Two days earlier than Soness, Guo Ye and others had already received a telegram from the German-Austrian Federation, the German-Austrian Federation Army had firmly gained the upper hand, in Essomolo, even if the Zulu army had the advantage, it could not defeat the German-Austrian Federation Army in a short period of time, capture Essomolo, and the military conspiracy to attack Dundee was thwarted by the German-Austrian Federation Army, and Zhang Hexiang led the army to advance towards the hinterland of the Zulu Kingdom. Fastest updates

The emptiness of the Zulu king's national defense could not withstand the attack of Zhang Hexiang's two cavalry brigades at all, and the Zulu army continued to retreat.

The reason why Guo Ye was able to sit firmly in the Chinese military tent and never showed up at the negotiation table was because he was already winning. The Russian army has no power to turn over, and the Zulu army is also fast, as long as Zhang Hexiang takes Richard's Bay and Durban, he will completely take the initiative.

"Your Majesty, sending Zhang Hexiang to Africa is really a stroke of genius, this guy's attack is so sharp, in the territory of the Zulu Kingdom, it is like entering a no-man's land, hehe......"

Chen Hai was constantly amazed, His Majesty's physiognomy is too powerful, if another person is in Africa, he may not be able to achieve such results, although Zhang Hexiang is shallower than Yan Chunyu and Luo Bicheng, but the level of command and combat has risen rapidly, especially the cavalry tactics are becoming more and more sophisticated, and they are not much better than the latter two.

Guo Ye said with a smile: "That's natural, where is Africa backward in development, except for the Cape area, there is no place with developed industry, lack of hot weapons, is the most suitable platform for cavalry to display their talents, that place, in addition to our heavy machine guns, cavalry is the key to determining the outcome of the battlefield, which is why I sent Zhang Hexiang to Africa to help the Boers form a more powerful cavalry." ”

"Your Majesty, when will we start putting pressure on Tsarist Russia and the British Empire?"

Zhang Chunping asked.

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "Almost, wait for two more days, I am waiting for the most critical battle in South Africa, and Hexiang will never let me wait longer, as long as Hexiang can defeat the forces mobilized by the Zulu Kingdom in the future main decisive battle, that is when the water will come out." ”

Xue Fucheng listened to Guo Ye's words, his heart became excited, and said: "Hurry up, haha, I, the minister, just wait for the silver to fall from the sky and hit me, specially, Brother Bochen and I have had enough of suffering without silver over the years!" Your Majesty, tell me, how much money can we earn this time? ”

As soon as Xue Fucheng's words came out, everyone's eyes suddenly looked over, the most important thing is war compensation!

"Brother Shuyun, your vision is too short-sighted, what is the money? Don't say tens of millions of pounds, even if it is hundreds of millions of pounds, there will be a time when it will be spent, and we should fight for land, land! Don't you notice that the population of our country is getting bigger and bigger, 40,000,000 now, and maybe even 100,000,000 in the future, 100,000,000 people, when the time comes, everyone needs shelter, everyone needs food, and we have enough land to cultivate? Therefore, our desire for land is more urgent than that of Tsarist Russia, and the reason why I have been waiting for this battle is to take Siberia, if not the whole of Siberia, but also to East Siberia! ”

Forehead......

Everyone's faces froze, it seems that His Majesty is really determined to eat East Siberia this time, but since he is going to eat East Siberia, why do you still want to go in West Siberia and disperse the forces?

"Your Majesty, although we have a large population, we also have a lot of land, you must know that the territory of our Huaxia Empire now exceeds 12 million square kilometers, can we not afford to support our people......

Xue Fucheng asked suspiciously.

Guo Ye shook his head and replied: "Brother Shuyun, a large population does not mean that we are really strong, even if we are very strong, it does not necessarily mean that the living standard of the population is high, my ideal is that the people of the whole world can live a good life, without worrying about food and clothing, how can we do without enough resources?" This time there is room for negotiation on our war reparations, but land, absolutely not! ”

Everyone nodded.

"Chunping, I will hand over the truth to you today, our goal is to take East Siberia, rest assured, now the United States and Prussia are completely on our side, France has also promised to help us in this matter, even if the British are strong, they can't stop our determination to take East Siberia, the reason why we march into Central Siberia is to be able to completely take East Siberia, only by including Central Siberia in the bag, we can have room for maneuver and occupy the absolute initiative. As for the war reparations, 70 million is just a front for us, at least more than 30 million pounds, then we are already making a lot of money......"

30 million pounds, converted into Chinese silver dollars, that is already nearly 20,000 silver dollars, equivalent to the financial revenue of the Chinese Empire for nearly a year, if all of it is used to build railways, it can be used to build 20,000 kilometers and build a navy? 20,000,000 silver dollars, enough to equip 200 of the most advanced warships!

Moreover, this is just the bottom line, if the Chinese Empire is tough enough and lucky enough, it may be able to get 40 million pounds, as for how much compensation it can get in the end, it all depends on the means and wisdom at the negotiating table.

Zhang Chunping said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I will insist on the compensation of 70 million pounds, Tsarist Russia will never be able to take out so many pounds, converted into rubles, there are already nearly 300 million rubles, they may not be able to earn so many rubles in two years, they can't take it out, what should I do?" It's very simple, call Siberia out, 10 million pounds to deduct 1 million square kilometers of land, more than 3 million square kilometers in Eastern Siberia, just right, deduct 30 million pounds, the rest of the 40 million pounds, you can settle in the bag safely, I also completely agree with Your Majesty's meaning, the whole of East Siberia is rich in resources, where the coal is enough for us to use for hundreds of years, but it is not so tens of millions of pounds can be compared! ”

"Wiped it!"

Yan Chunyu on the side didn't say much, because he was not interested in diplomacy and politics, and after stopping Zhang Chunping's words, he couldn't help but stand up, "Chunping, what you say is dark enough, you have to get the money, and you don't even leave the land to others......"

Zhang Chunping sneered: "Whoever cares about his uncle, anyway, it's a dead friend who doesn't die and a poor man!" ”

(To be continued.) )