Chapter 1006: The Horn of the Southern Expedition

"Who are they?" Ashley frowned.

William said, "They seem to be students sent by Dongying to Britain. Ever since the news that Dongying was controlled by the Great Song reached here, they have been petitioning, demanding that we, Britain, help Dongying restore its nation as an ally."

After a pause, he added: "Two days ago, they were still kneeling in front of my official residence, refusing to leave."

Ashley nodded, "It is said that the eldest son of that Dongying Great General, what was it, Watanabe's son, is among them?"

"Yes, this matter was initiated by him." William pointed to the young man in the middle, "That is him, Watanabe Xiong."

After a moment of silence, Ailisi said: "It is said that during the Great Song civil war, many descendants of powerful clans fled to Tianzhu. Let Wesley send them to London together. Train them well; perhaps they will be useful in the future."

"That is what I was thinking, too." William revealed a cunning look.

Then he teased, "We should also assign them some protection; the citizens of London do not seem very friendly toward them."

Ashley let out a "pfft" of laughter.

Only then did she realize that the wound on Watanabe Xiong's face was likely caused by the London citizens they had encountered.

After all, in the eyes of Westerners, these natives are extremely filthy.

Ignoring this group of Dongying people, Ashley turned and headed back to Waterham Palace.

The signing of the Eastern Land Alliance treaty was a major victory.

Next, a more powerful fleet would set out from the Western Lands to support Tianzhu.

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Yancheng.

While the second Western Lands conference was underway, after the bustle and ease of the New Year, officials had long returned to the Government Office, workers had returned to the Workshop, and everything was running again.

Of course, some important projects did not stop for even a moment, not even during the New Year.

In the warm south, the laying of Wired Telegraph lines continued; the central line passed through Shacheng in Xiangzhou to reach the border of Jiaozhou, and the eastern line passed through Haicheng to reach Guang City in Jinzhou.

Railway construction was also underway; with the assistance of commercial Steamships, the transportation of rail materials was greatly eased, and the project progress was significantly improved.

Moreover, in the Battle of Yongzhou, in addition to capturing a large number of Warhorses, the Great Song Army also captured about 120,000 Northern Di soldiers.

Killing them was too simple; for Zhao Xu, making them work in the harshest environments to build the Railway was the true punishment for them.

Because they wanted to destroy the Great Song, now they were forced to join in the construction of the Great Song, making the Great Song continuously prosper.

"Qin Shan, have Guan Tong and the others arrived?"

After the New Year, the weather gradually warmed up.

After the Imperial Court and the military had fully resumed operations, Zhao Xu called Chang Wei to the study.

According to the plan set before the New Year, it was time to take action against the south.

"The day before yesterday, Qin Shan and Guan Tong sent a Telegraph; the two have entered Jiaozhou, and by now they must have arrived," Chang Wei replied.

Zhao Xu nodded, "How is the delivery of the Machine Guns and Metal Bullets? Have the Gun Cavalry returned to their respective armies?"

"Troops and horses move, but provisions come first. The hand-cranked Machine Guns and Metal Bullets set out half a month ago. The Azure Dragon Army was given sixty-four, the Vermilion Bird Army was given one hundred and six, and those temporarily under Chen Hu have also returned to their respective armies," Chang Wei reported one by one.

"Hmm, that is good. Everything is ready; it is time to launch the decisive battle." Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed.

The Northern Di had already been crippled by him; now they were merely lingering on, barely able to protect themselves, let alone launch an attack.

As for the Ross nation, he was not very worried, unless the other side could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.

But that was impossible.

In the current era, before the Siberia Railway was completed, Russia could only maintain a small number of troops in the Far East, the reason being the supply and transportation capacity.

Clearly, the Ross nation of this period did not have a major Railway.

Therefore, they were unable to exert complete control over Siberia.

"Hehe, this subordinate has long been waiting for those words from Your Highness," Chang Wei laughed.

In this hunt against the Great Song, the Westerners were the instigators.

The main battlefield was actually in the south.

To him, the Northern Di were just a side dish; now was the main course.

They were going to use this war to completely drive the Westerners out of Dongtu and bring the Dongtu nations into the sphere of influence of the Great Song.

Having settled this, Chang Wei left in high spirits.

Immediately, he issued the order to head south to Qin Shan and Guan Tong via Telegraph.

In the Battle of Yongzhou, they had eliminated the Northern Di; next, they would eliminate the Southeast Five Nations, including Jiaozhi and Piaoman.

By taking down the wings controlled by the Westerners one by one, they could use the territories of these countries as a springboard to launch an offensive against the Westerners' base, Tianzhu.

After Chang Wei left, Zhao Xu sent another Telegraph to Zhou Yi.

This lad had long returned to Jinghai, partly to receive the Sailing Warships launched before the New Year, and partly to keep an eye on the construction of the Ironclad Warships.

Meanwhile, Pan Zhang remained in Luzon, responsible for establishing a naval base in the direction of Malacca, in order to seize Malacca.

In the Telegraph to Zhou Yi, besides requesting him to strengthen the monitoring of the Southeast Asian waters, he also ordered him to coordinate with the Army to launch the southern war this time.

Especially in the direction of Jiaozhi; the long and narrow Jiaozhi has a long coastline to the east and no depth.

It was very convenient to launch an attack from the sea.

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