After taking over the French fleet, according to Liu Mingchuan's intention, he simply blocked the news directly, and then Yan Fu's fleet headed south to attack the French military port in Vietnam. However, it was rejected by Yan Fu because it was impossible. Taiwan's Tamsui is a trading port, and Yan Fu did not think that Liu Mingchuan had the ability to let foreign merchant ships and warships stay honestly in Tamsui Port and not come out. Once it came out, the raid would turn into a strong attack. So the idea was very tempting, just on paper.

In fact, Yan Fu also understood that Liu Mingchuan might not have no intention of taking the opportunity to send Buddha. However, as the saying goes, it is easy to invite gods, but it is difficult to send gods. Liu Mingchuan also saw that Yan Fu had no intention of leaving at all, and he stayed in Keelung and refused to leave.

Liu Mingchuan felt that his brain hurt. These guys were obviously more powerful than the French. In addition, they looked reasoning on weekdays, but in fact they only focused on interests. The only thing that is thankful is that the bastards in Northeast China did not forcibly occupy the entire Taiwan, but Liu Mingchuan immediately withdrew his optimistic idea. He built a Xiyue Villa before he came. Who knows if there are similar institutions in other places in Taiwan?

"Whatever you love!"

Yan Fu had already received Wang Yi's telegram at this time. Since most of Yan Fu's hands were ships from the Nanyang Fleet, he should really live in Nanyang.

What's wrong with the Nanyang Fleet? You are stationed in Shanghai and Nanjing?

The Prime Minister's affairs offices, Yi Huan, Yi Li, and Shi Duo are rarely together today. The three of them were talking, but some people reported that Tang Shaoyi, director of the Beijing Office of the Northeast Autonomous Region, asked for a meeting.

When the three of them heard this, they were all in their hearts, annoyed! They were not annoyed Tang Shaoyi, but this man was good at dancing and was kind to others on weekdays. What they were annoyed was the Northeast, and Wang Yi.

"I don't know what happened to Tang Shaochuan here?" Yihuan said casually.

Tang Shaoyi had already walked in, smiled at the three princes and said, "Great joy, great joy!"

The three princes saw that Tang Shaoyi was similar to a lunatic, but fortunately Yihuan could bear it and said, "Shaochuan, sit down!" In front of Tang Shaochuan, he did not dare to take the prince's airs and looked smiling.

"The three princes are very happy!"

"I don't know why I am happy?"

"French expeditionary fleet has been completely wiped out by our fleet that aided the Nanyang Navy, and Taiwan has been pacified."

The teacup that Shi Duo held in his hand almost fell to the ground and said in surprise: "Can you take this seriously?"

Tang Shaoyi smiled and helped Shiduo stabilize his body, then said: "It's true."

Although Yihuan was surprised, he still had some plans in his heart. His originally lowered eyes suddenly looked at Tang Shaoyi and said, "Shaochuan is here, I'm afraid it's not just for the good news."

After hearing this, Tang Shaochuan sat down with his clothes and smiled at the three princes: "Of course it is only one of the good news. There are two other things that need to be agreed upon by the court."

"What's the matter?"

"First, our Northeast Autonomous Region has always been hostile to France, so now we have to participate in the negotiations between the Qing and France in Shanghai! Second, in order to prevent the French from invading again, we need the court to allow us to build three military ports in Taiwan and Qiongzhou, two in Taiwan, one in Keelung and Kaohsiung and one in Qiongzhou, and one in Sanya."

Only Keelung, these three princes have heard of, and they don’t know where the remaining two places are.

After Tang Shaoyi made a request, he said something to the three princes and then said goodbye and left.

Later, Yihuan and the other two went to the palace to meet Cixi and Guangxu, and reported good news. Although this battle had nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty, it finally solved the current dilemma. After hearing this, Cixi agreed to Tang Shaoyi's request without thinking. This was mainly Keelung, Kaohsiung, and Sanya were too far from the capital, so Lao Fu didn't care at all. Besides, she felt that such a watchdog would be a good thing to have in the southern coastal areas. As for the Northeast Autonomous Region participating in the Qing and France negotiations, there was nothing wrong with it. With the addition of the bandits in the Northeast, it was also restraining the French. No matter how much, the court could pay less one tael of silver, which was one tael!

