445 Dangerous Journey
Since ancient times, kings have been lonely. This sour tone is not a random joke by literati, but an iron-like fact. Especially for emperors like Napoleon III who relied on conspiracy and coup, there are not only loneliness but also terrifying conspiracy arrows.
The United States, Prussia and Italy all put pressure on him, and Napoleon III could understand these. After all, those countries were close to Xiao Lotte and had exchanges of interests.
But he never expected that Xiao Letian could influence the British foreign policy. The Royal Navy would blatantly provide support to Xiao Letian without any concern about the friendly relations between the two countries over the years.
In the years since Napoleon III came to power, he tried his best to maintain honeymoon relations with Britain. The two countries won the Crimean War and won the war of expedition to the Qing Dynasty. Although they have had some setbacks in Mexico, they are not at all hurt.
Is it easy to maintain such a situation? It is not easy. Napoleon bowed down and was cautious. He had already hidden all the pride of his family.
But in this way, the gap between Britain and France is still difficult to make up. The French emperor knew very well that France had won the most shares in the construction and operation of the Suez Canal, which made Britain very jealous. In addition, Britain has always had an attempt to monopolize India, which is a minefield that France needs to be careful about.
"Maybe Xiao Letian's appearance was just a fuse. The British's change in attitude might have been in the plan long ago..." The French Emperor shook his head and drank two glasses of wine to calm down.
He sighed and threw away the protest letter from Bisme, took away the secret information from Britain, and threw the consultation letter sent by the US ambassador into the garbage dump. You, a weak North American country who had just finished the civil war, dare to challenge France. It is really a shame.
Just after Napoleon III opened another document, his red-blooded eyes suddenly glared bigger than cow's eyes.
"This...what is wrong? What's going on in this world? Why are everyone going against me..." The furious emperor overturned everything on the table to the ground, and he almost suffered a stroke.
"Austria has come to plead for Xiao Letian, why has even pleaded with Austria? Are you pigs? Xiao Letian is clearly beating you all over the ground in the stone bridge high ground. Why are you all saying good things? Is this still the earth where I live?"
Napoleon III did not know that Austria had already handed over a very generous treaty with Prussia, and the Prussians did not punish Austria at all. They gave their brothers enough face, and Xiao Letian made great contributions to it.
Compared to those lives who died in the battle on the Stone Bridge Highlands, Xiao Letian helped Austria more than the damage he caused.
Prussia, Italy, the United States, Britain... and now there is an Austria. Almost all the Western civilization world stands opposite France. Such pressure is beyond the reach of Napoleon III. No matter how angry he is, he cannot withstand such great diplomatic pressure.
"Come... Come." Amid the emperor's irritable roar, the secretary, attendant, and the rotating officer all ran in. They looked at the mess in the palace and were frightened to death.
"Call the envoys of Paris and announce to them my latest orders... Let Molière and his expeditionary forces immediately withdraw from East Asia, France will forgive Xiao Lotte's crimes, all for peace..."
"Go, go down and arrange it immediately..." At that moment, Napoleon III seemed to have been ten years older, but when all his subordinates left the Hall of Mirrors, the warlike emperor's face suddenly became ferocious.
"Xiao Letian, you think you have won, hahaha... I believe in Molière's ability. Now Ryukyu is probably in full bloom."
"When my order is half apart, when I am sent to Molière, I am afraid that the war will end long ago and everything about you will eventually be destroyed... Without a base, you are just a dying mangy dog, and the assassin's bullet can end your life..."
"Hahaha..." A madman-like laughter came from the hall of mirrors.
When Xiao Lotte entered the port of Serbia from the Sinai Peninsula, there was no complete telegram network between Europe and the Suez Canal, but when he came here again to set off and return home, the European telegram network had already been covered, and Paris's latest statement soon reached Egypt.
With His Majesty's public statement from the Emperor, the French army stationed in Egypt would definitely not dare to attack Xiao Letian. All they could do was to express their anger with murderous eyes, and use their influence to threaten the entire hotel in Serbia Port that would not be allowed to entertain Xiao Letian.
In this era, the French had the greatest influence in Egypt. This group of people no longer liked Xiao Letian. No one in Egypt dared to disobey. As a result, all the rituals that Xiao Letian encountered in the Mediterranean were over here.
The new army who boarded the dock will never forget the cold eyes and hostile words of French colonial officials.
