How could the French be willing to fail to enter Majiang? On July 16, another French warship with a very similar appearance to the "Amilin" appeared outside the Majiangkou.

The person who came was an old acquaintance, the third-class cruiser "Werda" commanded by Frouno. The "Werda" and "Amilin" belonged to the "Hound" class, the "Amilin" was the second ship and the "Werda" was the fifth ship.

If it was just a "Wolda", the flag floating on its main mast showed that the small warship was carrying a special guest on its own - the flag floating on the mast was Courbet's lieutenant general's flag, and Courbet came in person.

After the "Werda" entered the Majiang Waterway, it sailed smoothly to the anchor near Luoxing Tower.

The reason for this success was due to the help of the water diversion officers of Fujian Customs. Despite the notice that Zhang Peilun had banned the help of French warships to divert water, under the temptation of Courbet's double "water diversion fee" for each person plus an additional bonus of 4,000 taels of silver, the five water diversion officers who worked at Fujian Customs - 2 British, 2 Germans and 1 Italian - soon became happy to cooperate with the French.

Compared to Zhang Peilun's unbinding ban, Courbet's double salary and huge bonus are obviously more affordable. Originally, your wife and children are still waiting for you to take the money home to live!

With the joint cooperation of the Fujian Customs water diversion officers, the subsequent arrival of the Tokyo Detachment and the French warships belonging to the China-RB Sea Detachment will no longer be as embarrassed as the "Amilin" and will no longer be afraid of the danger of reefs.

After the Wolda entered Majiang, the gunboat "Yishbi" sailed into Majiang on July 17. A day later, the first-class cruiser "Du Jushiluin" and the gunboat "Wilcat" also appeared at the mouth of Majiang. In addition, more French warships were rushing towards this place at full speed, including the second-class cruiser "Vera", "Desdan", "Reynoldsburg", "Virer", "Soni", "Rutin", and two mineboats "45" and "46".

In addition, if necessary, the flagship of the Tokyo Detachment - the armored cruiser "Baya" and the armored cruiser "Triumph", and the La Garizonia can start anchoring and reinforcements from Mazu Island at any time, and can arrive overnight.

When Zhang Peilun looked at the "Worda" with the flag of lieutenant general, he felt that this was the beginning of a large number of French warships entering Majiang. According to the "Admetted Book" submitted by the French, there were only four days left before the deadline for the Badno threat - July 19. Therefore, he quickly called the Military Affairs Office again, saying that if the negotiations with the French side broke down, he should notify FJ one to two days in advance, at least one day in advance so that FJ could take the initiative and at least be prepared to face the battle.

The situation has taken a sharp turn for China.

When French warships appeared in Majiang, the streets and alleys of Fuzhou were immediately in chaos. Some gentry and people were worried that the French would go ashore to capture Fuzhou, so they took their families and fled to the countryside with gold, silver and fine silk from the city.

Of course, officials cannot run away.

He Jing, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, has always believed in Buddhism on weekdays. When he heard that the war was approaching, the man pressed the weight to retreat to the Buddha. He believed that the Buddha's appearance was the Buddha's appearance when the "Agarin" hit the reef, so he placed the Buddha's golden body in the governor's yamen, kowtowed and worshiped day and night, and recited Buddhist scriptures, hoping that the golden body could cast a spell to drive the French back to the European continent.

If the Buddha from the West knew about it, he would definitely say: I had already driven away one of you and bought you a day. What else do you want me?

Unfortunately, He Jing couldn't hear it, so he worshiped Buddha and continued.

As the head of a province, the governor Zhang Zhaodong really doesn't believe in Buddhism. He is much more affordable than the governor. Not only did Zhang Ren not organize officials to maintain order in the city, but instead sent his family to buy grain, bacon, etc. in the city and store it in the mansion.

His seventh concubine got angry at Zhang Zhaodong because of the smell of cured meat in the mansion. However, Lord Zhang, who used to obey her, scolded her at this moment.

"You know, no! The French are about to call us. If we can defend this city, will our family starve to death once the French surround the city? Prepare more now, even if we surround ourselves for ten days and half a month, it won't be a big deal."

Listen, this is the governor of a province in the Qing Dynasty.

Fortunately, Zhang Peilun informed Mu Tushan in time and asked him to lead the flag soldiers to suppress the city. Mu Tushan made some efforts before the war. While summoning his flag soldiers to practice quickly, Mu Tushan searched all over Fuzhou to make guns, bullets, military uniforms, and military flags. Although this is also the master who does not burn incense and temporarily crams, compared with Governor He Jing, who only knows how to burn incense and worship Buddha, Governor Zhang Zhaodong and Shipkeeper He Ruzhang, General Mu Tushan's performance is relatively positive.

