China in Lin Yuan's era often had such statements, but at that time, China was limited by national strength, and the statement was just talking, and the countries of the world would not listen carefully, and China under Lin Yuan's rule in this era was different, Lin Yuan's sentence "calling on all parties to exercise restraint" made Chulalongkorn hurriedly give an order to the troops: "Temporarily stop the offensive." ”

Chulalongkorn brought Barclay to discuss again, and said: "Dear British friend, Lin Yuan has just made a televised speech, calling on all parties to exercise restraint, and I have just ordered the troops to suspend the offensive, let's analyze it, what does Lin Yuan's speech mean?" ”

Barclay thought for a moment and smiled: "I think Lin Yuan is just talking casually, you don't have to mind." ”

Chulalongkorn said with some concern: "Lin Yuan won't send troops to intervene, right?" Siam is close to the sea, and the depth of the land is very small, if Lin Yuan's troops land from the sea, they can attack Bangkok in two hours, and Chiang Mai in two days. ”

Barclay said categorically: "Your Majesty, although you can rest assured, the Chinese will not send troops to intervene under any circumstances, the reason I have already emphasized countless times, so I don't want to repeat it more." ”

Chulalongkorn said with trepidation: "That's good, I'll let the troops continue the attack." After saying that, he gave an order to the front commander to let the troops continue the offensive. Barclay also got up to say goodbye, and Chulalongkorn saw that Barclay was gone, turned around and asked the attendant, "Has Princess Arlinn arrived in Chiang Mai?" ”

The squire replied, "It's already here, and it's resting now." ”

Chulalongkorn said, "Take me to her." ”

Chulalongkorn set up his headquarters in the monastery, the monastery is more taboo for women to enter, so Princess Arlinn was arranged in a high-end hotel outside the monastery, Chiang Mai was a famous tourist city in Thailand in the Lin Yuan era, and the same is true in this era, the British in Myanmar, India, Malaya, the Dutch in Indonesia, and people from other parts of Europe who come to Southeast Asia to do business like to visit Chiang Mai, so there are many high-end hotels in Chiang Mai.

Chulalongkorn came to his daughter's room, the little princess saw her father coming, she trembled with fright, and her tears fell down one by one, but she didn't dare to cry out loud, Chulalongkorn saw her daughter's appearance, and couldn't bear to blame her too much, so he held her in his arms and comforted: "Father won't scold you, okay, don't cry, wipe away your tears, I'll ask you something." ”

When the little princess heard that her father was going to ask her about something, she felt that she had found an opportunity to "atone for her sins", so she hurriedly wiped away her tears and said, "Father, please ask, Arlinn will tell you everything." ”

Chulalongkorn asked, "Did you go to Guangzhou by boat and then to Beijing by train?" Such a long way, you group of teenage children, there are no bad people to bully you? ”

The little princess nodded and said, "Yes, there are liars who want to deceive us, but they were scolded by a few well-meaning Chinese, and the Chinese are very good to us." ”

Chulalongkorn then asked, "Which is better, China or our Siamese?" ”

The little princess said without thinking about it: "Of course it is China, there are many cars on the streets of China, there are many tall houses, the places where things are sold are more lively than Siam, the clothes are better than Siam, the patterns and colors are more than Siam, they also have a lot of things for girls to make, I also bought some, I didn't dare to bring them back." ”

Chulalongkorn sighed softly and said, "I have long heard that China is very strong, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to take a look. By the way, I heard that you met Lin Yuan, what kind of person is Lin Yuan? ”

The little princess recalled and said: "He is very handsome, not tall, but his body is very strong, unlike those princes of Siam, who all have big bellies, and his eyes are bright and ......."

Chulalongkorn coughed lightly, interrupted the little princess's words, and said, "Don't talk about his looks, talk about his character." ”

The little princess said, "I feel that he is a very gentle man, and he should be very considerate to people, and he is very kind to his subordinates, which is very similar to you......"

Chulalongkorn thought for a while and said, "If I asked you to go to China again, would you be willing?" ”

The little princess was stunned for a moment and asked, "What did my father ask me to do in China?" ”

Chulalongkorn said: "You go with Prince Doma as my envoy to Beijing to contact Lin Yuan. ”

The little princess said, "If that's the case, it's good to let the prince go, I don't know anything about diplomacy." ”

Chulalongkorn sighed and said: "Your grandfather let me study England when I was young, and now it seems that I may have learned the wrong person, you go to China and study well among the Chinese." ”

Princess Arlinn agreed, and Chulalongkorn secretly sent Prince Thomas and Princess Arlinn back to Bangkok to take a merchant ship to the Chinese port of Guangzhou.

At this time, on the border between Siam and Laos, the Siamese army and the French army were fighting to the death, while the 252nd Regiment of Lin Yuan's 28th Division was watching from the sidelines, waiting for Lin Yuan's order. Siam's war elephant corps was very strong, as the French ambassador said to Lin Yuan, the shooting was accurate, the body was good, and he was familiar with the combat in the mountainous and tropical jungles, so the French army was defeated and retreated.

In the process of the Siamese army's attack, the Lao Song clan played an important role, the Lao Song clan is a group of ethnic groups living in the mountainous area, these ethnic groups do not have the concept of "Lao nationals", naturally do not have the idea of "patriotism", their ideas are very simple - the French bully people, they should be killed, Siamese people do not bully people, they should help! So these Lao Song people did their best to help the Siamese army, the Lao Song people were familiar with the terrain, the Siamese army was good at fighting, and the French army was not an opponent.

At 6 p.m. on October 9, the Siamese army had penetrated more than 100 kilometers deep into Luang Prabang and directly threatened Luang Prabang, the most important city in Luang Prabang.

After two days of fighting, the Siamese army stopped the offensive and began to rest, and the battle stalled for a while. In Beijing, the French ambassador told Sù Lin Yuan: "The French president and prime minister have made it clear that they will not accept your plan of '10 billion yuan order' and will not withdraw from the French Indochina Federation." At present, France is actively preparing for a military operation to counterattack Siam. ”

When Lin Yuan heard this statement, he smiled secretly in his heart: "You still want to counterattack Siam? The Indochina Federation is turbulent, and if a large number of troops are deployed to attack Siam, Vietnam and Cambodia will have to be in chaos. ”

At one o'clock in the morning of October 10, the French forces in Cambodia launched an attack on the Siamese territories of Siem Reap, Battambang and Sisophon, which had long been coveted by the French and ceded by Chulalongkorn in 1907 during the Lin Yuan era in exchange for the French relinquishing their extraterritoriality in Siam.