445 A Dangerous Journey
Since ancient times, kings have been lonely, this sour tone is not the random ridicule of the literati, but an iron-clad fact, especially for an emperor like Napoleon III, who came to power by conspiracy and coup d'état, there is not only loneliness but also terrifying conspiracy arrows in the high places.
The United States and Prussia, including Italy, put pressure on him, and Napoleon III could understand that those countries had close ties with Xiao Lotian and had mutual interests.
But he never imagined that Xiao Lotian could still influence the foreign policy of the British, and the Royal Navy would blatantly provide support to Xiao Letian, without any regard for the friendly relations between the two countries over the years.
In the years after Napoleon III came to power, he tried his best to maintain honeymoon relations with Britain, and the two countries won the Crimean War and the war of the expedition to the Qing Dynasty.
Is it easy to maintain such a situation, it is not easy, Napoleon III grovels and is careful, he has hidden all the pride of his family.
But in this way, the gap between Britain and France is still difficult to bridge, the French emperor knows very well that in the construction and operation of the Suez Canal, France has won the most shares, which has made Britain very red, and Britain has always had an attempt to monopolize India, which is a minefield that France needs to be careful against.
"Maybe Xiao Letian's appearance was just a fuse, and the change of attitude of the British people may have been planned for a long time......" The French Emperor shook his head and drank two glasses of wine in a row, which calmed his feelings.
He sighed and threw away Bismarck's protest letter, took away the secret information from Britain, and threw the advisory letter sent by the American ambassador to the garbage heap.
Just as Napoleon III opened another document, his bloodshot eyes suddenly widened larger than a cow's eyes.
"This, this, this...... What the hell is going on here, what is going on in this world, why is everyone working against me......" The enraged emperor tore everything on the table to the ground, and he was so angry that he almost suffered a stroke.
"Austria has come to intercede with Xiao Letian, why is Austria interceding, are you pigs, Xiao Letian obviously beat you all over the ground looking for teeth in Shiqiao Heights, why did you all come to say good things, is this still the earth where I live." ”
Napoleon III did not know that the Austrian side had already handed over a very generous treaty with Prussia, and the Prussians did not punish Austria at all, they gave their brothers enough face, and Xiao Lotian had a lot of credit for this.
Compared to the lives killed in the battle on the Stone Bridge Heights, Xiao Letian helped Austria more than he caused.
Prussia, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom...... With one more Austria now, almost the entire world of Western civilization is on the opposite side of France, and Napoleon III could not resist such pressure, no matter how angry he was.
"Someone...... Someone's coming. At the emperor's irritable roar, the secretaries, attendants, and officers on duty all ran in, and they looked at the mess in the palace and their faces were bloodless with fright.
"Gather the envoys of the countries in Paris and announce to them my latest orders...... Let Molière and his expeditionary force withdraw from East Asia at once, and France will forgive Xiao Lotian's crimes, all for the sake of peace......"
"Go, go down and arrange ...... at once" At that moment Napoleon III seemed to be ten years older, but when all his men left the Hall of Mirrors, the warlike emperor's face suddenly turned hideous.
"Xiao Letian, you think you have won, hehehe...... I believe in Molière's ability, and the current Ryukyus are probably already in flames. ”
"Halfway around the world, when my order is delivered to Molière, I am afraid that the war will be over long ago, and your one will eventually be destroyed...... Without a base, you're just a dying leper dog, and an assassin's bullet can end your life......"
"Hahaha......" laughed like a madman in the Hall of Mirrors.
When Xiao Letian entered the port of Seychelles from the Sinai Peninsula, there was no complete telegraph network between Europe and the Suez Canal, but when he came here again to prepare for his homecoming, the European telegraph network was already covered, and the latest statement from Paris soon reached Egypt.
With the public statement of His Majesty the Emperor, the French troops stationed in Egypt would definitely not dare to attack Xiao Letian, all they could do was to express their anger with murderous eyes, and by the way, use their influence to threaten the entire hotel in the port of Saidi, and no one was allowed to entertain Xiao Letian.
In this era, the influence of the French in Egypt was the greatest, and this group of people did not wait to see Xiao Letian, and no one in Egypt dared to disobey, and as a result, the Qiē rites that Xiao Lotian encountered in the Mediterranean Sea all ended here.
The new soldiers who boarded the docks will never forget the cold eyes and hostile words of the French colonial officials.
"Mr. Xiao, I must inform you in advance, the security in the Sinai Peninsula has not been very good recently, and our judicial police are also understaffed, so I am afraid that we will not be able to provide you with any protection, and if there is any accident in the port, our French government will not be responsible......
