Betraying England's intelligence to the Great Zhou was secondary, and more importantly, the French Emperor Louis XVIII decided to gather all the warships in the country in the English Channel, which made England feel a great threat.

Every day, French warships would go out to sea and wander on the surface for most of the day before returning to port.

If there were an English warship going to sea, the French warship would return the same way after seeing it, and would not linger at all, let alone provoke.

This made the English government feel very angry.

If the warships of France were to provoke a little, they could also use this as an excuse to declare war on France.

But the current situation is that people don't even fight you face-to-face, so how can you make a move?

What's more, because of this move by France, the original plan of England to increase the number of troops to Tianzhu by 50,000 can only be postponed.

The English also knew that this was just a bluff on the part of France, and even if they gathered all the warships in the country, they still did not dare to take the initiative to attack the English.

But if you are not afraid of 10,000 in everything, you are afraid of what if, when the English warships are all out to sea, and France suddenly gives them such a moment?

Therefore, everything cannot be left unguarded.

Because of this, the plan to increase the number of troops to Tianzhu by 50,000 can only be repeatedly delayed.

In addition to the first batch of 10,000 soldiers, the second batch of 10,000 reinforcements, the English government does not know when they will be able to leave the port?

"This matter must be resolved as soon as possible!" The Queen of England had apparently lost her patience, "The French Navy is obviously bluffing in order to completely disrupt the Empire's plans to increase troops to Tianzhu."

Once it is delayed by France for too long, I am afraid that it will not be long before Tianzhu will break away from the arms of the empire. ”

"Your Majesty, I also know that this is a French trick, but we can't be unaware of France. In Weichen's meaning, it is better for the empire to send the second batch of reinforcements first, stabilize the situation in Tianzhu first, and wait for the matter here to be resolved, and then the empire will go all out to increase troops to Tianzhu. ”

The British prime minister thought that the number of warships in the country must first ensure the superiority over France, so that Tianzhu could increase his troops.

But in this way, the original plan will be completely disrupted, and within half a year, the British Empire can only increase its troops to Tianzhu by 20,000 at most.

As for the situation in Tianzhu in the next six months, what will happen to the situation on Tianzhu's side? The Prime Minister of England has run out of business.

However, the British Prime Minister believes that no matter how bad the situation in Tianzhu is, it will not be any worse.

After all, through intelligence analysis, the proportion of firearms battalions in the army that entered Tianzhu in the Great Zhou Dynasty was not very large, and it was not even as large as the current number of British garrisons in Tianzhu.

As for the remaining more than 100,000 Great Zhou troops?

The Prime Minister of England did not take it into account at all.

"It seems that this is the only way to go!" The Queen of England thought about it for a long time, but she didn't come up with any good solution, so she could only nod her head and agree.

On the French side, Emperor Louis XVIII summoned the admirals back to Paris and said, "Now what you have to do is to hold back the English navy as much as possible, and not let them reinforce Tianzhu with all their might."

Remember, if you encounter the British at sea, don't provoke them, don't fight them, and return to port. ”

"But Your Majesty, once you do this, I'm afraid it will greatly reduce the spirit of our army." Some generals said worriedly.

"It's better to be frustrated than to die in the sea! Now my greatest fear is that once you come into contact with the English Navy, I am afraid that under the deliberate provocation of the other side, you will not be able to resist firing at the British warships. ”

Louis XVIII's fears were not unreasonable, but I was afraid that when it really came to that point, the British warships would definitely fight with the French warships.

And with the strength of the French Navy, it was not enough to challenge the supremacy of the English Navy.

It is even very likely that the French navy will be completely wiped out because of this, so Louis XVIII had to give such an order.

At the same time, Louis XVIII understood the importance of Tianzhu to England.

Once England loses Tianzhu, the richest colony, their national power will definitely decline rapidly, which will give France a chance to catch up.

It is also because of this that Louis XVIII will spare no effort to help Da Zhou delay the process of increasing English troops to Tianzhu.

But the premise of all this is that France must not really provoke England, otherwise England has not lost Tianzhu, but I am afraid that France itself will suffer, and it will be bad.

……

"General, it's raining!" Outside the city of Calcutta, an important town in the eastern part of Tianzhu, the deputy general entered Sun Dingzong's tent to report.

"Really?" When Sun Dingzong heard this, he was very happy in his heart and hurriedly went out of the camp to see.

Seeing that raindrops were falling from the sky, his expression was a little excited, and he instructed the adjutant general: "Pass the order, everything will act according to the original plan." ”

"Yes, General!" The lieutenant replied and went down.

On this night, the rain in the sky became heavier and heavier, and Sun Dingzong in the camp couldn't sleep at all as he tossed and turned in bed.

Listening to the sound of rain falling outside the tent, Sun Dingzong kept muttering: "God bless, don't stop this rain, it's best to rain for three days and three nights......"

Early the next morning, Sun Dingzong got up with two dark circles under his eyes.

Without bothering to wash, Sun Dingzong came out of the tent, looking at the cloudy sky outside, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and his face was full of smiles.

At this time, the adjutant general came over again and replied: "General, according to your previous orders, the last general has already led people to cut off the Hooghly River. ”

After hearing this, Sun Dingzong asked, "The British army in the city didn't find out, did they?" ”

"The general can rest assured, it is raining so heavily that the British army will not find out at all. Moreover, the last general also planted a team of secret lines there, and as long as anyone approached, they would be killed on the spot, ensuring that nothing went wrong. ”

Seeing that the deputy general said this, Sun Dingzong was relieved.

Then Sun Dingzong asked again: "Has the military camp that the old man ordered you to build on the nearby highlands have been built?" ”

"I'm afraid I'll have to wait until the afternoon to get better." The adjutant general replied, "The last general was worried that he would be discovered by the British army, so he didn't send people to build a camp there until the heavy rain started yesterday. ”

"Where's the raft?"

"The rafts have already been built, a total of 2,000 rafts, each raft can carry ten people."

"Enough!" Sun Dingzong nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "The old man is not at ease, now you will take someone to guard the Hooghly River in person, and once the water level rises, immediately send someone to come and pay tribute." ”

"General rest assured, the last general will guarantee the completion of the task!" With that, the adjutant general led another group of men in the direction of the Hooghly River......