved.

Liu Jun was a little seasick, so he kept it in the cabin all the time, and even the meal was sent by Zhong Lin.

As soon as he had breakfast, Li He came in to inform Liu Jun that Tianjin had arrived.

Woo woo woo qiao stood up and sounded the horn again, and Liu Jun knew that this was Lushun arrived.

In the port of Tianjin, the people were still caused a lot of sensation by the sudden arrival of the warship, and they had also seen the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, but they had never seen this warship, except for the size of the Dingyuan, no matter where it was, it looked stronger than the Dingyuan, especially the rows of gun ports on both sides of the ship, and the terrifying 320 mm main gun, who saw it would be terrified.

The main road had been put under martial law by the guards of the Tianjin Governor's Palace, and as soon as the bridge had stopped at the shore, a group of Qing troops surrounded it, blocking the entire road.

As soon as Liu Jun, who got out of the cabin, saw this formation and knew that Li Hongzhang was worried about his safety, he would do this with three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post.

The sailors set up the pedals, and Liu Jun got off the warship with the support of the two Qing soldiers, and under the escort of a team of guards, got into the sedan chair, and went straight to the yamen of the governor's palace.

Liu Jun met Li Hongzhang for the first time in reality, and he felt that Li Hongzhang was almost no different except for being thinner and taller than in the photo. Looking at this old man who had been smiling amiably since he came in, Liu Jun also sighed in his heart: "What a good person to be paralyzed, the person who was bullied by Little Japan is not a ghost or a ghost, and he is also infamous as a traitor." ”

Li Hongzhang also saw this person who brought him the news of victory for the first time, and neither he nor Yang Shixiang expected that the general soldier who had annihilated the Japanese army several times in a row was actually a young man in his early twenties. Nodding with satisfaction, Li Hongzhang glanced approvingly at Yang Shixiang next to him, and the meaning was obvious: "Your vision is good this time." got a fierce general no less than Liu Mingchuan, and the revival of the Huai army is expected.

Greeted Li Hongzhang, and soon after the two sides sat down, Liu Jun asked people to carry the box and said: "Lord Zhongtang, thanks to the promotion of Zhongtang, my subordinates have nothing to repay, I will give a few small gifts, and I hope Lord Zhongtang will accept it with a smile." ”

As soon as Li Hongzhang heard this, he was a little unhappy in his heart, after all, he was very disgusted with the people he valued bribing him, but in order not to sweep Liu Jun's face, he still smiled and said: "Okay, today the old man will see what Mr. Liu sent to the old man." ”

Liu Jun stood up and opened the box, only to see that there were two command knives and a red rectangular box inside. Liu Jun took out the box and said, "Zhongtang, this is the rank of the commander of the Sixth Division, Hei Mu Weizhen. Then he picked up one of the command knives: "This is the command knife of Kuroki Weizhen, and my subordinates have brought it to you." ”

It is indeed a good gift, Li Hongzhang didn't expect Liu Jun to give him this, he laughed and took it happily. Drew the command knife. looked carefully at Yang Shixiang next to him and smiled: "It's still from the emperor." ”

Yang Shixiang was also full of smiles, picking up Liu Jun today, he was also at the dock, and he was also ignited by the shock brought by the entry of the Hashidate warship into the port. I thought to myself, who said that the Huai army could not defeat the little Japan, and we relied on the army alone to capture the warships, which is unimaginable in any other country.

After playing around for a while, Li Hongzhang took Yang Shixiang from the knife, and then told Liu Jun that the purpose of letting him come to Tianjin was to enter Beijing together to see the driver.

After listening to Li Hongzhang's words, Liu Jun felt that his head was directly dizzy, and he didn't expect that he could still enter the capital and meet the puppet. Although he was a little reluctant, Liu Jun still thanked Li Hongzhang with a thousand thanks.

After a day of rest, Li Hongzhang took Liu Jun the next day and rushed to the direction of the capital. It was only more than 100 kilometers from Tianjin to the capital, and when he was resting on the way to Beijing, Li Hongzhang asked Yang Shixiang to teach Liu Jun some etiquette and precautions when entering the palace. Li Hongzhang is also worried that Liu Jun is a general soldier who was transferred from a small soldier, if he sees the emperor and does not know the etiquette, then I am afraid that his face will be dull, and I am afraid that Liu Jun's life will be in danger.

But fortunately, Liu Jun did not disappoint Li Hongzhang, and before he was in Beijing, Liu Jun remembered these etiquettes well.

It's not that Liu Jun is smart, but that Liu Jun has watched too many TV series with these big braids in his later life, and he has never eaten pork, but he has seen pigs run.

Liu Jun already knew everything from Yang Shixiang, and the reason for entering the capital this time was that Li Hongzhang and Weng Tongyi had a fight in the court because of the matter of rewarding the defenders of Lushun. I was very grateful to Li Hongzhang in my heart, and at the same time, I hated Weng Tonggong very much.

Weng Tonggong targeted Li Hongzhang, Liu Jun did not object, after all, he was not a person on the same road, but Weng Tongxiao, this old thing, aimed at him and all the officers and soldiers of Lushun, and he didn't even want to give a reward of silver, which was indeed a bit deceitful.

The front line shed blood on the battlefield for these old things, but this old bastard did not take the peace that the soldiers exchanged for their lives for the sake of his own personal grudges, and he was unwilling to give even a small reward, and he was also paralyzed to the extreme.