With Mutushan's flag soldiers guarding the four gates, Fuzhou City at least settled down.

At this time, after receiving He Ruzhang's order, the FJ Shipbuilding Navy ships, which were divided into various seas, also began to concentrate on the Mawei. Except for the "Wannianqing" because of the age of the ship, the "Yuankai" and the "Chauwu" did not release the ships due to the ZJ province's defense needs, the other ships under the Shipbuilding Navy began to pull anchors from the berths in various places.

The process of Zhang Peilun's construction of warships from Guangdong, Guangxi, Liangjiang and Beiyang to discuss the transfer and relocation of the ships was very unsuccessful.

Li Hongzhang replied that the warships built by the Shipbuilding Administration serving in the Beiyang Navy system are either too small in size - such as "Meiyun", "Zhenhai", or unarmed - such as "Haijing" and "Tai'an", the only combat-capable "Weiyuan" ship, because there are very few ships available at the Beiyang Navy at this time, it is difficult to retreat south as the main warships in the Beiyang Navy. After all, Gyeonggi is more important!

Uncle Li no longer supports him, let alone the others.

Zuo Zongtang replied: "The war wheel is not enough to keep the mouth shut, so it is really difficult to distribute." So he sent Zhang Peilun. Fortunately, Zeng Guoquan agreed to transfer the "Jian" ships and "Feiyun" ships served by the GD Navy back to FJ, but it still takes time.

But where is the time left now?

On July 19, the deadline for Badno threatened. At 3 pm, **** Zhong, who was in charge of contact, hurried into the Beiyang Minister's residence and handed a note to Li Hongzhang.

The French Consul in TJ formally issued a notice: If the FJ shipyard is not allowed to be transferred before 3 pm on July 20, the French fleet will fire.

"Zhongtang, what should I do now?"

Li Hongzhang has been overwhelmed by the situation in China and France these days. The information provided by Flouno originally showed that the French were not very attractive. He also used this as a basis to find Prince Chun, hoping to persuade Emperor Guangxu to make appropriate concessions through Yihuan. Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed. When Badno arrived, France suddenly made a huge compensation request. In this way, not only the center could not give in, but even Li Hongzhang himself felt that the French's demands were too excessive.

Faced with the ultimatum of the legal person, Li Hongzhang said angrily: "The person in charge of the negotiations is Zeng Guoquan. If the French have anything to say to Zuo Zongtang, I can't control it and don't want to control it!"

Because I made waxes in the process of trying to convince the emperor, the people who negotiated with the law have now become Nanyang minister Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang was so happy that he was dismissed.

**** Zhong knew Li Hongzhang's current mood, so he could only sigh and turn around and leave.

"etc……"

"What else do you have to do in the middle hall?"

Li Hongzhang stopped ****zhong and then said, "Send two telegrams, one to Zhang Peilun of Fuzhou, and send him the French notice. Remind him that as long as he takes the initiative to evacuate the ship's government and leave the factory, perhaps the French will not have any excuses to fire, so there is still room for maneuver. The other one is sent to Hurd, asking him to try to negotiate."

Knowing that the old man had not given up completely, **** Zhong looked happy and immediately said, "I will do it now!"

"And..." Li Hongzhang paused and said, "Remind Zhang Peilun and let him try to leave the ponytail."

It seems that Li Hongzhang is quite concerned about his nephew's situation in FJ.

After receiving the notification from Li Hongzhang, Zhang Peilun was like thunder. It was late at night on July 19, which means there were still fifteen hours left before the so-called war start date.

"Quick! Change your clothes and carry a sedan chair! I want to go to the Governor's Office immediately!" He was so angry that even the calmest person had to jump up.

The imperial envoy in Fuzhou was in a hurry to go on a temporary trip. The servants who had already fallen asleep were urgently summoned to prepare sedan chairs and deliver mails. More than ten minutes later, the sedan chair stopped and hurried out of the gate.

At the same time, the servants in charge of sending the message also rode horses to the governor's yamen and the Fuzhou General's Mansion. The sound of slapping the door was particularly harsh in the quiet night.

In the Governor's Office, He Jing, who was sleeping soundly, was pulled out of the quilt by Zhang Peilun. When he learned that the legal person had sent an ultimatum, He Jing was immediately frightened. "What should I do?"

