As soon as Luo Wei and Luo Zhifu heard that this Admiral Feng had recovered, he immediately admired his judgment and threw himself to the ground, and sure enough, he could have a foresight, and ...... Lord Qin, who enabled Admiral Feng, isn't that the most cheap in the court now...... Wrong, it's Qin Kai, the healthiest governor of Guangdong

Even if he doesn't come to be the governor of Guangxi, he can get on the connections of the feudal officials, and it will be very useful Thinking of this, Luo Zhifu immediately asked people to go in and report that after this Admiral Feng was deflated by Xu Yanxu, he had never visited on Mén, so he took this opportunity to pull the relationship. The latest and fastest update of this book comes from du58.

At this time, in Feng's mansion, a 60-year-old, majestic white-haired veteran was talking with the officer who delivered the letter, this is the laid-off unemployed at home, the former Guangxi Governor Feng Zicai, who has been recuperating for more than half a year, speaking of Lao Feng's experience is quite similar to that of Beiyang Admiral Ding Ruchang, when he was young, he rebelled with the Heaven and Earth Society for a while, and then became an officer and soldier anyway, and accumulated military merits and achieved a prestige.

When Lao Feng arrived in Guangxi, many of his achievements were related to the cross-border pursuit of the remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the grudge with the later Guangxi Governor Xu Yanxu was also formed at this time, 11 years ago, a large number of members of the North Vietnam Heaven and Earth Society gathered under the banner of Huang Chongying, gathering more than 40,000 people, entrenched in North Vietnam, this is the "Yellow Flag Army" that also had conflicts with the Black Flag Army.

At that time, Xu Yanxu and Feng Zicai, the prefects of Taiping Prefecture, were ordered to enter northern Vietnam to encircle and suppress the Yellow Banner Army, and in the jungle war, Lao Feng was a good hand, and Jīng was a master of vertical and horizontal techniques, and sent his nephew to see Liu Yongfu with a five-rank top and a meritorious card, Liu Yongfu confiscated this thing, but he immediately agreed to practice, and the two armies flanked and directly defeated the Yellow Flag Army.

It's just that this is an era of nobility and martial arts......

After this battle, Xu Yanxu, a professional household in grain transportation, and Xu Dazhifu, boasted about his ability to strategize in the chapter, so it was natural to belittle Feng Zicai's exploits in drilling the jungle on the front line, and the two naturally became mortal enemies, and Feng Zicai also went to the table to impeach Xu Dazhifu, but the bigwigs in the court were not full of economic reading seeds, and this matter was finally over.

What's even more brilliant is that Lord Xu quickly won the name of a knowing soldier with this military exploit, and he actually sat all the way to the political secretary, and then became the governor of Guangxi.

At this time, Feng Zicai repeatedly confirmed his appointment, this bizarre appointment really made him a little confused, you must know that in this era, most of the officials promoted by the governor are cronies or acquaintances, but he is not familiar with this minister at all, how can he encounter such a good thing?

I have heard of the name of the governor of Qin, because although Lao Feng is retired, he is still very concerned about the war situation in northern Vietnam, that is the land he once conquered, and the previous war report has also mentioned the exploits of this Qin governor in naval battles many times......

However, I couldn't figure out this question for a while, so Feng Zicai naturally didn't bother to think about it, since he was reinstated to his official position, let's prepare quickly

After taking Xie Yin, the officer from Guilin Mansion said goodbye and left, and Feng Zicai called his two sons, Feng Xianghua and Feng Xiangrong, and asked them to inform the children in the family and prepare for the expedition

At this time, the housekeeper came in and said that the prefect Luo Wei was coming, which made Feng Zicai very strange, he basically stopped walking around the officialdom after he retired, and there was almost no jiāo collection in this Luo Wei Luo Governor's Mansion, but since he had recovered, this official thing still had to be entertained, and he was busy personally greeting him at the mouth of Mén, and he was far from being as beautiful as the prefect of the fourth grade. The latest and fastest update of this book comes from du58.

Luo Wei was very polite, and as soon as he entered the mén, he arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to Lord Feng for his recovery, I have prepared a small gift below, and I have come to congratulate you."

While speaking, Master Chen had already encountered a box of respects from behind, which was also the practice of Qing officialdom, Feng Zicai naturally couldn't refuse, otherwise it would be a great loss of face, and after laughing, the two of them went to sit inside.

