Lin Weiyuan was shocked and hurriedly let him beside him. This was a second-rank official in the court. He was just a civilian. Even if he donated a gift, how could he dare to accept this worship?

"Mr. Futai, what does this mean?"

With Liu Mingchuan's kneeling, the people who were originally clamoring and scolding were immediately silent.

"Mr. Lin, all the country gentry and the people. I am helpless in this plan. Everyone should know that the French army has more than ten warships on the sea. Even if there are only more than two hundred people on each warship, the French army has nearly four thousand available soldiers. However, I only have less than six thousand soldiers in my hand. The legal person ship is strong and the cannon is fierce, the soldiers are fierce and the firearms are well trained. On the other hand, our soldiers are still holding big swords, spears and bows and arrows!"

As he said that, Liu Mingchuan pointed one hand at the soldiers behind him. Sure enough, at least half of the soldiers were not equipped with firearms. Even if they were equipped with firearms, less than half could hold new foreign guns. Others were old-fashioned bird guns or flintlock guns in front, and even had combroach guns.

Liu Mingchuan continued: "I got the news that the French army failed to attack Huwei twice, and are now preparing to mobilize troops to attack. Huwei has only four battalions of defenders, with less than 2,000 troops, so it is impossible to defend. If Huwei is in a loss, the legal person can drive straight into the capital city and then attack Keelung on both sides. Taipei City is the location of the commander-in-chief, and the military's capital is concentrated here. If it is occupied by the legal person, will it be listed as a gentry and think Keelung can still be maintained?"

"Dividing troops in two places will not only not help protect Keelung, but will also let Huwei and Fucheng be buried with him. And there are so many soldiers, how many can survive? And joining forces with one another will not only cause severe damage to the French army and protect Huwei and Fucheng. In the future, the court reinforcements will be launched, and they can also counterattack Keelung and drive the legal person out of the sea again!"

After saying this, Liu Mingchuan went on a deep revenge, "Liu Sheng Sanjue has no intention of being greedy for life and fearing death. I am the governor of Taiwan and I have the responsibility to defend the territory. At this time, if you leave a Keelung and complete the city of Shanghai, you can defend all three places; if you divide the troops and two places, you will lose your heart. You can show the sun and the moon. I hope all the villagers can understand it!"

The French army has a strong force and a sharp force. If the Qing army is divided, two will be defeated, and if they are combined, they will be beneficial. In fact, many people can understand this principle, but people are selfish and no one is willing to be the one who is abandoned. It is precisely because of this that everyone comes to stop the fight, and it is nothing more than the idea of ​​raising a cull if they die.

But now that Liu Mingchuan knelt like this, he heard his heartfelt words, everyone had nothing to say.

Lin Weiyuan sighed deeply and went up to help Liu Mingchuan up. "Sir, the villagers in the mountains and fields do not understand etiquette and offend the authority of the emperor. Please don't blame him for the sake of the people in this city."

Liu Mingchuan cried and said, "It is because I did not fulfill my parents' obligations, so will I blame everyone? This time I have caused the people to suffer, and I am ashamed! However, Mr. Lin, I think the purpose of the legal person occupying Keelung is to negotiate with the court. Now the imperial court and the legal person are fighting fiercely in Vietnam. Regardless of the victory or defeat, the peace talks must not be far away. Since the legal person is willing to negotiate, he should not start a large-scale killing. Since the army leaves, at least it can be avoided from being poisoned by artillery fire in the city and less casualties."

Lin Weiyuan smiled bitterly and said, "If the peace talks are expected, it's okay, I'm afraid I will occupy the magpie's nest and I won't be able to leave once!"

Liu Ming preached: "Don't worry, the legal person will not leave for a day, and Liu Shengsan will not leave Taiwan for a day!"

Lin Weiyuan patted Liu Mingchuan's hand and said, "Okay, okay, with Lord Liu's words, we still have hope!"

