The British fleet, exhausted by the seven-stage battle and with unknown losses, suffered heavy losses under the double blow of the few remaining warships of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the blows of the batteries along the coast of Singapore, and finally had to evacuate.

The famous Battle of Malacca came to an end, ending with the British Navy being heavily wounded and evacuating, the Taiping Navy almost completely annihilated, and most of the batteries along the Malay Peninsula and Singapore coasts were destroyed.

After this battle, the British navy suffered a serious blow, and unless a large number of warships were drawn from other places to form a new fleet, they could not be able to launch another large-scale naval attack within six months.

However, it was also quite difficult for them to draw other warships, and three successive naval invasions failed to inflict great humiliation on the British navy and dealt a heavy blow to their strength.

Britain had too many enemies, and they relied on their superb diplomatic skills and the world's leading navy to suppress these enemies.

However, three successive fiascos at sea have seriously damaged their naval strength, and other countries are ready to move, and diplomacy is also based on strength.

Moreover, Britain also needs strong naval support to control its huge colonial system, and in the previous naval adjustment, in order to provide enough naval warships for the expeditionary force to invade China, the defense force of other colonies has been greatly weakened.

At present, the British are most worried about the opportunity of other countries to make trouble and the resistance of the colonial people in various places, and the attack on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a secondary matter.

Because China is mainly an army, the sea power has been basically destroyed, and their navy is at most to occupy some small islands and attack the batteries along the coast of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, as for large-scale landing operations on the road, the British really do not have the guts.

Moreover, the current land operations are mainly in Burma, and large-scale road warfare has broken out in lower Burma.

The Taiping Army and the combined Burmese and Siamese armies totaled 500,000 people, including 100,000 Taiping troops, 300,000 Burmese troops, and 100,000 Siamese troops.

Of course, there are not many who really have combat effectiveness, but the numbers alone are enough for the British not to ignore.

In Lower Burma, the British army committed tens of thousands of troops, most of them Indian mercenaries.

After a long battle, the British were on the bottom, and the British were eventually expelled from Lower Burma.

Subsequently, the combined forces of China, Burma and Siam attacked Bangladesh, and another Taiping army unit that finally pacified Tibet after half a year also went south to fight, and the whole of Bangladesh fell into the flames of war.

What frightened India the most was that between India and Tibet, which had always been controlled by the British, the three small countries of Gurkha (now Nepal), Tsemengxiong (i.e., Sikkim), and Bhutan, suddenly rebelled, announced that they would join the East Asian Defense Alliance, and joined forces with the coalition forces of China, Burma, and Siam to form a six-nation alliance, and Bangladesh was lost!

And because of the Gurkha rebellion, the Gurkha troops in the British mercenaries also rebelled, and a great uprising broke out that threatened the whole of India.

The Six-Nation Coalition marched along the southern foothills of the Himalayas, passing through Bengal, Bhutan, and Zhe Mengxiong, and arrived in Gorkha, attacking the Indian hinterland from the north, and the troops were already approaching Delhi, and the whole of British India was in a great crisis.

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Tianjing City, in the living room of Tianhou Mansion.

Hong Tian met with Bruce again.

Bruce's whole person looked very haggard, with two big panda eyes hanging, which was extremely incongruous with his gentleman's clothes, but Hong Tian naturally would not be surprised, if it was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that defeated the battle, I am afraid that he would be worse than the other party.

But even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the dominant side now, Hong Tian is not comfortable, and the lack of sleep for a long time makes his eyes puffy and his spirit is a little sluggish.

"My country wants to make peace with your country. Bruce said.

Hong Tiandao: "My country also longs for peace, but it will never accept humiliation. ”

Bruce looked pained and said, "Our country can make concessions. ”

Hong Tian smiled: "I knew this was the case, why did I have to do it in the first place?"

Bruce said: "We are willing to end this war on the basis of His Majesty's proposal at the beginning of the year. ”

Hong Tian smiled and said, "Is Sir joking? Could it be that in this war, the soldiers of my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sacrificed in vain?

"That's the territory of my British Empire!" said Bruce.

Hong Tian shook his head and said, "But now in those places, my Taiping Army is stationing!"

"We are willing to cede Burma. Bruce gritted his teeth.

Hong Tiandao: "Bangladesh and my country are also going to do it!"

"No way, then why should I, the British Empire, make peace with you, why should I continue to fight!" Bruce said.

"Why? Naturally, you can't continue to support this war. Hong Tian said: "After peace is reached, our army will withdraw the troops attacking Delhi, and you can suppress the uprisings in various parts of India." Otherwise, in less than a year and a half, you will lose not just Bangladesh, but the whole of India. ”

Bruce was depressed, Hong Tian's words were not wrong, the Indian uprising a few years ago was repeated, which Britain had never expected before, and compared to the one a few years ago, this time the scale was even greater, plus the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and other six-nation coalition attacks, the whole of India was in danger!

The British Empire is in the midst of a crisis unseen in a century!

Former British Prime Minister Palmerston has died of a serious illness under repeated blows!

The Earl of John Russell assumed the post of Prime Minister and continued to fight for the honor of the British Empire, but the whole of Britain was in a state of pessimism.

It has become a consensus in British politics that we cannot continue to fight, because continuing to fight will only lead to a disastrous defeat in the end, even if we win a complete victory at sea, India will also be lost, and other colonies will also be affected and implicated, and then I am afraid that the entire colony of the British Empire will be in chaos.

So he has been ordered to go all out for peace talks, as long as India can be preserved, and the treaty is not too harsh, it can be accepted.

"I have to communicate with the London side. Bruce said.

"It's okay! I'm waiting for your reply, anyway, there is already a telegraph line in Tianjing City to connect London, I believe their decision will come soon, I hope Delhi is still in your hands at that time, otherwise we will have to negotiate the conditions again." "Hong Tiandao.

Bruce's expression was gloomy, and he nodded rudely, who had always been a gentleman, and left directly.

Hong Tian looked at the other party's disappearing back, and his expression was extremely gloomy.