In the Bohai Sea, on the sea, several warships with the yellow dragon flag on their bows are driving at high speed on the surface of the Bohai Sea.

At present, it was the Pingyuan that was the leader, and the second one not far from him was the three torpedo boats and a merchant ship that had left the harbor together last night.

Li He, who was standing on the upper deck of the Pingyuan, looked at the merchant ship that was sailing not far away and the three small dots next to him. My mind suddenly returned to yesterday's noon meeting.

At that time, no one knew what good news made Ding Ruchang so happy, and when everyone was bored, they heard Ding Ruchang say: "Lord Zhongtang has an order to support Lushun, and escort more than 7,000 people from the third battalion of Mabu from Dengzhou to secretly deliver Lushun at night.

At that time, these words made everyone happy and worried, happy that the sailors would learn Lushun again, and sad that the navy still had to escort the army.

In the last escort, the Beiyang Naval Division fought with the Japanese army in the Yellow Sea, not to mention, and four warships were sunk. Don't forget about the strength of three large battalions of 7,000 men.

Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope, the last time Toshima happened, but these officers and soldiers of the sailor did not forget.

However, Ding Ruchang's next sentence made everyone feel even more terrified, and only the Pingyuan and three torpedo boats were escorted.

At that time, it attracted the opposition of everyone, but Dingjunmen seemed to be very confident that the Japanese army would not intercept the escorting fleet.

Seeing that the military gate was so resolute, everyone nodded in agreement, but for fear of leaking the news, no one present was allowed to leave here, but stayed in the hall and waited for four hours after the departure of the escort officers and soldiers before leaving.

On the way, Li He was taken by the attendant to Ding Ruchang's room, and in the room, Ding Ruchang was sitting with Liu Buyun, waiting for Li He's arrival.

Soon after entering, Ding Ruchang told Li He everything, Tianjin sent a secret telegram, the Japanese attack on Lushun was frustrated, the combined fleet was sunk at a high speed, and Hashiri was captured. The defenders of Lushun suffered heavy losses, and the Tianjin Rapid Electric Water Division immediately transferred a batch of artillery shells from Weihai and escorted the troops of the three horse infantry battalions in Dengzhou to Lushun immediately.

Li He was surprised at that time, he understood the combat effectiveness of the Lushun garrison, how could there be such a big result, and he also had a task, that is, to mention the imperial court to the current Lushun garrison officer Liu Jun to issue an order, and Lushun would be a general.

In fact, no matter who was present at that time, they couldn't believe it, but the order was sent from Tianjin, and they could only obey.

On the same day, after Li Hongzhang received Liu Jun's telegram, he came to the telegraph room in a hurry and sent the first telegram to Beijing, he wanted to use this unconfirmed news to give himself a long face at the same time, and at the same time to slap those old things, originally, he did not decide to send reinforcements. However, at that time, Yang Shixiang's words, Ran Li Hongzhang changed his mind.

Yang Shixiang told Li Hongzhang that if this thing is true, then it is the best opportunity to recover a general, and it is better to let other factions poach Liu Jun away, it is better to do it now, give Liu Jun assistance, let Liu Jun be grateful, and become a member of the Huai army.

Li Hongzhang thought it was reasonable, and immediately left Tianjin, rushed to Beijing overnight, and at the same time asked for credit for Liu Jun, he also sent a telegram ordering the governor of Shandong, and within two days, the third battalion of Dengzhou Mabu could not reach Weihai, and the governor was immediately beheaded.

At this time, the governor of Shandong did not dare to delay, and after receiving the order, he immediately asked the third battalion of Dengzhou to set off immediately and go to Weihai to stand by.

Li Hongzhang can be regarded as standing up in the court this time, and those who sued him at the beginning did not dare to come out first, and let Li Hongzhang point fingers at Sang and scold Kui in the court. After the emperor saw the recital, he was also a dragon-faced joy. Immediately delegated the will, and Liu Jun, who was destined for Lushun, was a general and a general, and a yellow jacket was issued. I heard about the will of the Empress. In addition, the reward was 5,000 taels of silver.

At that time, Guangxu also praised Li Hongzhang a lot, which made this old man really awesome for a while.

After receiving the reward, Li Hongzhang immediately returned to Tianjin, and then ordered Ding Ruchang in Weihai to be immediately prepared to escort the convoy.

This time, in order to win over Liu Jun, Li Hongzhang exerted his strength, not only transferring the measured guns from the arsenal, but also transferring 15 field guns. Together with more than fifty outstanding students urgently transferred from the Sailor Academy. and the reward for Liu Jun, which was also transported to Weihai as soon as possible.

Ding Ruchang of Weihai immediately convened a meeting after receiving the purpose of the Mabu Third Battalion coming to Weihai and the people sent by Li Hongzhang arrived.

Everything is done in secret. No one knew that Li He's warship ended up with more than fifty students from the Tianjin Naval Academy.

"Master Li, there is still an hour to arrive in Lushun. Whether to slow down. The chief engineer came to Li He's side and asked.

