Chapter 259: The Accident at Zhennan Pass

It was already late at night, but the Qing army barracks outside the Taiping Mansion were still brightly lit, several teams of half-soldiers outside the barracks were patrolling back and forth with Lin Mington rifles that had been loaded with bayonets, and the barracks were even fenced up, at least two sentry posts and soldiers with loaded guns were waiting solemnly, while the officers were patrolling back and forth on the side, constantly scolding a few soldiers who were tired.

The two soldiers guarding the Mén guard tower were standing at this time, but their positions could see the movements in the entire camp very clearly, and even the heavy camp on the west side of the barracks had been in a commotion since yesterday afternoon.

"Da Li, I think I'm going to Yuebei again!" The short and stout man who spoke was called Han Song, and another rough black man was called Li Ding, both of them were originally stationed in Bac Ninh, and the soldiers and horses under Zhao Wo of the Gui Army, after being attacked by the French, the whole army was scattered in the mountains of northern Vietnam, and more than a dozen of them ran along the main road and finally fled into Zhennan Pass, and then were collected into the camp by Feng Zhaojin.

"Well, I don't think it's far from ten, otherwise the Chinese gang guys in the heavy camp will move things to the camp all day long, you see, from yesterday to now, they have been loading grain bags on the parked carriage all night! It must have been an order from the Admiral......"

"I don't know what the situation is when I go out of the customs this time, so I won't run back like last time! Without seeing the French, our army was scattered! Han Song smashed his mouth and muttered in a low voice.

"Xiao Han, look at your crow's mouth" Li Ding lifted the Lin Mington rifle in his hand, "This guy is what, it's no worse than the French, what kind of thing we used to take, it's just a burning stick, you didn't see the guy brought by the sentry officer, it's more bullish than this, I don't believe that the French are so powerful, didn't the sentry say that Lord Qincha has defeated the French many times!" ”

A note popped out of Han Song's nose, and the first brother looked noncommittal, "Da Li, do you really believe it, bragging...... However, our sentry officer looks good, if he goes to the north this time, I think it is better than following Zhao Fatzi! ”

The fat Zhao in his mouth is naturally Zhao Wo, the former Taoist who led the troops, who has now gone to Xinjiang to taste raisins, and when it comes to the sentry officer, the two of them are a little more interested, "Especially the sentry officer's rifle that can be loaded with 5 bullets at a time, and the miraculous minister in the sentry officer's mouth."

At this moment, "in the Chinese military camp, Feng Zicai has already gathered all the officers at the level of more than 1,000 generals, there is only one reason, there was a major incident at Zhennan Pass during the day yesterday, and after occupying Langshan, the Seventh Brigade of the French Expeditionary Force began to attack several passes on the border a few days ago after gradually controlling the surrounding area for more than a month.

Among them, the direction of the attack of the main force of the French army is the mén Hu Zhennanguan in Guangxi, and the person in charge of the garrison of Zhennanguan is the governor of Guangxi Yang Yù Ke, Yang Yù Ke, the 6-way admiral is not the Guijun system, but a member of the army of Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, after the French occupied Langshan, he led his troops to retreat to the domestic leading town to guard Zhennanguan, and also engaged the French army many times in the previous months, and many successes.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, when the French army gathered the main force to attack Zhennan Pass, Feng Zicai, the general manager of the military affairs of the four prefectures, did not expect that the French army would break through the pass, "However, the unexpected thing still happened, and the battle lasted until noon, and the defenders killed and wounded more than 100 French soldiers, and the artillery of the two sides bombarded each other, and there was no winner or loser for a while."

In the afternoon, "two French death squads broke through under the city wall from the flank, and successfully blew up a city wall, Admiral Yang Yùke saw this, and personally led his own soldiers to kill from the gap" to annihilate the French death squad, but on the way to the victorious withdrawal" a French shell accidentally wounded Admiral Liu Yùke.

The defenders who were in the battle heard that the main general was seriously injured, and the army was very angry, and the French army took advantage of the city to collapse with cannons.

Liu yùke's subordinates desperately guarded the main general to withdraw, lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and when the news reached the Taiping Mansion in the evening, it really scared the prefect's tomb half to death, you must know that this is the responsibility of defending the land, if the French army comes to attack Taiping, he can only defend the city to the death, he is busy coming to Feng Zicai to ask for advice.

