It was noon and the French army went to have a ceasefire and dinner.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Congyun found Yang Ruishan and proposed to let his troops go up. Yang Ruishan was simply and immediately led a thousand people from his headquarters to the position and accept defense. Although Wan Shusheng was not very willing, his military orders were like a mountain, so he had to come down in shame, and he felt so aggrieved.

Just as Shen Congyun was worried about the future of the battle, soldiers came to report behind him: "Master Wang Xiaoqi is commanding three thousand men and has arrived."

Chen Congyun grew angry and knew that the first brigade of the French Far East Army was already in a turtle.

Tianjin, Li Hongzhang received a telegram from Pan Dingxin, and also let out a long sigh, and said to Sheng Xuanhuai and Xue Fucheng with a smile: "The things in the southwest are worry-free."

The most important component of Li Hongzhang's power is the governors of various provinces. The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. This Tanhua, whom Cixi's personal choice, is very important in speaking in front of Cixi. Pan Dingxin is the governor of Guangxi, which is equivalent to a nail laid on Zhang Zhidong's territory. The dispute over power is a dispute over territory. Whether Pan Dingxin, the position of Guangxi governor, can be protected is still very important.

"Zi Gui, I am still a person who values ​​affection." Sheng Xuanhuai stepped forward at the right time and reminded Li Hongzhang.

"Of course there will be no mistakes in the person you like in the middle hall." Xue Fucheng smiled and patted Li Hongzhang's flattery without leaving any trace. Li Hongzhang immediately laughed heartily.

"I, let's go to Beijing to meet the two palaces."

Xue Fucheng stepped forward and stopped Li Hongzhang and smiled and said, "Sir, I still have something to say."

"Shu Yun, what are you going to teach me?"

Xue Fucheng bowed and said, "Sir, Zuo Zongtang is too criticized for the peace talks. At this critical moment, Zhang Xiangtao (Zhang Zhidong's name) is of great importance. Zhang Xiangtao wrote a book about Pan Qinxuan, which shows his fear of the adults. He thinks that Qinxuan's defeat in Liangshan this time will inevitably behave in the court. The adults still advise Qinxuan to write a letter to ask for punishment, and a certain picture will be raised again. This can be regarded as giving Zhang Xiangtao a face. At the same time, in front of the two palaces, it also proves that the adults have no intention of giving up. What do you think?"

Li Hongzhang knew these tricks in the officialdom very well. Xue Fucheng pointed it gently, and Li Hongzhang suddenly realized. Cixi gave Li Hongzhang enough face on Pan Dingxin's matter, and naturally hoped that Li Hongzhang would be more attentive on the issue of peace talks. Li Hongzhang had a lot of power, and there were more than 100 camps of the Huai army. Whether it was Zhang Zhidong or Zuo Zongtang, they made different and even strong opposition voices from time to time. There were differences in political views, and more importantly, Cixi wanted to use these people to check and balance Li Hongzhang.

Zuo Zongtang was determined to play against Li Hongzhang, but Zhang Zhidong was not the case. He was always relatively gentle. Letting Pan Dingxin leave the position of governor of Guangxi was a political concession and a strategy. Pan Dingxin asked to leave himself, and he would not be afraid of not having a chance to rise again in the future. If he really couldn't stand it, Cixi would feel suspicious. At that time, when Pan Dingxin's army was defeated by Liangshan, Zuo Zongtang would be clamoring in the east and Zhang Zhidong would be in the south. If the court really pursued it seriously, the consequences would be very serious.

Li Hongzhang pondered for a while, turned his head to Sheng Xuanhuai and said, "Yuansun, just write a telegram to Qinxuan according to Shuyun's meaning. Tell him that you should be calm and do not be impatient. Those who accomplish great things will be able to tolerate what ordinary people cannot tolerate."

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After Wang Xiaoqi's men arrived in Hanoi, they immediately replaced Chen Congyun's men. Wang Xiaoqi understood very well that Chen Congyun's troops formed a hasty army, and no one would be so risky to use troops. But Chen Congyun did this and did it very beautifully.

Therefore, Wang Xiaoqi admired Chen Congyun very much. When he learned that nearly half of the casualties of the Shen army were injured and killed, he naturally proposed to replace him. Chen Congyun knew his own affairs and was not pretentious. He ordered the troops to retreat and at the same time made a request to Wan Shusheng and three other officials.

"After coming down, hurry up and adjust. The situation of the war is not yet at a moment. During the rest, organize soldiers to discuss and summarize the experiences and lessons of the huge casualties of this battle." A summary meeting was held after the war. This was the glorious tradition of our party and our army. We worked together to exert the initiative of the soldiers. Chen Congyun was very unceremonious to copy this move.

Yang Ruishan, the three thousand men led by Mai Fengbiao, were elites in Feng Zicai's troops. They all knew martial arts and had rich combat experience. In addition, they seized a large number of French guns in the Battle of Liangshan. Feng Zicai equipped Yang Ruishan and the others with all their skills. It is not an exaggeration to say that Yang Ruishan's troops were a tiger and wolf army.

