"France has lost the interests that could have been seized by the Chinese side of the Suez Canal, that is, we originally envisaged that we could exchange the interests in exchange for a certain degree of transfer of Vietnamese rights, which is already impossible, so sooner or later we have to carry out with the Chinese, why not quickly solve the Chinese?" Although the local Chinese troops in Beiqi did not intervene in the war between us and the Black Flag Army, his presence greatly affected my strategic deployment, and it was impossible for me to send the main army to exterminate the Black Flag Army without any scruples. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

“....... We have clearly seen the strategic thinking of the Chinese, they want to use the military defense in Beiqi to achieve a political negotiation to solve the Vietnamese problem, then they will certainly not be defensive against us, even if they are prepared, it is impossible to compete with our initiative, we must take the lead with the Chinese in the competition for Vietnam. ”

"I know that Your Excellency the Governor does not have the right to declare war on China, but now there is a conflict with China, and the Chinese will only protest, their diplomatic department will always only protest one way, and will not launch other methods to protect their own interests, as for the military, there is no need to worry at all, any conspiracy and trickery cannot be hidden in the face of absolute strength, we only need to be bold and cautious, calm response, we can determine the advantage in Beiqi."

"Yes, when the Governor received this letter, I had already ordered the crossing of the Red River to march north, please do not accuse me of self-determination, I conclude that the defeat of France in Vietnam is due to the infiltration of Vietnam by Chinese forces, and that the dead Chinese envoy in Hue City has made it impossible for us to support an obedient puppet regime, and the existence of the Black Flag Army has made our military operations in Beiqi tied, such a diplomatic and military defeat, As a result, we lost our voice in international affairs, and I learned from home that after some time, about four or five years, Berlin was going to organize a world political conference, although I can't determine what the content of the conference was, but I am sure that it was a conference about the rise of new powers demanding the division of world territory, and demanding political status, and the pride of France has been low since Sedan, and we cannot deny this, and the affairs of Vietnam will not attract the attention of the world. It will not make our enemies and friends in Europe unduly nervous, and we can unscrupulously regain the glory of France by occupying Indochina, and the only obstacle is China. Only by excluding China's interference, then my voice in the world in the future, especially in East Asia, may even surpass that of the United Kingdom, after all, the ugly and greedy British will only think about doing business with the Chinese. ”

"The Chinese believe that there are still some discordant factors, which can be understood from my correspondence with Ambassador Albert, their domestic attitude towards Vietnamese affairs is still very contradictory, afraid of war, afraid that war will affect their domestic economy and infringe on the vested interests of those in power, but they stubbornly want to preserve their so-called relationship between the upper country and the subject country, and this contradictory state will definitely affect their implementation of their policy towards Vietnam and France. This can be seen from the performance of their local armies since they entered the Pak Ki region, their armies have been slow to march, and they are more interested in receiving all kinds of local assets, such as mines, etc., and they are not at all interested in speeding up their march and occupying the entire north bank of the Red River, and they are not at all interested in crossing the Red River to occupy a few cities near Thang Long Province to threaten us. ”

"But we must be wary of China, a hesitant and bloated giant, when he comes to his senses, his strength is by no means something that our human and material resources in the Far East can contend with, the great Emperor Napoleon has long said that China is a sleeping lion, and when he wakes up, it will shock the whole world, God forbid, let him sleep all the time, and now he is sleeping in a daze, just giving us the opportunity, as long as we cleanly drive the Chinese out of the Beiqi region through several large-scale battles, so that they can return to China in ashes, Then we will use diplomatic softening tactics to appease those who are struggling with inwardness Chinese........ This is one point, and another point, I personally suggest that the traitors in Hue City need to be dealt with immediately, these Vietnamese monkeys think that with the help of the Chinese they can ignore us France, such a stupid idea must be told by practical actions that they have made a huge mistake, we must take quick and effective action to make the emperor and the minister of Hue submit to us, and the kind of submission that can no longer fall to China, please act immediately, Lord Governor, the Chinese pay attention to the name of the right, As long as we control the Vietnamese king and his gang in Hue City, I believe that without the official consent of Vietnam, the Chinese will be embarrassed to continue to rely on Beiqi. ”

"When you received this letter," General Miller wrote in the last paragraph, "I had already set out for Bac Ninh, where the camp of the Chinese army was, and the Black Flag Army was also near Bac Ninh, and their arrogance was still so arrogant after losing so many men, that is, they thought that the Chinese army was on the side, and we in France did not dare to fight with them, and I would use practical actions to make them clearly understand that in Vietnam, only the French can decide everything, and the glory of the French tricolor will inevitably shine on Southeast Asia. Renault. Miller. Tuls. Admiral Millet finished writing a long letter and called the attendant in, "Please send this letter to Saigon quickly by warship, I need to receive instructions from His Excellency the Governor at the first time." ”

"Okay, Admiral, there is something I need to report to you, and the Chinese government has issued an order." The chamberlain handed Miller a piece of paper, "This is the latest order for the situation in Vietnam. ”

It was an order from the Military Aircraft Department, with Beining as the focus and Shanxi as the horn, and ordered Xu Yanxu, the governor of Guangxi, and Tang Jiongchi, the governor of Yunnan, to go to the front enemy, supervise and lead the battalions, and defend them tightly, so as to strengthen the gate. In view of the fact that "the preservation of Beiqi should always be focused on conquering Hanoi" is a long-term goal that may not be achieved quickly, it was decided to "encourage Liu Yongfu to reorganize the ranks, contact the Vietnamese volunteers, forge ahead with the camera, and strive to recover." (To be continued.) )