"Mr. Xiao, I must notify you in advance. The public security in the Sinai Peninsula has not been very good recently. Our French military and police are not in sufficient staff. I am afraid that we cannot provide you with any protection. If we encounter any accidents in the port, our French government will not be responsible..."
"In addition, there are a large number of pirates in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean... I hope you have not used up your luck in Europe. We look forward to meeting you again in the future..."
After saying these hostile threatening words, the colonial officer quickly handled the transit procedures for Xiao Letian and the others, and then left the port like avoiding the plague.
"Bah...what." Countless new army brothers cursed indignantly.
Xiao Letian also wanted to curse a few words, but before he could open his mouth, the Prussian diplomats and British officers greeted them.
"Prime Minister, you can't stay here. The Sinai Peninsula is too dangerous for you now. According to our insider reactions in the local tribe, the sand thieves in the desert have suddenly started to move a lot recently, and the frequency of crimes is five or six times higher than normal..."
"If there was no French indulgence, these tribal sand thieves would never be so rampant. Prime Minister, you must leave here immediately and not stay for a minute or a second... There is already a British merchant ship waiting in the Red Sea. When we arrive in the Arabian Sea, our Indian Ocean Fleet will provide you with protection..."
As soon as the British officials finished speaking, the Prussian intelligence officer took over the conversation. "Prime Minister, the situation in Ryukyu is not optimistic, and the news brought by merchant ships from various countries returning from East Asia is difficult."
"Businessmen from all over the world are talking about it. Now there are rumors of your death in battle in the whole of East Asia. Even Japan has such news spread. In addition to the rumors, countless newspaper photos of you who are in the bayonet are circulating... Who else can spread this kind of rumor besides the French?"
"The expeditionary fleet led by French special envoy Molière is calculated based on the normal speed. It should have arrived in Ryukyu now. Obviously, this is a rumor made by France in advance, and it is used to suppress your military morale..."
Xiao Letian's blood pressure suddenly surged, and his ears were full of buzzing. Although he had made various pessimistic speculations about the domestic situation before, when the accurate information was passed on, he realized that reality was far more cruel than his speculation.
"Awesome, this Molière is worthy of being the chief guard trusted by Napoleon III. His swords and swords have stabbed me to my weakness... Let's leave Port Said immediately and leave Egypt immediately..."
"I'm just shooting myself in the foot, but I didn't expect that my strategy to attack the French would turn around and let them use it."
Britain and Prussia had already prepared camels. Xiao Letian and his group didn't even eat food, so they rode a camel through the city and headed straight for the Red Sea.
The Sinai Peninsula has now become a huge construction site. The desert area that travels south from Port Said to the Gulf of Suez is now densely packed with busy workers. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian migrant workers are as busy as ants under the command of French supervisors.
Now let alone Xiao Letian feel danger, even his brothers and the Egyptian guides hired were a little scared. Didn’t the French increase their troops a few days ago? Why did the number of troops on both sides of the canal decrease along the way?
"Bless Allah, I saw the red moon a few days ago. Is the desert going to bleed? Bless Allah..." The devout Egyptian guide prayed when he had time. They grew up in this desert and had such unusual awareness of danger.
"Damn it, this group of French people has absolutely conspiracy. The biggest possibility is to incite desert bandits to attack us, otherwise it would be impossible to relax the alert force like this... Accelerate, the camel team accelerated, and walked the 200 kilometers at the fastest speed..."
Xiao Letian became ruthless, and in the end he actually bought all the hundreds of camels in his guide's hand. "I bought all of you camels, and I'm so tired that I'm all mine. As long as we get on the boat safely, I'll give you the rest of the camels for free."
The Egyptian guide looked at the silver coins in more than a dozen pockets, his eyes were blinded. "Oh my Allah, you are so generous... Don't worry, I will fight to the death."
This was the first time Xiao Letian knew that a camel could run so fast even if he was anxious. He was not as weak as a galloping horse. Three whips slapped the camel, and the camel ran wildly in the desert and rolled up a ray of earth dragon.
"Cough cough cough... This is too choking... Cough cough cough, it took my life..." Xiao Letian almost died of choking.
Xiao Letian didn't know that the crime he suffered was nothing at all. In the depths of their western desert, thousands of Arab cavalry were strangling together madly. On one side, there were more than four hundred desert thieves, while on the other side, there were coalition forces of five or six tribes around, with more than six hundred troops.
Chapter completed!