Wandering between the two tones of the main battle and the main harmony, the Empress Dowager Renxi seemed to hesitate and remained silent for many days. Perhaps with the hint of the Empress Dowager, Prime Minister Yamen, who had always been despised by the Qinglius, became active, first summoning the French Minister to Beijing Baohai to ask why the French attacked Vietnam.

To the surprise of the prime minister's yamen ministers headed by Guo Yunxian, Baohai's answer turned out to be "unclear"!

In fact, when the news of the capture of Hue by the French army came, Bao Hai was also extremely shocked, and he immediately sent a telegram to the French government in Paris asking for details, and expressed his opposition to the war with the Qianguo because of the Vietnamese issue, "If today's Qianguo is just a ridiculous descendant of the comical flag-waving people that the French army fought in 9060, it is obvious that we will be fooled to reconcile with them as I said, Moreover, our prestige and our dignity require us to reject unjustified demands with disdain. But if, in the last 20 years, and especially in the last three years, Qianguo has learned to change its military situation, and that it has the strength to fight us by force for the areas adjacent to it that we want, then it seems to me that we should be fully concerned about the consequences of such a reckless action as attacking Hue, and consider whether we should be cautious and try to avoid a full-scale war. ”

Since the telegraph line between Beijing and Paris needed to be transferred many times, and it took nearly a month to go back and forth, so in this anxious wait, in the face of Guo Yunxian's questioning, he could only helplessly answer "I don't know".

Of course, Guo Yunxian was not satisfied with Baohai's answer, but Baohai's next words made him feel a lot more at ease.

In several meetings, Baohai told Guo Yunxian that the French government would never agree to a war with such a long-term friendly eastern power as Qianguo, and that the French Emperor Napoleon IV and Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Dowager Eugenie had always attached great importance to the friendship with Qianguo, and that Imperial Prime Minister Jouferi had a tendency to colonize and expand abroad. However, he was also very friendly to Qianguo, saying in a letter to him that "I have never thought about the possibility of war between France and Qianguo," that there are too many "common interests" between Qianguo and France, and that a war is "the most stupid and unfortunate thing." ”。 In addition to this, Baohai also swore in his personal name. He will do his best for "peace and friendship between the French Empire and the Great Qian Empire."

After making such assurances, Bao Hai also mentioned with concern that "the current public opinion in Qianguo is biased towards irrational xenophobia, which is likely to affect the actions of officials in the southwest region, because on more than one occasion it has been reported that some cadres are helping bandits of the Black Flag Army hired by the Vietnamese government to attack French nationals," and pointed out that it was probably for this reason that led the French troops stationed in Vietnam to attack Hue. Of course, this is only his own "speculation" and does not represent the French government.

Baohai's words surprised Guo Yunxian. He immediately compiled the content of the meeting with Baohai into a recital, and played the Empress Dowager Renxi, who was shocked when she learned of this situation, and immediately ordered the governors of the southwestern provinces to "immediately play according to the facts and not hide what the situation in Vietnam is!" ”

The Empress Dowager Renxi was waiting for the return of the governor of the southwest, and Baohai was waiting for a call back from the French government, and it was in the waiting time. The situation in Vietnam has become even more complicated.

After the great success of He Luoji. Unable to sit still in Hanoi, he wanted to prove his abilities with a victory. Now that the Treaty of Hue has been signed, the Vietnamese court has ordered the Vietnamese officers and troops to no longer be enemies of France, and at the same time cut off the supply to the Black Flag Army, and ordered the Black Flag Army to withdraw from the vicinity of Hanoi. Wave slippery decided to fall into the well. Launched another blow to Liu Renyi at the most difficult time of the Black Flag Army, redeemed the negative impact of Huaide's defeat, and reshaped his image as a "hero".

However, the blow of the wave slip was a momentary whim, not the result of careful consideration. The wave slip of the brain without turning is still so casual to employ people. Major Corona, the chief of staff who had been unable to save himself in the Battle of Wyder, was once again entrusted with the task of leading a team to reconnoiter the movements of the Black Flag Army. On August 28, 9083, he led his team by boat to the Four Pillars Temple, where the flood had just receded, and after confirming that there was no trace of the Black Flag Army in the area, Major Corona left a company to garrison the Four Pillars Temple, and led the rest of the men along the Red River to the north of Balan Village, and found traces of the Black Flag Army in Danfeng County, north of Balan Village.

