A storm swept through the Gulf of Tonkin and raged for half a month. The continuous rain is depressing, but who knows what happened during the storm. After the storm, the rain band moved north, and the long-lost sunshine showed a bright smile again. However, Pei Gejin did not expect that the two messengers he sent were caught in a storm in the waters of the Beibu Gulf on a steam clipper, and the two steam clippers sank and no one survived. And all this is not to mention that Pei Gejin is not a Tao, and Deng Zixuan has no way of knowing.

In the past month, Deng Zixuan has received Feng Zicai as Liu Yongfu's deputy general. He accompanied Feng Zicai to visit the powerful armament of the "Black Flag Army" and preached how to defend and fight. In this way, Feng Zicai was even more convinced that it was the brilliant achievements of the Black Flag Army, and he not only envied Liu Yongfu's shotgun for artillery, which was not what it used to be, but also envied the generals under his command. With such a strong combat effectiveness of the Black Flag Army, Feng Zicai's pressure naturally decreased sharply, and at the same time, worries rose in his heart. In the future, this powerful shili will inevitably be a big trouble, and it can be said that Feng Zicai left with a complicated feeling of envy, jealousy and hatred.

After sending Feng Zicai away, Deng Zixuan personally participated in the defense of Jihua in northern Annan, and arranged for his subordinates to train Liu Yongfu's troops day and night. In addition, Deng Zixuan arranged for Liu Yongfu to build a grenade factory. After all, the grenade manufacturing process is simple, the black powder configuration is easy, and the raw materials are convenient to use locally. During this period, Liu Yongfu followed Deng Zixuan's plan and sent a small group of guerrillas deep into the south to attack the French.

Waiting for the changes in the Qing court, it is necessary to be famous. But where did Deng Zixuan think that in just one month, the shijie outside has been "wonderful" and changing. Perhaps Deng Zixuan's fears came true, and he was destined to be charged with rebellion and rebellion. At this point, in Deng Zixuan's mind, the original history is gone, and he will welcome a new Shijie that is unpredictable.

About 20 kilometers away from Zhennanguan Charming Valley Manor, He Meng formed an independent brigade in Charming Valley Manor according to Deng Zixuan's order. Deng Zixuan handed over the Cadet Teaching Brigade of the Headquarters to him, and selected more than 2,000 people from Wang Xiaoer's team to form a formed unit of 3,000 people. The members of the team had all undergone basic military training, so after the weapons were distributed, He Meng began to integrate the troops.

About 5 kilometers from the Enchanting Valley Manor on this day, a small group of soldiers was training. This squad is a reconnaissance unit, so it is pulled out for field training. In front is the post road leading to Zhennan Pass, and the training content of the reconnaissance team is wilderness survival training. After a morning of training, the reconnaissance team rested in a forest next to the post road. Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

After a while, the sentry ran in and said, "Captain, it's a Qing soldier messenger rushing here!" The team leader did not hesitate and said, "It must be an emergency to intercept him!" After a while, the messenger arrived, and saw him carrying a package on his back, and staring at the group of uninvited guests with a pair of frightened eyes. Suddenly, this guy knelt on the ground and begged: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't have any silver taels on me to deliver the letter, please let me go!" "The Scout team is dressed in civilian clothes, and the Courier has taken them for bandits.

The team leader motioned to unpack the courier's package, and was surprised to see the contents of the package. Two hours later, the package appeared in front of He Meng, and He Meng was equally surprised when he opened the package to check it. The package contained a holy decree from the Qing court to Liu Yongfu, and He Meng was not surprised. And the edict written by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, to Feng Zicai revealed the information of the change in Fuzhou, which is the most critical. He Meng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent a team to escort the package Pegasus straight to Annan.

The next morning, Deng Zixuan got up and was washing, when suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves outside. In less than half an hour, Liu Yongfu was summoned. "General Liu, the situation is urgent, I want to wave my troops into Guangxi." "Commander-in-Chief Deng, this time there are many disasters and dangers, so it's better to think twice." Liu Yongfu tried to persuade. "General Liu, if you can block the attack of the French in Annam, it is the greatest support for me, don't say anything superfluous, there will be a period later." Deng Zixuan was very decisive.

Although Liu Yongfu was reluctant to let Deng Zixuan leave, he knew that he couldn't keep it, but he had to send him off warmly. At noon on the same day, the People's Army marched. Deng Zixuan led the officers and soldiers of the 1st Brigade and the artillery brigade out of Hanoi, and marched in a northeast direction and went straight to Liangshan. Deng Zixuan rode on a horse, and the changes in Fuzhou came to mind. Unexpectedly, when France invaded Nan'an in the north, it actually sent a fleet into the southeast coast of the mainland. It is clear that the French are trying to exert pressure on the Qing court to comply.

