To tell the truth, Liu Yongfu is fucking up, leading his troops to kill a colonel and a captain of the French. The people of the Qing Dynasty felt that this person was a hero, and it was easy to understand. Because Daqing has been bullied too many times, he finally has a surprising bubbling ability to argue with foreigners. The whole people were excited, and it was not surprising that there were voices of praise for a while. Although there was a big businessman in the Northeast before, Wang Yi's gang was a bandit, and they were not of the same mind as the Qing Dynasty at all, so now the people of the Qing Dynasty feel more like watching fake foreign devils.

Comrade Willy Lee was killed, and the news was transmitted back to France, and the French people were also indignant. The French people probably never thought that there was anything wrong with their expansion around the world, raping local women, massacring local civilians, exterminating local culture, and plundering local resources. Moreover, how could the glory of France, which had been suppressed by Germany for ten years, and the soul of the French army, which was sunk by the big merchants, give up lightly.

So the contradictions between the two sides began to gather in the poor place of Annam, and the French went north, north, and then north. The Qing Dynasty is not allowed to go north, and if it is not allowed to go north, it is not allowed to go north.

And the first stumbling block of the French was the Black Flag Army, Liu Yongfu.

So Liu Dajiao's third French opponent finally appeared in front of him - the commander of the French army in Saigon and the commander of the Beiqi fleet, General Po Slip. Lao Liu's opponent is bigger than An Ye and Li Weili before, it was originally a captain, a colonel, and now this is a general.

Since the bombing and sinking of sixty percent of the warships by the Great Shang, the Tokyo Fleet formed by France finally arrived in Annam under the leadership of Rear Admiral Guba, and reunited with the remaining French regional fleets in China and Japan to form the French Far East Fleet.

At this time, the death of the king of Viet Nguyen Phuc, so Guba took the opportunity to send troops to capture Hue, the capital of Annam, and then forced them to sign the Treaty of Hue. As soon as Qiē settled down, the first task of the French army naturally became to suppress bandits, and this slope slippery general finally appeared in front of Liu Yongfu.

The French actually attached great importance to Liu Yongfu, after all, they suffered two big losses at his hands, otherwise they would not have been able to send a general over. However, General Po Slip himself did not seem to treat the Black Flag Army seriously, and when he appeared with red eyes, the two armies happened to meet on the Huaide-Danfeng line. General Po Slip did not learn a lesson from his two fallen colleagues, how to say that the Black Flag Army has also improved its military quality slightly after several real battles. Coupled with Lao Liu's temptation with money, the morale of the Black Flag Army soared completely!

The Black Flag Army on the battlefield dug strong fortifications, and also rammed the French Army with the Black Flag Army as bandits. The result can be imagined, after a head-to-head confrontation in ping-pong, the French army charged many times, all of which ended in failure.

The originally ambitious general Slope Slippery was beaten in the face, and it is estimated that it was indispensable to be anxious and angry during those days.

But I have to say, this fool is really stupid! The French had no choice but to take the Black Flag Army, but God was blind at this time, and he took the side of the * forces regardless of his position. After a few heavy thunderstorms in Kaka, the pouring rain washed away the hard-working fortifications of the Black Flag Army. Without fortifications, Liu Yongfu also knew that he could not defend it, so the Black Flag Army had to withdraw from the battlefield.

Speaking of which, this matter is also quite mysterious, in the usual tradition of China, if the country suffers a disaster, the emperor will make an edict against himself. But the Black Flag Army didn't seem to be like this, and after a defeat was reported back to China, it turned out to be a big victory under the encouragement of a group of literati.

When Wang Yi saw the battle report, he didn't understand how the Qing court Jingshi and the Qingliu literati could masturbate and self-orgasm to such a point!

In this battle, the Black Flag Army retained its strength, but lost its territory. The French occupied the territory, but did not achieve the strategic goal of exterminating the Black Flag Army. As a result, it was a tie for both sides at best, and the Black Flag Army had to take advantage of a little disadvantage. But in the end, both sides emerged victorious.

Wang Yi wondered, "Could it be that I was defeated?" ”

Although both sides have elements of self-boasting, they summarize the post-war ...... But the two sides are very different!

In the Qing Dynasty, there were people who introspected, but in the face of the suppression of Qingliu speech represented by Comrades Li Hongzao, Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Peilun and Chen Baochen, every introspection was a speech of surrender. * It's a paper tiger! Of course, this kind of talk is easy, and it is not responsible, the most important thing is that Lafayette loves to listen!

