But thinking of this embarrassing escape experience, Liu Xuan's heart was unconsciously a little annoyed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's all the trouble caused by those guys who don't know how to advance or retreat in Penghu Sailors!

These guys who escaped from under the guns of the Japanese can pick up a life, which is already blessed by God, but they actually came to the prefect's yamen to report without knowing that they were dead, and asked him, the prefect, to quickly send troops to avenge the dead Penghu Sailor Co-Commander Wu Qixun and other soldiers!

It doesn't matter if you want to seek death yourself, why should you want Lord Ben to accompany you?

The Japanese are fierce and strong, and even the headhunters dare to fight, will they be afraid of you stupid uncles who sit on tattered sailboats on weekdays?

If you want to take revenge, you should go to the Futai Lord Lin Yizhe who commanded the shipmaster and sailor, what's the matter with finding Lord Ben?

Even if there is no secret letter from the old boss Zuo Zongtang about Lin Yizhe's coming to Taiwan, asking him Liu Xuan to take risks, it is absolutely impossible!

Although he was full of unhappiness, Liu Xuan knew that he still had to do enough to do the superficial article.

After receiving the report of Peng Bowen and others, the surviving soldier of the Penghu Naval Division, Liu Xuan first immediately made a statement and sent someone to Fuzhou in the starry night to transfer it to the Beijing Division to report on the Japanese invasion of Taiwan. Then set up a mourning hall in the prefect's yamen to publicly pay tribute to Wu Qixun and other Penghu sailors. Then Liu Xuan ordered the prefecture and county to prepare for the war, recruited soldiers, and compiled Peng Baiwen and other soldiers of the former Penghu Naval Division who asked to participate in the war, and issued foreign guns, a total of 4 battalions of soldiers and horses, and trained them.

After two days of simple drills, Liu Xuan publicly swore an oath in Tainan Mansion and spread the word to all directions, declaring that he would "drive out the thieves and protect the place", and then set off with two battalions of soldiers and horses (the other two battalions stayed behind) amid the cheers of all the people.

Liu Xuan's original plan was to take the soldiers and horses out for a lap and come back, and he had no intention of fighting the Japanese army. After sending troops, he ignored the request of Peng Baiwen and others to take a shortcut to attack the Japanese army, but in the name of "soldiers go out of the way and protect everything", he led the troops to take the route that he used his compass to conform to the way of feng shui gossip.

Liu Zhang's original intention was to avoid the edge of the Japanese army, but what he never expected was that the more he didn't want to run into the Japanese army, the Japanese army seemed to deliberately get along with him, and wanted to find him like the unlucky guys of the Penghu Water Division.

Liu Xuan still remembers when those men in black military uniforms and rifles with bayonets in their hands shouted "Yaxi!" "Japanese soldiers in the woods.

Although the number of Japanese troops is not large, maybe less than a hundred, their appearance is enough to scare Liu Xuan into his soul.

He still feels terrified when he remembers the sound of bullets "whizzing" by his side.

Liu Xuan turned his horse's head and fled first, and his two battalions of soldiers and horses only fired a row of guns opposite the Japanese army, and then they broke up at once.

From Tainan Mansion to the Peony Society, Liu Xuan led the army for a total of three days.

After encountering the Japanese army, he ran all the way and ran back to Tainan in only three hours.

In the evening, the scattered soldiers also returned to Tainan one after another, Liu Xuan collected the defeated soldiers, and found that there were only about 200 people missing, and the foreign guns issued did not lose much, and he couldn't help but be secretly glad in his heart.

Although this encounter was embarrassing, when he played the imperial court, he also had words to support.

Now he can't help but secretly admire the foresight of his old boss Zuo Zongtang.

Zuo Zongtang clearly told him in the letter, "The Taiwan soldiers are weak, and they must not start a war with the Japanese lightly", and asked him to be careful and avoid contact with the Japanese army as much as possible. The unprovoked provocation in the southeast will be of no benefit to Fujian and Taiwan, and there will be great losses in the military affairs in the northwest." He warned him that "we must not listen to the chaotic fate of the new generations of our younger generations"!

As for who the "junior newcomer" in Zuo Zongtang's letter refers to, Liu Xuan naturally knows it!