Feng Zicai naturally got the news at the same time, when the tomb came, he had already begun to order troops, and each battalion immediately went to the arsenal to receive ammunition, and the old battalions of the "Cui" and "Qin" troops were required to prepare for the attack on Zhennanguan early the next morning.

And Feng Zicai is planning to send troops overnight, the army he has now completed the training has an ugly battalion, in addition to the old battalion of this attack, there are three battalions that are sent by Lord Youqincha to train the officer Lu Shu himself, and there is also a battalion that needs to be stationed in the Taiping Mansion, after all, this army is impermanent, since the French can defeat so many Qing troops, they naturally have something extraordinary, and this rear still needs to be well guarded. ,

At this moment, Feng Zicai was asking about the report of Lu Qian, who was in charge of Daozhong, which was the 3rd of Lu Qian's chief editor

A battalion of soldiers and horses, although according to Qin Kai's order, it was also transferred by Feng Zicai, but although Lao Feng received the general's order, but in the end, this was the army that Lord Qincha personally ordered to train, he thought about it again and again, and left the logistics to Lu Shu.

"Mr. Lu Qian, the whole army will be pulled out tomorrow, is there a problem with your escort and bullets?" Today's rapid mobilization of the armies, which makes Lao Feng also feel comfortable, his hard work for more than a month has not been in vain, although the morale of the defeated Qing army here is low, but he understands it carefully, these soldiers are very resolute in killing the enemy, this defeat is defeated by the leaders above, but it is a pity that tens of thousands of jīng Zhuang died in the north......

So in the past month, the military pay is sufficient, the ammunition is complete, and even the military uniforms are given a full set of new ones, and the Qing army that has been trained to get weapons is all excited, and the best thing for the Gui army here is the kind of old máo Se in front of the front, and the soldiers who are desperate in battle value the weapon in their hands the most, not to mention that they also opened a reward of 5o taels for killing one person in the French army.

And the soldiers of each battalion, many brothers, old friends trapped in the north of Vietnam, before the want to fight no one to command, this time in the name of the Chin Cha, reward the hard-trained sergeant, the military camp training more than a month "The military heart has already been recast, this time to go, although I dare not say that I will win, but for my own troops and horses are full of confidence."

Lu Rate is also very depressed about taking such a task, he was finally released alone to lead a one, so he plans to take this opportunity to show his skills, and he steals learning day and night on the instructor's side, which is also a great gain.

He scratched his head, knowing that it was a little inappropriate to ask for a new task, if it was to rely on the prestige of the instructor, it would be even more inappropriate, it seemed that he could only be a grain transport officer first" "Admiral Feng, all the arrangements have been made" Yesterday all the carriages of the Taiping Mansion have been requisitioned, and there will be 2oo carriages and ox carts together at dawn "1oo more will be requisitioned tomorrow!" ”

Feng Zicai nodded, the young officer sent by Lord Qin is indeed good, this training,

He nodded, turned his head and asked his son Feng Xianghua on the side, "Xianghua, you stay in Taiping Mansion and contact the prefect of the house about the recruitment of this people, the purchase of grain and grass, and the purchase of grass and grass, in addition to the purchase of grass yào may be purchased in large quantities......"

"My lord! My lord! At this time, there was a sudden cry outside the tent...... Feng Zicai's personal soldiers hurriedly came in to report, saying that Tian Dahu, the sentry officer of the camp, had come to report, and that the minister of the Qin Mission, Lord Qin, was already outside the camp!

This news obviously surprised everyone, Feng Zicai was also a big surprise, this Lord Qincha is really elusive, a few days ago I heard Lu Shu say that Qincha went to sea to find the French unlucky, I didn't expect to rush to Taiping Mansion so quickly, the road from Guangdong to Guangxi is not easy to walk,

However, he still had a little more thought, it was now the middle of the night, how could this Qin Cha pick such an incident to come, glanced at Lu Shui, Lu Shu had already understood what he meant, and immediately took the order to go out to confirm the matter, and after a while, he had already arrived, bringing Qin Cha's warrant, and outside the camp was indeed Qin Kai, the Minister of Nanyang, the Governor of Guangdong, and the Minister of Qin Cha to Supervise the Military Affairs of Northern Vietnam.