The French, on the other hand, summed up two points. The first is to avoid going head-on with a well-fortified defender. The second is to increase the fire support during attacks. Right or wrong, let's not talk about it for the time being, no matter how to make the layman listen to it, it is also reliable. The Qing Dynasty did the opposite, and Liu Yongfu became the god of war because of his defeat.

It is said that on this day, Liu Yongfu was thinking about retreating to Baosheng, and his temporary military advisor Tang Jingsong finally arrived from the Qing Dynasty, and the two chatted while drinking tea.

Tang Jingsong, whose name is Weiqing, is a native of Guanyang County, Guilin, Guangxi, and a jinshi in the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865) in the Qing Dynasty. Three years later, he was sent to the Ministry of Officials as an alternate director. Tang Jingsong has been doing chores here, for 15 years, plus 3 years for a total of 18 years, for him who has been determined to "cultivate his heart, work together, govern the country, and level the world" since he was a child, he is really a little tortured, so there is always a call in his heart: Lafayette, let my brother go out to find an opportunity to break into an earth-shattering career!

Because he was a native of Guangxi, Tang Jingsong often missed the situation in his hometown, and finally waited for Cixi Lafayette to open his grace, and was appointed by Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, to let him go to Vietnam to contact Liu Yongfu. Inspired by patriotism and high-ranking officials, Lao Liu decided to let Tang Jingsong become his own military advisor, and then fought a bad battle. Not to mention, he killed the commander of the French Northern Fleet, Li Willy. Now Tang Jingsong has become the liaison coordinator between the Gui Army, the Dian Army, the Black Flag Army and the Anti-French and Vietnamese Army.

"Wei Qing, I don't know if there is any good news when I come back from China this time?" Liu Yongfu said with anticipation.

Tang Jingsong stroked the beard on his chin, smiled slightly, and said, "Vice President Liu...... No, it's time to call Lord Liu the military gate! ”

Liu Yongfu was stunned for a moment, and then his heart was overjoyed.

"The imperial court has issued an edict to appoint you as the commander of the three proclamations, reward you with flowers, allocate 20,000 taels of silver, and a number of instruments."

Liu Yongfu was overjoyed after hearing this, and thanked Tang Jingsong for his kindness, but at this time, Tang Junshi's face sank, and he said: "Now the French have begun to assemble ......."

"This official has also heard of it, what does Wei Qing mean?"

"The imperial court has already made a plan, we are advancing in the east and west, all the way is the old general Huang Guilan of the Huai army leading the Gui army into the important town of Bac Ninh. And we are sent to Shanxi. Shanxi is the gateway, and if Shanxi does not defend it, the gateway of Baosheng will be withdrawn, and there will be no source of food. If this continues, we will just sit back and wait. ”

Liu Yongfu thought for a while, nodded, and said, "What Wei Qing said is reasonable!" ”

To be honest, Daqing actually didn't have too many problems with these decisions, which should be said to be quite wise. Bac Ninh and Shanxi are the two most important grain producing areas, from Hanoi to Lang Son, and have solved a great logistical problem. These two places are each other's horns, controlling the waterways of the Red River, which the French army dreamed of, and then looking at Hanoi. One east and one west are stepping on the door of the French army, how dare they wait and ignore it? Besides, if the French army wants to continue to attack and advance northward, it must also knock Shanxi and Bac Ninh, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future.

While the decision is good, the efficiency of execution is a real problem. Originally, no matter how famous the Black Flag Army was, it would not be their turn to defend Shanxi. According to the decree of the Qing court at the end of November 1883 to divide the eastern and western battlefields of Beiqi, the western front battlefield where Shanxi is located belongs to a legendary veteran who started from Rong in his early years and started with a regiment training with his talents, and accumulated military merits and rose to the rank of a feudal official. However, Cen Yuying, who was struggling for a long time, was unable to step into Shanxi City until Shanxi finally fell, and Shanxi's defense was still under the responsibility of Liu Yongfu and Tang Jingsong, and Cen Yuying played remote command.

Nima, isn't this a cheat?

As far as the command system of the Qing army is concerned, it is still playing with heralds, and the telegraph is not set up. Back then, this set of things couldn't even be defeated by the Taiping Army and the Twist Army, so it was really good to forget the pain. Now it is the former world's No. 1 Army that is facing it, and the result can be imagined.

