Just before the departure of Shiki Kayama, the third group of more than 1,400 Japanese troops invading Taiwan had already set off on the transport ships "Hitachi Maru," "Yougong Maru," and "Sanbang Maru," escorted by the gunboats "Ganxing" and "Yunyang." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At present, the Japanese Navy's most powerful ironclad ship "Ryuchamp", led by Shiki Kayama himself, together with the large gunboat "Tsukuba" and the small gunboats "Yoharu" and "Mt. Fuji", are sailing on the sea.

This fleet of Shiki Kayama can be said to be the entire capital ship of the Japanese Navy.

Hearing Fukushima Keisei's words, Shiki Kayama said in a deep voice: "We're not going to chase them. ”

Shiki Kayama looked at the sea, took a deep breath of the sea breeze, and the figure of Lin Yizhe appeared in his mind.

Thinking of the insults he had received on the warships of Taiwan and China, Shiki Kayama couldn't help but clench his fists.

This time, he set off with the fleet in the name of the commander of the navy without receiving an order from the Ministry of War, just to wash away his shame!

"Oh?" Keinori Fukushima was taken aback, looked at the naval commander from the army with a surprised gaze, and asked, "Aren't we going to Taiwan?" ”

Shiki Kayama tried to suppress the shame in his heart, looked at the sea, and nodded.

"Of course not!"

"That'...... Where are we going? Keinori Fukushima asked.

"Our goal is the Qing country's troop transport fleet!" Shiki Kayama waved his fist vigorously and said loudly, "We're going to send them all to the bottom of the sea!" ”

"Qing Guo's troop convoy?" Keinori Fukushima was even more surprised.

"Fukushima-kun, you may not know that the hateful Qing government has sent naval and land troops to start an attack on the imperial army in Taiwan!" Shiki Kayama turned his head to look at Keinori Fukushima and said with a solemn face, "The imperial army is facing a very great danger!" And we are there to help them resist the attack of the Qing army! ”

Shikiri Kayama's remarks were not all intended to scare Fukushima Keisei, for he had already learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the Japanese Navy had annihilated the Chinese Penghu Naval Division in one fell swoop (the Qing court had already made stern representations with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs). He judged that the war was definitely about to escalate, so he simply took all the capital ships of the Japanese Navy in China to take the initiative to attack.

In Shiki Kayama's view, since the war has broken out, the most important thing is to seize the fighter and give the enemy a fatal blow. Moreover, Kayama Shikinori believed that once a full-scale war with China broke out, the Chinese government would definitely send additional troops to Taiwan to confront the Japanese army, so as the supreme commander of the Imperial Navy, who was born in the army, was responsible for transporting and protecting the army (this is the current understanding of the role of the Japanese navy by Kayama Shikini), it was natural to find and eliminate the Chinese troop transport fleet.

The fighter plane is fleeting, and being able to seize the fighter plane and defeat the enemy is worthy of the wind of a famous general!

Keinori Fukushima understood Shikinori Kayama's intentions, and his eyes were full of adoration (a stupid person can always find someone more stupid than himself to worship himself). Seeing that Fukushima Keisenori was persuaded by himself, Shiki Kayama felt very proud in his heart, and at the same time excited about his ambitious genius strategic plan.

Just as Kayama had predicted, China had already begun to massively increase its troops to Taiwan, and from the Japanese Government's point of view, there was nothing wrong with his interception strategy, but he would not know that what awaited him would not be the glory of victory, the government's praise, and the triumphal arch, but an outcome that he had not imagined at all.

Just when Shikiki Kayama led the remaining half of the Japanese Navy's capital ships to break through the waves, the Chinese Army, which he wanted to intercept, had already landed on the coast of Langqiao, Taiwan.

