Chapter 354: Mediation

"This method is good. You can prepare it well and then come up with a plan. After I see it, you will go directly to London and propose marriage to George IV." Xiao Jie said with a smile.

"Would you like to discuss with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first?" Grigoo asked.

"No, I have the final say in this matter." Xiao Jie said domineeringly. Indeed, there is no freedom for the royal family, especially in terms of marriage, everything must be based on the interests of the country and the royal family.

That night, Xiao Jie found Borchat and told him his decision in front of his mother, Empress Angel of the French Empire, but beyond his expectations, Borchat did not refute, which made him feel much more worry-free. Borchat was Xiao Jie's first son, and Xiao Jie has always trained him as his successor. He has worked hard in education and has always instilled in him the idea of ​​the interests of the country and the royal family. So when Borchat heard that Xiao Jie was about to get him engaged to Victoria, he did not refuse, because this was very beneficial to France.

While Xiao Jie and his friends were calculating Britain, the war on the British islands was in full swing. After obtaining the equipment of two infantry divisions from France, the weapons they produced were enough to equip one infantry division, which made Britain's three infantry divisions suddenly have increased its strength. Subsequently, the British side sent two infantry divisions to the Vai River front, making the British army on the Vai River front reach more than 60,000, exceeding the 40,000 Irish army. On February 8, the British army launched a counterattack.

Tens of thousands of British troops crossed the Wai River and attacked the Irish Army's positions. The Irish Army's resistance was extremely tenacious. They knew that the strength of both sides had changed now. If they could not resist the British attack, they would be likely to be driven back to Ireland. The fierce battle lasted for two days and two nights, and the British army finally broke through the Irish Army's defense line, but for this, they paid the price of tens of thousands of people. The corpses on the Wai River almost cut off the river and the river water was dyed red.

During the Battle of Way River, the Irish army also lost more than 6,000 people. After the defense line was broken, they chose to retreat and retreat to Newport to defend. At the same time, they asked for help from the country and asked them to send troops to support. On February 12, the British army attacked Newport fiercely. After three days of resistance, the Irish army had to continue to retreat and retreat to Cardiff, the capital of Wales. After this battle, the Irish army had only more than 20,000 people left, while the British army was twice theirs.

The Irish army suffered heavy losses in Wales, which made the Irish government suffer such great casualties without giving up. If Wales cannot be held in their hands, wouldn’t their losses be wasted. But now the British offensive is fierce, and if reinforcements are not sent, the entire army in Ireland is likely to be destroyed. After discussion, Harrison decided to send two infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade to Wales again. At the same time, the domestic army has also stepped up training and the organization has expanded to 4 infantry divisions again.

In the Ireland's attack, Britain also suffered heavy losses, so they and Ireland had no possibility of reconciliation. With the increase of troops on both sides, the war could only go on more and more fiercely, and it was exactly what France wanted to see.

On February 18, 35,000 Irish troops set out from Wexford, landed in Port Milford in Wales, and then quickly marched towards Cardiff. Now the battle between the Irish and the British troops in Cardiff has reached a state of intense heat. Generally speaking, the British troops have an advantage. If the Irish troops do not arrive, the Irish troops besieged in Cardiff will likely be eliminated.

On February 21, Irish reinforcements joined the battlefield. They attacked the British positions from the flanks, especially the cavalry brigade, and almost tore through the British defense line during the first charge. Subsequently, the Irish army stationed in Cardiff also cooperated with the reinforcements outside the city to launch a counterattack. Under the attack of the Irish army on both sides, the British defense line completely collapsed, and tens of thousands of British troops had to retreat. A large number of British bodies were left behind under Cardiff City. On February 27, the British army was driven back.

