As the guards rushed to Baishuitan to assemble, Wu Changqing's troops stationed at Sanyuan Bridge finally received the transfer order of Qin Kai, the minister of Qincha, and the remnants of the Qingzi Army and the Yue Army abandoned the Sanyuan Bridge position, immediately crossed the river, rushed to the 6 Erzhuang position to take over, and waited for an opportunity to counterattack the French army west of the Songdong River. ~~~~

This order was naturally issued by Zhou Ruidong in the name of Qin Kai, which is also a legitimate thing, Qin Kai has long appointed Zhou Ruidong with full authority to dispatch the Eastern Front Protector and the rest of the Qing army.

Zhou Ruidong did not dare to look up to the combat power of the Qingzi Army, although in the previous battle with the French army, the Qingzi Army was the only Qing army that still maintained this complete formation, but in the face of the pressure of the French army, they chose to abandon Hanoi, rather than stick to the practice of Hanoi, which fully violently 1ù The overall combat idea of the Huai Army is to preserve its strength.

So he made up his mind that he would only use them to defend the Qingzi Army and the Yue Army, and put pressure on the French ** team, as for whether they could participate in the attack, he only issued an order to wait for the opportunity to attack, anyway, even if they were required to attack, it is estimated that the choice at that time still lies in the combat purpose that Wu Changqing and them received, not the battle situation.

When Wu Changqing received the order to cross the Taiping River into the 6 Erzhuang defense area and take over the position of the shift, the veteran of the Huai army became very interested in this position destroyed by Yan Zhan, and in the past month, the attack on the Sanyuan Bridge position was not fierce, and he also felt that the focus of the French attack had already shifted from their so-called strong army of the Great Qing Dynasty.

This made him a little disappointed, but it was not a blessing, the little 10,000 people here were able to live until now, and they really appreciated the favor of this Nanyang minister Qin Kai, and they would inevitably have to visit and thank them in the future. However, after entering the 6 Erzhuang defensive ground, the fortifications built here immediately made him fall into deep thought.

On the entire front and flanks of the position, a large number of stucco fortresses were destroyed by the French artillery, and there were man-deep and shallow artillery craters everywhere on the position, which were the result of repeated shells, and the fierceness of the battle between the two sides could be seen.

He personally inspected which stucco structures were "as strong as rock, and could be integrated with masonry, which was really the best of the fortifications, and the cement factory in this era only existed in the Mawei industrial system in the entire Qing Dynasty, which he naturally did not know."

Yuan Shikai, who was accompanying him, pointed to this thing with a surprised face, and said: "Dashuai, I know this thing, I went to the Jiangnan Bureau in Shanghai last year to buy arms, and it was used in the concession, and it is said that the British consul's mansion was rebuilt This thing is called cement, and there is no package worth more than 7 taels of silver, and it needs to be transported from overseas, and the houses built are stronger than rocks!" ”

"Lie down and be a hemp, when will this protector be rich to this Cheng dù!" Wu Changqing's nephew Wu Dong jumped up in surprise, in the entire 6 Er Village, bricks and stones are very scarce, "Most of them are used to build various hidden forts, but the places where cement is used are everywhere Wu Changqing was also stunned after hearing this information, and after ordering the soldiers to take over the defense, he wandered more carefully on the position.

2o kilometers west of Baishuitan, is the avenue from Bac Ninh Province to Hanoi and Phuoc An, at this time, on a hill more than a mile away from the avenue, a team of 3o people is lying in the grass, "This is as an outpost to protect some of the sixth brigade of the third battalion, and the captain Xiao Qian is observing the avenue in the distance at this time.

The road was calm, and he climbed an old locust tree, leaned on the tree, and looked left and right with a telescope, but he saw nothing, but he clearly knew that "there are two other troops with the same duty in the area near him, hiding in some dark corner, and their task is to block the way for a qiē possible penetration."

And the other 7o people under his command have been dispatched in groups of 1o people, yesterday morning to now, "the secret sentinel has robbed and killed at least three groups of suspected French scout troops, and the general command has issued an order to block them, and any factor that may leak 1ù news will be nipped in the bud."

