Chapter 199: Everyone is coming to seek peace.
"Long live!"
"Won!"
“Now the Indian Ocean is ours!!”
On the twelve ironclad ships, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Navy cheered.
"Eradicate all evil! Order to sink all British battleships!"
Zhu Xun was extremely excited on the command module.
This is an unprecedented victory.
In World War I, the Eastern Fleet of the so-called ocean overlord Britain was destroyed. In the future, the ruler of the sea will not be the so-called Great Britain, but the Ming Dynasty!
Now the British Eastern Intervention Fleet has been completely defeated.
The remaining warships tried to escape from the battlefield.
Leave a fleet presence in the east for Britain.
But how could Zhu Xun allow the military exploits in front of him to slip away from his eyes.
It is impossible for these sail warships to escape from the steam ironclads.
Twelve armored ships pounced on the sailing ships that were turning around, like tigers rushing into a flock of sheep. Their artillery roared, and several battleships were blown up.
On the sea.
The British people lying on the incomplete wooden boards, including Vice Admiral Nelson after falling into the sea, just watched the battleships being sunk one after another. The expensive battleships seemed like paper at this moment. So fragile.
The future is the era of ironclad ships
Nelson thought.
fortunately.
Fortunately, the sea is vast enough.
It is so vast that the Ming Empire cannot control all the sea areas at the first time, at least they cannot control the Atlantic Ocean now.
but
It is already extraordinary for them to have hegemony over the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
foreseeable.
South Asian subcontinent.
Australian mainland.
Southeast Asia.
besides
The west coast of North and South America.
It's all on the lips of the Ming Empire.
Maybe the key to the future battle for world hegemony lies in the Americas?
Nelson thought as he lay on a plank floating on the sea.
At this moment, a rope was lowered.
Nelson smiled bitterly.
It seems that these Chinese people still obey the rules.
At least they didn't attack the sailors who fell into the water.
This time.
I am afraid that thousands of naval soldiers will be captured.
do not know either
What conditions would the Chinese offer to allow them to return to Britain?
On the Indian Ocean battlefield.
A naval showdown was over.
The result of the decisive battle was naturally a complete victory for the Ming Dynasty's Indian Ocean Fleet.
The British Eastern Intervention Fleet was completely wiped out.
Not a single battleship escaped.
There were more than 3,800 captured sailors alone.
Also included were British Vice Admiral Nelson and British Navy Captain Collingwood.
The outcome of this war will determine Indian Ocean hegemony in the next ten years, and now the Ming Empire has opened a waterway to India.
Now the British can no longer prevent the Ming Dynasty's goods from pouring into the South Asian subcontinent.
But at this time.
At the Governor's House, Calcutta.
Sir Richard Wellesley, the Governor-General of British India, was still waiting for news of the victory.
"Do you really think we can win easily?"
Somewhat uneasy was Sir Richard Wellesley's useless brother.
"Of course, the Ming Empire doesn't know that we used secret weapons in this battle, they will definitely be shocked."
Richard Wellesley gracefully shook the red wine glass in his hand.
"The quality of the red wine produced in India is almost close to that of the French red wine. The East is really a fertile land, even India."
Richard Wellesley said.
"According to the Prime Minister's suggestion, this time we must at least gain control of the Strait of Malacca, and at the same time, we must force the Ming Emperor to suspend the war against the Qing Empire, and also require the Ming Empire to open its market."
"Do you think the Ming Emperor would agree to this? We don't have the strength to land and fight in the Ming Empire's homeland. Their army is very powerful."
Arthur Wellesley said.
"So what if you don't agree? This is just a negotiation. Of course I don't expect him to agree to everything. But as long as we destroy the Ming fleet, the Ming emperor will have to surrender, because the Ming Empire is actually a maritime empire. Isn’t it? A large part of their fiscal revenue depends on foreign exports and maritime trade.”
Richard Wellesley said.
"To this extent, as long as their fleet is defeated, the Ming Empire may actually be more vulnerable than the Qing Empire."
Just defeat their fleet?
Arthur Wellesley frowned.
"War is full of surprises. Everything you said is based on "defeating the fleet of the Ming Empire", but you have not considered what if?"
"What if we lose?"
asked Arthur Wellesley.
"The Chinese are not fools. They may also have their own secret weapons."
"just in case?"
Richard Wellesley shook his head.
"There is no chance, my brother. We have a larger fleet, we have better soldiers, our fleet has more combat experience, and we have secret weapons. Where can there be any chance? I admit that the Ming Empire Our national power is very strong, but the Chinese are originally a nation on land. If they want to go to the sea, it will take at least a hundred years to build a navy that can traverse the four seas!"
Richard's words had just finished.
