Yan Xueyi's concubine is not a trivial matter, the cabinet that is already extremely busy, and he has to find time to be responsible for this matter, but there is a news from the Beiyang Fleet far away: Yue Ben wants to negotiate peace!

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The strategy of the Han Kingdom to the Ryukyu Ben is to completely subdue the Sayben, and by the way, let the Sayben cede the land and pay compensation, and make a contribution to the development of the Han Kingdom, at this time the Han Kingdom has already captured Korea and the Ryukyu Islands, and the rest is the mainland of the Sayben. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the Han Kingdom did not have the idea of capturing the mainland for the time being, it still sent the Beiyang Fleet to harass the coastal areas of Yueben, and when it saw the ships flying the flag of Yueben, it was sunk without surrendering, which was the biggest blow to an island country, not to mention the development of the economy of Yueben, and it was the luckiest thing to be able to starve to death without one.

Originally, the high-level officials of the country were gritting their teeth and insisting that Britain and France go all out to attack the Han Kingdom, but in the end, the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Japan got the news that Britain and France had negotiated and negotiated with the Kingdom of the Han Dynasty, which was tantamount to a collapse of the heavens and the earth for the Ben, which was close to collapse.

Yue Ben has long had no strength to continue fighting with the Han Kingdom, and Britain and France have already negotiated peace with the Han Kingdom, so what is the use of holding on to this book, and the efforts of this will be ruined.

In the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Prime Minister Takashi Kuroda said sadly to Emperor Meiji, who had already turned gray: "Your Majesty, we need to negotiate peace with the Han Kingdom as soon as possible. ”

"Go ahead." Emperor Meiji waved weakly and asked Kuroda Takakiyo to deal with the matter.

From the small island country that was closed to the rest of the country, to being bullied by the Western powers in turn, to the appearance of Emperor Meiji, experiencing the "Meiji Restoration", bringing him on the road to a great power, and finding the right time to take away Ryukyu and Korea from the hands of the great Manchu Qing Dynasty, all of this was done under the leadership of Emperor Meiji.

Emperor Meiji confidently believed that as long as he joined forces with the three major powers of Britain, France, and Russia to attack the Han Kingdom, he would definitely win the victory, obtain more benefits from the Han Kingdom, and let the Saymoto develop rapidly and move further towards the dream of a great power.

But this dream was shattered, and Emperor Meiji thought that the Great Han Kingdom, which could be easily defeated by the Shikoku Alliance, was actually a super giant, even in the face of the three major powers plus the attack of Yumoto, and then defeated the armies of Shikoku one after another.

Now Britain and France are forced to enter into peace talks with them, and Ben is already in danger of falling to his homeland.

Emperor Meiji regretted why he joined the Four-Nation Coalition and attacked the Han Kingdom together, and if he still held the colony of Korea, he would still have developed, but the time would have been a little slower, but it would never have become the situation it is today: the army was crippled, the navy that had been developed over the years was gone, and there was not much industry left, and the achievements since the "Meiji Restoration" were lost.

Of course, Emperor Meiji would not have known that even if he did not join the Four-Power Alliance, the Han Kingdom would attack him, and Korea and Ryukyu could not let him occupy it in vain.

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In the sea area of the Han Dynasty, the Beiyang Fleet of the Han Kingdom is rampant, as long as you see the ships with the flag of the Yueben, you can not let go, surrender and still survive, once you want to resist, the battleships of the Beiyang Fleet directly sink them with naval guns, and sometimes the Beiyang Fleet will also fire on important targets on land.

In order to better blockade the main force of the Beiyang Fleet, Ding Ruchang directly ordered the warships of the Beiyang Fleet to disperse.

After Ding Ruchang's order was issued, the entire Beiyang fleet was completely dispersed, looking for its own prey.

There is a rule in the navy of the Han Kingdom that except for the part of the things captured by the navy on the sea, the rest belongs to the warship that captured them, which means that the officers and men of the navy can get a share of the capture.

Seeing that other warships had occupied the sea area, Deng Shichang could only order the cruiser Zhiyuan to move further north under the expectant gaze of the officers and men.

However, to the disappointment of the officers and men of the cruiser Zhiyuan, perhaps because the Beiyang Fleet had been plundering in the waters of the city these days, it had not found a single ship for nearly an hour, not even a fishing boat.

The Beiyang Fleet knew that some of its ships would fly the flags of other countries in an attempt to get through the customs in a foolish way, but the Beiyang Fleet would not let them go easily, and directly drove the warships over to inspect them, and if they did not allow them to be inspected, they would bombard them with naval shells.

As a result of this behavior, the number of ships sailing in the waters of the Beiyang Fleet has been greatly reduced, and they are basically invisible during the day, and only at night will there be more of them, secretly coming and going to and from the waters of the region.

In the mast of the cruiser Zhiyuan, the sentry Ximen Qiuyu looked for targets everywhere with a telescope, but there was not even a shadow of a ship on the sea.

"Alas, where is Lao Tzu's chance to make a fortune?" Ximen Qiuyu sighed and said.

"Ximen official, don't sigh, hurry up and look for it, don't miss it." Sailor Jiang Hai replied after hearing Ximen Qiuyu's words under the mast.

"I know, I know, Lao Tzu is clairvoyant, how could he miss one?" Ximen Qiuyu straightened up and looked into the distance while impatiently replying.

In this regard, Jiang Hai could only shake his head helplessly.

However, after a few seconds, Jiang Hai heard Ximen Qiuyu on the mast tower shouting loudly: "Find the target, find the target, in front of XXX, there is a big fish, no, there is a steamer." ”

The officers and men on the cruiser Zhiyuan immediately took action after hearing Ximen Qiuyu's words, and the cruiser Zhiyuan accelerated in the direction reported by Ximen Qiuyu.

"Hey, it's strange, why is this ship coming in our direction? Isn't this self-defeating? Ximen Qiuyu said suspiciously.

As the captain of the Zhiyuan cruiser, Deng Shichang also had some doubts, but the doubts were doubts, now he said that there was no naval strength, and the more than 2,000-ton Zhiyuan cruiser did not need to be afraid so much, there was danger, and the ship bombarded it.

The two ships were getting closer and closer, and Ximen Qiuyu could clearly see that the steamer on the opposite side was not a foreign flag, but officially the flag, but in addition to the flag of the ship, there was also a white flag on the ship, representing the white flag of surrender.

Seeing this white flag, the autumn rain of Ximen, which was originally full of interest, withered in the next moment.

This ship is the ship sent by the side to contact the Beiyang Fleet, not the big fish imagined by Ximen Qiuyu.