Feng Zicai didn't expect that this Luo Governor was very well-informed, and now he was the commander of the three prefectures, and he naturally had to rely on this prefect to raise military salaries and people's husbands, so he went straight to the point, took out the official document sent by Guilin Mansion and handed it to Luo Wei, "Luo Governor's Mansion, this Qin sent Lord Qin to collect the various departments that retreated from the front line, strictly organize and train, and will soon go to the north of the country.

When Luo Wei heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, this opportunity would come, and he immediately responded: "Admiral Feng, don't worry, since it is something that Lord Qin wants to do, I should do my best."

Feng Zicai looked at this Luo Wei's tone, and seemed to have a lot of respect for this Lord Qin, otherwise it would be impossible to agree so quickly, he used to fight with these civil officials and gentlemen, and he used to eat and take cards, and he would be angry to death when he was angry, and he naturally didn't know that this Luo Governor's Mansion was still beating him, and this was just a temptation.

He was also strange about this, he didn't know much about this Lord Qin, listening to Luo Wei's words, it seemed that he was somewhat familiar with Lord Qin, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask: "Governor Luo, I am not familiar with Lord Qin, could it be that you are familiar with Lord Qin?" ”

As soon as he said this, Luo Wei had some thoughts of vomiting blood, this old man Feng is not familiar with Governor Qin, who believes it, if you are not familiar, you will be used to supervise the military affairs...... After thinking about it, it is indeed possible, but there must be a relationship between Lao Feng and Governor Qin who are very familiar, so he recommended him.

It's just that the relationship seems a little far away...... But let's take the road first, both of them have the heart to learn some news from each other, and for a while it was a little cold, and when it was embarrassing, the housekeeper outside came in again, looked at the prefect next to him, and stopped talking.

"Lao Liu, just say anything about it, Governor Luo's Mansion is not an outsider" Feng Zicai is a little uncomfortable with the fact that his house is so lively today, and he can't talk about it because of Steward Liu.

When Steward Liu heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Master, there is a big shopkeeper of Liu's Money Village outside to visit the master."

When Luo Wei heard this, he was also shocked, this Liu's money village was put in Shanghai, Guangzhou, these ports are nameless trumpets, but in Guangxi, it is a first-class big money village, it is said that the governor of the government can be stored in the silver village, what is this big shopkeeper looking for Feng Zicai to do, is the Feng family have a large amount of silver deposited in the zài bank?

Thinking of this, he didn't move silently, got up and said that he wanted to leave, Feng Zicai was also a little confused about the situation at this time, he is also a small rich family, and the admiral has sat down for so many years, but there is no practice of deducting subordinates, but the general war in northern Vietnam also has some foreign wealth, coupled with the common practice of officialdom, life is naturally rich, but it is far from the point where the big shopkeeper of Liu's money village comes to visit. The latest and fastest update of this book comes from du58.

Looking at this Luo Wei's expression, he naturally thought about this matter crookedly, he had just recovered, but he couldn't have any gossip, so he hurriedly stopped Luo Zhifu, saying that there were important things to discuss later, this Luo Wei had already thought about staying for a while, he was here to set up a relationship, how could he go back empty-handed, and naturally sat back in his position and drank tea with peace of mind.

After a while, a few people walked in outside Mén, in front of him was a 50-year-old short and fat, round-faced shopkeeper, followed by two deacons and the like, as soon as he entered Mén, the round-faced shopkeeper had already introduced himself, indeed Liu Yuan, the big shopkeeper of Liu's Yinzhuang, this name is suitable for his appearance......

"Shopkeeper Liu, why are you here today?" Feng Zicai was very curious, and Luo Wei also pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"Admiral Feng, the contempt is entrusted by the Minister of Nanyang, Lord Qin, to raise military salaries for the adult's side, Lord Qin has informed that the first amount of silver will be paid by the trumpet first, and the expenditure below 50,000 taels of silver will be signed by General Feng, and if the cash is withdrawn, 20,000 taels can be withdrawn on the same day, and then it will be separated by two or three days, and the trumpet will be adjusted" After that, he took out a document and handed it to Feng Zicai, so that he could sign it.

