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Chapter 353 Queen Victoria

"Damn Kate Douglas, he actually dared to become king." George IV roared angrily like an angry lion, and the ground was full of fragments of vases. They all became victims of George IV's anger. After the news that the Douglas family betrayed Edinburgh, controlled the entire Scotland, and announced their ascension to the throne and become King of Scotland, George IV was very angry. He felt that he had been provoked. For hundreds of years, Britain had only one king, but now it has become two kings and one president. How could this make him swallow this?

"Edward, tell Victorias that he must send troops to wipe out the Douglas family no matter what. I will hang all these traitors." George IV said viciously.

Edward did not dare to disobey George IV's orders and quickly conveyed his request to Victorias.

"Duke, Your Excellency, things are a little difficult to deal with! Now that the Irish rebels are attacking our country, they have occupied the entire Wales, and the army is on the front line to resist the Irish rebels' attack. We really can't draw out the extra troops to Scotland." Williams said helplessly.

After hearing Liverpool's explanation, Edward's expression changed a little, so he said in a somewhat reproachful tone: "As the Prime Minister of the British Empire, are you just watching the country be divided and the royal family be insulted and ignored?"

"Your Excellency Duke, it's not that I don't care, but I really don't have the ability to care." Williams said coldly. Although Edward is a member of the royal family, he is just a secretary of the Interior in the cabinet. What qualifications does he have to question me? Williams thought angrily.

"Since you don't have the ability, why do you still be the prime minister? It's better to abdicate and give way to the wise." Edward was completely outraged. In his opinion, Williams was just a dog raised by the royal family. Now that Williams dares to talk to him like this, it makes him very angry.

"Your Excellency Duke, it's not up to you to decide whether I have the ability to be the prime minister. If nothing else, please come back. I have something to do." Williams gave the order to expel guests with a cold face.

"You. OK, very good." Edward was so angry that he shuddered. Then he left the Prime Minister's Mansion, returned to Buckingham Palace, and shouted Victoria in front of George IV. George IV was very angry after hearing this, but considering that it was not the time to turn against Victoria, he suppressed his anger and sent someone to invite Victoria.

"Prime Minister, I hope you can come up with a way to solve the Scotland problem. The Douglas family dares to openly treason. We must destroy them as soon as possible, otherwise where is the face of the royal family? Where is the dignity of the country?" George IV roared, and his face turned red because of excitement.

"Your Majesty, the best way is to send troops to Socra to suppress the rebellion, but our troops are very empty now, and the battle situation in Wales is very unfavorable to us. We have no extra troops to mobilize now." Williams explained.

"Oh my God! The war has been outbreaking for so many days, why hasn't the Army driven the Irish back yet? Is our army really weak enough to even the Irish people?" George IV said with a sad and angry look on his face.

"Your Majesty, the main reason is that Ireland has received secret support from France. They have formed a huge army for Ireland. At the same time, refusing to export arms to our country, which has put our country at a disadvantage in the early stages of the war. But I believe that as the war develops, the balance of victory will gradually tilt towards us." Williams said firmly.

"How is the battle situation in Wales now? How long does the Army need to eliminate the Irish rebels?" George IV calmed down and asked.

"In general, it is very unfavorable to our country. On December 10 last year, Ireland suddenly declared war on our country and sent troops to capture the island of Anglesey, and used the island as a base to attack Wales. In the war in Ireland, a total of 3 infantry divisions and 1 artillery brigade were invested, totaling more than 50,000 people. The 2nd Infantry Division, which was stationed in Wales in Wales, suffered heavy losses under the attack of Ireland's superior forces, and had to retreat to southern Wales. Afterwards, our 3rd Infantry Division rushed to support, but was still at an absolute weakness in terms of force. In the Battle of Cardiff, our army was defeated again and had to withdraw from Wales. Now, both sides are on both sides of the Way River.