In Shanghai, Badno sat in the conference room, waiting for the arrival of Zeng Guoquan and Li Hongzhang. Now he already knew the news. His arrogant arrogance, which was originally supported by his own fleet, has finally returned to normal. What he was really worried about at this moment was what kind of reaction would the news of the demise of the expeditionary fleet come back to China. If so, Premier Ru Feili will step down for this.

As soon as the door opened, Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guoquan and a stranger walked in side by side. The three of them chatted and laughed, and the tense atmosphere of the past was gone.

"So Mr. Badno has arrived early." Li Hongzhang smiled and greeted Badno, and then said, "I forgot to introduce to you that this is the new representative of the negotiations. My Foreign Minister of the Northeast Autonomous Region of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Liewen, and Mr. Zhao."

In addition to French negotiator Badno, there were also some envoys in charge of listening to each other. They had never seen Zhao Liewen, but they knew that there was such a person in the Northeast.

In the past two years, Northeast China has focused more on internal affairs, so Zhao Liewen no longer wants to meet with the outside world like before. His daily work is basically to learn various diplomatic knowledge by himself or communicate with foreigners in Northeast China. Now he is busy preparing for the establishment of a diplomatic academy, but because of this sudden war, Prime Minister Yang Qiuxing was sent over to be responsible for the negotiations.

Speaking of which, Zhao Liewen and the two negotiators of the Qing Dynasty were not seen. Li Hongzhang was a student of Zeng Guofan, so there was no need to mention Zeng Guoquan. Zhao Liewen was Zeng Guofan's chief aide back then, so the three of them knew each other well. Before the negotiations, everyone also had a basic plan in their minds.

"How could the Da Shang people join the negotiation?" Badno suddenly stood up and protested.

"We have already participated in the war, why can't we join the negotiation?" Zhao Liewen smiled and said, "If you don't want to, I can leave. Then we will go to Annan in person to say hello to you, I'm afraid there will be no more people left."

Badno wanted to continue to be tough, but later he thought that the group of people was holding many French officers and soldiers, including Guba, and he really wanted to provoke them. I heard that these people had no idea of ​​prisoners of war, and could do anything in a hurry. If Guba and others died in the palm of the other party and were transferred back to the country, the accounts would probably be taken into his head. Badno thought, forget it, let's talk. Although the residents at present will not be broken, they are still in danger.

Fortunately, Vietnam also has a group of warships, including the Bayan ironclad ship with a displacement of nearly 6,000 tons, the 3,500 tons of the Atarant ironclad ship, and the third-class cruiser of more than 1,000 tons of the same model as the Guba flagship Werda, the Amilin, three second-class cruisers Desdan, La Peruz, Nierli and many other ships.

They went out of the port to fight with the Da Shang Nanyang Fleet, and there was no possibility of winning at all, but relying on the artillery to make good local defense should not be too big. This is also the main reason why Yan Fu did not attack the Vietnamese military port. Of course, in addition to hiding in the military port, the French fleet in Annan has now completely lost its due role.

Badno did not dare to make his own decisions about the negotiations between Northeast China and said that he agreed or disagrees. On the day of the negotiations, he only said that he wanted to ask the country for instructions.

A telegram arrived in Paris, but at this time, Paris had already been in a state of excitement. The people took to the streets to protest and clashed with the military and police. Ru Feili was also in a state of anxiety at this time and came forward to apologize and promise to revenge the Qing Dynasty, which eased the people's emotions.

"Mr. Prime Minister, call from Shanghai."

Ru Feili was having a meeting with his ministers. The secretary came in and handed over the telegram. After he finished reading, he transferred it to several ministers. Everyone finally saw me and I saw you, and no one could make up their minds.

"What do you think of getting Northeast to join the negotiations?"