It seems that the heavy losses of the French army in Annam were the reason for the French fleet to attack the Nanyang Fleet. The change in Fuzhou will definitely have a chain reaction, so what about Shanghai and Guangzhou? Thinking of the date on Zhang Zhidong's edict, I couldn't help but be confused. The change in Fuzhou should have been reported in advance, and the news of Weishenme has not been delivered so far? Could it be that there is something wrong with Pei Gejin? A series of question marks sprung up in my mind. At this time, a dark cloud obscured the sun, and Deng Zixuan found that this cloud was a cumulonimbus cloud.

Sure enough, a gust of wind suddenly blew up, and rain fell from the sky. In less than ten minutes, the clouds cleared and the sun smiled. Looking at the lush green vegetation outside, Deng Zixuan suddenly became enlightened, the entire Beibu Gulf was shrouded in a storm in the first half of the month, and the ship delivering the news was very likely to be sunk by a storm in the waters of the Beibu Gulf. If not, something happened to Pei Gejin? Deng Zixuan quickly denied this idea, even if the news of Pei Gejin's accident could be sent.

"Commander-in-chief, according to your orders, send people to inform He Meng and Leng Yifei respectively, and quickly take and control Zhennan Pass." Bai Sheng rode up from behind to interrupt Deng Zixuan's thoughts. Deng Zixuan glanced at Bai Sheng and asked, "When will the troops arrive in Liangshan?" "The vanguard is estimated to arrive at midnight, and the artillery brigade will have to arrive tomorrow morning at the earliest." "Order the vanguard to speed up!" After Deng Zixuan finished speaking, his legs were forced, and the war horse started with small steps. Bai Sheng saw the commander-in-chief's deep look on his face, so he didn't bother anymore.

Leng Yifei received Deng Zixuan's order and quickly deployed his troops. The 8th Battalion of the Gui Army began to be unlucky again, and the whole battalion was disarmed in less than half an hour. When the commander of the 8th Battalion saw Leng Yifei, he was puzzled and asked, "General Leng, why is this?" "We rebelled, understand?" "General Leng spares his life, I have an old man and a young ・・・・・・." "Look at your bear-like appearance, don't worry, I won't kill you!" Leng Yifei interrupted the words of the belt in disgust and walked away.

Feng Zicai's elite Chinese army of 3,000 soldiers and horses was stationed at Zhennanguan, and Leng Yifei led the brigade headquarters and the 4th regiment to set off from Liangshan, dealing with two Gui military camps along the way. After Khalid solved the 8th battalion of the Gui army stationed in Liangshan, he quickly led the team to Tongdeng, which should be because there were two battalions of Gui soldiers and horses there to solve. The 6th Regiment was to deal with at least three Gui battalions on the Tingli front, and asked to end the battle tomorrow morning. And in Pingjia's 5th Regiment Lin Xiong's Department had to deal with 4 Yunnan military camps.

At midnight, He Meng led the Independent Brigade to appear on the north side of Zhennan Pass. "Report to the Brigadier! The 2nd, 11th, 15th, and 17th battalions of the Gui Army were all taken. "Very good, order the troops to outflank the camp of the Zhongzhong Army in Zhennan!" He Meng gave the order briefly. It is not surprising that these 4 Gui battalions were quickly taken, because they are almost logistics troops. After dawn, Leng Yifei led his troops to appear under the corner of Zhennan Pass, and the Qing army immediately arranged defenses on the wall of the pass after discovering it.

In the camp of the Qing army on the north side of Zhennan Pass, Feng Zicai heard that the "Black Flag Army" suddenly appeared in front of the pass in the big tent, and angrily scolded Liu Yongfu for being despicable, and his worries began to come true. Feng Zicai knew very well in his heart that once the combat effectiveness of the Black Flag Army broke through the barrier of Zhennan Pass, Guangxi would definitely change hands. Feng Zicai was arranging his troops and was about to personally ascend to the pass to command, when a large number of troops suddenly appeared behind him, and with the sound of dense gunfire, the enemy army attacked the ・・・・・・ of the camp.

With the Chinese army camp being breached, Feng Zicai was captured, and his subordinates lost command and fell into chaos. Leng Yifei launched an offensive from the front, and the Qing army was forced to surrender under the attack from both sides. Leng Yifei and He Meng met, Leng Yifei tried to explain to Feng Zicai, but he didn't expect to be scolded by Feng Zicai. There is no way, it seems that he has to wait for Deng Zixuan to arrive.

