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Chapter 1473 Soldiers

Annam, Hue City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the statements of Wang Chonghui, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nanjing Nationalist Government, and An Yi, Commander-in-Chief of the An Jiajun, reached the Provisional National Government of Annam, the leaders of the cadres, who were originally isolated and helpless and were sitting and waiting to be killed, suddenly became jubilant, but then fell into deep worries about the future of their individuals and the nation.

Emperor Bao convened a royal council at half past six in the evening to discuss the current situation and make a final response to An Jiajun's words. A total of 129 people attended the meeting, including all dignitaries of the Provisional Government, representatives of various political parties and officials of the Hue Imperial Court.

Hu Xuelan, commander of the armed forces, gave a briefing on the difficult situation at the front, and then said: "If there is no foreign aid, we will only be able to hold out for two more days at most as the ammunition runs out." Hue is surrounded by mountains to the west and the sea to the east, while the ports on the north and south sides have been firmly blocked by the French army. Naturally, our soldiers can escape by digging into the ravine, but how can Your Majesty, court officials, and concubines escape? Therefore, the top priority is to relieve the siege of Hue, the Anjia army has a large army stationed in Yunnan, as long as it is from the northwest of Tokyo, launch a fatal blow to the French army, and when the army enters Hanoi, the French army that is pressing south will be in chaos without a fight, and the imperial army that follows the French to do evil will also be shaken at that time, and then the whole situation will be alive! ”

"No! Never! ”

Ruan Xiangsan, vice president of the Annan Liberation Association, stood up and looked at Hu Xuelan with an angry face:

"It's easy to please God, it's hard to send God, our Jing people have finally expelled the forces of the northern regime by the French, and once the French are expelled in the future, we can form an independent nation-state with the Jing people as the main body. If the wolf is lured into the house and the northerners are summoned, then the independence of our Jing people will become a dream, and there will be no possibility of realizing it. Therefore, I am categorically opposed to defecting to the northern regime! ”

Hue City Defense Commander Nguyen Hai Son squinted at Nguyen Xiang San and sneered: "Then may I ask Vice President Nguyen, how do we deal with the current difficulties?" Could it be that Vice President Nguyen will conjure up heavenly soldiers and help us stop the wolf-like French? Well!? ”

Ruan Xiangsan raised his head: "Your Majesty can leave in advance, and be escorted by a special person to flee into Changshan in the west, and all those concubines will be thrown to the French." Those who become big things are not informal, just women, how many will they want after independence in the future, why bother? ”

Bao Da's face changed slightly, coughed lightly, and asked suspiciously: "Ruan Qing's family, then where do you put the dignity of the royal family?" I, Nguyen Phuc Vinh Swe, have been humiliated, do you, as a courtier, feel very honorable? ”

Queen Ruan Youlan, who participated in the meeting, was even more angry: "A war related to national independence, but in the end, the woman has to take responsibility, Ruan Qing's family, do you think this is a natural thing?" ”

Ruan Xiangsan sneered, sat back in his seat and did not answer.

Vo Van Tai, vice chairman of the Annan Independence Party, stood up and explained on behalf of his old friend for many years: "Vice President Nguyen didn't mean that, the French are stingy with international pressure, and they may not dare to talk about the palace women who are related to the dignity of Annan in front of everyone." I also agree with Brother Xiang's meaning, this national independence revolution did not succeed, we can come again next time, but if Annan is handed over to the northerners, then everything will be over......"

"What's over?"

Le Quoc Chu, a member of the Vietnam Independence League, stood up and asked loudly: "I'm afraid you're worried that your future is over, right?" The economic miracle of Syria in southwest China is well known to the world, and if Annam can replicate the successful experience of Syria, in a few years, the people of Annam will be able to live a good life of abundant food and clothing, and people will live with dignity without having to go hungry and poor, and our Jing people will be able to prosper. On the contrary, after withstanding the impact of this great uprising, the colonial government will certainly intensify its purge of our Jing people, and the massacre that spread throughout Annam six or seven years ago will be repeated. May I ask Vice Chairman Wu, is it possible that for the sake of your personal future, you can ignore the interests of thousands of Annan people? ”

Wu Wentai's body trembled with anger, and he pointed at Li Guozhu: "It's shameless!" I don't know what kind of soup the northerners poured on you, and you actually tried so hard to say good things for them...... I only know one truth, if Annam is still in the hands of the French, there is still hope for the independence of our Jing people, and if it falls into the hands of the Chinese, there will never be a day! ”

Foreign Minister Xu Ziliang Huo Ran stood up: "Vice Chairman Wu, where do your words put my Huajing mixed-race race?" Today, the entire territory of Annam has a population of 19.23 million, most of which are of Chinese blood, and the Yao, Gu, Miao and other ethnic groups in our territory are also members of the Chinese nationality...... Don't be busy refuting me, the Chinese have ruled Annam for thousands of years, and even the Hue royal family has repeatedly intermarried with the Central Plains court, and the descendants are basically of Chinese blood, what is your intention to exclude most people? Do you want to divide us internally, so that the French can break it individually? What a scheming attempt! ”

Wu Wentai's face turned pale: "If I have such thoughts, I won't be able to die!" In short, I, the Independence Party, are in no way in favor of inviting the great power to the north to send troops. After saying that, he sat down with a "bang".

