At this time, Liu Shaoqing was training soldiers in full swing.

After returning to his nest from Shanxi, the Black Flag Army immediately convened a meeting of all generals at the battalion and squad. At the meeting, the generals of the Black Flag Army, inspired by Liu Xiaozi, discussed in depth the gains and losses of the previous stage of the battle. They also made a profound self-analysis on the current situation of the Black Flag Army.

After the Second Paper Bridge Victory, the Black Flag Army inevitably had some pride atmosphere. As a soldier, it is a good thing to have pride, but as a commander, it is fatal to have pride in your mind.

The defeat of Li Weiye at the Paper Bridge was almost one-to-one, which made some generals of the Black Flag Army, including Liu Yongfu himself, develop arrogance, so that in Huaide, Danfeng and Shanxi, the French army fought three tough battles in succession. Moreover, these three battles were more dangerous and more dangerous.

Although the Battle of Huaide hurts the enemy by 800 and loses one thousand, it can be said that it is a big defeat of Bo Liu. The Battle of Danfeng is completely lucky. If Bo Liu hadn't been timid, it would be hard to say whether Li Tang could stand here in a hurry now.

When the battle in Shanxi was in the battle, the Black Flag Army suffered heavy losses. The first day of the war broke out. If Liu Shaoqing had no idea, not only would the Fusha Village position not be able to be taken back, but even the two battalions on the river bank would have to be made into dumplings.

If you calculate this way, if you are fighting a positional battle, then in a one-to-one situation, there is no suspense, and it will be over. Even if it is 1:5 to 1, there is no chance, unless it is 2 to 1, you can still persist, but it is a short time, and after a long time, it will be over.

Why?

Insufficient firepower!

Whether it is artillery fire or rapid-fire weapons, they are one quarter different from others. Even if they are rifle shooting, their accuracy is not as accurate as the French army. In addition, the supply is almost zero, so why are you waiting for if you don’t die?

After such in-depth analysis, all the generals immediately realized: The young master is right. Our level is that we should play the strategy and tactics of playing tricks in sports. Don’t think about the battle with others, we are not the same.

Therefore, the Black Flag Army learned from its mistakes and summarized the following points-

First, try to avoid positional wars with the French army, especially positional wars near the river bank, and must not be fought.

Second, if you have to fight a positional battle, you must try every means to destroy the opponent's artillery firepower.

Third, the ironwork must be strong himself. We must strengthen the shooting training of soldiers. At the same time, we must establish our own artillery team!

The first one is the easiest to achieve, it’s nothing more than one sentence: if you can win, you can’t win, you can run away.

The second one is a bit difficult. How to knock out the enemy's artillery firepower? It cannot be achieved by specifying several tactical plans for granted. It must be based on the place, time, and person.

The third one is the most difficult. Now the Black Flag Army has some rapid-fire cannons, mountain cannons and machine cannons, but no one can operate them. Even a monster like Liu Shaoqing is not omnipotent. He can fight, but if he fights accurately and well, he must have professional teaching.

However, I told the court that I had been helping to find a few artillery teachers to apply for a few artillery teachers for almost half a year, and there was no news at all. If I wanted to rely on the Black Flag Army to find professionals who taught artillery skills themselves...

Stop having fun, how could such a person be willing to come to the bandit’s nest?

There is no doubt that this conference was a united conference and a victorious conference. At the meeting, the commanders and fighters of the Black Flag Army clarified their thoughts, unified their understanding, discovered shortcomings, and deeply felt the cruelty of the struggle. Most importantly, this conference further established the position of Liu Xiaozi in the army. After all, the Black Flag Army was able to escape unscathed in this Shanxi battle, which was inseparable from the command art of this young master's genius.

However, now the foreign devils have occupied Shanxi after all, and the next step may be Yongfu or Xuanguang. The Black Flag Army retreated from Shanxi, but they cannot retreat again and again. Wait, if it weren't for Liu Shaoqing's style, whether it was successful or not, they would have to train the team first!

So, the Black Flag Army carried out a vigorous training activity.

The battle for Fusha Village exposed the shortcomings of the Black Flag Army's close-killing struggle caused by physical fitness problems. The martial arts of our Chinese nation have been circulating for thousands of years. How can we lose to foreign devils? On the one hand, we invite famous teachers, and on the other hand, the Black Flag Army itself has many generals with extraordinary archers, and they have brainstorms and developed a simple and powerful gunshot technique to practice!

The shooting accuracy is not good, and this is not easy to deal with. The Black Flag Army is not as big as the foreigners, and has a lot of bullets, so they can only choose from each team and whistle and feed the bullets. The other soldiers will first practice the guns.

