Seeing Major Clive's expression, Brigadier General Jeff frowned dissatisfiedly: "What? My Major Clive, who spent two and a half years in a prisoner-of-war camp in the East, will not you be able to learn their language as well? Didn't I see you had a good communication with him just now? ”

"General, if I do as you tell this to this soldier of the Chinese Empire, the consequences will be difficult to predict, and it will deal another blow to our plans for the colonization of the East that the British Empire has just gained a chance to develop. Major Clive took a deep breath and decided to speak his mind.

Hearing this, Brigadier General Jeff raised his two caterpillar-like gray eyebrows. "Dear Major Clive, your words may sound like a lot for the sake of the Empire, but, please remember, we, the British Empire and European civilization, are the strongest in this world, and two and a half years ago, after you were captured by those vile sneak attacks of those yellow skins, did you lose the pride of the British Emperor [***]?!"

"Your Excellency, I don't think Major Clive has lost his pride in being an Englishman, he is called self-aware." At this time, Ruan Youjiang, who was contemptuously called a yellow-skinned ghost by Brigadier General Jeff, looked at the British Brigadier General who was so fat that he was about to lose oil with a smile, and said these words in standard and fluent English that made Brigadier General Jeff stunned.

"By the way, I forgot to add your proper title before your salutation: Your Excellency, General White-skinned, look, I used a lot of polite language in the communication between the two of us. And you, the general from the world of Western civilization, don't even know how to use the simple honorific title 'you', which really makes me wonder where your civilization is. Ruan Youjiang's vicious words made the white skin of the Britons present seem to be painted with a layer of red paint, especially the Brigadier General Jeff.

The supreme commander of the Anglo-Afghan Army, Brigadier General Jeff, who had won numerous honors and meritorious deeds in the war against the Indian tribes in Upper Canada. Churchman's anger out of the air.

"How dare you talk to me like that?! Damn, I'm going to make you pay. Brigadier General Jeff, who was so angry that he roared angrily, reached out and grabbed the guard's flintlock pistol and tried to open fire, but was stopped by several other officers.

"General, he is the representative who came to negotiate on behalf of the Chinese Emperor's [***] team, you can't kill him."

"Your Excellency, please calm down, now is not the time to be angry, perhaps, he provoked you out of some kind of conspiracy." Under the persuasion of the British [***] officers, Brigadier General Jeff gasped and threw the flintlock short gun back to the guard, and his eyes were full of cold light that had been squeezed into thin slits by fat, and he stared viciously at the Oriental man who stared at him indifferently and fearlessly.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

Looking at the upright figure of the Chinese Emperor [***] when he left, and the smile of contempt and contempt on his face, Brigadier General Jeff felt that his heart was about to explode.

"General, we have already reconnoitred the other side, the other side occupies the Mengli Pass, and has set up positions there, because the other side is very vigilant, we can only observe from a distance, the number of their troops is unknown, but at least we can be sure that there should be hundreds of people. As for how many troops there were behind the pass, we have no way of knowing. "Soon, the scout's return brought Brigadier General Jeff back to his senses.

However, what happened next made him even more angry, because almost all the British [***] officers had reservations about attacking the Chinese Emperor's [***] army at the Mengli Pass. These officers were all middle-ranking officers who were able to know the contents of the "Jiading Treaty" signed by China and Britain.

"You are disobeying the military orders of your superiors, and you will be court-martialed!" Looking at the attitude of this group of officers who dared to disobey their military orders, Brigadier General Jeff was about to go crazy. "You are simply a bunch of cowards, could it be that those two and a half years of prisoner of war life have tortured all your courage and guts? Don't you want those damn yellowskins to pay you for the injustices you've been subjected to?! ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, please pay attention to the tone of your voice, we do not consider ourselves cowardly or cowardly, and the reason why we disobey your orders is because we do not want to have a head-on confrontation with the army of that empire, and to destroy the good situation that Mr. Chairman Edmund has so hard to create. The messenger sent by Mr. Edmund has given me a power of attorney if, of course, it is only said that if you insist on violating the Treaty of Jiading and entering into a head-on confrontation with the armies of the Chinese Empire, then we may not obey your orders, Mr. Chairman Edmund, and he will personally explain it to the members of Congress, and even to His Excellency the Prime Minister. Colonel Conn, the highest-ranking officer of the group of officers who had been held in the East as a prisoner of war for more than two years, stood up and explained without humility or arrogance.

