Chapter 865: An Unspeakable Failure

Hu Yu fell into the Central Plains......

The backbone is broken, and the clothes are ruined.

For seventy years, I didn't see the sky.

There are boys in China......

The blood is still hot, and the will is not extinguished.

Iron fire fry, heaven for the sword.

My Emperor is great......

Hu Lu bowed his head, and China rose again.

My Emperor is holy......

The holy warrior guards the world, and the execution is in the sky.

……

God bless the British, and the generations will be blessed.

God bless my emperor, ten thousand years.

To the west of Tokyo's Ryumon, the narrow alleys that used to be spear line streets have been turned into thoroughfares, and there are small buildings of different shapes on the left and right, and various flags floating on the roofs of the buildings. For example, the flag with a golden chrysanthemum in the center is the flag of Japan, and the flag with a white cross on a blue background is the flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

On the top floor of the main building of the British Legation in Seris, Sir Lawrence, who was writing hard, was interrupted by the sound of singing outside the window, and he sighed helplessly, and walked to the window to look at the change of guard of the Cyris Janissary in the center of Embassy Street. These officers and soldiers, dressed in black and red military uniforms, were responsible for guarding the embassies of various countries, and the carols that must be sung during the change of guard made the embassy officials of various countries, especially those in Europa, quite entangled.

The song was so contagious that even the proudest French minister told Lawrence in private that whenever he heard it, he felt extremely proud. Because he lived in the same era as the great Cyris, the Founding Emperor, and even met often, the song reminded him that a new empire was rising in this 5,000-year-old land, under the leadership of this great monarch. Embarked on the big stage of world history.

This king ruled over an empire unmatched by any other country, with a population larger than all of Europa, and last year's treasury revenues were almost equal to that of all of Europa. Today, hundreds of thousands of his troops are fighting in northwest Asia, and his navy effectively controls more than half of the planet's seas. The Empire's 150 million subjects, however, were unaffected by the war and lived in abundance that was the envy of the citizens of London and Paris. In the presence of such a king. Any Europa monarch must bow in respect and at the same time be fearful.

After being moved, I realized my position again, and recalled the unpleasant history of my country and Seris over the years, and the entanglement naturally arose.

Lawrence didn't dwell too much. He had always advocated a win-win situation between Great Britain and Seris, and although the King and Parliament did not fully accept his ideas, the disastrous defeat of the British Navy at the Third Battle of Ceylon two years earlier gave him the opportunity to preside over the exchange between the two countries, first by concluding a peace treaty with the Syrise Lodge in Portugal, and by coming to the beautiful city of Tokyo a year earlier as minister, at least the relations between the two countries were being dominated by him. In the direction he hoped.

Lawrence was only a little dissatisfied with the time when the carol was sung, seven o'clock in the morning, when his mind was at its most active, and he chose this time every day to write yesterday's diary, and this song always interfered with his thoughts. Let him involuntarily look at things from the perspective of the Serisians, and the diary he wrote naturally changed a little.

Lawrence decided to have something to eat after listening to the carols, read the newspaper again, and write a diary afterwards.

Standing in front of the window and listening carefully, Lawrence suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the taste of this song, with a hint of pathos and resentment. There were even soldiers who sang and sobbed.

"Jon, has the newspaper arrived? Hurry up and bring it to me! ”

Lawrence frowned, realizing something. Greeted his assistant. …,

"Sir, Yuexiu Times, Lingnan Daily, Jiangnan Express and Tokyo Morning Post have arrived, but other newspapers have not yet arrived."

The assistant pushed over the dining cart, with thick newspapers stacked on one side and a cup of freshly brewed black tea on the other, plus fresh fruit purchased from the embassy's morning market. That's Lawrence's breakfast.

He picked up the teacup and took a sharp sip under his nose. Lawrence let out a satisfied sigh and began to flip through the newspaper.

Sure enough, something happened.

