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The Chinese ambassador put forward three conditions to the German Secretary of State in West China.

First, China will not continue to advance toward the lower reaches of the St. Lawrence River only if the British Navy completely withdraws from the St. Lawrence River and does not pose a threat to the Chinese occupation zone. Second, the Chinese army will advance to Montreal and be stationed in the city, and the United States must not interfere or oppose it; Thirdly, in any case, Chinese merchant ships have the right to use the St. Lawrence River for transportation, and the United States must not interfere.

Seward discussed the three articles one by one, and Seward said that it would be difficult for the United States to get Britain out of the area, and unless China was willing to admit the Anglo-American land purchase, the United States would not have enough reason to demand that the British Navy withdraw from the area; Second, the United States believes that the stationing of Chinese troops in Montreal is an invasion of the Kingdom of Quebec, and the United States strongly opposes this action that undermines the neutrality law. Third, the United States can guarantee it. Even if the United States occupied the land on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River in the future, the river would become the common border of the United States, the Kingdom of Quebec, and China, and would be an international river, and the United States would have no reason to block public waterways.

The Chinese ambassador refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the land purchase, which would mean that China recognized that its occupation of central Canada was also American land, but insisted that China could only halt its advance if the British navy did not pose a threat to China's occupied territory. On the issue of Montreal, the Chinese ambassador said that it was a matter between China and the Kingdom of Quebec, and that it would negotiate and communicate with the Kingdom of Quebec. Montreal is located near the confluence of the Ottawa River into the St. Lawrence River, the mouth of the river is wide, the hydrological conditions are excellent, Montreal City is built on the mouth of the Montreal Island, the island of Mount Royal is 233 meters above sea level, is the highest point on the island, set up an army battery here, you can control the river, against the British fleet heavy artillery.

Seward continued his discussion on Article 2, in which he demanded assurances from China that after the end of the war, it must withdraw from Montreal, not to station troops there, not to establish military bases, and not to encroach on the territory of the Kingdom of Quebec.

Montreal's geographical location is so important that despite its demographic and economic disadvantages, the French occupy it and can always make Montreal's economy stronger than all the British cities. Moreover, the Chinese military occupation here can block the British Navy now, and in the future, it will be able to control the entry and exit of American merchant ships in and out of the Great Lakes region, which is extremely detrimental to the United States.

China does not have the purpose of seizing the territory of the Kingdom of Quebec, the French occupy this alpine land, from the east of the Ottawa River, all the way to the sea, including the entire Labrador Peninsula, although it does not include the area south of the St. Lawrence River in the later Quebec Province, but it did not include the eastern part of the Labrador Peninsula into the Province of Newfoundland, so the Kingdom of Quebec is much larger than the Quebec Province in later generations, nearly two million square kilometers, but the vast majority of the area is uninhabited, the primeval forest is dense, and the winter is very cold, this is another Siberia, There was little attraction to China, so the ambassador agreed to Seward's request.

As for Seward's statement that the United States does not have the ability to make Britain withdraw its troops, this is not a problem, Britain does not withdraw its troops, China can continue to march, I believe that the United States has the ability, and it will soon be known, and Seward is not deadlocked on this issue, hoping that China will admit the land purchase case, which is just a political card, China refuses to admit it, and the United States has nothing to lose, territorial changes, that is a post-war thing, and now it can exercise actual control over the eastern part of British North America and extend American territory to the St. Lawrence River, Controlling the river, which is vital to the development of the Great Lakes region, is the most critical issue.

The two sides did not sign a diplomatic agreement, because many of the discussions were beyond the jurisdiction of the two countries, such as the Montreal issue and the withdrawal of British troops, which could not be written into official documents, otherwise it would really become a bully.

A few days after the two sides reached an agreement, the Chinese army captured Ottawa, investing 700,000 troops and 500,000 British defenders.

For Canadians, they insisted on fighting, not only with the spiritual support of defending their homeland and country, but also with the spiritual belief of loyalty to the British royal family, but because Britain sold them to the United States, their insistence suddenly became meaningless, and their spirit was hit hard, especially those staunch resistance officers, they are all good families in Canada, their ancestors passed down the spirit of royalism, "finally the king of England, despise the United States" is their important identity, but now Britain has abandoned them, They want to become the Yankees they despise, and in this state, they completely lose their spirit.

Therefore, after the Chinese army launched a general offensive and achieved a little insignificant breakthrough, the Canadian army collapsed and expressed its dissatisfaction with their masters with this behavior.

After the collapse, some of the Canadian troops threw away their weapons and took off their uniforms, they returned to their hometowns, abandoning their duty to fight for the British Crown, and some of them fled eastward, trying to escape to areas that had not yet been occupied by the Chinese army. The Chinese took advantage of the situation to easily capture Ottawa, and the planned battle was less fierce than the initial battle with the British for some small forts in the border area.

After the capture of Ottawa, due to the small damage, the army was ordered to continue its advance, and instead of entering the territory of the Kingdom of Quebec, it advanced along the southern bank, towards Montreal, and successfully crossed the river nearby and entered the city of Montreal. They were not hindered in any way, because the Quebec garrison in Montreal had received orders to cooperate with the Chinese army.

The Chinese army not only entered Montreal, but even occupied the military camp of the Kingdom of Quebec, because the strategic high ground in Montreal is the location of their military camp.

The Chinese slightly reinforced those somewhat old fortresses and batteries, and brought in a large number of fortress guns, which greatly strengthened the firepower here. After the occupation of Montreal, which basically controlled the river west of Montreal, the era of the British navy was over, and they had been in control of it for three hundred years.

The American forces marched into the south bank of the St. Lawrence River and took control of a series of British cities, again without resistance, apparently with the cooperation of the British.

At the same time the British Navy began to retreat, withdrawing from the St. Lawrence River, retreating to the port of Halifax, apparently they abandoned the St. Lawrence River, and also accepted the loss of this place, and in the battle for North America, Britain went from dominance to contraction, and now it is finally out.

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