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The Chinese forces did not continue the offensive as promised, and the American forces withdrew from the British territories west of Ottawa and north of the St. Lawrence River.

The Chinese army immediately reversed course, and half of its forces turned westward, intending to clear the vast territory east of the Rocky Mountains, and due to backward transportation problems, it would be difficult for them to return in the short term.

The other half of the army cleared the resistance in the Great Lakes on the spot, and the spontaneous resistance in the occupied areas was fierce, and an easy victory in the Battle of Ottawa was not necessarily a good thing, and a large number of local young people who broke away from the army, many of them joined the resistance and engaged in guerrilla warfare. They were familiar with every creek and every woods in the area, which caused great trouble for the occupying forces.

Although British agriculture was highly capitalized, it was relatively easy to obtain land in the colonies, so there were a large number of yeoman farmers, although their land size, it is difficult to classify as small farmers, and the farms of thousands of acres of land are just small farms, and they are considered big landowners in China.

Never underestimate the courage of the peasants to defend their land, as is the case with the Chinese and the British, who, unlike the Chinese, have a scattered spontaneous resistance because they lack village-level organization and clan cohesion. In addition, the settlements are relatively scattered, making it difficult to assemble. However, their resistance was larger than that of the Chinese villages, and the weak organization at the village level led to their relatively large partisan local organizations, so they could form militias.

These militias range from hundreds to dozens, and they interact with each other in a wide range.

The militia also has the characteristics of being a soldier and a soldier when it comes in, there is no uniform, only weapons, and it is difficult to distinguish whether they are peasants or militia when they hide on farms.

The first step of the occupation army's plan was to order all the British peasants to surrender their weapons, to round up the resistance in various places, and to search all the farms in that area in the event of an attack, and to arrest the entire farm inhabitants immediately if they found weapons.

Far from suppressing the resistance, these measures intensified and provoked a wider revolt, as no one was willing to surrender their weapons.

This situation is a headache for the occupying forces, but it will not solve the problem in the short term.

However, the big problem has been solved, and the war in North America has entered the stage of law and order warfare, and there will be no large-scale battles. In the other British territory, the problem is far more complicated than imagined.

In British India, on the frontal battlefield, the Chinese army had an absolute advantage, and the problem was still a question of occupation.

The Indians were more docile than the British, and they could not do such a thing as spontaneous resistance, and the biggest problem was not the resistance, but the problem of law and order.

The British have never been able to solve the problem of the degree of economicization of the colonies, or they have not been willing to solve it, and they have deliberately promoted it. Therefore, the grain production of the British Territory is decreasing year by year, and the thirty consecutive years of peace have made the economy here quite high, second only to North America in the world, and higher than traditional countries such as France and Germany in Europe.

On the one hand, this is the promotion of the British, they established a commercial network, so that agricultural products are very easy to trade, on the other hand, it is also the forced choice of farmers, due to the high taxes under the package tax system, growing food here can not survive at all, can only grow cash crops with better economic benefits, and then in exchange for food, but can barely make a living.

This economic model makes it easy to go to famine, because the total amount of food is limited, there is very little food reserves, and famine naturally breaks out in war. The famine caused a large-scale rebellion, and everywhere there were hungry troops who grabbed food, they had no purpose, they only had food in their eyes, and they would fight whoever had food, whether it was the British army or the Chinese convoy, they would be attacked.

There is no difficulty in the front-line battlefield, under the absolute superiority of troops, the training level and equipment level of the company's Indian army are comparable to or even better than those of the British army, and in terms of combat will, it is much higher than that of the British and Indian troops of mercenary nature.

In the area of the northern plains, the Ganges defense line was broken. In other directions, landing operations were carried out from the sea, and large cities such as Kolkata and Bombay were not easy to land, but some small cities were still easy to capture. For example, Puducherry on the southeast coast was a French colony, but the French had long lost the incentive to defend it. It was captured by the Infinites many times in history, and it was the British who returned it to the French for the sake of balance, and it was only a base, and it was impossible to expand inland. Therefore, the French did not engage in the military either, and the armed forces were limited to the maintenance of law and order.

This time the French also entered the war, and as a result, the Chinese navy quickly captured this place, and the French did not put up fierce resistance, first, because they knew that they could not fight, and secondly, Sino-French relations have always been good, Chinese merchant ships have docked here many times, and some Chinese commercial forces have good relations with the local government, so the French surrendered with little resistance.

The same was true of Kochin on the west coast.

As a result of the widespread rebellion, the question in India is no longer who can occupy it, but who can afford to support the Indians.

No one can afford to feed 200 million Indians, so the Indians can only feed themselves, and the situation in the Chinese occupation zone is much better than that of the British occupied areas, because the Chinese occupation areas can quickly restore contact with the outside world, a large amount of grain can be transported here, and local products can be exported. However, the pressure on the occupying forces is still very high, and it is necessary to stabilize order and restore the economic system.

