Xiao Letian, thousands of miles away, did not realize that the Ryukyu he managed had now had a sign of division and civil strife. The Ryukyu indigenous forces represented by Cai Mao, Jin Changsen and others had already had serious differences with foreign forces from mainland China, such as Liang Kun and Fan Jian.

After all, the local Ryukyu faction is still short-sighted. They only heard about the cruelty of foreigners and had never seen it with their own eyes. In their subconscious, the French and British were no different from the earliest Japanese Shimazu family. They were just a group of robbers who came for profit. As long as they did not overthrow the country of Ryukyu, everyone could endure even if their lives were harder.

I have survived the hundreds of years of Shimazu family rule. Who cares about changing the owner to ride on the head? As for the hope that Xiao Letian brings to everyone, it should be regarded as a dream.

However, the group of people brought by Xiao Letian from the mainland had completely different ideas from the Ryukyu natives. Old shopkeeper Fan Jian had also seen the ruins of the Old Summer Palace in the capital. His familiar friends and even the friends in the capital had also seen the brutality of the British and French coalition forces.

As for Liang Kun, he had no good feelings for foreigners. He even fought with the foreign gun team led by British Gordon during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom battle. Countless brothers died under the British butcher's hands, and the hatred could not be washed away even if it was overwhelming.

The two factions of Ryukyu were in a stalemate. One faction had a slight fantasy about foreigners, always thinking that fewer people would die in exchange for peace, while the other faction saw the nature of Western powers and knew that these hungry wolves would never have any kindness and righteousness. The so-called negotiation was a scam.

It was so embarrassing that King Shangtai was caught in it. The young king truly admired Xiao Letian and accepted the ideas instilled by Xiao Letian. However, he grew up in Ryukyu after all, and he had to listen to the opinions of the old ministers who saw him grow up.

What's more important is that the military and civilians of Ryukyu have died too many times in the bombings these days, which has exceeded the psychological endurance limit of the people of small island countries. Small countries have such sorrow, and they really cannot fight the war of attrition.

The entangled King Shangtai finally agreed to Jin Changsen and the others' opinions and decided to meet Gong Cheng. At this point, the first half of Gong Banlun's plan ended perfectly, and the old traitor who had insight into human nature once again played with a country in the midst of applause.

Xiao Letian was completely unaware of all this. In an era when the telegram line had not yet surrounded the world, the efficiency of information transmission was very low. Xiao Letian would never have thought that Gong Banlun, a famous traitor in history, would have a kick in Ryukyu. At this time, he was still interested in giving his officers' group a small lesson in the Mediterranean.

"Brothers, have you seen it? The big island to the north is Crete. The legendary Minoan maze was built here... To the north of this island, it is Greece, the birthplace of European civilization... Further north is Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, which are famous in history..."

"This land is amazing. It is the origin of European civilization and the powder keg in Europe for thousands of years. This land has been conquered since BC. The Mediterranean civilization and the Nordic civilization are in conflict here, and Asian civilization and European civilization are bordering here. Different ideas and cultures have created splendid civilizations, but they have accumulated countless conflicts."

"Brothers, you all remember it. From now on, your eyes must be carefully fixed here. The Balkan powder keg will not stop from ancient times. War here is the mainstream. Maybe one day it will become the fuse of the world war..."

Xiao Letian no longer boarded the Portuguese merchant ship. The British fleet escorted him across the English Channel, and then the Portuguese Navy also sent two small warships to escort him.

After the ship broke through the Strait of Gibraltar, the Italian Navy, who had been waiting here, took over the escort mission. The new army officers and soldiers still cannot forget the ship change ceremony in the Strait of Gibraltar, and the scene shocked the whole of Europe.

Gibraltar is the throat of the Mediterranean transportation from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean. There are endless ships flowing here, day and night. None of the captains and sailors expected what the Italian warship, which had been docked in the middle of the strait for two days, wanted to do.

When the ship change ceremony began, three Italian frigates fired 21 salutes. The banging explosion scared the surrounding merchant ships to avoid it. They thought the Italians were going to play a guest role as a pirate.

It was not until the end that the passing ships understood that the Italian Navy had been waiting for the Eastern Prime Minister Xiao Letian and his officers' regiment, the Oriental Miracle Corps that shocked the entire Europe.

"God, this is the Chinese soldiers who rely on their flesh and blood to fight against the French Cavalry."

"This is the Oriental Order that bravely rescued orphans in the Hamburg fire and made the church praise it."

"It is them, the creator of the stone bridge miracle...the miracles they created are no less than the three hundred warriors of Sparta in BC, and these are the Spartans in the East."

Leo's Oriental special topic really adds a lot of points to Xiao Letian and the others. With a lot of money in operation, a yellow whirlwind blew up in Europe. The public opinion community praised Xiao Letian and his officers' regiment in unison, which made Xiao Letian, who was shameless, embarrassed.

