"If the Nanyang Naval Division can be used to defeat the North Vietnamese Fleet and kill it, then it will not hurt if the Nanyang Naval Division is completely annihilated. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Wu Changqing understood this reason, so he felt that the Nanyang Navy Master was just an abandoned son of the imperial court, Zuo Zongtang understood the expression on Wu Changqing's face, "What? Not convinced? You must know that in order for the Nanyang Naval Division to win better, the New Army's operations on the Langsheng front line have cooperated with your Nanyang Naval Division, and the Black Flag Army has also spent a lot of money to attack Thang Long Province, in order to send out the small warships patrolling the North Vietnamese Fleet and reduce their strength, otherwise your battle will be more difficult to fight, but don't worry, someone will help you. ”

Wu Changqing raised his head, "What do you mean?" ”

"The Beiyang Naval Division will send warships south."

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"Report!" The telegraph room counselor rushed in, with an eager and very excited expression on his face, Zuo Zongtang looked at him calmly, and the telegraph room counselor made up his mind, "The three ships of the Beiyang Navy Division Dingyuan have already crossed Bailongwei Island!" ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded, with an ancient look on his face, "Use the customs defense of the Qincha to send a telegram to the imperial court, explaining that the Beiyang Naval Division is going south, and ask the imperial court to announce that the merchant ships and cargo ships of various countries are evading." This is obviously the news released after the fact, the Beiyang Navy Division is obviously going to the mouth of the Red River in Beiqi immediately, and it is reported at this time, there is no timeliness, and no one can react, "Tell someone to prepare a carriage and go to Guangzhou, I want to see Gao Xinkui!" ”

"Huh!"

Time turned a few days ago, Wu Changqing heard Zuo Zongtang's words, stood up, his face flushed, "My lord!" Is this true? ”

"Naturally, it's true, but," Zuo Zongtang took a sip of tea, stood up, and looked at Wu Changqing with blazing eyes, "You have to resist first, if you can't bite the French at the beginning, the warships sent by the Beiyang Navy Division can't save you, only if you bite first, the warships of the Beiyang Navy Division go south to help you, so that you can not waste so much of my thoughts, mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, and the two ocean sailors will help you, understand?" Wu Changqing, if you don't complete the task in this battle, then, I would rather you all die in battle, than let the Beiyang Navy save you, if a person, an army, can not play his due role, then, death in battle is the best way to reward them. ”

Thinking of the conversation a few days ago, Zuo Zongtang shook his head and stood up, he couldn't see anything on his calm face, but only Zuo Zongtang knew that his palms had never stopped sweating since he attacked Haiphong Port today! "If this battle is won," Zuo Zongtang muttered to himself, "then my credit will definitely surpass Zeng Disheng!" ”

After Zuo Zongtang was ordered, he thought hard about how to defeat the enemy, if he won the simple land battle, he was afraid that he could only maintain an undefeated and undefeated tie, in such a situation, the labor army, the army of people, just won a tie, no matter who said, he would not feel that this was a great merit, but if he wanted to do the whole thing, it would mean that the French sea power would also be wiped out.

But in the end, the tonnage of the Nanyang Naval Division is not enough, the battleships are not strong enough, and the passive defense is already very difficult, how can it annihilate the North Vietnamese fleet in one fell swoop? The only way is to ask for help, and the Beiyang Naval Division will go south, so that it will be useful.

The Beiyang Naval Division is far away in Weihai, Qingdao, how can it go south without being noticed? You must know that Japan, Russia and other countries, the monitoring of the Beiyang naval division has not been interrupted, Russia is acceptable, and now Japan has an iron heart to deal with the Chinese with the French, if the news leaks out, how is it good? The surprise attack means that the news must be closed, otherwise the news will leak, and the French North African fleet will speed up its arrival, and then let the North Vietnamese fleet have a sense of vigilance, not to mention a sneak attack on Haiphong Port, but I am afraid that the Nanyang Navy Division will not even be able to take an inch out of Yangjiang Port.

Zuo Zongtang was puzzled, unable to solve this problem, and had to go on an 800-mile urgent secret fold to the imperial court, not to take the telegram is afraid of leaking the news, the person who sent the excerpt directly to the saint, personally handed Zuo Zongtang's fold to the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Empress Dowager Cixi happened to deal with Hu Xueyan's matter, saw Zuo Zongtang said this, pondered for a long time, shocked that Zuo Zongtang was very bold, but also admired his ambition, the current move, far better than the history of the Nanyang Navy in Mawei Harbor by the French as a target bombing, do not gamble, How do you know what the outcome will be? So it was decided that the Beiyang Navy would escort the holy car south to Shanghai, at least in terms of distance, it had been reduced by half.

In addition, the sinking of the Japanese merchant ship Galaxy Maru, first, to relieve Hu Xueyan's silk predicament, and second, to clear the sea passage, at least from Tianjin to Shanghai, in the designated sea area, no ship dared not listen to the Beiyang sailor transfer order, so as to indirectly control the sea passage, especially five days before and after Empress Dowager Cixi arrived in Shanghai, it was decided that all port merchant ships should not go to sea, and the French consul in Shanghai criticized and satirized the Chinese at a gathering of foreign merchants, "For the sake of face, it has affected the interests of all countries, including China." The Chinese like to use the economy to serve politics. "It's as if you didn't hear it. It was only then that the Beiyang Naval Division was able to go south with the least attention.

In order to make this matter more like, the Empress Dowager Cixi deliberately discussed with Dong Yuanol, and launched Tian Xueming to suggest that the Beiyang Navy Division go south to support, but it was rejected by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and dismissed the official, implicating Dong Yuanol to lose the errand in charge of the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As for the proclamation office contacting the Black Flag Army, infiltrating Haiphong Port, getting information about the fort, and then blowing up the port fort, it goes without saying, it can be seen how much effort and energy it took to get in.

In addition, this contact with the French in Shanghai to prepare for peace, not only did the French think that the Chinese had shown weakness and were ready to accept it when they saw it, but even Japan felt greatly humiliated and jumped out to make peace with the Chinese, but did not expect that France was actually preparing to negotiate peace with the Chinese behind his back.

I have never seen the death of a confidant and not hesitate to pour sewage on himself, not to mention, the Empress Dowager Cixi also saved Hu Xueyan, and she pleaded, there was nothing that she did not agree, so what did you have to say? Zuo Zongtang had already planned to repay the kindness of his acquaintance. (To be continued.) )