Wang Yangbing handed Albert a precious book, Albert opened it, his face turned pale, and then he laughed, "Your country actually uses such tricks to deal with France?" Could we be misled by such a piece of false news? ”

Albert looked at Wang Yangbing and Guo Songtao with a little pity, and shook his head, "Our invincible French army was wiped out by those peasants and monkeys of the Black Flag Army near Thang Long Mansion?" Is it April Fool's Day? If I remember correctly, three months have passed since April Fool's Day, and do you still use this method to create a favorable public opinion and atmosphere in your country, and want to obtain other benefits in the negotiations? It's ridiculous," Albert threw the fold in his hand on the table, the glass on the side was filled with ice, and there were a lot of dewdrops hanging on the wall of the glass, and the fold was thrown on the table, the wine glass shook, and the bubbles slowly poured up, "I have not received any news from the Vietnamese side here, and it is obvious that your country said that our army was completely annihilated by the Black Flag Army, this must be false news." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Guo Songtao also cocked his feet, and said to Albert in a respectful manner, "I know that there is a proverb in the West, no news is good news, but what happened in Vietnam does not mean that there is no news, but why haven't you received the news yet, ambassador, obviously, the content of my report must be true," Guo Songtao stretched out his finger and nodded at the report, "Because the soldiers of your country have all been killed, no one has time to escape to report the news, so I got this news from me," Guo Songtao leaned back and leaned back on the back of the softly cushioned chair, "It's really embarrassing for you, Mr. Ambassador, the result of the war between your country and Vietnam still needs to be informed by China." ”

Albert looked at Wang Yangbing and Guo Songtao, although Wang Yangbing's face was flat, it seemed that he couldn't help laughing in the next second, Guo Songtao had a joking look on his face, is this still true? Albert lowered his head and thought about it, picked up the newspaper from the table again, looked at it carefully, and finally saw a trace of inappropriateness, "If our army in Beiqi is completely annihilated, may I ask where is General Li Weili?" ”

"I'm glad you mentioned poor General Willy Lee," Guo Songtao's heart blossomed, but he still couldn't hold back a smile on his face, "I heard that he has been killed in battle, may God bless him." ”

"It's impossible!" Albert said fiercely, he turned around and ignored the ******** who was full of lies, and said quickly to the counselor, "I need you to contact Saigon or the French officials in Thang Long right away!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the sound of firecrackers rang out one after another, crackling, destroying the quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the garden inside the embassy, and as the sun slowly rose, it was noon, Albert's head was full of beads of sweat, and he was upset when he heard the sound of these firecrackers, and shouted: "What! ”

Guo Songtao stood up and said with a smile, "It must be people outside who are celebrating, these people," he said complainingly, "I have repeatedly forbidden ordinary people to come to Dongjiaomin Lane to harass envoys from various countries, why did I come outside today to set off firecrackers, disturbing the purity of Mr. Ambassador, it is really a sin." ”

The attendant ran in from outside, his face full of horror, and he stammered a newspaper, "Sir, people outside are setting off firecrackers, and then the newspaper is full of news from Vietnam...... This.... It's today's daily newspaper! ”

Albert didn't care about his image of a calm gentleman at this time, kicked away the chair, grabbed the newspaper without any image, obviously it was newly published today, he looked at the headline news on the front page, his hands trembled involuntarily, his face suddenly turned blue and white and red all of a sudden, his mouth was bitter, and he read the news silently meaninglessly, every word could make his heart pound, "Yesterday, the third day of the seventh month, the Black Flag Army and the French Expeditionary Force fought a decisive battle on the southern slope, At the beginning, the muskets and artillery of the two armies were inspired, and the soldiers of the two sides fought with each other, and the Black Flag Army feinted, and retreated to the area of Guandi Temple and Paper Bridge...... The paper bridge is just a wooden bridge, there is no water in Hanoi, the Black Flag Army has already laid fortifications here, and so on, the commander of the Black Flag Army, Liu Yongfu, took the lead, sat in the Guandi Temple to personally lure the enemy deep, dragged the main force of the French army to all the two, the two sides were inseparable, at that time, the sky was beautiful, the sky rained, Liu Yongfu arranged for the dead to pretend to be a corpse lying on the slope, and waited until Li Willy sat in the rear of the town to command, when there was a shortage of troops around him, he killed in one go, and Li Wei, the co-leader of the musket battalion, beheaded Li Willy ......"