And this time, although the dispatch of troops did not fully comply with the instructions in the letter of the old boss, the actual effect was actually better.

Knowing that the Japanese are violating the border and standing still, it is a big crime. Sending troops to fight and defeat is another nature.

Despite this, Liu Xuan still felt depressed when he thought of the fright he was receiving and the embarrassment he felt when he fled.

There must be something wrong with the furnishings at home, which affects feng shui and luck!

After Guixiang finished answering, she still stood respectfully and gracefully to one side.

Liu Jiao looked around the room, and his gaze quickly stopped on a painting on the wall.

It was a colorful yellow-green landscape painting. Guixiang is not interested in calligraphy and painting, she also knows that Liu Xuan is also not fond of calligraphy and painting, she has never understood what the subtlety of a few brushstrokes of brush and ink is, but in order to do what she likes, whenever the prefect talks about painting, she will still echo a few sentences from time to time, and pop out a few words like "rhyme", "wonderful" and "realm".

The sun in the sky is shining through the window, and the golden sunlight is all over the ground, setting off the surroundings very warmly. Liu Jiao looked around again, asked Guixiang to take off a painting of Zheng Banqiao's "Wind and Bamboo Picture" facing the window, and asked him to exchange places with the magnificent "Sea of Clouds and Mountains" hanging in the past. Guixiang was puzzled, but what the prefect did did made her not understand too many things, and she was never willing to turn her hair gray because she was too tired, so she did as she said.

"That's it!" Seeing that she moved the "Wind and Bamboo Map" and hung the "Sea of Clouds and Mountains" on the wall here, her face showed a look of satisfaction.

After the move was completed, Liu Xuan looked at Guixiang's outfit.

Looking at this maid who was wearing a slightly loose flag dress but still couldn't hide her graceful curves, he felt a trace of thirst in his throat. In the past, this maid, in order to highlight her fuller breasts and buttocks than others, would always deliberately wear tighter, but in the past few days, she has changed to loose clothes and pants of different colors. After she completed Liu Xuan's instructions, she did not leave in a hurry, but leaned against the lintel with her eyes and looked at him expectantly.

"If the lord has no other orders, then ...... Slaves...... Go down first? Guixiang saw that he didn't move for a long time, and her mood was quickly lost. Liu Xuan wanted to say: "I've worked hard for you, let's go down first." But when his gaze fell on the twin peaks looming in her chest, an irrepressible **** began to burn from her lower abdomen. The demon sent the god to the gods, and he said, "Wait, I'll give you something." ”

"Huh?! This...... Thank you, sir! Guixiang said happily.

When Liu Xuan was holding a small pearl necklace, he suddenly unconsciously remembered the setback of this dispatch and his wife's disdain for him who fled back. The next thing was simply beyond his surprise and beyond his control, shame and confusion surged into his chest together, and then quickly downward, and the fire mixed with **** into the grassland burned. He seemed to be a different person, and ran back to the door with a lunge, slamming it shut.

Guixiang looked a little shocked: "Ah, master, you ......"

"Silence!" Liu Xuan scolded fiercely, picked her up by the waist, and rushed towards the inner room. He put Guixiang on the bed, then pressed his body hard, hugged her and kissed her frantically.

Guixiang finally panicked, and she began to struggle, but Liu Xuan was like a volcano that had been silent for many years but once it erupted, trying to swallow her alive. The young woman's body fragrance, soft appearance, delicate and convex curves and Mrs.'s scolding and other scenes are mixed together, which makes Liu Xuan at a loss. Mechanically like a beast, he tore off the maid's robe and pants vigorously, hugged the smooth body tightly wrapped in silk, and released an incomparably strong volcanic energy in the chaos and heat.

Under his spicy hands, Guixiang let out a scream mixed with rapid wheezing, but it was like a clattering stream penetrating into the rolling torrent, and was heavily annihilated by Liu Xuan's cold and strong roar.

The string of pearl necklaces was already hanging on Guixiang's neck, looking at the red blood stains on the bed, Liu Xuan felt comfortable and relaxed. He patted his head, he was proficient in the way of feng shui, he had calculated this year's fortune, and he might do "peach blossom luck" this year, and what he just did was "seeing joy when it fell red", in order to transform "peach blossom luck" into "peach blossom luck".