Yang Ruishan led his troops to the position for one afternoon, and it was also the afternoon when the French army attacked wildly. Lemoboyue had already noticed the crisis of the situation and ordered that all the costs be made to break through the Qing army's defense line.

At 1:00 in the afternoon, the French army fired hundreds of cannons at the same time. All the Qing army's positions were plowed for free. After nearly an hour of artillery preparation, the French army began the most fierce attack. Lemobo invested two thousand people in one breath and launched a fierce attack from the three lines on the left, middle and right at the same time, regardless of the primary or secondary.

Yang Ruishan's troops had rich combat experience, all of them lay in the trenches. After enduring the fierce artillery fire of the French army, they stood up and fired. Although the French army suffered heavy casualties, under the advantage of strong firepower and military strength, the French army successfully rushed to the positions on both sides several times. At the critical moment, Mai Fengbiao led his troops to reinforce. With fierce shooting and fierce fighting, the French army was beaten back.

The French army was naturally unwilling to accept the defeat. Lemobo divided the seven thousand French troops into three echelons, took turns to attack without stopping, and launched intensive charges again and again.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than two hours, and around 5 pm, a tug-of-war situation occurred on the position.

"Mr. Shen, the front is tight. Wang suggested that the headquarters attack immediately and attack the French army sideways. The emperor quickly reinforced the front line."

At this moment, Wang Xiaoqi and Shen Congyun were not far away. Seeing the situation on the position from the telescope, Wang Xiaoqi immediately volunteered. Chen Congyun, who always advocated that he could not defend passively, immediately resonated with Chen Congyun.

"Okay, Mr. Wang's opinion, Chen agrees, everyone will take action separately."

After a brief discussion, Wang Xiaoqi led his troops to set off and lurked from the left side. Chen Congyun led his troops to retreat and rest for several hours. He immediately braved the fierce intercepting artillery fire from the French army to reinforce the front-line positions.

Chen Congyun wanted to go to the front line, but was once again firmly opposed by the three chief officials. More than a dozen guards led by Li Xiaosan grabbed Chen Congyun tightly.

With the experience of fighting in the morning, the recruits were a little numb to the French artillery fire this time. They hugged one by one, jogging up the position along the dug trenches.

Wan Shusheng and three others took the position and led their troops to launch a fierce counterattack. At this critical moment, Lemoboyo also made a name for himself and directly brought up the last two thousand reserve teams. One thousand of these two thousand reserve teams were cavalry of the African Corps.

Lemoboyo's mission to the cavalry regiment was to launch an attack from the right side, striving to quickly break through the Qing army's defense line, and then quickly deviate from the Qing army's side and back to prevent the Qing army from retreating to Hanoi to fight street battles.

As soon as the cavalry regiment was dispatched, they hit Wang Xiaoqi's side attacking main force head-on. They encountered each other in anger and immediately fought an encounter. Both sides were full of new forces, with fast speed and strong firepower, while the other was mainly trained in Guangdong. There were many people and each of them knew martial arts. Each of them carried a spear.

Wang Xiaoqi was also a general of war and immediately responded. After a shooting at the front, he immediately formed a square team to use a dense formation to fight against the impact of the French cavalry with spears, while the back formation desperately fired fiercely with a quick gun to suppress the impact of the French cavalry.

Wang Xiaoqi's troops were three times that of the French cavalry regiment. They relied on the number of people to block the French raids' raids. Although they failed to complete the scheduled combat target of taking the initiative, they also defended the position on the right.

The fierce battle continued until dusk, and the main force of Feng Zicai's troops finally arrived at the battlefield.

Feng Zicai immediately ordered the troops to quickly organize the team without any rest and immediately join the battle.

Both sides on the battlefield were still fighting fiercely. In the telescope, Lemoboyo was deeply moved. It had been an hour and a half since he entered the final reserve team. The Qing army's position was still persisting. The cavalry regiment that gave high expectations was blocked on the road to advance by a sudden emergence of the Qing army. The sky gradually darkened. Lemoboyo knew that this was the moment that was related to the final victory or defeat of the war.

"I order that all minor wounded people are not allowed to leave their positions. They are organized for me. To launch an attack before darkness, we must open the Qing army's defense line." Liemoboyue's order had just been issued, and the correspondents of the artillery troops arrived.

"God of General, Colonel Kajoseph wants me to tell you that the artillery shells have been shot and his troops are unemployed."

Almost as the communications soldiers finished conveying it, Lemoboyue suddenly heard a whistling sound of artillery shells falling from the sky, and his face suddenly changed, and he said in a daze: "The artillery of the Qing army?"

Lemoboyo guessed correctly. With the fierce shooting of thirty various artillery artillery shells landed among the French army. Lemoboyo's final efforts failed, the French army began to retreat in a hurry, and the Qing army on the position launched a fierce counterattack.
Chapter completed!