In Hue, the capital of the French Annam Protectorate, in the royal city on the bank of the Xiang River, King Nguyen Phuc Zhao is pacing restlessly in the Qiancheng Hall in the depths of the royal palace.

After some arguments, the emperor of the north had changed his original goal and agreed to restore the independence of the Kingdom of Vietnam after the expulsion of the French, and his demands were only to restore the tributary system as in the past, and that the Chinese navy and army have the right to garrison Vietnam, and that the Vietnamese government be changed to a constitutional monarchy under the guidance of China.

Although Vietnam still has not gained real independence, but compared to the current colony of the French, there is a world of difference, now Vietnam has been divided into three parts, with Hanoi as the center of the North Qi is the capital of the Indochina Federation, managed by the French governor, the south directly became the French colony of Cochin, leaving him only the protectorate of Annam, and here is also the French Zhongqi envoy has the final say, the palace is in Hue City, as for him as the king, One day, when it looked unpleasant, he directly led the troops into the royal city to arrest them and then threw them into a penal colony where birds don't, and Emperor Xianyi is still squatting in Algeria in Africa!

It is said that he is now studying impressionist painting, but you can imagine how tormented his mind is twisted, he doesn't want to let the French find a small house in Africa one day to study what impressionism, he wants to build a real empire like Emperor Jialong, when Emperor Jialong led the French to help restore the country, he now leads the Chinese to help restore the country, this nature is exactly the same, as for the garrison, he can't ask for it, he has never fantasized that his army can defend the country, A constitutional monarchy is not a big deal either. His Majesty the King, who was deeply educated in the New Ideas, was not opposed to such a system.

He's dreaming about the future there! A close eunuch hurriedly walked in.

"Have all the Chinese entered the city?" Ruan Phuc Zhao asked as soon as he saw him come in.

"Your Majesty, a thousand Chinese soldiers have all entered the city in disguise and in batches, and are collecting weapons in the warehouse of the Bofors Company." The eunuch said with a happy face.

"When are they going to do it?" Nguyen Phuc Zhao said with satisfaction that there was nothing surprising about this, that these Chinese did not carry weapons, that is, they could swagger into the city without help.

"The leader of the general said that once the fight starts, it is easy to have a large number of accidental injuries, so in order to ensure the safety of the clan, they hope that Your Majesty will call all the clans to the palace first, so that they don't need to have any worries when they fight." The eunuch said.

"They have a heart. In this case, I will give a banquet in the palace tonight, and call all the clans in the city. Ruan Fuzhao said very casually, in fact, he didn't care too much about whether those clans died or not, sometimes he wished that these people would die cleanly, but since they were kind, he couldn't help but give face.

Just when Nguyen Phuc Zhao gathered all the clan members in Hue City to prepare for a royal family banquet in the royal palace, in the warehouse of the Bofors Company not far from the royal city, Chen Hu, the colonel of the 7th Division of the Chinese Army, was leading his 1,000 soldiers to arm. They landed on a remote coast north of Hue by landing ship from the Yazhou military port, and then, under the leadership of the Vietnamese who were in charge of receiving them, they entered the city one after another for two days as Vietnamese or Chinese businessmen.

Prior to this, Bofors had already stockpiled a large amount of arms in the city, and this company can be said to be the world's largest arms dealer. There are branches all over the world, not to mention Hue, and even in the French colony of Saigon, they have their own warehouses, and they hoard weapons and ammunition for more than a thousand people. Even if the French know about it, they don't feel anything out of the ordinary, in fact most French immigrants like to buy weapons, Bofors rapid-fire rifles and automatic pistols from Bofors. Far more popular than Lebel in France.

Not only were rifles and pistols stockpiled here, but even machine guns, submachine guns, and mortars, enough to arm a regiment, and in order to strengthen the firepower, two 150-heavy mortars were specially smuggled in.

A thousand people quickly completed the armament, and then began to change clothes, their identity here needs to become the Vietnamese army, these military uniforms are authentic Vietnamese military uniforms provided by Nguyen Phuc Zhao, after changing clothes, put on a big hat Chen Hu looked at himself a little funny, but they can't do it for the time being, they have to wait until after dark, there are more than a dozen local Chinese in this team, and then under the guidance of these people, they began to determine the plan of action against the layout plan in Hue City.

