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The sound of artillery fire never stopped all night, and the other coalition forces were terrified by what they heard.

After daybreak, they discovered that the sea area where the Bi country had originally been stationed was in a mess.

The sea was littered with wreckage of warships and swollen corpses.

At this time, there was no longer a single warship of the Bi country in that sea area.

Of course, not all of them have been wiped out.

In fact, it was pitch dark and the visibility of the Central Plains warships was very limited.

And out of caution, they did not continue to move forward.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible to completely destroy the Belgian warships.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Belgian warships had already fled in all directions.

Some of them ran away to unknown places, and some even joined the fleets of other countries.

However, the one-night attack did cause heavy losses to the Belgian warships.

At this time, the remaining coalition forces couldn't help but panic, and couldn't help feeling a sense of grief for the other party.

Today it is Bi’s turn, but who knows if it will not be their turn tomorrow?

Fortunately, at dawn, the Allied Commander-in-Chief Arthur issued an order to retreat.

Finally, they were able to save their lives. After hearing the news, they couldn't help but dance with excitement.

They were fully confident that as long as they retreated, the Central Plains fleet would not pursue them.

After all, if they retreated, the crisis in Central Plains would be resolved, and they would have no reason to pursue.

However, it turned out that they were overthinking it.

What a joke, if you want to fight, just fight, and when you find you can’t win, just run away?

How can there be such a good thing in this world?

The Central Plains were already stronger than them, so not attacking them was already considered merciful.

How dare they take the initiative to provoke?

If we don't deal them a severe blow, hurt them, and scare them, I'm afraid that others will still think that the Central Plains is a soft persimmon?
By then, won’t everyone want to step on it?
The allied forces fled, and the Central Plains fleet pursued them.

The speed of the Central Plains warships far exceeds that of the Allied warships.

Moreover, the artillery attack distance of the Central Plains Fleet was more than twice as far as theirs.

Therefore, this pursuit was like a leech attached to one's bones, and it was impossible to get rid of it.

Moreover, only the Central Plains Fleet could attack them, and they had no means of fighting back.

On this day, another country's fleet was almost wiped out.

The Central Plains Navy's vindictive tactics and the accuracy and fierceness of its artillery fire made the coalition forces feel chilled to the bone.

Fortunately, they were not the ones who died.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

In a few days, they will be able to escape back to their own country.

They thought that the Central Plains Fleet would withdraw after two days of pursuit.

They can't possibly dare to chase us to our doorstep, right?

They didn't believe that the Central Plains Fleet would be so crazy.

But soon, they saw it.

Over the next two days, the Central Plains Fleet continued to follow and attack them.

Even at night it doesn't stop.

Three days later, the entire coalition had lost almost half of its warships and personnel.

It can be said to be a heavy loss.

Of the coalition forces of thirteen countries, six have been destroyed, leaving seven.

Moreover, the Central Plains Navy had no intention of stopping the pursuit and was determined not to give up until they were all wiped out.

Now, everyone was frightened.

Even Arthur, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, began to panic.

They quickly sent a message to the Central Plains Navy, trying to negotiate.

It’s a pity that the Central Plains warships had no intention of negotiating with them at all.

What a joke! Jia Huan, the Grand Admiral of the Central Plains Navy, was determined to annihilate them completely. How could he possibly start peace talks with them?

After three days of fleeing, the coalition forces have now reached an ocean far away from the Central Plains.

At this point, Jia Huan had no scruples at all and bared his fangs.

In fact, as early as three days ago, Jia Huan could have set up an ambush from all sides, covered the area with full firepower, and launched a frenzied attack on the coalition forces.

If this had happened earlier, the coalition would have collapsed by now.

But Jia Huan was also afraid that the coalition forces would become desperate, after all, they were numerous.

If they become desperate, they will launch a charge towards the Central Plains regardless of everything.

It may not be possible to stop them all at once.

But now, they have lost nearly half of their troops and have already moved away from the Central Plains.

We no longer have to worry about them becoming desperate and ending up in a desperate situation.