Li He was interrupted by the chief engineer, he turned around, headed in the direction of Lushun, and said: "Don't slow down, you have to arrive as quickly as possible, you can't relax your vigilance here." ”

"Understood," the chief engineer replied, and immediately returned to work and issued the order: "All ships go at full speed, full speed." ”

The warship turned on its maximum horsepower, broke through the waves, and headed for Arthur.

The Lushun Fort has been restored to the original meow cat, Zhang Yi looked at the new fort, and always felt a little proud in his heart, but the fly in the ointment was that the No. 3 and No. 4 forts were now suddenly above them. Except for some broken stones, not a single cannon.

Towards the bridge moored not far away, Zhang Yi also looked helpless, because no one would start the warship, Liu Jun ordered someone to tow the repaired bridge cruiser to the battery not far away, and use the warship as a battery.

The Qing troops on the bridge are all assigned by the defenders of the fort. These people can't drive a warship, and there is still no problem with artillery.

The Yellow Dragon Flag fluttering in the wind by the sea breeze on it, Zhang Yi is a saint, Liu Jun is a saint, if it weren't for him, where would such a good warship be able to change to the Yellow Dragon Flag of the Qing Dynasty, and use it as a fort.

As for the place where the wave sank, Zhang Yi also took a look. Where is still the wave, where the wave speed sinks, because the water is too deep, the shadow of the wave speed has long been invisible, and the brigade seat also arranged for someone to go down to see it, the whole wave speed is useless, and it was blown into two.

"In the south, unidentified soot was found. In the south, unidentified soot was found. "The lookout post found out about the situation and immediately raised an alarm and notified the battery.

Zhang Yi's heart tightened, and he immediately ran out of Anti and looked south, and sure enough, black smoke appeared in the sky on several floors. It looks like the fleet.

Paralyzed, the Japanese soldiers came quickly: "All the guns are in position, ready for battle." Thinking of this, Zhang Yi gave an order. Then he quickly sent someone to inform Liu Jun in Lushun.

Liu Jun, who reported by Zhang Yi on the street, was also taken aback, and he who was playing chess with Wang Ruifang immediately put on a cloak, took Wang Ruifang and Zhong Lin and others and immediately rushed to the fort.

"Zhang Yi, what's going on?"

When Zhang Yi saw Liu Jun coming, he immediately ran over and said, "Report to the brigade, he is paralyzed, and the Japanese are here again, you see." Zhang Yi pointed to the smoke in the distance and handed the binoculars.

Wang Ruifang next to her pouted, she hated Liu Jun so much, she scolded people and swore by herself, and she also brought the officers around her to influence and influence, you look at it now, Zhang Yi's scolding expression is as happy as drinking water.

"**** He is the second big ...... Ouch, Liu Jun, who hadn't finished scolding, was kicked by Wang Ruifang, who was standing next to him, and was almost kicked into the sea.

Everyone present knew Wang Ruifang's identity, and when they saw the pain of Liu Jun being kicked, no one who knew the identities of the two of them dared to say anything, if people flirted and scolded, it would be difficult to say.

Liu Jun saw Wang Ruifang's angry eyebrows and knew that he was wrong just now. He smiled, and then said, "Are you sure it's the Japanese army." ”

"Report, it's too far away to be discerned." Zhang Yi replied.

"You're paralyzed." Seeing Wang Ruifang's appearance, Liu Jun immediately changed his words: "Your uncle, get ready for battle, if it is a Japanese army, when you reach the firing distance of the artillery, you will open fire immediately, and now we have no chance to finish the trick." ”

Street orders, the defenders of the batteries are adjusting their muzzles, aiming at the smoke in the distance. And the shells were loaded.

Liu Jun came to the bunker accompanied by several people. Observe everything.

Li He, who was standing on the bridge, had already vaguely seen the coastline of Lushun in the distance, and his heart was also excited, hoping to arrive quickly.

Discovery of the Japanese ship Hashidate. “

Li He hurriedly took a look, who said no, not far from the Lushun Fort in the distance, the moored was the Japanese army's bridge number, but it was actually hung on it...... It's the Yellow Dragon Banner. Could it be that Tianjin's telegram was true, Li He thought to himself.

"Beiyang Sailor, it's Beiyang Sailor," Zhang Yi shouted excitedly.

There was a false alarm, everyone wiped the sweat from their faces, Liu Jun looked at the warship of the Beiyang Navy Division flag that could be seen clearly in the distance, and scolded dissatisfiedly: "You are paralyzed, it's all hindsight, when I need it, none of you sent reinforcements, and now that you win, you are here, what the hell, is your life your life, and the life of Lao Tzu's brother is not life." ”

Liu Jun's words were said to the hearts of several people, and Wang Ruifang was not kicking Liu Jun, but just stood there silently, looking at Liu Jun with a sad face. There was no one on the battery to shout, they all knew how this Beiyang naval division treated them Lushun when they needed help, if it weren't for the brigade, Lushun would have been occupied by the Japanese long ago.

Boom, a salute was sent out on the Pingyuan, carrying six or seven thousand troops that Liu Jun did not know, and arrived at Lushun. And it is already slowly approaching the military port.