I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 658 Queen Victoria's Anger

Then the boys took action.

This experiment was carried out by four or five teenagers in the courtyard, and another group of teenagers in the house were responsible for receiving the message. If the teenagers in the house successfully received what Li Zheng had just said, it would represent the success of the telegraph machine.

The teenagers in the yard tapped their fingers on the square box rapidly, and inside the house, a teenager wore a cone-shaped earpiece-like object on his ear.

As he listened, Chinese syllables came out of his mouth, and there was a young man next to him who was responsible for recording.

After a moment, the young man in the courtyard stood up first. Now he was just waiting for the young man in the house to see if he had heard Li Zheng's words "If the enemy can go, I can go too".

Li Zheng also looked into the house with great interest.

After a while, a younger boy came out in a hurry.

Holding a note in his hand, the boy came to Li Zheng, bowed, and handed the note over respectfully.

Li Zheng didn't waste any words. He reached out and took the note. At a glance, he saw seven big characters written crookedly on the note.

It is exactly the saying that if the enemy can go there, I can go there too.

Seeing this, Li Zheng laughed heartily twice.

"Very good, you all did a great job."

"Eunuch Wang, pass down the order to reward these young men. No, not just these young men, but anyone who has participated in the development of the telegraph will be rewarded handsomely."

Wang De also nodded in agreement.

Li Zheng, who had calmed down a little, turned to Kaiji and said, "Kaiqing, the Ministry of Industry should speed up the improvement and construction of this telegraph machine, and strive to connect the whole Tang Dynasty like a steam train as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Kaiji replied excitedly.

At this point, the first telegraph in the Tang Dynasty was born.

On the vast ocean, Charles, the naval commander of John's country, was struggling to drift on the ocean.

After being ambushed by Li Kan in the Nanhai territory of the Tang Dynasty, Charles led the remaining troops to flee in panic.

But because the Western island countries all became colonies of the Tang Dynasty, Charles' escape was extremely difficult.

First of all, supply was a big problem. Sickness and lack of food and water alone caused the loss of most of the John Kingdom’s navy, which had finally escaped from the Tang Dynasty’s navy.

In addition, there was the threat of the Tang Dynasty colonies along the way, so Charles did not dare to get too close. Even so, Charles encountered an ambush by the Tang Dynasty colonial army and left many John's naval soldiers behind again.

Just when Charles was halfway through his return journey, the warship he sent out to investigate the situation brought back a piece of news that made Charles despair.

John's reconnaissance warship discovered the Tang Dynasty's fleet, but fortunately the number of people was not large, and the scale was incomparable to that in the South China Sea.

What Charles didn't know was that after Li Zheng decided to march to the Kingdom of John, Zheng Xuan had already sent out a small fleet to lay the vanguard for the Tang Dynasty's navy.

But because Charles had to hide from place to place during his escape route, he encountered the Tang Dynasty's vanguard fleet here.

Charles was now frightened, and he had no ability to find out the exact number, so he immediately ordered his men to stay away and did not choose to confront the Tang Dynasty's vanguard fleet head-on.

About a month later, when Charles returned to John's homeland after untold hardships, the remaining John's navy had met Li Kan's expectations, less than 10% of the original number.

In the capital of the Kingdom of Johan, in the Platinum Palace, the castle of Her Majesty the Queen.

Her Majesty Queen Victoria is busy with government affairs.

As time passed, Victoria gradually gained a lot of power and stabilized her position in John's country.

After all, the Kingdom of John at this time had not yet undergone the changes of later generations, and Her Majesty the Queen's power was still relatively stable.

A blond guard hurried in. "Your Majesty, Lord Charles has returned."

The guard reported to Victoria in a low voice.

Hearing the guard's words, Victoria looked up from her government affairs in surprise.

Charles is back? So the ancient Eastern Empire must have been conquered by Charles? That's too fast.

Victoria couldn't help but think in her heart that she was quite confident in the strength of John's navy. After all, John had conquered countless countries with its huge naval fleet.

"Let Charles in."

After about an incense stick of time, Victoria finally met Charles.

Charles must have had some rest, as he no longer looked exhausted from running around on the sea.

Her Majesty Queen Victoria of England was also very excited to see Charles.

This was the first time she launched a foreign war after ascending the throne, and she was eager to hear the good news from Charles that John's navy had defeated the Tang Dynasty.

"Charles, have you conquered the Tang Kingdom?" Victoria asked Charles with an expectant belly.

"Your Majesty, the navy of my Great John Nation has failed."

But Charles fell to his knees with a thud, wailing to Victoria with tears in his eyes.

Victoria was also shocked when she saw this.

"What happened, Chaer? Failed? How could it fail?"

Victoria was looking forward to hearing the news that John's navy had returned victoriously, but unexpectedly she saw Charles in tears.

Faced with Victoria's anxious questions, Charles didn't know where to start for a moment and buried his head in fear.

Seeing Charles's expression, Victoria tentatively said, "Could it be that they encountered fierce resistance from the Tang Kingdom? But that's not surprising. After all, the Tang Kingdom is also an ancient empire and is quite powerful."

Victoria thought that Charles might have hit a wall in Tang Kingdom, and it was difficult for her to talk about it for a while. She would never have thought that the invincible navy of John Kingdom would be basically wiped out.

Thinking of this, Victoria spoke up to comfort Charles.

"There is a saying in Charles Tang that victory and defeat are common in the military. This is just a temporary defeat. You don't have to take it to heart. And Governor Davis of the Delhi Sultanate will surely bring us good news."

Victoria's safety did not play any role, but Charles buried his head even lower.

When Victoria saw Charles's appearance, she felt something was wrong and she lost her patience.

"Charles, what's going on?"

Victoria couldn't bear it anymore and yelled at Charles.

Charles also knew that the time would come, so he said loudly: "Your Majesty, my John's navy was ambushed by the Tang Dynasty and suffered heavy losses."

"What do you mean by heavy losses?"

"The entire army was basically wiped out, and less than 10% escaped."

Charles said hesitantly.

Victoria almost blacked out when she heard this. She said in disbelief, "How is this possible? Our Great John Navy is extremely powerful. Even if we can't defeat the Tang Kingdom, how can we only defeat 10% of it?!"

(End of this chapter)