The Left Army of the Northern Route Army of the Western Regions Protectorate marched lightly, attempting to raid the summer palace of the Junggar Khan King in Hainuk City (Ili), but was ambushed by the Junggar 50,000 troops in the Yinding Temple, Yang Tangcheng, the governor of the Left Army, was killed in battle, and 8,000 people from the four battalions of the Left Army fought hard for ten days, and the ammunition and food were exhausted, and only more than 1,000 people were withdrawn.

The disaster did not go alone, the Chinese army of the Northern Route Army sent troops to rush to help, and was rebelled by the attached Junggar tribal army, and the deputy governor of the Chinese army, An Wei, was shot and killed, and it took several days to defeat the entangled rebels, only to the remnants of the left army.

In addition to the loss of troops, there was a huge turning point in the Western Expedition, the front army of the Northern Route Army and the right army encountered the Cossack cavalry of the Rakshasa in Tarbagatai, according to the prisoners of war, the Rakshasa has joined forces with the Dzungar to jointly resist the Anglo-Chinese advance into Central Asia.

Since the Anglo-Chinese army entered the Western Regions two years ago, it has not been completely defeated. In October of the 21st year of the Holy Dao, Turpan was attacked by the Dzungars, and the two battalions of the Korean subordinate army stationed here were completely wiped out. In the first month of the 22nd year of the Holy Dao, the ancient city was also besieged by 20,000 Junggar cavalry, and a battalion of Yueguo subordinate troops and a battalion of red-clothed troops stationed here were completely wiped out.

However, these defeats were only minor, and not only did the failure result from the dependent army, but also the Dzungar attempts to cut off the Anglo-Chinese supply lines failed. Since December of the twentieth year of the Holy Dao, the Dzungar army of 30,000 raided Changshengdun, but was attacked by Pan Shiyu's front army and Yue Chaolong's Chinese army in the north and south, and after losing nearly half of the men, the Dzungar people no longer dared to confront the red clothes head-on, even if they gathered a large army to raid, they would fight and run.

It is now 1740, September of the 22nd year of the Holy Dao, and the Dzungars have been forced to the west of the Western Regions, and the summer palace of the Khan has been exposed to the Anglo-Chinese army.

But now this defeat, the two young generals who died in the battle, and the elite red clothes lost nearly 10,000 yuan, which is really the biggest failure since the establishment of Yinghua red clothes. No wonder the guards who changed guards were depressed and unwilling.

Lawrence understood the emotions of these Praetorian Guards, not only the grief of losing their comrades, but also the anger of being offended to their dignity. When the news of the defeat in the Third Battle of Ceylon reached China, not only the British Navy officers and sailors, but even the British civilians felt the same way. The undefeated army actually failed, and the pride of thinking that it was invincible in the world was dealt a heavy blow, and of course it would lose its temper.

Look at the raging crusade in the newspapers. not only blamed the prime minister, the Privy Council, the Commander-in-Chief, and even the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate, but even the Western Regions Metropolitan Protector, and the prestigious Wu Ya was blamed. In addition to understanding, Lawrence also has a feeling. Without an invincible army, such a defeat is nothing, but the country of Seris is furious, and the nascent Ceris Empire is still too young.

Lawrence paid more attention to the actions of the Rakshasas by this battle. He suddenly realized why the Polish Succession War in Europa ended so neatly two years ago, it turned out that the Rakshasas felt the great threat of Seris and were going to turn around and exert themselves in Asia.

"This is a sea change, and the situation in Europa will bring about a series of changes, and Britain must grasp this situation to see if it can seize the corresponding benefits. If it's the short-sighted guys in Congress. Most of them will think that this is an opportunity to get back from Seris, but the anger of His Majesty in Weiyang Palace is really burning, even if it is only a small part of the Rakshasa people transferred to Britain, Britain is now unbearable, you know. His Majesty was far more interested in the North American continent than the members of Congress. ”…,

Lawrence's mind raced and he began to do his duty for the benefit of Britain.

In the Weiyang Palace, His Majesty's anger was already full of anger, and all the trips within a month were canceled, and he was buried in the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief for three consecutive days, staring at the big sand table in the Western Regions in a daze.

