At the time when Zuo Zongtang led the naval fleet to take the initiative to attack the Red River Military Port, the Qing Army in northern Vietnam was also actively preparing for the battle of crossing the river. At this time, on the north bank of the Red River, a total of 113,000 troops of Lu Yiwei's troops, Liu Mingchuan's troops, and the Black Flag Army had been assembled. The Black Flag Army expanded to 30,000 people in this year, enjoying the same treatment as the Qing Army, both in terms of weapons and equipment, and army salaries. This made Liu Yongfu quite moved, at the beginning when Liu Mingchuan said to Liu Yongfu that the imperial court would replenish the Black Flag Army, he didn't believe it at all, what the rotten imperial court was like, he already knew.

But then he saw the Mather guns and ammunition dragged from one carriage to another, as well as one Gatling machine gun after another, and Liu Yongfu was stupid.

He picked up Mauser and Gatling and looked at it, even after fighting with the French for so many years, there were not a few such good guns, let alone Gatling machine guns. Later, there were still small steel cannons dragging one by one behind the carriage, and he was completely stunned, could it be that this day has really changed?

Over the years, the Black Flag Army has suffered many losses and killed many people because of its backward weapons. With these guns, it is finally possible to avenge the death of those brothers. Liu Yongfu suddenly felt that he was dying for his confidant.

However, most of the soldiers of the Black Flag Army were made up of civilians. There was no formal training, and military technology was poor. The consumption of ammunition is often the highest, but the damage to the French army is really not as great as Liu Mingchuan's troops.

At Liu Yongfu's own request, the imperial court sent trained officers to help with the training of the Black Flag Army. When the newly recruited soldiers from China were supplemented to Liu Mingchuan's ministry and the Black Flag Military Headquarters, Liu Yongfu was also allowed to take the lead in selection.

So at this time, Liu Yongfu was already dead set on the court or the little emperor.

In the all-out counterattack after the victory at Dongling, Lu Yiwei's troops outflanked him in a roundabout way, and his troops' mobility surprised Liu Yongfu. Later, I heard that it was all caused by the little emperor letting the troops train and run in peacetime, and he worshiped the emperor to a level.

In addition, when the Black Flag Army attacked head-on with Liu Mingchuan's troops, they also saw the completely different combat effectiveness of the Qing Army. When people attack, when to retreat, and when to support artillery fire are all rules and regulations, even if the Black Flag Army is proud of its courage, people do not lose half of it, but after a few battles, the Black Flag Army has the smallest results.

If it was said that at the beginning, he cooperated with the Qing army to fight the enemy and still had some nostalgia for the Qing army, then now he is like a student pestering Liu Mingchuan and Lu Yiwei to ask this and that, not to mention the visit and training. He always borrowed the political commissar of the Qing Army to give lessons to his Black Flag Army.

Now that the three troops are preparing for the battle of crossing the river on the north bank of the Red River, the three main responsible persons will meet for this coordinated operation, and the location will be set at Liu Mingchuan's headquarters. In order not to let people gossip, Liu Yongfu set off with his entourage before dawn early in the morning, and finally arrived before noon.

After checking Liu Yongfu's waist card, the soldiers at the camp gate immediately saluted with guns. His eyes are full of respect, the Black Flag Army has been threatening Vietnam for decades, and these days the political commissars are telling his story every day, but I didn't expect to see a real person today, and I can brag when I go back!

Of course, Liu Yongfu didn't know what the soldiers at the camp gate were thinking, he had already been attracted by the training on the field. The practice of dividing the arms and subjects into different subjects can really be described as an order and a prohibition, and there are advances and retreats, and Liu Yongfu is simply dumbfounded.

What is the multi-arm cooperative operation, what is the group charge after the artillery fire covers, and what is the division and encirclement and annihilation one by one. He has learned this advanced training model today.

After watching a group of people over there finish running with weights, they formed a circle and listened to the political commissar telling stories. Curious, he also walked over. The scholar in the crowd was talking about the burning of the Old Summer Palace by the British and French forces, and the scholar was very eloquent, and the soldiers around him were impassioned, and later, even Liu Yongfu couldn't help but be immersed in it.

"Damn, the French devils are too bullying, this time we must let them spit out all the things that robbed us of the Qing Dynasty."

"Yes, it's not twenty years ago that we have been in the Qing Dynasty, and this time the little devil has come and gone."

The scholar-like officer waved his hand to signal everyone to calm down.

"The little devil is definitely going to be beaten, and he has to be beaten hard. The emperor has already issued a clear statement that he will not cut an inch of land or lose a tael of silver. This time we will fight the French to the end, either he will die or I will die. However, when everyone fights, they must not be reckless, and they must listen to the commander. We don't make senseless sacrifices. ”

"Well, what Political Commissar Sun said is right, Wang Huan, a brother in our class, just didn't listen to the squad leader, and told him to lie down and be killed by the bomb. Several of us next to us were all right when they lay down. ”

Everyone nodded their heads when they heard this, and then a sturdy man said to Commissar Sun: "Commissar, my mother has sent a letter." Tell me to work hard, she's cured. Last time, thanks to you for asking your sister-in-law to take her to the doctor, otherwise my mother would have really confessed, my father went early, and my mother brought me up. I can't speak, but I remember your kindness. In a word, as long as I use my place in the future, the political commissar will do it even if you say anything. ”

At this time, Liu Yongfu really felt what it meant to love soldiers like sons and help soldiers solve their family difficulties. Only on the battlefield can soldiers exert 100% energy without scruples. The system of this Qing Army is really perfect, and at this time, how he hopes that his Black Flag Army is also part of the Qing Army.