At this time, Liu Xuan would not have thought that his "Peach Blossom Luck" could not be turned into "Peach Blossom Luck", but became a "Peach Blossom Tribulation"!

Just when Liu Xuan was up and down in the gentle countryside and was busy adjusting his feng shui luck, the battle in the Langqiao area had become increasingly fierce, and it did not disappear according to his feng shui theory.

A small contingent of Qing troops was rapidly marching through the jungle.

This team was composed of capable warriors drawn by Lin Yizhe from his own personal guards, and he once went to Taiwan to Fufan with him to familiarize himself with the situation in Taiwan. Lin Yizhe sent them here to help the newly arrived Huai army conduct reconnaissance and obtain intelligence.

Since the Taiwan defenders had only two battalions of troops, and their training was lax, they had no combat effectiveness to speak of, it was Shen Baozhen who was worried when he learned that the Japanese army had already invaded Taiwan and that it had "been in the position for a long time." He was worried that Lin Yizhe would rashly lead his ship into Taiwan, and once he landed and encountered a large group of Japanese attacks, there would be accidents, so he moved around to ask for help.

Shen Baozhen was in Fujian, so he naturally asked for transfer nearby, and Fujian Province was short of troops, so Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and other surrounding provinces of Fujian became Shen Baozhen's first choice for requesting the transfer of the army, but Jiangxi, Guangdong, and other provinces were all irrelevant and hung high, while Zhejiang was controlled by Zuo Zongtang's old department, and Zuo Zongtang, who was far away in the northwest, threw himself into the war in the northwest, lest a penny of money slip out of his hands, and resolutely refused to give a soldier, a penny, and a salary for Taiwan.

When he ran into a wall everywhere and met the disheartened Shen Baozhen tentatively sent an application for borrowing troops to Li Hongzhang in the same year, Li Hongzhang gave a refreshing response very enthusiastically. Soon, under the specific arrangement of Sheng Xuanhuai of the Huaijun Camp Office, the elite of the 13th Battalion of the Tang Dingkui Department of the Ming Army, which was originally stationed in Xuzhou, marched from Xuzhou to the Guazhou ferry on the Yangtze River, and boarded a ship sent by China Merchants to carry it to Taiwan. In the face of Li Hongzhang's cheerfulness and generosity, Shen Baozhen was inexplicably moved, comparing himself to "a poor child getting rich", and his excitement was beyond words.

But the improvised army unit suddenly drove to a completely unfamiliar place, and was faced with a vicious enemy that had never been seen before. In order to prevent the Huai army from becoming dizzy after it landed, he recruited Han people and Fanmin who were familiar with the situation in Taiwan to form a brave battalion, and on the other hand, he transferred his own personal soldiers to form a capable small unit to assist the Huai army in the battle.

Along the way, Jin Desheng heard many officers and soldiers participating in the battle along the way speaking the local dialect of Anhui that people could not understand, and he couldn't help but be secretly worried. Later, he was brought to a commander who was questioned by a local villager, an old cattle herder who had witnessed a fierce battle between the Japanese and the Fanmin, and who had been frightened by the earth-shattering artillery fire. The commander's Anhui dialect seemed to be swirling on his tongue, so he didn't ask anything. Jin Desheng hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Seeing that there were only a dozen of them, the commander couldn't help frowning and complained, "Are you the ones who sent me the support troops that Lord Lin sent me?" What about the cannons? And where are the ammunition, the food, and the porters? ”

Since the landing of the Huai army, there have been sporadic exchanges with the Japanese army, because of the newcomer, the life is not familiar, only the annihilation of these small groups of Japanese troops, the Huai army has paid a great price, not only the consumption of ammunition is huge, but also the casualties of the non-commissioned officers are also many.

Jin Desheng knew that the commander had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained that the task of their small army was to destroy the enemy's headquarters, capture the prisoners alive, and capture the documents and maps, because there was an urgent need to find out the enemy's defense information.

After listening to his explanation, the commander softened his face and communicated with each other at the moment. Jin Desheng learned that the commander's surname was Zhang, and the number of the unit belonged to the Ming Army, which was previously used as a garrison on the periphery of Xuzhou and was not equipped with heavy weapons.

