How far is Hue from Saigon? Almost two thousand miles. The distance in a straight line is 1,300 miles.

How far is Hue from Da Nang? It's only two hundred miles, only one hundred and seventy or eighty miles to be exact.

Liu Xian's [Virtual Map] can clearly cover the Da Nang battlefield now, but for the war in Nanqi, it is beyond the reach of the whip. All of them rely on the fast horse letter to communicate with each other.

As soon as Du Bailei appeared in Da Nang, Liu Xian's attention was all focused on this point. It's not that he didn't doubt that there would be a war in Nanqi, but Liu Xian also knew a lot about France's strength in Vietnam, and after the war reached this point, without European support, Du Bailei really couldn't turn the tables.

Huang Jiyan was already about to attack Ha Xian, and Wu Zhongping's men and horses were close to Saigon. The French who had completely retreated their troops, the garrisons of the three western provinces were empty, and Huang Jiyan lagged behind Wu Zhongping in the initial stage, but now his progress has completely surpassed Wu Zhongping. The French army in the three eastern provinces also focused on Saigon.

Wu Zhongping will never be able to take Saigon. However, such progress of the Vietnamese army will inevitably add a big bargaining chip to the Chinese and Vietnamese sides in the Guangzhou negotiations. The good prospect made Liu Xiandu begin to have unrealistic delusions, thinking that if Li Hongzhang could help Vietnam, he would return to the three western provinces [Ha Tien, Vinh Long, and An Giang], which had been completely lost six years ago...... Then, the reputation of the Manchu Qing will reach its peak in the Vietnamese government and the opposition, directly overshadowing Liu Xian.

After all, Liu Xian at this moment is also a member of the Manchu system.

Liu Xian also thought that if Li Hongzhang could not negotiate a good result with the French in such a good situation, let the Nanqi provinces, which the Vietnamese had 'recovered', return to the French himself...... Then, the reputation and status of the Manchus in the hearts of the people of the people of Vietnam will be lost. This can even lower Liu Xian's status in the hearts of the Vietnamese court.

But in this way, when Liu Xian will raise troops to the north, the east, and the west in the future, the south road will have no worries.

The disadvantages and gains and losses here are for Li Hongzhang, not Liu Xian. Liu Siam, who is in Hue, just sat and watched the situation change.

Therefore, regarding the sudden war in Da Nang, Liu Xian only asked people to quickly write to Wu Zhongping. Let him be a little more careful when 'besieging' Saigon.

In such a critical situation, Du Bailei still dares to transfer troops to fight back against Da Nang, so he will have something.

It's just that Liu Xian, who is brainy, didn't expect that the Spaniards would wade into the troubled waters of Vietnam again, and directly lend three battalions to Du Bailei. So that the French suddenly had more than a thousand regular European soldiers in Saigon. Although the combat effectiveness of these Spanish soldiers is more than a step weaker than that of the pure French army, they can still deal with the Vietnamese who 'have no tiger and monkey in the mountains and are kings'!

Moreover, since the Vietnamese army attacked southward, it has made rapid progress and has been invincible. The blue ribbons and a handful of French soldiers could not stop their offensive at all. Even if you are a calm general, it is time for you to be fluttering. It's an old saying that a proud soldier will be defeated, but there is definitely truth in it.

Hue City has also been full of laughter and laughter in the past month, and it is lively and happy as if it were a festival. The life of the Qin army was also very comfortable, the high-level generals had a small banquet on the third day and a big banquet on the fifth day, and the civil and military forces of the Ruan Dynasty were grateful to Dade, and the sincerity of the invitation made Liu Xian and others unable to refuse. The middle- and lower-level officers and low-level soldiers who stayed in the battalion were also full of fat, and cattle, fresh fish, vegetables, melons and fruits, and polished rice were delivered almost every two or three days. It is not forbidden to drink alcohol in the army during wartime, and there must be good wine.

When a soldier goes out, when he returns to the camp, his body and hands must be stuffed and full of things. Paralyzed, the 'military and civilian fish and water situation' that Qin Jun could not enjoy in China, but in Vietnam, a foreign country, he tasted it first. Even if Liu Xian always had a pimple about Vietnam in his heart and regarded it as a white-eyed wolf, he had to admit that at least the Vietnamese government and opposition at the moment were sincere and sincere to the Qin army.

The joy of the gentry and the common people inside and outside Hue continued until the news of Wu Zhongping's defeat returned. More than 2,000 new troops escaped more than 1,000 people, and tens of thousands of old troops only survived less than 3,000.

The joy of the Manchu Dynasty immediately froze, and the hot passion was extinguished by this sudden cold water. Emperor De, whose body had not healed, fell ill in bed again.

Liu Xian suddenly realized at this time that Du Bailei's entry into Da Nang was a bright light bulb, which was specially used to attract the attention of Liu Xian and even the entire Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam. His real killer weapon is in Saigon!

The Qin army sent sniper units and sharp knife teams, both of which suffered a considerable proportion of losses. Liu Xian immediately raised 2,000 troops, led the garrison brigade first, and Xiang Fa led the next three brigades to the rear, leaving Liu Zhuo to lead the rest of the troops and continue to sit in Hue City.

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Deng Kai didn't die, not even injured. In the defeated army, it is completely impossible for one person's martial arts to save the situation, but it is used to break through and escape, but it is full of effect. Moreover, in the chaos of the army, he also rescued the sniper's old acquaintance - Chen Wuzhong.

