With a heart full of worries, Yihuan returned to the royal palace with a gloomy face. The concubine Yehenara served to change the court robes. Naturally, she could not help asking every day: "Is your son good today?"

Yihuan was not angry. After hearing the concubine's question, he immediately said sternly: "Rareless! I have told you many times, that is the current emperor! It is the emperor!"

After being yelled by Yi Huan, Nara's tears instantly came down. She also knew that the precious son had become the emperor, and since then the king and his ministers were separated, as if the heavens and man were separated. However, even though she knew that her own flesh and blood were close, she could not recognize each other. How painful it was for a mother. Nara has become a little depressed now. She can only get some news about her son through her husband who enters the palace every day, which has even become her only hope for survival.

Looking at his wife who was crying silently, Yihuan felt bad. He also knew the pain of his wife losing her beloved son, but the maid and eunuch in this palace might be the eyes and ears arranged by others. If such a conversation is heard by someone who is interested, it will have a great impact on the emperor and themselves. If someone takes advantage of the issue, he may even lose the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the saint.

Sighing, Yihuan patted the concubine's hand, and then said: "There was a failure in the Vietnamese army, the French captured the capital of Vietnam, and the Vietnamese king was forced to surrender. The emperor was worried about this."

Nara was shocked when she heard this: "Why did you lose suddenly?"

She was not worried about the situation in Vietnam, but about her beloved son's body being worried.

"Didn't you say that you won a big victory a few days ago? You also cut off the French's heads and said that you would go to Beijing to offer prisoners. After only a few days, you were defeated? It's a loss in the city. What's the legend of "Yongfu, Yongfu"? It's said that it was a blessing sign of the Qing Dynasty. The Black Flag Army was also a clay man, so why was it so careless..."

While muttering, he grabbed King Chun's arm and asked: "What about the ministers in the court? What do they say? Don't there be six auxiliary ministers? They should have an idea? What is the court planning to do? This cannot be worrying about everything. What is the use of raising a group of ministers!"

Yihuan was upset by the nara clan's muttering, "Oh, don't make trouble on the side. Didn't you think I'm trying to find a way? Also, don't say "Blessings, Blessings" with those urban women every day. The Qing Dynasty's country depends on the protection of ancestors and the civil and military officials in the court, not "Blessings"! Moreover, Vietnam's surrender has nothing to do with the Black Flag Army!"

Although Yi Huan said that, he was unsure. Judging from his current situation, there were not many civil and military officials in the court who could be reliable.

Thinking of this, he remembered another person. Zuo Zongtang, people all said that Zuo Zongtang was a loyal and fierce man, and he was a staunch pro-war faction in the Vietnam incident. Now that Vietnam is defeated, can this veteran take action again and go south to appease the situation? Should he visit this veteran?

Nara's family did not think as much as Yi Huan thought. She only heard her husband say: Vietnam's surrender has nothing to do with the Black Flag Army. Nara wondered, wasn't this Vietnam war fighting by Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army? Why was it Liu Yongfu's credit for winning this victory, but it had nothing to do with the Black Flag Army if it was defeated?

I have this benefit. If it is up to my son, even if it is a knife in the sky, I have to figure it out.

"Prince, haven't the government and the people said before that the Vietnam war was not Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army fighting? The Ministry of War had rewarded Liu Yongfu a few days ago. Why was it Liu Yongfu's credit for winning this victory? It has nothing to do with the Black Flag Army if it defeated it?"

Yihuan was thinking about whether he should visit Zuo Zongtang immediately. When he heard Nara's unyielding question, he said impatiently: "Vietnam surrendered not because of the Black Flag Army, but because the French bypassed the Black Flag Army and directly attacked Hue. The Vietnamese king was surrounded by the French and surrendered."

Only then did the Nara understand, "Oh, then so the French could not defeat the Black Flag Army, so they secretly attacked the Vietnamese royal city? Then we are not defeated, why did the Vietnamese king surrender?"

