"Your Excellency the Governor of the Western Regions Province of the Qing Empire, Governor of the Indian Colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Wellesley's envoy, Vaux. On behalf of Mr. Governor, Wood sends you his most exalted greetings. ”

Hearing this foreign devil muttering a lot, the general matter was also translated in a crepe.

Le Bao nodded slightly, and said: "Mr. Wood, we may have to leave the Western Regions, the Pingxi Domain of the Ming Court has led 20,000 troops, and there is no point in fighting the Pingxi Domain of the Ming Court." ”

Wood nodded and said, "I can understand the concerns of His Excellency the Governor, but His Excellency the Governor now has 30,000 troops and a population of more than 500,000, so why should he retreat in a hurry?" The Ming Empire may not be able to focus on the Western Regions Province. ”

Le Bao waved his hand again and again when he heard this: "No, no, no, we can't stay in the Western Regions, since ancient times, the Central Plains Dynasty will try to control the Western Regions, which is related to the Central Plains Dynasty's own security, the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty." Therefore, the Ming court will definitely try to completely control this area when it frees up its hands, and we can't wait for the Ming Dynasty to send troops before leaving, and I'm afraid there won't be many people left at that time. ”

Wood frowned.

From the perspective of Britain's interests, he certainly hoped that Le Bao would be desperate to conceive the Ming Dynasty here in the Western Regions.

However, Lebao's Western Regions Governor's Office was not the Qing Dynasty government, which signed countless treaties and almost completely exchanged sovereignty in later generations

Vaux. Wood is also not the British Consul General Aliza at Dongjiaomin Lane.

So it's impossible for him to control what Lebao is going to do.

It is all too normal for Le Bao to make decisions based on his own interests.

"Where is Your Excellency the Governor going?" Wood asked.

Le Bao frowned when he heard this.

The 30,000 soldiers he had on hand were actually not enough for him to fight in several Green Khanates in Central Asia.

But the problem is that they are too close to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has a Pingxi Domain, if it is a home in Central Asia, I am afraid that it may be in danger of destroying the country at any time.

But where can you go except Central Asia?

To the north?

To the north is Tsarist Russia, although Le Bao is not very afraid of Tsarist Russia, because the Eight Banners under his command have been baptized by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they know better than the shooting army of Tsarist Russia how to fight the war in the bombardment era.

To the west, to the north, it doesn't seem to work.

Then you can only go south.

But the forces in the south are not easy to fight.

The first to face was a new Green Khanate: the Durrani dynasty.

That is, the predecessor of the later Afghanistan.

This dynasty was at the height of its power.

Not very easy to bully.

In fact, the Britons have tried to knock on the door of this green country several times, but they have repeatedly returned in vain.

The first Anglo-Afghan war in history (between Britain and Afghanistan) took place about the same time as the First Opium War.

The Britons did not invade Afghanistan until fifty years later, which shows that this place is indeed not too easy to bully.

"I want to get a piece of farming land in the south to live for 500,000 bannermen."

Lebao said.

There are half of the Han people under him, and there are more than 100,000 Manchus who are not very good at grazing, and the remaining 100,000 Mongolians can graze, but grazing is afraid that they will not be able to support so many people.

Wood rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you make the Indus Valley your home?" ”

"The Indus Valley?"

A map of India came to Lebao's mind.

This Indus River is not in India in the afterlife, but in Pakistan.

There are now several countries in the region.

The union of the Sikhs, the Kalats, the Talpur dynasty, and most of the territory of the Mughal Empire were on both sides of the Indus Valley.

It is indeed a paradise for farming, and in the subcontinent it is comparable to the Yokota River basin, and in later generations the population density is no less than that of the Ganges River basin.

"You're going to fight the Mughal Empire?"

Lebao frowned.

"No, we have to go through Afghanistan first!"

"What if they don't borrow?"

"Mr. Governor, is your army just an ornament?"

Lebao looked at the foreign devil and understood.

This foreign devil hopes to pull hundreds of thousands of people to India, and he is afraid that he is fighting the plan of joining forces with him to deal with the coalition of Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty.

But the Indus Valley is a great place.

And now Le Bao is also an important minister of the Qing Dynasty who has opened his eyes to the world, he knows that although the Britons have been deflated in the Indian Ocean, they are also a number of big countries in the world, and such a big power alliance can also be used as a strong reinforcement for the Qing Dynasty.

