Datang received the latest news of Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Xinjiang, it was January 7, 1878, and the Tang Emperor Richard laughed excitedly, saying three "good" words in a row, and the praise was overflowing.

Sure enough, he was worthy of being the Zuo Gong of the Loyal Country, and he did not hesitate to start a war against Tsarist Russia, and successfully achieved a brilliant achievement that had not been achieved in the original history (note, the recovery of 440,000 square kilometers of land in the outer northwest).

A small push, and sure enough, there was a deviation again in history.

This made Emperor Richard feel very accomplished, and the colors of joy were all on his face, so that the court was filled with an atmosphere of joy.

In order to help the Hunan army grow its strength, Datang racked his brains in this regard, and the 16-boat heavy machine gun secretly attached to it was not a Colt transfer tube heavy machine gun, but an American-made Makqin heavy machine gun.

The artillery is a German-made 12-pounder field gun, and it is not the standard artillery of the Tang Empire army, and the rifle supported is the British-made Mini rifle, just to eliminate the suspicion of the two, so as not to cause unnecessary criticism, which is really thoughtful.

Happy, that's really happy.

It is rare for me to rise up in the Qing Dynasty, Zuo Zongtang's merit lies in the recovery of the Qing Dynasty territories by force, which avoids being blackmailed by Tsarist Russia at the negotiation table, and the waist of the Qing court negotiators is really not straight!

Without this play, the 440,000 square kilometers of land in the outer northwest would be completely out of play, and it would definitely be occupied by Tsarist Russia as in the original history.

Okay, great.

Emperor Richard was in a very good mood on this day, and he found inspiration from it, so that he could gently help to prevent the division of the national territory when recovering Outer Mongolia in the future.

The foundation of the Tang Empire is still in North America, and now among the hundreds of millions of people in the empire, North America accounts for seventy and a half, Central America occupies a little more than one-percent, South America and overseas provinces (Note; Including Paradise Province, Beihai Province, Yunzhong Province, Hawaii Province) accounts for about one-half of the weak proportion.

In line with the basic policy of "strong cadres and weak branches", the important industrial, scientific and technological and agricultural and animal husbandry production of the empire were all in North America, and the development was in full swing.

But it is not without hidden worries, behind the peak of the Tang Empire's armed forces, there are still a lot of discordant noises coming out.

After just a few days of eating a full meal, some corrupt Confucians and poor people jumped out and talked about "world harmony", "harsh government as fierce as a tiger", "governing the country with benevolence and virtue", and so on, opposing the oppression of foreign people, opposing the empire's brutal assimilation policy, and advocating the colonial rule of Western civilization and gentlemen.

Not to mention, these statements are supported by some brainless people, and there is still a considerable market in the empire.

Recalling that the last time there was a purge in the cultural circles was more than 10 years ago, now that the good life is going well, some residues have risen up and come out in turn to be demons.

Emperor Richard has ordered the Imperial Propaganda Department and the Ministry of the Interior to work closely together, with the participation of the Imperial Security Bureau and the General Police Department, to start a thorough investigation of these literati and rioters, and prepare for the next step in clearing the net.

By 1878, the situation of the Russo-Turkish war had become completely clear.

The Tang Empire has three batches of reinforcements, totaling 112,000 people, arriving in Greece and Istanbul one after another, and the fourth batch of 55,000 troops is on standby in Chicago and New York Harbor, ready for an expedition across the sea.

Britain also sent a powerful royal expeditionary fleet to Greece and entered the Sea of Marmara to patrol the Tsarist army to carry out a joint deterrent against the Russian army.

This series of rupture forced Tsarist Russia to abandon its battle plan to march on Constantinople, halt large-scale military operations, and send negotiating envoys to negotiate the terms of ending the war.

The British Army, which the Ottomans were looking forward to being blind, still did not send a single soldier.

Tsarist Russia concocted the Treaty of San Stefano, which was drawn up in advance by Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov and Tsar Alexander II, among others, and was a complete alliance for the defeated Ottoman Empire, with no room for maneuver.

Just like the intransigence of the Tang Empire after its victory, the Treaty of San Stefano did not allow for a single word change, and the only options available to the Ottoman Empire were to accept and continue the war until its final destruction.

The treaty provides that:

The Ottoman Empire recognized the full independence of the three kingdoms of Negro, Serbia and Romania.

Recognition of Bosnia and Herzegovina's autonomy but remained within the Ottoman Empire, and recognition of Tsarist Russia's special interests in the region.

The creation of the Great Bulgarian State and the permission for the presence of Tsarist Russian forces in Bulgaria, which is a bond that maintains the traditional friendly interests of the two countries, will strengthen the position of the Orthodox Church in the country.

The Ottoman Empire returned southwestern Sarabia to Russia, and annexed Kars, Batumi Ardahan, and Bayazit to Russia.

Revise the rules for passage in the Bosphorus, allow free passage of warships from countries bordering the Black Sea, such as Tsarist Russia......

As soon as this "Treaty of San Stefano" was published, it aroused strong dissatisfaction among Britain, Tang, Austria and other countries, and began to jointly exert heavy pressure on Tsarist Russia, demanding that he spit out the fruits of victory that had been swallowed.

Now it is in a scorching period, and whether the fourth batch of 55,000 expeditionary forces will land in Europe as scheduled depends on the diplomatic operation of the British in the next step.

