In the next few days, Qi Yu would treat Jones to a drink every day.
As they gradually became familiar with each other, the number of conversations between the two of them gradually increased.
According to Jones's recollection, he lost his way at sea due to the direction of the typhoon two days ago. In addition, the compass at that time was damaged and malfunctioned, so it lost its inherent connection with the large army.
However, he is still generally clear about where he will go from here.
Qi Yu followed his guidance and ordered the fleet to correct its course in time to pursue the allied forces of Great Britain and Valois with all its strength. As for its purpose, it was naturally to persuade the enemy to retreat as discussed before.
On the face of it, this plan seems to work.
Seems very strict.
As everyone knows, while he is carefully planning, other forces are not idle either.
Take the current Franco machine as an example. They are thinking about something very seriously.
The first battle with the Qiong Army was an extreme defeat. Not only did they lose nearly half of the battleship, they were also chased and beaten by the counterattacking enemy. Its appearance is like that of a bereaved dog.
The Franco Army was puzzled by this.
At that time, the Qiong army was clearly defeated and completely routed; but later on, it was able to turn around, regroup, and counterattack with a fierce force. This situation was simply unprecedented.
And, the most deadly thing is!
The enemy's firearms have a significantly higher range than our own, and they firmly have the upper hand. In other words, as long as a reasonable distance can be maintained, one's own warship becomes a target for passive dialing.
that's the truth.
In terms of battle losses, our side's losses were almost twice those of the opponent's, and the disparity was not insignificant.
After this battle, more than 150 ships of Franji Kingdom were directly sunk, while less than 80 ships of Qiong Army were destroyed. Which one was higher and which one was lower was completely clear.
Even so, this is not what Qi Yu wants. If he knew about it, he would roar like a diamond in pain.
However, after this battle, the balance of strength tilted to some extent.
It is understandable that the Qiong army changed from evenly matched to the dominant side.
It is conceivable how great the psychological shadow of the Franco Army was!
However, they were very dissatisfied, and bad news that made matters worse immediately followed.
As soon as we docked, there was an urgent report saying: Our gunpowder magazine had been blown up!
ah? Who did it?
Who else can you think of with your toes, it's Qiong Jun.
Qi Yu kid bullied me too much!
Yeah yeah!
It is conceivable how furious the senior management of Francois was after learning this.
The fact has happened, there is no point in getting angry.
After calming down, they were forced to revise their next military strategy.
If the core military supplies are destroyed, it is equivalent to losing the supplies to kill the enemy. Don't think about protracted war anymore.
The revised strategy is as follows:
Either fight quickly and crush the opponent to death with lightning speed; or you can use your strengths and avoid weaknesses, win by surprise, and pick the fruits of victory by picking up the mistakes.
Objectively speaking, the probability of success of the first method is almost zero, so there is only the second way to go.
What they mean by picking up leaks is taking advantage of the fierce battle between the two countries' coalition forces and the Qiong army to take advantage of the opportunity.
Look, Franco's plan is pretty good, right?
At critical moments, no one is stupid.
Let’s talk about the coalition forces of Great Britain and Valois. Seeing that the Joan army won the first battle, they immediately retreated fifty miles and stayed there quietly.
The idea is exactly the same.
He just wanted to wait until the Franco Army and the Qiong Army were doing a great job, then suddenly attack and sweep the battle with a harvest.
After Duan Zicheng assessed the situation, he also adopted the prudent strategy of waiting and watching.
He believed that although his side had achieved a hearty victory, it had not been able to completely annihilate the enemy, so there could not be any relaxation at this time.
Moreover, the enemy also brought in Allied troops to help them. In this way, our side has changed from an advantage to a disadvantage. With the situation like this, how could he dare to move?
Since none of the three parties dared to act rashly, it seemed that there was only a stalemate.
However, this stalemate bought precious time for Qi Yu to catch up.
…
Two days passed by in a flash.
On this day, the weather was sunny.
Look, the autumn wind is bleak, the waves are rising, and in the sparkling waves, the Qiongjun fleet led by Qi Yu breaks through the waves.
Its power is very awe-inspiring.
But not long after, they hovered and started to move around in a small area.
It seems like facing a formidable enemy.
Qi Yu looked at the more than 300 enemy ships in front of him and asked Jones without changing his expression or heartbeat: "Are these the coalition forces of your two countries?"
"Well, doesn't it look very powerful?"
"It's not bad..."
OK?
Upon hearing this, Jones's expression cracked instantly.
It seemed that his glass-like self-esteem had been seriously injured.
Qi Yu didn't have time to comfort him, so he hurriedly said briefly: "Next, I will trouble Mr. Jones to lobby. No matter whether this matter succeeds or not, Qi will bear it in mind."
"good!"
"Wait!"
When Jones heard this, he stopped and turned around, with a slight look of astonishment on his face.
However, Qi Yu suddenly took out a hand of documents from his arms and said, "You should also take the letter of surrender from King Annan with you, so as not to make them believe it when you say it is unfounded."
"good……"
It was just an arrangement, so Qi Yu hurriedly ordered the navy to retreat two miles back to provide space for Jones's lobbying.
This posture is commonly used in negotiations, so both parties tacitly defended themselves without showing any signs of attack.
As the saying goes, when two countries are at war, the envoys should not be killed. This sentence has been used both at home and abroad in ancient and modern times.
Therefore, in response to the arrival of the Qiong Army, the Western Allied Forces made a polite welcome gesture.
However, what they never expected was that the envoy turned out to be their own Jones.
Um?
Is this Jones' treason and defection to the enemy?
Fortunately, Jones was given enough explanation time to defend his behavior, otherwise, he would really have become an unjust ghost.
After that, he started his own "personal speech" to lobby. The central idea is to discuss the pros and cons of being at odds with Qiongzhou.
Not long after, Jones returned with a smile.
"Since Mr. Qi wants to establish trade with the West, it is considered a cooperative relationship. In this case, they are willing to put down their weapons and go back the way they came. But..."
Qi Yu was startled and asked quickly: "Nothing? Just what?"
"However, they want to ask you to write a formal letter of commitment to prove what you said today. In case you regret it later, it would be nice to have one..."
"What? I regret it?"
Qi Yu snorted and said, "Do you think we Chinese people will be as unjust and dishonest as you are? Trust is our basic virtue in China..."
Although he said this, he still wrote a formal commitment document.
Shangdao: Qiongzhou is willing to establish commercial and trade cooperation relations with Great Britain and Valois. The scope of trade is non-military commodity sales, and so on.
This commitment letter is made in duplicate and takes effect immediately from the date of signing.
