Since it is the mediation of the British, it still has to give face, after all, it is the world boss at this time, although their boss status is already in jeopardy, but Emperor Yang is still willing to show his respect for the British.

Of course, face must be given, military actions can not be relaxed, after the victory in the naval battle, immediately after the departure from the port of Yazhou a division landed in Vietnam, with landing ships carried directly to Hue outside the city to land, at this time the French army has been very clever to retract to Da Nang, ready to withdraw south to Saigon at any time, in the north of Vietnam with the Chinese is very stupid, the French know this very well.

The whole four divisions of the North Road continued to march into Vietnam along the road from Zhennan Pass to Hanoi, and then quickly completed the encirclement of Haiphong along the Red River, but it was only an encirclement, and did not launch an attack, this is a lone army, the best way to deal with such an enemy is to besiege, anyway, Emperor Yang is not in a hurry, it doesn't matter if he is trapped for two years, of course, I believe that if the French do not surrender at that time, they will starve to death.

Gallieni was very dedicated at this time, and led his subordinates to dig up the perimeter of Haiphong into a spider's web, and this guy was very clever enough to drive out all the Vietnamese in Haiphong with bayonets, leaving only the French expatriates and troops, ready to defend here.

When the Chinese army landed in Hue increased to three divisions, the French even abandoned the defense of Da Nang and withdrew all south to Nam Chi, which was their bottom line, and the French still did not want to hand over their most important colony. In the eyes of the French government, they still had the strength to fight a war on land, and together with the second batch of reinforcements, plus the withdrawal from Da Nang, the French had more than 70,000 troops in Nam Khi, and although the supply at sea was cut off, there was no problem with the support of reserves for more than a year. They believed that Emperor Yang would definitely not spend too much money for his Vietnamese brothers, and if the loss was too great, he would naturally retreat. At that time it would be much easier to negotiate, that is, to win for yourself a result with the least possible losses by fighting on land.

As for Gallieni and his 30,000 French troops, they can only resign themselves to fate, they can't withdraw anyway, in fact, the French War Department has already told Gallerieni very vaguely, if you can't do it, surrender, no one will laugh at them!

"What are you kidding, Lao Tzu has been tossing for so long, isn't it just for Saigon and Cam Ranh Bay? If the six provinces of Nanqi are not recovered, then what is the point of this war? "Emperor Yang was speechless about the naivety of the French. The most important meaning of Vietnam to him is Cam Ranh Bay, and other rice, coal, iron ore and the like are not in his eyes at all.

His goal is to build a springboard for himself to reach into Southeast Asia, Panay Island can't do it, he can't build a railway across the South China Sea, a military port without a railway has no meaning, only this bay that is still stared at by countless people even a hundred years later is the most in line with his heart. As long as a fleet is stationed here, it can compete for the whole of Southeast Asia and even Australia, and retreat can protect the South China Sea and lock Malacca, which can be said to be a battleground. From the beginning, his number one goal was Cam Ranh Bay.

"Tell the French that they must surrender the six provinces of Nam Chi, and since Nguyen Phuc Zhao has already said that he will no longer recognize all the treaties signed by France and Vietnam before, it is natural that the first Saigon Treaty must also be included. As for my brother's last words, I, as an elder brother, will help him complete it no matter what. Otherwise, how could I face the orphans and widows he left behind? He said to Zhang Quan with a sneer.

Zhang Quan was about to go to Singapore as a Chinese negotiator, because the peace talks mediated by the British were naturally to be held on British territory, and at this time, the French negotiator, Foreign Minister Delcasse, had already taken a cruiser through the Suez Canal.

"And what about the issue of war reparations?" Zhang Quan nodded and asked, he knew that Emperor Yang would definitely not sign a peace treaty without compensation.

"Five hundred million francs!" Yang Feng stretched out a paw and said with a cruel smile.

"Isn't that a bit much?" Zhang Quan gasped, in fact, he felt that this symbolic point was enough, after all, France has not been completely defeated so far, and it is still unknown whether to cede Saigon, and it is difficult for the lion to open his mouth in this case.

"Is it much? It's only 20,000,000 pounds, which is not much at all, and besides, it can't be called an indemnity, you can tell the French that this is the ransom for those warships and sailors they have in Vietnam, and if you don't pay this money, I will order the navy to sink them all, and don't think that I can't do anything about them if I hide in the bay. Although those old battleships are no longer of much value, don't forget that there are also those new diesel-engine battleships, according to the price of 150,000 pounds for a destroyer and torpedoes, more than 20 destroyers including Cam Ranh Bay will cost more than 3 million, not to mention five armored cruisers, two battleships, and four protective cruisers, 20 million pounds is already considered a discount. Yang Feng said.