The reason why Liu Renyi, who is shrewd and at home, chose Danfeng County to deploy his own reasons, Danfeng County guards the only way to Shanxi, the French can't bypass it, and if you hold Danfeng County, Shanxi can sit back and relax. Danfeng County is surrounded by the Red River on all sides, in order to prevent flood invasion, the county seat is surrounded by a high, double-walled river embankment, easy to defend and difficult to attack, extremely strong. Although the situation in Vietnam was extremely unfavorable to Liu Renyi at this time, and it was no longer possible for the Vietnamese court that signed the Treaty of Hue to give him even a single copper coin of support, the geographical restrictions in Guanshan prevented the Vietnamese officers and troops stationed in Beiqi from Hue to stop confronting the French army and expel the Black Flag Army. Therefore, the morale of the Black Flag Army has not been affected by this unfavorable news for the time being.

Bo Huade, who was worried that he could not find the Black Flag Army, found the Black Flag Army in Danfeng County, and was overjoyed, and he immediately ordered the gunboats of the Far East Fleet to transport the troops to Balan Village in batches. In order to annihilate the Black Flag Army in Danfeng County in one fell swoop, Bo Slip made a lot of money this time, the Tokyo Expeditionary Force dispatched a total of six French companies plus three Vietnamese mercenary companies, and the Far East Fleet was also dispatched.

The six French companies were organized into two regiments, of which the second regiment of the Tokyo Expeditionary Force was under the jurisdiction of the 26th, 27th, and 29th companies, with 250 men each; The 4th Regiment of the Tokyo Expeditionary Force, under the jurisdiction of the 25th, 26th, and 27th companies, each with 250 men; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Companies of the Tokyo Native Infantry, 150 men each; The Far Eastern Fleet of the French Navy is responsible for fire support.

At 5:30 a.m., the three gunboats of the Far East Fleet, "Carbine", "Big Axe", and "Lightning" set off first behind the steamboats "Pelican" and "Haifeng" responsible for guidance, and planned to sail to the waters of the bottom river north of the Danfeng River section, echoing with the other warships of the Far East Fleet south of the Danfeng River section to jointly block the Danfeng River section and cut off the Black Flag Army's way to obtain reinforcements and retreat.

The battle of Danfeng first began on the river, at 7:45 a.m. The three gunboats and two steamboats of the Far Eastern Fleet that arrived in the waters of the bottom river could not distinguish the targets on the shore at all, so the two steamboats went out to the river bank to reconnoiter closely. At the same time, the five sailing boats of the Black Flag Army's pickpocket battalion belonging to Li Tang and Pang Zhenyun, who were ambushed in the harbor on the river bank, suddenly withdrew their camouflage and poured fire on the two small steamboats. The attacked steamboat hurriedly evaded, and at the same time the three gunboats returned fire, and in the panic, the "carbine" ran aground, and the whole boat sat on the riverbed without moving. It became an excellent target for the Black Flag Army gunboats.

In the face of such a critical situation, the "Big Axe" and "Lightning" intensified their artillery fire, and the firepower of the Black Flag gunboats was finally suppressed.

The fighting in the north was fierce, and the south was not quiet.

At 8:30, with the support of the remaining gunboat fire of the Far East Fleet, the French army, led by Vietnamese mercenaries (to put it bluntly, let the Vietnamese be used as human shields to fight to the death with the Black Flag Army to reduce the casualties of the French), and began to attack Danfeng, and the Black Flag Army stationed in Danfeng also discovered the French attack, and dense bullets began to be fired from the Black Flag Army's fortifications. Nevertheless. With the Vietnamese as shields, the French army was still pressing forward step by step with the support of naval guns and camp guns, and the vanguard French army had already crossed the Red River and climbed the commanding heights in front of Danfeng -- the Danfeng River embankment. But when the situation was very good, the Supreme Commander, Major General Bohua, actually made an extremely absurd decision.

On the grounds that the ammunition was consumed too quickly and affected the follow-up battle, he ordered to stop the advance and attack again after making up for it!

This brainless order was soon strongly opposed by Major Berger, who was in charge of outflanking the perimeter, who believed that the cessation of the offensive at this time undoubtedly gave the Black Flag Army a breathing time, and that it was necessary to make persistent efforts to expel the Black Flag Army from Danfeng County in one fell swoop, and at this time, the French attack forward was less than 100 meters away from the fortifications of the Danfeng Black Flag Army. Hence his strong insistence. The attack resumed after a moment's pause, and it was Major Berger himself who led the attack.

Major Berger was an orthodox military man. He threw down his artillery and ordered all his French and Vietnamese soldiers to stick their bayonets in their rifles, "Forward!" For France! "The fighting French army rushed through the embankment, rushed into the villages on the outskirts of Danfeng County, and engaged in a brutal white-knuckle battle with the Black Flag troops stationed there.

