After the fox baptized the armor with artillery again, he tried to launch a round of attack, but the ending was naturally the same tragic, but this time the French soldiers were much more clever, and they ran to more than 100 meters in front of the second battalion position and put on a posture, lying on the ground and facing the ** soldiers in the trenches, in this way, they could also let the Habekaith machine guns in the back help.

What's more, the bomb in the opponent's hand can't throw itself off at this moment, and for the charge formation, the power of the grenade is not inferior to the Type 80 submachine gun. And the four small-scale death squad breakthroughs launched under the orders of the officers, in the stormy baptism of bullets on the opposite side, the death squads all became real dead.

The original gunfire on the battlefield gradually turned into sporadic jiāo fires that resounded everywhere, and the idea of pinning his hopes on a frontal breakthrough was obviously bankrupt, which made him realize that the problem was serious, and the other party's interception force was firmly stuck here with the heavy firearms units in his own army, so how could the strength and combat power they used to attack the fourth and eleventh brigades be weak and the small detachments sent out before had not returned so far, and it was almost noon. The frontal attack on the enemy still did not start, which made Gu Ba feel very uneasy about this battle, from the beginning of his own judgment there was a serious mistake, and the scale of the enemy army that appeared was not at all!

From now on, the army that appeared here must be the same army as Luerzhuang, but he did re-probe Luerzhuang a few days ago, and the defenders there were already there, and the other party did not have a joint army, so he dared to run to the other side of the Songdong River to confront the three brigades led by himself.

However, the reason for the change in his thinking was naturally the amazing combat power exerted by the Second Association of Protectors, and he immediately ordered to shrink the defensive area and prepare to send another small detachment to make a detour to reconnoiter the situation behind the enemy army......

At this moment, from the distance of the severed road, "a cacophony of shouts, gunfire, and even explosions began, which also surprised the soldiers of the French 3rd Brigade, and similarly, while the fortifications were being built behind the position, Zhang Kui, who was originally responding to the attack from the French brigade from behind, heard the noise in the distance earlier.

After a while, the scouts stationed on the periphery flew to the headquarters. "General, there is a large number of routs from the back avenue and the wilderness, it should be the army of the French, at least a few thousand, coming towards our position!"

This news surprised Qin Kai and the commander of the first battalion, Ma Yun, "The two were surprised that Zhou Ruidong had a quick victory over the enemy army, but they were also very excited, this battle was undoubtedly a battle that determined the world, and most of the main forces of the other party were defeated" Then we must seize this opportunity to completely annihilate the lone army of the French commander in front of them.

"Attack!" Be sure to get stuck in the road, and never let a living person pass! "The order was given to every soldier at the first time, and the news of the crushing of the main force of the French by the rear troops spread immediately.

Since the ninth Prince of Li, Aixin Jueluo, "Shifeng was ordered by the emperor to enter the military aircraft department and became the foreman of the military aircraft, the popularity of the palace is a thousand feet, not to mention the officials who came to visit, even the relatives and nobles often regard this place as an auspicious place, and they have nothing to do with the house.

This Prince Shifeng is not a very capable person, "Before entering the military plane, that is, serving as the commander of the Zongren Mansion, this is a matter of leisure and pension, and suddenly, let him change from managing the tens of thousands of yellow belts to managing the major events of the military aircraft in the world" This change is also a little too big, which really makes the prince in his forties, but with a strengthened concubine, a little unbearable.

Fortunately, there is still a place above his head, "Taishang Military Aircraft" He immediately went to find Prince Alcohol Yitweezer to give that idea, the two have always had a close relationship and frequent contacts, and Prince Alcohol still had a temper in his early years, "After serving Cixi for so many years, he has long lost his temper, so he has been more and more reused by the Queen Mother, so he gave Shifeng an idea."

Anyway, you are the foreman of the Minister of Military Aircraft, and you are only responsible for reporting to the emperor and the queen mother, but this matter of the Qing Dynasty is not sloppy at all.

Shi Feng went back to think about it carefully, and found his cronies Master Ding to discuss, and naturally understood Prince Alcohol's good intentions, and immediately went into the palace to meet the Queen Mother, and proposed a list of ministers of the Military Discipline Department, the Queen Mother has always admired the Ministry of War shì Lang Xu Gengshen, and the Ministry of Industry shì Lang Bei Yuwen were all listed in front of the list, and now it is the time of the Sino-French war, and Zuo Zongtang, who is about to serve as the governor of Liangguang, was also transferred by him to be included in it. ,

Cixi saw that the officials on this list were all the officials she liked on weekdays, so she was naturally very satisfied, and praised Prince Li on the spot for employing people on the basis of merit and meritocracy, which made Shifeng secretly happy.