Yihuan was almost confused by his concubine, "Didn't I say that the Vietnamese royal city was occupied by the French. Can the Vietnamese king not surrender?"

Nara even more confused, "Isn't this Vietnam a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty? Our Qing Dynasty has not yet been defeated, what right does Vietnam have to surrender? The Black Flag Army is so capable, and the French are afraid of them. The king is occupied by the French and let the Black Flag Army take it back, isn't it over?"

In her opinion, this seemed to be natural, just like the Wangzhuang under her was levied by a blind government office. Naturally, the royal family came forward to get the money back. Could it be that just a farmer who farmed in the Wangzhuang could make up the matter?

"Oh, this is not..." Yihuan was suddenly stunned...

‘Crack…’ There was a sudden thunder outside, and it was hot for a few days. It seemed that it was going to rain. Looking at the thunder, the rain might be too small.

But Yi Huan's mind was not affected by the weather outside at all. The thunder in his mind was because of a word from the concubine!

"Yes, the Black Flag Army was not defeated, and the court was not defeated. The Vietnamese king was only a monarch of the country, and in the Qing Dynasty he was just a prince. How could he have the power to determine the honor and disgrace of a country? And he could not decide this matter!"

A word woke up the dreamer, and Yihuan's heart suddenly became clear.

"Come! Change your clothes! Get ready for horses! I will enter the palace immediately!"

Looking at the heavy rain outside, Zaitian couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The heavy rain came really well. In the afternoon, I was still saying that the weather was hot because of the prosperous age of the Qing Dynasty. It was like cooking oil in the fire, which was auspicious sign. I just received the telegram from Vietnam's surrender, and God rushed to the heavy rain, as if I was afraid that the fire in the prosperous age would not be destroyed.

"Put oil on the fire, add oil on the fire. If the fire is extinguished, what if it can pour more oil?"

Just as he was thinking, Fang Feng, the eunuch in charge of Yuqing Palace, walked to his side and said, "Emperor..."

"how?"

"Back to the emperor, Prince Chun has arrived and said he would ask for a meeting."

Zaitian looked at the heavy rain outside and frowned. Are you still anxious about such heavy rain? Is the situation in Vietnam worsening again? Or is the French fleet sailing to Guangdong and Fujian coast?

“Present…”

"Yeah!"

Eunuch Fang turned around and went out. Soon after, Prince Chun Yihuan walked in quickly.

"It's so heavy rain, King Chun is not with the royal palace to accompany the concubine, why is he coming to the palace again? Is there anything urgent?"

Now that things have come to this point, Zaitian is not afraid of hearing any bad news.

Yihuan shook off his sleeves with two "slap" sounds, stepped forward and bowed, "Go back to the emperor, I figured it out, we haven't lost yet, Vietnam has not yet lost!"

‘Rumbling…’

Another thunder rang over!

The French government's decades of ambition and plan finally achieved it with the joint efforts of Guba and He Luoxian. To make this great contribution, He Luoxian naturally sent the telegram back to the local area as quickly as possible. Of course, the telegram would not forget to exaggerate the "record" of Waves.

Since He Luoheng came to Vietnam, Bohua has never cooperated. Just like this operation, he first made excuses to not provide support from the army, and even acted in advance without intending to seize credit. He Luoheng had such a good opportunity to slander his opponent, so he naturally would not give up.

When they learned about the signing of the Hue Treaty, almost all the French people in Vietnam were happy, but there was only one person who was extremely unhappy about it, that was General Boxer who was jealous of the fire.

After the signing of the Hue Treaty, the Vietnamese government ordered its army to no longer be enemies with the French army, and at the same time cut off all supplies to the Black Flag Army. Bova, who was humiliated by the cowardly Battle of Wilde, decided to do his own thing and take advantage of this great opportunity to launch a second offensive against the Black Flag Army, equally with the proud heroes Courbet and He Luoxian, and steal the limelight. By the way, he avenged his previous shame.

Because of the previous flood, the Black Flag Army had withdrawn from Huaide, and the goal of the wave's slide down one stage is Shanxi's gateway - Danfeng!

