Chapter 295: Bismarck's News
What happened on the street was just a small episode for Li Yunzhong, and naturally there were police officers in the back to clean up the mess, and the Beijing Youth Gang was like a docile puppy in front of the heavily armed police, and one by one the leaders were taken away, and only some low-level gangsters escaped the catastrophe, and the huge Green Gang suddenly disappeared.
After settling Wu Fangfei, Li Yunzhong immediately returned to the palace, and after such a long delay, he didn't know how high the pieces and dense folds were piled up.
"Your Majesty, Bismarck, the Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia, asks to see you!"
Li Yunzhong was stunned, two days ago he received the news that Bismarck was inspecting Shanghai, why did he return to Beijing in less than two days, and the speed was really fast, Li Yunzhong immediately realized that something big had happened in Europe again, otherwise the Prussian minister would not have been so impatient.
"Bismarck, the plenipotentiary envoy of the Kingdom of Prussia, meets His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"
Li Yunzhong said with a smile: "The official position of the envoy has changed again? Congratulations! Congratulations! ”
Bismarck said humbly: "Your Majesty is laughing, thanks to the Han Dynasty's support for the Kingdom of Prussia, the King has ordered me to be a special envoy to handle the affairs of diplomatic relations with the Han State. ”
Li Yunzhong was also very happy that Bismarck's status had been promoted, and the talent of the future iron-blooded prime minister had finally been revealed, and he acted decisively and ruthlessly with three points of cunning, not only had military talent, but was also a diplomatic genius, and Bismarck was able to move between the four great powers of Britain, France, the United States, and the Russian Empire.
"I don't know what is the matter with the envoy being in such a hurry to see me?"
Bismarck said solemnly: "The Crimean War is over, and the Russian Empire and the Allies have agreed on an armistice!" ”
Li Yunzhong was extremely surprised, and said in a lost voice: "Impossible! At that time, the British envoy Wenham signed an alliance with our country. One of them is that the consent of all the participating countries must be obtained before the surrender of Russia can be accepted. Now that I haven't heard from me, how can they cease fighting alone! ”
Bismarck said, "Your Majesty." The news I received is indeed true, the Russian army has withdrawn from the country three months ago, less than 100,000 people remain in the Crimea region, the new Russian Tsar Alexander personally decided to cease the war, the news will never be wrong, Your Majesty I suggest that you still withdraw the large army in Russia, the British and French allies alone to make peace, it is ill-intentioned, maybe there is a conspiracy brewing in it. ”
Li Yunzhong kept nodding. Thinking of the Second Opium War, isn't it that as soon as the Crimean War ended, Britain and France sent troops to attack China, resulting in the fall of Beijing, it seems that Britain has been determined to fight with the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty is not what it used to be, the degree of industrialization far exceeds that of Russia, especially the arsenals and shipyards, and the military equipment produced is all the most advanced level in the world. There is no need for Britain to be inferior, where did they get the confidence to defeat the Han.
Seeing Li Yunzhong nodding, Bismarck was in high spirits and continued: "Europe is tens of thousands of miles away from Asia. It was all ocean, and the British army would definitely stop in Singapore, where His Majesty could ambush. ”
Li Yunzhong sighed: "The situation is still unclear. Our army is not familiar with the place in Nanyang, if I rashly enter Nanyang. I'm afraid that I will give the truth, but the coastline of Dahan is too long. If the British army is allowed to invade, it is not a solution, and it is a dilemma. ”
Bismarck was bent on inducing Li Yunzhong to engage the British and French forces in order to allow the Kingdom of Prussia to take the opportunity to unify Germany.
"Your Majesty can rest assured, the British army has come from a long distance, at most 20,000 horses, Your Majesty only needs to send an army to contain the British army, and when the time comes, the mainland will send reinforcements, and the British army will definitely be defeated."
Li Yunzhong looked at Bismarck carefully, this bearded man seemed to be deliberately deceiving himself, could there be a deception in it? Impossible, the Kingdom of Prussia still has a military industry to stay in Dahan, and they are not afraid of being scattered in two?
After thinking about it for a while, Li Yunzhong still didn't know the essentials, and planned to drag it out first, Bismarck's words could not be fully believed, but the news of the armistice between Russia and the Allies must be true.
"What the envoy said is reasonable, I still call the army back, I wonder if the envoy knows why the new Russian Tsar Alexander stopped fighting? To tell you the truth, I have seen this person, he is not the kind of cowardly person, but tough and cunning, I thought that with him as the tsar, the Crimean War would be fought for a longer time, but I didn't expect the ending to be so hasty! ”
Bismarck had an idea, remembering that Austria had repeatedly made enemies with the Kingdom of Prussia, which made him offend the big man, that is, he cut off the source of Austrian arms in the future, and wanted to fight here.
"Your Majesty is like this, Russia's invasion of the Crimea region seriously threatens the interests of the Austrian Empire, Austria at the beginning was still sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, not daring to participate easily, but the Russian army has been defeated repeatedly, and the decline is becoming more and more obvious, on the contrary, Britain and France have more and more allies, advanced equipment, although Russia relies on the numerical superiority of the British and French forces to stalemate, but the discerning people know that Russia will not support for long, so that the Austrian Empire has no fear, secretly assemble a large army, And sent envoys to issue the most rebellious ultimatum to Russia. ”
Li Yunzhong felt a little sorry for that Alexander, he had just bought a batch of arms from the Han Dynasty and wanted to do a big job, but he didn't expect to be hit head-on, hundreds of thousands of Austrian troops were already eyeing him, and the 20,000 guns alone could not save the fate of defeat, and he had just ascended the throne as the tsar, and he was about to sign a defeat treaty, which was a serious blow to his prestige.
"This Austria really doesn't know what to do! People are playing well, he is not watching the excitement from the side, and he still wants to participate in it, isn't this taking advantage of the fire to rob! What a bastard, Austria signed an alliance treaty with Russia, not to help Russia, but to help outsiders, short-sighted! ”
Bismarck kept nodding, this Austria is not like words, it wants to join the war, and it does not know the Kingdom of Prussia, it is clearly thinking of possessing interests alone, and now the Kingdom of Prussia wants to participate in the armistice agreement and is rejected.
Li Yunzhong did not doubt Bismarck's words at all, as far as he knew, radio communications had been used on the Crimean battlefield, the British head of state and minister personally commanded the battle in London, and the newspapers blew it up as if God himself was helping them again, but this kind of skill was not a great man, and he personally ordered to steal from the West, but there was no good news yet.
Bismarck said: "Your Majesty, this is an opportunity, Britain intends to take advantage of the victory of the Crimean War to invade the Han State, as long as Your Majesty defeats Britain, no country in the world will look down on you." ”
This sentence came to Li Yun's center, and he thought that sooner or later the Han Dynasty would fight with the great powers, and now that the soldiers are strong and the war is experienced, this may be a good opportunity, it is best to control the scale of the war, or let the British confirm the combat effectiveness of the Han army with their own eyes, so that they can cast a mouse trap, Li Yunzhong quickly remembered the Lanfang Company in Nanyang, which is a good excuse.
"What the envoy said is reasonable, I plan to enter the South Seas!"
Bismarck was overjoyed and complimented: "Your Majesty will definitely be able to win." (To be continued......)