Shortly after King Stephen ascended to the throne, after the death of his uncle, King Henry I, he rushed to England and thus seized the throne, but he also faced a strong rival, Matilda, the daughter of Henry I. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, at this time, the strength of the British king was limited, and the knights under his command were in their own territory, and the war mainly relied on mercenaries, so after the conquest of the Anglolands by his illegitimate son William, successive British kings continued to strengthen the Tower of London, in order to be able to hide in the fortress in case of trouble, waiting for the mercenaries and knights to arrive.

In the fortress, King Stephen was silent as he knelt before his attendants.

"Are those pirates who claim to be the Huaxia Empire still harassing along the coast?"

Stephen knew a little about this group of uninvited guests who had recently appeared on the shores of the Anglo Coast, and three months earlier they had first appeared on the coast of the Anglolands, where they had been harassed, persecuted, and even robbed, which infuriated the fleet, and the upside-down viscount, along with his knights and mercenaries, became minced meat under cannon fire.

Then, using this as an excuse, the other side began to harass the ports along the coast of England, all the way until it approached the Thames.

"Yes...... Be. ”

Stephen lowered his head, and after a long moment, he said, "Let that Jin Guoren come here!" ”

After a while, a man dressed in a strange costume was brought to him, and the man looked panicked and visibly frightened.

Wan Yanliang, known as "Satan", after surviving the great plague, began to wander around again, but this time the opponent he faced was also armed with a small number of arquebuses and bronze cannons. And because of the plague, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and Wanyanliang does not have so many people to occupy the land, so the war is not fierce.

In the continuous war, some of the Tianzhu people, Persians and peoples in Central Asia who were coerced by Wan Yanliang fled from his rule, and they were collectively known as the Jin people.

Stephen had one at his disposal, which he had bought at great cost from Fredet the Redbeard, who had recently seized the throne as Holy Roman Emperor, so that he knew how to cast bronze cannons.

And from his mouth, Stephen also heard about the distant Chinese Empire.

"Your Majesty, your loyal servant is willing to serve you." Nehru, the native of the Golden Country, kissed Stephen's toe.

In fact, he is just a Tianzhu person, but now the countries of Europa are afraid of Jin Guo like a tiger, so he claims to be a Jin Guo from the outside world to raise his status.

"I gave you thousands of gold coins, but I haven't seen the cannon I wanted...... What do you think I should do to you? Stephen asked.

Nehru knew that he was scaring himself, so he feigned fear: "The cannon is a weapon given by the gods, mortals want to use it, it will cost more, Your Majesty, please give your servants more time and money, only in this way, the artillery will ......"

Before Nehru could finish speaking, suddenly there was a roar outside.

The familiar roar caused Nehru to immediately fall to the ground again, his face completely distorted: "Artillery, artillery!" ”

Stephen was also so frightened by the terrible sound of the cannon that he couldn't stand still, and after more than ten bangs, he was relieved and pulled Nehru up: "This is artillery? This is the thunder of the devil! ”

"This is the sound of artillery, Your Majesty...... Let's go and see what's going on, if there's an enemy invasion! Nehru was more familiar with the sound of artillery than he was, shouting for warning.

After a while, someone came to report that two boats were parked in the Thames and were "casting magic" on the White Tower.

News of casualties, broken watchtowers, news of soldiers fleeing in panic...... A flurry of news came, but none of them were good news.

"They can't do anything about the castle, here is the blessing of the gods, their evil magic can't hurt us......"

Rumble!

Just as the priest was chanting, a loud noise came, this time the louder sound was even louder than before, and even the ground was shaken, and the aftermath was endless for a long time!

"The walls are down, the walls are down!" Before Stephen could send another question, he heard someone outside exclaiming, and Stephen was so frightened that he looked out the window at the wall, and there was already a gap in the wall that he thought could not be breached.

With only the guns on the two battleships, in fact, they can't help this city wall, after all, the ships don't carry many shells. But Zhang Shun bullied the British for not having firearms, so he directly ordered the marines to land and sent a cart of explosives~ under the wall. Although the British archers above kept firing, under the suppression of the muskets and the protection of the thick steel plates on the vehicles, their shooting did not yield any results, and they could only watch as the marines planted explosives~ charges, lit the fuses, and then retreated.

The gap in the city wall made Stephen lose his last luck, since the other party can break the city wall, then he can tear down the entire castle.

"Go and ask these devil believers who they are, and what they are doing with me!" Stephen refers to Nehru.

Nehru shuddered: "I know who they are...... The golden dragon flag on the ship proves that they are the people of the Chinese Empire, this is the navy of the Chinese Empire, only they have such a large warship and are equipped with so many artillery! ”

"The Chinese Empire...... Is it really that powerful? ”

"Our Jin Kingdom was called by it!" Nehru said in a huff.