As for artillery, this is the most difficult one. Liu Shaoqing selected the best among the best. He selected 300 smart ones from nearly 10,000 Black Flag Army soldiers to train artillery skills separately. We have no theoretical basis now, so we can practice the actual exercise first. We can be familiar with the weapons.

When Liu Yongfu conveyed Cen Yuying's meaning to his precious son, Liu Shaoqing first stated that the Black Flag Army should regain Shanxi!

From an economic perspective, Shanxi was the only grain-producing province controlled by the Black Flag Army before. It was not in line with the interests of the Black Flag Army. Moreover, Shanxi is close to Hanoi and is the key to fighting with the French army for Tonkin, and it cannot be so simple that the French can occupy it.

"Father finally denies a lifetime with a temporary victory or defeat. You must know that no matter how powerful the French are, they will be hard to fight far and cannot last long. We are waiting for the hard work and the geographical advantage, and the final victory will definitely belong to us. If we give up at this time, we will not only lose the support of the Qing court, but also the morale and morale of the army. Once both are lost, then our own defeat will not be far away. Now the court is still willing to support us, and we can use this east wind to regain our territory and expand our own strength. Fight a war that knows we will win, even if it is more difficult now, as long as the final interests can be guaranteed, why not do it?"

Liu Yongfu, who was already moved, was told by his son that he did not hesitate and immediately found Cen Yuying and agreed to fight back against Shanxi. However, after listening to his son's suggestion, Liu Yongfu also put forward three requests at the same time.

First, the current combat effectiveness of the Black Flag Army - especially the Yunnan Army - is much different from that of the French. We must first train before we can return to the battlefield! As for the time, it is tentatively set to be half a year.

Second, in order to train the troops well, the court must ensure the supply of ammunition from the Black Flag Army. The main sources of guns of the Black Flag Army are two. One is the supply of the court, which is divided into two batches, the first batch is 2,000 and the second batch is 1,500 breech guns, both of which are American Thunder Benchess breech guns; the other is the battlefield seized, and several battles with the French, the Black Flag Army has some battlefield seized, including the Grass single-shot rifle used by the army and the m1878 continuous-shot rifle used by the navy, with a total of about 3,000 guns. There are also several Green cannons.

The Lei Mingden rifle used 10mm caliber bullets, while the French rifles and Green machine guns used 11mm caliber metal shell bullets. These two caliber ammunition must be provided by the Qing court.

As for the Dian Army, there are a variety of firearms equipped, and Liu Shaoqing can't control them, and he is too lazy to control them. In short, any Dian Army that uses a unified caliber can be given priority in training with the Black Flag Army. For the rest, it depends on when it is available but when it is necessary.

Third, it is also a long-lasting problem. That is, the artillery teacher and artillery operation must be found as soon as possible!

The last two items Cen Yuying agreed on behalf of the court, but only the first item Cen Yuying disagreed. Half a year has been too long. In this six months, the French may have fought to Yunnan!

In short, the two of them had a fight and finally shortened the time to three months. At the latest to April, the entire Black Flag Army dispatched to lead the Yunnan Army to counterattack Shanxi and Hanoi.

However, Liu Shaoqing added another premise to this agreement, that is, it must be based on the second and third items. Otherwise, if you want the Black Flag Army to fill in the life, there is no way!

"Ba~"

Emperor Guangxu threw a note in his hand in front of several military ministers and said with a gloomy expression: "Look!"

A eunuch came forward to pick up the note on the ground, and Yi hurriedly came forward to take it and quickly browsed it.

In March, Lord Tang Jingsong, who was exhausted all the way, returned to Beijing. As soon as he entered Beijing, Lord Tang presented the long-prepared note to Emperor Guangxu, and told the little emperor the whole story.

Guangxu, who learned the truth about the fall of Shanxi, was furious and immediately summoned the military ministers to meet him. So the above scene appeared.

Yi read the memorial expressionlessly, and then handed it over to Li Hongqi, Weng Tonghe and others for reading. After understanding the contents of the memorial, several military ministers, especially Li Hongzao, couldn't help but feel a cold sweat on their backs.

They had known about the Vietnam War. Before this, the military information notes that fell in Shanxi and the comments that Cen Yuying and Tang Jiong had already been spread to the capital. However, because Tang Jiong and Xu Yangxu were supported by the military affairs office in the Beijing, the military information notes that fell in Shanxi only explained the military affairs and did not mention the affairs of Xu Yanxu and Tang Jiong. Cen Yuying's comments were directly to Tianting, and even the military affairs office had no right to dismantle and read. Therefore, several military officials still do not know the inside story of the fall of Shanxi.