"Viscount Edmund?" Hearing this, Brigadier General Jeff couldn't help but be stunned, watching the Colonel Conn in front of him take out a folded document from his arms and hand it over, subconsciously took it and opened it, and after seeing the contents of the authorization letter clearly, Brigadier Jeff's face became terrifying.

The letter was indeed written as Colonel Conn had said, that if Brigadier General Jeff had gone to war against the Chinese Emperor [***] in spite of the restrictions of the treaty, then the colonial officers could disobey his orders.

"Edmund, you idiot, you despicable villain!" Brigadier General Jeff felt that he had left such a power of attorney as a means of humiliating himself. How did he know that it was precisely because of his arrogance and contempt for the eastern forces after he came to the East that Edmund had to make this decision out of prudence to protect the rights and interests of the British East India Company in the East after persuasion failed.

And the reason why Colonel Conn has only come out until now is that he was originally reporting a fluke mentality, hoping to occupy more territory, but now, it is obvious that the troops of the Chinese Empire are stationed in the Mengli Pass, and if they want to attack the eastern city of Kyaukbo, they must pass through this mountain pass, so there will inevitably be a fierce conflict, which is not what they want to see. They knew very well what kind of person the Führer of the East was, and knew that if they really angered that guy, then it was very likely that the present good situation would be lost, and the British Empire would lose its last colony in the East, and even their safety would be in danger. Although they did not agree with Brigadier Jeff's attitude towards them on the surface, deep down, they had to admit that they did have a deep fear of that empire.

"Are you sure you don't want to obey my orders, Brigadier General of the British Imperial Army?" Brigadier General Jeff took a deep breath, maintaining the reserve and pride of a veteran colonial general.

"Yes, Your Excellency General, we apologize." Colonel Conn replied, twisting his neck a little uncomfortably. To his left and right, the British [***] officers were silent, but Jeff knew very well that these cowards were clearly on the side of Colonel Conn.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

"In that case, Harry, go and get that General Chasupun." Brigadier General Jeff glanced at the compatriots with disdain and commanded his guard.

Soon, under the puzzled gaze of those British [***] officers, the supreme commander of the Arakan King's [***] team stood in front of Brigadier General Jeff, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and respectfully saluted: "Dear general, what do you need from me?" "The Arakane Kingdom borders the sea and has been dealing with Western colonists for more than a hundred years, and the general of the Arakan Kingdom, Cha Supeng, is fluent in French and Portuguese and was sent to cooperate with Brigadier General Jeff, the commander of the Argentine kingdom. And now, he greeted the British [***] officer in fluent French.

Brigadier General Jeff lowered his voice and began to communicate with the commander of the Arakanese Kingdom. After only a few words, Colonel Conn came back to his senses. "Your Excellency, you can't do that."

"Colonel, does Mr. Edmund have the authority to interfere with my command? I guess if I'm not mistaken, I don't, right? Brigadier General Jeff turned his face and sneered. Dear colonel, please do not forget your military rank. ”

"What should I do?" Major Clive asked in a somewhat anxious whisper. All eyes fell on Colonel Conn's face.

Colonel Conn frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally could only smile bitterly: "I don't have any way, the only thing to be thankful for is that we have at least avoided a head-on conflict with the Chinese Emperor [***], those are just soldiers of the Arakan Kingdom, and they have nothing to do with the army of our British Empire." ”

"It's good to let our dear Brigadier General Jeff suffer more, and it is better to let the army of Arakan suffer more, so as not to think that we are all a bunch of cowards without courage." Next to him, an officer said with some schadenfreude. His words also expressed the thoughts of most of the officers present.

Twenty minutes later, General Cha Supong happily assembled a force of about 1,000 men and began to attack the Namenli Pass. The soldiers of the Arakanese Kingdom obviously did not take the Chinese Emperor [***] who guarded the mountain pass in their eyes, perhaps, in their hearts, this army should not be much different from the Burmese troops they had encountered before, they did not even line up in formation, and began to wave the broadsword and spear in their hands to start the first charge.

Just as they shouted excitedly and rushed out of the jungle and onto the pass, which was only low weeds and sparse shrubs, the bright and rhythmic sound of gunfire began to resound throughout the pass, and even the entire forest......

(To be continued)