Feng Zicai took the paperwork, and he was also stunned, this Lord Qin is still really resolute, just after recovering himself, he immediately sent someone to send military salaries, and it was such a generous amount, although he was also a governor before, but this silver, accounts and cocoa came from the governor's mansion, such a large amount of money has really not been handled, after hastily signing, he asked about the access procedures again, and then sent away the second shopkeeper.

At this moment, Feng Zicai also found a problem, and now in this case, it is really unreasonable to say that he is not familiar with Governor Qin, so reassuring to lend a large amount of money, it is strange that he is not familiar with it, and Luo Wei obviously has doubts about Feng Zicai's words, but this time he is naturally polite, and both of them carefully avoided the question of whether they knew Qin Kai, but they also discussed this emergency matter in detail.

After sending away the Luo Governor's Mansion, Feng Zicai immediately found a group of children from home, including his nephew Feng Zhaojin, a veteran general in the army, and began to take over and reorganize the defeated troops of the three prefectures, and at the same time sent people to contact his original generals, temporarily using Taiping Mansion as a base to establish a large camp on the eastern front. ,——

In the port of Keelung, Taiwan, the commander of the French Far East Fleet, Rear Admiral Miller, was discussing with the officers, and they got a message from the secret channel that the Qing warships in Mawei Harbor had left the port in the morning, and the unconfirmed news mentioned that the Qing fleet had dispatched at least 4 or more main warships, and the telegram was sent by the counselor of the consulate in Guangzhou, which had been confirmed without doubt, but the accuracy of the information was not completely sure by the embassy.

Therefore, this telegram made Miller hesitate, and the opposing fleet was dispatched, which was undoubtedly a great opportunity to realize his plan, but what about the other party's purpose? It may be cruising along the coast from Guangzhou to Shanghai, chasing down the warships sent out to attack Keelung Port, but the probability of this is relatively low, after all, it is obviously not enough to rely on 4 warships for your huge fleet

However, in any case, this was an opportunity, he looked at the standard detachment position on the chart, turned to the staff officer on the side, and asked: "Colonel Sean, can this second squadron come back this evening?" ”

Colonel Sean took out the battle plan and checked it, "General, if nothing happens, you can enter the port in the afternoon"

"Well, that's good, I announce tomorrow's battle plan," Miller was full of confidence at this time, he raised his hand and tapped lightly on the hanging chart, "Before noon, the captains will complete the supply of fleet food, and they must make a plan for 20 days of continuous combat, and before the evening, when the second detachment that attacked Guangzhou returns, they can be deployed, and they can reach their destination before the early morning of tomorrow, and launch an attack as soon as dawn is coming."

When the order was given, the officers below were all surprised, obviously surprised by the sudden all-out attack, and immediately the commander of the cruiser La Perlouse, Colonel Hillman, first asked the question, "General, as a naval force, is it too risky to attack a well-defended military port without the support of marines?"

Hearing that the plan he had made was questioned, Rear Admiral Miller obviously accentuated his tone, "Colonel Hillman, it is the duty of the fleet commander to make an attack plan, of course I have sufficient basis to judge the enemy's defensive strength, I think tomorrow will be the best time to attack, carry out the order"

After saying that, Miller waved his hand to signal the officers to retreat, although these officers were worried about the attack plan, but as qualified professional soldiers, the execution of the order was the first priority, and everyone immediately retreated, except for Colonel Sean, who waited for a moment.

"Colonel Sean, the combat readiness of the various detachments, you go and check it in the afternoon, I don't want to have problems with preparation in the upcoming offensive"

Old Sean nodded, he thought about it, and still said: "General, I still want to remind you that our opponent is far more cunning than we imagined, Vice Admiral Gu Ba has fought with him several times, but it has fallen short, and the current Qing fleet is several times stronger than two years ago, I suspect that they may seek a decisive battle with our fleet."

Miller suddenly smiled, "Sean, you seem to have been by the side of Lieutenant General Lone for a long time, why are you getting less and less bold now, we have three new Palop-class cruisers, I have already analyzed your battle with the Nanyang Naval Division, the other party is an ironclad ship two years ago, this speed and firepower cannot surpass the latest achievements of our French industry"

Colonel Sean nodded, "General, I have a bad premonition, will the other party attack Keelung Port this time?" ”

"The news confirms that there are only 4 capital warships, this cannot be an attack against us, otherwise this Chinese will be too arrogant" Miller had an unquestioning expression, urging Sean to hurry up and issue a detailed combat order.

