Napoleon was destined to be a broken ship, and if there was a choice, Zhou Lang would not have boarded this ship.

But unfortunately there was no choice, because Russia was destined to go hostile with China, because of the relationship with Ili.

Zhou Lang never had the luxury of expecting Jiaqing to go to Africa honestly, although it was a road to heaven, and in the end it was necessary to use force to solve the problem of the remnants of the Qing army. In fact, if it weren't for the sudden outbreak of the war with Spain, Zhou Lang might have already done it to Jiaqing last year.

It was also luck that made Jiaqing jump for two more years, and there were new variables immediately.

Zhou Lang did not expect that one of these variables was that Jiaqing had gained a firm foothold in Central Asia, adopted the primitive and backward Eight Banners system, and actually managed the nomads more effectively than any other dynasty. Another variable is that I did not expect that Russia was fighting with Napoleon on the one hand, and on the other hand, it had not given up secretly dealing with the Manchus.

In recent years, Jiaqing has not only gained a firm foothold in Central Asia, but also rapidly increased its productivity, and the government-run workshop system managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not efficient, but it can ensure the scale. Especially in the military industry, which does not pay attention to economic returns, as long as it is properly managed and quality can be guaranteed, this kind of government-run model is actually very suitable.

The French arsenal is all government-run, the Chalville arsenal produces 1777 type smoothbore guns is recognized as the first-class level in Europe, better than the simple and crude British brown bass, and the scale of production is also quite amazing, he produced a total of seven million, the total output of the Indian brown bass in the same period is not half of it, it is because of the excellent performance to open up the vast arms market, otherwise the French alone equipment, it will not be so much.

Replaced by Qianlong may not be able to solve the problem of production quality, because Qianlong can not put an end to corruption, but Jiaqing is more bitter, but also more diligent, very concerned about production, when the Huang Taiji era, the Manchu Qing Dynasty built firearms more reliable than the Ming army, not because of their better technology, or because of stricter management, more solid materials.

One of the most important reasons is that Jiaqing once again received the support of Russia, which sent a group of technicians to help Jiaqing's handicraft workshop upgrade and introduce the factory system, at this time Jiaqing's government-run workshop can not be called a workshop, but a state-owned arsenal!

The Eight Banners system is very crude, very simple, but simplicity often contains high efficiency, his role in concentrating resources is very significant, Jiaqing can use the power of the whole country, concentrate the country's craftsmen to open an arsenal, then this arsenal will not be small in any case.

The technical personnel were sent by Russia, and the management personnel were also sent by Russia, and even the raw materials were provided by Russia, which solved the three major problems of technology, management and raw materials in one fell swoop.

Although Russia's political system is backward and half a pound and a tael is on par with the Eight Banners, Russia's military industry has not been too backward, and the quality of the smoothbore guns produced has remained above the standard, otherwise it would not have been possible to fight head-on with such a powerful country as Britain and France. Russia is also a big iron-smelting country, and Russia's iron ore is of excellent quality, and the iron produced is even exported to Britain in large quantities. Russia's abundant iron-smelting capacity has solved Jiaqing's raw material problems.

Soon the arsenal in Jiaqing will be able to mass-produce rifles and cannons.

That's all, the Russians continued to help Jiaqing train soldiers, not to send officers to Ili, but to take Jiaqing's soldiers across the border and conduct secret training in Kazakhstan, so as not to offend China on the one hand, and on the other hand, to continue to support the Manchu regime.

Zhou Lang didn't want to choose Napoleon's broken ship, so he decided to give the choice to Russia, when Napoleon invaded Russia, Zhou Lang would also send troops to Ili at the same time to solve Jiaqing, if Russia still did not give up supporting Jiaqing, then Zhou Lang would declare war on Russia, and once the war started, he would use the power of the whole country to press the national strength of the whole of China.

I believe that such a big help will at least allow Napoleon to hold out in Europe for a few more years, and it would be even better if his luck was better and he suddenly reversed and won the battle against Russia. In the future, the British will have no time to come to China for trouble. When the time comes, not to mention Australia, India's Zhou Lang also wants to compete with the British.

Napoleon himself did not think that he was a broken ship, he defeated all the opponents in Europe, and the reason why he did not defeat Britain was because he was out of reach, not because his own army was inferior to the other side, and the land countries could never see that the navy was actually an army.

And this year Napoleon won again, and the British, with the encouragement of everywhere, reluctantly cobbled together the Fifth Anti-French Alliance, which was attended by Spain and Portugal, or rather, the rebel armies of these two countries, and the British did not recognize Napoleon's control over the two countries, and cobbled together the representatives of the two countries to sign the anti-French alliance, and then fooled Austria.

