"How many landmines are left?" Chen Congyun asked Li Yaozu.

"There are twenty more, and the others are buried on the road leading to Zhennan Pass."

"Very good, come on, listen to me tell you..."

After receiving reinforcements, Nicolli immediately organized a new round of offensives. After more than a day of fierce fighting, the Qing army was obviously unable to hold on. The reinforcements brought sixty cannons, plus the remaining dozen, and a total of more than seventy cannons, and fired together.

In an instant, smoke filled the Qing army's positions, and sand and stones flew.

After the artillery fire was over, a thousand French troops slapped the platoons, beat the war drums, shouted slogans, and rushed towards the Qing army's positions neatly.

Quiet, unexpectedly quiet, the telescope of Nicoli only saw a few Qing troops running back, and then there was no movement on the position. Could it be that the Qing troops were almost dead with one round of artillery fire? Nicoli couldn't believe this judgment.

The French army successfully rushed to the position, and Nicolli calmed down and did not worry about the conspiracy.

"General, there are flags on the position, saying that the Qing army was running towards Zhennan Pass, asking if it was pursued?" The adjutant came to report. Nicolli judged that the Qing army could not withstand it. Based on previous combat experience, once the Qing army was defeated, the army would be dispersed in a rush.

"Chase, go straight to Zhennan Pass!" Nicolli ordered and ordered the army to set off and head straight to Zhennan Pass.

After the order was down for a while, he heard the explosions in the distance. When he looked at the direction, it was actually the one in Zhennan Pass. Nicolli hurriedly sent someone to ask what was going on.

"Report to the general, our vanguard troops were ordered to pursue the escaped Qing army, chased to the foot of the mountain, stepped on a large number of landmines, and the troops temporarily stopped pursuing."

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"Mr. Shen, are you? It doesn't matter." Wan Shusheng heard that the troops in front had come down and came to greet him with Cao Yi and Hu Yu. When he saw Chen Congyun with bloodstains on his face, he was frightened.

"I'm fine, Cao Yi and Hu Yu, please send someone to greet these soldiers." The two of them went away.

"Wans of trees are born, let me die."

"What are the instructions of the sir?"

"Go quickly and move out all the remaining mines for me and bury them all on the road. I want the French to be bombed all the way."

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I heard that the road was full of mines, and Nicolli was also stupid. The lives of French soldiers were precious, and it was obviously unwise to send them to mines. Nicolli ordered the troops to capture a few local Vietnamese people as guides, avoid the main road, and go straight to Zhennan Pass, without giving the Qing army a chance to breathe.

After lunch, seven or eight guides were arrested and were led by the French military with guns in front of him and led the way to Zhennan Pass.

On the path, two hundred French vanguards walked into a long dragon and followed the guide cautiously, but they could not notice that Li Yaozu, who was hiding on both sides, and his team-training on both sides.

"Hehe! I am worthy of being Lord Shen. I'm sure that the French road is not open, so I have to walk on the small road." Li Yaozu looked excitedly at the French army more than ten meters away. He fired at this distance and could die if he couldn't hit the target.

Chen Congyun had previously told Li Yaozu to lead two hundred regiments to cut off the rear. As soon as the French cannons fired, they fled to the mountainside. When the French army rushed to the position, they pretended to be escaping and appeared scattered in the French army's vision.

The French army came to chase after him, but twenty landmines were connected with leads. When the French army chased the Tibetan landmines, Li Yaozu ordered a rope, and a loud bang, and more than a dozen French soldiers were reimbursed.

The French army followed the road and chased forward, but more than a dozen soldiers were bombed by landmines, so they stopped chasing.

Li Yaozu was ordered to block the French army on the small road. Chen Congyun's order was very simple. He took advantage of the advantages of the regiment trainees' good at fighting in the mountains and hid them in batches. He would shoot black guns when he had the opportunity, and would run away when he was cheap. He would never be fond of fighting.

"I remember everything. I'll run away if I shoot a shot. Who wouldn't obey the order? I'll skin him." Li Yaozu said, slowly lifting the gun, aiming at a French soldier, and shouted softly: "Kill!"

A burst of dense gunfire sounded, and more than a dozen French troops fell to the ground. Other French troops hurriedly lie in the grass and fired into the jungle on both sides. As a result, countless branches were blown away, but there was no movement in the jungle. More than a dozen French troops plucked up their courage to enter the jungle on both sides, but only found some shells on the ground, without even a ghost.

I looked back at the guide and ran for half of it.

The French army held the guide and continued to advance, but did not walk half a mile away. There were gunshots in the bushes on both sides, and three or five French troops fell down. After four or five times, the French soldiers refused to move forward. Even if the officer waved a short spear and threatened to shoot the soldiers who refused to move forward, no soldier was willing to die so inexplicably.

There was no choice but to report the situation to the back, ordering the vanguard to grab the powerful terrain and wait for orders on the spot.

At this time, Li Yaozu and his men were already watching the movements of the French army on the hill ahead.

"If you lose his mother, it won't be like Lord Shen said. The French are a democratic country. The people have great power. Soldiers have the right to refuse to die. If we really don't take the small path, wouldn't we have no work to do?" Li Yaozu was so impressed by Chen Congyun that he was dying.