However, no matter what you say, Liu Yongfu and Tang Jingsong of the Western Route Army are still sincerely united and share the same hatred. But when it comes to the Eastern Route Army guarding Bac Ninh, it is really ...... In Wang Yi's words, the traditional problem of the three monks has arisen again!

Let's talk about Xu Yanxu, the commander-in-chief of the brand, the word Xiaoshan, a native of Linqing, Shandong, and a Jinshi in Xianfengnian. is full of useless economic wealth, and has rich experience as an official. Because he has been engaged in Vietnam affairs for a long time, he has some understanding of Vietnam, so he later wrote a popular science book about Vietnam's mountains, rivers, landforms, customs and customs. Although the level is inferior and full of mistakes, for the Qing court officials who do not go out of the capital much, Xu Yanxu naturally has the impression of an expert on Vietnam.

In 1875, Lao Xu, who was a scholar, actually led troops into Vietnam to help suppress the leader of the "Yellow Flag Army" Huang Chongying, who was said to be an out-and-out traitor. To everyone's surprise, Xu Yanxu actually decided the battle in a real battle, captured the bandit leader by Shun, escorted the capital, and handed it over to the emperor. It is precisely because of this action that he has another evaluation of the soldiers in the imperial court.

Speaking of which, Xu Yanxu is a good person, warm-hearted, and likes to help others. Regardless of colleagues or neighbors who encounter major disasters or small disasters, the kind and generous Lord Xu will definitely donate generously to help tide over the difficulties! Of course, he also got a good relationship because of this. One of his fundees, named Lu Chuanlin, successively served as the prefect of Guilin, the envoy of Fujian, the political envoy of Sichuan, the governor of Henan, the governor of Shaanxi, the governor of Guangdong, the governor of Jiangsu, the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Liangguang, and after 1901, he became the minister of military aircraft. And this person is the leader of the Qingliu today, the big celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi - Zhang Zhidong's third brother-in-law.

Zhang Zhidong, who knows how to repay the favor, is naturally grateful when he sees that people help his third brother-in-law so much. Coupled with Xu Yanxu's familiarity with Vietnam and his reputation as a soldier, he immediately promoted him to become the political envoy of Guangxi in front of Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, which was 1882. Because he was afraid that the local snakes in Guangxi would not buy it, the Qing court issued another order to Ni Wenwei, the governor of Guangxi, in 1883. "After the arrival of the feudal department, if the border defense is urgent, he will immediately send an order to supervise the customs and supervise it, so as to be effective." To put it simply, you have to cooperate with Comrade Xu Yanxu's work, and you also gave Xu Yanxu the right to perform special work.

To say that the power in Xu Yanxu's hands is big enough, but Zhang Zhidong is still not at ease, so he used all his strength, and joined forces with Zhang Peilun, Chen Baochen, Zhou Derun, Liao Shouheng, Hong Jun and other Qingliu generals to dispatch together to ask the Empress Dowager to decree that the future hero Feng Zicai, the governor of Guangxi, and Ni Wenwei, the governor of Guangxi, mentioned earlier, were transferred away. The reason why Feng Zicai was transferred away was that his old man had participated in the impeachment of Xu Yanxu, who was the prefect of Taiping at the time, when he was in Tongzhi for ten years. Now Lord Xu is "making a comeback" with the order of the Son of Heaven. Zhang Zhidong thinks that Feng Zicai, who was born in a martial artist, will naturally not buy this scholar who participated in the impeachment back then, and Lord Xu will inevitably suffer a loss.

However, before Zhang Zhidong and others' actions could bear fruit, Feng Zicai, who was far away in Guangxi, heard the rumors, and thought that instead of being taken away by a very faceless person, it was better to take care of his illness and old age first, so he resigned from the post of governor of Guangxi in June of the ninth year of Guangxu, and the vacancy was temporarily taken over by Huang Guilan, the general of Beining.

Compared with Feng Zicai's sense of smell, Ni Wenwei is not a little worse. insisted on staying in the position and not leaving, and later Zhang Peilun said in front of Cixi, "Ni Wenwei is good at official affairs, and the battle formation is not customary, foreign affairs are not customary, border affairs are not practiced, and officials are not generals." If you move to the mainland, and don't know that the soldiers will patrol Guangxi, the Central Plains will have a virtuous fu, and you will get one side of the material along the Xinjiang, and you will also have the best of both ways. ”

When the so-called sapwood, of course, is none other than Xu Yanxu, and later Ni Wenwei was really transferred to become the governor of Guangzhou, and it was Xu Yanxu who replaced him.

