The ensuing battle was so simple that Chen Hu was a little unbelievable, because after they arrived at the French garrison, they set up mortars and fired only two shells, and the French troops inside picked out the white flag, which caught the gunners who were about to reload after observing the landing point and fired two more shells.

Hue actually had only one battalion of French troops, but these soldiers who were far away from home did not all stay in the barracks, and like their top commanders, these colonists had their own favorite nightlife from soldiers to officers, and only one company remained in the barracks. What's more, these colonial garrisons have long been soaked in the bones of the pampered life of the emperor of Tiangao, and it is okay to scare and scare the Vietnamese at ordinary times, but they will be exposed when they really encounter hard stubble, think about the time they could be beaten by the Qing army to know what kind of goods they were, 4150 heavy mortar shells fell, and more than a dozen were killed and injured immediately, and the rest looked at the power of the explosion, and that bit of courage and dignity disappeared in an instant.

But they surrendered, but Chen Hu made it difficult, he couldn't leave a bunch of prisoners, right?

This gave the machine gunner a look, and then said in Vietnamese to the French officer who came out to contact the surrender: "Mr. Ensign, we accept your surrender on behalf of His Majesty the King, but you need to come out and hand over your weapons." ”

The second lieutenant nodded, and then hurriedly went back and called out the remaining hundred and ten officers and soldiers, lined up one by one to put the weapons in one place, and then stood in line, the second lieutenant also wanted to step forward and ask how to arrange the next step, but he saw Chen Hu's hand pressed down, and the two heavy machine guns opposite them immediately erupted flames.

This scene saw in the distance that several French soldiers who heard the explosion and rushed back to support one by one angrily, but unfortunately it was useless to rush to the crown, they all left Xiaoqing people back, and they didn't even have weapons on their bodies, so they couldn't go up and fight hard with their bare hands! I had to suppress the hatred in my heart and wait for the future to settle accounts with these brutal Vietnamese.

After dealing with the French garrison, Chen Huxun cleaned up the barracks and loaded all the weapons and ammunition into the truck. The rest of them simply lit a fire, and then led their subordinates straight to the royal city, and when they arrived at the royal city, the detachment that arrived in advance had already cleaned up the place, including several French advisers who were in charge of monitoring Nguyen Phuc Zhao were also pulled to the moat and beheaded.

"Your Majesty, please summon the consuls and media reporters of various countries to officially read out the edict of severing relations with France and declaring war on France." Chen Hu hurriedly walked into the palace with a saber that was still dripping blood, and said to Ruan Phuc Zhao.

King Xiao Nguyen was already frightened by his murderous appearance, but after all, he was also a king, and he quickly woke up from his fear and remembered his mission, and hurriedly summoned the consuls of various countries in Hue as the king of Vietnam. When these people were summoned to the palace overnight, an edict that had just been drawn up immediately began to be read in front of these people.

This edict of nearly 1,000 words recounted the crimes of the French invasion of Vietnam, starting from the fact that they forced the signing of the First Saigon Treaty 40 years ago to cede Saigon and other places, to the division of Vietnam after the Sino-French War, suppressing the rebellion of Vietnamese officials and people, and even banishing the Vietnamese king. Then he was forced to join the Union of Indian Branches, in short, to list the crimes in detail. Finally, it was righteously declared that the Vietnamese people would no longer endure the enslavement of the French, from the date of the promulgation of the edict. It did not recognize the Qiē Treaty that the French had forced the Kingdom of Vietnam to sign, expelled all French in Vietnam, and severed relations with France. Until the French withdraw from all Vietnamese territory, including Saigon, the Kingdom of Vietnam will remain in a state of war with France. During this period, all Vietnamese soldiers and civilians had the obligation to kill the enemy. All the French in Vietnam, whether officials, soldiers, or civilians, were enemies of the Vietnamese people.

“…… At a time when the country is in crisis, the Vietnamese people should work together to fight to the end, expel the robbers, recover their homeland, and weep for the help of the righteous people of friendly countries as the king of the Kingdom of Vietnam, so as to help our people tide over the crisis and clear the haze. The reporter of the People's Radio used a tape recorder to record the edict read by His Majesty the King himself.

However, unlike in the past, this edict was not spread all over the world by the People's Radio as quickly as possible, it was already late at night, and even if it was broadcast, not many people listened to it, and it was easy to think that it was premeditated if it was broadcast too quickly, so it was necessary to wait until dawn to say it, but the French would not wait until dawn, and less than an hour after the edict was read, a regimental garrison of the French army in Da Nang had already received the news of the Hue rebellion, and then boarded the train as quickly as possible to rush to support.