Danfeng is a small county town in Shanxi Province in northern Vietnam. Its scale is only similar to villages and towns according to the level of the Qing Dynasty. Because it is stuck on the main road of the Honghe River from Hanoi to Shanxi, it is an important gateway to the south of Shanxi City, and it is particularly important in strategic position.

The terrain of Danfeng County is very special. The whole county is surrounded by water, and the Red River water passing by is like a natural moat to protect the city. In order to prevent floods, high river embankments are built around the city, and it also has the function of a city wall. After Huaide was forced to retreat due to heavy rains and floods, Liu Yongfu led the Black Flag Army to take a chance on Danfeng's dangerous terrain and set up camps and deploy defenses in Danfeng and surrounding villages, preparing to block the French army's invasion in the north.

On August 31, the troops mobilized to attack the Danfeng Black Flag Army were transported directly from the Navy Tokyo Detachment warships to Balan Village in the south of the city. This time, Bohua still dispatched half of his troops, including the 26th, 27th, 29th Company of the French 2nd Regiment, the 25th, 26th, 27th Company of the 4th Regiment and three Vietnamese mercenary infantry companies.

In the early morning of September 1, the Tokyo Detachment's gunboat "carbine", "big axe" and "lightning" followed the guide ship "Pelican" and "coastal defense" and set out first. According to the combat plan, they will sail to the waters of the bottom river north of the Danfeng River section, echoing the two ends of the remaining ships of the Tokyo Detachment moored south of the Danfeng River section, jointly blocking the entire Danfeng River section, and using firepower to block the Black Flag Army's road to obtain northern aid and retreat north, and cooperate with the army's operations.

At 7 a.m., northern Vietnam was already stuffy in summer. There were waves of war horns coming from Balaam Village, and the Tokyo Expeditionary Force troops began to dispatch.

However, because of the failure of the Battle of Wilde, Bohua felt a little inexplicable fear of the Black Flag Army. Therefore, Bohua arranged the mercenaries of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd companies of the Vietnamese indigenous infantry to a more dangerous left-wing column, and the remaining French troops formed a right-wing column. In this way, the French troops marched along the banks of the Red River were actually protected by the Vietnamese mercenaries and the Tokyo detachment gunboats.

But Bohua felt that such an arrangement was not safe enough. A Vietnamese unit was added to the front of the French column on the right wing as the shield.

At this time, the gunboats of the Tokyo detachment had reached the bottom river section in the north of Danfeng, but the French sailors could not tell where the villages and towns were on the lush river bank. The gunboat "lightning" aimed at a place suspected to be a temple and fired several random shots, but they found nothing. At this moment, the "Pelican" who was approaching the river bank to reconnaissance, and the "Pelican" was suddenly shot by the shelling on the shore.

The two battalions of the Black Flag Army Li Tang and Pang Zhenyun were stationed in Danfeng.

When Liu Yongfu left behind the two, he specifically instructed two things: First, pay close attention to the French army's movements and notify Shanxi immediately whenever there is any action; Second, the French army's gunboats are sharp, do not compete with them, repair the shore defense fortifications, and wait for them to land and annihilate them.

After obtaining these two golden rules, Li and Pang were always paying attention to the movements of the French army. Therefore, as soon as the French moved, they learned the news and prepared in advance.

At this time, the Black Flag Army's artillery was the first to open fire on the embankment, hidden in the upstream port in advance, and the five Black Flag Army sailboats that had been observing the movements of French warships. Seeing that two French small steamers had entered the range, they immediately removed all the camouflage on the deck of the sailboat, filled the cannons in Shueyong Gate, raised their guns and started fighting.

The French warships that were suddenly attacked were rushing to avoid and fight back, but the Black Flag Army kept in mind Liu Yongfu's teachings and did not fight with the French army at all. The water brave on the ship shot the guns and cannons filled in one round, and then jumped away.

The small sailboat that had lost control went down the water and floated towards the French gunboats.
Chapter completed!