Even if Yang Tangcheng was dizzy. Did Fang Tangheng also faint? Something went wrong with the two boys, and Wu Ya also killed people and made his heart go crazy!? Traveling lightly is also a low-level mistake! The time I left for them was five, not three! Are you in a hurry to send you to death and reincarnation!? ”

It was stuffy for three days. Li Xi finally spewed people, and a group of staff officers in the general headquarters lowered their heads, as if they were all responsible for this defeat.

"Send someone to ask Wu Ya and ask the little Dzungar girl beside him about her spies! Take my strategy, it should be pressing step by step, and the main force is behind. Look at what he's done now!? The Yulin army was split into three pieces, and the dragoons were scattered all over the ground. Ask him if he's wiped out my strategy! If he doesn't give me a good explanation, I will go to the Western Regions to conquer in person! ”

The more Li Shi fell, the more angry he became, he took off his white gloves and slammed them on the sand table.

"What about people? Didn't you hear me? You ......"

There was silence for a while, no one responded, Li Shi roared and glanced left and right, only to find that his subordinates were staring at Fan Jin in the corner.

"Fan Duyan, this commander-in-chief has been trained into a study by you?"

Li Shi's spearhead was pointed at Fan Jin again, and his words were even more polite, if he was changed to the previous dynasty, he would bluntly reprimand Fan Jin for encroaching on military power.

Fan Jin looked at Li Xi with one eye, with helplessness in his eyes, and only after a long time did he say quietly: "This defeat is not a crime of war, Your Majesty knows ......"

Li Xian paused for a moment, heyed, slammed his fist on the table at the bottom of the sand table, and then sat back in his chair, twisting his beard, his eyes change.

Of course, he knew the root cause of this defeat, and the reason why Yang Tangcheng advanced lightly was because Da Celing had expressed his intention to serve through the Military Intelligence Department, and with Da Celing's guidance and internal response, he raided the summer palace of the King of Dzungar Khan, and the victory was almost certain.

didn't expect Da Celing to change his hexagram, maybe it wasn't Da Celing himself, it was his clan that forced him to change his hexagram, but it was a fact that he betrayed Yang Tangcheng. And several small Junggar tribes who originally joined Yinghua also rebelled and dragged the reinforcements, so there was this big defeat.

The reason why Da Celing changed his hexagram is also very simple, the Rakshasa people finally showed their attitude and wanted to intervene strongly in the Western Regions. And why did the Rakshasa people intervene to make Da Celing change his hexagram, the reason is that Wu Ya does not pay much attention to borrowing the internal power of Dzungaria, and the benefits to Da Celing are not enough, not enough to make Da Celing's tribe firmly stand on the side of Yinghua. But this incident cannot be blamed on Wu Ya, the root is still in him Li Xian himself. It was because he had too much appetite and was unwilling to support Da Celing as the Khan King of the Dzungar transitional period, and he was ready to take one step in the Western Regions and govern the Western Regions in the form of Qinghai and Monan Mobei. The boundaries he drew for Wu Ya were there, and Wu Ya could not give anything outside the boundary.

The reason why Li Xi was angry was not only because of this defeat, but also because the Rakshasa people intervened sideways, which made his plan to pacify the Western Regions for five years and then turn to the Northern Expedition was seriously threatened. Although he is not afraid of pinching the Rakshasa people at all, he has no idea how long this pinch will last. The Rakshasa is not a calculating opponent of Britain, it is a brute bear, once it is ruthless, it will not break the bloodstream. It will not give up.

Looking back on the history of the previous life, when Qianlong of the Manchu Qing Dynasty dealt with Dzungaria, the Rakshasas did not react so much, even if the threat of Siberia was added, the Rakshasas should not be allowed to abandon the strategic center of gravity in Europe. Instead of paying attention to the distant. If you want to face off with Yinghua head-on, you have to throw more than 100,000 troops, are the Rakshasas crazy? …,

Li Shi was puzzled, when he decided to make a plan for the Western Regions before, he didn't think that the Rakshasa people had the courage to reach out. This is based on his knowledge of the history of Rakshasas.