Xiao Qian was well aware of the importance of the task, and it was estimated that the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses behind him had already crossed the river, and before the attack, he blocked the enemy's reconnaissance, which was undoubtedly one of the key factors to ensure the victory of the battle...... Thinking of this, he waved his hand and gave an order, "Notify all groups to assemble, pass on the news to the Seventh and Eighth Teams, we are preparing the next blocking plan, and ask them to cooperate!" ”,

"Yes!" The two messengers left in a hurry.

Twenty minutes later, the 1oo soldiers of the Sixth Brigade had already gathered in the woods in a daze, Xiao Qian looked at the Jīng Ying under his command one by one, "5 minutes to replenish water and food, we will go out immediately, advance in the direction of Beining City, and cut off the 1o km of Jiāo Pass before nightfall, and the Seventh and Eighth Brigades will cooperate with us!" ”

"Yes!" When the soldiers heard that they were going to go out, they were all very excited, and they were all in a panic when they lay in the grass nest for more than a day, and as soon as this order came, it was about to start a war, and while eating the dry food and drinking water, they began to talk in a low voice.

"Da Liu, it turns out that you are going to fight Beining! Aren't the French still lying on the side of 6 Er Zhuang, they must have been caught off guard now! Wang Xiaoli, who has always had the nickname of a master of strategy in the Sixth Brigade, snorted and began to analyze it movingly.

, "Master Wang, you analyze and analyze, is there any hope for our brigade to take the lead in conquering Bac Ninh, this siege of the city, that is the greatest glory of the 6th Army!" Someone next to him immediately teased.

"What troops are we! Protect ** One Association and Three Battalions, Qin Dashuai's second-class jīng Rui in the jīng Rui, use me in battle, use me to win, this is the training slogan set by Qin Dashuai, I think we are the first to rush into Bac Ninh Mansion, grasp the ...... Maximum!! ”

As soon as these words came out, it was irrefutable, everyone laughed, and some people ridiculed" "Wang Dashuai, do you see that we fought a decisive battle with the French when we were a god?" ”

"Well...... Naturally, the heavenly machine cannot be leaked! Wang Xiaoli mysteriously began to draw circles and curse to ask this guy who had no technical problems.

"Alright, out!" "Xiao Qian looked at the small alarm clock he carried with him next to him, interrupting the boring topic of these guys" "2 small think a group, move forward along the main road, remember, don't take the initiative to attack now, small groups of enemies solve on the spot, be sure to make sure that the whole road is blocked and there are other brother troops behind us who will support us and resolutely complete the task!" ”

"Yes......"

At half past 9 o'clock, the sixth brigade led by Xiao Qian has been far ahead of the entire front of the guard, if you overlook the earth from the air, and from the direction of Baishuitan, countless troops and animal carts are rolling in, because it is a large corps of combat, this is also the first time in the history of the battle of the entire protection of the ** to coordinate such a large army, by Zhou Ruidong, Zhang Kui, Xue, Ma Long, Liu Yongfu The command center is also extremely busy at this time.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Association advancing in the direction of Bac Ninh ambushed a group of French servants transporting light and heavy troops on the Bac Ninh Avenue

Under the first stormy assault of an assault team of Type 8O submachine guns and egg grenades, the Vietnamese servant army raised the white flag.

The whole battle only lasted 1o minutes from the beginning to the end, and the real jiāo fire time was even only 3

In less than a minute, Xiao Qianxun interrogated these soldiers, and these servants turned out to be the subordinates of the Vietnamese Governor Zhang Deng Tan who was originally stationed in Bac Ninh.

This group of Vietnamese officers and soldiers was very cooperative, and after seeing the guard, they immediately declared that they were framed by Zhang Dengtan of Yue Jian and were willing to cooperate with the Celestial Empire army to fight back against the French, Xiao Qian was also stunned when he heard it, but he didn't bother to care about these guys, what he wanted to know was the news of Bac Ninh.

