Volume IV: 1860 The Rise of the Celestial Empire, Chapter 98: The Curse of the True God (I)

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The next month, the Japanese envoy really bet 1.8 million taels of gold, and hurriedly came to visit the Celestial Empire again, Zhang Yuntian also selected 30 craftsmen who knew how to make weapons from the corpse guards as promised, and as the Japanese envoy returned to Tokyo, this qiē seemed so harmonious, so smooth, but a storm behind the scenes continued to ferment.

In the fifth year of the true god, the Celestial Empire began to gradually enter the era of electrification, and cars can be seen galloping back and forth on the road in various major cities, and airplanes have begun to extend from the initial military reconnaissance aircraft to fighters, bombers, transport aircraft, etc., and civilian passenger aircraft have also been developed.

The mass production of aircraft has raised the Celestial Empire to a new height that no one can match, both in terms of transportation and combat against the enemy.

However, during this period, the pattern of the world changed drastically, and the eleven southern states of the United States seceded from the Union, formed the Confederacy, and provoked the Civil War on the grounds of Lincoln's inauguration as president of the United States, which began the civil war that emancipated black slaves.

At the same time in Europe, the Kingdom of Prussia launched a full-scale war against France, and for a time the whole world was full of gunsmoke.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yuntian launched a large-scale war to conquer the world, the first army of 500,000 people, to the south to conquer southern India, and then sent troops to Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries, and landed in Australia.

The second legion, a million men, set out from the Russian border to conquer the Ottoman Empire and gain access to the Mediterranean.

A third army of 800,000 men crossed the Red Sea and invaded Egypt and South Africa.

The fourth legion, one million men, marched through the Guò continental shelf to Canada.

Zhang Yuntian wanted to conquer and occupy, not colonize, so every time he conquered a country, he first converted the remnants of the armed forces into corpse guards, and then set up local Chinese schools, set Chinese as the official language, and gave certain economic subsidies and tax exemptions every month to locals who could communicate fluently in Chinese.

Carrots and sticks are the most effective means of governance, as long as the armed forces are firmly in the hands of the hands, and then the people are favored, subtly, will gradually change people's thinking, after all, in the nineteenth century, most countries are under the shadow of colonial rule, in the face of Zhang Yuntian's friendly and kind management style, people are naturally happy and convinced.

At the same time, Zhang Yuntian advocated that all people were equal, and did not divide people into three, six, nine, and so on according to their skin color and race, which also greatly alleviated the contradictions between races and was more conducive to long-term rule.

As a result, the land area of the Celestial Empire is expanding rapidly like a rocket, but the number of domestic armies has not increased significantly, so the garrisons in various places are gradually decreasing.

Taking a fancy to this opportunity, Britain, the former empire on which the sun never sets, watched the original colonies that belonged to him fall little by little, and his position in the world pattern was also rapidly weakening, in order to avoid the doom of his own country being subverted, he began to plan a surprise attack against the Celestial Empire!

On the one hand, Britain signed a mutual defense agreement with Canada, Norway, Sweden and other countries, and on the other hand, secretly contacted Japan, an island country far away on the other side of the world, preparing to take advantage of the emptiness of the Celestial Empire to attack from the east and west and defeat it in one fell swoop!

Their tactics were very simple, Britain would send troops to assist Sweden in launching an attack on Russia, and since Russia and the Celestial Empire were allies and had signed a mutual defense agreement, the Celestial Empire would definitely lead troops to support.

At this time, Japan will send troops to harass Korea, and in the same way, the Celestial Empire will still send troops to rescue, so that the army guarding the Celestial Empire will be greatly dispersed, and at this time, the British and Japanese allied warships will storm Dagu, land from Tianjin, and directly capture the Forbidden City!

Such a battle was already familiar to the British, and the Celestial Empire's domestic railways were well connected, although this greatly helped to transport and send troops, and likewise, it also provided convenient conditions for foreign invasion.

The British believe that Zhang Yuntian, the true god sitting in the Forbidden City, is the spiritual pillar of the entire Celestial Empire and the supreme commander of the military and political system, although for some reason he has not yet been called the emperor, but as long as he is taken down, the entire army of the Celestial Empire will inevitably be defeated without a fight, and as long as Zhang Yuntian is forced to make these advanced technologies public to the world, then the military superiority of the Celestial Empire will be greatly weakened, so that the Celestial Empire's ambitions for the world will be completely eliminated.