Xu Yanxu, who received the appointment, did not slack off, and immediately arrived and soon stationed in Langshan, the rear base of the Qing army on the Eastern Front at that time, but he refused to go forward again. Beining was too close to the enemy, Xu Yanxu didn't look at his age, the older he was, the more afraid he was of death, and then threw all the things about the war to Huang Guilan, the governor of Guangxi stationed in Beining, and Zhao Wo, a Guangxi Taoist who was quite trusted by Lao Xu.

So in the Eastern Route Army stationed in Bac Ninh, two strange flowers appeared. Huang Guilan is the right route army, and Zhao Wo is the left route army, but they are on the same page. The reason for the discord between the two is very simple. Huang Guilan is a veteran of the battlefield, crawling out of the pile of dead. And Zhao Wo, a Taoist, has no experience in leading troops, and the reason why he can lead troops to the battle is only because of Xu Yanxu's trust. Therefore, Huang Guilan looks down on Zhao Wo. And Zhao Wo also looked down on Huang Guilan, this is the Qing Dynasty, although the country is determined by martial arts, but because of congenital reasons, the Manchus have always been surrounded by the Han people. Therefore, how can the Han people not rebel, and the tricks they can come up with are nothing more than emphasizing literature over martial arts, and respecting and humbling martial arts. And Zhao Wo, who was born as a Taoist, thinks that he is a red Miaozheng, and Huang Guilan is just a horseman, coupled with Xu Yanxu's trust, that guy is imposing and doesn't take Huang Guilan in his eyes at all.

Between the two front-line commanders, you look down on me, and I don't look down on you. At first, the left and right route armies were able to be safe and sound when they were stationed in Bac Ninh and Taiyuan respectively, but after Zhao Wo led his army to move to Bac Ninh and joined forces with Huang Guilan in December 1883, the conflict between the two gradually became public. There are no major conflicts, and there are constant small frictions. And Xu Yanxu's arm always turned to Zhao Wo, and he actually pulled a bias there, and after thinking about it, it seemed that he had some conscience, and in order not to offend Lao Huang, he simply ignored it. It's a pity that Huang Guilan can't stand alone, and out of sight is pure. Don't talk about contradictions, hide them in your heart. Zhao Wo is also quite "cooperative". The contradictions between the two were backlogged on the spot, and they no longer stabbed Lord Xu.

This time it was Xu Yanxu's turn to catch the blind, and when he saw that the two of his subordinates had no movement, he thought that he had trained well and mastered it well, and Xu Yanxu, who thought he was peaceful, did not know that the command class of Bac Ninh had fallen apart.

Annan's news gradually reached Wang Yi's hands, and he also had a good idea of the contradictions between the two people on the East Road.

Wu Xiao said at this time: "Captain, now according to the situation in the northern part of Annan, it is very likely that the Guan army will choose to attack Liu Yongfu and Tang Jingsong's Shanxi City first. For, according to reports from the front, after careful exploration of the course of the Red River, the French found a route that could be used by gunboats in December. This meant that the powerful could enter and exit the Red River at will within this section to provide heavy fire support for the attacking French army. And more importantly, attacking Shanxi first can avoid the embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts and being attacked by the enemy on the back to the greatest extent. ”

Wu Xiao paused and pointed on the map: "Due to the particularity of the geographical location, if the French army attacks Bac Ninh first, it needs to cross the Red River with a width of 1,200 meters and the fast-flowing Xinhe River. Then the French army will be 'dumplings', and there is a danger that the whole army will be annihilated. If Shanxi is attacked first, the above two rivers will become a huge obstacle for the defenders of Bac Ninh to rescue Shanxi. With the offensive capabilities of the French army, there should be no problem in taking Shanxi before the Qing army in Bac Ninh reaches Shanxi. ”

The other staff officers looked at it carefully, and most of them agreed with him.