As a result, after a little interrogation, these Vietnamese servants immediately confessed in detail the garrison information of Bac Ninh, and it was said that there were more than 3ooo Vietnamese servant troops, a French battalion of the French 7th Brigade, and also Jiāo took over the transportation of Chā Zhong on behalf of Xiyuan Town, 3 miles north of Ou Song Ridge.

This is an important piece of information, the place where the spokes will be taken over is most likely the logistics supply depot of the French ** team, Xiao Qian immediately sorted out the information, and asked a team of people to escort the prisoners and supplies to the headquarters.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Battalion had arrived at an ambush behind a hill 2 miles outside the southern city of Bac Ninh, Xiao Qian observed the city that was still open in the distance, and it was obvious that his own information was very successful, at least until now, Bac Ninh City was defenseless, and at this moment, he even had the urge to immediately charge and seize the southern city of Mén.

However, according to the news obtained earlier, there is at least one battalion of combat strength in this city, and now they only have 9o people on hand, although they are the best of the best in protecting **jīng, it doesn't mean that they will be very impulsive to attack a well-defended city with less than 1oo people! ,

A little later, the commander of the third battalion had already arrived, and he brought with him an officer and seven or eight soldiers who had been captured in front, and these Vietnamese servants, when they saw the dense array of troops in the rear, immediately demanded that they be corrected and made meritorious deeds, which was why he hurried here.

This plan1 is still on the way to the command center, and Liang Gang has a great intention of letting go, because Li Sheng, an officer of the captured servant army, said that Bac Ninh's defense is very lax, and the officer guarding Nan Mén is his cousin, and he is sure that he will persuade the other party to do it anyway.

This is definitely a bold plan1, it requires enough adventure, and takes great risks, if it succeeds, it can provide too much benefit for the future war, and if it fails, it may lose his life under the city, but Liang Gang is full of confidence in his battalion...... .

Bac Ninh City has been rare for a while in the past two months, but as the French Seventh Brigade stationed here advances to the north to Baosheng and Lang Son, the strength of the troops stationed here has also been reduced from 2,000 French troops to 5oo people, after all, the Bac Ninh city wall is solid, and it is not far from Hanoi, not to mention that there are two brigades led by Lieutenant General Gu Ba who can come to reinforcements at any time.

At the entrance of the city, more than a dozen Vietnamese servant troops stared at the avenue in front behind the improvised fence, since the governor Zhang Dengyuan surrendered to the French, they immediately turned into the French servant army to lead the battalion of troops Qian Zong became a Vietnamese officer assigned by the French, and the original Qian Zong Zhao Yi surrendered to Brother Qian Zong and sent here to defend the city.

Zhao Yikai is indeed defending the city at this moment, and there are hundreds of soldiers under him, all of whom have been veterans for several years, who originally used him to defend the city in person, but the new Yue Jian Qian always saw that he was unhappy, and the new official wanted to stand up, so he had to be aggrieved to be a grandson in the future" This made him angry but helpless, who let the family have the support of the French!

But no matter what, it is also the head of Brother Qian, so Zhao Yikai is making tea and taking a nap in a small room on the side of the city at this time, and it is estimated that there is still half an hour to close the city mén handicraft, and when he was thinking about going to the little girl in the city to play money at night, he heard the personal soldiers under the mén outside the city greet again, "Mr. Li, you will come back so soon...... Ahh

As soon as the voice started, there was a slight change of tone, obviously there was something wrong, Zhao Qian jumped up violently, "But I haven't practiced it for many years, this hand and foot is far less sharp than before, and when he jumped up, Mén has been knocked away, and two big men rushed in" Then his cousin Li Sheng came in, and he was followed by a few tall and tall men, but they were dressed very strangely.

, "Ah Sheng, what's going on?" Although he felt that something was wrong, he was relieved when he saw his cousin, and his brother couldn't do anything to him.

"Big brother, this is the one who protects the **, and he will send great wealth to our brothers!" This Li Sheng is straight to the point, "There are already at least 50,000 troops outside the city to ......"

Hearing the three words "Zhao Yikai's body trembled, he still heard some news in the past two months, 6 tens of thousands of French people over there and the opposite side of the guard ** can not be opened, the dead are transported back by boat, and the brothers who sent the heavy ones in the past have passed on the protection ** to their gods.