Navy Colonial Minister Pei Long said that he was the main manager of this matter. After thinking about it, he finally expressed his opinion: "I agree. At least look at their request first."

Ru Feili thought it was true that the two losses that France suffered in the Far East were in the hands of the Northeast. Now looking at their conditions, it would not be unacceptable if they could.

But a few days later, when Badno sent the news back again, Ru Feili almost smashed his office.

The request of the Da Shang Dynasty was very simple. France withdrew from North Vietnam and Cambodia, and at the same time compensated the Qing Dynasty and Northeast China for a series of losses, totaling 250 million francs. In other words, the compensation that the French lion asked for was now all the reversed.

This condition is like a slap in the face, so France will never accept it. Wang Yi did not expect them to accept it at the beginning. What is money, the account must be paid slowly...

The victory in Taiwan was promoted in the Qing Dynasty, and the contribution of Liu Mingchuan and Zeng Guoquan of Nanyang was well deserved, and he fought with the French on the front line. Zeng Guoquan... After all, most of Yan Fu's fleets were nominally ships from Nanyang, and the name of fighting was also the banner of Nanyang. In addition, many of the people inside were indeed officers from Nanyang. So Wang Yi didn't mind selling Zeng Guoquan one, but the fleet wanted to go back now, and there was no door at that time.

Zeng Guoquan was later added to the title, and Liu Mingchuan was actually awarded the title of governor of Fujian, while other meritorious ministers such as Li Tongen, Sun Kaihua, Zhang Licheng, Zhang Gaoyuan, etc. were also rewarded. However, Liu Chaohu, as his uncle, only remembered merits and did not invite rewards, and would rather suffer losses and give the merits to the other generals. Although it made his nephew a little unhappy, it made the generals, especially Sun Kaihua, Cao Zhizhong and other Hunan generals convinced him, and even more loyal to Liu Mingchuan. The cohesion of the Taipei defenders was invisibly improved.

Of course, some are happy and some are sad. Some are happy and some are unhappy. The most unhappy, or the one who is most hurt, is Zuo Zongtang. Originally, he was full of hope to use Keelung to lose to the northwest of the country to farm. However, because Li Hongzhang tried his best, the court not only did not punish Liu Mingchuan, but instead supported him publicly. Isn’t this intention to go against me, Zuo Zongtang! Seeing that Liu Mingchuan has turned over and become a governor, it seems that he cannot avenge his revenge in his lifetime. Zuo Zongtang, who was sad, could only wait for the arrival of the last moment of his life.

Because the Northeast Autonomous Region took action to eliminate France's threat in the coastal areas, this made the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Zhang Zhidong completely excited and walked towards the court one after another. His words said: "The way of war is to fight, and then decline again, and then exhaust three times. Now our army has the power of a great victory in naval battles, and the soldiers of the army will be deeply encouraged and have a strong momentum. The court should take this opportunity to launch an attack and completely solve the problems in the southwest border..."

Guangxu, Cixi, and all the military princes, and all the important officials in the court seemed to have been beaten with morphine after obtaining this new strategy. Under the shaking of the flag and shouting of Qingliu, the voices of the main war broke out. So under this general trend, the court once again sent 600 miles to the commanders of the east and west lines of North Vietnam, Pan Dingxin and Cen Yuying.

When the two got the new strategy, they almost rushed to Guangdong and Guangxi to stuff Zhang Zhidong's head into the chamber pot!

Damn, is there anyone who cheats so much? It’s not all that I can cheat once, I have to continue cheating. What about you, this is a series of killings!

The victory of the Navy has something to do with the Army. Can you let the bandits of Da Shang send troops to help us get control of the river, or can you send troops to land from the enemy's rear and cut off the French's logistics, or do you have the ability to let them use cannons in the dense forests of mountains and mountains to create a road that can travel smoothly?

For Pan Dingxin and Cen Yuying, the navy's victory basically did not change anything. In the river, the French gunboats were still running. How arrogant the French should be on land?

