Empress Dowager Cixi knew that the Sino-French war in history, on land was barely invincible, but at sea it was really humiliating and lost to her grandmother's house, before there was a Nanyang naval division, in front of the Chinese sea area is still managed by the Chinese, Britain, France and Russia such a big country is rampant, barely pretend not to see it, at least there is still a little jurisdiction, but since the Battle of Mawei, in addition to the Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, there is almost no formed navy, compared with the Minister of the South Sea and the Minister of the North Ocean, In the later period, the governor of Zhili had the official position of the minister of Beiyang before he could be regarded as a central minister, but the minister of Nanyang had been reduced to the title of governor of Fujian. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The navy of the British Empire, the world's number one hegemon, has defeated the navy of the Netherlands, Spain, and France one after another, so that it can crisscross the seas and be unscrupulous.

Several people were shocked when they heard that this was the Queen Mother's secret decree, Ding Baozhen was a little dumbfounded, this capable minister who beheaded An Dehai in history, couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "Isn't Xisheng worried about things on land?" You must know that the north of Zhennan Pass is the land. ”

"The sea is also the land," Zuo Zongtang shook his head, "The French think they have won a great victory, but they don't know that what they have won is only our team training, the serious elite, and they have not yet been dispatched." I'm not worried here, I'm still worried about the sea, if it's the same as in the past, the sea frontier is lost, the legal person goes north, following the example of Xuanzong, blockading the two rivers, and then the northern shipping will be cut off, and it will inevitably be the situation of Jinling peace talks! ”

In those years, the British signed the Treaty of Nanjing in Jinling and ceded Hong Kong Island, which has been repeatedly mentioned and repeatedly exaggerated in the Daqing Daily, and now, it is generally called a great shame in the past hundred years, and if the shame and great humiliation happen again, there is no need for others to say more, and there is no need to wipe their necks, just afraid that the spittle of the world can drown the people present. How to stop the French from reaching the heart of China, then it can only rely on the Nanyang sailors.

A few people knew the severity, Zeng Guoquan nodded, "I'm afraid that the minister of the Qin Mission asked Zhang Youqiao to stand aside, and he is also afraid of his bad things, right?" ”

"That's what it means, what big things can these clear streams do? In the past, it was just Li Baoding and Prince Gong who took it out together to suppress the old man, if he can understand some actual combat methods, I'm afraid I won't do it again," Zuo Zongtang said disdainfully, "Li Ciming said that it is good to manage military discipline and will not affect the overall situation, but Nanyang Naval Division, if he messes up, it is not a pity for him to die, and it is difficult to escape the blame for ruining the overall situation!" I don't know how the Nanyang Naval Division has been built over the years, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, and I'm always at ease, so I'm going to go to Guangdong to have a look and see how to fight. The French are thousands of miles away, even if they want to increase their troops against us, here in Guangxi, here before the new army is dispatched, your brother Zeng will be the commander, Feng Zicai will be the vanguard, besiege the legal person, and they will not be allowed to go north, Cen Dutai, you will give an order in Yunnan, let those people hold Xuanguang, contact the Black Flag Army, preserve their strength, and wait for the future counterattack, Lord Ding, you assist Lord Zeng, you ministers and important people who know the army, I will not let you go back, no matter how you say, you have to wait until the big victory, "So several people set the location of the defense, Ding Baozhen guarded Zhen'an Mansion, Zeng Guoquan went to Taiping Mansion, Pingxiang County was in Taiping Mansion, Cen Chunxuan guarded Kaihua Mansion, and Baosheng City of the Black Flag Army was on the edge of Kaihua Mansion. "Master Gao, you are stationed in Nanning," Zuo Zongtang looked at Gao Xinkui, "I should supply grain and grass, if there is any shortage, I just have to ask you." ”

"Yes, Xia Guan understands," Gao Xinkui said, "One million and four thousand taels of silver, I'm afraid it won't last long, and just now the provinces reported that there were another one and a half million taels of silver, but I'm afraid it's not enough." ”

"Look at it now, this war is still silver," Zuo Zongtang shook his head, "No wonder during the Daoguang Xianfeng period, he was reluctant to fight, this silver went out like a stream, the national strength was embarrassed, how to fight, don't worry about this, I have written to Shanghai and sent it to Hu Xueyan, asking him to prepare one million taels of silver no matter what, and let him bring it in a few days, with these four hundred taels of silver, how much can it support for a period of time, during this period of time, it is impossible for the imperial court to let the local government get silver, right?" Surely they will be able to muster silver for the needs of the front. We only have to fight the war, coordinate the locality, and raise money, which is not what I should do. ”

At this time, a Sula came in and said to Zuo Zongtang, "A call from Beijing, France has also declared war on us!" At the same time, a war grant of 10 million francs was added! ”

"See?" Zuo Zongtang said, "People are much richer than us. ”

"But it doesn't matter," Zuo Zongtang said cheeringly, "They come from afar, they must not be able to wait for work like us, I already have an idea in my heart, I have to go to Guangdong to have a look first, and then I will see what Feng Zicai, a veteran, will do!" Brother Zeng, I'll tell you the truth, if Feng Zicai doesn't succeed, you have to go up as soon as possible, I know your previous nickname, don't dare to do anything, Zhennan Pass must be guarded! ”

Zeng Guoquan's nickname when he was in the rebellion against the Taiping Army in the past was "Zeng Iron Bucket", describing his strong defense of the city, Zeng Guoquan nodded, "It's a pity that all the weapons that Liangguang Yungui can use are lost in Vietnam." ”

"Several ordnance factories in Jinling and Baoding have been urgently transporting artillery, muskets and other things, which is also strange to say, over the years, these armaments and ordnance have left hundreds of thousands of muskets, more than 1,000 guns of different sizes, as for ammunition and so on, there are countless others, I don't know why there are so many surpluses, thinking about it, there is only one thing, that is, Xisheng has long been ready to fight with the French." Zuo Zongtang said confidently, "This is also the reason why I dare to come to Liangguang, the will of heaven has already been decided, if you have a heart or not, you are not afraid of the French being moths!" ”

"Report!" The herald came to report, "The Cui army has set off from Pingxiang, and the army has sent the town to Nanguan!" ”

"Good!" Zuo Zongtang nodded, "Feng Zicai doesn't know how many soldiers he has trained in the past few days, but it doesn't matter, as long as he drags the footsteps of the French, this battle will be the first achievement!" (To be continued.) )