Albert almost fainted, his hands couldn't help but tremble, how could it be, overnight, just overnight, the situation in North Ki, Vietnam was turned upside down, he would not doubt the authenticity of this news at this time, no matter how stupid the Chinese officials were, they would not dare to put such false news in the newspaper headlines that both the Queen Mother and the Emperor would read!

"This stupid pig-like Willie!" Albert scolded, "I can't see such a trick to lure the enemy, he is still a colonel in the navy in vain, and he really fails to live up to the trust of the governor of Saigon!" ”

Guo Songtao took another sip of champagne, and Shi Shiran stood up, "Of course, there are many twists and turns, of course, there are no details in this simple report on the first side, I suggest that Mr. Ambassador can turn to the third page, there is a full page with a description of this battle, I have to say," Guo Songtao shook his head and sighed, "The luck of the Black Flag Army is really good, General Li Willy of your country, it's really stupid." He put down the wine glass, left along the garden path with his hands behind his back, walked near the door, and heard the sound of objects falling behind him, Guo Songtao turned his head to see that Albert had kicked the entire table to the ground with the champagne and wine glasses on it, Guo Songtao shook his head, "Such a good champagne, smashed like this, but it really hurts." Albert didn't drink a drop of the bottle by the end.

Guo Songtao and the two people went out of the French Embassy, and saw the people coming and going on Dongjiaomin Alley was very lively, you must know that this small alley was very few people in the past, and the people were around the gate of the French Embassy to see the excitement, and when they saw Guo Songtao and the two of them come out, the people in Sijiu City were bold, and they did not say that they were retreating, and someone shouted: "Lord Guo, I don't know how the French ambassador's face is?" When I heard it outside, his face turned blue with fright! ”

Everyone laughed, Guo Songtao also laughed, but he didn't answer, just arched his hand in all directions, and went down the steps to get into the carriage, the carriage drove to the west, obviously Guo Songtao was going back to work outside the Old Summer Palace, he let out a long breath and patted his stomach, "I saw Albert's face like this today, and it was not in vain that I ran over." It's worth it! ”

Guo Songtao continued with a smile, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that this Black Flag Army would have such great ability to annihilate the French army!" I estimate that there are always a few fish that slip through the net, but killed more than 400 people, captured 60 people, killed the coach Li Weili and the deputy marshal Wei Weis, such a great achievement, so many years, I haven't seen it in China, but it's a pity, if Liu Yongfu is in China, he is an official of the imperial court, and this victory is at least an earl! ”

"Your Excellency, you haven't seen it yet? I don't know anything else," Wang Yangbing said with a smile, "Just look at a Tang Jingsong, who was sent to Yungui by the order of the Western Sage, how did he end up in Vietnam?" He raised the newspaper in his hand, "Can you still write such a manuscript in the Daqing Daily?" Do you still think that this Liu Yongfu was a rebel in the past and fought alone? Not to mention what Tang Jingsong did, according to the temperament of Cen Chunxuan and Zeng Guoquan, I am afraid that it is the materials of Liangguang, as long as Liu Yongfu wants it, everything will be sent over. ”

Guo Songtao laughed, "What you said is very true, this Liu Yongfu, such a big thing happened, I'm afraid the Military Aircraft Department is going to have a headache, but this has nothing to do with us, I came to see Albert's appearance today, it is really relieving, in the past, relying on the arrogance of the French army in Vietnam, his temper has become more and more rising, and now, it just so happens that he has lost face." (To be continued.) )