Chapter 799: Three-Party Meeting

"Before Liang Kai issued the imperial edict, he summoned the mercenary leader Luther. This idea may not be Liang Kai's." Thinking of the content of the letter, Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes.

The number of Wu's mercenaries reached 20,000, which is really a large scale.

Moreover, many of these mercenaries are retired veterans of the Western Territory, and some are natives of Tianzhu and the southern region of the Eastern Territory.

After being trained by these veterans, they are holding firearms at the same level as the current level of the Western Territory.

These mercenaries should not be underestimated.

When the war starts, he will definitely let Chang Wei pay attention to avoid being careless and causing unnecessary casualties to the royal army.

"No matter who came up with it, this move is really cruel and will dissolve our navy's advantage into nothingness." Zhou Yi frowned.

Zhao Xu nodded. This did cause some trouble for them to recover Jiangnan.

However, this is also a strategy of hurting one thousand of oneself and eight hundred of the enemy.

So many coastal people are forcibly coerced, and there will be public resentment.

The powerful family is equivalent to digging out its own foundation.

At this time, it is undoubtedly the most suitable time for the Propaganda Department to do something.

Then, he looked at Zhou Yi and saw Zhou Yi's face full of anger, so he couldn't help but smile.

He knew what Zhou Yi was thinking. He was naturally unhappy that the merit book lying beside him was gone.

So he said: "The open sea does not need you, but the inland river does. Also, during this period of time, you must keep an eye on the Dasong Sea to prevent attacks from the Western Tu National Fleet."

Zhou Yi nodded when he heard this. He wanted to have both the open sea and the inland river.

But now he can only help the army through the inland river.

After saying this, Zhao Xu gave Zhou Yi an order.

Let him leave six steamships in Yizhou.

The remaining six went to Jiujiang to cooperate with Chang Wei to go south.

Jiangnan is there. The powerful families can avoid the attack of the navy, but they can't avoid the attack of the army.

His attitude is very firm, and he will not delay the pace of the unification of Dasong because of this little difficulty.

...

At the same time.

Tubo.

Bula City.

Muller Hongzhen, Ashur, Ivan, Temuta, and Ulanba are negotiating with the British envoys.

A month ago, a British delegation of 200 people crossed the mountains from Tianzhu and arrived in Bula City.

Then, the Beidi generals guarding Bula City sent the news to the Beidi Khan Court.

Goryeo was occupied by the King of Yan, and now Dongying was besieged by the King of Yan.

This made Beidi and the Russian Kingdom both worried.

Beidi naturally wanted to make Dasong fall into ruin, while the Russian Kingdom hoped to balance the forces of all parties so as to benefit from it, and never wanted the King of Yan to become powerful.

Therefore, despite the long-standing discord with Britain, Ivan decided to come to Bula City to discuss how to curb the expansion of the King of Yan in the East.

His ultimate goal was to force the King of Yan to spit out Goryeo and Dongying and prevent the possible attack of the King of Yan’s generals on Beidi.

In this way, they can slowly eat up the territory of Beidi, and when Beidi is no longer useful, they will completely annex it, and then go south to annex Dasong.

Although they have different ideas, their goal is the same, that is, they cannot let the King of Yan unify Dasong.

They want to take advantage of the opportunity of the King of Yan going south this time to drag the King of Yan into the quagmire of war, unable to extricate himself, and weaken the King of Yan.

"My name is Brooke. I came here as the plenipotentiary representative of Governor Bolt. I hope we will have a pleasant cooperation this time." Brooke said.

Then, he spread a drawing on the table and drew a line at the position of Jiujiang in Dasong.

Extending from this line, passing the central line of the Goryeo territory, to the northernmost part of Dongying.

Mule Hongzhen frowned when he saw this, not knowing what this Brooke wanted to express.

But Ivan was very clear.

This stroke was not for Mule Hongzhen to see, but for him to see.

When competing for overseas colonies, Western countries often demarcated each other's sphere of influence.

The line drawn by Brooke is the premise for the cooperation between Britain and Ross.

It is also a commitment to mutual interests.

If he agrees, this line will be used as the boundary in the future. The area below is the sphere of influence of Britain, and the area above is the sphere of influence of Russia.

"No." Ivan shook his head. He took out a pen and made an X on the line in the middle of Goryeo drawn by Brook.

Then he drew it downwards, and included the entire Goryeo in the sphere of influence of Russia.

Then he drew another line in the middle of Japan, meaning that the north of Japan was also included in the sphere of influence of Russia.

"You are still so greedy. A large area of ​​snow in the north has fallen into your pocket. Are you still not satisfied?" Brook looked serious.

Ivan did not back down. "You British have a big appetite. You have eaten a lot of island countries in Tianzhu and the southern seas. This line obviously makes us Russia suffer. The King of Yan is in the north."

"That's wrong. The King of Yan is indeed very arrogant now, but as long as we work together to wipe him out, Jiangbei, which the King of Yan has been operating for so long, will not be yours?" Brook knocked on the table.

At present, Britain is the most powerful country in the world.

So every time they negotiate, the British are very strong.

"It's easy to say. To get rid of King Yan, you British can only contribute more on the sea, but you have to sacrifice soldiers from Beidi and Russia on land." Ivan retorted.

Their Russian steam industry is backward than that of Britain, but the Russians never succumb to the British.

"Didn't we support the Dasong tribe to fight King Yan on land?" Brook continued.

Cooperation is cooperation, and they naturally want to strive for the greatest benefits after the war.

The two were arguing, and Muller Hongzhen and Ashur looked at each other, feeling a little annoyed.

They seemed to have completely ignored Beidi.

But they had no choice, as King Yan was getting stronger and stronger.

Without the support of foreign countries, Beidi would lose its vast territory.

Ivan and Brooke argued for a while, and Ivan said angrily: "Let's each make a concession. Goryeo will be given to me, and Japan will be given to you, but the four small islands isolated to the north of Japan must also be given to me, otherwise you British will deal with King Yan yourself."

Brooke thought about it and finally nodded. This was the most reasonable division.

It was just that whether the content of the two people's discussion could be finally reached depended on the decision of the British Parliament and the Emperor of Ross.

But because of the urgency of the matter, they would temporarily reach cooperation in the East.

Whether they could continue to cooperate comprehensively in the future would depend on the decision sent from the mainland.

After agreeing on this matter, Brooke discussed with Ivan and Beidi about how to deal with King Yan.

"We should resolve the conflicts within the clans and bring together Wu, Nanliang and Nanping, rather than fighting each other." Brooke said.

Nanliang is basically a vassal of Beidi.

Wu listens to the British.

Nanping is somewhat influenced by Frank.

The three places can truly gather the military strength of the Dasong clan.

With their intervention, the King of Yan will soon be destroyed.

The Battle of Edo was just a small setback.

The King of Yan wanted to challenge their hegemony in the West, which was simply wishful thinking.

The next day.

They acted according to the plan. Beidi sent a team of people to escort the British delegation to Yizhou, and then from Yizhou to Wu.

Beidi persuaded Nanliang, and they persuaded Wu.

After that, the British delegation would go south to Jiaozhi and ask the Franks to bring Nanping together.

A few days later, they arrived in Yizhou.