Now, in addition to the newspapers pro-French Emperor, there are also some sour questions in Europe, and more than 80% of the media have become Xiao Letian's voluntary propagandists.

Perhaps the French intelligence department found some information that Sino-German funds bribed editors from major newspapers, but in the face of the surging people's sentiment, this tasteless attack was quickly forgotten by the people.

At that moment, the Strait of Gibraltar suddenly whistled, and the loud sound suppressed the roar of the salute. Except for the French ships, all the remaining ships honked their whistles to see Xiao Letian and the others off. The deck was full of people waving their hands.

The Mediterranean journey became Xiao Letian's glory journey. Along the way, countless merchant ships and warships approached the Italian frigates, honking the whistle and the salutes, and saw Xiao Letian off together. I don't know where they got the news.

During the Prussian-Austrian War, Italy and Prussia were firm allies, one responsible for the battle on the northern front and the other responsible for the southern front. However, the Italians seemed to have been exhausted in the ancient Roman era. At this time, Italy was no different from that during World War II, which made the Austrians quickly suppressed it.

In the end, the Austrians even drew a large number of troops from the southern line to support the northern line, and in this way, the Italian army did not fight a few decent and beautiful battles.

Thanks to the extraordinary performance of the Prussian Legion, Italy also enjoyed the fruits of victory. With a strong ally, Italy's path to unification is destined to be much smoother.

Xiao Lotte's contribution to the Battle of Sardova is obvious to all Europe. In other words, more than one Prussia who owe Xiao Lotte favors, and the Italians also owe him favors.

In order to repay this favor, Italy used one of the few naval forces to start escorting Xiao Letian in the Mediterranean. Moreover, along the way, the Italians may have intentionally let go of the news and countless ships came to see Xiao Letian off.

Look at the Italians' shrewdness. The Prussians use real core interests of the country to repay favors, while Italy uses face to repay favors. How smart is this transaction.

After the fleet sailed through Crete, the Sinai Peninsula, the focus of this journey, was not far away. When the security forces behind Port Said were handed over to Prussian and British intelligence agencies.

Just as Xiao Letian explained the long history and geopolitics of the Balkans to his brothers, the Italian captain walked over with a serious expression and whispered softly, "Prime Minister, we will be able to reach the port of Seychelles one day... But according to the latest information, the French increased their troops in the port three days ago, and we analyzed that they may be detrimental to you..."

"How many more troops have been added?" Xiao Letian asked nervously. He was completely desperate about Napoleon III's character.

"This is information provided by Prussia, and it is estimated that the number of troops will be increased by 3,000."

"Three thousand." Xiao Letian turned his eyes and shook his head with a smile, "Don't be nervous, this is the French Emperor's demonstration to me. He just can't get over the face. In addition, his military addition was also Xiang Zhuang's sword dance. On the surface, it was for me. It was also not just for dealing with the British, so there was no need to worry."

Xiao Letian really guessed it right. Napoleon III's increase in troops was not really here to deal with Xiao Letian. Although he was so cruel that Xiao Letian hated him, he did not rely on anger to control a country, but was careful calculations.

In the Palace of Versailles, Napoleon III looked at the copywriting on the desk with a gloomy face. There were a large number of diplomatic documents and a lot of intelligence summary. Everything that happened in the entire empire and colonies could be reflected here.

The huge mirror hall is filled with the emperor's lonely figure. Since Molière left, he has become more and more lonely. He often sits alone in the mirror hall in a daze and mutters to himself. The servants around him even guessed in private whether the emperor was crazy.

"Haha... the US ambassador also jumped out. A weak country that had just ended the civil war, actually dared to point fingers at France's foreign policy. You really think that if we have a small setback in Mexico, you can dominate North America, a group of bastards..."

"The Italian Navy escorted Xiao Letian, okay, a weak state that has not achieved unity has also jumped out now. I really think you can be strong by relying on Prussia. Damn, don't forget that Germany is just a state now, Prussia is just one of them, stupid pig..."

Every time Napoleon III opened a piece of information that made him angry, he would curse. Fortunately, there was no one else in the Mirror Hall. It would be reported that the emperor of a country was cursing like a hooligan, and France's national image had to decline a lot.

"What, damn Besmea dared to protest to me, who did he think he was..." When Napoleon III opened another document, the words inside him were furious.

During that diplomatic protest, Pesme strongly condemned France's crime of secretly supporting Austrian artillery and war funds, and also protested the French Navy's despicable acts of attacking the Ryukyu Prime Minister. A strongly worded protest letter finally even completely denied the secret agreement before the war.

"Shameless Pesme, you dare to deny the previous secret agreement. You dare not give me the territory of the Rhine, you dare to deceive me, take revenge, France wants to take revenge..."

How could Napoleon III not be angry? Before the Prussian-Austrian War, in order to seek French neutrality, Pesme promised to ced part of the Rhine to France after victory. Now that Prussia has won, the bearded man has repented without shame. He actually treats the French emperor like a clown.
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