First, Tang Shaoyi reported a few more matters in the middle of the regulations, and finally turned out two documents and said; "Master, these two are foreign-related matters, please decide."

"Well, let's talk about something." Li Fushou put down the document in his hand and looked at it.

Tang Shaoyi said;

"This first one was issued by the Liangguang Governor's Palace~ from the Vietnam War Report;

The French Expeditionary Force since February 1883. After the defeat in the First Battle of Shanxi (North Vietnam), the army commander was replaced, a large number of reinforcements were mobilized, and the new commander of the French army was replaced by Mile Jiguba, and the number of troops increased to 16,000, and he brazenly invaded the Shanxi region again.

In this battle, the French army divided into three routes on April 7, 1883, intending to defeat the Manchu defenders in one fell swoop, and then invade the Bac Ninh area.

Shanxi's defense army is more than 5,000 people of the Black Flag Army, and there are seven battalions of the regular Gui Army and the Dian Army, totaling more than 4,000 people to assist in the defense, the main force is more than 5,000 people of the Huwei Left Army of the New Army under the command of Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, and more than 2,000 people in the four battalions of the Eight Banner Army in Guangzhou, with a total strength of 17,000 people, and the strength of the offensive and defensive sides is almost the same.

The main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has strong combat effectiveness, especially the more than 5,000 people of the Huwei Left Army, all of which are led by Australian military instructors, equipped with the Blue Weapons Company's imitation of Mauser 1871 magazine mounted rifles, and 6 95mm Miss Australia guns, which are quite powerful.

The Qing government stationed about 40 battalions in the area of Beining in the rear of Shanxi, with more than 20,000 troops as second-line troops, but this part of the Green Battalion Army was mediocre in general, lacked in military discipline, and weak in combat effectiveness, and could not be counted on at all.

The second Battle of Shanxi officially began on April 17

The French army on the left attacked the Black Flag Army, the two sides fought fiercely for three days, the Black Flag Army paid a heavy price to hold the defense area, killed and wounded more than 300 French troops, and suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the armies of the two sides have now disengaged and withdrawn to the rear to rest.

The French army on the right attacked the Gui army and the Dian army, and because of the superiority in weapons and equipment, after paying the price of more than 100 dead and wounded, the French army defeated the 7 battalions of defenders in front of it and successfully occupied the area east of Shanxi.

The French army in the middle was the main force, with a strength of about 10,000 people, and under the leadership of the new French commander, Mi Leji Guba, attacked the Huwei Left Army and the Guangzhou Eight Banners Army Defense Area with great momentum, intending to defeat it.

Li Ping, the commander of Huwei's left army, sent a letter to the commander of the French army, Mile Jiguba, agreeing to fight to the death.

The battle was carried out in the Shanxi Plain, with 10,000 French troops, 5,000 Manchu Huwei Left Army and 2,000 Guangzhou Eight Banner Army, plus 6,000 Green Battalion Army reinforced by 12 battalions, a total of 13,000 people, and the Shanxi Plain launched a frontal infantry decisive battle.

In the battle, the French army suffered more than 1,700 casualties, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty suffered more than 3,100 casualties.

Li Ping, the commander of the Huwei Left Army, who commanded the battle, was awarded the title of General Huwei, awarded the rank of military attache of Sanpin, and was rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver and 200 brocades...... Yunyun. ”

After listening to the debriefing

Li Fushou nodded frequently, and the second battle of Shanxi once again thwarted the ferocious offensive momentum of the French, which was indispensable to his bad idea.

The head-on decisive battle is what he meant, although the result was unsatisfactory, and it also caused heavy casualties to the French army, and the two armies would definitely not be able to run away from the muzzle of the gun against each other, and they could only bite the bullet head-on, and they would not be defeated with one blow.

With the current corrupt bureaucracy and weak military strength of the Qing court, if he hadn't intervened, the first battle of Shanxi would have been defeated and lost, not to mention the second battle of Shanxi, which did not exist in history.

Although it took only half a year to train into the army, the Eagle School has always been under militarized management, and there is no doubt about its discipline and loyalty.

In addition, the backbone officers are all military instructors from Australia, equipped with advanced weapons, and their combat effectiveness will not be much worse.

Li Ping, the commander of the Huwei Left Battalion, was originally the big housekeeper left by Li Fushou in the Fuyuan of Gusu City, and he was shrewd and capable.

Think back to the beginning

The 12 beautiful maids were selected and presented by him, including the waiter, the qin, and the ink, which fit Li Fushou's appetite very much, cough cough...... Don't talk about it again.

Since Gu Yanchuan, the father-in-law, has recovered, because of the lack of useful people at hand, after consulting Li Fushou, he has taken Li Ping and his people away.

Gu Yanchuan took over as the governor of Liangguang, and the great gift from the Australian side was the new army of more than 10,000 people to help it quickly control the political situation of Liangguang, and the new army was divided into 5,000 people in the left battalion of Huwei, commanding the general Li Ping, and 5,000 people in the right battalion of Huwei, commanding the general Gu Zhiwen.

Gu Zhiwen is Gu Yanchuan's nephew, and Li Ping is the loyal servant of his son-in-law, both of whom are completely trustworthy.

The battle of the Qing Dynasty

Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, took the initiative to send half of his confidants and pro-army troops to reinforce northern Vietnam, and Li Fushou instigated him to take down the Manchu Eight Banners army stationed in Guangzhou by the way.

As the governor of Liangguang facing the southern border, the French invasion was an inevitable war that had to be faced sooner or later.

Gu Yanchuan showed a clear-cut anti-French aggression and tough attitude, and was able to obtain the support of ministers such as Zuo Zongtang, Zeng Jize, and Zhang Zhidong, who were the main fighters in the court, and provided mutual assistance, urging the imperial court to adopt an anti-French policy and enhance its own strength.