"Yongfu, you let me find it. I heard that I had come a long time ago, so why didn't you come to the headquarters. Liu Mingchuan's loud voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Liu Yongfu turned around and said with a smile: "Shicai passed by here and observed the training. It's so emotional......"

Liu Mingchuan continued: "I knew you were here, and if you came to me, you would definitely come to observe the training." By the way, didn't the emperor assign you a trained officer? Why are you still stealing teachers? ”

"My Black Flag Army has never been the formation of the Qing Army, although the weapons and equipment are the same as yours. But you see, the imperial court did not send political commissars to our army, and although it assigned training officers, it did not have such training equipment as you. Liu Yongfu said with a dark face.

"Don't say it's the same as the little lady raised, wait until the French are defeated. I will play the emperor to ask for credit for your Black Flag Army, and you will be incorporated into our department. Ha ha. Liu Mingchuan teased.

Liu Yongfu said seriously: "Even if I am a battalion commander, I am willing, but I am afraid that the court will think that my Black Flag Army is a rebel." Don't accept us. ”

"Don't think about it, Xiao Lu has been waiting for a long time. Let's go in first, there's a telegram from the court. Another 50,000 reinforcements were sent here, and General Dong Liang's troops were already on their way. It is estimated that we will be able to reach Guangxi tomorrow, and the imperial court wants us to capture the Honghe military port after the navy. Directly cross the river to seize Nanjun and besiege the French army in Nanxincheng. ”

"Arriving tomorrow? Didn't General Dong guard Zhili? Liu Yongfu was amazed by the mobility of the troops.

"Tianjin to Guangdong has long been connected to the train, and it only takes one day and one night for the troops to travel from Shandong to Guangdong. Those who set off yesterday will go to Guangdong today, and they will not arrive in Guangxi tomorrow, and it is estimated that they will be able to drink with General Dong here tomorrow night. Liu Mingchuan explained.

“……”

Liu Mingchuan didn't wait for Liu Yongfu to speak, and pulled into the command headquarters.

Lu Yiwei was one of the first young generals to study in Germany, and he acted cautiously and thoughtfully. At this time, the route of the march and several strategic points that the troops should capture were being drawn on the map.

Seeing the two generals coming in, he quickly stopped what he was doing and greeted him: "I have long heard that General Liu, the commander of the Black Flag Army, is brave and invincible, and today I saw it really extraordinary. In the lower Lu Yi Wei polite. ”

"You don't want to be crepe. Yongfu, Xiao Lu is our Lu University top student, after graduation, he went to study in the West, military theory is a set, paper homework is my first person in the Qing Dynasty. Liu Mingchuan introduced.

"It turned out to be General Lu Yiwei, the last time I counterattacked, I saw that your troops' roundabout outflanking tactics were very exquisite, and the speed of troop transfer was extremely fast. Its combat effectiveness is also extraordinary. Yongfu admires it to the fullest. Liu Yongfu's eyes were shining, and he said excitedly.

When Lu Yiwei heard this, he just wanted to say a few polite words when he heard Liu Mingchuan shouting next to him: "Are you two evil and disgusting? Xiao Lu, hurry up and bring the map to us for analysis and analysis, how should we fight this battle of crossing the river? ”

Lu Yiwei nodded, took out a map full of various directs and curves from behind him and said: "After the naval division controls the military port, the gunboats will carry out a devastating blow to the river defense fortifications on the south bank of the Red River." As he spoke, he pointed to a straight line that had been drawn and continued: "Our department crosses the river along the western part of the Red River and detours from northwest to southwest, and Brother Liu's department detours from northeast to southeast. General Dong went straight to the southern county town, and the Black Flag Army was in the center to support the various departments. The emperor's telegram ordered the French army to be besieged, not annihilated. I am vain in about the Holy Will, and the emperor's intention should be that he wants to use the tens of thousands of besieging troops of the French army in Vietnam as bargaining chips when negotiating with the French in the future, so that the French will pay reparations and ransom the people. ”

With that, the other two stared at the map with glowing eyes. If this is the case, the whole of Vietnam will be under control.

"Xiao Lu, isn't this encirclement too big? Will the French obediently besiege us in the new city of South? It's close to the sea, and I now have the right to control the sea, so if we really let us surround them there, we don't need to do anything, and the warships of the Navy Division will be finished with two guns. With the fight of tens of thousands of French troops trapped in beasts, concentrating on breaking through to a certain point, are we sure that we will tie the bag firmly? Liu Mingchuan asked worriedly.

"It's hard to do it with our current strength, so the emperor has transferred General Dong and his men over. As long as the southern county is occupied, the French army will not have any chance to break through from the southern new city. As long as the river was crossed, several fortresses in the northwest could hold the French breakout. Brother Liu's troops were outflanked to the rear of the French army, and the legal person was afraid that the enemy would be evacuated to Nanjun on both sides, and General Dong would seize Nanjun at this time......" Lu Yiwei pointed to several strategic points on the map and continued: "Where else can the French army run?" ”

"It's only South New Town." The two said in unison.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and the entire command headquarters burst into laughter......