Xie Wenyu, director of the Jiaozhi branch of Annan, pushed away the chair and stood up, and said solemnly: "Although I don't know what the opponents think, I only know one truth, if we don't solve the approaching French *** team as soon as possible, sooner or later we will become the soul of the French butcher's knife." Drilling into the ravine to fight guerrillas, is that the life that His Majesty and the officials of the imperial court can live? At that time, as long as the French send troops to surround the pass, it will be difficult to even eat a little salt, not to mention the miasma that is full of mountains, and when the time comes, they will not be able to endure the torture of hunger and disease, so they can only come out and surrender, and the final outcome can be imagined. So, those who think there is a way out, think about the terrible consequences, since I am waiting in Hue, there is no way back. ”

Nguyen Van Xuan, a constitutionalist who served as Minister of the Interior at the imperial court, sat down in his seat and asked, "Can you send a message to the French on the battlefield, we are willing to ......talk about peace?"

Pan Peizhu, the prime minister of the provisional government, frowned and interrupted him: "The attitude of the French government and the colonial government of Annam today is already obvious, and they also focused on His Majesty...... As a courtier, do you want to hand over your majesty to the French, and you will be humiliated and die? ”

"No, no, no!"

Ruan Wenchun hurriedly shook his hand: "Ruan has no such intention, I'm just thinking of a way to get out of the best of both worlds, how dare I harm Your Majesty?" "Actually, he had already scolded in his heart at this time, if it weren't for you chaotic parties to provoke the French, where would such a murderous disaster come from?

Minister of Economy Wu Tingyan looked serious: "Even if you want to negotiate peace, you can't do it, you don't know if you haven't gone to the front line, there is a rain of bullets, the sound of artillery is endless, and within 500 meters of the exchange of fire between the two sides, it is definitely a forbidden area for life, and the dense guns and bullets are enough to beat everyone who tries to get close into a sieve, so don't think about this retreat."

"My opinion is that it doesn't matter who rules as long as they can ensure a good life for the people of Annam, but the French have told us with facts that they only regard Annam as a dumping ground for industrial products, and then shamelessly plunder all the resources of Annam, and have absolutely no intention of developing Annam to improve people's livelihood. You can think about the problem along these lines. ”

Most of the attendees, who were able to talk to the French at the worst of their lives, looked pale and depressed. It shuddes when I think of the heads of revolutionaries that the French cut off one by one hanging from the city gates, and this part of the pro-French people suddenly changed their stance and tended to ask the Chinese government to send troops.

It is better to die than to live, no matter who is in power, as long as you can live, there is hope for everything.

Constitutionalist Pei Guangshao endured the fear in his heart, quickly used his brains, and soon organized a high-sounding splendid article, got up and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I am in favor of attaching myself to China. There are five reasons: first, for thousands of years, the central government in the north has been benevolent and righteous, and has never treated the Annamite people badly, and has repeatedly given intermarriage and wealth, which is very different from the jackal nature of the French; Second, to this day, the northern official dialect is still one of the mother tongues of Annam, Confucian culture is prevalent, and China has always been the mother country of Annam. Third, at the moment of a strong enemy, only China can relieve the worries of our government, and the other powers are all on the same footing with the French, and the Siamese government also regards Britain and France as the first to look forward, which is not enough to be accepted; Fourth, the current crisis, only the first team to come forward can play an immediate role, from China's Yunnan troops, a few days can be under the city of Hanoi, and any other country to mediate, is not an overnight effort; Fifth, if the Chinese are able to govern Annan, they will naturally do their best to assist, and if they are just enslaving the people of Annan like the French, since today we can oppose France, the world's largest army power, we can naturally follow this example in the future. Based on the above, I believe that China is the only option at the moment. ”

Another Constitutionalist, Fan Qiong, agreed, stood up and said, "Brother Guangqiang is reasonable, but my opinion goes further. At present, the person with the most abundant financial and material resources in China is none other than An Yi, the commander of the An Jiajun Army, who has just recently led his troops in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and other places in China, and defeated Japan, one of the great powers.