Therefore, Jia Huan decisively showed his fangs and directly ordered the ten naval commanders to lead their troops and launch a frenzied attack on the coalition forces from all directions.

This thundering attack quickly caused heavy casualties to the remaining coalition forces.

In desperation, the Allied Commander-in-Chief Arthur had to issue orders for each side to break through.

He himself quietly transferred from the command ship to an ordinary warship, hiding among many warships, trying to break through.

Soon, the coalition forces collapsed and they fled in all directions.

The ten major navies in the Central Plains carried out pursuit and interception along their respective divided areas.

The most important thing is the fleet fleeing towards the Central Plains.

Not a single warship can be allowed to enter the Central Plains waters.

Three days later, the naval battle was completely over.

The Thirteen-Nation Alliance, a coalition force of one million naval forces, suffered heavy casualties.

The number of people who escaped alive was less than 300,000, and the losses were as high as 70%.

And these troops are almost all of their national strength.

Although, if soldiers are gone, they can be recruited again, and if warships are lost, they can be cast again.

But this takes time.

At least in the short term, the strength of these countries will be greatly weakened.

And when Jia Huan attacked the coalition forces, he also had a focus.

The main targets will be the big and powerful countries.

The larger the country, the greater the loss.

In this way, the great powers are weakened and the power between countries is balanced.

And then, we just need to transfer one or two more people to make them beat their own brains.

This time, Jia Huan successfully completed the mission, gathered the navy, and returned triumphantly.

Jia Huan believed that there would be another war soon.

He knows the emperor too well. The emperor will never suffer any loss.

Since countries like Zhenzhen dared to invade Central Plains, they were defeated before they even reached the Central Plains.

But having this idea is a crime of disrespect, not to mention that they have already taken actual action.

……

The news that the Central Plains and the overseas million-strong coalition forces including the Zhenzhen Kingdom had started a battle spread throughout the Central Plains.

And this was what Jia Cong intended to do.

Jia Cong is using this war to further strengthen national cohesion and enhance the people's national pride.

Jia Cong naturally knew that the Central Plains would win this naval battle, but the people did not know that.

Therefore, once the news was publicized, all the people were worried.

After all, the other side had too many people.

Not only was there a coalition of thirteen countries, but there was also a million-strong army, and it was a naval battle.

They were afraid that the Central Plains would be defeated. If that were the case, the overseas coalition forces would then attack the Central Plains.

By then, I am afraid that war will break out again and people will suffer.

They have just had a few years of good times?
Now, there are foreign enemies who want to destroy their good days?
As a result, the whole country of Central Plains was outraged.

Many young people volunteered to join the army to fight against foreign enemies!

Jia Cong was naturally very satisfied with the people's reaction.

This is the effect he wants to see.

And today, Jia Huan finally brought the good news of a great victory.

Jia Cong also promptly informed all civil and military officials of the news and announced it to the world.

After hearing the news, all officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they are more confident than the general public, they know the strength of the Central Plains Navy.

However, they did not have full confidence.

Now that the news of victory has come, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the war is over.

But then, there is still a lot of follow-up work to be done.

Therefore, Jia Cong convened a court meeting.

Now Jia Cong has abolished the fixed court meetings and will only summon relevant officials to hold court meetings when there is something important.

Because Jia Cong discovered that although attending court every day seemed diligent, it was not of much use.

Because at court meetings, most people just shirk responsibility and argue, and many things have already been decided in private.

And real decisions cannot be made in one court meeting.

In this case, what is the point of holding court so early every day?
The morning court is just like the morning meeting in later generations.

Have you ever seen a company or department that holds a meeting at five or six in the morning every day?

What kind of good person would do this?
Now, in order to deal with the aftermath, Jia Cong summoned relevant officials and held a court meeting.

At the court meeting, all officials congratulated Jia Cong and praised the emperor for his foresight and early development of the navy.

If this is not the case, I am afraid that the Central Plains will suffer a great loss.

Even in the Central Plains at this time, war was raging and the country was in danger.

You know what, this kind of flattery based on facts really makes people feel elated and happy.

