Governor-General Zhang has ordered me to assist the King of Annan. That Black Flag Army, Liu Yongfu, has also been sent by the King of Annan to assist in the battle. I'm afraid that the King of Annan is in a hurry to restore the country.“
Huang Guilan hesitated. Should she send troops to help the South?
"Humph! What Black Flag Army? He was just a rebel. Back then, he failed to cause trouble in Guang Xi and was chased to Annan. The King of Annan was blind and actually made him the Governor of the Third Xuan.“
Zhao Youting's disdain for Manchester United was still a problem in his opinion, not to mention helping those barbarians.
Lord Li only told us not to lose an inch of land. He obviously doesn't expect us to defeat the French. You just have to defend the front line of Beining Liangshan.”
Pan Dingxin shook his head. He had already become the governor and did not want to cause any more trouble. As long as he did not make any mistakes, he would be promoted slowly.
Li Hongzhang understood the principle of the lips dying and the teeth cold. North Tranquility was the land of Annan. Li Hongzhang's words of wanting him to defend North Tranquility were very clear. Annan was also the territory of the Qing Dynasty...
"Let those rebels and the French go to war. If you want to guarantee that Liangshan and Beining will not be lost, I will have my ways if the court blames me.”
Saigon set out to explore the route along the Mekong River to the Qing Dynasty. After discovering that the upper reaches of the Mekong River were not suitable for navigation, they turned to Beiqi in an attempt to use the Red River as a channel to invade Yunnan.
In the winter of the 9th year of Guangxu, the French had already occupied most of South Vietnam. The entire North Qi was left with Shansi and Beining, the two provinces closest to the Qing Dynasty.
The situation is extremely critical
Li Ye immediately ordered the Beiyang Navy to be secretly transferred to Dinghai.
Ten years in the army and a hundred years in the navy! The construction of a navy was far more difficult than an army!
He actually wanted to thank the Westernization Movement.
Decades of naval academies and overseas studies had nurtured a large number of naval generals for this country. There were several outstanding students who graduated from the Ying Country's Royal Navy Academy.
Otherwise, no matter how many warships he got, no one would know how to operate them.
Perhaps in some details, the Beiyang Navy was still inferior to the powerful navies of Britain and France.
However, after a large amount of live ammunition training and the strict supervision of the country's instructors, the strength of the Northern Navy had increased substantially.
With his order, Northern Ocean Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang was transferred to Zhili Governor.
Tianjin, Beiyang Navy, battleships whistled as they left the port. As the flag signals crossed, Lu Han, Xu Shoushan, Chen Ying, and the others were ordered to move to the Nanyang Navy. They would be on standby in Zhenhai and Dinghai.
The other navies were on high alert! To prevent a sneak attack from the French army!
On the pipeline leading to Guangxi, teams of military horses began to mobilize. The military flag fluttered, and dust billowed toward the China-Vietnam border...
However, China was too big. It would take at least a month for an army to travel thousands of miles, and that was under the condition that there were not many supplies.
On the south bank of the Red River, the 6000 French troops parted ways and advanced by land and water towards the Shanxi front line guarded by Liu Yongfu.
The Annan branch was a vassal state of China, so their names could even be said to be a messy version of the map of the Central Plains.
This time, Gu Ba was personally leading the army. According to the news from the country, Mi Le would soon lead reinforcements.
That way, their strength would be even stronger.
This time, he led three brigades of troops, two of which were the main forces of the French army, one mercenary regiment, and the other four regiments were colonial regiments made up of Algeria and South Vietnamese.
Two of them were the main force, with the best weapons and equipment, and they enjoyed the highest treatment. The mercenary corps were hired thugs from various European countries, and they relied on military achievements to obtain generous rewards.
As for the colonies, they were basically cannon fodder. However, they were still equipped with rifles and a few machine guns.
Gu Ba had even prepared a retreat route for himself, an elite French infantry brigade. The purpose was to limit the Qing army's reinforcements. If the front line was unfavorable, they would also need to enter the battlefield.
"Major Liam, what are you thinking?”Lone Blade was full of confidence in this operation, but he could not help but ask with a smile when he saw his advisor Manchester United's worries.
"Commander, I was thinking that the Black Flag Army is very strong. They even defeated the army led by Commander Lee Willy. Although the Qing army in Benin has a large number of people, they only know how to smoke drugs. They don't know how to fight at all.”
Liam was puzzled. Why did they leave the weakest army behind and deal with the Black Flag Army first?
"Do you think that we might be caught in a bitter battle in Shanxi and be pincered by the enemy?”A smile appeared on Gu Ba's face.
As a young man, he had to learn more. Fighting a war was not just about tactics.
Liam nodded and did not speak. He really wanted to know what Gu Ba was thinking.
"Mr. Major, you have to know that our military strength is limited, and the Qing army has about 50,000 people at the Annan border. Although their combat strength is weak, it will limit our large number of troops.”
" Although the Black Flag Army is a rebel army of the Qing Kingdom, they haven't given up on this country. If we deal with the Qing army first, then..."
Gu Ba knew this country too well. There were not many people who had guts, and Liu Yongfu was one of them.
From the fact that he restrained the military discipline and never returned to the country to plunder, it could be seen that he still had national sentiments.
"Oh, I understand. If we only attack the Black Flag Army, those cowardly yellow-skinned monkeys will definitely not come to save us.”
"But aren't they afraid that their emperor will blame them? After all, they had already declared war.”
Liam was enlightened, but he didn't know how the Qing army would explain this to their emperor.
"Hehe, you don't understand these yellow-skinned monkeys. These people have long become slippery squids. As long as they don't lose their territory, they won't care about what happens to their allies.”
"Even if they were defeated, His Majesty the Emperor would be informed that the frontline was going well!”
Gu Ba did not think that the little Emperor could do anything to the border officials. He was just a child, a puppet that was deceived and controlled by others.
Perhaps he wouldn't even be able to receive information from the front line!
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