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"Li Wenzhong's Public Collection? Epistle? To Lin Kunyu Fujun":

"The previous letter has been sealed, and I thought that the Taiwan army went to Taiwan alone, and there was nothing to rely on by land, although I had to annihilate his sailors and cut off his way back, and I relied on a few ships in vain, how could I go to land to chase away the thieves? Following the great sparseness, there are few Lu Yong in central Fujian, and there are only two battalions on the platform, which is particularly thin. The Japanese and Italian gees also said that they must adjust more foreign gun teams. In recent years, the provinces have been divided into provinces, and the solid form is scattered, and the regulations still exist. The foreign guns used by the battalions were all respected, and the breech guns were purchased on a large scale, and all of them were issued. The multi-barreled Lianzhu machine gun is also equipped with multiple guns, and the operation can also be skillful, but the size is like a cannon, which is inconvenient to move, and it is not very convenient to attack the enemy, while the defense is a sharp weapon. If Taiwan affairs can be said in a piece, but the enemy is not to be discussed. Otherwise, it is proposed to mobilize a number of them. ”

"Check the current stationed in Xuzhou named Admiral Tang Dingkui, Pu Gan can fight, the department has the Ming Army Wu Yi Mabu 16 Battalion, all of which are gun teams, from Liu Province three calendars to suppress Guangdong, twist, known as a strong force. Although Yuting relied on the guarantee in the same year, it seemed that it could be slowed down and urgent, and the 13th battalion of the infantry team led by Admiral Tang was transferred from Xu to Guazhou, and the China Merchants steamer was sent to sail through the port, and sailed in batches by three ships: "Fubo", "Daya", and "Yongbao". The three battalions of its horse team are still ordered to stay on the North Road, and their monthly salary is now raised and distributed by the Yangzhou Liangtai Branch according to the customs, and Hongzhang should be relieved by the bureau according to the regulations. However, our army only pays nine passes a year; If you are transferred to Taiwan, you will be able to raise rewards and compensities at any time, and if you are considerate of all military conditions, you will be able to use your lives enthusiastically. If necessary, one side of the consultation, the other side of the tune, begging for the camera. With these 6 or 7,000 people, we should be able to drive out the Japanese and regain the land......"

"The situation of the naval battle, the center has already known, the two palaces are very relieved to hear the music, and the palace and the Japanese envoy negotiated, and there was another big bargaining chip,...... I hope that the land route will be great as soon as possible, but if it is delayed, I am afraid that many countries will watch and there will be changes......"

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The mountain behind Langqiao Bay, the Japanese camp.

The people who lived here were just trying to inherit the traditional way of life of their parents and even their ancestors: working at sunrise, resting at sun, giving birth to children, dying and living, living a leisurely life, until one day, the arrival of the Japanese army broke the peace here.

In the first few days, the Japanese army and the Fanmin fought continuously, although the Han people were terrified, but there was nowhere to go, the village chief had already led people to the county seat to ask for help, and he had not returned yet, and since then it has been occupied by a small group of Japanese, who have come here and forcibly conscripted the villagers to work for them, providing them with food and fresh water, and women.

These Japanese took the trouble to inspect the terrain, mark the location of the high ground of the river, forcibly conscripted the small boats of the locals to the sea to measure the depth of the water, and later drove a group of Japanese troops from Fandi, and they built some fortifications on the high ground behind the fishing village, and forbade the Han people to move around here for no reason. They also built grass huts on the wasteland, and soon many sick and wounded Japanese were sent here, and some Japanese who were like doctors treated their wounds, gave them some strange medicines, and cut off many people's hands, feet, arms and legs. The severed arms and stumps were piled up on top of each other, making them more than a person tall, much to the horror of the locals.

In short, this ancient and desolate little village suddenly became more lively than ever.

As soon as it was light, Captain Nishikanjiro, who was resting in his private room, was awakened by the sound of a sentry knocking on the door.

The sentries were two young soldiers from peasant families, their faces were already blue, their lips trembled with nervousness, and they stammered to report to the commander: "...... The enemy is coming, coming, the sea and the sea are in a situation, and the situation is ......"

"Do not be afraid, come, come into the house, and tell me what is happening at sea?" Seeing their frightened and cowardly looks, Nishikanjiro did not get angry, but asked with a pleasant face.

