The smoke of gunpowder enveloped the huge convoy. The mule pulling the cart fell in a pool of blood, twitching its body unwillingly and wailing in despair. A man covered in blood came to the mule, raised a bayonet, stabbed it into the mule's body, and stirred it vigorously. Next to the mule's corpse were two Fusang soldiers, one dead and the other injured.

The wounded looked at the man in front of him in horror. Seeing him pulling out a bayonet from the mule and walking towards him, he subconsciously moved his body and struggled to retreat. However, this squirming speed was impossible to compare with normal walking. Seeing that the man had come to him, the Fusang soldier shouted in despair: "Surrender! I surrender!"

The blade ruthlessly pierced into the body, and blood splattered. The man licked his lips and showed a grim smile. "It's so unfortunate, I'm a Tieler person and I don't understand Fusang's words. I guess you must be saying that long live your emperor and are willing to fight for him until death, right?"

The flag of Fusang fell weakly to the ground, and the bodies of the soldiers of the country fell not far from the flag. The silver sound and screams sounded, and the victorious side walked over to find the sound. After distinguishing the enemy, they decided whether to carry it onto a stretcher or make up for it.

The soldiers of Tiel and Fusang made a mortal enemy in the war outside the pass. Even if they obeyed the command of the Five Color Flag, this hatred still existed. The barbaric Cossack cavalry were famous for their brutality, and treating Fusang prisoners of war infinitely magnified the barbaric and cruel side of their character.

After receiving the order not to capture prisoners, none of the Fussan soldiers survived, and officers were no exception. All the prisoners wearing war swords were tortured to death, and some of their organs were cut down and hung on the treetops as a symbol of Cossack Operations.

The supply line called the lifeline by the soldiers of Li Village is targeted by the Cossacks' cavalry, just like a group of wild wolves near the flock. Relying on a large number of good horses, the Cossacks have the advantage of speed. If the Fussang army comes to support in time, they choose to retreat.

Semenov and his subordinates were distributed in villages and county towns along the way, local security regiments and other forces as cooperative forces to participate in the battle. With the current troops of Shenwei, they were already in short supply to prevent the sudden attack of the Fifth Division and could not provide any extra troops to deal with Semenov and his Tiel troops.

As for the Navy, there is no problem in providing supplies. In fact, by the excuse of providing supplies to the Army, the Navy has already opened its mouth and requested more than three times the supply of supplies from the country. It also stated that if the requirements cannot be met, the Army's supply cannot be guaranteed.

However, the navy's materials are only responsible for providing them, and they will not intervene from loading to transporting them. According to the navy's explanation, the Qingdao Fortress has not made any breakthroughs so far, and the main reason is that the lack of troops is insufficient. If valuable forces are used to open up the supply line, then the frontal enemy will launch an attack and the navy's position will not be maintained. Who will bear this responsibility?

The army could only rely on a small number of infantry escorts, and they had both victories and losses when fighting against Tiel's troops, but even if they were victorious, the supplies could not be intact. Li Village's supplies always floated on the cordon line, and even the food supply of senior officers such as Shenwei was not guaranteed. There was a serious shortage of ammunition supply, resulting in some soldiers having guns but not ammunition.

The Cossacks, who achieved brilliant victories, sang war songs and pulled the cart back to their camp. It won't take long for a merchant to buy it and sell it to the Fusang Navy... With this kind of business, these Tiel soldiers made a fortune and their enthusiasm for attacking the supply line became higher and higher.

The only hope to maintain the Licun army is domestic reinforcements. The disastrous defeat of the three divisions is not enough to seriously damage Fusang's vitality and no support. As long as the military headquarters sends follow-up troops, it will definitely turn the defeat into victory, and there is still hope for it...

Jinan, within the Governor’s Office.

The four men of Albion's envoy Juerdian, Cape's envoy Kangdi, and Jason sat opposite Zhao Guanhou, and there was no one else in the room. The entire Qingdao capture plan, coupled with the subsequent battle between Shandong Fusang, seemed to rely on the bloody sacrifice of soldiers and fought desperately.