"In addition, I don't know if you have noticed, in recent years, the biggest source of fiscal and tax revenue in Annan is entrepot trade, the railway from Haiphong Port to Yunnan and the highway from Hanoi to southern Yunnan, which can be said to be a daily progress, which shows the outstanding ability of An Yi to govern the local area. If in the future, like China's Syria and southern Yunnan, Annan will leap into the ranks of developed countries, and naturally wholeheartedly support it; on the contrary, if the people are not happy and mourning, they can appeal to the central government in Nanjing, and provoke contradictions within it. ”

Xu Ziliang was shocked, and wondered in his heart that I didn't arrange for these conservative constitutionalists to say good things for party chairman An Yi, why did they take the initiative to jump out? He glanced at Hu Xuelan, Li Guozhu, Ruan Haichen, Xie Wenyu and others with an inquiring gaze, and all he saw was a look of surprise. ”

As an old friend of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, he has also lived in China for many years, and Pan Peizhu, who has an infinite affection for China, is facing a life-and-death decision, and the balance in his heart is naturally biased towards China, especially in the past few years in the place of house arrest, he has studied the opportunity of the miraculous rise of Syria for many years, and the more he studies, the more he feels that his brain is confused, and he has infinite curiosity about An Yi, who is in charge of all this, and immediately said:

"Now it seems that the only way out for our provisional government is to send troops from the border of southern Yunnan, China, which is heavily stockpiled. Your Majesty, what do you mean? ”

Emperor Bao had already reached an agreement with the Syrian government, and immediately said unequivocally: "The prime minister is reasonable, for the sake of our safety and the long-term consideration of the people of Annam, it is the best policy to ask An Jiajun to send troops." As long as Annan can really rise to the east of the world, and the people of Annam can get rid of the slavery of the colonizers, what does it matter if we make a little sacrifice? At critical moments, I can't even be this king......"

"Oppose inviting China to send troops!"

"Please lead us with a mid-*** valve leader? This is not possible! ”

"I, the Annam Revolutionary League, strongly protest!"

“......”

The opponents jumped up one after another, Xu Ziliang took a look, there were twenty-two people, and said in his heart that you sent it to the door yourself, so as not to make it troublesome for me to investigate and pull nails for the chairman one by one in the future, and immediately wanted to give Hu Xuelan and Ruan Haichen a look to arrest people, but who knew that Pan Peizhu stood up first and shouted:

"Come on, grab these French spies, drag them out, and shoot them immediately! At this time, do you still want to hand over the head of our waiting for you to your French master to ask for credit? Wish for the moon! ”

Nguyen Hai Chen, the commander of Hue City Defense, who was responsible for guarding the palace, immediately led people to arrest 22 people from various parties, no matter how the other party struggled and shouted grievances, it was just a punch and kick, and then directly carried out.

Pan Peizhu stood on the presiding seat with a solemn face: "Since the decision has been made, we can't change it again, otherwise, it will only lead to an accelerated split within us." Now, we must unite to deal with the attack of the French and calmly observe the actions of the An Jiajun, you have a long way to go! ”

Emperor Bao summoned Xu Ziliang and instructed him to draft a telegram, announcing that Annan would officially return to the embrace of China from now on, and inviting An Jiajun to enter Annan to help eliminate the brutal and inhuman French colonial government.

......

Syria, the operational command center of the Anjia Army Headquarters.

An Yi, who was dispatching troops, saw Liu Qing coming with a smile on his face, and knew that something big had been done.

After carefully reading the telegram of the Provisional National Government of Annan, An Yi was relieved, and his face couldn't help but smile, no longer hesitated, and immediately called Yang Fei and Mu Nianyi, deputy chiefs of general staff, to his side and whispered instructions.

The two nodded again and again, and soon took the order.

All action plans have already been drawn up, and now it is the dry season in Annam, and it is the time to facilitate the offensive of the mechanized troops, even if they encounter extreme weather in the next few days, they are not afraid, and in view of all kinds of difficulties, the staff officers of the General Staff have come up with a contingency plan, and there are two sets of alternative plans.

As a commander-in-chief, he was extremely thoughtful and strategizing before the war, but when he really started the war, An Yi felt much more relaxed.

An Yi is not the kind of person who likes to meddle in the specific command of the front, which will only restrain the subjective initiative of the front-line generals and restrict their further development and improvement. The only thing he can guarantee now is that the front-line soldiers can get all kinds of supplies as soon as possible, keep abreast of all kinds of latest intelligence information, and coordinate with each other for the various departments, and the rest will depend on the judgment and on-the-spot performance of the front-line generals.