A few days ago, the officials of the military aircraft were changed, and Li Hongzao, Weng Tongsu, these old ministers were no longer walking in the military aircraft department, but no one took over this affairs, so naturally a lot of excerpts were squeezed.

Most of them are excerpts and are naturally disposed of, but now this excerpt is the excerpt of the Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang's recommendation of Pan Dingxin, who has just made contributions in North Korea, as the governor of Guangxi, This is a hot potato, Sun Yuwen naturally got the benefits in secret, and he was talking eloquently at this time, but he did not make judgments, but between the words, the meaning of meritorious service and award was revealed.

And Xu Gengshen and the other two ministers on duty were silent, if this matter was involved, it was very likely to be hung with Lord Li Zhongtang, this Guangxi Governor Xu Yanxu went to Beijing to listen to the office, and agreed to go to the border of Xinjiang, as a result, this old man was in fear in Beijing all day long, and finally fell ill and whined, and the post of governor of Guangxi was originally intended to let Hunan Governor Zhang Zhi dòng be transferred, and now Lord Li Zhongtang came over to Hengchā "This matter is troublesome."

In this matter, Prince Li Shifeng made up his mind to procrastinate, Pan Dingxin, recommended by Li Zhongtang, was transferred back to Tianjin Wei because of the disadvantage of leading troops in Guangxi, but this time he led a spare errand to North Korea, and there was no, so he caught an old man and came back, which is considered a great achievement? He looked at Zuo Zongtang and Zuo Dashuai sitting on his right hand, this matter is most appropriate for this person to deal with!

He smiled and turned his head to Zuo Zongtang and said, "Lord Zuo, do you have any opinions on this matter?" "He is clearly showing that there are no three hundred taels of silver here, and the grievances between Zuo Dashuai and Li Zhongtang are known throughout the dynasty.

Zuo Zongtang raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly, how could he not know the thoughts of this Prince Li, but what he cares about now is not who is the governor, he got a telegram yesterday, to be honest, if it wasn't for Chen Baochen, a bachelor of Hanlin who personally sent it, he really wouldn't dare to confirm the accuracy of this telegram.

The telegram was naturally sent by Qin Kai, who rushed to Guilin Mansion in the starry night, and to tell the truth among the Manchu officials, he could never meet but entrusted the affairs of the state, and he only wanted to get this Zuo Marshal, and he also saw the mountain in the letter, and strongly opposed the negotiation of peace under the present circumstances, and cited the four factors of the defeat of the French.

First, the transportation in the mountainous areas of northern Vietnam is inconvenient, and the labor expedition is inevitably scarce, with food and weapons; Second, if you invade our border, you will be able to use your life and be rewarded with heavy rewards: third, it is naturally the strange soldiers left by Qin Kai in northern Vietnam, and they have attacked Bac Ninh: fourth, the domestic political situation in France is moving.

Zuo Zongtang saw that on this telegram, Qin Kai was able to secretly ambush strange soldiers and attack Beining, and he was also surprised at that time The war in North Vietnam was erosive, how could he, a senior officer who is good at military affairs, not care, for tens of thousands of Qing troops to be defeated, he also hung his head, lost the foundation of the Red River Delta, and wanted to send troops from Guangxi again to recapture this plain, which greatly increased.

Now that Bac Ninh is broken, it can be said that it is full of life, and the French army is entrenched everywhere, and it seems that it can besiege Bac Ninh, but in fact it is besieged by many border armies in Guangxi and Yunnan, and they will never dare to leave the stronghold to attack Bac Ninh The only thing to worry about is the combat power of Qin Kai's strange army, whether it can effectively control Bac Ninh.

And Qin Kai in the telegram was also penetrated, and in a few days he would launch a major operation against the north of Vietnam and fight the French for the first time! What he asked Zuo Zongtang to do was to try to prevent the signing of any treaty that might hinder military operations in northern Vietnam.

From a tactical point of view, Zuo Zongtang still admires this young governor who has never met, but he has heard too many rumors, and can stab such a knife in the throat of the enemy under extremely unfavorable circumstances, if he does not have great wisdom, he is a bold person, although he has always heard that this Qin governor is good at training, but for the concept of strong soldiers, Zuo Zongtang is still stuck in his hands.