But in fact, without the secret agreement behind these people, with the strength of Shandong, it would be impossible to fight against the Fusang army. What's more, without Albion's convenience, Semenov's subordinates would not have been able to hide in Yantai so smoothly, and at the last moment, they gave the Fusang people a heavy blow. Without Albion's intelligence system assistance, it would be difficult for the Lu army to arrange the troops so well and not waste troops.

The Albion is by no means a good man and a woman. After providing help, it is time to ask for rewards.

Kangdi joined the group after the war broke out, but at this time he spoke first; "Grandpa Zhao, we have done what you asked. Now it is time for you to fulfill your promise. When will the 500,000 workers you mentioned can be fulfilled? I think you should know how tense the situation on the battlefield is, and we don't waste much time. In addition, the help of your army to the Prussian soldiers must be stopped unconditionally!"

Zhao Guanhou laughed slowly and said, "Hisser Kangdi, don't be too excited. In my mind, Cape has always been a gentleman country. As a gentleman, please pay attention to your words and deeds, especially in front of a lady. Of course, I know that the capital of your country is under the threat of the Prussian army. However, Tiel has sent troops, and you should rest assured now. After all, you have found a powerful ally. Compared with Tiel, Shandong is really insignificant and has nothing to do with the overall situation."

The biggest variable on the battlefield in Shandong was actually Tiel. Tiel formed an alliance with Albion and sent troops to attack Prussia. The condition proposed was that Albion imposed sanctions on Shandong. Cape also supported Tiel's request and determined that Tiel could provide much greater power than Shandong, and that the conditions for agreeing to Tiel were more in line with the interests of the Allies.

Although Zhao Guanhou has a backup plan, he will not lose everything because Albion turns against him. But if Albion fails to hold on to his position and really betray Shandong, the price that Shandong has to pay will inevitably increase greatly.

Albion's persistence was not to adhere to principles, nor was it a conscience attack. It was the relationship between the country and Tiel, which was really subtle. In terms of Eastern interests, the two were in an irreconcilable contradiction and opposition, and even diplomatically, supporting Tiel would be equivalent to betraying Albion and vice versa. During the entire Fusang Tiel War, without the huge loans provided by Albion, Fusang would not have been able to hold on to the final victory. It was precisely because Fusang Tiel signed a military mutual assistance peace treaty that Albion regarded as a rebellion.

Although Tiel joined the party of the alliance in the face of Prussia's pressure, he was hoping that Tiel would send troops to help Albion safeguard his interests in the East... It is estimated that the Tiels would definitely support and provide strong assistance, which was nothing more than turning Albion's belong to Tiel's belong to Tiel's belong to Tiel's belong to Tiel's belong to Tiel's belong to Tiel's belong to Tiel's belong to Tiel's belong to Cape, but how could the Albion agree to such conditions unless the Albion's ended.

In contrast, Shandong's power is weak, but it meets the needs of the Albion people. It can provide assistance and is enough to be controlled by Albion, so it will not be too big. Such a helper is what the Albion Empire needs.

The development of facts also proved that Albion's decision was correct. On the battlefield of Thais, Tiel's troops not only failed to reverse the situation, but instead worsened the situation. After a series of civil unrest and purges, Tiel was actually far less powerful than imagined.

Of course, Tiel still has a huge military power on paper, but the command system was chaotic and low-energy, and the logistics support was a mess. The combat effectiveness of the army was far from matching with the force. The only criterion for choosing a commander after the cleaning was loyalty, but they only knew how to swear allegiance, but they didn't know how to issue orders. The greed of the quarantine officers had reached the point of being crazy. The soldiers on the front line could not get food, ammunition, and gray animals had to tie the bayonets to wooden sticks, and were driven out of the position by a whip, and charged suicide at the Prussian army.

The successive defeats caused hundreds of thousands of Tiel soldiers to die in vain. The changes in the battle situation actually boosted the morale of the Prussian army and made the Prussian army reach one peak after another. At the same time, a large number of materials entered the Prussian warehouse, which instead increased the Prussian army's combat potential. Now, even the Cape people had to admit that Tiel was a ally who was helping more often.

After the wrong command wasted a large number of soldiers' lives and almost led to a mutiny, the Cape army no longer dared to act rashly. The attitude of the Albion army was similar. On the Western Front, it mainly focused on defense, hoping to delay and wait for change, and at the same time it was hoped that Yankee's mediation would be mediated to achieve peace as soon as possible.