Sean saw that he could not dissuade Miller's crazy actions, so he had to retreat, and as soon as he arrived outside Mén, an urgent telegram had already been sent from an officer, and he looked at it, it was an urgent order from Lu Mei, the governor of Saigon Jiāo Toechina, which was immediately sent to Miller.

Holding the telegram, Miller stared at the translated French on it, pondered for a moment, and slapped the table angrily, "Colonel Sean, Governor Lu Mei urgently telegraphed, the 6 battalions of the army and the 5 indigenous battalions sent by the country will carry out an attack on the Vietnamese Taiping Province according to the order of Lieutenant General Gu Ba, and detour back to the back of the Qing army in northern Vietnam......"

"The general is ready to carry out this order?" For Miller's helplessness, Sean breathed a sigh of relief, he personally and Guba had analyzed the Nanyang Naval Division in detail, the unpredictable strength of the opponent, so that he had always felt deeply depressed, several jiāo fires and the loss of the French fleet, none of which showed that the opponent was terrible Fortunately, the Governor of Lumei could still stop Miller's crazy move in time, but Miller's answer made Sean completely speechless,

"Of course it will be executed, but only after we finish this counterattack......"-

"Princess Jasmine" ironclad ship, is the third in the Constant class ironclad ship, is the British Far East Fleet just configured last year a new type of ironclad ship, compared with her sister ship "Inconstein", "Larry", this displacement of 6500 tons of ironclad ship has been greatly improved, especially in the design of naval guns, 4mén 240mm, 28 times the diameter of heavy guns and 8mén 120mm breech guns, 14mén 37mm machine guns, As a result, this battleship immediately surpassed the Iron Duke, the original flagship of the British Far East Fleet.

Rear Admiral Orwell commanded the display of the new British warships very happily followed closely to the right of the second formation of the Nanyang Naval Division, and along the way he could carefully observe the opponent's fleet, and the number of heavy guns of the opposing battleship made him secretly surprised, it is obvious that the Chinese have made considerable progress in the research and development of battleships, and prefer the design of heavy guns.

And he very accurately interpreted that the training of the Nanyang Naval Division was borrowed from the German Navy, and in the long-distance attack of the fleet, the soldiers on the fleet of the Nanyang Naval Division in the distance were always busy training in batches, but the specific content could not be understood, but it could be seen that the soldiers of the other side were far from being as unbearable as he imagined, which attracted the attention of Rear Admiral Orwell.

After following the combined fleet of the South and North Seas, the officers of the charts quickly judged the possible targets of the other side, although the previous fleet went out to sea and made a large circle, but after entering the execution channel, the target of this huge fleet was undoubtedly the port of Keelung, where the French Far East Fleet was stationed.

However, there was soon a problem that made the British ** officer and Rear Admiral Orwell also puzzled, according to the current speed, the fastest arrival in Keelung Harbor would not be until evening, could it be that Chinese prepare to use the evening moment to attack and complete the decisive battle with the French fleet, which was a decisive battle with more than 20 warships......

This question has been bothering the British, looking at the huge warship formation in the distance, Rear Admiral Orwell frowned, and repeatedly compared the forces of the two sides in his heart, it seems that it is indeed evenly matched In this case, it is obvious that it will be more beneficial to grasp the initiative, but how the Chinese fleet will use its own initiative to achieve victory in the battle is obviously not an easy matter.

In the end, the British judged that the Chinese fleet should have lurked outside the harbor after nightfall, and then launched an attack in the early hours of the morning, which was the most sudden and concealed tactic, and if the French did not have enough vigilance, it was likely to be defeated

However, the unexpected happened suddenly, in the sea area about 70 kilometers away from Keelung Port, Rear Admiral Orwell suddenly heard an emergency signal from the soldiers at the lookout post, although the officer rushed in and pointed to the distance on the right side of the ironclad ship "Princess Jasmine", "General, the lookout post confirms that there are French warships coming here"

Rear Admiral Orwell was also stunned, he looked at the South and North Ocean fleets cruising on the left flank, and then at the black smoke that had just appeared in the distance on the right flank...... It turned out that there was no need to plan for war at all

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