The situation of the Anglo-Indian army was not easy, of course, the military rations could be guaranteed, but after the civilian population fell into famine, more and more resistance forces appeared, and many nationalists took the opportunity to organize armies, resulting in fewer and fewer British troops to fight. Fortunately, the armed forces of the African company were also caught in a law and order war and could not attack with all their might, otherwise it would be difficult for the British army to hold on.

The famine began in the second month after the war began, and from the third month onwards, it spread widely.

As a result, the Indian battlefield is no longer a purely military issue, but also involves economic, military, and political aspects.

The army is inexperienced in solving this problem.

The crown prince sent his eldest son, Zhou Gu, to sit here and use a combination of political and military means.

Zhou Gu is not so famous compared to his younger brother Zhou Chun, but he is the eldest grandson, and he has been trained intensively, so there is no problem in knowledge. is not lacking in experience, as a grandson, just like his father raised back then. In addition to his local assignments at home, he also has experience abroad.

The greatest experience was in the vicinity of India, where thirty years ago, when his younger brother Zhou Chun was married, and the kingdom of Assam was given to him and the Russian princess as a bride price. The effect of Manipur in the southern part of Assam was managed by Zhou Gu, who ruled here as regent for more than twenty years.

Manipur is also a predominantly East Asian country, and of course there must be some Indian elements in its bloodline, but in appearance, it is clearly similar to the Burmese. According to local legends, the ancient Chinese kings of the Qi Dynasty intermarried with the princesses of the Central Asian dynasties, and the descendants established the country, this legend is not very credible, and the legend of Persia, Malacca and other places is similar to the story that a certain Chinese princess once married here, all because ancient China was too strong, and the surrounding ethnic groups put gold on their faces

Unlike Assam, Manipur is not an easy area to develop, there are no major rivers leading to the sea, and it is mainly mountainous. It is bordered by Myanmar in the east by the Rakhine Mountains and Naga Hills, Bangladesh in the west and south, and the Kingdom of Assam in the north.

Manipur corresponded to the three states of Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura in later India, and its land area was about the same as that of the kingdom of Assam in the north. However, mountains occupy half of the country's territory, and only about 40 percent of the valleys can be developed. Moreover, it is enclosed in valleys, and the transportation is extremely backward. Moreover, there are many ethnic groups, and the divided terrain makes it very easy to form an independent nation. There are thirty or forty ethnic groups that can be clearly distinguished, and there is a clear constant in language and culture.

If such a country wants to develop, it is really hellish difficulty.

Compare this to Assam in the north, where the crown prince struggled to attract a large number of immigrants when he was running here. And Manipur can't even attract immigrants. After Zhou Chun became the king of Assam, he was almost laissez-faire, and in order to attract investment, he even delegated the management of some areas to commercial companies. With a highly liberal policy, as long as you can bring in money, you can get everything. As a result, the population of Assam has tripled from 8 million to 30 million in the last three decades.

When Manipur was in power as the crown prince, the population was more than one million, and in the more than 20 years after it was handed over to Zhou Gu, it only increased to three million.

But Zhou Gu, the emperor's grandson, has been highly recognized for his reign here. Manipur's economy is backward and its development conditions are poor, so Zhougu focuses on improving transportation and encouraging education. He spent the vast majority of his finances on education. As a result, Assam has a large population and a developed economy, with a literacy rate of barely half of it. But Manipur has built schools that cover everyone, with a literacy rate of 90 per cent.

In view of the disadvantage of not having access to the sea, Zhou Gu spent 20 years building a nationwide railway network with austerity finances, and the core of the railway network was not in China, but belonged to Chittagong in Bangladesh. All the major cities in the country have railways to Chittagong.

Bangladesh, where Chittagong is located, is under the jurisdiction of African companies, so Zhougu has strengthened its relations with African companies. In addition to attracting investment, he also needs to export the products of the Kingdom of Manipur through the business network of African companies.

In two decades, Manipur's population had grown from more than one million when he took over to three million, which was less than 10 percent of Assam's, but it was a rebirth compared to its weak foundation.

Economically, in addition to improving transportation, it also attaches great importance to agriculture and mulberry, planting tea in many mountainous areas, flat land in valleys, planting mulberry and raising silkworms, spending a lot of money to establish a silkworm school, reeling silk, weaving, and extending the industrial chain as much as possible.

The development of the mulberry sericulture here has even replaced China as the largest supplier of silk and the largest supplier of tea in the African market. The use of silkworm, tea, papermaking and other industries has turned a poor country into an industrial country with industrial output and tax revenue as high as 70%.

Engaging in education, building railways, and cultivating industries require a lot of capital, but what is more needed is patience, which is regarded as the greatest advantage of the emperor's grandson.

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