In addition, Sun Shiyi was an important minister of Lord Qianlong back then, and he had an old relationship with Fukangan, and he also worked with himself.

I'm afraid he will remember the incense of the year, and he won't kill the Qing Dynasty!

Not to mention.

The Qing Dynasty all went to India.

Can the hand of the Ming Dynasty still be stretched so long?

Take the Indus Valley as your home, this place is densely populated, and you have hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners, and when the time comes, you will rule the local indigenous people with the Eight Banners, isn't this a small Qing Dynasty?

When the time comes, we will find a way to take the fifteenth master out of it, and ascend the throne and become the emperor in the new Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Empire will be resurrected!

Thinking of this, Le Bao also thought that going south was the way to live in the Qing Dynasty.

But here's the problem.

Is it really going to be a fight with the Afghans first?

I heard that the people in this place are very strong.

At that time, the great emperor of the Mughal Empire, Aurangzeb, used India's money to hire Afghan warriors to complete the great expansion of the Mughal Empire!

The people of this place are not to be underestimated.

If you can.

Le Bao certainly prefers to bully Indians rather than fight Afghans.

But now that the Afghans are in front of them, I don't know if they will honestly borrow the way - normally it should not be, standing on the ass of the ruler of the Durrani dynasty and thinking, who is willing to let hundreds of thousands of people, and 30,000 troops walk through their territory.

Then you can only fight one game!

Le Bao did not just fight with the Ming army, and even the Pingxi army of the Ming Dynasty.

But to fight Afghanistan?

That's still very confident!

The name of the current Afghan Imperial Cemetery has not yet been carried forward.

Although I have also heard that the warriors here are very capable of fighting.

But what if you can fight again?

Since ancient times.

It is the barbarians of the East who beat the barbarians of the West, and the barbarians of the North who beat the barbarians of the South.

The Great Moon Clan, which was driven out by the Huns, was able to claim the throne in this area and establish the Great Moon Empire.

If the Huns are driven away, they will be able to become the whip of God in the West.

After suffering defeat in the East, the Turks moved westward and established a series of large and small empires in Central and Western Asia.

Even the current Ottomans are heard to have a little bit to do with the Turks.

Needless to say, the Mongols marched westward.

It's just crushing all the way.

What he had in his hands was the Manchu, Han and Mongolian coalition forces.

There's no reason you can't beat it.

"Your Excellency, your army has a wealth of combat experience and is one of the most familiar with the tactics of the new era, and you can use this army to find a foothold for the Qing Empire. Now the Ming Empire is too powerful, and you and your subordinates can only rebuild the Qing Dynasty in areas far away from the Ming Empire! ”

Vaux. Wood said.

"What's more, if you lead the troops to the Indus Valley, our British Indian Governor's Office will be able to provide you with more powerful weapons, and the alliance between Britain and the Qing Dynasty will definitely curb the expansion momentum of the Ming Empire in India!!"

For Britons.

Arming the bail is something that hardly needs to be thought about.

In their opinion, Le Bao and the Ming Empire are naturally mortal enemies.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

And now on the Indian battlefield.

The allied forces of the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty encroached on the Bengal all the way north, increasing the pressure on the British Viceroyalty of India.

If you can form an alliance with Lebao and join forces on both sides, then you can plot a decisive battle against the coalition of the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty!

"I'll think about going south." Lebao said, not responding immediately.

Ward didn't expect Lebao to make such a big decision right away, so he nodded in understanding, and then said, "Your Excellency the Governor, we have a reluctant request from Britain. ”

"Please?"

"We hope that His Excellency the Governor will send an officer corps as an advisor to guide the Army of the Viceroyalty of Breede India in adapting to the Army tactics of the Bombardment Age."

If the people of later generations hear this, they will be shocked!

Britain actually wants the Qing Dynasty to send military advisers to teach itself to fight!!

But Vaux. Wood doesn't feel ashamed.

Because all kinds of new weapons appeared on the battlefield of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Tactics also developed very quickly.

The British Army really needed to communicate with the Qing army, which had experienced such a baptism of "advanced weapons and tactics".

"There's no problem, you and I have a common enemy, and we should work together."

Lebao immediately agreed.

He wanted to maintain good relations with the Britons.

Because his weapons and ammunition must be taken from Britain

(End of chapter)