55. The War in Shanxi (3)

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The successive dynasties of Vietnam have called themselves the Southern Emperor, so the south is in the position of fire, so it is natural to be still hot, all dressed in red, the French are dressed in white, and in the West, the Vietnamese all say that the red fire is golden, and the French invaded several times, and it will inevitably be wiped out by the Vietnamese, but this land is becoming less and less. Gu Ba nodded, "Those soldiers who are about the native of Vietnam, there is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of these Vietnamese monkeys is definitely far inferior to the Black Flag Army, this may be an aspect of our next search for a breakthrough." ”

Guba has a strong self-confidence in the French soldiers, marching slowly, and the soldiers will not feel tired, so they will not make any false feints, Guba will send an order, "The Saigon army is ready to attack the city in the front, and the artillery behind will suppress the defensive fire on the city." ”

"Yes!"

One order after another was conveyed, by the Red River, in front of Shanxi City, the horn sounded, and the French soldiers who stood in two squares outside the east gate quickly changed their formation under the command of the commander, and the French artillery was already ready for a thousand meters away from Shanxi City, and when they heard the order, the artillery ignited the fire letter, and boomed a few times, and the shells were fired out one after another, and a few fell in front of the city gate, and a few hit the towering cornices on the city gate building, and with a stab, half of the city gate building collapsed, The diminutive Saigon soldiers pulled ladder ropes and slammed wood shouting towards the east gate, and a big battle was about to break out.

"Boom!" A few cannons rang out, on the gate tower of Zhennan Pass, there was an old man wearing a yellow coat, his head was a diamond topped, and the back of his head was hung with a three-eyed flower. ”

"Knock on the handsome!"

Zeng Guoquan nodded with satisfaction, he twisted his beard and looked downstairs, "Get up!" ”

The herald shouted, "Get up! ”

"Get out!" Zeng Guoquan shouted loudly, the people underground got the generals, lined up in two rows, the dust and smoke were billowing, like two yellow dragons out of Zhennan Pass, killing to the unsuspecting Red River Plain, he watched the team go away with satisfaction, turned his head, and smiled at a few officials behind him, "Although the Liangguang wolf soldiers look a little shorter, they are murderous after all, and they are not inferior to the twelve new armies in the DPRK." ”

Gao Xinkui, who was wearing a golden chicken supplement suit, smiled indifferently, "That's the reason, the wolf soldiers were originally indigenous people of Liangguang, and there is no difference between them and the people of Vietnam, and the local dialect is also the same. ”

Zeng Guoquan laughed, "It's just that this edict says that the regiment trains to enter Vietnam to maintain order, and to maintain order is not to fight, how can you show your majesty if you can't fight?" Gao Fantai is a central minister, what is the direction of the wind in the court, but there is a change? If the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, so the alley is in full swing, and the end is to watch the scenery by the river, I'm afraid it's not okay? ”

Gao Xinkui said with a smile, "Dashuai is now the head of the two Guangxi and the director of the five provinces, how can the will of the court come to ask the lower officials?" If there is a will, will the lower officials still hide it? ”

Zeng Guoquan couldn't ask anything, that's it, he turned his head to look at the two fully armored admirals and spoke, one is Su Yuanchun, the governor of Guangxi, is an old acquaintance, and the other is Jiang Qi, the governor of Guangdong, Jiang Qi is trained in the Taiping army, in the old days, he was on an errand under the command of Wang Jinxiu, the governor of Hubei, and he has also fought in Baliqiao, so many years, step by step, he is also the commander of a product, from a guy in a wine shop, to today's feudal official, the head of a provincial military attachΓ©, and can also be called a legend. "Although the old man is the director, it is not good for him to lead the troops out of the customs, and the regiment will train into Vietnam, and all the affairs will be handed over to the two of you," but these two people are both admirals of the same product, and they always have to find a palm seal officer to talk to, Zeng Guoquan pondered slightly, "Jiang Qi, you have always been steady, and the matter of Beiqi will be left to you." ”

Although he said that he would hand it over to Jiang Qi, he still showed a slightly regretful look on his face, he didn't dare to disobey the will of the court, and said that he was not allowed to provoke without permission, so compared to the impulsive Su Yuanchun, Jiang Qi was always more relieved and reliable, the two of them hugged their fists and saluted downstairs, and they were high-minded, how could they not see Zeng Guoquan's regretful look, "Why should the marshal worry about having no battle to fight?" As long as the French did not extinguish their desire to invade Vietnam, sooner or later they would clash with Tuanlian. ”

"That's right," Zeng Guoquan cheered up, and asked Gao Xinkui to subsidize, "The regiment has trained into Vietnam, do you want to show one or two in this domain?" ”

"The Qinzhou Treasury has prepared a month's worth of grain and grass for the army," Gao Xinkui said with a smile, "As for this silver, the lower officials dare not use it indiscriminately, if they are caught by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is really not good." ”

Gao Xinkui is the person of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Zeng Guoquan knows it, so he has no choice but to laugh a few words, and after a while, the herald arrived, and said, "The French army has arrived in Shanxi City!" ”

"Oh? How can it be so slow? Zeng Guoquan raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Yes, I'm afraid that the French have had enough of this Liu Yongfu's loss and don't dare to march rashly, so it's okay, send an order to Admiral Jiang and tell him to march quickly, I want to hear the report that the Liangguang regiment has reached the Red River within five days!" ”

"Huh!"

Zeng Guoquan got off the city tower and was about to get on the carriage to return to Guangzhou, Gao Xinkui bowed his hand and saluted, "Dashuai, I still have an old man to see in Qinzhou, and let me take two days off, and go back to Guangzhou by the officials." ”

"Oh?" Zeng Guoquan nodded, and made a joke, "As long as the domain doesn't go abroad, you can go there." ”

The artillery spewed out the fireworks of revenge, the cannonballs fell from the high-altitude high-speed impact like meteorites, the east gate of Shanxi City was filled with gunpowder smoke, the smell of sulfur and gunpowder choked people's eyes can't open, the city wall hit by the cannonballs broke a lot of big holes one after another, the French artillery went through a round of adjusted test firing, found the track and range, the soldiers of the Black Flag Army were horrified to find that the French artillery hit accurately and ruthlessly, many people had died under the attack of the artillery, and at this time, the French servant army had not even run under the city wall, The Black Flag Army on the city tower is already a little fluctuating.

Seeing that something was wrong, the pipe band of the artillery battalion hurriedly opened his mouth and ordered, "Shoot back!" Fight back! Ignore the French artillery in the distance, first bomb all the Vietnamese monkeys that ran over to Lao Tzu! (To be continued.) )