The door to the Governor's office was slammed open.
Richard frowned just now.
The person who burst into the door was the liaison officer of the Governor's Mansion.
He looked extremely panicked, sweating profusely, and didn't even have time to straighten his appearance.
How ungentlemanly.
Richard was about to reprimand.
Hearing the news from the liaison officer's mouth, Richard stood up suddenly and didn't even know that the red wine on the table was thrown to the ground.
"Mr. Governor, it's over, Britain's Eastern Fleet is over, and Britain's Indian colonies are over!"
"We were defeated, the Eastern Fleet was completely destroyed, and the Chinese took control of the Indian Ocean!"
Richard Wellesley was stunned, his whole body was shaking, and his mind went blank.
By the time he came back to his senses, he had already realized it.
The Eastern Fleet was completely wiped out.
The Chinese will land on the South Asian subcontinent on a large scale.
Britain would lose its foothold in India.
This series of terrible consequences.
Richard Wellesley was at a loss.
Arthur Wellesley took a deep breath: "We now need to be prepared to fight the Chinese on land."
Richard Wellesley sat back in his office chair slumped.
Then he nodded.
"Yes, we no longer have a navy. Now we can no longer block the Indian coastline, but our colonies in India must be preserved. By the way, we must report the situation in India to London as soon as possible. We must let the country know this How did one station fail? The Chinese are coming."
Richard Wellesley even began to imagine the terrifying scene of Chinese gunboats appearing in Portsmouth Harbor.
He shook his head, stared at Arthur Wellesley and said, "Yes, we must be prepared for battle, but war is the last option."
"Before that, maybe His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty will accept our peace proposal."
Britain demands peace.
The Qing Dynasty also demanded peace.
at this time.
Western Liaoning, Ningyuan City.
The Emperor of Heaven is here.
Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan were dressed in patchwork clothes, with flower feathers on their heads and court beads hanging around their necks.
Accompanied by a group of Ming army cavalry, they entered the emperor's palace.
The two of them didn't dare to look around.
The first time he entered the emperor's presence.
Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan paid homage to him.
"Liu Yong, the great scholar of the Tiren Pavilion of the Qing Dynasty (Ji Yun, Minister of Rites of the Qing Dynasty), paid homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven."
The two of them knelt three times and kowtowed respectfully.
This is a great gift to meet the Qing emperor.
Now it is used to pay homage to the Ming Emperor.
Zhu Daohua sat in his seat and waited for the two of them to finish kneeling before he said, "I have made rituals in the Ming Dynasty and eliminated bad rules. You two can just bow according to the Ming Dynasty."
Liu Yong looked up at young Zhu Daohua and said, "Foreign ministers are ministers of the Qing Dynasty and do not follow the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Daohua looked at Liu Yong curiously.
This prime minister Liu Luoguo, who is said to be a hunchback in later generations, does not appear to have a hunchback, nor does he have the thin and wretched image of later TV dramas.
I think so.
This Liu Yong can become such a great official.
There is definitely no problem in terms of image. In ancient times, one of the assessments for being an official was appearance.
The appearance is not good enough.
Not tall enough.
Generally speaking, they cannot become high officials.
This Liu Yong is from Shandong. He is very tall and strong. He is obviously a typical Shandong man.
Zhu Daohua did not get hung up on etiquette.
Instead, he asked, "You two came from Beijing, what do you want?"
Liu Yong said: "I wonder if the emperor of tomorrow wants to take all Beijing?"
"Oh?" Zhu Daohua looked quite interested.
Listen to this.
The Qing Dynasty is about to leave.
This is still for peace.
It is naturally good to take everything from Beijing.
After all, this city served as the ancient capital of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Many buildings have considerable historical value.
Moreover, we can get a complete Beijing city, which will save us the trouble of rebuilding in the future.
The Ming Empire must have been a large land-sea composite empire.
So Beijing is definitely an important capital.
The land of Yanyun can firmly control the grasslands to the north, and can radiate to Central Asia to the west.
"Qianlong wants to run away? Yes, his capital is more than one million Eight Banners. Compared with these more than one million Eight Banners, Beijing is not a place that cannot be abandoned. Where is he going to run? To the grassland. Sweating profusely?”
Zhu Daohua smiled slightly and asked.
Liu Yong couldn't help but smile awkwardly and said: "Why should the emperor ask questions knowingly? If you capture Yanyun and sweep across Shanxi, there will be only one Guanzhong left in the Han Dynasty. With the emperor's powerful troops, it will not be easy to capture a Guanzhong. My lord." I am willing to cede Liaodong, Yanyun, and Shanxi to the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty will only retain northern Liaoning, Inner and Outer Mongolia, and the Western Regions."
(End of chapter)
