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At the end of February 1881, the Governor of Hanoi's courier arrived at Jinpu, the capital of Quang Ninh Province, and informed Mei Dongxing and others of the situation of the French army ’s troops outside Hanoi.

"After the crisis in Hanoi, the Lord Governor rejected the unreasonable demands of the French, and the French leader Li Weiye became so angry that he dispatched 200 Marine Corps soldiers and the Junle iron armored ship from Haiphong Province to reinforce Hanoi. Now the French army and Annan rebels gathered in Hanoi City The total number of troops is nearly 2,000, and Li Weiye also sent the final disc to the Governor, asking the Governor to disarm the Hanoi garrison within three days, and completely hand over the three provinces of Hanoi, Quang Ninh and Lang Son provinces to France. army!

Fan Fayi was so arrogant that the Governor was unwilling to be humiliated, and he had severely rejected their request. However, Fa Yi Chen Bing came to Hanoi this time. The Governor was worried that it would be a serious cause of national affairs. The special villain came to meet the adults and asked them to show their respect for the courtesy of the Tang Dynasty in recent years. In the city, when Fayi retreats and the crisis in Hanoi is resolved, the Governor-General will personally ask for your help! "

"How is the situation in Hanoi? How many troops are there? What about the soldiers' equipment?"

"Dare to deceive you adults, taxation of money and grain in the northern part of the kingdom

All are controlled by the French. Hanoi Province pays a total of 300,000 silver dollars in customs duties each year. However, only 100,000 silver dollars can be obtained by the state government. The rest is controlled by the French and the French rebels.

税收 In a province in Hanoi, the income from taxation, money, and food is insufficient. Every time officers and soldiers are levied to rebelliously, they can only be handled by local people.

The Governor-General leads the military affairs of Hanoi and Xishan provinces. Although he has more than 10,000 troops, the recruited soldiers are all from the local people. They can fight in wartime, there is nothing to settle down in the field, the army is not strong enough, and they usually run bandits. Able to cope, but Li Weiye's department outside the city of Hanoi is equipped with foreign guns and cannons, and the armor is sharp. It is difficult to win by relying on more than 10,000 people in the city to fight against the enemy. "

"The Annan army is weak and the local insurgents are still inadequate. It is no wonder that the French are pressing hard and intending to include the entire territory of Annan under their colonial rule."

Mei Dongxing secretly regretted the Annan government. The country has more than 100,000 troops, but it is helpless against the invasion of thousands of French colonial forces. If it was not for the Nanyang Army to help the Annan government calm the rebellion, I am afraid that the French attack would not be used. The Ruan Dynasty It will also be destroyed and overthrown in the internal peasant uprising.

"The provinces of Hanoi, Quang Ninh and Lang Shan are all one. Our army of the two provinces will definitely not sit idly by and watch Hanoi fall into a crisis. Please return to Governor Huang. Within two days, the government will personally coach Quang Ninh and Lang Shan to support Hanoi. City, also asked Governor Huang to resolutely defend the city and resist the enemy. Do n’t make a donation to serve the country, which will cause the kingdom to lose a great vigilante. ”

Even if the Annan government is down in mind, considering the current objective reality that the interests of both parties are consistent, the Nanyang Army still needs to pull the other side at a critical juncture in Hanoi.

来 "Come, choose a few good horses from the army, and send two more people to the Hanoi with the messenger, to show Governor Huang that our army firmly supports the Hanoi's determination." .........

He sent away a messenger from Hanoi City, and Mei Dongxing summoned the main officers of the Nanyang Army to discuss a response plan.

"The French colonial army in Annan has a total of about 5,000 people. According to the information obtained by our army and the conditions stated by the Annan messenger, the French army gathered in the northern provinces should be about 3,000. The regular forces are comparable. "

Mei Dongxing said with dignity: "The French colonial government still has more than 2,000 colonial troops in the southern region. If the northern war is deadlocked, Governor Lu Mei of Cochin Chin is likely to take a risk. He will deploy the southern garrison to take a warship and attack our army in Quang Ninh. base,

The French have a maritime advantage in the Nanyang region. Before our army sends troops to support the Annan garrison in Hanoi, it is necessary to leave the necessary troops to guard against the French threat from the sea. "

"Of the more than 3,200 colonial forces stationed by the French in the northern region, the strongest overall combat effectiveness is 900 Marine Corps soldiers. The French Marine Corps is composed of white soldiers. The rifle and artillery they are equipped with, in terms of weapon performance, is better than Our army is slightly stronger,

However, excluding the 900 Marine Corps soldiers, the remaining 1,300 Annan colonies and 1,000 black colonies were generally equipped with old-fashioned rifle rifles. The soldiers lacked combat literacy and weak will to fight. They were not regular members of the Nanyang Regiment under the same force. Opponent.