When Feng Zicai arrived at the entrance of the camp, it turned out to be a cavalry unit outside, no wonder this adult came and went, it was not easy to gather so many hundreds of southwestern bantam horses in Guangxi, a place where horses were used to pull carts, and when he saw the generals in the army come out to greet him, the horse team in front immediately dispersed.

Qin Kai walked out surrounded by his own soldiers with a smile on his face, only to see a veteran on the opposite side, his figure was tall enough, his face was slightly thin, and he looked far less powerful than the statue cast for this in later generations, but this calm and calm bearing, confident expression, among a group of majestic military attachés, was as unique as standing out from the crowd.

Before Feng Zicai could speak, Qin Kai had already strode forward and said loudly: "Old General Feng, this official has been admiring him for a long time!" ”

The vast majority of those present here are Feng Zicai's cronies and old subordinates, and this time Lord Qincha has regained his old handsomeness, and he already has a good impression of this Lord Qin, although when they met, they were surprised by this young man who held a lot of power, but seeing his actions, it was enough to give Admiral Feng face, and naturally he recognized the new Shangguan a little more. ,

Feng Zicai naturally inquired about the news of this Qin Governor a long time ago, and knew that he was very young, and when they met at this moment, they were thinking about how to speak, but when they saw Shangguan speak first, his heart was also very useful, and he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Xiaguan Feng Zicai pays a visit to Lord Qincha." ”

Qin Kai politely stepped forward to support Feng Zicai, secretly amused in his heart, this officialdom thing looks like acting, but he still has to show his love for talent, but this old man Feng is not able to cover it in military affairs, just from the degree of his army training, few people can do it in the Qing Dynasty.

Looking at his own history, throughout the late Qing Dynasty, there were indeed a lot of famous leading figures, and there were more national heroes recorded in the history books, but there were only one or two people with both prestige and prestige, Lao Feng is undoubtedly one of them, even if it is a small Japanese book that has always buried evil intentions in China, Lao Feng is worshiped as the god of war in the non-commissioned officer course in his country.

However, the current history has changed somewhat unexpectedly, Xiao Ri Ben Feng Zicai is the god of war, that is because in the original history, Lao Feng was the first soldier in Asia to defeat the European powers on the frontal battlefield, but now, Qin Kai is very helpless to take the lead in snatching Lao Feng's honor, and his achievements in naval warfare have made Xiao Riben, who is thinking about foreign expansion, red-eyed.

Qin Kai pulled Feng Zicai affectionately, let's also have close contact with historical celebrities, but I didn't bring that big set of photographic equipment at this time, otherwise I would really have to take a commemorative photo.

After entering the camp of the Chinese army, Feng Zicai naturally gave up to Qin Kai, but Qin Kai was not polite, he pulled a stool and sat next to the table, signaling that Lao Feng would continue to discuss the matter.

After a while, he also knew about the loss of Zhennan Pass born yesterday, this history does not seem to have been changed by his butterfly effect, he scratched his head, remembering that after the French captured Zhennan Pass, because of the inability to guarantee logistics, he finally chose to destroy the fortifications of Zhennan Pass, and then withdrew the current Major General Purgen of the Seventh Brigade I don't know if this is the case!

was thinking about not going to play a scene of Qin Zhuge strategizing the repertoire, but he immediately dispelled this bad idea, and came here at night, not to play this, yesterday out of Jiangzhou County, he received an urgent telegram from Guilin Mansion, Zhou Ruidong sent the news of the attack on Beining and the upcoming decisive battle with the three French brigades.

Qin Kai was also 120,000 surprised by the big deal with Ruidong, and he knew the previous plan to use the perfect fortification interception team in 6 Erzhuang, and then you the enemy went deeper, and fought a decisive battle somewhere outside the Zhiling fortress or fortress, making full use of the geographical advantages, waiting for work and using artillery group tactics on the plain, depending on the battle.

