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Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Then leave Princess Yalin and her attendants behind. I still don't want to see a war between China and Siam."

Prince Doma sighed, and said, "Actually, I don't want to see this kind of thing, but I can't disobey His Majesty's order."

Lin Yuan didn't say anything more, he bid farewell to Prince Doma, and then asked someone to invite the French ambassador. Since the signing of the Sino-French secret treaty, all work has been carried out in an orderly manner, and the French ambassador is no longer as worried as he was a few days ago.

Seeing the French ambassador, Lin Yuan said directly: "Mr. Ambassador, now the time is ripe. We can announce the dissolution of the Indochina Federation and France's withdrawal from the Indochina Peninsula."

The French ambassador nodded in agreement, and then said: "But the current situation in the Indochina Peninsula is very unfavorable to the French side. It can be said to be a mess. Can China take care of it?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Mr. Ambassador, don't worry, I have my own way. Now let's discuss the joint announcement announcing the dissolution of the Indochina Federation." The French ambassador then discussed this matter with Lin Yuan. Hours later, the announcement was written, and the French ambassador sent the full text of the announcement to the French government. The French government agreed, so at ten o'clock in the morning on October 10, China and France held a press conference in Zhongnanhai. At the press conference, The French ambassador announced in public: "From now on, the Indochina Federation will be disbanded and France will completely withdraw from the Indochina Peninsula. As the largest trading partner and neighbor of all countries in the Indochina Peninsula, China will assume the responsibility of maintaining peace, stability and prosperity on the peninsula. "

Lin Yuan spoke highly of France’s withdrawal from the Indochina Peninsula, and believed that it set an example for colonial countries all over the world. All colonial powers in the world can refer to this matter and withdraw from the colonies they have already occupied.Lin Yuan also stated at the press conference: China will definitely build the Indochina Peninsula and eliminate conflicts and wars on the peninsula.

When the news came out, the world was shocked. Western powers were waiting to see China’s jokes and dilemmas. They did not expect that China would have the ability to withdraw France from the Indochina Peninsula, and China would personally take over the affairs of the peninsula.

In Chiang Mai, Thailand, Prince Aida also panicked, because they concluded that the biggest reason why China would not send troops was that France was a colonial country, and China would not help colonial countries to oppress and enslave small and weak countries. With the withdrawal of the peninsula, France is no longer a colonial country, and China has every reason to send troops.

But Barclay was very calm. He advised Prince Aida: "We don't have to panic. It will take at least a month for the Chinese army to cross the mountains and jungles. One month is enough for us to unite with local armed forces and build strong fortifications. The mountainous tropical jungles are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Chinese army will surely retreat.

Only then did Prince Aida calm down and ordered the troops to continue marching towards Vientiane, Laos; while Barclay secretly instructed the British advisers in the Vietnamese rebel camp to encourage the peasant rebels to continue attacking Hanoi.

In the city of Hanoi, the French heard that China was helping them, and the people's hearts were a little more stable, and the price of goods dropped slightly.

In Beijing, Lin Yuan carefully analyzed the situation in the Indochina Peninsula, and believed that in the Indochina Peninsula, the focus of the war is mainly two places, one is the Siamese army’s attack on Laos; the other is the peasant uprising led by Huang Huatan’s attack on Hanoi Of the two focal points, the strength of the peasant uprising army is relatively weak, and the demands of the peasant uprising army are better met.So Lin Yuan decided to solve Vietnam first.

Lin Yuan ordered the 29th Division stationed in Nanning, Guangxi to send troops out of Friendship Pass, across Lang Son, and attack Beijiang in the northwest of Hanoi by land. .

Lin Yuan also ordered the 27th Division originally stationed in Haikou to send troops to land in Haiphong, a Vietnamese port city very close to Haikou, and enter Hanoi to stabilize the situation in Hanoi and relieve the threat of the rebel army to Hanoi; Landed in southern Vietnam and entered Saigon, the most important city in southern Vietnam, to stabilize the situation in southern Vietnam.

Among these three units, what Lin Yuan valued the most was the 29th Division that passed through the Friendship Pass and arrived at Beijiang. It was not because of combat effectiveness, but because the 29th Division was the easiest to run into with the Vietnamese rebels. Lin Yuan wanted to What I did was to meet Huang Huatan, the leader of the rebel army.Therefore, Lin Yuan specifically asked He Mengfan, the commander of the 29th Division: "For the Vietnamese insurgents, try not to fight if you can, and find the leader of the insurgents as soon as possible."

He Mengfan kept Lin Yuan's instructions in mind, and before setting off on the expedition, he recruited more than 3000 Jing people in China and Chinese businessmen who often went to Vietnam to do business as guides and translators. Far troops won a lot of trust.

The 29th Brigade of the 87th Division, under the personal leadership of the division commander and Mengfan, set off from Friendship Pass at 10 am on October 21 and moved along the railway line. This railway was built by the French. Too big, the railway was damaged in many places, and it was already unusable.

In Lin Yuan’s era, China once launched a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. In that war, the Vietnamese people hated the Chinese army because of the instigation of the government. Women and children even took up guns and shot at the Chinese army. Caused quite a few casualties.

In this era, there is no such hatred at all. On the contrary: due to the long-term use of Chinese characters by the official dynasties in Vietnamese history and the study of Chinese culture, most of the gentry in the villages can speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, and even many intellectuals speak All the words are quoted from the classics, which makes the soldiers "ashamed of themselves".

Lin Yuan's troops were not hindered in the slightest among the people, so they came to Yanjiang Town, more than 20 kilometers away from Beijiang. Under the leadership of captain Li Hongyun, they marched towards Beijiang.

They were advancing in the woods, and suddenly there was a gunshot in the distance, and a soldier fell to the ground. Li Hongyun hurriedly shouted: "Hidden! Sniper!"

Twenty special forces immediately hid in the woods, not to be seen by the snipers on the opposite side, while the soldier who was hit was lying in the middle of the road. He was wearing a body armor, so the bullet did not enter his body, but it was huge. The impact still knocked him unconscious.

Li Hongyun hid behind a bush, quietly put the sniper rifle at hand, took out the binoculars and looked in the direction of the bullets. When the sniper was found, he heard a scream from the soldier who was shot. When he turned his head, he saw that the soldier had already had a bullet hole in his leg.