"There must be reparations for peace talks, and if there is no reparation, then what kind of peace talks are they, and besides, they killed hundreds of Vietnamese royal families, so don't they give them some compensation or something? In that case, how could Nguyen Phuc Zhao's spirit in heaven be at rest? The cargo then added.

Zhang Quan has been completely speechless by him, that person is obviously killed by you, right? Look at this basin for the French to buckle so tightly! But I really say that 500 million francs is not much, think that when they gave it to the Germans, they took out 4 billion francs, and they didn't even blink their eyes, you can know that these French are really rich, in the end, it is still the ancestors of the people who can rob it, think about Napoleon's sweep across Europe, you can know how much gold must flow to France.

Of course, peace talks are peace talks, and the military pressure before the peace talks must be intensified, just when Zhang Quan set off for Singapore, the Second Army of the Chinese Army, which had completed the landing in Hue, also began to move south along the railway line, because the French had given up their defenses, so they easily occupied Da Nang, and then continued south from Da Nang.

In fact, by this time, the French army had completely abandoned the defense north of the Ba River, and organized a defensive line on the south bank of the Ba River, so the southward movement of the Chinese army was completely a march to the cheers of the Vietnamese people, and on the same day that Zhang Quan arrived in Singapore, the 11th Division, as the vanguard, had already occupied Quy Nhon. This is the capital of the old Champa city, and it can be regarded as a famous city, and more importantly, it is also a seaport, and the goods from the country do not need to be transported from Hue or Da Nang to the railway that has been destroyed by the French, and can be unloaded directly at this port.

On the third day of Zhang Quan's arrival in Singapore, Delcasse also arrived, and then in the British Straits Settlements Governor's Palace, the British Foreign Secretary Marques, Marquess Lansdowne, presided over the special arrival, and the two sides began formal peace talks.

But the peace talks were destined to be difficult from the start, as there was simply no compromise between the two sides.

"Your Excellency Foreign Minister, we can only agree to surrender the right to protect Vietnam, recognize Vietnam as an independent sovereign state, and the territorial scope includes the former Annam Protectorate and the Beiqi region, and nothing else will be agreed, let alone war reparations, in fact, we also demand that the Kingdom of Vietnam compensate for the losses caused by the killing of our nationals and the looting of their property during the war, and hold those murderers accountable." Delcasse said righteously.

"Your Excellency Foreign Minister, I think the Vietnamese government will punish some of the criminal activities of some lawless elements in Vietnam in the war, and there is no need for us to dwell on this issue. If we have to pester the Vietnamese with some irrational behavior towards the French expatriate, then we need to study carefully the massacre of the Vietnamese royal family by Colonel Philippe in your country, and the massacre of innocent Vietnamese civilians by General Gallieni in the process of rescuing Hanoi, according to the Vietnamese government, he killed at least 50,000 Vietnamese civilians, all of them unarmed old and weak women and children, and some photos in the newspapers can provide sufficient proof.

As for the 500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 Zhang Quan said with a smile.

"Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, I need to remind you that they have not yet become prisoners of your army." Delcasse said with a sneer.

"Your Excellency Foreign Minister, I also need to remind you that if we want them to become our captives, they will surely become our captives, or they will be buried in the sea!" Zhang Quan still said with a smile.

Delcasse's heart sank, he knew that Zhang Quan was not scaring people, the remaining battleships of these two fleets were already in the hands of the Chinese, as long as they wanted, they could be killed at any time, especially the dozen or so diesel engine warships hiding in Kampong Son Bay, now it is nothing more than relying on the closed environmental protection of this bay, and there are no batteries or anything like that around, just get a group of torpedo boats to find a dark and windy night to touch in, and you can directly start a massacre inside.

"You should understand that once we do that, your country will lose not only warships, but also how valuable a group of officers and men who have experienced large-scale naval battles have, I don't think I need to explain this to you, especially those who have participated in such a naval battle, although they have failed, but sometimes failure is also wealth, a wealth that is vital to the development of your navy." Looking at his uncertain face, Zhang Quan said lightly. (To be continued......)

PS: Cold, so uncomfortable