"Do you need to talk about this? The eastern and western fronts are fighting their own battles, and they won't pay attention to us," Su Yuanchun shook his head disappretently, "If Zeng Dashuai is here, he can move them, let's hehe, just hehe." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The two of them arrived together in front of the battle, a city of Beining has been built impregnable, there are three large camps on both sides and in the north, each of which is a horn, although the regimental training of the two provinces has not been ordered by the DPRK and China to fight against the legal person, but the vigilance is not lacking at all, the wildebeest wooden deer flap trench trap and so on are all prepared, the two Guangzhou regimental training is Zeng Guoquan took a heavy pile of gold, breech guns, and then the starting gun is readily available, Su Yuanchun inspected and nodded with satisfaction, "Although these people are a little tender, they are also worthy of war in the end, and now they have such good equipment," He said to Jiang Qi, "It will definitely be able to stop the legal person under the city of Beining!" ”

"Report!" The herald came to report the whereabouts of the French army, "Nigri led the 2nd Brigade from Hai Duong and sailed north along the Taiping River; Miller and Pori also feinted to attack Xinhe with a force, and the main force rushed east along the south bank of the Xinhe River. There are about 6,000 people on each side of the land and water. The main force of the 2nd French Brigade, under the cover of naval guns, landed on both sides of Fu Lang and besieged the four battalions of Vietnamese rebels stationed there. The local Catholics also responded in all directions, acting for the tiger. The defenders resisted with the help of fortifications and sent people to the camp in Bac Ninh to beg for help. ”

Su Yuanchun looked at Jiang Qi, Jiang Qi groaned slightly, shook his head and said: "Don't go to the rescue, let them fend for themselves, my first priority now is to hold Beining, Beining is not lost, and ordered Liu Yongfu of the Black Flag Army to order him to go to Fulang to support, if he can rescue the righteous army, it is naturally the best, if he can't save it, please protect himself, retreat to Beijiang in the north of Beining, and defend the back road for my Liangguang regiment." Jiang Qi said to Su Yuanchun, "The Black Flag Army has suffered a lot of casualties, and it cannot be used for frontal combat, they are familiar with the terrain of Vietnam, and they should be effective in dealing with the French army flexibly and mobilely." ”

"Liu Yongfu used to ask us for grain and grass and ammunition, but now look, since the French are coming towards us, they still need to take action there," Su Yuanchun said disdainfully, he was born in a counterinsurgency, and he has never been accustomed to seeing these anti-thieves recruit An, although there is the will of the imperial court, he is not good at objecting, but the disdain in these words is overflowing, he is gearing up, "Let's look at us next." ”

The Fort of Fulang was outnumbered and had to retreat, and when the Vietnamese rebels holding Fulang retreated westward to Guiyang, a section of the Black Flag Army arrived and worked with them to block the French army and block its advance. After three days, the French army arrived belatedly and arrived at the city of Bac Ninh.

After the French army captured Shanxi, due to heavy casualties and the rear was attacked and harassed by the Vietnamese rebels from time to time, it was unable to continue to develop the offensive, so it could only stick to the line of Shanxi and Hanoi and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. Later, an infantry brigade, two artillery teams, and a team of engineers sent by the French War Department arrived in Beiqi, bringing the total number of expeditionary forces to more than 18,000 people and more than 20 gunboats.

Mile set out by land and water, and together they arrived at the city of Bac Ninh, but he was also like a lone, attacking the city from three directions, south, south, and west, and the first brigade quickly maneuvered westward and launched an attack from the south of Bac Ninh; The other part of the 2nd Brigade detoured to the east of the city by water, in an attempt to capture Yongqiu (now 4 kilometers east of Bac Ninh) and cut off the rear route of the Qing army. The well-balled ball played an important role in the defense of Bac Ninh. According to the accounts of those who accompanied the army at the time, "there was a river ten feet wide and eight feet deep, and the steamers could reach the river." There are two earth mountains, and the merchants and people all say that if the enemy enters the city according to this mountain, the flowering cannon is close to the city, and every bit is not bad, day and night, then the city will be difficult to defend."

Jiang Qi sat in the city of Beining, the east and west two battalions were garrisoned by Su Yuanchun and deputy general Huang Guilan, and the large battalion north of Beining City was garrisoned by Dang Minxuan, the general army of Huizhou, Guangdong, echoing each other from afar, contacting each other, Jiang Qi sat at the head of the city, holding a telescope and looking at the white uniformed French troops in the distance in an orderly and uniform manner swarming towards Beining City, breech guns banging, firing shells at the defenders of the Chinese Liangguang regiment, Jiang Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, "Order all armies, hold their positions, and retreat without permission," he said in a deep voice, "Cut!" ”

"Yes!"

The artillery commander of the French was saying something loudly in French, and a Frenchman lit a torch and lit it on the fire letter, boom! The red light exploded, and a huge shell shot out along the trajectory, exploding a huge black fireball in the Chinese camp.

"Crackle!" It seems that the sound of artillery sounds in the Forbidden City, of course, in the palace where the empress lives, naturally it cannot be the sound of artillery, but the best fireworks in Hengyang, the sound of exploding in mid-air, this is Chinese New Year's Eve, the courtiers enter the palace to congratulate, and wish Empress Dowager Cixi a long birthday Christmas, this year is not a full birthday, and there is no peace in Vietnam in the south, so the birthday celebration is not done with great fanfare, but just singing and giving a banquet. But after the New Year, it is Empress Dowager Cixi, and now the 50th birthday of the Western Holy Lord, although the emperor is not pro-government, but has repeatedly told the Internal Affairs Office to prepare for next year's celebration in advance, and the Internal Affairs Office will naturally flatter, so this year's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is very grand, although the fall of Shanxi City is not long, but it will not affect the good mood of this New Year. Each wears vermilion with purple, mink tail flower feathers, the top is dazzling, after entering the palace to see the emperor, in the morning in the Qianqing Palace held a big court meeting, in the afternoon and again into the palace, but it is three o'clock in Western time when the banquet has been prepared, and the Fu is placed in the Qianqing Palace, everyone sits down according to the grade, the Guangxu Emperor is still young, can not drink, and sits down a little and retires first, leaving only the Empress Dowager Cixi alone, facing Prince Gong and others, she raised her glass, toasted to Prince Gong and smiled, "The king of the government has worked hard, and another year of hard work has passed, The palace is really grateful, and I salute the king for a cup. ”

Prince Gong slowly stood up and raised his glass with both hands, "Thank you Queen Mother, I dare not be ashamed." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi tilted her neck, and drank the good Shaoxing daughter red in the white jade cup, this daughter red is an aged wine, in order to prevent the spicy taste for a long time, the special use of honey, black plum, ginger shreds, etc. to reconcile the taste, and put it in the silver wine jug, slowly warm it through hot water, into the mouth, not spicy at all, Li Lianying stood beside the Empress Dowager Cixi to distribute vegetables, such a banquet, in the end, it is boring, singing and dancing can not be on, the accompaniment of Shao music is monotonous and boring, the Empress Dowager Cixi looked around, did not see a person, asked in surprise:" Where did Jaecheng go? Why isn't today's banquet in the palace? (To be continued.) )