Seeing the French army start to walk back, Li Yaozu scolded angrily, "I'm really back if I lose my mother."

After struggling for a while, Nicolli felt that since he started attacking Wenyuan, he had really seen a ghost. He lost a thousand people and failed to take Wenyuan. He was ridiculed by reinforcements from the African Legion for being a waste. Now, there are landmines on the main road, and soldiers on the small road are unwilling to leave.

Seeing that it was dusk, Nicolli had no choice but to order the troops to stop advancing and advance along the main road early tomorrow morning, clearing mines while walking.

Chen Congyun waited for an afternoon, and when the sound of gunfire in front finally calmed down, he knew that he had succeeded. With the combat characteristics of the French army, he would not take the initiative to attack at night, so he could have a good night's sleep today.

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"One hundred thousand is urgent. On the 23rd and 24th, Yang Yuke's department, together with the officers and soldiers of the two battalions of the Shen Congyun's department, fought fiercely with the French army for more than a day and night. More than a thousand French and Yi were killed and wounded, and more than 20 French and Yi were blown up. However, our unit suffered heavy casualties. Now more than 4,000 French and Yi reinforcements have arrived. Wenyuan cannot defend anymore. Now the two armies have retreated to Zhennan Pass. The military situation is urgent, so I hope that the Lord will send reinforcements as soon as possible."

"Chen Congyun transferred to Pan Shuaijunjian. Now General Yang Yuke led his troops to fight fiercely with the French army and was injured. His troops and his two battalions of our troops retreated to Zhennan Pass. I hope the Lord will make a decision early and send reinforcements as soon as possible."

The first letter was written in the name of Yang Yuke, while the second letter was a letter of help from Chen Congyun to send troops to reinforce in his private capacity.

In the early morning of the 25th, Pan Dingxin was woken up by the urgent report he sent overnight. After reading two letters of help, his heart began to churn.

"Sir, Zhennan Pass is the southwest gateway. Once it is lost, the court will inevitably be shocked. Today, the government and the people are staring at you and the Lord Zhongtang." After reading the urgent matter, the master, who was temporarily wearing a long gown, persuaded Pan Dingxin in a cautious tone.

"I don't know, but now I have only a thousand remaining soldiers on hand, so what can I use to reinforce?" Pan Dingxin said helplessly and irritably, his feet constantly turning around.

"Wang Debang is guilty of his own self-deprecating the veteran general of the Hunan Army. Whenever he fights with Pan Shuai, he can quickly ask him to lead his troops to reinforce. If he does not follow, he can submit a charge of not being able to support him. Feng Zicai's army has a total of 9,000 people, only 200 miles away from Zhennan Pass. The master can send him away." The master clearly understood Pan Dingxin's thoughts and put forward two suggestions. The first is to deal with Wang Debang's old enemy. Second, as long as Feng Zicai obeys his orders, he expressed his willingness to accept Pan Dingxin's orders. As long as he guards Zhennan Pass and rewards him according to his merits, Pan Dingxin is naturally the first to be counted.

I thought to myself that Pan Dingxin showed a smile that suited me deeply, nodded and smiled repeatedly: "Come on, please pass it to my general." The soldiers came in outside the door. After Pan Dingxin issued the order, he returned to the table.

"Come on! Grind ink! I want to report the victory to the court."

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"Yu Duke's personal soldiers assisted in the war, guns and cannons shook the valley, and the rebels (French army) fell to the ground one after another...."

Li Hongzhang threw the long telegram on the table and sat there for a long time without saying anything. Bidge, Lang Weili, Hannagan, Xue Fucheng, Sheng Xuanhuai, and Ma Jianzhong sat in two rows, and no one spoke at this time.

"Yu Sun, Qin Xuan recommended Shen Zigui to temporarily take over Yang Yuke's position and command his military bravery. Tell me, what should I do about this?" Li Hongzhang came to Sheng Xuanhuai, but Sheng Xuanhuai did not dare to take over this hot potato for Shen Congyun at this time.

What a joke? The French army launched a large-scale attack on Zhennan Pass, and Yang Yuke was injured at the forefront. If Shen Congyun took over Yang Yuke's position, he would not have to be ahead? The French cannons were not vegetarians.

"This is a humble position, it's better for the adults to make a decision."

At this time, Xue Fucheng stood up and bowed: "Sir, I think that Shen Zigui's agent Yang Yuke can report to the court. Pan Qinxuan called himself to ask for credit. It would be better to wait for Shen Congyun and Yang Yuke's battle report to come up."

Li Hongzhang was actually very clear in his heart. Pan Dingxin said in his telegram last time that Yang Yuke's troops had less than 2,000 soldiers. Even if Shen Congyun's 1,000 troops were added, they would have more than 3,000 troops. What should I use to annihilate one thousand enemies?

There is moisture in this telegram, so I just report it. If someone complains in the future, it will be difficult to end. I wonder, this time, Pan Dingxin also believed that Yang Yuke lied to report his military achievements and did not add any more information. It was a real result. However, there was nothing Pan Dingxin in the battle results.
Chapter completed!