Chapter 724: Waves of Jiujiang River

Lincheng Wharf.

Not long after Sun Zheng and his party left, Liang Kai led the ministers of Wu State to the wharf.

He received the news of the arrival of the British fleet.

Looking at the steamships with huge smoke columns dragging the sailing warships forward, he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

Before the United States mediated the East Tu Alliance, he didn't know what a steamship was.

It was the United States that revealed to him the news that twelve British steamships docked in Tianzhu in order to give him courage.

At the same time, he introduced to him what a steamship is.

Now seeing it with his own eyes, he was shocked beyond words.

After the steamships and sailing warships docked at the wharf, a British general in red military uniform got off the ship and led a team of soldiers to him.

"Lieutenant Wolfe of the British Navy greets His Majesty the King of Wu." Wolfe took off his hat and bowed slightly to Liang Kai, "I am here on the orders of Governor Bolt to help your Wu Kingdom resist the threat from the north."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Fine beads of sweat appeared on Liang Kai's forehead.

At this moment, he realized how ridiculous it was for him to rely on the Wu Kingdom's navy to resist the British.

A deep sense of crisis spread in his heart.

He thought he should really thank the King of Yan.

Otherwise, if Britain and Wu fought, the Wu Kingdom's navy would be annihilated.

Wu will be manipulated by the British from now on.

The existence of the King of Yan obviously attracted the attention of the Japanese and Westerners.

This is why the East Earth Alliance was established, which allowed their Wu Kingdom to escape a disaster.

Thinking of this, he was more fortunate to have reached a secret agreement with Sun Zheng.

The King of Yan cannot be destroyed for the time being, at least before his Wu Kingdom is strong enough to defeat Britain.

Otherwise, his Wu Kingdom will lose its value once it is gone.

The East Earth Alliance will certainly become a tool for Japan, the United States, and Britain to divide Dasong.

With this in mind, he became more determined to work without effort, waver, and just ask for benefits from both sides.

Wolf nodded, "Your Majesty, won't you invite me to the palace to sit and discuss the next action?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Liang Kai came back to his senses and hurriedly led Wolf to Lincheng.

Arriving at the palace, Liang Kai also called the United States envoy Rom and the Japanese envoy Dongye Kimura.

After the establishment of the East Earth Alliance, the two of them will be stationed in Lincheng and be responsible for the affairs of the alliance.

The four parties gathered together, and Wolf said directly: "Governor Bolt asked me to be fully responsible for the affairs of the East Earth Alliance. Since the four most important parties have all arrived, why not make a covenant today."

Rom and Dongye Kimura nodded. They naturally had no objection. They only hoped that the East Earth Alliance could be established as soon as possible to curb the expansion of King Yan in the East Earth.

Liang Kai did not hesitate. Dongying had already agreed to hand over the northern part of Yizhou to Wu. All the conditions he wanted had been fulfilled, and he should keep his promise.

Seeing that no one objected, Wolfe took out the contract.

This contract was supervised by Bolt, the Governor of the British East.

After all parties signed, they would become allies of each other.

If any party was attacked, the countries in the covenant had the obligation to support.

At the same time, there were clauses about trade in the contract.

Wu would open three trading ports for bilateral trade and provide supplies for the other party's fleet.

The contract was in four copies. After getting the contract, they all signed on it.

Because of the above terms, they agreed on it at the beginning.

After signing the contract, Wolfe stood up and said to Liang Cheng: "Your Majesty, what do you need me to do next?"

Liang Kai smiled and said, "I hope Lieutenant Wolfe will lead the fleet and the Wu navy into Jiujiang to cover the withdrawal of the powerful tribes in Yangcheng to the south of Jiujiang."

During this period, his envoys had already gone to Yangcheng and returned.

Xie Duan, Han Zheng and Wang Zian all agreed to join him and make him the emperor.

After so many years, his Liang family finally made other powerful families submit, just as they had submitted to the Zhao family.

And then, it was his agreement with the King of Yan.

This time, he toured Jiujiang with the British to tell the King of Yan to keep his promise and not to dream of continuing to go south.

The East Earth Alliance has the ability to stop him from crossing Jiujiang.

Secondly, it is to safely cross the river for the troops of the three powerful families.

After all, they will all be soldiers of the Wu Kingdom in the future.

Rom and Dongye Kimura also agreed to this.

The most important thing now is to stop the King of Yan from going south and protect the Wu Kingdom from being harassed by the King of Yan.

In this way, the state of division in Dasong can be maintained.

Next, they will consider how to further contain the King of Yan.

After deciding this matter, the next day, led by the British fleet, more than 200 Wu warships went north in a mighty manner.

They came to the mouth of Jiujiang and went upstream.

After another day of sailing, they arrived at the intersection of Yangcheng Canal and Jiujiang.

At this moment, many ships from Jinling were heading towards Yangcheng.

There were also ships coming from Yangcheng, full of soldiers.

They were transporting troops.

Seeing the steamship with thick smoke on the river, the children of the powerful families on the merchant ship were surprised.

Then, they fell into ecstasy.

Because they no longer had to worry about the King of Yan crossing Jiujiang.

Although they didn't know what these smoking monsters were, they must be very powerful.

"It's amazing." On a luxurious merchant ship, Xie Duan, Han Zheng, and Wang Zian looked at the steamship.

In his letter, Liang Kai told them about the establishment of the East Earth Alliance and mentioned the British fleet.

"Hahaha, the King of Yan lost after all. This steamship is enough to prove the majesty of the East Earth Alliance. The one who will destroy the King of Yan in the future must be the East Earth Alliance." Han Zheng laughed.

They left soldiers in the trenches to cover their retreat and then withdrew from Yangcheng.

However, the Yanzhou soldiers saw them withdrawing and seemed to have no intention of pursuing them.

Seeing the current situation, he suddenly hoped that the King of Yan's soldiers would chase them and even cross the river.

In this way, they would definitely win a battle.

Chatting and laughing all the way, the merchant ship where the three people were gradually headed towards Jinling.

In the future, they will temporarily stay in Jinling City.

Build trenches and fortifications outside Jinling City to confront the King of Yan's soldiers across the river.

South of Yangcheng.

Chang Wei frowned and looked at Yancheng.

When the fleet led by Gong Ying went north, they stopped at Tongcheng, which they occupied, for a while and sent someone to bring him information about the British steamship.

Then, today, the powerful tribes in Yangcheng evacuated southward through the canal.

He did not order an attack.

Because the powerful tribes left behind the rear guard.

Since they were going to withdraw, why didn't he wait for them to withdraw completely, and then take Yangcheng without bloodshed.

Then he would march westward and take Xiangcheng with Ma Han to completely control the north of Jiujiang.

As for the powerful tribes hiding south of Jiujiang, they were nothing more than toothless tigers in cages for them.

When their steamships were launched and the British fleet was destroyed, it would be their time to perish.