After all, it is only an island country, and although Stephen is the king of England, he is not very well-informed. He only knew about the rise of the Jin Kingdom, and now he knew that the Jin Kingdom, which swept the coalition forces of the European countries, turned out to be just a defeated general of the Chinese Empire!

The people present who heard the news were all shocked, and Stephen, as a king, immediately thought of something: "So how many knights does the emperor of the Chinese Empire have?" ”

Nehru could not use the British "knights" to describe the soldiers of the Chinese army, he thought for a while before saying: "This country, with 10 million people, should have hundreds of thousands of standing troops." ”

King Stephen almost peed.

Hundreds of thousands of standing soldiers, even if he brings together all the nobles of England, he can't muster so many troops!

What's more, these Huaxia troops are still equipped with terrible artillery!

Although he was not the lord of England, he reacted quickly, otherwise he would not have been the first to run to England to inherit the throne after his uncle's death. At this time, his mind changed, and he immediately had a new idea: "When you go to meet them, you will ...... I am willing to form an alliance with the Huaxia Empire to deal with the Jin Kingdom together! ”

Nehru was stunned and wanted to speak, but when he saw Stephen's eyes, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

It is a dangerous thing to break the dream of the superior, and he still doesn't want to remind the other party that the mere Jin Kingdom can't even bear one-tenth of the national strength of the Huaxia Empire, and it is only by relying on the great plague that he escaped from the pursuit of the Huaxia Empire.

After a while, a priest waving a cross flag and carrying messengers sent by Nehru and Stephen cautiously came out of the castle.

Seeing them, Zhang Shun ordered to stop the shelling.

The meeting between the two sides, the Chinese Empire was quite relaxed, the British envoy Robert was trembling, Nehru was bold, he had dealt with the Huaxia army when he was in Tianzhu, and knew that as long as they did not offend the scales, these Chinese people were very cheerful and enthusiastic, and could even be said to be hospitable.

"Tianzhu people?"

In front of the Huaxia army, Nehru didn't dare to claim to be from the Jin Kingdom, as soon as he opened his mouth, it was a strange tone of Huaxia, and hearing this strange tone, Zhang Shun immediately guessed his true hometown.

Because no matter what language Tianzhu people speak, they all have this strange tone, and they are also complacent, thinking that what they say is the most authentic.

"Master, you really deserve to be the smartest Chinese person, and the villain is the Tianzhu person!" Nehru said with great joy.

"How did the Tianzhu people come here...... How far is it from Tianzhu? Zhang Shun was also overjoyed.

He aspires to be the first person to travel around the world, but four years have passed since he left China, and even he is homesick, but he still doesn't know where the road back is. He was unwilling to give up halfway, and returned from the same way, and now he saw a Tianzhu person, which made him feel that he finally saw the hope of returning to China.

"This ...... There is still a long way to go, I was forcibly arrested by the people of Jinguo! ”

Nehru disconnected himself from the kingdom of gold.

Zhang Shun was disappointed, lazily asked, after learning their intentions, he smiled: "Very good, very good, I was ordered to go on an expedition, have the right of moderation, after you go back, tell the British king, I am willing to reach an alliance with him, but this alliance is mainly based on my Huaxia, he must be canonized by Huaxia and declared a vassal to Huaxia!" ”

This article is absolutely unacceptable to the British king, but Zhang Shun does not expect the other party to accept it, the current Huaxia is heavy on real profit and light on fame, and the purpose of his proposal of this condition is just to ask for money on the spot.

"This is impossible, Your Majesty is a servant of God, and will only obey God!" The British envoy Robert shouted.

"What did he say?" Zhang Shun asked Nehru.

"He said he would convey this request to the King, and he would try to persuade the King to accept it." Nehru without changing his face.

This is the Tianzhu people's specialty, if there is no such skill, Nehru will not deceive the Emperor of the HRE Redbeard Frederick, and then come to deceive the British King Stephen.

"The second condition is that we need a lot of coal, and they must use it as compensation for the violation of the dignity and interests of the Chinese Empire!" Zhang Shundao.

This was easy to do, and Nehru did not even have to report it, and he agreed to come down - Britain already had a lot of coal reserves.

The third condition was Zhang Shun's ultimate goal, he stretched out his hand, and a map was immediately handed to him, he pointed to the southeast of the Thames, where there was a mark: "This is ceded to the Chinese Empire!" ”

He had been prepared before he came, and the charts were exquisite, even more accurate than the English's own maps at this time.

"What do you mean?" Robert the messenger asked Nehru blankly.

"Oh, he said that the warships of the Huaxia Empire have crossed the oceans and come here to help our country resist the threat of the Jin Kingdom, and they need to borrow a small place from us as a garrison site, and they are even willing to pay a certain amount of money for it." Nehru said solemnly.