"Your Highness, we have received news from Quebec."

Zhao Hongyu, who was waiting for news in Manhattan, finally received news from Quebec on this day.

Wang Shan came to the castle and sent it over personally.

"Tell me what's going on over there? Has it stabilized? ”

Zhao Hongyu is very concerned about the situation in Quebec, because it is related to the security and stability of the northern part of Manhattan. If Quebec is in his hands, they will have a rear base.

At the same time, a stable territory can also give Zhao Hongyu a large room for maneuver. Later, when he encounters unexpected dangers, he can also make a comeback.

That's the benefit of having more territory.

Either way, it's better than just one Manhattan city.

Moreover, there are also a lot of mineral resources and products in Quebec, which are all needed by Zhao Hongyu.

Besides, if you occupy Quebec, you can occupy the St. Lawrence River and have a direct view of the Atlantic Ocean.

In addition to this, he was able to take all of Canada into his own hands and own a large territory.

For land, Zhao Hongyu is never too little.

Zhao Hongyu, who came from later generations, knew very well how big Canada was, and at the same time, he occupied a large piece of land like North America.

The St. Lawrence River connects to Lake Ontario and flows directly into the Atlantic Ocean.

A shipyard was built on Lake Ontario, where warships could sail directly into the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River. And away from the coast, able to stay safe.

Even if they compete for hegemony on the sea in the future and their own coastal areas are attacked, they will not lose their military strength and construction at sea.

This is a long-term thing.

However, if you want to do this, then it is very necessary to control Quebec.

Because of its unique location, Quebec is located just northeast of the St. Lawrence River and not far from the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean.

Got the hang of here. will be able to grasp the passage to the Atlantic.

And you can also get to Lake Ontario from the Atlantic Ocean.

Therefore, the location of Quebec City is extremely important.

If Quebec City is lost, the enemy can go straight down the St. Lawrence River and directly into Lake Ontario.

Now, of course, in addition to the Quebec fort, there is also the Montreal fort built by the French last year.

These two fortresses can be said to be two barriers.

As long as these two barriers are not lost, then Lake Ontario will have an endless supply of energy to build warships.

For this reason, it is no wonder that Zhao Hongyu cares so much about Quebec's affairs.

"Your Highness, Sharma and Lamar defeated the Iroquois in Quebec. Now Lamar has settled in the fort of Quebec and sent 3,000 Somali soldiers to the fort of Montreal, stabilizing the situation in the area. ”

Wang Shan roughly told Zhao Hongyu about it.

"Are these Iroquois so easily defeated? Thank goodness for that. ”

Zhao Hongyu sighed.

"Speaking of Sharma, they were lucky, they had just arrived in Quebec and started fighting the Iroquois, and they never rested. And in such a situation, it is indeed commendable that they also defeated the Iroquois. ”

"What about Sharma? Lamar has troops in Quebec and Montreal, what about Sharma and the Gurkha Legion? Zhao Hongyu suddenly remembered Sharma and his legion.

Seeing Zhao Hongyu ask this question. Wang Shan replied: "Lamar and the Somali legion garrisoned in Quebec and Montreal, while Sharma and his Gurkha legion pursued the defeated Iroquois, and after the Iroquois were defeated, the main force could not be left alone to retreat north. And there are a small number of Iroquois. are scattered around the Quebec region. ”

"Oh, so Sharma is chasing the Iroquois." , Zhao Hongyu nodded. He would not object to the pursuit of the Iroquois to exterminate them.

Anyway, now the feud has been settled. If the Iroquois were to recover from recuperation, he would certainly be in trouble.

Although it will not hurt the muscles and bones, there is such a group of people. It's always annoying, isn't it?

"How many Iroquois forces are left? There are so many Iroquois scattered around Quebec that we need reinforcements? Zhao Hongyu asked.

Wang Shan replied: "The Quebec Fortress has 5,000 garrisons, and the Montreal Fortress has 3,000 men. That's not counting the more than 60,000 Frenchmen, I don't think we need to send reinforcements to Lamar's side, if he needs it, he will indicate it in the message this time. And on the Quebec side, not only the French, but also the Indian tribes that were originally attached to the French have now turned to the arms of our empire. ”

This time, Zhao Hongyu was relieved.

With the support of the French and the Indian tribes, it would not be difficult to exterminate the Iroquois scattered in Quebec.

"Lamar, what are he going to do. How did he want to exterminate the Iroquois scattered around? Zhao Hongyu asked Wang Shan with some curiosity.

Wang Shan smiled and said, "Lamar's brain is still very effective, he actually thought of a bounty hunter method, so that those French people who are eager to make a fortune and Indian tribes who have enmity with the Iroquois form a sporadic bounty team to deal with the Iroquois, and the effect is not bad." ”

Zhao Hongyu nodded, he understood that such a method was of course the best.

That is, it is just a little silver coin, but you can achieve the ultimate goal without losing your own troops.

At the same time, the Iroquois scattered around Quebec did not gather together but were infested with a few or a dozen people, so that the large army could not conquer them.

Therefore, the only way to do this was to have small forces scattered around Quebec to find the Iroquois and then kill them.

But in this case, Lamar will obviously not have enough troops at hand.

He had only 8,000 men there, and 3,000 men were stationed at the fortress of Montreal.

Don't look at Quebec on the map, it's a big area, but in reality it's a very big area.

Don't say 8,000 people, even if 100,000 people scatter out, you won't see a single splash coming out.

Therefore, Lamar's bounty hunter method is the best and most effective way to wipe out the remnants of the surrounding Iroquois.

Small shares for small shares. At the same time, those who are willing to be bounty hunters are people with strong force.

Therefore, against those Iroquois remnants, they may not be able to fall behind, or even stronger than the Iroquois remnants.