The French have sharp firearms and artillery, and he naturally understands it for a long time, but it makes him believe that the army of this Qin governor has firearms that are even sharper than the French, which is beyond the scope of his cognition, but on the issue of this vassal state, his cognition is 100% consistent with that of Qin Kai, every inch of land must be fought for, and he will never compromise.

Now Prince Jianli wants to use himself as a shield to summon him to play Tai Chi with Li Zhongtang, he doesn't care about these little tricks, state affairs are the big plan" "Lord, Li Zhongtang protects the matter of Admiral Pan, if it is approved, I am afraid of provoking the criticism of hundreds of officials, the last time Admiral Pan lost troops in northern Vietnam, the court did not take heavy responsibility, this time there is a slight merit, we must reward it heavily, isn't it a joke for hundreds of officials to see our generals!" ”,

Shi Feng saw that this big guy was very cooperative, so he was naturally satisfied, and immediately started haha, saying that he would wait for the queen mother to make a decision, but this result had already been judged, and he, the chief minister of military discipline, was qualified to enter the palace to discuss it, what he said, or what he said.

Zuo Zongtang looked at the miscellaneous matters, and hurriedly took out the fold, "Lord, I still have a military telegram sent by Qin Kai, the minister of Nanyang, please decide one or two!" "Prince Li Shifeng originally had no jiāo set with Qin Kai, but the last time Qin Kai came to Beijing to withdraw money and pull relations, there was obviously a jiāo set, this young Qin governor obviously left Shifeng with a good image, and his attitude was respectful, especially this gift list was heavy, it was really thick and heavy, he was the prince for many years, but it was the first time he suffered such a big gift.

So, this Qin governor's excerpt, then listen to it" "Oh, Lord Qin is already in Yuebei, right, I don't know if there is good news?" Zuo Zongtang saw that this Shifeng seemed to care about this Qin Governor very much, and he was also a little surprised, but this is a good thing, at least the things in the back are much easier to say, and he is busy talking about the good things first, the news of the attack on Beining immediately made the faces of the officers of the Military Aircraft Department glow, this is the brilliant results that they achieved after they took charge of the military aircraft Yamén Shi Feng's slender face couldn't help but be relieved, I didn't expect it to be really running, this time the team of the military aircraft Yamén has been commended by the Queen Mother, and immediately brought good news, He was really smooth, and suddenly, Shi Feng's face changed, but he knew another thing!

After pondering for a moment, Shi Feng looked at Zuo Zongtang, "Lord Zuo, do you think Governor Qin can have a chance of defeating the French in northern Vietnam?" ”

This question obviously stumped the military skilled Zuo Zongtang, and asked him to lead the troops to attack the north, which was a better answer, this Qin Kai and himself had never met, and most of what he heard was relayed, and some of the news was even more outrageous, and it was really difficult to use it as a basis for judgment, so he thought about it, and had to say truthfully: "Lord, the governor of Qin has already defeated the French army in a naval battle, and I expect that if the court fully supports it, the probability of defeating the French can be seventy percent!" ”

He naturally listed several reasons described by Qin Kai, and analyzed the important strategic value of attacking Bac Ninh Province, not to mention that there was another Cen family army in Yunnan, which had been a strong force in Yuebei, and there were still tens of thousands of jīng soldiers on the border.

Hearing that Zuo Dashuai, who was in military affairs, was also quite confident in the war situation in northern Vietnam, Shi Feng thought about it, studied the news sent by Qin Kai, and took Zuo Zongtang straight to the palace. On the way, he secretly revealed a shocking news.

The day before yesterday, the "Sino-French Friendship Treaty" signed by Li Zhongtang and the French consul Frunore had been secretly sent to the palace, and Li Zhongtang personally came to meet the Empress Dowager to report the matter.

He also said that if the war continued in North Vietnam, the army would consume a large amount of money from the treasury in North Vietnam, but it would not get the slightest benefit from it, and it would only empty the treasury without any real benefit, and that it would be better to stop the war than to use the money in the treasury for the war in North Vietnam, and that these military expenses could be used to fill the deficit of the imperial court.

The middle-aged fùnv Cixi is a good hand for fighting for power and profit, but in this state affairs, she also cares about the matter of this silver, I heard Li Zhongtang say that the war in northern Vietnam has consumed 25 million taels of silver in the treasury, which makes her 100,000 unhappy, since Li Zhongtang has a way to solve this mess immediately, this is naturally the best way As for the Vietnamese country, a vassal who does not pay tribute, he must also teach a good lesson!

This contract is approved ......@.