The two soldiers trembled and spoke, and it took a while for Nishikanjiro to figure out the situation. It turned out that the two soldiers who were on duty at the observation post at night accidentally fell asleep, and in the second half of the night they were suddenly awakened by a noise, and they listened attentively, in addition to the sound of wind and rain and the waves crashing on the shore, there was also a faint sound of the sudden sound of the machine ship and the roar of the Chinese on the sea. Since it was dark and rainy, they could not figure out how many enemies were coming from the sea, so they ran back in a panic to report.

After listening to the report of the two, Nishikanjiro frowned.

The commanders did not specify that they were to defend the coastline and resist enemy landings, but that their task was to rescue the wounded, convert them into personnel capable of fighting again as quickly as possible, and then send them back to the troops. There are already 200 soldiers, or 200 recuperating soldiers, who have just undergone initial treatment and have not yet had time to re-prepare for battle.

Nishikanjiro paced back and forth in the room a few times, and the two soldiers stared nervously at their commander.

The problem is that now that the enemy is found at sea, he can't sit idly by. From the point of view of the military situation, this is considered the rear of the Japanese army, and there is a squadron of Japanese troops on the coastal heights on the side of the base, and it is equipped with artillery. There is a brigade stationed in the village more than ten kilometers away on the right flank, and the headquarters of the Peony Society is the location of the main force. It was a few kilometers away from the original landing site of the Japanese army, which was not suitable for landing, but if the Qing army chose to venture deeper here, even if their strength was only a few hundred, it would pose a great threat to the Japanese army.

Time was pressing, and Nishikuan Jiro had to make a decision in time. Drawing on his limited experience in fighting the shogunate in the past, he was determined to take the initiative and strike first on the premise of ruling out the possibility of a large-scale landing by the enemy. On the one hand, he sent people to deliver a letter to the main force, and on the other hand, he urgently assembled the troops, and after a brief mobilization, the morale of the more than 100 Japanese troops who had recovered their physical strength and were able to fight was high, and they were determined to deal a severe blow to the enemy who landed with excellent fighting.

The team runs and sets off towards the sea.

As the sky began to lighten, the light rain that had been falling at night stopped, and the fields outside the village began to appear hazy lumps. The sky was covered with thick clouds, the sea breeze was still blowing violently, and a flock of black seabirds were startled, and flew into the depths of the dense forest with a croaking and wailing.

When the calm and composed Nishikanjiro led the team to the beach in concealment, carefully prostrate in front of a rocky slope and raised the binoculars to observe the enemy's situation, he was suddenly stunned and shocked by an unexpected spectacular scene in front of him.

A large fleet of Chinese warships and transport ships were moored on the sea, and in the near sea, small boats with triangular "Tang" flags were like busy fishing boats during the fishing flood, carrying the enemy's infantry and weapons and equipment up the narrow coast in a steady stream.

The black-pressed Qing soldiers are landing in an orderly manner!

Unfortunately, the worst-case scenario was faced with more than 100 wounded soldiers armed with rifles: not a contingent of several hundred men, but a huge landing army.

The cunning Qing people chose a bad weather and suddenly made a big landing in the bay in an attempt to disintegrate the rear positions of the Japanese army in one fell swoop!

Looking at this landing procession of thousands of people, Nishikanjiro gasped.

At present, as soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, there is no reason to quietly retreat, not to mention that the main forces need time to prepare for battle. With a heavy sigh, Nishikanjiro divided the wounded into assault and cover teams and threw them into battle, and sent someone to report to the commander that he himself led this small force quietly into the woods on the coast, where he was ready to stop the enemy.

Soon, gunshots rang out.

This heroic battle, which was fought with pebbles hitting stones or moths to the fire, lasted for several hours, and the Qing army's landing was interrupted and forced to be interrupted for a short time, and the Japanese officers and soldiers, who were mainly wounded, bought precious time for the main Japanese force to enter the battle. By noon, the gunfire gradually stopped, and the small army was completely annihilated, and Nishikuan Erlang, who had not recovered from the wound in his right arm, was forced into a muddy pond by Qing soldiers and killed himself with a gun.

On this day, the powerful advance of the Qing army swept the entire bay, razing all the small villages, bases, and small Japanese strongholds that were not strong, and began to march into the hinterland.

Tainan, prefect's yamen.