"In addition, in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean...... There are a lot of pirates out there, and we hope your luck in Europe is not exhausted, and we look forward to seeing you again in the future......"
After saying these few words of hostility and threat, the colonial officer quickly checked the border for Xiao Letian and them, and then left the port as if hiding from the plague.
"Phew...... What is it. Countless New Army brothers scolded indignantly.
Xiao Lotian also wanted to scold a few words, but before he could open his mouth, the Prussian diplomats and British ** officers who greeted them greeted him.
"Prime Minister, you can't stay here, the Sinai Peninsula is too dangerous for you now, according to our insider reaction in the local tribe, the sand thieves in the desert have suddenly changed recently, and the frequency of crimes is five or six times more than normal......"
"Without the connivance of the French, these tribal sand thieves would never be so rampant, Prime Minister, you must leave here immediately, not for a second...... There is already a British merchant ship waiting in the Red Sea, and in the Arabian Sea our Indian Ocean Fleet will protect you......"
As soon as the British official finished speaking, the Prussian intelligence officer took over the conversation: "Your Excellency, the situation in the Ryukyus is not optimistic, and the news brought by the merchant ships from various countries returning from East Asia is difficult. ”
"Merchants from all over the world are talking about it, and now rumors are circulating throughout East Asia, even in Japan, and there are countless newspaper photos of you with a bayonet in circulation...... Who else will spread such rumors except the French. ”
"The expeditionary fleet led by the French envoy Molière should have arrived in the Ryukyus by now according to the normal speed, and it is obvious that this is a rumor made by France in advance, and it is used to demoralize your army......"
With a buzz, Xiao Letian's blood pressure soared all of a sudden, and his ears were full of ringing, although he had made all kinds of pessimistic speculations about the situation in the country before, but when the accurate information was transmitted, he found that the reality was far more cruel than his speculation.
"Awesome, this Molière is worthy of the trust of Napoleon III's chief of guard, and the knife has stabbed me in the soft underbelly...... Let's get out of Port Said right away, we'll leave Egypt right away......"
"I called it a stone to shoot myself in the foot, and I didn't expect that my plan to attack the French would turn around and let them take advantage of it. ”
Britain and Prussia had already prepared camel teams, and Xiao Letian and his party did not even have anything to eat, so they rode camels through the city and headed straight for the Red Sea.
The Sinai Peninsula has now become a huge construction site, and the desert terrain that stretches from Port Said all the way south to the Gulf of Suez is now densely packed with busy workers, hundreds of thousands of Egyptian laborers working like ants under the command of the French overseers.
Now don't say that Xiao Letian feels the danger, even his brothers and hired Egyptian guides are a little hairy, it is said that the French did not increase their troops a few days ago, why did the number of garrisons on both sides of the canal decrease along the way.
"Allah bless, I saw the red moon the other day, is the desert going to bleed, Allah bless you......" prayed the pious Egyptian guides, who grew up in this desert and had this unusual awareness of danger.
"Damn, this group of French people definitely has a conspiracy, and the biggest possibility is to encourage desert bandits to attack us, otherwise it would be impossible to relax the vigilance so much...... Accelerate, the camel team accelerates, and the fastest speed to cover these 200 kilometers......"
Xiao Lotian was ruthless, and in the end, he actually bought all the hundreds of camels in the hands of the guide, "I bought all these camels of yours, and all the tired ones are mine, as long as we get on the boat safely, I will give you the rest of the camels for nothing." ”
The Egyptian guide looked at the more than a dozen pockets of silver coins, and his eyes were blinded: "Oh my Allah, you are so generous...... Don't worry, I'll do my best. ”
Xiao Letian This is the first time that he knows that a camel can run so fast when he is in a hurry, and he is not weaker than a galloping horse, the three-strand leather whip snapped on the camel's body, and the sore camel ran wildly in the desert and rolled up a soil dragon.
"Ahem, ahem...... That's too choking...... cough cough cough, it's going to kill me......" Xiao Lotian was choked and almost died.
Xiao Letian didn't know that the crime he suffered was nothing at all, in the depths of the desert in their west, thousands of Arab cavalry were frantically strangling together, on one side were the fierce desert thieves numbering more than four hundred, and on the other side was the coalition army of five or six tribes around, with a strength of more than six hundred.
The enemy and the enemy are now red-eyed, the horses and camels are charging back and forth in the rolling yellow sand, the sharp scimitars are harvesting life, and the battlefield is covered with blood and stumps and broken arms.