However, plan 1 never changes quickly, and with a well-calculated battle plan, I didn't calculate that Lone Ba would take the initiative to withdraw, and I don't know what the idea of this Lone fight is, but this commander who is regarded as a hero by France is obviously not a straw bag! However, now the initiative is in their own hands, and the attack on Bac Ninh is undoubtedly a sharp thorn in the throat of the French expeditionary force.

Feng Zicai had already reported the movement of the army to Qin Kai one by one at this time, and planned to start early tomorrow morning, after attacking Zhennan Pass, he also looked at the young governor, wondering what instructions this lord who was in the limelight and knew the army would make!

Qin Kai asked his soldiers to bring in a combat map, and the division's was hung on the wall, the style of this combat map was obviously very different from the poor map drawn by Feng Zicai's máo pen, and the densely marked locations were even more detailed, and there were even rulers of the heights of the mountains in northern Vietnam.

As soon as this map came out, Lao Feng immediately saw that with his military literacy, how could he not know the combat value of such a thunder map, and the many errors marked on his map were due to his own tinkering when he was fighting in northern Vietnam for more than ten years, which could be regarded as improvised, how could this map be so detailed...... It's just too detailed!

"Lord Qin, this map ......" Lao Feng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask.

Qin Kai was still thinking about how to describe the situation in Yuebei more clearly, and was asked by Lao Feng, turned his head to look, how could this guy's eyes look like a gray wolf seeing a lazy sheep, and then looked at the map, and suddenly realized" "Admiral Feng, this map will be hung with you here when I turn around, and I am useless!" ”

Feng Zicai's eyes lit up, and he immediately took a deep breath, "Lord Xie!" ”

After ridiculing Lao Feng, Qin Kai naturally got to the point, he took out a set of tools to mark the army on the map, and marked the French army in northern Vietnam one by one, this set of things, Feng Zicai's army, Lu Shu has seen it, but they are all leading figures, a little closer look will understand the meaning, and the methods of this Lord Qin are secretly admired in his heart. ,

If it weren't for the battle-hardened formation, how could there be such a command technique, just this set of things, it can already be seen that the name of this Lord Qincha is really worthy of the army...... In fact, the name of Lord Qincha's soldier is really false! What is the so-called virtual reality......

Qin Kai saw the admiring gaze below, and smiled quite proudly, we have a strategic vision, we don't care about the small tactical things, in terms of the rate of the big battle, even Lao Feng is not as good as himself at this point, hehe, let's talk about business!

He took out another wooden stick, obviously everyone was attracted by his wooden stick again, this adult didn't say a word, this line is a set of sets, is this wooden stick also a deep wife Qin Kai looked up, and saw that everyone's eyes were focused on his wooden stick, which was also a black line, isn't this just a wooden stick, not an artifact coughed violently, and only then did he focus everyone's eyes on it" "Admiral Feng, my lords, I came here in the starry night, there is a big change in the north of Vietnam, if the attack is won tomorrow, the defeat of the French army is just around the corner!" "Anyway, Qin Kai pointed to the map and moved the red flag of the ** Five Associations to Bac Ninh" "Three days ago, the 2ooo people of the ** Five Associations under my jurisdiction had already attacked Bac Ninh and held the throat ...... of the North Vietnam"

As soon as these words came out, a room full of officers were full of surprise,, this time you can follow the right handsome, this has not yet sent troops, there is a big victory, just this news reports to the imperial court, then the whole army will be rewarded! But at this moment, Lord Qincha and Lord Admiral were sitting on it and stood still, unaffected by the news in the slightest, and none of them dared to speak out.

Although Feng Zicai's face is calm at this time, this does not mean that his heart is not moving, 2ooo people will attack and break through Bac Ninh, you must know that there are more than 60,000 garrisons in Bac Ninh, Hanoi, and Shanxi before, compared to the army of this Lord Qin, it is definitely not a rice bucket, and the rice bucket is also absolutely overestimated is a dung bucket!

This Bac Ninh is broken, it can be said that the war situation in North Vietnam is full of live, the two of them pinched each other at the critical moment, they suddenly choked each other's throat, what an arrogant situation compared to Bac Ninh, Zhennan Pass was lost, it is estimated that they will rush to tomorrow, the French have already rolled up and walked, the back road was broken, and the nest was copied, as long as you are not a fool, there is no reason to lie in Zhennan Pass! a。