Wang Yi said at this time: "What is the garrison situation in Shanxi now?" ”

Wang Xiaoxiao, chief of the General Staff, took the information and said: "Liu Yongfu is the eighth battalion of the Black Flag Army, which has about 3,000 people and is the main force. In addition, Huang Guilan, who was guarding Beining, sent two battalions of Jia Wengui and Tian Fuzhi, and although Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, came back, he also sent Mo Dongcheng and other three battalions of the Dian army to reinforce Shanxi. These five battalions together were about 1,600 people. They were all dressed in the uniforms of the Black Flag Army, under the banner of the Black Flag Army. In this way, the number of defenders of Shanxi City reached nearly 7,000 people. Considering the on-the-ground supply capacity of Shanxi City, this garrison force is not small. In addition, the Qing court also secretly received several batches of arms and food from the Black Flag Army, and even included more than 20 small flowering cannons produced in Yunnan with the handwriting had been eradicated. ”

Wu Xiao added: "Liu Yongfu's current key defense project is the river embankment fortress, if this place is lost, Shanxi City itself will lose the meaning of guarding." Because the French army that controlled the embankment could bring up their river fleet and bombard the entire Shanxi city with impunity. Its abundant and dense firepower was enough to reduce the fortifications painstakingly managed by the Shanxi defenders to pieces of scorched earth. Thus, the troops garrisoned at the embankment fortress amounted to seven battalions. The front battalion, left battalion, main battalion, and deputy battalion of the Black Flag Army guard the east gate of Shanxi. The Black Flag Army's Li Tang Battalion and the Gui Army's Jia Wengui added one and a half battalions to guard the north gate. The south gate was guarded by the three battalions of the Yunnan army. Huang Zuoyan's 2,000 Vietnamese troops were scattered in the countryside outside the south gate of Shanxi City. Liu Yongfu himself sat in the outer city to command the battle, while Tang Jingsong led 80 personal soldiers to the inner city. ”

The king nodded and said, "What about the French?" ”

Wang Xiao said: "Judging from the current situation, if the French army attacks Shanxi, most of them will adopt the strategy of advancing by land and water. Among them, the land route was a feint, and the waterway was outflanked, and the river embankment fortress was taken first. ”

Lone's actions confirmed the speculations of the staff officers of the Dashang Insurance Team.

On December 11, 1883, after the troops and logistics were ready, Guba led 6,000 French troops out of Hanoi and drove all the way to Shanxi in a murderous manner. More than 3,000 people were on the waterway, taking three large gunboats, dozens of small gunboats, and civilian ships all the way up the Honghe, and more than 2,600 people by land crossed the Danfeng River and approached Shanxi.

The Shanxi Offensive and Defensive Battle began at 9 a.m. on December 14, 1883.

Under the cover of heavy river guns and Harbecis hand-cranked machine guns, the French attacked the fortress of Fusha Village to the east of the river embankment fortress. Under the disparity of firepower, the Black Flag Army guarding the Fusha Fortress was defeated, and three hours later, at 12 o'clock at noon, the Fusha Village Fortress was lost. Liu Yongfu was not slow to react, and transferred the four battalions of the Black Flag Army that originally defended the east gate to launch a counterattack, and the counterattack point chosen was also quite shrewd, and about 2,000 Black Flag troops were directly inserted between the French army on land and the water gunboats to flank them. The fierce artillery fire of the French River Fleet suddenly lost its target, and they ceased fire one after another, for fear of accidentally injuring their own people.

However, Lone was not slow to react, stopped the attack, and switched to the defense on the spot, giving full play to the superiority of the French army's firepower. The field guns frantically slammed into the field, and the Haggaeus machine gunners shook the handle that drove the barrel to rotate like clockwork, and the dense fire poured down on the onrushing Black Flag troops.

The Black Flag Army's ferocious counter-attack was contained, and the two large-scale counterattacks launched thereafter were also in vain. By four o'clock in the afternoon, the French had begun to re-attack, and the devastated Black Flag Army was unable to resist. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the embankment fortress, which was vital to the city of Shanxi, was lost.

Liu Yongfu was shocked and immediately organized people to take back the river embankment fortress.

As the saying goes: there must be brave men under the heavy reward! Under Liu Yongfu's promise that "those who climb the river embankment first, quasi-conservative and prepare flowers", and cut down a legal person's head and double the bounty. A death squad was quickly organized, and in the eyes of the Black Flag officers and soldiers, the official position and silver dollars were the source of their desperate motivation.

At about one o'clock in the morning of December 15, 1883, the temporary camp of the French army on the river embankment was suddenly attacked by the fire of "Hale" rockets! A large number of Black Flag soldiers then rushed into the French positions after destroying the outer barriers. But then it was blocked by the equally brave French African Foreign Legion.

The Black Flag Army then rushed in a second time and was blocked a second time.

Unwilling to give up, the Black Flag Army launched a third attack, but was still unable to do so under the dense defensive fire of the French army.

