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At this time, Lu Yiwei's troops had also entered Vietnam one after another. There were no more troops in Kunming and Guangxi provinces. If the enemy was allowed to detour into Guangxi, they would directly cut off the food and military facilities of the two troops in Vietnam. On the one hand, it was too late to transfer troops from neighboring provinces. When reinforcements arrived, Vietnam's 100,000 troops would starve to death. If the Vietnamese troops returned to Guangxi, it would undoubtedly be a rush to attack the French army on the front.

Zhennan Pass is located in two mountains. The Daqing Mountain in the east is more than 800 meters high and tilted south. Then it is Ma'an Mountain, extending to the east of Zhennan Pass. Fengwei Mountain in the west is more than 600 meters high and also tilted south until Longmen Pass. Then it extends through a big stone mountain to the west of Zhennan Pass. The valley in the south front of the pass is more than two miles wide. There are several small stone mountains at the southern end of the valley. To the south, it goes to Zhennan Pass and there are all uneven hills.

Because it is not clear how many enemies have come in, and Zhennan Pass is filled with fog, and the thick fog layer cannot penetrate even the sunlight. The visibility on the mountain is only about five meters, and Lu Yiwei dared not let the troops advance too quickly. He was afraid that if he encountered the French army's large army, such encounters would be the most difficult to fight without any preparation. Especially since he had received in-depth information from the French army, he walked forward step by step carefully.

At this time, a veteran general in military uniform said to Lu Yiwei: "The army gate is filled with fog on the mountain. It is not clear how many soldiers and horses the French army has come, and whether they have heavy weapons. I think the army gate still leads the main force to distribute them on Daqing Mountain. This is the only way for the French army. I will lead the troops and horses to continue to advance to Zhennan Pass."

The person who spoke was the veteran Feng Zicai, who was originally recommended by Zuo Zongtang to be the general of the Qing army. However, Guan Xuqing thought that Feng Zicai was too old and had not received a formal military academy education. In addition, Feng Zicai was Zuo Zongtang's direct subordinate. Although history proved that Zuo Zongtang had no intention of rebellion, Guan Xuqing was changing history. How could he hand over all the military power to one person?

Lu Yiwei frowned and looked at Daqing Mountain, looking westward at the vast white area. Nothing could be seen except for the heavy fog! He turned his head and said to Feng Zicai: "Feng Biaotong, you will continue to advance. If you encounter the French army, you can pretend to be defeated and retreat into this mountain. I will be here to pick you up!"

"Receive the order." Feng Zi gave a standard military salute.

Lu Yiwei selected favorable terrain structures near Daqingshan based on the terrain conditions.

The Zero-level master http://www.77nt/19181/ built a defensive position and ordered the troops to build a long wall of earth and stone near Daqing Mountain, spanning between the east and west ridges, and digging a four-foot-wide deep trench outside the wall to facilitate the defense. Many fortresses were built on the east and west ridges, forming a relatively perfect mountain defense position system.

Due to the heavy fog, the construction of the position was quite slowly. Lu Yiwei watched Feng Zicai's troops slowly advance towards Zhennan Pass, and he felt a little worried. Although Feng Zicai was older, he was still as impulsive as a young man. If he met the French army, it would be as difficult as a pervert to get him out of the brothel. So Lu Yiwei decided to focus on stability and build a more stable defense system first.

As it was almost noon, the fog finally gradually dissipated. The French army had already sneaked to the foot of Zhennan Pass. Nigel said to the adjutant Tony beside him: "Man, look at the Qing team is all useless. I really don't know how General Guba commanded it, and he was unable to break through their last line of defense. Zhennan Pass is the hub of the entire mountain. We have occupied this place, we can advance or retreat, attack or defend."

Tony frowned slightly, "Col. Nigel, don't you think it's too quiet here? I suspect they have discovered our plan. After all, we entered the mountains from the Shanxi they controlled, and it is impossible for them to know about such a large army."

After hearing this, Nigel laughed and said, "Tony, what can they do if they find it? Now Zhennan Pass is already at our feet, which is an indisputable fact. In addition, the Qing troops will only deal with their unarmed people. They can only surrender against the elite infantry of the Republic."

Tony wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything when he saw Nigel so confident and he had indeed occupied Zhennan Pass.

Nigel observed the terrain and saw a large amount of dust floating in the Dongling Mountain Peak Fort and other areas. It is estimated that a large number of Qing troops were ambushed there and a defensive position was built, otherwise such a large amount of dust would not have floated for no reason.

He decided to attack in two ways, and the main force advanced along the Dongling Mountains. The other route advanced along the valley in front of the pass, trying to go directly to the rear of Shanxi City after the main force seized the main peak of Daqingshan. He surrounded the Qing army behind Shanxi City and divided and annihilated it. He also sent a thousand troops to guard the southeastern highland of Zhennanguan to keep an eye on the situation in Shanxi City at any time.

The French army's in-depth troops were composed of a reorganized brigade and a mixed brigade composed of Vietnamese. There were 15,000 people in total, and the one moving towards the East Ridge was composed of their main force, a reorganized brigade in France.

Feng Zicai had received a reward from the spies ahead at this time, and the French army occupied Zhennan Pass. The troops divided into two groups and detoured towards the back of Shanxi City, and one group of people attacked the peak of Daqingshan. The other group of people came to him. The number was about 7,000 people, and they were carrying heavy weapons.

Due to the heavy fog, Feng Zicai was already angry and embarrassed before taking over this strategic location before the French army. At this time, he knew that more than 7,000 French troops were running towards him, so where could he not fight to the end?

He immediately ordered: "Hua'er, you take the troops from the camp around the back of the Japanese to take their heavy weapons."

Feng Xianghua is Feng Zicai's second son and a battalion commander under Feng Zicai. At this time, he ordered his son to cut off the French army's retreat and wanted to make achievements for his son.

"I understand. But my father, the Army Gate let us meet the French army. We will lead them to Daqingshan after a little contact, where there are ambushes."

Feng Xianghua said.

"If you want to go, you know what you know. The Army Gate ordered this because he was worried about our safety. Look at this mountain. Even a god is not sure how the French army will go. If you want to defend them all, let alone 50,000 people, you can't even be careful of the water even if you give them 200,000 people. Now that the Japanese have entered our embarrassment, we won't fight. That's not too sorry for God's meeting for us this time." Feng Zicai said excitedly.

"Yes, father. I'll set out right away"
Chapter completed!