There were only a few dozen French troops fled back to the city of Hanoi, and they were already frightened and could not form effective defense in the city. However, the more than 200 soldiers originally stationed in the city were affected by these defeated soldiers. Faced with the fierce offensive of the Black Flag Army, they fled to the warships anchored on the Red River after just resisting.

The Black Flag Army that attacked Hanoi City was honest and plundered the whole city. At the same time, in order to prevent the French army from using the fire of warships on the river to counterattack, they implemented the scorched earth tactic - a fire burned the houses in the original concession to a piece of white land in the south.

Tang Jingsong, who was confused and followed the Black Flag Army brigade to the Hanoi city tower, looked at the fire in the city, as if he was falling into a dream.

The ambush that originally thought that the egg-strike stone ended with the complete defeat of the French army, and even Hanoi City was defeated in one go!

How is this possible? Is this still the Chinese army? Is this still the bandits armed? The enemy on the opposite side is indeed the French army?

The bodies of more than 300 French soldiers were in front of him, and the real thing was true and he could not believe it. Tang Jingsong turned a blind eye to the more than 200 soldiers lost by the Black Flag Army.

In his heart, one or two thousand people could not be defeated if such a battle was not killed. If you want to achieve the same results, you would probably have to fill another one or two thousand lives. Therefore, Tang Jingsong ignored the casualties of just two hundred people.

But Liu Shaoqing cannot ignore it.

"The list of the dead and injured brothers is counted in detail. The brothers who died in battle will be buried with monuments and commemorated. At the same time, if there are families, each family will give fifty taels of silver. Each injured brother will also pay 5 taels of nutritional expenses for each person. After the injury is healed, he will stay in the army for logistics and training of new recruits, and the salary will be paid as much as possible."

After getting the order, the personal soldiers around him immediately went to do it. At this time, Liu Yongfu hurried over: "Shaoqing, Huang Shouzhong's camp was greedy for me and went to pursue the fleeing French army. But the French warships were so fire that they could not attack. What do you think?"

Liu Yongfu was fine. Based on the principle that his son would not be useless, he pushed everything over.

Although the French army was defeated, half of its troops were still alive. In fact, relying on more than 300 French soldiers, relying on cities and artillery, it is extremely difficult to conquer Hanoi by the Black Flag Army.

However, the French army had just lost the commander, and the soldiers who fled back conveyed a lot of feelings of failure. In addition, the officers who were left behind were left to defend the city because they were unwilling to fight the Black Flag Army in an eager manner. Now it was just right, and they followed the flow, which made the Black Flag Army's Hanoi City in vain.

But Liu Shaoqing knew that trapped beasts still fought, and the defeated enemy should not pursue them. What's more, the French army's combat power is still there, and there are gunboats on the river support. Huang Shouzhong will definitely not be able to pursue them now.

Liu Shaoqing thought about it and knew that he was attacking directly and couldn't make any effort in front of the French gunboat. He frowned and then came up with a plan. "Father, don't be in a hurry. The important thing now is to let Uncle Huang's troops retreat first. The continuous cannons on the French warships are very sharp. The daytime attack cannons can only cause greater losses to our army, and it will be half the result with twice the effort. I have already been thinking about this matter, and I will avenge this until the evening."

"Okay." Seeing that his son had a solution, Liu Yongfu quickly ordered his personal soldiers to send orders. Soon, Huang Shouzhong came back with a shame to report.

Because Huang Shouzhong missed the opportunity to first stop, he eagerly led his front battalion to grab another credit. Yang Zhien annihilated more than 300 French troops at the Paper Bridge, and now more than 300 French troops fleeing Hanoi. There are more than 1,200 soldiers in his front battalion, which is no worse than Yang Zhien. If this French army can be annihilated, his military achievements will be less than Yang Zhien's first, but they are much stronger than other camps.

However, unexpectedly, the French army still had combat power. Huang Shouzhong was eager to make contributions and forced him too close. He was killed by a platoon of gunfire by the French army. Then, the French gunboats on the river fired again and bombarded hundreds of soldiers again.

He failed to get the credit and lost 20% of his troops, which made Huang Shouzhong lose all his face.