Liu Yongfu did not launch a fourth attack, in fact, he already understood that even if he recaptured the river embankment fortress, with the strength of the current Black Flag Army, he would not be able to stop the attack of the French.

The French had been resting all the time on December 15, but the naval artillery fire was constantly bombarding the city of Shanxi.

By December 16, the focus of the French attack turned to the west gate of Shanxi City, which was guarded by the three battalions of the Dian army, and because there was a thirty-meter-wide gap in the front of the west gate wall, a fierce battle took place. Although the Qing army at Ximen put up desperate resistance, they were unable to prevent the French army from rushing into Shanxi City at dusk that day. After a short street battle, Liu Yongfu saw that the general trend had gone, so he withdrew from the south gate and the east gate in the middle of the night on December 16 and retreated to Xinghua.

After the capture of Shanxi, the French army immediately began to launch a massacre in the city. The captives were pulled to the edge of the Red River, and after the gunshots rang out, the bodies were carried away with the river.

On December 20, 1883, the Northeast Autonomous Region, which learned of the news, immediately issued a statement of condemnation. After that, the Great Merchant Navy was dispatched to attack all French merchant ships. The French, regardless of their age, left no one alive and launched an act of retaliation.

The victory over Shanxi seems to have wiped out all the humiliation suffered by France since the disastrous defeat at Sedan at once. French politicians and small citizens are cheering for the return of the glory of France, as if a Shanxi is really so magical, enough to make up for the wounds of Sedang! And Guba suddenly became a national hero of the French. They began to cheer, northward! Go into the Qing Dynasty! As for the retaliation carried out by the big merchants, they had not heard of it at all. What I know is automatically ignored, and at most I just scold a few words!

After the fall of Shanxi, the Black Flag Army suffered heavy losses, and the next target of the French did not need to be thought about at all - Bac Ninh!

When Shanxi spread the word in China, the whole country was shocked. On the one hand, it is because of the loss of Shanxi, and on the other hand, it is also because of the destruction of the myth of the invincible Liu Yongfu! The Qingliu elites who had been shouting for the main battle had all died down, and by this time, these stubborn adults had come to realize how foolish their optimistic estimates had been before the war. As a result, they proposed to withdraw from Bac Ninh and other bases outside the Guan, withdraw troops to the territory for defense, and make overtures to legal entities and strive for a diplomatic solution.

Today, Cixi convened the ministers to discuss the war in North Vietnam, and before entering the palace, Li Hongzhang held the "Declaration" and "Northeast Daily" in his hand and read it with relish. The ministers were resting in the room, and Li Hongzao and a group of Qingliu were quietly discussing how to deal with the court. At this time, Zhang Peilun suddenly roared and said, "Wang Yixiao'er, dare to do this!" As he spoke, he threw the newspaper in his hand to the ground.

"Why is this so?" Chen Baochen frowned at this time.

Zhang Zhidong picked up the newspaper on the ground casually, it turned out to be a "declaration", and there was an article signed by Wang Yi on the first page - "Clear Stream". There is no need to ask, although they are not named, everyone also knows that Wang Yi is talking about them. Zhang Zhidong immediately read it, but his face immediately turned pale. The words in Wang Yi's article are very vicious, and he said that Qingliu is a political bitch, not even as good as a eunuch. There is no other use than to please the Queen Mother. One in front of the blink, another after the blink, changing the face is the same as taking off the pants, used to it......

Speaking of which, the relationship between Wang Yi and Qingliu was not good, of course, he was born as a grass man, and later worked in the insurance team, and his foundation is shallow, no wonder no one looks down on him. But now that his power has become and he is unparalleled, so the collective siege of Qingliu a few years ago has gone, and no one dares to say anything more.

After Zhang Zhidong finished reading it, he didn't speak, and directly tore the newspaper to shreds.

Li Hongzao's identity is there, and his qualifications are there, so he doesn't care about what the newspaper says. However, Chen Baochen was very curious, but unfortunately he didn't have a chance. As for the clear stream, people such as Li Hongzhang and others are more watching the excitement. The newspaper brought by Lao Li was being circulated in the hands of other ministers at this time, each with its own expression, so there is no need to elaborate.

Not long after, Li Lianying came over to announce the decree, and more than a dozen ministers followed to meet the driver.

Guangxu is now thirteen years old, and he can study hard, but his IQ is limited, and learning the traditional things with Weng Tongyi is not of much use in this season. Besides, since he was a child, under the pressure of Lafayette's Five Finger Mountain, Sun Monkey, don't think about it, even the ability of the Eight Rings is impossible, it is estimated that the most popular one of Lafayettes is Guangxu to become a sand monk.