There will be advantages and disadvantages in everything, and this will certainly offend Li Hongzhang, the prime minister who is in charge of the foreign affairs and military affairs of the Qing government, and the two will be one of them.

All things considered

Li Fushou still hopes that the Manchu Qing can behave stronger, and not be exposed as early as possible, after all, the suzerainty performs better on the battlefield, and the situation of overseas Chinese is much stronger.

Especially at this critical stage of development, don't expect to help, but don't hold back.

This "Shanxi victory" killed and injured more than 2,000 enemies, which is really a great victory unprecedented in the past 100 years (specifically referring to foreigners, including Russian woolly bears), can somewhat cure the Qing court's fear of foreigners, even if it is relieved.

"It's very rare to be in a situation like this, it's really good." Li Fushou smiled on his face and praised him.

Tang Shaoyi explained; In this battle, General Li Ping used the Green Battalion as an outpost, and after withstanding the second round of French gun fire, he broke up on both sides, leaving the Huwei Left Army with the opportunity to fire several rounds of guns in a row, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.

The artillery battle between the two sides was fierce, the Huwei left army won in the sharp artillery, the French won in the artillery more, and the two sides barely fought a draw and withdrew their troops.

Among them, the Huwei Left Army suffered more than 1,300 casualties, the Eight Banners suffered more than 700 casualties, and the Green Battalion suffered more than 1,100 casualties. ”

"Eight Banners, hehe...... Old Huang Li! Li Fushou couldn't help laughing.

Urging the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Guangzhou Prefecture to go to war, this is also his bad idea, it seems that the effect is good, and it is difficult to replenish the more than 700 people killed and injured on the battlefield.

Since the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty

100,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners were stationed in various important places, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Fuzhou, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing......

The Manchu Qing Dynasty used 100,000 Eight Banner soldiers to control hundreds of thousands of Han people, and then ruled the whole world, sitting steadily for more than 200 years, which was the basis of the Manchu Dynasty's military rule.

The Eight Banners were commanded by Manchu generals, and the place where they were stationed was called Mancheng, which was an independent urn city with strong defense, and only the Manchu Eight Banners and their families were allowed to live, and Han people were not allowed to enter.

The strength of the Eight Banners of Guangzhou Prefecture is relatively strong, and its commander is the Guangzhou General Fushan, with a total strength of 9,000 people, and the equipment is the best among all armies.

In addition, there were new troops organized by the Gui Army, the Green Battalion and some of the Liangguang Governor Gu Yanchuan, totaling more than 50,000 people.

Being able to take this opportunity to weaken the power of the Eight Banners is purely a cheap matter of beating rabbits with grass.

How to operate inside, that is the matter of Gu Tingchuan, the governor of Liangguang.

Li Fushou originally hoped to be able to transfer half of the Eight Banners soldiers to fight, but the result was only more than 2,000 people, and the results were unsatisfactory.

It seems that even with the respect of Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, it is not easy to mobilize the Eight Banners, because the Guangzhou general Fu Shan directly obeys the Manchu ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, and the Liangguang Governor is only the boss on the surface, and he does not listen to the propaganda, and the main mission of the Eight Banners in Guangzhou is to control the green battalion soldiers, and they cannot be transferred easily.

"Master, how to reply to the Guangzhou government?" Tang Shaoyi respectfully asked.

Li Fushou thought about it for a moment and said; "Uh...... Simulated electricity;

Knowing that Lord Yuetai won the "Shanxi Victory", Yu was overjoyed and rejoiced.

Today, France is eyeing the Central Plains in the north, and ambition is like a weed spreading, and it must be dealt a head-on blow to be contained, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Yu speculated privately

With the strength of the French army on land and sea, after the offensive in northern Vietnam was frustrated, it was possible to invade Taiwan Island with strong gunboats, and to exert pressure from the periphery on the important areas off the coast of Guangdong and Jiangxi.

Back to the roots

Further escalation of land warfare in northern Vietnam is inevitable, and if the slightest cowardice is shown, the French will become more and more vigorous, and the flames of war may further spread to the north of Zhennan Pass and invade the Shenzhou frontier.

The plan for today is to maintain the front in the northern part of Vietnam, and the court strongly advocates that the princes of the War of Resistance can withstand the pressure of peace talks and provide each other with Olympic aid.

Therefore, it is recommended to allocate no less than 3,000 rifles to support the Black Flag Military Headquarters, which is the main force of the War of Resistance, and rely on each other with the Wuwei Left Army to support the war situation in North Vietnam from a major collapse.

In addition, it is recommended to reinstate the veteran general Feng Zicai, Yu Suwen is loyal to the king, acts uprightly, and has a long history of military experience, so that he can reorganize the rotten green battalion soldiers, eliminate the old and weak, and be a powerful help for the Wuwei Left Army.

With these two, the French expeditionary force in the northern part of Vietnam has nothing to worry about!

In addition, 300,000 taels of silver have been received recently, 12,000 rifles and a large number of ammunition and individual equipment and tents and other materials have been issued, and will arrive in Guangzhou Mansion in the near future. ”

"Master, I've written it down." Tang Shaoyi stopped the pen in his hand, flipped out the last document and said; "This is a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Citigroup, expressing grave concern about the ongoing war between Queensland and the Dutch, expecting both parties to restore peace to the South Pacific, and expressing serious dissatisfaction with Queensland's initiative to launch the Borneo Campaign, urging an immediate return to the right track, and Citigroup reserves the right to take further measures."

"🐶 Oh yes, the dog is nosy with the mouse." Li Fushou couldn't help but scold.