"I understand Huang Guandao's mood, but when fighting, you can't just show off your courage. You have to use your brain. You are leading the army to attack other people's warships with such a big fanfare. Wouldn't you hit the stone with an egg? How about the casualties of the troops?"

Huang Shouzhong was already ashamed, and when Liu Yongfu scolded him again, he was even more frightened and replied softly: "Yes, he is incompetent, and more than 200 soldiers were killed or injured. But we snatch a cannon back."

In order to relieve his guilt, Huang Shouzhong quickly performed his merits and achieved enlightenment.

"Damn it!" Liu Yongfu said with regret: "Even Hanoi has been taken down, how long can those warships last? At that time, aren't those artillery items in our bags? Is it worth your hastily exchange for more than 200 soldiers' lives?"

Huang Shouzhong was scolded and dared not make any arguments. He kept saying, "Yes, yes. He is confused. He is also eager to make contributions. He also asks the commander to punish him."

Liu Yongfu sighed, "Forget it, I won't punish you this time, but your merits will be eliminated. Remember to do it again in the future. This battle has just begun. There will be a chance for you to make meritorious contributions in the future. If you leave the green mountains, you will not be afraid of burning out."

After sending Huang Shouzhong, Liu Yongfu ordered his son to clean up the gains of the battle and went to the city to check it out.

In the two battles in the city and outside the city, in addition to the French army killed, nearly 500 fast guns and tens of thousands of bullets were seized. There were three camp cannons, five six-pound front cannons, and one 150MM breech Krupp steel cannon - the cannon captured by Huang Shouzhong.

As for wealth and food, there are countless.

Just as he was calculating, Liu Yongfu came happily with a few personal soldiers.

"Shaoqing, you have a great achievement!" As he said, he ordered his personal soldiers to take a head over, which made Liu Shaoqing feel disgusted.

"What are you doing with the things? It looks disgusting, take them away quickly!"

Seeing that his son was not happy, Liu Yongfu immediately ordered his personal soldiers to put them away, and then said, "My son doesn't know that this is not an ordinary person. This is the head of the French army, Li Weiye. After this kid was shot down, he was not dead. Then the soldiers who caught up saw it, then he made up for a knife and chopped his head to perform his merits."

"What!" Liu Shaoqing became anxious when he heard this. "You mean, Li Weiye was not dead at first, but his head was beheaded later?"

"Yes, you know, he ran slowly with a prisoner. That boy probably was afraid that he would not be able to grab a big deal if he entered the city late, so he took his head to his waist and left nothing."

"Nothing is delayed! You still want to grab a big share? His mother's biggest share was ruined by him, and he dares to come and take credit!"

Liu Yongfu was dizzy by his son's sudden anger. "Why are Qing'er angry?"

Liu Shaoqing slapped his forehead, but now that things have come to this point, it is useless to get angry. He also understands that these soldiers have never seen the world and cannot expect them to be as far-sighted as he does.

"Father, can we know that if Li Weiye is not dead, if we talk to the French in the future, or if we surrender to the Qing court, this will be an important weight. Even if we fight with the French to the end, Li Weiye can be handed over to the Qing court. On the one hand, it will divert the French from the attention of the French, alleviate the positive pressure of our army, and can also collect a sum of silver from the Qing court."

Liu Yongfu didn't understand his son's big strategy. He was too lazy to think about what diverted his eyes and relieved pressure, but he had heard clearly about money. "Oh, would the Qing court want him? How much money can he give? One thousand taels? Ten thousand taels?"

"Of course the Qing court would want it. Even if the Qing court didn't want it, Li Hongzhang would want it. As for how much money it depends on the attitude of the court. If the Qing court made up his mind to go to war with the French, then maybe it could only be sold for 100,000 taels, but if the Qing court wanted to negotiate peace, it would probably be able to take out one million taels. The key is not the silver, but in this way, the French will inevitably retaliate against us. At that time, the French army will be in a big way, but the Qing court can deal with it calmly behind the scenes. It is extremely unfavorable to our army if it can be harmonious or war!"

"What? One million taels?" After hearing his son's words, Liu Yongfu was so hungry that he didn't spit out a mouthful of blood. He saw silver ingots flying away from his eyes with small wings. As for other words, he didn't listen at all.