When the ministers saw the salute, Guangxu said: "All the ministers are flat!" ”

"Long live thanks!"

Now it has nothing to do with Guangxu, Cixi began to say: "The war in North Vietnam is rotten, and Liu Yongfu is unbearable, I don't know what Aiqing thinks about this?" ”

Chen Baochen was the first to speak, saying: "Now that the situation has collapsed, the legal person has pointed its sword at Bac Ninh, and its firearms are very fierce, and it is not the army of Bac Ninh that can stop it. Therefore, in the opinion of Weichen, he withdrew the troops of Beining and retreated to Yunnan and Guangxi to prevent the legal person from taking advantage of the situation to invade. ”

Zhang Zhidong also said: "The legal person has the convenience of ship and river transportation, sufficient logistics, and labor-saving supplies. However, our army's grain road is far away from the mountains, and it is very difficult to transport the baggage. If you return to China, you can reverse this disadvantage. ”

Li Hongzao said: "After retiring from the army, the legal person will have no excuse to invade my Qing Dynasty. What they are asking for is nothing more than Annan. We sent envoys to negotiate and agree to their demand to occupy Annam, and I think they will not deceive people too much. ”

The other ministers who were not Qingliu sneered in their hearts, and it was really like what Wang Yi said, a group of bitches who scratched their heads in front of the Queen Mother.

Cixi frowned, did not say anything, looked at the ministers in front of her, she no longer counted on the devil six, and the others also couldn't say a meridian, and finally her eyes finally fell on Li Hongzhang.

Seeing that Cixi looked at herself, Li Hongzhang took the initiative to go out of class and said, "The minister has another opinion!" ”

Everyone present was shocked, Li Hongzhang was the most resolute anti-war faction before the war, and now the main battle faction has become a negotiator.

I only heard Li Hefei say: "Now that Shanxi has fallen, the Black Flag Army has been newly defeated, if we seek peace at this time, the French will inevitably sit on the ground and raise prices, and our Qing Dynasty will definitely suffer heavy losses." Moreover, Bac Ninh has become an important town for the long-term operation of our Qing Dynasty, and its defense is strong, and it is by no means idle. And Huang Guilan is a veteran of the battlefield, with rich experience and worthy of a battle. What's more, the northern part of the river is about to enter winter, when the water level of the waterway drops, and the range of action of the French superior river fleet will be greatly limited, and the French army, without the support of naval artillery fire, will no longer be as invincible as before. As long as the French naval artillery fire could not be effective, with a strong defense, and the fact that our troops were outnumbered by the French, the weapons and equipment of both sides were comparable, so it was not completely impossible to resist the attack of the French army. Therefore, Wei Chen thought that as long as he could survive until winter, the situation in North Vietnam would be at an impasse, and then the negotiations would be promising! ”

Cixi only nodded at this time.

Li Hongzhang continued: "First, Ni (Wen Wei) and Xu (Yan Xu) are two gentlemen, they really don't know the soldiers, they don't know the overall situation of foreign affairs, and their words are really not credible. Second, the total number of new and old French armies was 10,000, and the total number of troops of Yunnan and Guizhou and Liu Tuan was 30,000. If they fight on land, they seem to be enough to fight each other. However, those who are dwarfed by the law are surrounded by Hetao in Haiphong, Nanding, Hanoi, Haiyang, and Shanxi, and use boat divisions. The legal person is good at water warfare, and there are many shallow-water ships, and the water and land are interdependent, and they are the most stable. The Chinese soldiers only relied on barracks and batteries, no powerful ships, and no good mines. This is not to be feared. The French soldiers were armed with breech guns, and they were familiar with the drills, and the ammunition was fully equipped, and the light artillery team was also commended. Near the water, the cannon of the soldier wheel can be pincerated. This Western law of use of military is also. The breech guns of the battalions in Yunnan and Guizhou were few, or there were guns but they lacked bullets, and they did not pay attention to drills, and they had fewer light and heavy gun positions, and they won by hand-to-hand combat. That is, Yanqing (Cen Yuying) has long commanded the Yunnan army to suppress bandits, and he is only used to using guns and artillery in the mainland, and he has little experience in foreign weapons. This is not to be feared. Third, based on the advantages of the French on the water, Wechen built a river plug project in Bac Ninh, restricting the use of legal person's advantages on the water! ”

Cixi finally began to smile, and said: "Li Aiqing is worthy of being the master of the Qing Dynasty!" That's true! ”

"The Queen Mother is wise!"

