On the third day of the first month of May, Li Willy set out from Thang Long Mansion, did not enter the palace in the northwest direction of Baosheng City, but turned around and entered the southwest direction of Chunmei, Xin'an, Xile and other places, he did not kill innocents indiscriminately, everywhere he went, he expelled the local officials, ordered them to leave immediately, and used French merchants as local governors to govern, watching his actions, As if to uproot Hue City's rule in this area, and with a great tendency to cut off Beiqi and Zhongqi, he sent a team of 100 men to attack Thanh Hoa, but in only half an hour he had already occupied the entire city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And Liu Yongfu personally led the Black Flag Army in Xin'an and Li Willy after encountering, a little confrontation and then then retreated, until retreating to Lesong on the bank of the Heishui River, Li Willy saw this and turned around, towards Lesong slow tentative attack, on the way encountered many Vietnamese troops, but it was immediately defeated, useless, but fueled the arrogance of the French soldiers. The two sides began to fight near the left side of Su Lesong, the time lasted intermittently for two months, the Black Flag Army attacked weakly, but the defense of the city was very good, and the firearms were extremely fierce, Li Willy wanted to bypass Lesong City and take other cities on the banks of the Heishui River, but he was harassed by Yang Zhuen's team for a while in the left near and did not dare to get out, and he did not dare to go deep into other places alone, so he could only be anxious in the area of Lesong. Li Willy sought a decisive battle several times, but Liu Yongfu had avoided a frontal battle, so the advance was frustrated, and the attitude of the French softened.

The body and hall in front of the Chuxiu Palace, the Empress Dowager Cixi is having breakfast, since Xingzhen became the Queen Mother, she opened up the body and the hall in front of the Chuxiu Palace, as her own dining and living place, the recent weather is slowly getting hotter, the recent appetite is not good, she can't eat anything, only saw a bowl of shredded pheasant mixed with matsutake sauce silver silk noodles, but also used it well, ate a small half bowl, and drank half a bowl of purple rice porridge, and put it down, the Empress Dowager Cixi rinsed her mouth, pressed the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, "So, what do the French think?" ”

"In the negotiations with the Prime Minister's Yamen, it was revealed that they wanted to make concessions on the Suez Canal," Li Lianying put down the fold in her hand and said to the Empress Dowager Cixi, this is a secret fold sent back by Hue about the war in Beiqi, and the news is far more detailed and accurate than that sent by the Governor of Liangguang. "That's one thing, but they are also secretly applying for more reinforcements from Saigon, after all, it is difficult to swallow the whole of Beiqi with only 600 soldiers."

"Then it seems that the help for the Black Flag Army is still very effective," the Empress Dowager Cixi stood up, walked down the steps of Lijingxuan, and stretched her waist, "If it is about doing business, it will not cost much silver over there, and Suez will be able to earn back hundreds of thousands of dollars here." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the new purple jasmine under the corridor, and then went to the warm pavilion, the palace people served tea, and the Queen Mother took a sip, "I don't expect the French to give in, hehe, I wish he wouldn't give in." ”

"You are in charge of the ceremonial office, and I won't hide it from you, Xiao Lizi, you say, this situation in Vietnam, if we want to fight the French, do we have a chance of winning?"

"The minions don't know about the army and don't dare to talk about it, but if the whole country is mobilized to defeat the French, it must not be difficult." Li Lianying said.

"But if you use the strength of the whole country to fight so many hundreds of French troops, it will inevitably be a big fuss about artillery and mosquitoes, so I don't want to send troops to fight the French now."

Empress Dowager Cixi continued, "So how do you turn these hundreds of people into thousands, or tens of thousands? Now it's like a child fighting, how can parents come out and fight their children? ? If you want to fight, you can only have parents beat each other. So I want to say that secretly helping the Black Flag Army to stumble the French in Vietnam, at least I want the children to fight better, if all of a sudden the Vietnamese are crying, will I have the cheekiness to personally roll up my sleeves and fight those hundreds of people? ”

Li Lianying said, "Queen Mother Shengming, the French are indeed soft. ”

"It's soft now, how will you sing the next play?" The Empress Dowager Cixi pulled her armor, "Even if we sign a treaty agreement with the French now, it must not be able to solve the problem of Vietnam. Tell Tang Jingsong that no matter what, before the end of this year, I want to see Li Weili's head. ”

Li Lianying complied, "They could have taken down these people, but now with the support of Liangguang and Yungui, I think if they can't wipe out these six hundred people," Empress Dowager Cixi squinted, "Then it's too useless, if it's really useless, then it's not a big deal to die in Vietnam." ”

The Queen Mother asked again, "Don't spread the news." ”

"The Queen Mother can rest assured, the Ministry of War has already taken care of it, and they all said that they would take these eliminated firearms to Yungui to quell the rebellion, and in addition, Lord Zeng, the governor of Liangguang, also said that he wanted to train the wolf regiments of all ethnic groups to practice, and he needed muskets and artillery, and asked for payment, and the Military Aircraft Department had agreed."

"That's good, it's not time to lift the lid, I think that although Prince Gong is gentle, it's not that he doesn't know the power," he stressed before that "the provocation should not be opened by itself", but there was also an order to the authorities of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to supervise the border defense troops to take measures to deal with it, so it was not unprepared, but it was just a word, that is, "indecisive", but the Empress Dowager Cixi had already planned to prepare secretly in her heart. "What kind of musket and artillery, you ask Gao Bozu to do it, if you can squeeze a little out, you can squeeze it out and send it over, Baosheng City is separated by a river from the mouth of the river, it is very convenient, my private action, there is no need to let the king of parliament know, it was originally someone who pretended to be red-faced, and someone who pretended to be white-faced. It's really busy right now, and there are still big things to do in the next eight flags, Vietnam's affairs, let the Black Flag Army take the top first. ”

"Yes," Li Lianying said, "There is a matter, the slave has to report to the West Sage." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Ruibao, the nephew of King Fujin, has been in close contact with the decent people in the Eight Banners these days, and he often goes to Shichahai to meet with King Yizheng."

The Queen Mother's eyes condensed slightly, "What does this mean?" What do they say when they meet?? ”

"I don't know much about the King of Yizheng, the matter of meeting and talking with the people in the Eight Banners is nothing more than the recent reform of the Eight Banners, listening to their meaning, they want Ruibao to come forward and lobby Prince Gong." (To be continued.) )