In the afternoon of the same day, Deng Zixuan led a large group of people to Zhennanguan. In front of the Chinese army's camp, Feng Zicai asked loudly: "General Deng, Liu Yongfu is very rebellious, and you are willing to help the abuse." With the talent of a general, he succumbed to villains like Liu Yongfu, and his heroism was eclipsed. I advise General Deng that it is too late to rein in the precipice and turn back. ”

Deng Zixuan said with a smile: "Old General Feng, there are not many people I respect in the Great Qing Kingdom, and you are one of them, otherwise you will not have the opportunity to stand in front of me and be indignant." Old general, you have been deceived, it was not the Black Flag Army but the People's Army that annihilated the French army in the north of Annam, if it were not for the great changes on the southeast coast, I would not tell you the truth for the time being. This is an edict written by Governor Zhang Zhidong for you, you can take a look at it first. Deng Zixuan handed the letter to Feng Zicai.

Feng Zicai was surprised after reading the letter: "The change in Fuzhou? How are the letters of the governor in your hands? After Deng Zixuan arrived at Zhennanguan, he happened to send a message from commercial channels. After the Fuzhou Incident, Shanghai and Guangzhou changed hands successively, and it was very smooth without danger. Deng Zixuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but there was no good reason to put up any banner now, since this was the case, he simply didn't play the banner and acted with his head down. Deng Zixuan replied with a smile: "Old General Feng, please enter the big tent, and I will talk to you in detail." ”

In the big tent, Deng Zixuan started from Leng Yifei entering Annan, how to help the Black Flag Army strangle the rebels, and how to take root in Annan. After that, from the French plotting against Annam, to the reorganization of the army on Hainan Island. The Black Flag Army defeated Hanoi, and Leng Yifei lured the enemy deeper. Zuihou said that he landed at Thanh Hoa and annihilated 5,000 French troops in one fell swoop. "Old General Feng, I can tell you that at present, my security brigade has occupied Mawei Military Port and Fuzhou City. Nearly 10,000 men and horses of my provisional 3rd Infantry Mixed Brigade occupied the city of Shanghai and the British and French concessions. My secret detachment has captured the city of Guangzhou, and the governor Zhang Zhidong has surrendered to me! At the end, Deng Zixuan lied.

He knew that with Zhang Zhidong's nature and character, it was impossible to surrender quickly. Feng Zicai completely believed Deng Zixuan's statement, which was directly related to the contact with each other some time ago. Looking at Feng Zicai silently, Deng Zixuan continued: "The corrupt and incompetent Manchu court is already yesterday's yellow flower, and the old general raised the anti-Qing banner is the most haode proof. It doesn't hurt that Old General Feng can't think about it for a while. I'll give you back your 3,000 men and give you 10 guns. I hope that General Feng will guard the south pass of the town. Assist the Black Flag Army in defending the southern gate of the motherland. ”

Deng Zixuan didn't have time to completely influence Feng Zicai, so he did it for outsiders to see, which was very important to the rapid plot against Guangxi and Yunnan. In addition, Deng Zixuan was not worried that Feng Zicai would die for the Qing court, because Feng Zicai had participated in the peasant uprising in the early years, which was enough to reassure Deng Zixuan. Then Deng Zixuan held a military meeting at Zhennanguan, at which Feng Zicai and his main officers attended the military meeting as observers.

The military council decided to reorganize the People's Army into the Northern Expeditionary Army. The commander-in-chief is Deng Zixuan, the deputy commander-in-chief is Chen Jintang, and the chief of the general staff Pei Gejin. Bai Sheng served as the commander of the First Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the original 1st Brigade of Hainan Island was established, and the secret detachment in Guangzhou was the 2nd Infantry Brigade. Leng Yifei served as the commander of the 2nd Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the commander of the 3rd Mixed Infantry Brigade was Khalid, Lin Xiongbu was reorganized into a cavalry regiment, and the newly formed independent brigade was reorganized into the 4th Mixed Infantry Brigade.

In addition, the original provisional 3rd Brigade in Shanghai was changed to the 3rd Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Chen Jintang temporarily served as the division commander. The military meeting decided that the original artillery brigade would be promoted to an artillery regiment, and the 2nd Division Leng Yifei Division would be reorganized as an artillery regiment under the division. Deng Zixuan announced at the military meeting that Feng Zicai's 3,000 soldiers and horses would be the border garrison column, and Feng Zicai would serve as the supreme commander. Along with the supply of 10 artillery pieces, 10 thousand grenades were supplied. At the same time, providing new military uniforms is actually binding Feng Zicai. Deng Zixuan firmly believed that as long as he quickly captured Guangxi and Yunnan, Feng Zicai would follow him with all his heart.