Chapter 353: Challenge

2On February 18, 1881, the governor of Chichichina issued an order to march. The next day, Li Weiye led 500 Marine Corps soldiers, 1100 Annan Colonial Army, and carried 6 mountains.
The artillery guns, five Gatling hand-guns, and two iron armored ships "Dulak" and "Baswar" set off north.
Arrived in Hanoi on February 22.
On February 24th, Li Weiye set off outside Hanoi to meet with Governor Han Yao of Hanoi.
"Governor, the French Republic has an obligation to protect the safety and dignity of its nationals in overseas regions, and the French Republican Government and Governor Lu Mei are very angry about the armed attacks against Mr. Gooding and Mr. Villeroy in your country,
Governor Lu Mei entrusted me to represent the Republican government to make a solemn protest to you. You must immediately order the Chinese army and the armed forces in the north to stop the attack on French citizens. You must surrender the attack on France within half a month. Behind the scenes of the citizens, if the above two points cannot be achieved, the French army will maintain the dignity and interests of the Republican government with independent military actions! "
"It is overrun for your citizens to pry into military secrets without the permission of the state. In the direction of peace and friendship between your country and our country, the state did not take into account your excessive actions. To the Korean side. "
After listening to the interpretation of the translation, the Governor of Hanoi countered, "In addition, two citizens of your country did not listen to the admonitions of the Korean army and provoked them. The Korean government only expelled them from Quang Ninh Province and did not harm the two. ! "
The Annan translator on the French side was willing to pass the words on to Li Weiye. After the other party listened, he did not give up. "The Governor, even if you do not talk about the attacks on Mr. Gooding and Mr. Villeroy, but one week ago, the More than a dozen mining engineering expedition ships were intercepted by the Chinese army on the coast of Halong Bay. They aimed the French citizens on board with guns and guns, which prevented the ships from docking properly. The French Republic flag was hung on the ships. They knew that The ship did not carry weapons and threatened the French citizens on board with guns. Their actions were a naked insult to the French Republic. If the Annan government cannot handle this matter fairly and fairly, the government of the Republic will never let it go. "
"Then what should be done by Governor Lu Mei?"
"You should order the Chinese army to withdraw from the provinces of Guangning and Langshan, and hand over all the military facilities in Hongji Coal Mine and the two provinces to the French Republic."
The French did not have the ability to engage in a large-scale colonial war 4,000 kilometers away from their homeland. Lu Mei sent Li Weiye to meet with the Governor of Hanoi. The purpose was to disintegrate and break the wishful thinking. First use political diplomacy to subdue the timid and incompetent local authorities in northern Annan so that the soldiers will not be killed.
The French colonial rule was established sharply in the northern region, but as far as possible to avoid large-scale conflicts with the Nanyang Army and the Manchu army, lest France be involved in a war it was unwilling to engage in.
Luannan has been deeply influenced by Chinese culture since ancient times. The French's strategy of provoking alienation and dividing the relationship between the Annan government and the Nanyang Legion was easily discerned.
In order for the country to have a rest period and to avoid Annan ’s invasion by the French, the governor of Hanoi, Huang Yao, had no choice but to choose what he would do if he knew that the French were unreasonable.
"The Chinese troops in the Guangning and Langshan provinces are divisions of the economic system of the Korean dynasty. If they refuse to dock your vessel for landing in the mining expedition, they will be transferred from the two provinces, for fear that they will not be able to convince the public."