However, Jia Cong did not indulge in it and waved his hand to stop the ministers' flattery.

He said, "The next thing to discuss is the aftermath."

"Countries headed by Zhenzhen Country actually dared to invade our Central Plains. This matter naturally cannot be covered up so lightly."

"And now, we have defeated them again. I wonder, my dear ministers, how should we deal with this matter next?"

Next, officials had different opinions.

Some people said that they demanded huge compensation from them and made them pay tribute every year.

There was also talk of asking them to send their princesses to marry and their princes to come to the Central Plains as hostages.

There are also those who say that the Central Plains should have the bearing of a great country and influence them with benevolence and righteousness.

Jia Cong just listened quietly and did not express his opinion.

After the ministers finished speaking, Jia Cong could not help but ask Crown Prince Jia Cang: "Crown Prince, what do you think?"

Prince Jia Cang immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think that the countries of Zhenzhen Kingdom fear power but not virtue."

"They are a group of greedy jackals. Once they become strong, they will surely covet the wealth of our Central Plains again."

"Therefore, I think the most important thing is to continuously weaken them and prevent them from having the opportunity to become stronger."

Hearing this, Jia Cong nodded secretly in his heart and asked, "Then in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

The prince could not help but say: "In my opinion, we can let them fall into civil strife."

"After this war, the strength of each of their countries has been greatly weakened."

"And then we can demand huge compensation from them."

"After two rounds of weakening, their treasury is bound to be empty, and given their robber nature, they are bound to have a desire to plunder."

"At this point, as long as we guide them properly, we can definitely let them fight each other."

"However, we must be vigilant and not allow them to form a unified country."

"Once a unified country is formed, it will surely rise strongly and become the biggest threat to our Central Plains."

Hearing this, Jia Cong nodded repeatedly.

Yes, yes, the current prince is indeed a qualified crown prince.

Jia Cong smiled but said nothing. Then he asked Jia Huan, "Duke Rong, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Jia Huan said calmly: "Your Majesty, I think we should raise the navy again, march to all the countries, and pretend to attack them."

"We can even bombard some of their docks and coastal cities to make them realize how powerful we are and scare them!"

"In this way, we can let them take the initiative to ask for peace with us and let them set their own conditions."

After hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Yes, the ideas of Jia Huan and Jia Cang are the same as Jia Cong’s ideas.

One failure will not necessarily make all these countries behave themselves.

We must let them know how powerful we are.

The basic tone has been set.

The next step is to discuss the compensation.

The ministers began to discuss the details of compensation one by one.

But Jia Cong added a few more points.

The first is to require these countries to open their trading ports.

Goods from the Central Plains can enter these countries at will, and they may not prevent the entry of goods from the Central Plains for any reason.

The second is that each of these thirteen countries must provide a mineral resource for mining in the Central Plains.

The third is that the Central Plains will station troops in these thirteen countries to ensure the security of China’s commerce and mining industries.

The fourth is that even if the people from the Central Plains violate local laws in these thirteen countries, they must judge by the people from the Central Plains themselves.

When these conditions were put forward, even the officials felt that they were a bit excessive.

Such conditions are not much different from the destruction of a country and the extinction of a race. Will they agree to them?

Well, it's still better than the destruction of the country and the extinction of the race.

However, such conditions are indeed very humiliating.

They felt that countries like Zhenzhen would definitely not agree.

However, Jia Cong was full of confidence in this.

Don't agree?
It’s just that the threat is not big enough. When they feel the crisis of national destruction and genocide, you will see whether they will agree or not.

Next, Jia Cong sent Jia Huan again, leading 300,000 naval forces to directly attack the countries of Zhenzhen Kingdom.

Of course, the Central Plains negotiation team also accompanied them.

Three hundred thousand navy troops set out in a mighty force.

Seven days later, they arrived at the waters of Zhenzhen Kingdom.

When the King of Zhenzhen Kingdom learned about this, he was almost scared to death.

The previous great defeat had caused panic in the entire western countries. (End of this chapter)