So everyone prayed to other affairs, and everyone sat at a long table and reported to Marbury, "Several western provinces, because of the rebellion led by the western side, are a little impatient, and have sent out many soldiers to maintain local order, at present, as long as the Chinese in Bengal can solve it, we can gather the armed forces of the eastern provinces where the law and order are slightly calmer, and then turn around to deal with the riots on the western side, I believe it can also be solved immediately." ”

"In recent years, Tianzhu has been quite unquiet here, and it is about the fact that many people are now beginning to express doubts about the legitimacy of British rule in Tianzhu, so that the current riot situation can continue, which is absolutely impossible," Marbury's tone was indifferent, but there was a sense of pride and pride in it, "The British Empire has ruled Tianzhu for a hundred years, and no country can challenge the authority of the British Empire here on the Indian continent or even in South Asia, they are just killing themselves, Some inferior peoples don't deserve such a rich territory," he said, lighting a cigar, "but Indian cigars taste better than Havana's, don't they?" ”

Everyone laughed happily, the room was filled with a relaxed atmosphere, the fall of Cobb City, in front of these Indian bigwigs, it was not worth mentioning at all, those taxes were only a drop in the bucket, not worthy of the big guys to take seriously, according to the intelligence, the team in Bengal Province was far stronger than the group of people near New Delhi.

"We have to maintain the stability of Tianzhu, many people have probably forgotten our strength and iron blood, for too long, they think that we will only be English gentlemen and polite, but they have forgotten that we are governing India with swords and guns! When the Chinese are solved, it's time to show the muscular strength of our gentlemanly manners. ”

"You're right," said another to Marbury, "and we've got to make it clear to these damned brown Indians who is the only master of this continent." ”

Everyone talked and laughed, completely ignoring the disturbances and uneasiness in these places, and after a conversation, Marbury's secretary outside hurried in, "Sir," his face was a little unpleasant, "the Chinese in Cobb City came to attack our ambush line last night!" ”

"Oh?" Marbury raised his gray eyebrows slightly, and there was a look of joy in his eyes, "It's completely guessed by us, the Chinese still want to give us a dismount from the base, very good," he nodded at the secretary, "It's completely within our plan, how about it, how many Chinese did our soldiers kill?" Kindness? He asked, then saw the secretary's face, "Can they break through our defenses?" ”

"The Chinese did not break through our defensive line, and our defensive line still wanted to be solid, but they took advantage of the night to sneak attack our position, and after killing some of our soldiers, they quickly retreated, and we did not form an effective counterattack."

"They've retreated."

There was a dead silence in the conference hall, and the big guy suddenly seemed to lose the ability to speak, or the handsome Charlie spoke, as an excellent military person, he was most concerned about the situation of the army, "How many of us died?" ”

"Four British soldiers were killed, thirteen were wounded, and about two hundred native soldiers died, half of whom were killed by accidentally rushing out in a panic."

After the secretary said this, Charlie was a little unimpressed, he had commanded countless battles in the Boer region and in the Brasilia area, such casualties were simply not worth mentioning, "No problem, such casualties are rare." ”

"What about the Chinese?" Marbury lowered his face and asked the secretary, "How many Chinese did we kill?" ”

"There were no bodies left at the scene, and according to the commander of the defensive line, he was sure that more than 20 Chinese soldiers had been killed, but because they had snatched all the bodies, they did not intercept the bodies."

Everyone exchanged glances with each other, everyone was an old fritter who had been immersed in officialdom for decades, and they didn't know that the commander's words were just perfunctory, how could they rob any corpses on the battlefield that was invisible to the enemy's territory? Surely they did not kill the Chinese.

Marbury obviously thought of this as well, and his face sank, "Why didn't the Chinese continue to attack?" ”

"Probably just a test," Charlie touched his smooth chin thoughtfully, "to test whether our defense line is solid, if not, then we will definitely have to settle the battle, but probably because our defense line is very solid, they saw the strength and retreated." ”

This analysis wants to be reliable, "Then according to Charlie, what do you mean, dear Charlie, will they continue to break through our defenses in the future?" ”

"I'm not sure, I don't know the style of these Chinese yet," Charlie laughed, "I believe they haven't known the news of the defeat of Dhaka City, and if they don't know this very unfavorable news for them, I'm sure they will definitely continue to march towards New Delhi, after all, if they want the lord of Shangri-La, New Delhi should be their biggest temptation." ”

Marbury's face was not very good-looking, and he snorted slightly coldly, "Then we'll wait......"

Before he could finish his words, another secretary outside the door rushed in again, "Tell the Governor, the Chinese have abandoned Cobb City and marched westward. ”

"What!"

"This is impossible, shouldn't they be like the Chinese in Bengal Province to occupy the largest city!"

"Westside?" The big-bellied officer who had just reported on the tax just now muttered, "What are they going to do in the west?" Aren't they supposed to come to New Delhi? ”

"What are the Chinese going to do?"

"They don't come to New Delhi? And what about our line of defense? ”

The big guy talked for a while, only then found that Marbury did not speak, so the big guys calmed down, looking at the Governor Marbury, whose face was very bad, the Governor of India at this time had a faint iron blue, he felt that his face was hot, and he also felt that everyone looked at his face a little strange, after all, the fall of Cobb City, it was just a small accident, everyone would not care, but Marbury swore that he was ready to defend the line and wait for the Chinese to attack New Delhi, but waited for a long time, Or I have been defending for a few days, but I didn't expect people to be ready to come to New Delhi at all!