At the same time, the Governor of the French Indochina Federation in Hanoi, Paul Dume, also got this fantastical news, and the French president who was originally in history was directly stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, he really didn't understand where the Chieftain got the courage to dare to declare war with France, which was as ridiculous as an ant saying that he was going to rape an elephant.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I have just received the unfortunate news from the Telegraph Office that Mr. Vieira may have been killed, and that the Vietnamese had used heavy artillery in their attack on the barracks, and had even slaughtered hundreds of our soldiers who had surrendered." The secretary kindly reminded him that the telegraph office in Hue was in the hands of the French, and that some French-run banks had their own wireless telegraphs, and that it was very easy to get such information out, and that Chen Hu's plan was to get the news out.

"Heavy artillery?" Paul Dumei suddenly came to his senses, this is not something that Vietnamese people can play.

"Yes, the same group of Vietnamese soldiers who killed Mr. Vieira and broke through the barracks, and then these people entered the palace, but the Vietnamese troops we are familiar with in Hue City do not seem to have participated in the rebellion, these people seem to have appeared out of thin air." The secretary said with a solemn expression.

Paul Dumei is not stupid, he understood what this meant as soon as he heard it, there must be external forces involved, and if he didn't make it, he still planned the whole thing, otherwise Ruan Phuc Zhao would not have been so bold, as for who this external force is, there is no need to guess.

"Damn, Chinese, it must be the Chinese behind the scenes." He angrily slammed his fist on the table and shouted, in fact, this was what he was most worried about as the governor of Indochina all these years, but he really didn't expect Emperor Yang to make a move at this time, especially when he had just signed the Beijing Convention.

He only now realized how accurate the rumors about the emperor in Europe were, and compared to his business reputation, his political reputation was nothing short of shit.

"Order Colonel Philip to settle the rebellion in Hue before dawn, at any cost, to use a means of aid, to allow him to use poison gas bombs if necessary, to contact the navy, to order the Far East Fleet to immediately go north as quickly as possible, to blockade the coast of Hue by tomorrow afternoon, to be ready to confront the Chinese fleet if necessary, but never to fire first, and at the same time the Saigon garrison will go north to reinforce Hue, and all the garrisons around Hanoi will shrink to Hanoi, and at the same time call up reserves among the diaspora." Then His Excellency the Governor made the right choice.

"You mean that the Chinese will invade in a big way." The secretary said a little incredulously.

"Otherwise, where do you think His Majesty the King got such courage?" Paul Dumei said with a sneer.

He did not know that at this time, the Chinese consul general in Hue had already gone to Beijing to Vietnam to declare war on France, and that there was a telegram from Hue city to large-scale violence against Chinese nationals, and asked the cabinet to immediately send troops to protect the overseas Chinese.

Because he demanded the protection of overseas Chinese rather than the declaration of war, there was no need to go through the process of the Diet, according to the constitution, although the emperor had the right to declare war, but only if the Diet passed the guò, otherwise the Diet had the right to refuse to allocate funds for the war, which was also to limit the imperial power. However, such a clause was actually useless to Emperor Yang, because even if the parliament did not approve of it, he could pay for it himself, and he was richer than the parliamentary finance committee, but there was no need to go to the parliament for a trivial matter like protecting overseas Chinese, and the minister had the right to send no more than one regiment of troops in an emergency.

Xue Fucheng, who had been waiting for the news for a long time, immediately signed an order to transfer a regiment from the Seventh Division of the 6th Army stationed on Hainan Island to Hue to urgently rush to Hue to protect the Chinese nationals, and at the same time, in order to avoid accidents, the Nanyang Fleet would provide escorts.

At this time, the French army led by Colonel Philippe also arrived in Hue by train, but in the outer city of Hue he was completely unexpectedly blocked, although he did not know that he had the support of the Chinese behind him, but a small number of Vietnamese soldiers still relied on the city wall under the order of Nguyen Phuc Zhao to shoot at the French troops preparing to enter the city, relying on the terrain advantage and a machine gun that captured the French to beat the French army outside bitterly.

In fact, when the defense system of this castle was first designed, it was based on the European-style flower-shaped fortress, and Colonel Philip, who only carried six seven- or five-mm infantry guns, was helpless in the face of such a wall in the dark, but fortunately, his trouble was quickly solved.

Because a large number of remnants of the French army in the city, with the help of some Vietnamese ministers who were still loyal to France, attacked from the city, and the loyal Vietnamese soldiers ran to the death from both sides, and the French army quickly attacked Hue, and at this time the task given to him by Du Mei had failed, because after a night of chaos, the Vietnamese people, trembling in fear, had seen the brilliant sunrise. (To be continued......)

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