"As long as the iron boots of the Celestial Empire step on the soil of England, it is only a matter of time before the entire island falls."

After the Battle of Beachy Point, the whole of Europe made this judgment, because it was clear to everyone that there was not a single force on the island that could stop the Celestial Empire's attack.

The reason for this is not how powerful the Iron Boots of the Celestial Empire were, but because the main force of the British army was not in England, but by William III

Although William III won decisive victories in England and Scotland after the usurpation, in Catholic-majority Ireland, the people refused to recognize his crown and surrounded the Anglican army in its only station: Londonderry. In the spring of 1689, James II and the French Expeditionary Force arrived in Ireland, making the situation even more critical. The Jaco-Irish forces were besieging the remnants of the British army in Ireland in Londonderry, the last stronghold.

After the devastating losses in the winter of 1689, William looked forward to launching a major offensive in Ireland himself to settle Ireland's troubles once and for all, and then free up his hands to deal with the threat from France and the Celestial Empire. After all the preparations were completed, on June 11, 1690, 288 transports carrying William III and 15,000 troops crossed the St. George's Strait, arriving three days later. At the time of William III's personal conquest of Ireland, the internal affairs of England were entrusted to Queen Mary, who ruled with his wife who remained in London.

The crushing defeat at Beachhorn sent all British sea power into the icy sea, and with the loss of the British fleet, the army of nearly 30,000 men led by William III also remained in Ireland, perhaps they could gain an advantage in Ireland, but they could not return to England to block the attack of the Celestial Empire.

Finally, under the eyes of the world, the iron boots of the Celestial Empire set foot on the soil of England, but it was not the army of the Celestial Empire that people imagined to be the main force, but the British themselves.

"Your Majesty, right now, those traitors are on their way to London, and they're constantly recruiting troops along the way......"

Standing respectfully in front of Queen Anne, John Churchill's face looked extremely ugly.

Once upon a time, he had vowed to defeat the Ming army, but now, in the face of the Ming army's attack, he simply had no power to stop them.

After King William brought an army of 15,000 to Ireland, there were more than 30,000 British troops there, but now there were less than 25,000 troops left in England, and this army was still scattered in various places, and it was not even enough for the Ming army. What's more, the Ming army is still recruiting troops.

The emptiness of England's domestic defenses forced Churchill to even want to bring back the troops stationed in Scotland, even if it was to try to save the thirst with far water on the premise that there were rebel forces in Scotland.

But the troops stationed in Scotland are not something that can be mobilized, those troops are the basis for ensuring the stability of Scotland, and once those troops leave Scotland, the rebellion may break out again, so he can't use them lightly. Especially at this critical moment, if there is a little more chaos in Scotland, then the end of Britain is inevitable.

What's more, even if he wants to transfer, he can't transfer the army back in the short term.

After all, the Celestial Empire didn't give him time at all.

"Aren't there many people who are telling the atrocities of those traitors?"

Queen Anne asked, puzzled. Since she suffered from gout when she ascended the throne, she was obese and had difficulty moving, and she needed to use a wheelchair or trailer to move, so as usual, she just sat there quietly.

"Why is there still someone to help them?"

"Your Majesty, because of the promise of the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire not only provided them with a high military salary, but even gave them a ticket to the colony, as long as they were willing to accept the Celestial Empire's mercenary and become a mercenary of the Celestial Empire, they were allowed to go to the Celestial Empire's colonies after the war."

Churchill's tone was a little helpless.

"For those farmers, perhaps, this is the best choice."

In his heart, he even secretly rejoiced, fortunately, the Celestial Empire did not say that as long as he surrendered, he could get the opportunity to go to the Celestial Empire, otherwise he didn't even doubt that overnight, everyone would surrender.

After all, for the past many years, the Celestial Empire was heaven for the British, and now that heaven has opened its doors to people, who would refuse?

"There may have been brave people who resisted, but many more chose to cooperate, not only did some join their armies and fight for them, but many more led the way and provided them with all kinds of support, and even many merchants were willing to provide them with everything they needed, after all, no one could refuse the silver dollar of the Western Bank."

Churchill's words made Anne's whole body fall into silence, and she sat there quietly, with a hint of trepidation in her seemingly calm expression.

"Now, they can storm London at any time if they wish, and my suggestion is that Your Majesty should leave here as soon as possible! Leave London. ”

"Seemingly, I understand James......"

Anne refers to James as her father, and she understands why he chose to flee, because even resistance is a dead end.

But her pride made Anne refuse to flee.

"My friend, what should I do now? Escape? Do you think this is something a king should do? I thought, maybe, we have other options. ”

Churchill relied on the intimate friendship between his wife Sarah Jennings and Queen Anne to become the Queen's close confidant, and was also deeply trusted by the Queen.

"Negotiate!"

"Negotiations? Will they be willing to negotiate now? ”

Anne asked rhetorically.

"Didn't they attack England for James? If we negotiate now, will they let me and William abdicate? ”

Faced with the Queen's successive questions, Churchill pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Celestial Empire is a group of extremely realistic guys, they will never fight a war for the throne of James, if I guess correctly, even their support for James is based on the need for interests - now they have achieved their goal, they have obtained the North American colony, and James has sold it to the Celestial Empire."

Looking at the Queen, Churchill hesitated.

"Perhaps, we can recognize their purchase of the North American colonies in exchange for their withdrawal."

"Are you saying that we are going to approve of James' betrayal of the North American colonies?"

Anne said with some displeasure.