Now the expeditionary forces of the Tang Empire are eating and drinking spicy food in Greece and Istanbul, and they are leisurely basking in the sun with European Caucasian women in their arms on the seaside, which is really not too comfortable!

It's not like a war, it's more like a vacation to Europe, and it's a subsidized vacation for the British.

In order to persuade the Tang Empire to send more expeditionary forces, the British treasury specially allocated 3.2 million pounds to subsidize the expenses of the expeditionary force, and this money has already arrived.

It's not all the costs, but it's pretty good.

After all, the expeditionary force of the Tang Empire, whether in Greece or Istanbul, was received with a high standard.

The Ottoman Empire mobilized tens of thousands of young white women to comfort the army, and every few days a ship of frozen meat from South America arrived to bring nutritious military supplies.

The Tang Empire gave each soldier a certain amount of toffee, chocolate and cigarettes every month, which were all high-priced goods in demand on the black market in Istanbul, and a cigarette could be exchanged for a Caucasian Armenian woman.

Emperor Richard's focus is no longer in Europe, and it is safe to worry that there are British Yankees there.

Don't blow it up, the British are still quite reliable in terms of conspiracy and trickery, and Britain and Tang have agreed;

In addition to making Tsarist Russia spit out most of its interests in the Balkan War, it was also necessary to pressure Tsarist Russia to admit its defeat in Xinjiang and prohibit it from encroaching on the northwestern territory of the Qing Dynasty again.

This was originally a matter of pushing the boat down the river, so it was simply put together.

Britain and Russia moved frequently in the northwestern part of the Qing Dynasty, and the relationship was more of a competitive relationship, and the British were always in the stage of small-scale expeditions, and for the time being, they had no intention of sending an invading army into the hinterland of the mainland.

In this case

The British naturally do not want to see Tsarist Russia swallow Central Asia and Xinjiang, and its power will further expand, what good will this do for Britain?

Britain and Tang hit it off, and while frequently deploying troops to show strength, they put on a posture of not hesitating to break up, vowing to forcibly push Tsarist Russia down to the bottom, otherwise they would not hesitate to fight.

In the original history

Tsar Alexander II was indeed blackmailed by the British, and now that he has joined the Tang Empire, the strength is even greater, and the British are more confident in operating.

Emperor Richard's focus was not at home, nor in Europe, but on the Mesoamerican war, the Tang-Western War, which was to be launched after the Lunar New Year.

Now that the two princes are sitting in the Central Plains Province and the Heaven Province respectively, the army has been gathered, all the combat materials are ready, and the fleet has arrived near the war zone, waiting for an order to start a full-scale war.

The inclusion of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Luzon was part of the empire's long-term expansion and colonization plan, and it was also the final chapter, the perfect end to the Tang Empire's expansion throughout the Americas.

In the future, there will be no special circumstances, and the Tang Empire will focus on colonial expansion outside the Americas, so as to improve the layout of the imperial colonies, rather than just focusing on the Americas.

The wool can't catch one and slap it hard, it's too ugly to eat.

The Summit of the Americas, originally planned for mid-1876, was postponed for two years to September 1878 due to various reasons and problems with policy coordination.

The issue of Canada's statehood is also one of the issues that have been disputed at the Summit of the Americas.

The Tang Empire insisted that Canada belonged to the British Dominion and did not have the status of an independent state, and that its prime minister could attend the Summit of the Americas, but could not participate in substantive meetings.

Canada is strongly opposed to this, and the United Kingdom is also highly concerned about this, believing that Canada's sovereign status as an independent country should be respected.

In fact, everyone knows that Canada is a spoiler.

The British don't want to see the successful holding of the Summit of the Americas and the formation of a close alliance between countries, which will greatly enhance the discourse power of the Tang Empire and crowd out the influence of European countries.

But the British are not good at opposing it personally, so sending their younger brother Canada to stir up the situation is the best way.

The British were prepared to send Canada to stir up the situation, and the second was to try to win over the Confederate States of Milliamerica and urge them to oppose the proposal to establish a permanent Organization for Cooperation in the Americas.

This is because the Confederate States of Millican, as one of the victorious countries in the North American War, are sovereign and independent North American countries with considerable influence, and the United Canada is a 2:2 tie in North America.

It will inevitably have a negative impact on the Organization of American Cooperation, which the Tang Empire is trying to promote, and the key is that Datang has nothing to do.

The third hand is to win over and lobby the Brazilian Empire, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and other countries, secretly encourage them to oppose the establishment of the Organization of American Cooperation and cheer them up.

It was precisely because of these overt and covert obstacles that the first Panama summit of the Organization of American Cooperation, which was originally planned to be held in June 1876, was disrupted.

The Tang Empire must once again show its thunderous means, and the Tangxi War is a good opportunity to show its muscles, not only to fight beautifully, but also to win completely, and win neatly, so that those South American countries wandering left and right can see what the fate of non-cooperation is?

If you don't want to be beaten, just be obedient.

The Tang Empire's status as the leader of the American Alliance is inevitable, which is the basis for the establishment of the Tang and Yuan trade circles, and it is also the backyard of the Tang Empire, of course, others are not allowed to get involved.

On many international issues, Britain and Tang have a relationship of cooperation and competition, which cannot be described as good or bad, but more like noisy and happy enemies.

(End of chapter)