"Who knew this bastard was so valuable. He really lost the watermelon and picked up sesame seeds, and he lost a lot!"

Seeing that his father had no idea of ​​the seriousness of the problem, Liu Shaoqing was completely crazy.

Although the Qing court now showed an attitude of being the main battle and vigorously enlisted the Black Flag Army to act as a pawn, who was sitting in the palace was a little emperor of the same size as himself. No one knew what kind of temperament he was. If the little emperor was timid, when the French fleet headed to the estuary of the Yangtze River, Tianjin Wei would probably retreat and seek peace. Then, his pawn would definitely become a scapegoat!

Just as Liu Shaoqing was about to analyze the interests of his father in detail, Tang Jingsong came.

"Congratulations, Lord Liu made such a wonderful contribution for his first attack. It is really gratifying. Brothers will report to the court and ask for rewards for the military."

After winning the battle, Tang Jingsong's tone immediately changed. As soon as he entered the door, he smiled and congratulated him first.

"I was in Guandi Temple before, it was a brother's fault. I was also anxious at that time, and I hope the military gate will accept it."

As the saying goes, "Not slapping a smile on the face, Liu Yongfu is also a person on the scene. He hurriedly went forward and said, "What do you mean by the adults? The so-called care is chaos. The adults are full of affection for our army. It's too late for Liu to be grateful, so why bother to blame? Please sit down quickly, please sit down."

While speaking, both sides separated the host and the host and the host sat down.

Tang Jingsong winked at Ding and Li who came with him. The two of them understood and quickly stood up, knelt down on one knee and bowed to Liu Yongfu and said, "I will only offend Shangguan before. I deserve ten thousand deaths. Please punish me."

The two of them made such a statement that they really handed over the command power to Liu Yongfu. At this time, Liu Yongfu would certainly not blame the two for their ignorance of themselves before. They hurriedly signaled that they would not be able to give up the gift: "You are polite, two generals, you and I are all serving the court, and there is no need to stick to the distinction between superiors and subordinates. But I want to work hard to move forward and do a good job for the court."

Ding and Li said that, but they did not get up, and still half-kneeled, saying, "I have a reluctant request."

"Oh, what's the matter? We'll be a family in the future. If you have something to do, it's okay to say it."

The two looked at each other, "I was shocked when I saw the soldiers under my command today. We thought they were elite in the world. But when I saw that the soldiers under my command had never seen or heard of them. However, the combat power was ten times that of us, and I realized that the gap was so big, so I asked the soldiers to pass on this method of training to us."

These two people were really shocked. They were all people who have been in the military for a long time. How could they not understand how good it would be for their future promotion of such a team to be in charge of their own hands? You must know that the current Huai Army, whether it is the original Hunan Army, they are actually a special private armed force, completely obeying and recruiting. The Zeng Gong and Li Gong, who were the former, came to power with such a military force. Now Liu Yongfu's method can train soldiers with ten times more combat power than the Huai Army. If they learn it, they will be very excited to be successful in the future.

Tang Jingsong also spoke on the side, "Yes. I have lived in the capital for a long time. I thought I was the elite soldiers in the world, but I finally went out of Hunan and Huai. Today I realized that it was the frog in the well. I hope that the military officials will make plans for the court and do not hide their own personal information."

It turned out to be for this matter. However, the son was in charge of the training, so he turned his attention to his son. Liu Shaoqing knew that he would rely on these Qing soldiers in the future. If their combat effectiveness improved, the overall situation in Vietnam could be stable. And after all, it was a favorable thing for the country. Why not do a favor? When he saw his father looking at him, he nodded slightly and said that he could.

"Oh, what are you talking about? The two leaders are invited. I just said that I will be a family in the future, so I will naturally train together. But don't bother to be troubled."

Ding and Li were overjoyed when they heard this and immediately said, "Don't worry, sir, we will definitely work hard."

Seeing that this matter was settled, Tang Jingsong was relieved and immediately mentioned another incident: "The military gate has been pacified now, but there are French gunboats on the river bank. I wonder what the military gate plans?"
Chapter completed!