Queen Anna of Rakshasa fell out in this year, and Ivan VI, who ascended the throne, was still an infant child, a pair of orphans and widows with his mother, and he couldn't hold power at all, and the regent he relied on also collapsed one after another, according to the history of the previous life, he should be taken by his cousin Tsar Elizabeth next year.

Judgment based on the situation and grasp of history. Li Xiancai was confident that the Rakshasa people were powerless to interfere and could pacify the Western Regions within five years.

But now why did the Rakshasa people jump out and use so much force?

Li Xian couldn't figure it out. If he humbly consults the ministers of Europa, and the ministers are willing to tell the truth, then he will find the truth that makes him laugh.

Because the Rakshasas were afraid, the Britons failed miserably, the French were bored with their own self-inflictedness, and the Spaniards gloated. He has spread his reputation as "Seris the Great" throughout Europa. Of course, it can't be done to stop children crying at night, but it is enough to make some kings tremble.

British Minister Sir Lawrence's exaggerated description of Seris was well established in Europa, with a modern navy similar in size to that of Spain. The army has as many as one million, and the equipment and tactics are still above the middle if not comparable to the first-class powers of Europa (Sir Lawrence also counts the Volunteers), and the most feared by the countries of Europa is the population and treasury income of Seris, both of which are 150 million! The former is larger than the total population of Europa, and the latter is converted to pounds. That's the equivalent of five Britain, which is almost the sum of all of Europa.

Except for Seris's national power. His image of Li Shi is also rendered as a wise and powerful commander, an Alexandrian-style hero. In just ten years, he overthrew Tatar rule in southern Seris, made the Tatars subservient, and in twenty years built the country into a thriving and powerful empire, spanning two oceans and standing on three continents, Alexander seemed to be a cut away.

Even if Sir Lawrence's description is based on the loser's self-face, after all, Britain's defeat will not be too ugly if the opponent is said to be stronger. However, these basic data are from the statistics of the Seris themselves, and they cannot be faked.

When Queen Anna, who was seriously ill, learned that Seris was continuing to drive the Rakshasas in Lake Baikal and the Tangnu-Ulianghai Sea, and that she had raised 500,000 troops to march westward, her illness was immediately half cured, and she was so frightened that she returned to the light.

The struggle for power at the top is one thing, but it has become the consensus of the whole country of Rakshasa to "resist" the invasion of Seris. The westward expansion of Seris even evoked the bitter memories of the Mongols' westward advance in the Rakshasa Kingdom, and the 500,000 army was only to destroy Dzungaria, and the Rakshasas felt that this was just a false way for the Sailis people to exterminate them, who knew that the Sailis people wanted to hit the Black Sea in one go?

That's how the Rakshasa people jumped their feet, but Li Xi is now in the dark under the lights, and he is already in the general trend of history, and it is difficult to break free from the general trend and look at the current situation with the eyes of a bystander.

Li Xi didn't understand the reason why the Rakshasa people were stirring up the situation, but he also knew that his accusations against Wu Ya and even the war dead were also weak-hearted, which made him depressed and incomprehensible.

"This defeat does not hinder the overall situation, I believe that Wu Ya will calmly adjust the deployment, Your Majesty ......"

Fan Jin saw that Li Xian's eyes were wandering, his heart was not good, and the emperor had accumulated deep authority, although he also introspected himself from time to time, but his pride was inevitably gradually aggravated, and then let the emperor be bored in the commander-in-chief's headquarters, maybe he really wanted to play the trick of awarding the formation map thousands of miles away, so he quickly persuaded him to leave.

After all, Fan Jin could still speak bluntly in front of Li Xian, and said a little unceremoniously: "Your Majesty hasn't been to the Grand View Garden in the past few days, let's go and relax." ”

Li Xian's eyes instantly lit up, it was anger, and then it dimmed, of course he could hear Fan Jin's exhortation, but ......

Li said sullenly: "I, the emperor, can only stand by now?" ”

Fan Jin nodded seriously: "When the subordinates have done everything, then Your Majesty will come out to wipe your farts again." ”

Li Shi gritted his teeth, and his mouth burst out with a silent "grass!" ”。 ）