Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 34

When Guan Xuqing returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he hated the diehards in the imperial court.In particular, I already have a lot of opinions on Prince Li's repeated opposition to his opinions, but the war is imminent, and we can't violate the fundamental interests of those princes and ministers at this time, otherwise there will definitely be chaos.He walks on the edge of reform like a tightrope, trying to pick something that is not so eye-catching, or something that has been proven effective by foreigners and something that everyone agrees with, so as to strengthen the capital of the Qing Dynasty in this war , Such as running a bank, engaging in Western learning, expanding various machine bureaus, purchasing warships, etc.But even so, the opposition in the Golden Luan Hall was enough to blow the roof off.Guan Xuqing also had to make compromises on many things, such as letting the new army braid.It was really inconvenient to have a braid in the gunfire, but it fell through because of the strong opposition of the Manchu nobles.When this war is over, we must learn from the old and learn from the new.Replace all these diehards.Logically speaking, Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei should be nominated on this year's gold list.

As soon as Zuo Zongtang arrived in Fujian without stopping, Wu Guang, the commander of the local garrison army, came to pay homage.

"The last general Wu Guang sees the great general." Wu Guang knelt down and said.

"Stop talking nonsense, quickly mobilize people to defend the island immediately. If we start a war with the French, the foreigners will definitely attack." Zuo Zongtang ordered.

"Hey, I'll make the arrangements at the end." Wu Guang led the order.

On the other side, Lu Yiwei was transferred from Dalian to Yunnan and Guizhou.The Jiangsu and Shandong garrisons each transferred two bidders to the north to defend Dalian, Shengjing and other places.

The war is about to break out, and there is a strong smell of gunpowder everywhere.

In Fuzhou Governor's Mansion, soldiers in military uniform stand on both sides of the stone steps, and the gray walls are shaded by greenery.

Zuo Zongtang, the generals of the Fujian Navy Liu Jintang, Shen Baozhen, Zhang Peilun and the army commander Wu Guang sat down in the living room.Zuo Zongtang stood up, opened the window and said, "Everyone, please look. The French warships have assembled in the strait."

Outside the window, a dozen warships flying the French flag could be seen vaguely gathering together on the sea.

"Don't worry, Commander Zuo, our Qing warships are strong enough to deal with the French. As long as they dare to attack, they will never come back." Shen Baozhen said.

"Don't underestimate the enemy. The French warships are gathering in the strait. It seems that they are going to invade our mainland. We must quickly strengthen the defense of Fujian, repair and strengthen the forts on the north and south banks of the Minjiang Estuary." Zuo Zongtang turned around and continued: "Wu Junmen, How many armies does the island have?"

"Back to Zuo Shuai, there are five battalions of our troops on the island." Wu Guang got up and said.

"Where is Sun Kaihua?" Zuo Zongtang called out.

"The end is here." A young man walked in from the outside.

"This man is my former subordinate of the Hunan Army. He fought bravely. He is a tiger general. Wu Junmen will give him two battalions of troops and go to Taiwan immediately." Zuo Zongtang said.

"Yes."

"Kaihua, this general warns you that there are people on the island. We must fight until the last soldier. If anyone retreats, behead them!" Zuo Zongtang said.

"twitter!"

Paris is known as the city of romance, and at this time the Congress in Paris is in full swing.There have been fierce quarrels over the recent situation of the Far Eastern Army, but the result still cannot be changed.Due to the sudden entry of the Qing Dynasty into the war, France urgently added 1.5 troops.Go to war in Vietnam!
In their view, it is enough to deal with the Qing army's more than 1 troops composed of great Gauls!Everyone is still immersed in the fact that 20 years ago, thousands of people from France entered the capital of the Qing Dynasty.Countless treasures have been plundered, and this time they want more.

In the ninth year of Guangxu, in April 1883, the French had already occupied most of the Vietnamese land, only the two provinces in northern Vietnam did not fall under the control of the French.

One is Beining, where the Qing army was mainly stationed, and the other is Shanxi, which was occupied by Liu Yongfu's Black Banner Army.

Liu Yongfu's original name was Liu Jianye, and his style name was Yuanting. Born in Qinzhou, Guangdong (now part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) in 1837, at the age of eight, he was exiled to Shangsi County in southern Guangxi with his father.He has worked as a boatman in Zuojiang since he was 13 years old, and once wandered to work in Mong Cai, Vietnam, and suffered a lot.

In 1857, he joined the peasant uprising army led by Guangxi Tiandihui.Later, the Black Banner Army led by Liu Yongfu was a branch of the Tiandihui. It used the seven-star black flag as its military flag, so it was called the Black Banner Army. The basic members were poor peasants. In the 19s, it moved to the border area of ​​Yunnan and Vietnam, and gradually expanded to more than 60 people. In 2000, when the French army invaded Hanoi, Liu Yongfu's Black Banner Army resisted France at the invitation of Vietnam;

The Black Banner Army had been harassing the French army in Vietnam before the Qing army officially entered Vietnam.Also achieved a certain record, when attacking Hanoi in France.The Black Banners met the French at Paper Bridge, west of Hanoi.Due to the great disparity between the weapons of the two sides, Liu Yongfu used an ambush to fight more than 800 French troops with [-] troops and won the paper bridge victory.But after all, the weapons and equipment are too poor, and only a few thousand troops are stationed in Shanxi.It's really not reassuring.

However, the Black Banner Army was regarded as a rebel army by the imperial court. In order to avoid war with the Black Banner Army, the Qing army did not dare to send troops to Shanxi to assist in defense.So there was an obvious defensive loophole.The French army also saw this. The Chinese army was uncoordinated and there was no unified command.It is easy to use various methods of defeating, and the first to bear the brunt is the black chess army with outdated weapons and poor soldiers.

As the supreme commander of the Qing army in Vietnam, Liu Mingchuan certainly saw this. He divided the ten bidders into three echelons.There were five troops stationed in Beining, and one was placed outside the city of Beining to harass and spy on the French army.In addition, two soldiers and horses were placed in the mountains behind Beining City.Two standard troops were stationed [-] kilometers behind Shanxi Province, ready to take over Shanxi at any time.The finished product of the army is self-defense, because it has just entered Vietnam.The deployment of the French army is not very clear, so it is still waiting for work.Wait for the French army to attack, and then look for an opportunity to counterattack.

On the other hand, the French regular army in Vietnam has reached 4 after the arrival of 5000 troops in the country.There are also 5000 temporary troops formed by Vietnamese and Algerians.There are also [-] international mercenaries formed by hooligans and thugs from various European countries.The total force reached a terrifying [-] people.

The two sides are at war with each other, full of gunpowder.The battle is imminent!
(End of this chapter)