Originally, seeing that there were only a few people on the other side, he still had some thoughts, as soon as he heard his cousin say that there were 50,000 troops behind him, he immediately died of the idea of resisting, he was very clear, the three thousand Vietnamese troops in the city of Bac Ninh, that was just a group of farmers, who bullied and bullied the natives and teased the people on weekdays.

As soon as the thought sounded, I was oppressed badly by the new Lizi, isn't this just an opportunity, who wins and who loses between the French and the Qing Kingdom, I can't catch it, anyway, this Beining, whoever fights, we will follow whoever keeps this guy, then it will be.

Thinking of this, his face changed, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "Lord Liang, I have no choice but to do so, I have long thought that the army of the Celestial Empire will come to recover Beining as soon as possible, and I am willing to lead the people of the headquarters to assist the army!" ”

Liang Gang squinted his eyes and looked at the guy in front of him who had prepared several plans, but he didn't have a chance to use them at all, this guy didn't have any suspense, and immediately agreed to do it anyway, but now the important thing is to immediately control the north mén "Very good, you just need to watch the soldiers and horses of your stupid battalion, don't come out and walk around, it is a great achievement for my subordinates to take over the city, I will definitely report to the minister of Nanyang, and there will be a big reward!" ”,

Liang Qiao naturally understands the truth of this empty check, and winning the city at this moment is the last word! A few minutes later, the soldiers near the northern city of Mén had been called into a nearby courtyard, and the defense of the entrance of the city was immediately taken over by the guards of several brigades who were swarming outside.

As a result, the earliest gunfire turned out to be remembered from the Vietnamese servant camp, Zhao Yikai's top boss, that Yue Jian Qian, who didn't know which tendon was wrong, suddenly ran to him, and as a result, this guy was also evil to the guts, this is a thief confession, and it also brought a good opportunity to vent his anger, and he took out a gun on the spot and beat this fight into a sieve.

As soon as the gunshots were fired, Bac Ninh immediately fell into húnluàn, and Liang Gangjian saw that there was already a commotion, and he no longer waited for the follow-up troops, in addition to sending 3 brigades to defend Bei Mén, he personally led 7 brigades, in Li Sheng,

Zhao Yikai led the two of them to the French barracks in the south.

And Major Talon, who was left behind by France, naturally he didn't hear the gunshots of the North Mén, it was a few servant soldiers who came to tell him that the North Mén was attacked by an army of unknown origin, he hurriedly ordered the troops, but there were only 6 percent of the soldiers in the battalion, and the others were in the city and didn't know what was going on! As a last resort, they all brought them to North Mén to check on the situation.

However, as soon as they arrived on the street, a Qing army had already pounced on the opposite side, and the two sides immediately launched a close-range shootout within 1oo meters on the street.

The French lined up in a neat line and started a platoon of guns, while the guards on the opposite side did not eat this set at all, and looked for cover one after another, and used the intensive fire of Type 8O submachine guns and grenades to launch a counterattack.

In terms of numbers, Liang Gang's soldiers were more than twice as many as the French, and in terms of firepower, they were ten times superior.

This French platoon gun is still effective against the Vietnamese natives, but the equipment of the guard ** on the opposite side is already outrageously strong in this era, and more than 2oo submachine guns are equipped with 8o among the 7oo people. The French had just fired a platoon of guns, and the counterattack from the opposite side came back with an overwhelming rain of bullets.

With a dozen grenades smashed into the French formation by an assault team, there was no suspense in the battle, Major Tarun brandished his pistol, and was finally frozen by a series of 8O submachine gun bullets, he looked at the more than ten bullet holes that suddenly appeared on his body in disbelief, and fell to the ground with difficulty in execution.

The French soldiers who were killed and wounded were blown up by this storm of bullets and grenades, and they were stupid, this kind of firepower was completely beyond his imagination, a few of them were still sober and immediately turned around and ran, and the rest were captured by the soldiers who rushed up without any suspense. a。