Edo Traveler

The Qing Kingdom has won a great victory!

OK! What's so bad about this. It shows that Yingmi is not an invincible existence, and the Zulu people in Africa can fight back and forth with the British. The mountain people of Afghanistan can kill 20,000 British troops in one battle. Why can't others.

Although it was a victory for the Qing Dynasty, it was also good news for the shogunate. To cheer up the shogunate and the training team, if you really have to fight with Yingmi again in the future, there will be less fear.

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After parting with Sukeroku, Chuemon returned to the Edogawa Mansion. Originally, when Chuemon was a senior high school student, he would meet some visitors after lower duty and before dinner. Now that the identity has changed, it is unlikely that ordinary people will meet Chuemon, let alone have a few words with Chuemon.

However, this also allowed Chuemon to have a large amount of personal time, about three hours, after returning home, where he could do whatever he wanted.

Originally, Chuemon was thinking of planning an economic development route. After all, isn't this a branch of Tokugawa Xingye set up in the Shanghai Concession Area? Are there any better products that can be sold to the Qing Kingdom?

But now it is not allowed to be distracted by thinking about this anymore. After the second battle of Dakukou, the Qing army apparently won a good victory. But in fact, it did not have a half-point impact on the strength of the foreign powers. For the European powers that have evolved into a nation-state and can mobilize an army of millions, what is the death of a few hundred thousand people?

It doesn't count at all! It will only make them feel like they have lost face and need to get back on their feet!

Soon, the Anglo-French coalition forces will mobilize more troops to come to East Asia for a massive counter-offensive. As for what the result will be, you must also know.

With Qing, there are only a few troops that can fight a dozen, and the combat effectiveness is the same. The so-called Mongolian iron cavalry can still shoot against the British army. As soon as it encountered the Sikh cavalry and the Bengal lancer charging and assaulting it, it collapsed and was crushed and beaten by modern cavalry.

The organization of the feudal army and the modern army is really too different, and they are not at the same level at all.

According to Chuemon's estimation, not only will Britain and France mobilize troops from the mainland and colonies, but there is another possibility, a possibility that Chuemon does not wish to happen.

Borrow troops from the shogunate!

If the British and French ministers came to us to borrow troops, how should they refuse? The last time he suppressed the Indian people's uprising, Alcock was very happy to command the Japanese mercenaries to lead him. As a result, he is not holding the medal now, the baron is doing it, the governor is rising, and he is the local emperor in Singapore, flying happily.

The current British minister, Ali Guo, may not have such thoughts. But don't underestimate A Liguo, Mr. Minister, who was born as a surgeon. In the early years, he served as a military doctor of the British army, and followed the British army to pick things up and make **** sticks. Not only is the surgery well done, but it is also said to be specialized in ophthalmology, and is also well-known in London.

Later, when I was in the Iberian Peninsula, I was infected with rheumatism, and the fingers of both hands were all damaged. I was shaking when I held the pen.

If you change to an ordinary person, you will give up on yourself if you don't keep up, and then drink a drunk at home, and you will die of drunkenness. After all, his family is a family of doctors and has quite a bit of money, so he is not afraid of lying flat.

Valley tide

As a result, the old man didn't mean to be discouraged at all, and used his personal connections as a military doctor to get the job of the consul of Fuzhou. All the way to East Asia, he has been promoted again and again for more than ten years, and now he has been promoted to the Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the British Empire in Japan.

He doesn't want to change the governor to do it? Get a Baron Dangdang? Going to the House of Lords to sleep in the old age?

There is no need to estimate, Chuemon is sure that he will find a way to borrow troops from the shogunate, and then use the shogunate's training team to dye his top. How could someone who has reached his position have no ambition.

Just when Zhongyouemon was thinking about this, he said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. Terazawa Shintaro received a telegram from Ariguo to the shogunate, and now it is forwarded to Chuemon in person.

Previously, after Aliguo took office, he wanted to discuss with the shogunate the issue of the previous training team to recruit the Indian army, but it was very unfortunate that the Tokugawa family settled on Bintian, which dragged on for three or four months. Not to mention negotiation, the shogunate itself has been shut down, nothing has been done, and all efforts are devoted to sending the Tokugawa family order.

Now the Tokugawa family set has been sent, and it is safe to go to the ground. Then Ari country can naturally submit credentials to the new general Tokugawa Chusaka, and conduct consultations with the shogunate.

As for whether to discuss the matter of the expedition team to recruit the Indian army, or to discuss the borrowing of troops? unknown.

Unfolding the telegram, the content is not much, just a few lines, Chuemon quickly read it. It was nothing more than Ari country's request for an audience with Chuemon, let him officially perform his duties, and began to perform his duties as a minister of the British Empire. The legacy of the predecessor Alcock, it is best to also solve it.

Of course, he didn't explicitly say borrowing troops, but the meaning was clearly on the paper, and Zhongyou guards saw it clearly. What I am most afraid of is this. I have escaped by conquering India before. What should I do this time? There is no particularly good reason to reject Ali Kingdom.

"Shintaro, hurry up..." Chuemon stood up and told Terazawa Shintaro, but the words came to his lips, and he swallowed them back.

What's the use of finding someone else to negotiate? What good reason could they have for rejecting the British's request to borrow troops?

For the British, the shogun's cannon fodder was cheap and easy to use, which was far more convenient than transferring troops from the British mainland. Furthermore, the continuous recruitment of the shogunate army can also weaken the military strength of the shogunate. For the British, there are only advantages and no disadvantages.

When the shogunate becomes weaker and more and more reliant on the United Kingdom, it will be more convenient for the United Kingdom to directly intervene in the affairs of the shogunate. A shogunate that can barely maintain the stability of domestic rule and at the same time borrows a lot from the foreign powers is exactly what the foreign powers like to see.

Moreover, Daiying also hopes to support the shogunate, continue to stand in the front, and curb the expansion of Tsarist Russia in the Far East.

"Go on?" Seeing Chuemon sitting down again, Terazawa Shintaro took the initiative to ask.

"Ow, forget it, let's go for now." Chuemon waved his hand.

Let's talk about it tomorrow at the imperial meeting. Anyway, this matter can't be rushed. When Elgin returns to the Far East from London, it will be next year. The British will attack, and it is not known when.

Or think about whether there is any excuse that can be used to shirk. Anyway, as long as Elgin launches an attack, it will take a few days to bring the clearing down. The Anglo-French allied forces won, so naturally the Shogunate would not be used.