Chapter 268: Zhao Liewen's evil scheme

Qin Kai saw that Zhao Liewen's body had recovered, and he was naturally very happy, this is a rare think tank, and he didn't have a good exchange, wouldn't it be a waste of human resources, arched his hand, smiled and politely said a few words.

Zhao Liewen has been in poor health since he came, and he has not officially participated in Qin Kai's affairs, and he is not very clear about how Qin Kai arranges himself and what position he puts in, but looking at the other party's respectful attitude towards him, he is not worried that this Qin Governor will let him come and have nothing to do.

He looked at the sky, it was not yet noon, so he asked with a smile, "Lord Qin, it's not yet noon, won't you come to invite me to lunch, the old man is very light now, I'm afraid I can't eat too rich wine and food!" ”

Qin Kai heard it, this Zhao Huifu is really a Chinese-style cultural person, this speech sounds, that is, there are words in the words, what kind of taste is light, it is estimated that he is the old man who came to give ideas, and he does not do dirty work, but he doesn't plan to ask this little old man to do anything, we have a lot of talents, and there is really a lack of people who can come up with ideas.

He laughed, took out the telegram he had just received and handed it to Zhao Liewen, and briefly said the current situation, he had received a telegram from Zhou Ruidong for the first time in the battle situation in northern Vietnam, and Bac Ninh had been taken steadily, but when he encountered the third brigade led by the French commander Guba, because the other party was equipped with a large number of artillery, and the artillery and ammunition could not keep up, the guide lost the opportunity to completely annihilate the French army.

Relying on the advantages of infantry weapons to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the heavy artillery of the French army, this desperate style of fighting, Zhou Ruidong will never use, every soldier here is a tinder in the future, and he can't make senseless sacrifices casually, so after the army arrived, he took measures interspersed with encirclement, trying to block the retreat of France and then encircle and annihilate.

The original plan was to use the artillery position as a protection to slowly retreat to the Red River and cross the river through the pontoon bridge on the Guò side of the river, but after detecting the interspersed actions behind the guard, he immediately changed his mind, and after seeing the ability of the Second Association to defend the trenches, he was obviously also afraid of guarding the rear to block the attack, so in addition to setting up a rear army, the main force took the initiative to give up the heavy artillery and fled overnight.

The speed of the French escape was obviously beyond Zhou Ruidong's expectations, so that Xue Chao's troops, who were pursuing by detour, failed to intercept them, and the remnants of the main force of the French army all retracted back to Hanoi Province, and blew up the pontoon bridge, preparing to hold on.

And Feng Zicai led the attack of the troops, and sure enough, they recaptured Zhennan Pass, annihilated a French detachment left behind, and then flew to Su Yuanchun's department and the Guangdong army to take the initiative to attack, and on March 7, the seventh brigade of the Seventh Brigade Major General Purgen stationed in Langshan was originally going to use the terrain of Langshan to hold the city, but the Qing army's attack was very tenacious, plus in the middle of the night, and there was news from the rout that Bac Ninh was lost, it was a little panicked at that time.

This Beining is really the back road, now the back road is cut off, there is a Qing army in front of the fierce attack, that night tried to break through and retreat, but Feng Zicai had already set up an ambush, attacked the French team that was preparing to cross the river by the Canghe River, the French army suffered heavy casualties, only to break through the encirclement, to the south of the defeat and retreat, and Feng Zicai led the troops to break through Langshan, quickly recovered Gusong, Mei and other counties, and the troops approached Langjia.

On the 10th, the Qing army of Sun Yuanchun and other troops was also greatly encouraged, and after recovering more than ten county towns in northern Vietnam near Guangxi, they also quickly followed Feng Zicai's "Cuizi Army", and the remaining 3,000 people of Major General Pogen's Seventh Brigade finally failed to break through Liu Yongfu's defense line in Beining City, and were surrounded by Xue Chao, Ma Long, Liu Yongfu and Feng Zicai, who arrived quickly, in Langran County, northeast of Beining, relying on the simple fortifications built to resist stubbornly.

And Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui have already joined Wu Changqing's soldiers and horses from the direction of Sanyuan Bridge to attack the garrison of the French army, and successfully opened up the land passage to Hanoi City, although Guba occupies Hanoi City, but it is already a two-sided enemy, and the Dian army sent troops from Yunnan, and the Cen family army has surrounded Lintao, and the front of the army is directed at Xuanguang.

