"If you can't fight, you have to fight, in my Liu Er's life, there is no such word as retreating despite difficulties," Liu Yongfu touched his chin and instructed his own soldiers, "Carry the silver down, and then find Thang Long Mansion or Hue, and see if anyone is willing to sell foreign guns and cannons to us, hey, what you said makes sense, relying on big swords and spears can only be a sneak attack, and you can win for a while, but you can't last long," Liu Yongfu was a little frustrated, "The French look arrogant, and it's just because the Vietnamese are all soft eggs, and all of them are waste, and they have a little bit of blood, They all died more than ten years ago, otherwise the Vietnamese would have given us such a place with such kindness? You must know that there is no feast in the world, the Vietnamese are counting on us to block the eyes of the gun, I am tough here, the Vietnamese king will at least have bargaining chips in the negotiations, and this is not in vain He gave me the official position of admiral, and the Black Flag Army will not come in vain in Vietnam. ”

"That Frenchman's words are not completely deceitful," the pro-soldier was a little worried, "as long as the French pull down their faces to deal with the Vietnamese, Vietnam will definitely not be able to resist, and there will be only one way to surrender at that time, just rely on our Black Flag Army, I'm afraid it's ......" The pro-soldier glanced at Liu Yongfu, and then covered his mouth and didn't say anything.

Liu Yongfu sighed, "Fuck it, I just need to hold Baosheng City, don't let the foreigners transport arms and opium into China, and the rest, just let it happen." ”

He had to say something like this, the Black Flag Army was originally the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he fought in Guangxi before, but he was driven out of Guangxi by Feng Zicai and forced to come to Vietnam, Vietnam is not a good place to stay, loyal to the Vietnamese court, killed the French, and then had a place to live, but if the Vietnamese surrendered to the French, would they have to beg for food behind the French? This must not be possible.

Vietnam is good. But in the end, it's not their own home, everyone has been here for many years, but they still have the feeling of living as a guest, but if they want to return to China and be a civilian again, they can't.

Liu Yongfu was thinking wildly. The pro-soldier came in again to tell the story, and he looked elated, "Lord! Thang Long sent us a boatload of munitions! The brothers have checked it, it's all the latest musket ammunition, and two small guns! ”

"What?" Liu Yongfu was a little silent, "A shipload of arms? Take it and take a look! ”

A black, shiny long-handled musket was offered, a wooden handle, neither heavy nor light in the hand, and the barrel glowed with a cold glow. Liu Yongfu is a person who knows the goods, knowing that this is a good thing, he picked it up and aimed at the crosshair, and sure enough, the crosshair is also very accurate and straight, he is very happy, "This thing is not a British product." It's German. He flipped open the bottom of the wooden handle and looked. The expression of joy froze a little, and there was a nameplate nailed underneath: "Made by the 32nd team of the C battalion of Jinling Ordnance Factory, March of the sixth year of Guangxu." ”

"This is a Chinese thing," Liu Yongfu gripped the musket hard, "how can there be a Thang Long Mansion?" ”

"Chinese stuff?" The soldiers were shocked, "This is sent by Lord Chen, the governor of Thang Long Mansion." The man who came laid down the muskets and ammunition and left, and sent a message to the adults: 'The French are extremely vicious, and if there is any discord in the future, Thang Long will be unstoppable, and has bought these armaments from China at great expense. The soldiers of Thang Long Province were useless and wasted, so they came to give it to the Admiral, just for the sake of being in Vietnam, and the safety of Beiqi was entrusted to your lordship. ’”

"How can he have ties to China?" Liu Yongfu had doubts on his face, "Could it be that he contacted the government of Liangguang?" ”

"Governor Chen used to be an official in China, and he always had something to do with it, does the military lord think that this is given to us by the imperial court?"

Of course, this "imperial court" will not refer to the Vietnamese authorities, but to the Qing Dynasty in China, Liu Yongfu heard the question of the soldiers, his own thoughts were dispelled, he said disdainfully, "How can the imperial court give us these anti-thief arms, they are almost impatient in the country, they wish we died soon, there will be kind to give us muskets and artillery, to talk about conspiracy and trickery, the people of the court are the best, what to drive the wolf and devour the tiger, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and play that is called a slip." Don't think about it, since it was given to us by Governor Chen, let's accept it with peace of mind, no matter what kind of domestic product he is, with these things," Liu Yongfu patted the musket in his hand excitedly, "We have a little advantage against the French." ”

"Ask the clerk to write me a letter and reply to Lord Chen, telling him that as long as I, Liu Yongfu, am here, and the Black Flag Army is here, I will definitely keep his Shenglong Mansion, because our lips are dead and our teeth are cold, we are all gourds on a vine, and we can't escape."

Chen Wending ordered someone to send the arms up the Red River to Baosheng City, turned his head, and smiled bitterly at the middle-aged man who looked like a wealthy merchant in the Qing Kingdom who was sitting on the side, "Senior brother, I am really uneasy that you have appeared so inexplicably and brought me so many muskets and artillery." ”

The man who looked like a rich man was crossing Erlang's legs, drinking tea with a smile, and when he heard Chen Wending's complaint, he waved his hand disapplaudedly, "Senior brother, you said that senior brother came here, and he could still harm you?" Could it be that I want Liu Yongfu to take a musket and rush into Hue Mansion in your name to usurp the throne? Of course," he saw the frightened expression on Chen Wending's face, and hurriedly waved his hand again, "Brother Fool is just joking." ”

"I really don't know," Chen Wending said frankly, "where did Senior Brother bring these muskets, and why did he ask me to hand them over to the Black Flag Army instead of giving them to them myself, Senior Brother used to be on an errand in the Ministry of Rites." ”

"He is on an errand in the Ministry of Rites, so he is an official person, and the Black Flag Army is a wanted thief in the Qing Dynasty, an official actually has a private contact with the thief, and funds a large number of arms, is there a suspicion of rebellion? That's what you're asking, right? ”

Chen Wending nodded, "That's what the foolish brother is worried about, but I didn't expect the senior brother to say it himself." ”

"I have shipped these to your Vietnam through formal and legal procedures, not smuggled goods, you also know, people are in the officialdom, they can't help themselves, many things can't be asked, and they can't know very clearly, but this matter can tell you a thing or two, and now China is still negotiating with the French diplomatically, do you know?"

Chen Wending nodded, "Thanks to the Tian 1 Dynasty for coming forward for my Vietnam, the French are afraid of the Tian 1 Dynasty, so they endured it and didn't do it, otherwise at this time," Chen Wending's expression was a little gloomy, "I'm afraid that Vietnam has already perished." (To be continued.) )