Zhang Peilun looked at the governor who only knew how to pray to God and Buddha in a day, and said angrily: "I have notified Lord Mu, Lord Zhang comes to discuss it, and wait for them to come and listen to everyone's opinions."

"Okay, it's okay." He Jing wiped the sweat beads that were oozing from his head, not only hot but also scared.

Soon, Mu Tushan and Zhang Zhaodong arrived separately. After listening to Zhang Peilun's telegram, they were also at a loss.

Mu Tushan is a martial artist, and he is more courageous. After a while, he slapped the table and said, "Grandma, you can fight with the foreign devils!"

Lord Mu slammed the table and fell down. He Jing and Zhang Zhaodong were almost scared to the table. Seeing that the two supervisors were so useless, Zhang Peilun's heart was so cold.

In desperation, he had to say: "Even if you want to fight, you have to be prepared. Now it seems that the French's goal is just the Shipbuilding Bureau, so it is obviously unnecessary to put too much defensive force in the provincial capital Fuzhou. It is better to jump out of the "Left Battalion and Right Battalion who are the strongest in defense of the provincial capital to reinforce the defense of Mawei."

When they heard that the troops were to be drawn from Fuzhou, He Jing and Zhang Zhaodong's faces immediately turned green. They were worried that if foreigners were not allowed to take ponytails, they would turn around and attack Fuzhou, what would they do if their lives were to do?

Now Zhang Peilun can't care about these two masters. The general of Fuzhou is in charge of the Green Flag left and right camps, the Eight Banners, the Green Flag Camp, the Han Army Naval Division Camp, and the Land Town Association of the Green Flag. So what Zhang Peilun needs is only the support of Mu Tushan.

Mutushan gritted his teeth and said, "Don't do it, I'll send an order..."

With Mu Tushan's support, Zhang Peilun was too lazy to pay attention to the two cowards. At this time, it started to rain heavily outside, but Zhang Peilun did not dare to delay at all. He braved the heavy rain and braved the heavy rain and drove straight to the ponytail with Admiral Huang Chaoqun and the Fujing army on a small steamer to discuss with He Ruzhang how to arrange the defense of the Shipbuilding Navy.

At 4 a.m., Zhang Peilun and He Ruzhang, who had not slept all night, were led by the FJ Shipbuilding Administration and Naval Office, and Zhang Cheng, the "Yangwu" ship management leader, was still in urgent consultation.

"Fighting is imminent, but the ships of the Navy and Navy have no time to gather. For the sake of the present plan, we can only defend based on the existing forces."

Zhang Cheng frowned and said, "No, our strength is too weak now and it is impossible to stop it!"

He Ruzhang said with a dark face: "If you can't stop it, you have to stop it, otherwise how can we be worthy of the court?"

Compared with the land, the FJ Shipbuilding Navy has a higher sensitivity, and they have started to deploy on July 17. Because the French army currently parked in Majiangli only two French ships, "Werda" and "Yishibi", "Yangwu", "Fusheng" and "Jiansheng" used the bow to fight the enemy to anchor within 50 meters of the French ship, and stared at the two French warships in close-fitting parking.

He Ruzhang's current plan is to cut off the anchor chain at the first moment and launch a collision tactic on the French warships, using the "Yangwu" to the "Yishibi"; "Fusheng" and "Jiansheng" gunboats stared at the "Werda" in order to die together.

This method seems to be a one-time deal, but given that there is Courbet on the Wolda and the "enemy chief" on the ship, the deal seems to be very cost-effective.

Zhang Cheng's face looked even more ugly. This was a lifeless deal. No matter how cost-effective the deal was for the court in the end, for him, not to mention Courbet, he wouldn't even want to change to Ru Feili.

But now there seems to be no other way. If the French ships are allowed to fire, then he will still be unable to escape death when the crime is blamed.

This is really a slash of his head and a slash, and he can't escape from the left and right.

"There is another way..."

Zhang Cheng's eyes lit up and he immediately looked at Zhang Peilun, "What can I do if the imperial envoy has?"

Zhang Peilun said: "You can order the soldiers to prepare as many military flags as possible and put them on various forts and strongholds, thinking that the suspects of the soldiers scare the French. Maybe the legal person sees that we are prepared, and with the large number of our army, they may retreat."

"Okay! This plan is great!" Zhang Cheng clapped and smiled. In his opinion, any method now is better than letting himself die.

He Ruzhang looked at Zhang Peilun and then said, "Since that's the case, then prepare in all aspects and act quickly!"
Chapter completed!