Zhao Liewen heard it in the clouds, in just ten days, the situation in northern Vietnam has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the French army was trapped everywhere, all because of the great battle of this Qin governor in the middle of Bac Ninh Province in northern Vietnam. It's just that he is also a person who thinks he knows the soldiers, and after asking about Qin Kai's troops in northern Vietnam, he is even more confused.

This ancient art of war is based on superior forces to attack, this Qin governor's layout in the north of Vietnam, the strength of the troops is at most considerable, even this risky move, but the result is a perfect surprise to him, before and after breaking the main force of the French army, it is at most five or six days of effort...... There are too many irrationalities in this! Could it be that the French are vulnerable! How to explain the rout of the Qing army in northern Vietnam......

Qin Kai finished talking about the matter, but he saw that Zhao Liewen was frowning, he didn't know what he was thinking, and it was a little strange, but he was not in a hurry to urge him, just drank strong tea and waited for Lao Zhao to answer.

However, Zhao Liefeng didn't understand how this battle was fought, so he didn't bother to think about it anymore, thinking about what opportunities he would have in the future, and then he remembered that Qin Kai didn't come to talk to himself about how to win the battle in the north of Vietnam, but to ask the court about the decision on negotiations.

After reading the telegram, Zhao Liewen's face was obviously a little bad, this court, this is still the court of the Heavenly Empire! On the occasion of this great opportunity, I did not want to forge ahead, this war in the north of Vietnam, the fault is on the French, this court is so compromised, if this matter is done, in the future, many powers will not regard my China as a fat sheep to be slaughtered.

After walking a few steps back and forth, he sat down, shook his head and said: "Lord Qin, you are in this good situation in northern Vietnam, I see the future is worrying, when Zeng Hou was alive, he said a sentence, Li Shaoquan is desperately an official, Yu Yinfu is desperately writing books, this Li Zhongtang, in his eyes, the official position and power position can never be given up, so this time he will definitely negotiate peace with the French, and I estimate that it will be done soon!" ”

Qin Kai's face was black, didn't Scholar Zuo instigate Yixuan to negotiate in the capital, Yixuan would negotiate, this matter will definitely fall on Zeng Jize again, with Zeng Jize's ability, how could he make the French cheap?

"Mr. Zhao, it must be Zeng Hou who came to deal with the negotiations with the French on the side of Beijing City, I don't think the French will benefit!"

Zhao Liewen shook his head, "Lord Qin, I don't think this matter will go as you wish, haven't you noticed the Queen Mother's idea of dealing with this matter of Yuebei, if you care about the matter of Yuebei, you have to plan early, this big victory in Yuebei, the court will inevitably have a reward, if it is against the court, it will be worth the loss!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Qin Kai suddenly realized that he was negligent, that middle-aged woman did not have such an understanding of herself, and she was completely indifferent to the value of the vassal state, and she would definitely do some bizarre things, so her hard work in northern Vietnam would be in vain.

The worst outcome is that, as in history, an edict ordering the army to withdraw to the country, so that France can regain control of the whole of Vietnam without much effort, and when the time comes, even if the people of the country are excited, it will be powerless, and it is certainly impossible for him to openly violate this so-called holy decree in the present situation, unless he immediately rebels, but the conditions for rebellion now ...... But it's really immature.

Thinking of this, he wanted to hear what Zhao Liewen meant, "Mr. Zhao, I will definitely expel France from North Vietnam, I don't know what Mr. can teach me?" ”

Zhao Wenlie smiled slightly, "Governor Qin, there is absolutely no good strategy in this matter, but the crooked way of the evil sect can be regarded as feasible, but you have to tell me in detail about your holy decree of the commander of the military affairs in northern Vietnam!" ”

The two discussed in the backyard for an afternoon, Qin Kai returned to the house with a solemn face, and immediately sent an urgent telegram to Zhou Ruidong, and sent someone to deliver the military order to Feng Zicai quickly, and he must do his best to annihilate the French army in northern Vietnam in order to achieve a complete victory!

He also sent an urgent telegram to the military aircraft department, first reporting the report of the great victory in Bac Ninh to conquer Bac Ninh, as for why it was a few days late, it was naturally to count the results of the battle, and in addition, it was inconvenient to transmit the message.