Lao Li took the lead in shouting, and the other courtiers had to shout along.

When Wang Yi got the news, he was happy, and now this court is really good. Originally, there were two factions, the main battle and the main peace, but after a battle, the main battle faction became an active surrender faction, and the main peace faction became a conditional surrender faction. In other words, they all became capitulators!

However, in comparison, Li Hongzhang has a better vision, Zhang Zhidong also admitted this, and Xiang Shuai sighed: "No wonder Hefei Zhizhi is also!" Looking at the ministers at home and abroad, the knowledge is not bad, the conduct is not bad, that is, the mental skills are not necessarily bad, but ask hundreds of sizes, breech guns are also hundreds, the form is like, the use is how, a certain water, a certain land, a certain attack, a certain defense, a certain mountain forest, a certain level, where is the artillery boundary in the left and right, and what is the low degree of highness...... As well as the tools of attack and defense of the mines, dry mines, forts, and ground camps, no one can know it, and its name cannot be distinguished, and the beauty of the political affairs and laws of the Westerners is ten times better at this. A certain country should be with, a certain country should refuse, a certain country is kind, a certain country is cunning, and I am ready to do it, and no one should know what the way is. Those who know a little are the only ones in Hefei. The state doesn't use it, but who cares? ”

"It's better for Li Zhongtang to see things more accurately." Shen Yazhi, who helped Wang Yi sort out the papers, said to Wang Yiyi: "Don't write those things in the newspaper in the future, why do you offend them?" Isn't it good for us to have our birthday in the Northeast? ”

Qianjia also complained a little about this, and said: "Just like you said, Li Zhongtang is a 100-degree myopia, and Qingliu is a 250-degree myopia, but what can you do?" ”

Wang Yiyi thought about it, what the two girls said was not unreasonable, and the battle of words and tongues had no meaning at all in the current situation. As soon as he thought of this, the goods stretched out his hands, took the two girls in his arms, took a sip, fragrant it, and said, "Reasonable!" ”

Although Li Hongzhang may not be completely accurate, such as he has too much confidence in his Huai Army veteran Huang Guilan, he really talks about it. If Wang Yi didn't have the insight of later generations, I am afraid that he would not be able to catch up with Li Hongzhang in terms of vision. Although the Qing court finally promised not to withdraw troops from Bac Ninh, Li Hongzhang's three points were also ignored by the Bac Ninh commanders controlled by Qing Liu.

"What do you think of the war situation in North Vietnam?" Leaning on Wang Yi's arms, the two girls who changed into a comfortable position asked.

"What do you think?" Wang Yi sneered: "What else can you think, Xu Yanxu, the commander-in-chief of Beining, has the ambition to protect his family and defend the country, but he has no talent to protect his family and defend the country." Lao Li drew the road for him, but he didn't take it, and was about to jump into the pit with his head covered and his eyes closed. Of course, he can't be blamed entirely, the court said it well, but it didn't give money! If you want me to say, he Xu Yanxu will honestly be his good person at home, so don't go to the battlefield to trap people. As for the other two wonderful, Huang Guiyu and Zhao Wo, Wen Buli Wu and Wu Bu Liwen. Now that the Qing Dynasty can't even tolerate civil and military forces at the same time, what can you expect from him. ”

The two girls didn't speak, and finally both leaned their heads on Wang Yi's shoulders, and said helplessly: "Can't we help them?" ”

At this time, Chu Yuan came to knock on the door and said, "Captain, news from the North Korean side!" ”

"Bring it in!"

The two girls automatically broke away from his embrace, and Wang Yi sent a telegram from the North Korean side. After reading it, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems that the Enlightenment Party wants to be a martyr!" Send a message to the prime minister, and at the same time ask Shang Yi and Zhao Ziguang to come over for a meeting. At the same time, send a message to the 3rd Infantry Division, the 3rd Cavalry Division, and the 3rd Artillery Division, so that all cadres at and above the regimental level can be gathered to deploy combat missions! ”

"Yes!"

After Chu Yuan went out, Wang Yi stood in front of the windowsill, looked down, and looked at the children running around and playing in the Dashang Affiliated College, and finally brought a smile on his face, but it immediately became cold again.

"Jin Yujun, this is you better than me! Don't think that I'm a big businessman and won't cut you North Korea. ”