The stalemate, if our army did not arrive, the situation would be very unfavorable to our army. During the war in Wales, our 2nd Infantry Division lost more than 7,000 people and the 3rd Infantry Division lost more than 4,000 people. The losses of the Irish army were about 10,000. In order to reverse the situation on the battlefield, I beg Your Majesty to send the 1st Infantry Division of the Imperial Guard to join the war." After saying that, Williams bowed deeply to George IV. He had long expected George IV to find him, so he first trapped George IV with words. Now, there are only four infantry divisions in the British army, including the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Infantry Division of the Imperial Guards and the 1st Infantry Division of the Imperial Guards.

"Cough, cough!" George IV was very depressed. He didn't expect that Williams would give him this trick. The Royal Family spent a lot of energy to form the 1st Infantry Division. It was simply delusional to transfer this army to the battlefield easily. "Williams, does the Army still have a 1st Infantry Division? Isn't it the same for them to go to the front line? Besides, the Imperial Guard's responsibilities are to protect the royal family. How can we go to the battlefield at will?"

"Your Majesty, but the task of the 1st Infantry Division is also very difficult! You know, the French have stationed an army of more than 20,000 people in the London area. If the 1st Infantry Division is transferred to the front line, then we will not have time to see anything happening in London! Besides, you didn't ask the army to solve the Scotland problem, but now you are even more incompetent." Victorias said "innocently".

George IV was sweating coldly, and then compromised, saying, "Let's do it. Draw two regiments from the Imperial Guards to Scotland. The Douglas family does not have much force at all, so it's enough to send two regiments. As for the 1st Infantry Division, it will go to support the front line. What do you think?"

"Okay!" In the end, Williams compromised.

On January 4, the British 1st Infantry Division rushed to the Welsh front. With their joining, the British strength increased greatly, and gradually brought the power balance between the two sides back to the same level. However, due to the obstruction of the Way River, it was very difficult for the British army to attack Welsh or the Irish army to attack England.

On the same day, two regiments of the Imperial Guard also marched towards Scotland. The current Scotland's military strength is also very weak. The early 5,000 armed personnel had formed two regiments, but they lacked heavy weapons and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. At the same time, they were recruited new troops from two divisions, but they had not received training at all and could not play much role when they arrived at the battlefield. On January 8, the British army entered Scotland, and the two sides fought fiercely on the side of the Clyde River. Everyone had equal strength and invested two regiments, but the combat effectiveness of the British army was obviously one level higher than that of the Scottish army. During the battle on the Clyde River, the Scottish army was defeated and lost more than 1,000 people.

.After that, the Scottish army retreated to Edinburgh to defend. Since the strength gap between the two sides was not very large, the British army could not break through Edinburgh. One month later, with the help of France's secret, the Scottish 1st Infantry Division entered the battlefield after simple training, and the Scottish army guarding Edinburgh also launched a counterattack. For a time, the British army was defeated and had to retreat. The Scottish army pursued them reluctantly, not only drove all the British army out of Scotland, but also burned the war to the English mainland. There was no way, George IV had to send all the remaining 10,000 people from the 1st Infantry Division of the Imperial Guard to the north, which temporarily curbed the Scottish army's attack.

In order to get out of the predicament, the British side again urgently contacted France, hoping to buy a batch of arms, and France did not want Britain to be destroyed by Ireland and Scotland, so they exported arms to Britain that could be equipped with two divisions. At the same time, after Ireland and Scotland received the news, they ordered a batch of arms from France again, which caused the blood to be fought by the three countries of Britain, while France made a fortune in war.

"Your Majesty, I have come up with a way to solve the British problem once and for all." Foreign Minister Grigoo excitedly came to Xiao Jie's office in Duille Palace.

"Oh, what's the point? Tell me." Xiao Jie's interest was suddenly aroused.

"It's like this. I wonder if you have noticed that the next first heir to the British throne is Alexandra Victoria, who is only 8 years old this year, and His Royal Highness Borchard's Crown Prince is only 16 years old this year. We can completely propose to get them engaged. If His Royal Highness Borchard talks about the husband of the next Queen of Britain, then there will be no conflict between the two countries, at least in the next few decades." Grigoo said with a lewd smile on his lips.
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