Feeling a great calamity, Joffrey hurried to find a life-saving straw, and at last someone came up with an idea to ask the Germans for help!

The French Prime Minister was stunned, and Germany was also a feud with France, and the defeat of Sedang still remained in the minds of the French. However, for the sake of the situation in the Far East, he asked his opponent for help...... Ruferi endured! It's not the first time anyway......

On the morning of the 29th, Joffrey, who had just woken up, hurriedly telegraphed to Berlin, asking the German government to intervene. Immediately after receiving the telegram from Joferi, Bismarck threatened the Qing government in Beijing and Berlin to sign a peace treaty as much as possible, and threatened that if it did not sign a peace treaty, France would be ready to take revenge. He wanted to save the cabinet from falling by signing a peace treaty, but this was no longer possible.

When the news of the defeat of the French invading army at Zhennanguan reached Paris on March 28, it caused great shock and great dissatisfaction from all walks of life in Paris. Then came the news of the defeat of the French army and the depletion of ammunition, which further angered the French people. First of all, the total annihilation of the lone navy, the defeat of the existing army at Zhennanguan and Lang Son, the French people had long begun to hate Jouferry, and the leader of the radical faction, Clemenceau, criticized Joufer's policy very sharply in the Chamber of Deputies.

On 29 March, the radical newspapers in Paris sharply criticized the cabinet of Jouferry, arguing that the defeat at Zhennanguan was like Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815 and caused a great disaster for the country. The people of Paris were so excited that the defeat of the wild empire in the Far East seemed to them a great disgrace, and people gathered on the boulevards and shouted slogans such as the defeat of Jouferi.

On 31 March, the leader of the radical faction, Clemenceau, made a strong denunciation of Jouferi in Parliament. "Now I don't think there's any more argument between the republicans in the Cabinet and the House," he said angrily. We no longer need to be at your beckon, and we can no longer debate with you about the great interests of this country. They are no longer the ministers in front of us, they are nothing more than the accused of state crimes! ”

Jouffery and his cabinet members quietly left the house, and the crowd gathered around the Palais Bourbon protested against them, and when they saw the crowd outside the door, they were so frightened that they did not dare to go out of the main entrance, but slipped away through the side door. When Joferi crossed the bridge and walked to the Place Gongaud, the crowd shouted to push him into the river.

When the Paris Commune was besieged in Paris, Jouferi, a poor lawyer, took advantage of the hunger in the city to loot money as mayor of the city, and grabbed a financial basis for himself. But now his political career has come to an end...... He was replaced by Henri Brisson.

Just as the French were preparing for the end of Vietnam, the Qing people unexpectedly stopped!

A few days after Li Hongzhang came back from the Northeast, he was in a good mood. This time, the Northeast did not go in vain, and in the name of the Sino-French War, he raised nearly one million large merchant silver dollars with the old and young remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. And before the money entered the capital, it was divided by Wang Yixuan of Qingjun 300,000. Li Hongzhang himself was not polite, and asked Sheng Xuanhuai to share 200,000 yuan in the name of Beiyang. Only more than 400,000 silver dollars actually arrived in the capital, and in the end, I am afraid that there were not even 100,000 yuan for the Sino-French war.

Less than ten days after returning to Tianjin, the news of the victory of Zhennanguan came. Li Hongzhang was very happy, not because of the victory, but because he was able to hold peace talks. Li Hongzhang did not want the Sino-French war to be fought again. As soon as it came, the court had no money, and the treasury was empty, but it was not that there was no silver at all, it was impossible! Moreover, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, was responsible for raising food funds for the Vietnam War, and even if Lao Li was in charge, it was only the naval battle. Second, Feng Zicai took the lead in this battle, and the old man is Gui Jun, and it has nothing to do with Huai Jun. And his old subordinate Pan Dingxin's appearance was not good before, but now the comparison between the two is almost like a slap in the face! And the last point, and the most important point, is that the Queen Mother Lafayette does not want to fight anymore.

Cixi summoned her ministers to ask questions, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, how do you think the battle in the south should end?" ”

Prince Li Shiduo stood up and said, "Queen Mother, the situation is very good now, of course it has been defeated......"

Cixi glanced at it and didn't speak.

Li Hongzhang said at this time: "Weichen thinks that it is not appropriate to fight the battle again, and it is best to end at this time!" France is a powerful power among the great powers, and if it starts an all-out war with it, not to mention victory or defeat, the subsequent consumption will be huge, and I am afraid that we will not be able to afford it! And now it is the time of Zhennanguan - Langshan victory! If they see a good situation at this time, they will accept it and sign a peace treaty with France, so that the war will stop, and the French will not have to make other unreasonable demands after losing the war, and the Qing Dynasty will not have to cede land and pay compensation. Those foreigners can also be grateful to our country, see the demeanor of my heavenly kingdom, repay grievances with virtue, and must be grateful to Dade. ”

"What Li Aiqing said is very true!" Cixi finally laughed. "Now that we have won a big battle in the area of Zhennanguan and Lang Son, and France has asked us for peace, this is a good opportunity. You immediately drew up an edict ordering all the armies of the front to cease fire on the spot, to stop attacking the French, and to retreat on time. ”