"Does he have enough silver there? Why don't we support him, after all, he needs to pay those people. ”

Wang Shan shook his head, "No need, where can Lamar deal with it." Since he sent a letter back and didn't say anything, then he didn't need it. ”

When Zhao Hongyu heard this, he had to dispel this idea.

"Well, is there anything else going on?"

This is the end of Quebec's problem. It should be considered solved.

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu's mood is very good now, because his territory has expanded and the land under his control has increased.

He is now like a landlord and an old man, and he has a strong plot for land.

"In the future, I have to set aside a piece of land for myself, which can be passed on as my family territory for generations." , Zhao Hongyu said to Wang Shan half-seriously and half-jokingly.

"Your Highness, the empire is all yours alone, you can as much as you want." , Wang Shan replied.

Zhao Hongyu pursed his lips. He didn't take it seriously.

After all, many of the cultivated genetic people are guys with independent personalities.

If they did, God knows what they would do.

Although most of the genetic humans are the product of a wooden plank setting, these genetic humans have been exposed to reality. It is also an indisputable fact that Mu Ne's brain will slowly become flexible.

Zhao Hongyu saw everything in his eyes, and he didn't want to take risks.

If there is really turmoil because of himself, then it will be too late for him to regret it.

"Let's talk about this later, you tell me if Lamar has any requirements first? If not. We're going to have to start planning for a trip to Europe. Originally, Zhao Hongyu was most worried about what was going on in Quebec, if it weren't for Quebec. He had already led his troops to Europe on battleships.

Now that the dust has finally settled on the Quebec side, it can be said that Zhao Hongyu is now relaxed and can start his European trip.

Anyway, there are seven 'village chiefs' here to help him develop the city, and it is not much use to stay for the time being, so it is better to go to Europe and the Mediterranean than to have nothing to do.

By the way, show the force of the empire and shock the Europeans.

Of course, Sara also has a estate in Madrid, which he has always been thinking about.

Now the French have sent another estate near Marseille, and he is going to receive it.

In addition, he also had to go to Egypt to see and see the Arab landscape of this era.

Maybe you're lucky enough to know a few Arab sheikhs or something, and you may be able to get a foothold in the Arabian Peninsula.

The Arabs of this era seem to have no idea what wealth lies in the desert beneath their feet.

If Zhao Hongyu doesn't plan, he will really be sorry for himself.

The powerful Song Empire, it should be no problem to get an enclave out.

Zhao Hongyu began to rise infinitely in his mind.

Ahem!

Wang Shan saw that His Royal Highness was distracted, so he coughed.

"Oh, tell me quickly, I'll wait." , Zhao Hongyu, who had been called to his senses, looked at Wang Shan a little embarrassed.

Wang Shan didn't say anything about His Royal Highness's distraction, he said to Zhao Hongyu: "Lamar doesn't have any big requirements, he just said that it would be best for His Highness and Ms. Sara to go in person after they are safe in the Quebec region." The purpose of this was to tell the French inhabitants that Quebec was part of the Empire, and that it would be better and more convincing for Sarah, the legitimate lord, to do so. ”

After listening to Wang Shan's relay quietly, Zhao Hongyu closed his eyes and thought about it.

Hey, it looks like I won't be able to go to Europe anytime soon.

After thinking about it, he had no choice but to give up his plan to go to Europe, after all, Lamar was right, although Quebec now has a Somali legion garrison and stabilized the situation.

However, it was really necessary for him and Sara to show up in person and say good things to the French residents.

In addition to declaring legitimacy, the main thing in their appearance is to calm people's hearts and let those who have some ideas die down.

At the same time, Sarah's appearance as a legitimate Quebec lord was also able to convert most of the French people to their hearts, and even make them citizens of the empire.

Anyway, there was no concept of a state in this era, so it should not be too difficult to absorb the French into the empire to become citizens.

You must know that now there are still British people in the empire who were originally Virginia, and they have all become citizens of the Song Empire.

And the vigor that these people show after receiving brainwashing education is better than that of fanatical believers in religion.

The Foreign Legion in Parma is one such example.

The political commissars of the Chinese people, patrolling them at night and stuffing the quilts, and shouting at them for warmth, really moved these people beyond measure.

That's how they've been treated there.

You must know that in the European armies of this era, beating and scolding, and deducting salaries were common.

Even worse things have happened.

But there was no such situation in the corps of the Empire, on the contrary, they were well fed and dressed, and everything was very good except for the training that was a little hard.

Especially the commissars, they do things that make everyone feel like angels......

With this example of the Foreign Legion, the French can also think about it.

Zhao Hongyu will not be disgusted with the number of people who work hard for him, and the more the better.

"Tell the messenger in Quebec that he tells Lamar to destroy the remnants of the Iroquois hiding in Quebec as soon as possible, and send someone to inform me when they are destroyed, and then I will take Sara to Quebec. After all, it's not very safe yet, so I can't go right now. ”

After thinking about it, Zhao Hongyu explained to Wang Shan.

"At the same time, a group of political commissars were sent to Lamar's side and asked them to do propaganda. At the same time, logistics were formed and supplies began to be replenished to Quebec. ”

Thinking that Quebec has been in war for so long, all kinds of supplies must be extremely scarce.

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu plans to support some over there.

"No need, Quebec's supplies have been supported by Lake Ontario, and Song Hu has been paying attention to this matter. The Quebec messengers have made it very clear that they don't need supplies from Manhattan on their side. Wang Shan said to Zhao Hongyu.

"Oh, if that's the case, forget it, but the commissar's affairs must be hurried. It's a very important thing to brainwash the French. Zhao Hongyu instructed Wang Shan very seriously.

Wang Shan nodded again and again: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I know the severity." (To be continued.) )