Gu Ba's head was slightly bowed, his hair was still more bearded than the beard under his chin, his eyes were light brown, and he was immediately flipping through the map, and when he heard the herald's report, he nodded, "Very good, then let our soldiers rest on the spot." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

When the news was transmitted, the French soldiers on the march sat down on the spot to rest, although it was chaotic, but they all formed a formation and made several circles, but the soldiers patrolling in front and behind did not relax, and the adjutant on the side said suspiciously, "Your Excellency General, we still have a lot of time to stay away from Shanxi City, and there are still about three or four hours before we can arrive, why stop now." ”

"The Black Flag Army is best at raiding, which can be seen from the tragic fate of An Ye and Li Willy, they thought that in the jungle of the Far East, they could also put the arrogance of the army of the French Republic, so they were attacked, it doesn't matter if they died, but they also implicated so many excellent soldiers, this is very disgusting, we have not fought the Black Flag Army head-on since we landed, what does this mean, they are probably still planning a conspiracy against us, I believe, The soldiers of France are definitely not inferior to any country on the frontal battlefield, but for the environment that we are not familiar with, the most important thing is to prevent surprise attacks, for the sake of safety, when we are thirty kilometers away from the city of Shanxi, everything must be vigilant, to prevent the Black Flag Army from attacking again, dear lieutenant, I would rather move forward at a rapid pace than become the talk of those old men in the domestic parliament who laughed at them after dinner. ”

"The Black Flag Army must know that we have reached this plot, after all, the Vietnamese along the way have come to spy on it one after another, of course I agree with His Excellency General's prudent approach, but the longer these Chinese are stationed in Shanxi City, the more prepared they will be, and the more we will pay the price of attacking the city."

"We won't give them full preparation, in addition to the army, France also has a navy, although the Red River can't drive large ironclad ships, but the careful warships are also here in Vietnam, no one can resist, pass the order," Guba was full of confidence, "They made a line of defense with bamboo rafts on the river?" Let the three warships set off, and destroy all his ridiculous things for me, and let them see the power of the world's second navy. ”

Although the rainy season is over, the afternoon sun in mid-autumn in Vietnam is still very dazzling, Gu pulled off his horse, the guard took out a folding chair, he sat down, the adjutant still had to explain all concerns, "The local army of the Chinese has also arrived in Beiqi, if we do not hurry up, it is easy to receive the threat of both sides to carry out together." ”

"You are too worried, it is impossible for the Chinese to launch a surprise attack, according to Ambassador Albert's understanding, and the news I know, the Chinese are a people who love face, such as raids, which damage the face of a big country, the Chinese can't do it, only the Black Flag Army these countrymen will do it without regard for face, of course, this is difficult to understand, this involves the logical thinking of China and the West, but we can be sure that as long as we do not take the initiative to provoke the Chinese army, they will watch us eat the Black Flag Army, Besides, their slow marching speed, even if we fight safely, there is enough time, most of the Chinese's regimental training is placed at the junction of Vietnam and China, and it will take a long time to cross the Red River. Gu Ba put his hat over his face and was about to take a nap, and the French army on the side had already started to make a fire to cook, "Okay, I need to rest, dear lieutenant, you go on patrol to prevent the Chinese from raiding, and when the ships come back, let them report the results of the battle." ”

An hour later, three steamers sailed back from the Red River, and the lieutenant at the head reported to Guba, who had just woken up: "We have broken all those ridiculous bamboo rafts in the river, and the Black Flag Army has fired several shots at us on the city of Shanxi, but none of them have hit us, and their accuracy is not enough." We fought back, punched a couple of big holes in the wall, and after the demonstration, we came back. ”

"The accuracy of the cannon requires skilled mathematical skills, how can these Black Flag troops master the shooting of artillery, I originally guessed that they would definitely not, you go to the test and confirm this," Gu Ba yawned and stood up, "Very good, we have a demonstration of Shanxi City first, then some cowards will be afraid of our strength, it will be good for our operations at that time, pass the order, slowly set off towards Shanxi, do a good patrol, increase vigilance, and can't let the Black Flag Army raid again." ”

Lone Pull is too cautious, the Black Flag Army at this time has no intention to carry out a surprise attack, any surprise attack in the four thousand French regular troops armed to the teeth, the two thousand Saigon Vietnamese puppet army, only more than 2,000 Black Flag Army will not kill themselves at all, Liu Yongfu saw the French military ships on the city wall, and in a few strokes, he washed away the defensive facilities of the country and mountains that he had worked so hard to make, and said to Tang Jingsong with a worried face, "It is foreseeable that the French will attack together by land and water, and our artillery is too little, With them holding the line of fire down, our defense can't resist it. ”

Tang Jingsong also saw the power of the guns on those small warships, he shook his head, and his originally very excited mood fell to the bottom, "It seems that this is a vicious battle." ”

"It's a pity that the group training in the country didn't arrive, and if you can haunt on the opposite side, it will also be full of might."

"On the other side?" Tang Jingsong suddenly felt blessed, "Group practice!" Oh, yes! He patted his head, "The words of the chief soldier woke up the dreamers, now that the French are powerful, we can only rely on some intrigues to force them back." As long as you send someone like this, you will definitely get miraculous results! ”

No matter how careful Gu Ba is, he finally arrived at the city of Shanxi, this morning after dinner, the French army has all attacked, in the east of Shanxi City lined up in a formation, a color of white hats and blue military uniforms, lined up in a phalanx, the north of Shanxi City is the mighty Red River, at this time there is no French warship on the water, Gu Ba looked at the black flag army on the city wall with his glasses, nodded, "Although they all seem to be malnourished, but the morale is still very high, But in front of our French army, it is useless. Siege warfare is the most tactical mode of warfare, have you seen the rest of the city walls? (To be continued.) )