The Queen Mother of the West has made a decision, of course the ministers dare not object, who has a few heads that dare to make Lafayette angry? So they kowtowed to the ground together and said loudly: "The Queen Mother has insight into it, and the ministers will obey it one by one." ”

Cixi also knew that those arrogant soldiers and fierce generals on the front line had a will similar to a fart, so she issued several wills in a row. It said: "France has ordered the French army to cease fighting on time, and if we withdraw our troops without stopping, we will lose credibility and will cause the French army to attack again." In this way, the flames of war cannot be stopped, it will be protracted, and it will be discredited by other countries, and it will be difficult to deal with others in the future, so officers and soldiers from all walks of life must retreat on time, otherwise they will be punished according to military law. ”

When winning, do not go all out to expand the results. Of course, the front-line officers were unhappy, and the backlash was quite high, but they were all suppressed by the Empress Dowager Xi's will.

French Prime Minister Joferry could not have imagined that after the Qing Empire's military victory, it would still be stuck to the terms negotiated between Kim Denggan and himself.

And what about the Queen Mother West, the matter of Vietnam is very far away for her! Regardless of the victories of her valiant troops on the borders of the Empire, but only the thought of the unpleasantly huge war expenditures that had brought her home, only the things that made her uncomfortable. Therefore, she had never thought of withdrawing the Treaty, but was more urgent than ever to sign and ratify it immediately.

Hurd also threatened from the sidelines, saying that a prolonged war against France would lead to a revolution in the country. Cixi is afraid, what is the use of winning France, it is better to use the money to fight the French to prevent the rebellion of the untouchables at home!

On April 4, 1885, Kim Tengan and France were authorized to sign the Paris Armistice Agreement, recognizing the validity of the Concise Treaty between China and France in May 1884, and the two sides immediately ceased hostilities.

On April 7, the Qing government ordered an armistice. It was agreed with the legal person that the truce would be held east of Tuyen Quang, Vietnam, on April 15; West of Tuyen Quang, an armistice was held on 25 April.

Li Hongzhang sent a telegram to Zhang Zhidong, demanding that Feng Zicai's army "cease fighting and withdraw troops as scheduled." ”

Of course Zhang Zhidong is not happy about this, this is his opportunity to make a contribution, why did you Li Hongzhang stretch out his hand so far! Feng Zicai is his current subordinate of Zhang Zhidong, no matter how much dirt the two of them had at the beginning, Feng Zicai also did things for him! At least half of the credit for the establishment should be shared with him, so he sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang to reprimand the peace council and said: "I have sent a telegram to the Lord: The legal person is unreasonable, and the decisive battle has been fought, and if there is a person who advances in peace in the future, it will be a military law, etc., who is the person who enters the peace council this time?" ”

Li Hongzhang knew that if he admitted to suing for peace, the domestic Qingliu and the people would be able to scold him to death, and there would be a ready-made substitute ghost anyway, so he put all the responsibility on the foreigner Hurd! In a telegram in reply to Jang Zhidong, he said that it was Hurd who entered the peace council.

Of course, Li Hongzhang himself knows very well who gave Hurd the power to negotiate and negotiate, and who let Hurd single-handedly arrange the peace negotiations? And who accepted the peace agreement?

After the victory of Zhennanguan, Hurd did his best to urge France to hurry up and sign the treaty.

On April 3, he warned the French cabinet in Brisson: "A one-week delay would put the agreement in jeopardy, because the main militant faction in Beijing could prevail." Sure enough, the Paris Armistice was signed the next day, and Hurd was very satisfied with Kingdongan's work in Paris.

On June 9, 1885, Li Hongzhang and the French minister Badeno signed the "Sino-French Treaty of Vietnam" in Tianjin, that is, the "Sino-French New Treaty" treaty consists of ten articles, the main content of which is roughly the Qing Dynasty to abandon Vietnam, and at the same time recognize the suzerainty of the French over Vietnam, and at the same time open the southwest port, as well as some treaties on the construction of railways and the sale of French equipment.

In general, there is not much traitorous content. Of course, the abandonment of Vietnam is debatable. In fact, at that time, the suzerainty of Vietnam recognized by the world powers was France, not the Qing state. And the Qing Dynasty's dispatch of troops to Vietnam caused the dissatisfaction of the great powers!

But just as everyone was cheering for world peace, Wang Yi stood in front of the glass window of his office and smiled slightly: "The world is too peaceful!" Pity...... There's still me a bandit in this world! ”

Chu Yuan was behind him at this time, and Wang didn't look back, and asked, "Where is the First Airship Brigade?" ”

"This morning's report has reached Sanya!"

"Fast enough! From our side to North Korea, the island of Jingzhou, to Okinawa, then to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to Sanya. Wang Yi turned around, walked to the side of the map, and said with a smile: "It seems that my supporting role should also appear!" ”

Chu Yuan smiled and said, "I heard Miss Shen say that the adults are filming something." ”

"Movie!"

"Oh." Chu Yuan suddenly realized: "Yes, it's a movie." ”

"What did Shen Yatou say?"

"The supporting role has to steal the show in order to become the protagonist!"