Austria was also really dead-eyed, or too self-aware, to fight Napoleon again and again, and after defeats in 1805 and 1806, Austria reformed its army to prepare for war, and in 1809 took the risk of declaring war on France. Once again, they were defeated by the French without any new ideas, and in less than a month Napoleon's army captured Vienna.

But the younger brother of the Austrian Emperor, Archduke Karl, rose as a rising star in Europe, as he led his reformed Austrian army to defeat the French army at the Battle of Aspeen-Aisling, with 7,000 French troops buried on the battlefield and 29,793 wounded soldiers and prisoners sent to Vienna. French stars Lana and Saint-Irel were mortally wounded and died a few days later. The Austrians lost 87 senior officers, 4,200 enlisted men, and 16,300 wounded.

It was the first defeat of Napoleon's army in Europe.

After that, the two sides fought the Battle of Wagram, Napoleon personally led 170,000 troops to cross the Danube, and was ambushed by the Austrian Archduke Karl, after two days of fierce repeated killing, Archduke Karl lost 32,000 men of 120,000 people, and Napoleon lost 27,000 men of 170,000 men. Napoleon won the battle, Archduke Karl retreated, and Napoleon did not pursue.

After that, Austria sued for peace and ceded the land again and paid reparations.

In the Fifth War of the French Alliance, Napoleon defeated Austria with stronger forces and more clever command. Judging by the course of the fighting, a situation has already arisen against France. First of all, the Austrian army was already able to fight Napoleon's French army head-on, and had the ability to defeat the French army in battle; Secondly, even if Napoleon had defeated the enemy, he could no longer annihilate his opponents as before.

This means that Napoleon is no longer invincible, he will lose the battle! In the face of Austria as a country, Napoleon could not deliver a devastating blow to the other side. And what about the joint operation of the whole of Europe? The situation is very dangerous!

On the other hand, in the battle with the British, the French army did not achieve an absolute victory. Wellington was in Portugal and Spain, supported by the rebels, and fought head-to-head with the French army. First, the British army landed in Portugal, Napoleon sent Juno Juno to lead 26,000 men to attack Portugal, and Wellington's 17,000 men used the "thin red line" infantry formation to defeat the French army by means of close range of intensive shooting, Juno surrendered to the British army, and Wellington allowed the remaining French troops to return to France.

Wellington, however, was believed to have been replaced by the British commander Moore, who increased the strength of the British army to 35,000 men. There was also a Spanish army of 125,000 men. Napoleon led 154,000 men to attack Spain, and soon captured Madrid, and in the face of successive victories, Napoleon returned home and entrusted the pursuit of the British to Marshal Nicolas Sirte. He ordered to drive the British into the sea. Field Marshal Soult led the French army to defeat the English army led by More, who was killed, but the British returned home safely, and the French army was also unable to annihilate it.

The Spanish uprisings in various places also brought great trouble to the French, the French army attacked Zaragoza occupied by the rebels, the French army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, more than 60,000 soldiers and civilians defending the city died (3/4 were civilians), and more than 10,000 people were captured.

At this time, Wellington landed in Portugal again, and the war between Britain and France on the Iberian Peninsula entered a state of see-saw, and the rebel armies in Spain were like tumblers, pressing down and bounce up.

Austria surrendered, but Britain did not. Austria sued for peace because it could not afford to lose, but Britain would not. Unable to clear the Spanish rebels and drive the British out of Portugal and Spain, Napoleon finally withdrew his army and went to Russia to fight Alexander's life.

So Zhou Lang really didn't want to be in the same boat as Napoleon.

If we can solve the problem of Napoleon's IQ, at least let him sober up a little, maybe he will not be so wrong, with the national strength of France, Napoleon's prestige and personal talent, as long as he makes a little less low-level mistakes, he can hold out for a long time, and even win.

So Zhou Lang decided to make some suggestions to Napoleon that would hold him back, and this responsibility required a diplomatic delegation.

News of the Americas came intermittently, and the Portuguese merchant ships and the British ships that opened the route from Brazil to India brought back the news of the Americas, but only in South America, and Zhou Lang knew that Zhang Shun had successfully occupied the area of Argentina (the Viceroyalty of La Plata), where the native whites established a United States of La Plata.

Zhang Shun and they had already gone north, and they did not know what the situation was, leaving a 1,000-strong artillery in La Plata to help the Laplacens defend against a possible Spanish counterattack.

This information was not enough for Zhou Lang to determine a plan for negotiations with Napoleon, but a diplomatic delegation had been formed, and several French engineering experts were among them.

Zhou Lang planned to fool Napoleon to spend his energy on overhauling the civil engineering, and not to run to the Russian field to die.

In June of the 11th year of the Great Zhou, Zhou Lang finally received a detailed report from the Americas, and according to this report, the plan for negotiations was determined, and the diplomatic delegation set off.