Britain's calculations were not bad, but the Japanese side of course responded positively, and almost at the same time, the Swedish army crossed the border and attacked St. Petersburg from both land and water directions, and the Russian army could not resist and immediately asked for help from the Celestial Empire.

Now the real power in Russia is the Grand Duke Podovich, the father of Zhang Yuntian's concubine Katerina, according to the seniority, it should be Zhang Yuntian's father-in-law, and now that his father-in-law has been beaten, why can't he sit idly by?

So Zhang Yuntian dispatched 100,000 elites from the northern region to rush to support, and at the same time mobilized bombers and attack planes as auxiliary troops.

The Swedish army has no idea what kind of powerful enemy they are facing, not to mention other things, taking aircraft as an example, at present, all armies are equipped with weapons, including the Celestial Empire, and there is no anti-aircraft artillery and other equipment that can accurately hit aircraft.

If you shoot only with a musket, not to mention its extremely low range, and the speed of the bullet is very slow, trying to hit the plane from the ground is almost the same as buying a lottery ticket with the probability of winning 5 million.

Although the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is also related to the terrain and the command ability of the commanders, it is inevitable that there will be some unexpected emergencies on the battlefield, but these unfavorable factors will only play a role in delaying the war at most, although the battle has not yet begun, but the victory or defeat has already been decided.

However, as soon as Russia fought, North Korea sent people to ask for help!

The Celestial Empire has always been a protectorate of Korea, and there is also a relationship between in-laws, so Zhang Yuntian has no reason to refuse their request for help, but at this time, most of the troops that the entire Celestial Empire can mobilize are in the southwest, counting the troops defending the Beijing Division, there are only seven or eight thousand people in total.

This situation is indeed a bit unexpected, even Qianjiang has miscalculated, it is no wonder, such as today's dynasty is so strong, the south and the north are fighting, the army of the True God Sect is invincible wherever it goes, and the teams immediately flee when they see the banner of the True God Sect, and they are terrified, in this case, who would have thought that someone would dare to take the initiative to challenge the Great Heavenly Empire.

Qian Jiang was so anxious that he walked around in place, his eyebrows twisted into a rope, and after a long time, he sighed heavily and said: "Alas, it's all to blame the old man for getting carried away, and he actually missed the treacherous people of Japan, but I didn't expect them to take advantage of the emptiness of our Great Celestial Empire's troops to send troops to invade Korea!" I'm afraid that sending troops to invade and occupy North Korea is just testing our hypocrisy, and the latter move will definitely be more dangerous! ”

"Could it be... Could it be..."Qian Jiang pondered for a while, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oops, now we occupy a lot of land that originally belonged to Britain, but I am afraid that this time the two countries and Sweden have discussed and are ready to attack us!" In this way, their next step must be to repeat their old tricks, land from Dagu, and attack the Beijing Division! I build yì, the true god should go south to inspect the people's situation, avoid the edge of the foreign yi, and wait for the southern expeditionary army to come back, then the thieves will leave without a fight! ”

Zhang Yuntian smiled, walked to Qian Jiang's side, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and comforted: "The wisdom of the military advisor is unparalleled, originally this is also a way to deal with it..."

Originally? Qian Jiang heard what Zhang Yuntian said, and hurriedly asked, "Is there any other way for the true god to solve the current crisis?" ”

Zhang Yuntian smiled mysteriously and said: "Of course, when the Japanese envoys bought the Demon Exterminating Fire Weapon Craft before, I didn't tell them that if one day, Japan dares to be disrespectful to the Celestial Empire, then it will definitely bear my curse, now is the time!" ”

He calmly walked to the sand table, planted all the flags with the fleet near the Japanese ports, and ordered: "From now on, mobilize all the fleets that can be mobilized, block the entire Japanese ports, and absolutely not let any Japanese ships leave the port!" Remember, it's not warships, it's all ships, not even fishing boats! If possible, try to destroy their ships and not let a single Japanese leave the Japanese island! ”

In such a passive war situation now, Zhang Yuntian did not focus on defense, but wanted to block the Japanese from going to sea? Qian Jiang was a little confused, although it is said that offense is the best defense, but at present, the deployable military forces of the Celestial Empire cannot complete the offensive defense at all, not to mention that even if it is to attack, it should be concentrated to attack Tokyo, what does it mean to blockade the port?