"Your Majesty, I think that just by such a condition, it is obviously impossible to exchange them for withdrawing their troops, and if we want them to withdraw, we will have to pay more price! After all, now they are just outside the city of London and can attack London at any time if they want! ”

London ahead!

Less than ten miles from London, Martin's unit, the "British Regiment", the "Asia-Europe Mixed Army" with captured British sailors as soldiers and Ming soldiers as commanders, received orders to halt the attack.

Although the order to attack was stopped, for Martin and the others, they did not remain idle, they were busy for several days, clearing the miscellaneous trees near the camp, building a parapet fortress, laying barbed wire in front of the fortress, digging new pits, erecting tents, and constructing the camp......

In short, everything was carried out slowly in accordance with the marching field dogma of the Ming Army. It's just that now it is a group of Europeans who carry out all this, and perhaps their appearance is completely different from that of the Celestial Empire, but in terms of obeying orders, they are no worse than the Celestial Empire soldiers, after all, strict military law is placed there.

And after they were busy with everything, these people went to take a bath at the urging of the officers of the Celestial Empire, for the officers of the Celestial Empire, these British people who did not take a bath for several months, or even longer, really made them untouchable, if they did not take a bath, it is estimated that the officers could be smoked to death by the smell of their bodies. Luckily, there was a small stream running in front of the fort, so you didn't have to go far to have a place to bathe.

It was almost dark, and Martin sat under the oak tree by the river, and he was already bathing, lying on the grass under the tree, and he could hear the sound of the guys in the river.

At this time, his mood became complicated, but his mood was calm, but it added a sadness. He remembered the look on the Englishman he had killed, and he thought of the Englishmen who had died at their guns.

Damn it.

For a moment, he wanted to throw everything in front of him out of the clouds. But he knew that after a while he would not be able to ignore these issues, after all, tomorrow he would still need to face such a problem - killing the resistors and recruiting those who cooperated.

But as long as the war continued, he had to keep killing the Englishmen, who said the same thing to him, and he even thought of the woman's song he heard today, and the woman's song evoked some good memories, but then what?

It's all going to end......

Martin silently thought in his heart, at this time he saw a cavalry team coming, he could guess without looking at it, it must be from the Celestial Empire.

Just as Martin guessed, Zhang Nanlin and his party came on horseback in the mud, and then parked the horse by the river, seeing the arrival of the chief, Martin quickly stood up, and then shouted to the guys who were bathing.

"The chief has arrived."

"No, just let the big guy take a bath by himself, there is a salute when taking a bath."

Zhang Nanlin didn't even wear a hat, but he had a smile on his face.

When facing the officers of the Celestial Empire, Martin felt a little awe in his heart. He had seen this high-ranking officer in the camp many times, but this was the first time he had been so close.

Zhang Nanlin came to them, and he said loudly.

"Brothers, you are all here, how are you...... Let's take a shower and get comfortable. ”

As he spoke, he took off his military uniform and walked into the river, and the guys who were bathing laughed too, and they finally relaxed a little.

"I've heard that you don't want to take a bath, and it seems that there are still many people who are afraid of bathing."

With a grin, Zhang Nanlin said loudly again.

"What's so terrible about bathing, you don't make salt, you won't melt in the water, and you have to know that whether you can maintain hygiene is the foundation of human life!"

After the translator passed on his words to everyone, seeing that the big guys were laughing, Zhang Nanlin continued.

"Moreover, in the future, when you go to the Celestial Empire, for example, the Cape of Good Hope, I am from there, and in my place, even the slaves and maids of the family have to take a bath twice a day, and you will develop a habit here now, and when you get there, you can adapt to life there."

After knowing what the chief meant from the translator's mouth, Martin couldn't help but smile a little. It was the first time he had seen such an intimate officer, very different from the British officers who had their noses on their heads, and those guys had never been so close to soldiers.

"Sir, you're at the Cape of Good Hope, if the war is over and I'll go to you, can you give me a job?"

"Give me a job? Of course. ”

Zhang Nanlin raised his voice and said:

"Guys, if any of you are willing to give me a job, I will arrange for you as much as possible, even if I can't, I can also arrange you in a friend's farm or factory, believe me, you will live there well too, at least better than now."

Speaking of this, Zhang Nanlin paused for a while, then stood there motionless, then his eyes flashed, and he continued.

"I believe that you will also do your best, after all, you are all members of the British Legion now, you may not be for the honor of the Legion, but for your own sake, in order to be able to reach the Cape of Good Hope or anywhere else, you must kill your enemies as much as possible, after all, your enemies will definitely do everything possible to kill you, and the dead can only go to heaven, not to the Celestial Empire."

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd. Since the big guy had already taken a bath at this time, most of the people had already come here to listen to Zhang Nanlin unknowingly.

"Brethren, I'm not joking with you on the battlefield, it's always been like this, either you kill the enemy or you are killed by the enemy, there is no other choice."

Of course, there is another option, that is, surrender, but Zhang Nanlin will not say this, and after talking to these people for a while, he smiled at everyone after taking a bath, got dressed and rode on a horse, and left.

Looking at the departing chief, Martin suddenly spoke:

"Ouch, our officers are amazing."

Martin used "we".

"Indeed, it is not at all the same as the officers of the Britze."

"It's really different, in England, no one who is an officer is a good person. It's all bastards. ”

Martin continued.

"Yes, if you can come down and talk to us soldiers in person, where else can you find such an officer? In my opinion, our choice must be good. ”

"Haha, that's wrong, I don't care......"

Harry beside him said to Martin.

"Anyway, I knew that when we won the battle, I could go to the Celestial Empire......"

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