Then, Lin Weiyuan turned around and said to everyone: "Friends, do you understand? Lord Liu didn't abandon us, he wanted to save more people. Keelung is about to lose, but Keelung's hearts cannot be lost! I shouted here, Keelung's young men, do you dare to take the weapons in your hands and fight foreigners with Lord Liu?"

In an instant, the emotions of the people were ignited again, and everyone shouted the slogan "...at the foreign devils...". At that time, more than a hundred people stood up and expressed their willingness to go to Shanghai to fight with the team.

Liu Mingchuan was overjoyed and deeply felt that the people were able to rely on their hearts and their spirits were available. He absorbed a group of people to join the army on the spot. Afterwards, the people made way and the army marched towards the right side of the army again.

For Courbet, the purpose of attacking Huwei was only to increase the confidence in seizing Keelung, the "collateral". In fact, attacking Huwei was just a restraining attack launched by the French army to cooperate with the battle in Keelung. He believed that: "The occupation of Keelung and its coal mines was decided as our goal, and it was obviously necessary to carry out military operations in Tamsui. These two cities are connected by a large road, and they are close at hand, so if you occupy this one, you must occupy the other."

To this end, Courbet gave Lisby a task to use giant cannons from warships such as the "Triumph" to destroy the fortifications of Tamsui Port, clear the wrecks of the estuary, clear the mines, and then use small ships to safely occupy the anchorage in Tamsui Port and block it.

But unexpectedly, even so, Lisby could not complete it. In desperation, Courbet had to call out "Du Jushi Luin", "Renault Castle" and "Bald" to carry a temporary landing camp of 600 people to reinforce.

Of course, Courbet firmly believes that even if he divides his troops, Keelung will definitely be able to easily win.

On October 4, Courbet's additional warships arrived at Huwei, increasing the French ships on the sea surface of Huwei to 7, including the ironclad ships "Lagarisonia" and "Triumph", cruisers "Reynoldsburg", "Dujishiluin" and "Desdan", gunboat "Virer" and transport ship "Battle".

At the same time, the Qing army brigade led by Liu Mingchuan also arrived at the end of Shanghai.

"The attack time of the legal person is on the 6th. The target of the attack is first Baibao to control the mine detonation device located there; then the "Triumph" carries 500 kilograms of explosives to break up the shipwreck barrier that blocks the waterway, and opens the passage to Taipei. Then the army landed, occupied Huwei, and then advanced to Taipei."

After Li Tongen finished speaking, Liu Mingchuan asked: "Is the information reliable?"

Li Tongen nodded and said, "This is what Mr. Henry learned about and handed it over to me personally. It should be fine!"

Liu Mingchuan was overjoyed, "Okay, since that's the case, let's give the French a waiter!" Then he ordered: "Let's lead the 'Jiesheng Army' by Sun Kaihua, the general of Zhangzhou Town, Li Dingmin, and Fan Huiyi's troops were ambushed at the entrance of the oil truck. When the French army approached, they intercepted the enemy from the front. Zhang Gaoyuan's troops were ambushed on the Mount of the Fortress. After the battle at General Sun started, they rushed out from the flanks and encircled and annihilated the enemy."

In addition to the White Fort Fort, the Qing army still needed to defend against the Red Fort. Cao Zhizhong led two battalions of Hunan Army there, and the rest were led by Liu Mingchuan as support.

After completing the deployment of troops, Liu Mingchuan looked at Li Tongen and said, "If you can defeat the French army tomorrow, you will be the first contribution. This peacemaker will report your contribution to the court truthfully."

Li Tongen hurriedly said, "Thank you, Lord Futai, for your love."

Liu Mingchuan nodded with a smile.

But Li Tongen didn't mean to say goodbye and leave. Instead, she was a little hesitant and wanted to speak but stopped.

"What, Observer Li has something to do?" Liu Mingchuan, who noticed something strange, couldn't help asking.

"When I say that, that's right. Xiaguan once met a friend in the city of Fucheng. He was strong and martial. Because of his strength, he usually enjoyed winning with others. After hearing that the French army invaded Taiwan, he voluntarily recruited some rural brave men, hoping to contribute to the court. Therefore, please ask Xiaguan to recommend him. He rashly mentioned it to the adults, and hoped to forgive him."