Prussian military boots smashed the traditional Thais situation. Prussian Emperor William made a series of statements, supporting the independence of Bertele and Ukraine, supporting the founding of Ireland. Most of the colonies that were originally part of Albion made demands for more autonomy and greater power...

The status of a traditional power is shaky. An ally who can provide half a million workers and send troops to stabilize the situation in the East has become a powerful help Albion must seek. For Capel, the situation is actually worse. After all, as long as Prussia takes one step forward, Paris may fall, and they are actually unable to wait compared to Albion.

"Okay, Guanhou, now is not the time to talk about the past. The situation in Tessie is also related to the interests of your country. Ending the Tessie War earlier and restoring the economy will be beneficial to everyone we are sitting on. What does Mrs. Jenson think?"

Before the war, Jason left Shandong secretly and dealt with countries in Thailand. He played all his personal advantages and invested a lot of money, and finally promoted secret negotiations between several parties. At present, Belgium has lost all its territory, and her industry in Belgium has naturally been the Prussians.

If she hadn't invested a large amount of industries in Shandong before the war, she might have had nothing now. When she thought of this, her love for Zhao Guanhou was stronger, and she would naturally be on the same front with her lover at this time.

She smiled politely, "Sorry, Lord Juerdian, my opinion may be somewhat different from you. You should know that my main profit now comes from penicillin. God bless you, if it weren't for war, who would have purchased this thing on a large scale? All my factories are working hard to meet the order requirements. I hope that the war can last longer, so that I will make more money."

"The families of front-line soldiers will not like your speech." Zhu Erdian spread his hands. "Guanhou, we are good friends. In addition to official exchanges, we also have deep personal relationships. I hope you understand my position and I support your rights and interests in Shandong. However, please support me and support the Allies. Only when we cooperate can we safeguard the interests of everyone. On Tiel, I will communicate with them, and I can guarantee that Tiel will not interfere in the dispute over interest in Shandong, nor will you interfere in your internal affairs."

"This is not a question of whether he intervenes or not, but a question of whether he has the ability. I think Tielle does not have the ability to care about my other people's business yet. As you said, we are good friends, and friends should be in helping each other. If friends are in trouble, I should help. But you have also seen the current situation. The Fusang people are on my territory. If they don't solve this problem, how can I send troops? How can I send troops?"

Although the Fusang army in Li Village has nearly 20,000 people on paper, its actual combat effectiveness cannot even reach half. If Zhao Guanhou had a strong attack, it would take only a few days to eliminate them. It was Albion's persistence that allowed this army to exist.

Seeing Zhao Guanhou’s attack, Zhu Erdian quickly explained: “This is a domestic opinion, I am only responsible for conveying it. Fusang is also negotiating with our country, hoping to resolve the Shandong issue peacefully through diplomatic means. Fusang can mobilize more than one million troops, I think Guanhou will not deny this. Therefore, we must also be cautious about their requirements. If you completely eliminate these troops, then the negotiations with Fusang will not be able to be carried out. It is not consistent with the original intention of the empire to rely on diplomatic means to solve the Shandong issue.”

Kang Di said: "Guanshuai, I hope you understand that it is an irreversible fact that Fusang's power enters Shandong. The interests of the Prussians must be taken over by other countries. By combining existing financial and technical capabilities, they do not have the ability to continue to develop existing minerals and maintain the situation. I think that taking a step back will benefit the current war and the stability of the international situation. We can ask the Fusang people to ensure that the Shandong governor is unchanged, but your army must also recognize Fusang's interests in Shandong."

Zhao Guanhou shook his head, "I fully agree with the idea of ​​taking one step back. However, the content proposed by the Minister is not to take one step back, but Shandong retreats and Fusang advances, which has nothing to do with fairness. Shandong cannot accept such conditions."

Zhu Erdian coughed lightly, "Guanhou, I must remind you that although the Lu army has achieved tactical victory at present, your army is still in a weak position in strategy. It is not wise to unite a province and fight against a strong country. If Fusang mobilizes a large-scale war, your negotiation situation will be much worse than it is now."
Chapter completed!