Therefore, my staff believes that the focus of our army's operations should be on dealing with the enemy marines, try to concentrate its superior strength, and use Hanoi city as a bait to encircle an enemy marine in the Hanoi region and force the colonial government of Cochin Chin, Delay or abandon plans to invade northern Annan by force. "

Exploring France's military strength in the Nanyang region is the focus of the intelligence work of the Ministry of Military Intelligence in recent years. With the cover of Chinese and overseas Chinese scattered throughout the Nanyang region, Liang Xing obtained a lot of military intelligence about the number of French colonial forces and the distribution of garrisons. .

"My subordinate agrees with Liang. The French colonial rule in Annan is nothing more than a system of mutual restraint. The collected Annan rebellion is used to assist the French to govern the people in the occupied area. Then a group of black troops are drawn from the African colonies. Using the violent temperament of black soldiers and the vicious incidents that often disturbed the Annan people, they created conflicts between the Annan colonial army and the African colonial army, and thus served the purpose of preventing the confluence of the two colonial armies and maintaining the stability of French colonial rule.

But the Annan Colonial Army and the African Black Army, which depend on the bluff of the French, are only artillery-grade troops, and cannot pose a greater threat to our army.

Most of the Marine Corps soldiers under Lu Mei were relocated to the northern region to arm the Annan government. The French colonial army remained in the six southern provinces. The Marine Corps was only 300 people, even if they took a boat to Quang Ning from the sea. It is not necessary to worry too much about the province launching an attack, leaving 1,000 regular troops and 1,500 militia armed to defend the place, enough to respond to a possible French attack.

With more than 2,000 Nanyang Regiment main forces and more than 1,500 militia forces remaining, it is possible to combine Lu Zhiping, Li Yasheng and other Chinese armed forces to steadily move towards Hanoi. After contacting the Governor of Hanoi, further arrangements will be made based on the French army's response. "

"The central government's focus is on the local area ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Annan is far from home, and if the war scales up, it will also be detrimental to the Nanyang Army."

Mei Dongxing integrated the suggestions of the two and made a response decision. "The main purpose of the march to Hanoi is to strive for peace. If the French insist on provoking war, the Nanyang Army must go from top to bottom. There must be no hesitation. We must hold fast. The determination to beat the enemy,

The Nanyang Army hopes for peace and stability in the Nanyang region. But peace is not a retreat and concession, it is a fight. Only by hurting the enemy and letting the French feel the consequences of insulting the Nanyang Legion step by step, will they face the courage and strength of the Nanyang Legion and the Great Han general, and we will have a chance Forcing the French to sit at the negotiating table and exchange equivalent terms for what they want instead of relying solely on guns to grab it! "

Mei Dongxing stood up and said firmly, "The situation in Hanoi changes three times a day. In order to prevent accidents, I decided that before noon tomorrow, the various troop convoys will gather to set off, and at the same time order the armed forces such as Lu Zhiping and Li Yasheng to quickly advance in the direction of Hanoi. Converge with the main force of our army nearby. All armed forces must arrive at the designated confluence place within three days. Those who do not arrive within the time limit will be punished according to the crime of jeopardizing fighters! "…………

There are more than 4,000 Chinese armed forces in northern Annan. These Chinese armed forces are usually trained by the Nanyang Corps for food, weapons, supplies, and Nanyang Corps instructors. Therefore, although they are located in various provinces in northern Annan, they are directly assigned to the Nanyang Corps. Command. Once facing the threat of foreign war, the Nanyang Army will also use the Chinese armed forces hidden in various places to launch attacks on enemy forces.