In fact, there is nothing to plan, just divide the troops into two routes, with a small force to control the royal city first, the main force directly to the French Zhongqi Qin Embassy, after solving the French army there, then go to the royal city, and then stick to the royal city and wait for the French army from Da Nang to attack, as for the outer city of Hue, this can be handed over to the Vietnamese themselves, they only need to ensure that they hold on to the royal city until the reinforcements arrive.

At the same time that this force began to arm, in the warehouse of the JY company in the city, a white mercenary with a size of about 200 people was also armed, these mercenaries transferred from the American Ambrera company, all of them were Confederates, most of them could speak French, these people were armed with French weapons, and even their clothes were changed to French soldiers, their task was to attack the royal city, of course, the French army in Da Nang must arrive, and attack the royal city.

Hundreds of kilometers away, in Yazhou and Zhennanguan, the 7th and 11th Divisions of the Chinese Army were waiting for a serious battle, and an infantry regiment of the 7th Division had even begun to board the landing ship, and they needed to wait for the consul general in Hue to send a request to protect the overseas Chinese.

All sides are waiting, waiting for the night to fall.

The Emperor of the Kingdom of Annam in Hue, the envoy of Zhongqi or the governor of Annam, Vieira, was still ignorant of the hidden dangers in his domain, and he only smiled at the king's family banquet, and as night fell, he also boarded his beloved Kirin car to go on a date with a beautiful young lady, who was always very popular with the young ladies who came from the country as the de facto ruler of the city.

"Paul, be quick, don't keep Miss Pierre in a hurry." Vieira groomed his well-groomed mustache and urged his driver, the latest Kirin car speeding down the street, the French flag fluttering on the front of the car, so that the pedestrians on the street were afraid of it, and just as he turned an alley, His Excellency suddenly shouted to stop.

The speeding sedan came to a halt with the screeching sound of brakes.

"Who is your commander and where are you going?" Vieira stepped out of the car, assumed the majesty of the emperor, and said with a straight face to the hundreds of Vietnamese soldiers who were about to burrow into an alley.

As a result, the soldiers all looked at him, and no one answered.

"Bastard, didn't you hear me?" Vieira, whose authority was provoked, shouted majestically, and then saw a soldier on the opposite side lying on his stomach and whispering a few words in the ear of a man who looked like an officer, and then the officer had a smile on his face, and then waved a dozen soldiers immediately surrounded him with rifles with bayonets.

"Bastard, what do you want to do, do you want to rebel?" He and the driver Paul panicked and wanted to pull out the pistol they were wearing, and at the same time scolded angrily, but unfortunately, before the pistol was pulled out, more than a dozen bayonets stabbed into their bodies at the same time, Evela stared at the soldiers in front of him with staring eyes, and then he realized that these people did not look the same as the Vietnamese, but unfortunately he had choked on blood and couldn't say a word.

The Vietnamese people around them were stunned by this scene, and one by one they watched dumbfoundedly as His Excellency the Envoy of Chin, who had been as distant as a god above their heads, now kicked to the ground like a dead dog, and then convulsed with death.

Chen Hu looked contemptuously at Vieira on the ground, then took a paper tube from the hand of a soldier and shouted: "By the will of His Majesty, the thieves will be expelled, and from now on, the safety of the lives and property of all French people will no longer be protected by law!" ”

It's a pity that those Vietnamese people couldn't understand the meaning of his words, and they all looked at him in amazement, and the guide next to him quickly took his paper tube and shouted: "Your Majesty's will, from now on, kill the French casually, rob the French things, play with the French women, let's go to war with France." ”

The effect of his words was obvious, and as soon as he finished shouting, all the Vietnamese immediately dispersed in a hurry and were scared away.

At this time, the Vietnamese people did not have any loyalty and patriotism, even if they rebelled against the French, it was because they could not eat, it was definitely not because they had any feelings for His Majesty the king, and it was not unheard of before the king did this kind of thing, and the result was that hundreds of French soldiers entered the palace and threw them into exile.

Chen Hu and the two looked at each other in embarrassment, they didn't expect the courage of the Vietnamese to be so clean, but fortunately, they didn't expect them at the beginning, and then this team rushed to the garrison of the French army, and at the same time another detachment also entered the royal city under the guard, and the war of Vietnam officially began. (To be continued......)