Now that you, Zhang Zhidong, speaks vernacularly, and speaks without any pain in your back, you will be asking us to launch a full-scale attack on the French. It's a pity that you can't violate your life!

On September 8, 1884, the French army advocated steady action and did not advocate the expansion of war, and was recalled to the country for health reasons. The former commander of the first brigade of the first brigade Polier succeeded as the commander of the French Expeditionary Army as he wished. Compared with his predecessor, Polier was obviously more like a pure soldier. Polier was definitely not as important as the honor of French soldiers in his mind. The old men in Paris who were angry by the "Guanyin Bridge Incident" were determined to wash the shame of the defeat of Guanyin Bridge, and they would never encourage the arrogance of the Oriental people. Polier himself was also vigorous and wanted to defend the "Glory of France" with victory.

But the situation then took a sharp turn, and the news of the demise of the lonely fleet came soon, and the French were at a loss for a moment. However, the slap of the Da Shang on the negotiating table completely angered the top leaders of Paris and the French people. Telegrams fell into Porier like snowflakes, and what the navy lost was to be won back with the army. Although it sounded a bit cowardly, the French army in Annan's ears seemed more like a sustenance from the motherland.

However, what the French did not expect was that when they thought about the cowardly and bullied Qing Dynasty, they showed a rare and even a little shocking courage this time! The Qing army on the east and west fronts began to implement the great strategy of the new governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Zhang Zhidong.

In early October 1884, Cen Yuying's Yunnan Army, which was preparing for the early preparation, began to attack south. By mid-October, Pan Dingxin's Gui army and Guangdong army also began to go south. The second phase of land war in Tonkin started. The only disharmony among them was that Cen Liuying once again resolutely "disobeying the orders" and refused to take up the position of joint commander-in-chief of the East and West Lines. Obviously, he also knew in his heart that this was the role of a scapegoat.

Not to mention, the French seemed timid and began to shrink their troops and successively gave up many important towns, including Guanshi on the Western Front and Chuo, Langjia, Luan and other places on the Eastern Front. As soon as the French left, the Qing army began to enter it. It was truly advancing rapidly, conquering several places, and the French were invincible.

The good news came back to the capital, and the whole country was thrilled!

Zhang Zhidong also shook in Guangdong and Guangxi. Who said that only the bandits in the Northeast Autonomous Region could defeat the French, our Qing Dynasty could do it! Even Zeng Guoquan and Li Hongzhang, who participated in the negotiations in Shanghai, seemed to have more spirits in front of Zhao Liewen. Faced with the compliments from the ministers of various countries, although the two were calm on the surface, they could see that they were full of joy. Zhao Liewen looked calm and said compliments on the surface, but in fact they did not take the victory of the Qing army in Tonkin seriously. Even if the relationship between the two sides was good, Zhao Liewen still made Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan feel a little displeased.

But the sneer in Zhao Liewen's eyes still makes people feel cold.

In the Northeast Army Officer's School, Wu Xiao is the lecturer in the class today. According to convention, he began to report on the wars in North Vietnam. After saying a series of so-called good news, many people smiled. After all, they were from a country, and most of them were students requested by the North and South Oceans to be trained. Although they were good with officers from Northeast China and Northeast China, there were still three gaps.

As soon as Wu Xiao finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone snorting in the class. Wu Xiao turned around and saw that it was Shangguan Shenyun, the First Infantry Division. There were two others with bad expressions. One of them was also a local officer named Fan Zhe, who came out of the Third Artillery Division. The last one was a braided man named Ruifang, who was a Manchu officer who came into the city.

"Shangguan Shenyun, Fan Zhe, Ruifang!" Wu Xiao suddenly shouted.

The three of them stood up at the same time, "Come!"

"Tell me about the French's plans!"

In the evening, Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan thought that Zhao Liewen's expression was more wrong. The three of them had been together for a long time in the morning. They knew all the tempers of Zhao Liewen. Later, after discussing with Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan, they simply clicked directly and visited him.