Guangxu looked at the ministers below coldly, and his anger was endless. Since the war in Vietnam, these important officials from the imperial center have written letters, recommending one today and promoting one tomorrow, and holding one of his own confidants, direct descendants, relatives and friends one by one to the throne of support, vassals, and admirals. However, no one asked about the scriptures of Feng Zicai, Ding Huai and others whom he mentioned. Even Li Hongqi and others forced Feng Zicai to go home in order to promote Xu Yanxu to the stage.

Okay, it depends on you, but you have made some achievements? Tang Jiong was so brave before taking office, and how he knew how to fight when he was suppressing the war. Now, he escaped at the last minute, which directly led to the fall of Shanxi.

There is also Xu Yanxu, the old man who was praised by Qingliu, has more than 20,000 soldiers from three provinces and is watching Shanxi be surrounded but not rescued, so that Shanxi fell, and he could not escape his responsibility!

Although angry, Zaitian still reminded herself to calm down.

"Dear brothers, what do you think of this?"

All the ministers looked at each other and turned their eyes to Li Hongzao.

Li Hongzao is a stubborn warrior, and he is also a staunch pro-war faction. Tang Jiong and Xu Yanxu are both "general talents" that Qing Liu strongly support. Now that these two people have such a big mess, if he doesn't say anything, who will help him wipe his butt?

Li Hongzao also knew that he could not escape. Even if he didn't say it, the emperor would point out that he would handle the matter. He had to bite the bullet and said, "Emperor, Lord Tang was ordered to go to the south to contact Liu Tuan and personally visit the front line. His feelings were commendable. Although Shanxi fell, the army should also be rewarded. I think that Tang Jingsong could be given a third-ranked top position, and at the same time issued an order to give full respect to the injured officers and soldiers. As for Liu Tuan, he was brave enough to take the lead in this battle. Although the situation was not good, the court should still be kind to appease him when he was employed and encouraged him to continue to work for the court..."

Seeing that he was still avoiding him, Guangxu looked around and said, he was so angry that the three corpse gods were furious. He slapped the dragon throne with a 'slap' and said honestly and bluntly: "I am not asking about Tang Jingsong, not Liu Yongfu. I am asking about Xu Yanxu, not Tang Jiong!"

Seeing that he could not escape, Li Hongxu had to respond: "Xu Yanxu had misunderstood in the battle of Shanxi, but he had indeed ordered reinforcements, but the officers who were in charge of the military were not effective, so that the reinforcements had not arrived for a long time. In the opinion of the minister, the generals who were unable to escape the opportunity of war should be punished and ordered them to be punished with justice. Xu Fanshi was inappropriate in employment, and he could be ordered to reprimand Shanxi and redeem his sins. As for Tang Jiong, he did not accept the order before the battle, and he should die. But the emperor was asked to remember that it was the time when he was employed by the people on the front line, and he could be dismissed and retained for his position and made meritorious service."

After hearing Li Hongzao's words, Guangxu looked at Yi and others and said, "What do you think?"

Weng Tonghe, who is also the "clear stream" Taishan Beidou, said first: "Mr. Li said it is pertinent, and I will discuss it."

Prince Gong Yi also said: "The two deserve to be killed, but now the French army in Guannan is pressing step by step, and the battle situation is tense. It is really not appropriate to change generals at the last minute. Please think twice."

Baoyan was originally the direct descendant of Prince Gong, so he naturally agreed at this time that only Zuo Zongtang, who was old and stronger, advocated strict punishment for Tang Jiong, but for Xu Yanxu, he did order to send troops, which was really not easy to deal with.

Li Hongzao and Weng Tonghe naturally tried their best to protect Qingliu's "face", but Yi? However, he did consider the disadvantage of changing generals in front of the army. He did not agree with Yan Shuxu. Regarding Tang Jiong, he was just a favor. Zaitian Guangxu saw that everyone was still protecting each other, and laughed in anger, "Okay, okay, you all plead for these two people. I just don't know who thought about those officers and soldiers who died in battle? Since you have agreed, I will give you another last chance. But if there is another omission, I wonder if you old ministers still have the face to see me again!"

After saying that, he ignored everyone and left.

On that day, the Military Affairs Bureau issued an order, saying that the governor of Yunnan, Tang Jiong, was ordered to take off the head of the provincial capital from the Beiqi Defense Institute without following the order, and served in front of the army. Xu Yanxu was unable to provide force and fined his salary for half a year. He then urged the troops in Guannan to attack quickly and recover Shanxi within one month.

At the same time, Yi, Li Hongxa and other ministers sent reports to the two, informing the emperor that they were furious and asked them to make meritorious contributions and not to make mistakes.

However, before the person who sent the order crossed the Yangtze River, a telegram was sent from Tokichi: Vietnam was defeated! Beining and Taiyuan were lost, and the troops in Guannan retreated to Lang Son!
Chapter completed!