Chapter 923 Southeast Waves
"Your Highness, you are finally back. This is the information sent back from Tianzhu. Read М"
The study room of the palace.
Zhao Xu stayed in Goryeo for a day and then returned to Yancheng.
He had just arrived at the palace when Xu Ke arrived right after him.
"Tianzhu?" Zhao Xu's eyes flickered.
Dasong was unified, and he had pacified Dongying, and was preparing to deal with the Western Land coalition that invaded the East.
Xu Ke's information from Tianzhu was timely.
"Yes, because the Liang family had frequent trade exchanges with Tianzhu before, there were some merchants in Tianzhu who were dependent on the Liang family. I bribed three of them, and then sent team members to sneak into Tianzhu, asking them to work for these merchants to cover their identities." Xu Ke said.
After a pause, he continued, "During their time in Tianzhu, they adopted some Tianzhu beggars and trained them to be spies."
Zhao Xu nodded. The business of spying on intelligence was very dangerous.
It was good enough that the Fourth Academy could extend its intelligence tentacles to Tianzhu.
"Also, Your Highness had previously asked me to send spies to infiltrate the Western Land, and now there is some progress. As Your Highness said, Australia has exiled many British prisoners. With the cooperation of the navy, I have collected some and am training them. I hope they will be useful in the future." Xu Ke added.
"That's great. You are becoming more and more qualified as an intelligence chief now." Zhao Xu smiled.
Then, he opened the intelligence sent by Xu Ke and looked for the information he wanted.
After a long time, he closed the document and turned to look at the location of Tianzhu on the map.
The information on the intelligence is very detailed.
The coalition forces that arrived in Tianzhu this time reached as many as 100,000, all stationed in Tianzhu.
Because only Tianzhu can support these 100,000 troops.
In addition, there is the number of supporting warships.
This greatly enhanced the naval power of the Western Land in the Eastern Land, and even surpassed the Dasong Navy in the number of warships.
"These intelligences have been sent in the past five days. These are the intelligences within five days after the coalition forces arrived in India. The intelligence on the last day shows that the Indian Governor-General Bolt summoned the kings of the Indian princely states. Combined with the fact that they sent 64 steam engines to the workshops in India, it is possible that they were training the princely state army and assisting them in the battle." Xu Ke analyzed it.
"Very likely." Zhao Xu combined contemporary history and made the same judgment as Xu Ke.
In the two contemporary Opium Wars, there were Indian princely state armies.
There were Indians in the preserved picture of the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
At that time, they participated in this war as the British auxiliary army.
For this reason, contemporary Indians claim to have defeated the Qing Dynasty and are proud of it.
During the First Opium War, there were actually two battlefields.
One was on the coast of Guangdong, and the other was in Tibet.
At that time, the kings of the Indian princely states once invaded Tibet from three directions.
They were so active, firstly to win the support of the British for their rule of the princely states.
Secondly, these princely states planted poppies and manufactured opium, and the Qing Dynasty banned smoking, which harmed their interests.
Third, they relied on the support of the Western countries, and their mentality was inflated, thinking that they were also one of the great powers.
It was because of this case that Zhao Xu naturally believed that the Indians here would not be able to figure themselves out and dare to pull the hair from the tiger.
"If Britain is like this, then Frank, Sterling and Portugal will certainly follow suit." Zhao Xu put his hand on the entire southern region of the Eastern Land.
These places are all under the control of the Westerners.
Moreover, Jiaozhi and Piaoman have always had a very bad relationship with Dasong, and they are full of ambitions for the land of Dasong.
At this time, if the Westerners provide them with muskets and artillery, I am afraid they will immediately become the vanguard against Dasong.
Contemporary history has fully proved this.
No matter how the times change, Jiaozhi and Piaoman have only two states.
Either they are beaten by the Central Plains dynasty and cry for their parents, and pay tribute.
Or they frequently launch wars and invade the borders of Dasong.
"It must be so. When they are ready, Jiaozhou and Yunzhou will be restless." Xu Ke frowned.
Zhao Xu suddenly smiled and patted Xu Ke on the shoulder. "It will not be us who will be restless, but them."
Barbarians fear power but not virtue.
For countries like Jiaozhi and Piaoman, they will not be honest unless they are beaten up.
Therefore, he only drove away the Western Army from their land, which did not achieve the purpose of intimidating them.
Only by beating them up personally can it be done.
Before that, due to some vigilance, he had asked the troops of Jiaozhou and Yunzhou to cooperate with the four courtyards to find out the terrain and road conditions.
Even if they did not cause trouble, he would go south.
He would never allow unstable factors at his doorstep.
This time, it was equivalent to the Westerners creating an opportunity for him.
"Your Highness is right." Xu Ke thought about it for a while and was relieved.
It seems that his worries are a bit redundant.
Even the muskets and artillery of the Western Army are a whole generation behind them.
Now they seem to be in a defensive posture, but in fact they are in an easy offensive posture.
The two were talking.
Suddenly Feng'er came in and handed a note to Zhao Xu.
This is the information copied from the wired telegraph, from Jinghai.
At present, the wired telegraph has already extended here.
The telegraph said that the navy was escorting a British steamship to Yancheng.
On this ship are envoys sent by the British.