Zhao Liewen was not surprised by the arrival of the two.

"Please sit."

When the servant gave the tea, it can be seen that Zhao Liewen was reading a book, the title of the book was "On War" and the author was a German, Clausewitz.

The three of them said a few gossips first. After Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan took a look, they finally explained their purpose.

"Brother Huifu, we have been together for many years. Everyone has worked under Wen Zhenggong, so I have something to say."

Zhao Liewen smiled and said, "Please!"

Li Hongzhang hesitated for a while before saying, "I see that when you got the North Vietnam Journey today, you didn't seem to be happy at all. I don't know why?"

Zhao Liewen looked at Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan and suddenly sighed.

"I didn't want to say it at this time, because even if I said it, it would be useless."

Zeng Guoquan was puzzled and said, "Hui Fu, what do you mean?"

Zhao Liewen didn't answer him, picked up the teacup, thought about it, and then said a sour text.

"Anyone who is in the battle field first and waits for the enemy, and those who are in the battle field later and seeks to fight hard. Therefore, those who are good at fighting will lead people but not to others. When discussing the enemy's military books, this is to discuss the situation, the purpose is not to choose the place to wait for the enemy; but to use simplicity to control the complexity, to respond to changes with unchanging, to respond to big changes with small changes, to respond to large movements with small movements, to respond to large movements with pivots. For example, Guan Zhong is in the internal affairs and prepares them in reality; Sun Bin ambushed Pang Juan on Maling Road; Li Mu guarded Yanmen for a long time, but to prepare them in reality, to defeat the Huns in battle." Zhao Liewen took a sip of tea, and then asked with a smile: "Don't you know the two brothers, do you know where this statement comes from?"

After hearing this, Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan were stunned at first, and then they understood! This is the words in "The Chapter of the Void and the Real", and at the same time, "The Battle of the Sun Tzu" says: "Waiting for the distance with the near, waiting for the labor with the leisure, and waiting for the hunger with the fullness. This is the one who controls the strength."

Thirty-six strategies to wait for labor!

Faced with the two Qing troops' approaching, Polyer did not want to take the call immediately. He was not timid, but as a soldier with a sense of modern warfare, his grasp of the situation between the enemy and us was the most basic quality. Polyer saw that the Qing Dynasty had no qualifications to fight modern wars at all. The fragile blood vessel of logistics alone was enough to break the bloodline of the Qing Dynasty, an originally not strong giant, and finally suffocated to death. Therefore, the cunning Polyer chose to shrink his troops and wait for labor.

The frontline troops contracted, and in the west and east lines voluntarily gave up several important towns, including Guanshi on the western front, the bow of the eastern front, Langjia, Luban and other places. The space was used to lengthen the supply line that was originally as thin as hair, and at the same time shortened its own supply line. In the meantime, the poor numerical advantage of the Qing army would be evaporated completely! Hunger, malnutrition and injuries would replace the French. First, consume the vitality of the Qing army and smash the Qing army's not very strong spirit.

What we need to do next is very simple. Use the elite troops who have completely recuperated themselves to cut off those tired soldiers who have gone through a lot of hardships and fight them with energy. This is the essence of waiting for labor with leisure. This is the trick used by the Communist Party of later generations. Now the Qing soldiers have not learned it, but they have blossomed and bear fruit on the French generals first.

Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan both broke out in cold sweat. I know, it's over! But I also understand the reason why Zhao Liewen didn't say it... This kind of thing cannot be said. Especially the empress dowager was happy and the emperor was happy. Dear princes and military officials celebrated warmly. The whole nation praised the great blessings of the Qing Dynasty and the prosperity of the country. Who are Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan? Official elites and officials are all just to be officials.

Zeng Guoquan and Li Hongzhang stopped talking.

Zhao Liewen understood that now it was obvious that the French were definitely not the only one who used the exhausted military plan. Isn't it within the Qing Dynasty? How could it be? I guess the two commanders on the front line, Pan Dingxin and Cen Yuying, knew better than anyone else, but do they dare to stop?
To be continued...