Another telegram was sent to Zhang Peilun, asking him to publicize the battle situation in northern Vietnam in the Fujian New Daily, starting with the defense of Luerzhuang, and provided a large amount of information, as well as photographs, etc., so that the news could spread quickly.

In Beijing City, in the county prince's mansion, the county prince who had just returned to the mansion raised his eyebrows and found his second boy, "Carry, your good brother Pan Gongzi has been here in the past two days?" ”

Seeing that his father looked anxious, the second boy of Yixuan saw how the old man asked Pan Bosheng today, this is a good brother who has lived his life, singing songs and gambling all day long, and he is very happy, he has been playing too much these days, but I think that Pan Bosheng has not been here for two days, "Amma, Pan Gongzi has not been here for two days, do you want to see him?" ”

"yes, you're going to find him right now!" Yi Liang arrived at the Prime Minister's Yamen today and heard the news, Qin Kai won the battle in North Vietnam, Zeng Jize came to see him early, saying that he should immediately note the French minister and start negotiating the contract, taking advantage of the fact that the war was going well and the French were in danger, he adjusted the negotiation theory, but he wanted to know the accurate situation in North Vietnam, but now no one knows where Qin Kai is thousands of miles away. ,

Later, Pan Bosheng had already come to see Yixuan, but he didn't know where Governor Qin was, so he just promised to inquire about the news immediately and respond tomorrow.

Compared with Yixuan's anxious inquiry about the news, Prince Li, the foreman of the military aircraft yamen, Prince Li, was very happy, and the sixth prince Yixun was reprimanded by the queen mother because he lost Bac Ninh in northern Vietnam, and he just sat in this position, and the governor of Guangdong, Qin Kai, gave himself a long face, and he was still worried that he would not be able to hold Beining before, but now he completely controls this military point.

He took the fold, read it several times, and hurriedly went to the seventh prince Prince Yiyun to hand over the news, both of them were overjoyed, and immediately rushed into the palace to see the queen mother, but the queen mother Cixi heard the news, but the interest was not very high, just said lightly, "Oh...... It seems that this Qin armor is still somewhat useful, and my vision is not bad! ”

The two princes were naturally a little inexplicable, and after a while, Li Lianying sent out an excerpt, and the two of them knew that yesterday Li Zhongtang, the governor of Zhili, had reached a complete contract with the French, with a total of six paragraphs, one of which was the withdrawal of troops from North Vietnam, and second, the Qing government recognized all the treaties between Vietnam and France, including the previous Treaty of Saigon, and third, the demarcation of the border, and trade and tax reduction.

In addition, there are some nonsense such as preaching peace and reciprocity between the two sides, which is for Cixi, these nonsense makes the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty feel good about herself, and Westerners are still full of admiration for the Qing Dynasty, and these six articles do not seem to have too many problems, but they hide mysteries.

From the peace treaty, the French obtained the port to enter the southwest, completely severing the status of the vassal state of Vietnam, as for the withdrawal of troops, the French can deploy troops in the concession of North Vietnam in accordance with the "Saigon Treaty", with the strength of the Vietnamese army, the French have long boasted of crossing the sea, 500 people can cross the north of Vietnam!

There are a lot of people in the court of the Qing Dynasty who understand, even Prince Shiduo and Prince Yiyun can also see the cattiness, in addition, Yixuan has no eyebrows to negotiate with the French so far, and the opportunity he finally won is still far inferior to that Li Zhongtang, which is the most criticized place for the two princes.

Cixi obviously knew what the two princes meant, "Prince Alcohol and Prince Li, I am satisfied with this contract, and we have nothing to lose in the Qing Dynasty!" Yi Liang is also careful this time, he can't let him lose his credit, I think so, this will invite Master Li Zhongtang to come to Beijing, and he will discuss the excerpt, and Yi Liang will preside over the signing of the contract between the two countries...... The sooner the better! ”

The two princes were very satisfied when they heard what the Queen Mother said, why should they do it again...... Out of the palace hurriedly found Yixuan, and said this, hearing that he had received such a good errand, the prince of the county was also very happy, it seems that the photographic equipment sent into the palace last time made the queen mother worry about it, otherwise how could there be a good errand on his head.