Back on the east bank of the Wai River, the British army had dropped sharply from 60,000 to 25,000, and the Irish army suffered heavy casualties. The 50,000 people who landed in the first wave had basically been completely injured and killed. Now there are only less than 40,000 troops left in the Irish army. There is another obvious stalemate between the Irish army and the British army. In order to break this situation, both sides stepped up their armed forces. At the same time, they ordered a large amount of arms from France again, making France rich.

Similarly, when Britain sent reinforcements to the Wai River, they also sent reinforcements from an infantry division to the northern front, which brought about 25,000 British troops on the northern front. Their opponent, Scottish army, was also supplemented, and the front-line troops also reached 35,000. Although the Scottish army had an advantage in military strength, they did not gain the upper hand in the battle, but instead felt like they were beaten by the British army without the power to fight back. The reason is very simple. The so-called Scottish army was nothing more than herders who were urgently recruited or

The farmers had been trained to act as simple, and most of them had only learned to shoot, while the British army was different. Although their training was not in place, it was much better than the Scottish army. By February 20, the British army had driven the Scottish army out of England and the war began to take place in Scotland. Most of the Scottish territory were hills and highlands, and the terrain was very beneficial to defense. After the Scottish army failed on the battlefield, they changed from offense to defense, which barely resisted the British attack.

In early March, the French Foreign Ministry issued an announcement that they would send a delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Kompenny to visit the British Three Kingdoms. France is willing to mediate for the three countries and end the war on the British Three Islands. Of course, this does not mean that France wants to achieve peace in the British Three Islands, but that the scale of the war between Xiao Jiexian is too small. In France's eyes, there is no enough to see. Give them some time to brew, and the scale of the war will definitely be greatly escalated. Letting the three countries temporarily cease the war is only Kompenny's first diplomatic mission, and the second diplomatic mission is to propose to Victoria for Borchat. Xiao Jie's death order to Kompenny was that no matter what method he used, it was threats and intimidation, and George IV must agree to the marriage.

The Three Kingdoms privately despised France's actions of requesting mediation. When the war reached this point, they all understood that this was just France's provocation. However, even if they knew this reason, they did not dare to refuse openly. If they angered France, the situation would not be very good. Even if the three countries of Britain added up all their current forces, they would definitely not be the opponent of a French legion. Therefore, they expressed a "strong" welcome to France's mediation.

At the request of France, the three countries temporarily stopped attacking each other and sent special delegations to take the greatest benefit for their country in negotiations.

The negotiation location was chosen on the Isle of Wight, which was used as a military base by France. The French army deployed a squadron of the Strait Fleet and the 5th Marine Division, which can be regarded as a support for the troops stationed in the London area. If the situation changes, the 5th Marine Division will become the main force of the French army stationed in the London area.

On March 20, the last representative of the Kingdom of Scotland, the farthest, arrived on the Isle of Wight. The negotiations were held on the 21st. France was participated by Compenny, the UK was composed of Foreign Minister Palmerston and Duke of Kent Edward, the Irish party was the government Jemasp, and the Kingdom of Scotland sent Matthew Douglas, the second son of Kate. As soon as we met, Jemasp and Matthew Douglas immediately showed a good friendship. After all, if the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Scotland faced Britain alone, they would definitely not be the opponent of Britain. In order to deal with Britain, the two countries had to join forces, which was also the reason why the two were so close. Sure enough, seeing the appearance of the two of them, Palmersp looked a little gloomy, while Edward was full of anger.

"Okay, since everyone is here, then we will start. His Majesty the Emperor of our country expressed strong concern and concern about the recent war on the British islands. The long-term war has caused great damage to the people. Therefore, the Emperor of our country must think that the three parties can calm down and that there are any problems that can be resolved at the negotiating table, why do you have to move the gun?" Compei said with regret on his face, as if he was praying for the people who died in the war.

Seeing Kompeny's appearance, almost everyone curled their lips disdainfully. Everyone knows that if there were no France's support, this war would not have been fought at all. Now Kompeny is here crying for rats and pretending to be merciful, which makes people feel very disgusted.
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