Liu Mingchuan smiled and said, "I am worried that my troops are weak, so there are righteous men coming to surrender. This is a timely help. I want to thank Li for observing. How can I blame him? I just don't know where this hero is, so I can bring you a look."

After hearing Liu Mingchuan's words, Li Tongen was a little hesitant.

"What? This person is not here now?"

Li Tongen hurriedly said, "No, he is outside...but..."

"But what?"

"Sir, the lower official dare not hide it. This friend of the lower official is from an actor, and the rebels he recruited are all local indigenous high mountain tribes."

Liu Mingchuan was stunned: "Actors? Gaoshan tribe?"

An actor is an actor. The old saying goes: **** is ruthless, and actors are unrighteous. Moreover, among the three religions and the next, actors are also inferior. Li Tongen can become friends with such people and recommend them to the governor. No wonder he seemed a little unnatural just now.

Liu Mingchuan was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "Those who protect the country will plan for it; those who protect the world will be humiliating and responsible for every man. Nowadays, foreigners bully our China, and even an actor knows to jointly resist foreign humiliation, so I should be even more happy and encouraged! Please introduce it to me by Li Guan."

When Li Tongen saw that Liu Mingchuan did not take the actor's attention, he was immediately overjoyed. "Yes, thank you, sir. I will bring my friend to you."

Soon, a young man with bright eyes and white teeth but handsome looks followed Li Tongen.

"Grassman Zhang Licheng, pay homage to the Governor!"

Liu Mingchuan thought Li Tongen would bring a powerful man with a bronze hammer and a powerful man who sang a bronze hammer and a beautiful face, but he didn't expect that a creamy boy who even looked a little charming. The huge gap in his heart almost shocked him.

What about a man who has the promise of arm strength, good martial arts, and often wrestling with others?

"Is this the righteous man Li Guan mentioned?"

Li Tongen hurriedly said, "It's this person."

OK. Liu Mingchuan was too lazy to pay attention to what the style was like. After encouraging Zhang and Licheng, he immediately asked him to take the brave men he recruited to Sun Kaihua and face the enemy together tomorrow!

The Qing army had made all preparations and just waited for the French to fall into the trap. Unexpectedly, the winds were strong that night, the waves were churning, and the climate was extremely harsh, forcing the French army to give up the plan of attack No. 6 and postpone the attack date to the 8th.

At 9 a.m., the landing attack began. Small boats carrying Marines left the warships and rowed towards the coast. Three minutes later, seven warships began to launch violent shelling on the fortifications on the shore to cover the Marines.

On the two forts, the Qing army stationed in the garrison had already been retracted into the solid eternal fortifications. Since the Futai Lord had a plan, the fool would run outside to die at this time.

Because the French army was almost not intercepted by shore firepower, the landing process of the French army was very smooth. After only half an hour, all the strengthened landing battalions arrived at the reserved landing site of Tamsui Beach.

Because Lieutenant Colonel Martin was unable to participate in the war due to illness, the landing operations of the reinforcement battalion were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Polinnu, the captain of the "Renault Castle". He divided the landing troops into 5 routes - 120 Marines of the "Lagarisania" were the 1st Company, and 120 Marines of the "Triumen" were the 2nd Company. They needed to wade into the jungle and advance to the new fort. The 130 men of the "Bald" and "Dujutuluin" were the 4th Company, which was the reserve team of the 1st and 2nd Company; about 200 meters away from them was the 3rd Company, composed of 130 men of the "Destan" Marines of the "Renault Castle" and 130 men of the "Destan" Marines of the "Renault Castle"; in addition, the "Baya" Marines of the 5th Company were responsible for covering the left wing and advancing to the left.

At the same time, in order to explode the shipwreck barrier that blocked the waterway and open the passage to Taipei, the landing camp also equipped with two mine squads. They will try to detonate the mines laid on both sides of the dam after the sailors occupied the mine ignition post between the two Qing army's forts, and return to the ship immediately after completion.
Chapter completed!