He happily returned to the palace, but this guy was still righteous, thinking that Qin Kai was still fighting with the French with his life, this treaty was about to be signed, so you didn't have to fight there, so he hurriedly found Pan Bosheng again, and asked him to send an urgent telegram to Governor Qin about the content of the contract he heard.

The telegram urging Li Zhongtang to enter Beijing arrived at the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili the next day, and when he saw that he had finally achieved results and fulfilled the will given by the Empress Dowager to end the war in northern Vietnam, the Lord Zhongtang was naturally very satisfied, but he had already prepared and immediately summoned Hurd, an Englishman specially invited from Shanghai.

As soon as they met, Li Zhongtang showed Hurd the telegram from the military aircraft yamen urging him to enter Beijing to negotiate and sign an agreement with the French, and after Hurd read it, he knew the content of the "Sino-French Contract", and naturally understood the meaning of the contract.

Thinking of this, he promised that after arriving in Beijing, he would make a separate appointment with the French minister to urge the French to sign the peace treaty, while Li Zhongtang would ensure that the military aircraft did everything possible to make this peace treaty.

After Qin Kai received Yixuan's telegram, he was also surprised, he didn't expect Li Zhongtang to act so quickly, if this agreement is signed, the war in North Vietnam will be unpredictable, he sent an urgent telegram to Zhou Ruidong, the content can be summed up in only one meaning, at any cost, do your best to attack North Vietnam.

And he is in Guilin Mansion, this is the first stop of the stupid imperial court's will, how long can he drag on here, this is also the first crooked way that Zhao Liewen gave him, since he wants to fight the French in northern Vietnam to the end, he can only use this method at present. ,

And he immediately sent a second telegram to the Military Aircraft Department - Zhennanguan Victory, Feng Zicai and Su Yuanchun attacked Zhennanguan, annihilated more than 2,000 people of the French Seventh Brigade, and captured a large number of weapons and ammunition.

Zuo Zongtang, who was on duty, was in a bad mood these days, and after seeing the content of the peace meeting yesterday, he was furious on the spot, and said bluntly in front of the foreman Minister of Military Aircraft Shi Duo and several ministers of military aircraft: "For the Qing Dynasty, ten French generals are not as bad as one Li Zhongtang!" ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty dared to speak so bluntly, except for this "second-class Kejing Marquis, Dongge University Scholar, Prince Taibao, first-class light cavalry captain, yellow jacket, and Liangjiang Governor" Zuo Zongtang, who had clearly denied the content of this peace treaty.

The timid and fearful Prince Li Shiduo looked embarrassed, the ability of this Zuo scholar is known to the world, he said this, if he signed this peace treaty, it would be a big loss of face...... It's just that this is what the Queen Mother means, who can change it?

Xu Geng's body in the criminal department is also gloomy, he is upright, compared to Zuo Dashuai's uprightness, at this moment, he is only secretly guilty.

Only Sun Yuwen of the Ministry of Industry did not hide his gloating, this Zuo Zongtang is really true, why should he be an enemy of Lord Li...... The so-called person who knows the times is Junjie!

Scholar Zuo, who was looking up at the celestial phenomena in the yamen and had nothing to do, saw Zhang Jing running in with an excited appearance when he saw Zhang Jing walking in the yamen of the military aircraft, and asked with some curiosity: "Lord Wang, the old man is in a very bad mood, why is he so happy, let me hear it, and have fun!" ”

The official surnamed Wang hurriedly took out the official document and handed it over, "University scholar, it is an urgent telegram from the north of Vietnam, and the town is a great victory in the south of the country, and more than 2,000 enemies have been annihilated!" ”

"Oh...... Take it and show it to me," this news sounded comforting, and after Scholar Zuo hurriedly read it, he immediately sent it in person and handed it to Shi Duo.

Shi Duo saw that he had more political achievements, and he was naturally very happy, and pulled Zuo University Scholar to listen to his opinions, and suddenly there was a noisy discussion outside, and then someone rushed over, shouting excitedly, "Yuebei victory...... Viet Nak's great victory......"

The two people in the room looked at each other, this Qin Liefeng, if you report success, you can use your strength to send a telegram......

Today's two more 10,000 words have been completed...... RO@。