It's just that in this place of Nanqi, the people are not familiar with the place, and they don't even understand the language, so the two of them are completely lost. Except for knowing to run north, the others are completely indistinguishable.

After the defeat of Wu Zhongping, the counterattack of the Franco-Spanish coalition army advanced quickly, and under the servant of a large number of blue ribbon soldiers, the front line was pushed from the Saigon line to Gia Dinh Province in just a few days, and it can be said that the two have now fallen into the enemy-occupied area.

If that's all there is, it's nothing. The trouble is that a large number of Vietnamese traitors who fled to Saigon in the process of the Vietnamese officers and troops moving south, just like the returning regiments, quickly took control of the Nam Chi area with the counterattack of the Fasian troops. Deng Kai and Chen Wuzhong were on the road, and once encountered a defeated Vietnamese army of 1,200 people, and naturally merged with it, but the team was unable to move quickly under the obstruction of the Vietnamese traitor army, and was finally dragged to a French army of about 100 people. Deng Kai and Chen Wuzhong could only escape again, and because of their status as Qin soldiers, they were closely pursued by the Vietnamese traitors and French troops.

Chen Wuzhong's marksmanship was much better than Deng Kai's, and he counted with the gun, and there were twenty or thirty people chasing after the Yue traitors on the opposite side, and Deng Kai had no intention of aiming and shooting at all, the distance was too far. With his marksmanship, the fight is also a waste of bullets.

Chen Wuzhong aimed at the heads of the floating rebel forces, these guys are not very easy to start, and they are more difficult to deal with than the blue ribbon soldiers. Not only because their weapons are stronger than the blue ribbon soldiers of the previous era, or even the last two eras, but also because these people themselves are ruffians and scoundrels, and they are very slippery, and they are even more slippery than loaches when they exert their strength. Moreover, they are very familiar with geography, and their greedy and fearful personality makes them always hide as their first purpose. Chen Wuzhong's fight against the blue belt soldiers is as easy as hitting a target, but it is much more difficult to hit them.

Chen Wuzhong was attentive, his hands were not idle, he aimed at the target with his heart, and the first bullet was shot out with a 'bang', and a person more than 200 meters away immediately burst out of his head with a large blood splash, and the person fell backwards on his back. Deng Kai gave Chen Wuzhong a thumbs up, in the end, he was the squad leader of the sniper unit. "No matter how cunning a fox is, it can't escape the eyes of a hunter."

Chen Wuzhong smiled.

"Hit two more and shake these grandsons."

Chen Wuzhong's face was full of confidence, the distance of more than 200 meters, as of 100 meters, he could always beat three or two more people. Then he focused on a target, and saw the short, thin little man, lying on the ground for a while, rolling into the grass for a while, and then hiding behind the trunk of a tree, really careful.

But Chen Wuzhong never shifted the target, and at the moment when the man jumped from a bush, a second gunshot rang out, and the man was shot through the head before he could land.

The pursuing Vietnamese traitor forces crawled on the ground again, Chen Wuzhong and Deng Kai did not continue to stay here, and took advantage of this opportunity to crawl outside. The bullets behind him crackled, and the fighting was lively, but they were still far away from Deng Chen and the others. The pursuit continued, counting the two people here, Chen Wuzhong had already killed six of the other party, and the gun shot him in the head, but the enemy still chased after him. It's a pity that the leader is particularly cunning, and he never surfaced, so he just calmed down!

Wu Wenbo's eyes were about to breathe fire, he pinched the pistol heavily, and forcibly suppressed his impulse, he felt very bad now. As the son-in-law of the Jiading clan, when did he Wu Dashao suffer such humiliation?

But for the two Qin soldiers in front of him, he was really afraid. In just a few miles, he killed six of his subordinates, and no matter how angry he was now, he didn't dare to stick out his head and take a big look. However, Chen Wuzhong's expression also made Wu Wenbo more determined to pursue. Such a powerful person must be the elite of the Qin army.

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In Guangzhou, another meeting began.

Luo Shuya's face was very calm, and with the strong support of the British and the complete change in the situation of the Vietnam War, the lions on the Chinese and Vietnamese sides opened their mouths. bluntly said that they would recover the six provinces of Nanqi and Da Nang, leaving only Saigon and Kunlun Island to the French. It would be strange if Luo Shuya's face was really good-looking! But his face was calm today.

No, not just today, but for the past week, Luo Shuya's face and his feelings have been very calm.

Ali Guo once wondered, did Luo Shuya have also given up? Just wait for the envoy from Paris to come, and sign the treaty of agreement!

Negotiations have been going on for more than a month, and in previous negotiations, the support of Belgium, Spain and even the United States was exhausted in front of the British, Chinese and Vietnamese. What is even more 'desperate' is that Paris made a formal decision a few days ago not to send army and sea troops to the Far East, which is tantamount to an indirect admission of defeat.

Du Bailei was relieved of his position as governor, and now he is only an acting governor.

Luo Shuya is capable of it, and when he has given up in Paris, he is also a clever woman who has no rice! The 'help' of Belgium, the United States, and Spain will not save anything in a real sense. None of these three countries are truly powerhouses.

To say that Luo Shuya is in such a situation, it is not ashamed to choose to give up, and it is not difficult to understand. Is he really at the end of his ropes? R1152