If the Japanese had already concentrated their fleet in a certain bay, and when the time was ripe to rush out, the scattered fleet forces would not be able to defend it at all!

Qian Jiang was a little confused about Zhang Yuntian's decision-making, according to such a simple reason, the true god must be able to understand, why did he insist on doing this? He wanted to refute, but he didn't dare to refute, his face was red and white, and he stood in front of the sand table in a daze, his mouth was full, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Zhang Yuntian saw Qian Jiang's worries and said with relief: "Don't worry, Japan is about to pay a terrible price for betraying the true God, and my curse is about to be fulfilled, you just need to do what I tell you!" ”

Seeing Zhang Yuntian's confident appearance, Qian Jiang didn't want to say anything at the moment, so he had to nod in compromise, and secretly instructed Ren Liang and Yang Yuanpeng to gather five hundred elites, in case the enemy broke through the defense line and attacked the Forbidden City, it would be better to leave a way to retreat.

At this time in Tokyo, Japan, the cabinet ministers were celebrating each other, and although the invasion of the Celestial Empire had not yet officially begun, they had already smelled the smell of victory in the war.

Japan called its army the Imperial Army, which began after the Meiji Restoration, and now the Imperial Army has invaded Korea, as if there is no one, and the Korean army was defeated with one blow, and there was no combat effectiveness at all, and in just ten days of fighting, the Japanese army has achieved many heavy victories.

However, what made them even more excited was that the Celestial Empire army, which should have rushed to support a long time ago, didn't even see a human figure, such a table can only show one problem: the Celestial Empire really has no troops available, and now is the perfect opportunity to attack!

"Report to the Prime Minister!" An officer walked in, "I just received a report that the fleet of the Celestial Empire suddenly invaded our territorial waters and blocked many ports!" ”

"What?" Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito's face changed, did he underestimate the strength of the Celestial Empire? They still have enough troops to launch an attack on the Japanese mainland? If this is the case, then it is not a waste of rice to steal chickens, and he hurriedly asked: "What is the number of warships of the Celestial Empire, and is there any sign of attacking the port?" ”

"Looking back at the Prime Minister, at present, the fleet of the Celestial Empire is very responsible, it is just quietly docked outside the range of the battery, and there is no intention of attacking, and the whereabouts of the Celestial Empire's warships have been reported in many ports across the country, so it is impossible to accurately estimate the number of enemies!"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister!" The last envoy to the Celestial Empire was ranked as a cabinet minister due to the successful introduction of the demon slaying fire gun technology, and he reminded on the side: "According to the next opinion, the Celestial Empire's move is just a bluff, if the Celestial Empire really has a mobilizable army, they will not appear in such a grand manner, but quietly concentrate their forces to capture the port, if this is the case, I am afraid that the report we have received is not to find traces of the enemy, but to ask for support!" ”

Ito Hirobumi nodded, smiled with satisfaction, and encouraged, "You go on!" ”

"In my opinion, the Celestial Empire is now at the end of the crossbow, although the number of warships is large, but it is not concentrated, it is easy for us to break through one by one, we might as well plan and make the enemy mistakenly think that we are afraid, and when the British fleet is in place, we will launch a night attack, break through the blockade, and then take advantage of the darkness to march towards Tianjin! The Celestial Empire has dispatched all its fleets to blockade us, so their defensive strength will naturally be even weaker, congratulations to the Prime Minister, the stupid layout of the Celestial Empire has already made our plan half successful! ”

"And—" The messenger felt a sudden feeling of dizziness, and before he could say the next words, he fell to the ground suddenly.

This sudden scene startled the surrounding ministers, and after a while, several gray-haired old doctors hurriedly walked in, reached out and touched the messenger's wrist twice.

"Huh?" Probably because the condition was extremely peculiar, and the doctor seemed to have never seen such a condition, he reached out and touched the patient's neck artery, and finally probed his nose again, and then stood up with a gloomy face, and said, "I am very sorry, Prime Minister, the patient is dead!" ”

He's dead? Hearing this bad news, everyone was stunned, this person is in the prime of life, and he rarely gets sick, not to mention that he was still talking about it just now, and he didn't feel any discomfort, how can he say that he is dead? This is also too contrary to common sense!

Just when everyone was disagreeing, someone suddenly whispered: "Could it be... Is this the curse of the true God of the Celestial Empire? ”

As soon as his words fell, the messenger's body suddenly twitched, and then slowly stood up.