In the face of the bayonet charge of the French army, the defenses of the Black Flag Army collapsed on all fronts. If it weren't for the fact that the Black Flag Army opened fire in time at some of the bunkers in the village, it would have stopped the French army's bayonet charge. The French army probably drove the Black Flag Army out of Danfeng County in one fell swoop that day.

At dawn on 2 September, the "Carbine," which had run aground in the previous day's operation, managed to get out of trouble, but soon the ship's boiler broke out again, and the warship remained "fixed" in the river. At this juncture, a Black Flag army of about 2,000 people marched from the direction of Shanxi. The rapid march towards Danfeng County, only the "Big Axe" and a lone ship obviously could not intercept this Black Flag Army, so most of the Black Flag Army still rushed to Danfeng County, and the Black Flag Army, which had been strengthened by the new force, had the confidence to fight a tug-of-war with the French army around the Danfeng Embankment. Just as the French army was gradually gaining the upper hand, General Slippery again ordered the entire army to retreat and abandon the operation. This time there was no Bayonet charge from Major Berger, and the French troops did not disobey Bo Slip's order, and all units withdrew from the battlefield in an orderly manner. The Battle of Danfeng, which was launched by Bo Slip on his own initiative, ended in a tiger's end again.

After the war, Bo Slip claimed an unprecedented victory, and while he was lavishly rewarding his deeds, he reached out to the country to ask for soldiers and money, but at this time one person was not happy. This person is He Luozhen!

Bo Slip twice launched military operations against the Black Flag Army in a hurry, and both of them did his own thing, completely refusing to treat him, the supreme chief executive of Tokyo, as a dish, which made He Luoji, who had regarded himself as the boss of Tokyo since the beginning of his tenure, very angry and felt that he had been greatly insulted. Therefore, taking advantage of the defeat of Waidebo, He Luozhen sent a letter to Bohua to express his dissatisfaction with his contempt for himself. However, in the view of Bo Slip, who also regards face as life, this letter from He Luojiao is equivalent to kicking his nose in the face and openly provoking him, so Bo Slip immediately wrote to the French government: "There are insinuations and slander in this letter", in view of the fact that there was no one to replace Bo Slip's position in the Tokyo Expeditionary Force at that time, so He Luojiao chose to compromise in this round.

But this time, Bo Hua launched the Danfeng Battle without authorization, and He Luoji, who felt that he was being ignored again, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and angrily wrote a series of strongly worded protest letters to Bo Hua. He was reminded by harsh words that he had no right to command the Tokyo Expeditionary Force independently, and that he was the master of the Beiqi region, not Bo Slip. "I remind you that you cannot communicate directly with the Ministry. You are not at all in the position of the head of the French Corps, it is me, not you, on behalf of the government! ”

And Bo Slip also did not show weakness and ridiculed He Luozhen for not understanding military affairs. In Bo Slip's eyes, He Luozhen was a military layman, so he didn't take He Luoji's instructions to heart from the beginning, but was vigilant against any attempt by He Luozhen to interfere in the military. The tip of the needle is on the wheat mang. The two sides have been in trouble all the way to the Navy and the Colonial Department, saying that there is no room for mediation, and that there is only one left on both sides.

But what they didn't expect was that the Navy and the Colonial Department chose to ignore the contradictions between the two of them.

Bo Hua and Ho wrote letters to the Navy and the Colony Office one after another, but they were not heard from, and to their surprise, the Navy and the Colony Department did not even send telegram instructions.

Wave Slip and Ho Lo had no idea that at this time, the Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, Liejubury, was in trouble. How can you care about the contradictions between the two of them!

After learning that the French army had captured Hue and forced the Vietnamese government to sign the "Hue Treaty", the French public quickly learned about this "great feat" through media reports, and public opinion immediately divided into two camps and began a fierce quarrel.

Expansionists saw Ho Lo Ho's actions as an unprecedented success, making Vietnam a French protectorate. It expanded France's colonial interests in Vietnam and demonstrated the strength of France - the Franco-Prussian War was invaded by the Prussian army into mainland France, which caused serious damage to the image of France as the first military power on the European continent. The success of Vietnam, which has long made the French feel that they cannot hold their heads up, is an event that deserves special mention.

The opposition figures took a completely different view, arguing that the capture of Hue, the capital of Vietnam, and the signing of the alliance under the city were only a "superficial victory", and that North Vietnam was still in the hands of Vietnamese officers and Black Flag troops. They also have the support of the Qianguo army behind them,

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