This small "special forces" entered the front-line positions in the evening.

An experienced seamaster and sailor crept up the hill and put his ear to the cold ground to listen, and they heard a tidal noise from the direction of the village, accompanied by a clear metal strike, indicating that the enemy was hurrying to repair the fortifications.

Due to the rugged mountain roads, the artillery teams sent from the landing ground could not reach the front line until the second half of the night, and the offensive was forced to be delayed until dawn.

Early in the morning, with the help of the local Hermes-Epitek, the four Krupp camp guns were finally delivered. With the roar of the Qing artillery, the ground shook, and even the air began to tremble, and the Japanese positions were immediately illuminated by the flames of the explosion of the shells, and many houses were on fire. After the bombardment, hundreds of Qing soldiers began to charge, and Jin Desheng followed the group to attack, and he saw that in the gradually brightening skylight, many shaking bayonets reflected the dim cold light.

The Japanese began to return fire, and Jin Desheng heard that the enemy's fire was not very fierce, it was only a dozen rifles firing, indicating that the enemy had suffered heavy losses and could be wiped out with just one blow.

The Qing army successfully occupied the village, and Jin Desheng saw that the enemy's position did not throw weapons and corpses, and even the traces of fierce resistance were not obvious, indicating that the enemy was likely to retreat on his own initiative. This anomaly immediately alerted him. His instincts told him that the enemy, who was surrounded by the masses, was unlikely to abandon their positions on their own initiative, and that they should fight for every inch of land until the whole "jade was shattered", unless they had another conspiracy. What puzzled Kim was what kind of conspiracy the enemy could play? Could it be that we could not deliberately lure our army deeper? But isn't the enemy's appetite a little too big, you must know that this is the strength of a battalion!

The enemy fell silent, and the battlefield fell into a brief ominous dead silence.

Suddenly, a breeze blew a strange and erratic sound from the direction of the enemy line, and this movement was fleeting in the chaotic battlefield, but it was still caught by the sensitive ears of Kim Desheng's pair of race listeners. Kim Desheng heard the painful neighing of a wounded horse, and there was more than one, indicating that the artillery had probably hit the hiding place of the enemy's horse.

He was immediately greatly alerted.

Because according to his knowledge of the Western army and the Japanese military system, the military horse corps were generally only assigned to infantry brigades, which were used to carry heavy weapons such as ammunition, food, and artillery. Previous intelligence showed that the enemy was only a small group of sneak attack troops, without military horses and heavy weapons, could it be that the enemy had been reinforced overnight and greatly strengthened his troops? If his judgment was correct, it was likely that the reinforcements with the cavalry would have possessed powerful artillery, as carrying these heavy weapons and ammunition was precisely the task of the cavalry, and they would have set a terrible death trap for the attacking Qing army. Jin Desheng's face turned white, and he jumped up and issued a warning, trying to stop the Qing officers and soldiers from rashly attacking.

But late.

The insidious enemy tore off their camouflage, and a dense web of rifle fire mercilessly enveloped the attackers' ranks. Immediately after the cannonballs fell from the sky, the wall of death made of multiple artillery pieces collapsed in an instant, and the hideous smoke swept away the flesh and blood of the Qing officers and soldiers like a black tide rising from the ground. When the Japanese launched a charge to counterattack, they were as numerous as locusts, which caught the Qing officers and soldiers by surprise. There is no doubt that the hand of time has quietly changed the balance of forces on the battlefield, and when the Qing army's impression of the enemy is still stuck in a "small force", the cunning enemy has been reinforced overnight, making this unsuspenseful battle of annihilation into a breakthrough battle.

The Qing army's first attack failed, many officers and soldiers were killed and wounded, and even Commander Zhang was slightly wounded, and withdrew from the village to wait for reinforcements. Kim was able to find a villager who had escaped from the village, and the information he obtained confirmed that the number of enemies occupying the village had increased to more than 1,000, with a number of horses and cannons attached.

When Lin Yizhe and Tang Dingkui were rewarded, Lin Yizhe seemed very calm, but Tang Dingkui's face couldn't be hung up.

"How did Zhang Gaoyuan do it! I can't even take a small village! Tang Dingkui said with some annoyance, and slammed his fist on the table.