Chapter 1237: The Yellow Peril That Caused Europe to Tremble
A secret room in the hall of the Municipal Council in Prague.
The small room was crowded with people dressed in gorgeous clothes. No one could have imagined that in this humble room, the most prominent and powerful people of several European powers, except for Britain, would gather.
Emperor Napoleon III of the French Empire, as well as Minister of State Valewski and Minister of Foreign Affairs Baron Haussmann; Bismarck, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Prussia, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, and Baron Brooke, Foreign Minister, Urbano Ratazi, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, George I, the new king of the Kingdom of Greece, Mikhailo Obrenović III, Grand Duke of the Principality of Serbia, and the Grand Dukes of Wallachia and Moldavia, were among them. The meeting itself was led by Emperor Napoleon III of the French Empire and Emperor Joseph of Austria, and the other countries were only involved.
Jacob Dubs, the rotating president and head of the Political Department of the Swiss Confederation, was also invited to witness the Prague meeting as the representative of the country that was permanently neutral at the Paris Peace Conference.
Although Prague is now independent, it is still in the hands of the Prussian army, but before Bismarck, the master, can speak, the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph preemptively speaks: "Welcome gentlemen to beautiful Prague!" On behalf of the people of Prague, I welcome the monarchs and foreign ministers! Today is destined to be a great day, and on this day that will surely be remembered by history, we, the European dignitaries, will discuss something that will decide the affairs of the whole of Europe and the world! Now, first of all, I would like to invite the Duke of Valewski, Minister of State of the French Empire, to give you a summary of the matters discussed. ”
Valewski was a little proud, today's secret meeting was completely gathered by relying on the contacts he had accumulated over the years, coupled with his all-out coordination efforts, and from that day he suggested to Napoleon III to the present gathering, it was only ten days, such an efficiency was enough to make everyone dumbfounded.
"Gentlemen, we are gathered today because of something earth-shattering happening in the world today! That is the empire from the East, together with the Ottoman Empire, frantically attacking Europe!
Everyone must have received the news that Tsarist Russia was in the midst of internal turmoil, unable to organize troops to fight against the Yellow Peril from the East, and its domestic army was defeated again and again, retreating one after another, and now hundreds of thousands of troops of the Eastern Empire have crossed the Ural Mountains into Europe! And because of the collusion and alliance of the Ottoman fool, their army was not satisfied with the capture of the Caspian Sea, and further occupied the Crimean Peninsula and the lower Dnieper coast in the northern part of the Black Sea, and they continued to advance westward, believing that it would not be long before they entered the territory of the Moldavian principality, and even threatened the borders of the Austrian Empire!
When the time comes, the whole of Europe will fall under the iron hooves of the armies of these Eastern devils, and Europe will tremble! Therefore, we, the saviors of Europe, must stand up and turn the tide to save the European countries and the world! Stop the Yellow Peril from happening again! ”
Valewski's mouthful of the Yellow Peril made everyone immediately frightened. Either the monarchs of European countries here, or the special envoys or foreign ministers sent by the monarchs, naturally knew what Valewski meant by the Yellow Peril.
Although it is the first time they have heard the word yellow peril, they are very clear that there have been three so-called yellow perils from the east in history.
The first Yellow Peril 14500 years ago, when the Eastern empire was still the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu in Asia and forced some of the Xiongnu to move westward. The second Yellow Peril was the powerful Tang Dynasty 800 years ago, defeating the Turkic tribes with a huge force, and similarly, the Turkic tribes were forced to move westward, becoming the Western Turks successively conquered Persia and the Asia Minor Peninsula, and established the Seljuk Empire here, and thus caused a sensational crusade throughout Europe, however, this empire established by the Western Turks not only defeated the Crusaders, but also broke through Constantinople, and destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire, which lasted for thousands of years, and finally fought all the way to the east coast of the Mediterranean. The third Yellow Peril was not because of the Central Plains Dynasty in the East, but because the Mongols from the north of the East directly established a powerful Mongol Empire, and it was even more thorough, all the way to the west, successively conquering Siberia and Europe, and establishing the Chagatai Khanate, Kipchak Khanate and Ilkhanate, not only occupying Persia and the Caucasus, but also occupying all the territories of today's Tsarist Russia such as Muscovy and Kiev, all the way to Vienna.
Who can guarantee that there won't be a fourth Yellow Peril this time? What's more, judging from the number of troops and its national strength of the Chinese Empire, its strength has surpassed that of all the empires of the previous three Yellow Perils. In addition, judging from the route of attack and the territory captured, it was extremely close to the Mongols, and only the Principality of Kiev in the upper reaches of the Dnieper and the Principality of Moscow not far from the upper Volga River were missing.
In light of this concern, it is true that this is no longer a matter not only of the Russian Empire, but of Europe as a whole.
The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, Urbano Rataczi, immediately agreed, and he naturally did not forget his mission as a trust, after all, it had been said in advance that their Kingdom of Italy also had great benefits, so he hurriedly echoed and said: "Not bad! Duke Valewski is right when he says that we must unite all of Europe to stop this fourth Yellow Peril! Duke, if you have any good plans, just say it, I am sure that all of us here are part of Europe, and we will support you! ”
Grand Duke Mihailo Obrenović III of the Principality of Serbia also couldn't wait to jump out in support: "Yes, duke, tell me what we should do!" ”
King George I of Greece chimed in.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Valevsky said slowly: "Don't worry, everyone! Now, the Chinese Empire is no longer a country that can be defeated, and it is necessary to gather everyone's strength. And among them, the first thing to be cut off is the traitor Osman who secretly colluded with them!
We can stop the Ottoman army from continuing to attack and jointly resist the Ottoman Empire! Moreover, the joint dispatch of troops to occupy the area of the Podol Heights in advance, and the most important thing is to occupy Kyiv and the surrounding Dnieper region, so as not to fall into the hands of the Orientals or the Ottoman army! ”
Valewski's rhetoric was understood by everyone as soon as they heard it.
Bismarck couldn't help but sneer, he knew very well that Valevsky's idea was to organize various countries to send troops to Tsarist Russia, occupy Kiev and other regions first, and not formally declare war on the Chinese Empire.
Still, it doesn't seem like a bad thing! Its own kingdom of Prussia, taking advantage of this opportunity, seems to be able to reap some benefits. At least, there seems to be no need for the war with the Austrian Empire to continue, of course, this is the premise that Prague must belong to Prussia, if Austria can occupy some territory of Tsarist Russia, it seems to be a feasible way to exchange the Bohemian region around Prague!
Grand Duke Mikhailo Obrenović III of the Principality of Serbia was even more happy, secretly thinking that his Principality of Serbia seemed to be one step closer to an independent kingdom, as long as he helped himself defeat the Ottoman Turks, and the Austrian Empire did not interfere, his dream of a kingdom could be fully realized.
For a time, the representatives of various countries secretly calculated their own plans.