The wind outside had stopped, and a few willow twigs were listlessly blocking out the sunlight while hanging black shadows to confuse the sight of the ants on the ground. But in the window, Liu Xuan sat cramped and restless at the desk, looking quite nervous, his forehead and cheeks slightly flushed, and his gaze was fixed on a piece of scribbled rice paper on the table. The pattern on the paper looks very scribbled, but if you think about it carefully, you will know that Liu Xuan has spent a lot of time on it. He wanted to learn something from the picture, but it made him feel more and more uneasy.

"With his back to the east and facing west, the hexagram should be a shock hexagram, so to speak......" His brows frowned slightly, and an ivory calligraphy knife in his hand kept shaking on the northwest corner of the nine-palace diagram on the paper, which was the place where the hexagram was "born".

But yesterday, he fled back to Tainan Mansion from the other direction.

"Unlucky! It's unlucky! ——”

Liu Xuan was distraught and pulled the silver-white bell - every year he will follow the format of the flying star of the year, the Western-style bell with different materials to decorate, this year's bell is changed to silver, and carved and engraved with cloud patterns, with a silver-white pull line, very some literati elegance, but others don't know, he actually has no pursuit of the so-called "literati taste", the reason why the bell is replaced with this is to conform to the "greedy wolf star" of the five elements of temperament. Details determine success or failure, and while those Confucian scholars were still tirelessly holding the books of the sages and sages, he quietly focused on these feng shui details. Yesterday's unpleasant run aside, he was still very happy. Now his interpersonal relationship in the officialdom is obviously much better than before, like his old boss Zuo Zongtang, who didn't treat him very well before, this time he came with a handwritten letter. This is actually not surprising, because he makes good use of the peach blossom function of "Greedy Wolf Star" with the help of the bell.

When ordinary people hear the word Peach Blossom Luck, they will always think of obscene things, but Liu Xuan, who is a keen fan shui researcher, knows that Peach Blossom Luck is not only about men and women, but also has an important relationship with whether a person can get the help of nobles!

But at this moment, what he was thinking about in his heart really had nothing to do with nobles.

The bell rang, and his well-trained maid walked in with a smile. She didn't knock, and she didn't have to, which was one of the privileges that her small, round ass, bulging breasts, long round thighs, and small feet gave her.

The subordinates of the palace speculated that there had been some kind of ambiguous deepening between her and the prefect, and if this was the case, then the maid must have received more benefits, for example, the prefect would seriously look at her face after kissing her scarlet lips, and then solemnly make some predictions and advice on her makeup, such as "wealth guarding" and "wangfu makeup".

The maid named Guixiang was very confident, she was very satisfied with every part of her body, believing that whether they fought alone or in combination, they could easily submit men to their feet, although the only fly in the ointment was that she began to develop her hair and gradually gave birth to fox odor under her armpits, but under the cover of all kinds of incense powder, this was only a problem. But she is also very cautious, if she sees the prefect smiling, she will take advantage of the situation to be coquettish and angry, and ask for some benefits; If the prefect looks worried and has a bad mind, then he might as well put on a tactful, dignified, considerate and gentle appearance; If he is restless, or mixed with some frustration, it is better for him to be quiet and stand aside. But at this time, she didn't know what kind of appearance she should pretend, the man in front of the table opposite, his face was uncertain, his eyes flickered, she thought that it must be those Penghu sailors who didn't know what to do a few days ago made him angry, she noticed a thick anxiety stuffed into his chest, and expressed it between his eyebrows without concealment.

Liu Xuan looked at her and asked, "Guixiang, where did I enter the city when I came back yesterday, do you see it accurately?" ”

After following Liu Xuan for a long time, Guixiang is also very familiar with feng shui, and when she heard Liu Xuan ask, she immediately replied: "Back to the master, you are indeed from the northeast to the city." That's the birth, the good luck. It is also an auspicious time for adults to enter. ”

Hearing Guixiang's answer, Liu Xuan's heart settled down slightly, and a smug smile flashed on his face.

If he weren't a feng shui master, on the way to escape, he would never be like him with divine help.

He fled back in a panic, who would have thought that what he left would be the "birth gate" among the gossip and gossip?