"The Chinese army has repeatedly detained the customs revenue of Quang Ninh Province. They have used illicitly detained customs revenue to purchase large quantities of rifles and artillery. Their actions have threatened the security of the French garrison in Annan. Your government must order the Chinese army to evacuate Guangning and Langshan. Province, this is the last bottom line of the French Republic. If your government still can't do it, then be ready to go to war with the Republic! "
"Too much bullying! The troops of the two provinces of Guangning and Langshan are the army of Annan. You French people are forbidden to export guns and weapons to other nations. It is even true that even the arms of the nations have to interfere in their own purchases. ! "
In order to reduce the human losses caused by the occupation of Annan region, the French banned other Western countries in Southeast Asia from selling weapons to it. It is a matter of fact. Annan is surrounded by the sea. Thailand and Cambodia in the south have either become western countries. The colonies are either insured by themselves, and it is impossible to obtain advanced weapons from the north. The Qing Dynasty in the south said that it was a Westernization movement, but arms and ammunition relied on outsourcing. Annan ’s power was weak, and it could n’t afford huge funds. The purchase was through two-handed transactions. Therefore, following the relationship of the Nanyang Legion and purchasing a gun produced in the Han country at an appropriate price, it is almost the only way for the Annan government to obtain foreign weapons.
Hearing the French's almost shameless request, Rao was an anger that Huang Yao, who pays attention to appearances, could not help.
"In the original words, I told the Xiyi people that Huang was favored by the kingdom and he would definitely not make a humiliating betrayal. If you are threatened by the military again, my official will not be able to prepare a thin coffin. Provincial army, with the heart of death, in return for the great grace of the country! "The newest 81Chinese website updates the fastest computer end: https: //
"Stupid savage, I hope you won't regret today's decision!"
"Send off the guest, the kingdom will take a step back, and you foreigners will go further. If my official made another concession today, I am afraid that the scourge of the country will be in front of me, and my official would rather die than answer your request!" ...
This meeting shows that the positions and views of the two sides are very different. The Vietnamese government had to make three countermeasures against Li Weiye's sudden provocation.
First of all, the head of the household, Zuo Lang, Ruan, went to Saigon in good faith to negotiate with Governor Lu Mei of Cochin Chin, hoping to control the development of the situation and avoid conflicts.
Secondly, he instructed Bei Zuo's governor Huang Zuoyan, Jingbian Deputy Envoy Zhang Guangli, and Ruan Youdu to persuade the Nanyang Army to make concessions ~ EbookFREE.me ~ to ease the hostility of the French army. Official Book Shangshu
Ruan Zhengchong, North Envoy, Deputy Envoy Pei Yinnian, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education and Public Affairs, and Deputy Chief Envoy of the Metropolitan Government, went to assist Huang Zuoyan, etc. to handle the matter. And instructed them that in the event of a conflict between the French Army and the Nanyang Army, the Vietnamese army should remain neutral: "If he (referring to the French Army) only defends himself, he should be good and do not provoke it first; or if he wants revenge with the Nanyang Army, he will be led by the commander. Far away. If he stubbornly leads to Shanxi, he should do as he pleases. I will only persuade him to be fair, and don't favor others. Fortunately, nothing happens, but he won't get it. Do it now. "
Finally, just in case, the Vietnamese government also secretly ordered Beibei provinces to prepare for war in response: "Fai Yi wants to conquer Beibei to be named the Nanyang Army. The meaning is unpredictable.
Also be prepared. "
Based on this, the Vietnamese government instructed the governors of Ninh Binh, Nanding, Hanoi, Xing'an, Haiyang, Shanxi, Xinghua, Yiguang, Beining, and Taiyuan: "Everything needs to be done in general, don't move with sound. If you can dive The silence was solidified, and if he dared to go to the end, he could not do anything, and he was allowed to do everything to fulfill his duty of keeping the soil. "
According to the Vietnamese government ’s instructions, Hanoi, Shanxi ’s two governors, Huang Yao, Ruan Tingrun, and Huang Youliang, said: "The situation in the North, from the left to Ninh Binh to the Virtue Shanxing, to the right the North Pacific and the East of the Sea. The tide has a mountain insurance coverage. If you can increase your manager and strengthen your country to defend Zhongzhou, if you are convenient for the water and not convenient for the mountains, you will not know how to move.
Luan Dinh Province asked to defend the river and set up artillery; Huang Zuoyan demanded that the Vietnamese officers and soldiers everywhere be cleared and invited the Nanyang Army to help guard Hanoi.