Chapter 1591: Ill Intentions

After signing the agreement, Jiang Xuan did not delay for even a moment.

He immediately ordered Nashadier to dispatch troops to take over these four mining areas.

Meanwhile, after Dike left, he immediately leaked this news to the French.

His goal was to make Jiang Xuan and the French fight over the mineral resources.

At the same time, he also wanted to tell Jiang Xuan that their British mineral veins were not so easily obtained.

At this moment, Dike also dispatched troops to enter the two port cities.

Dike had previously been beaten by Nashadier in the port cities and had suffered a secret loss.

But today, as he led his British troops to station in this city, he wanted to see which faction would dare to show him disrespect.

However, he did not expect that the factions within the city—the Noble, the Veteran Alliance, and the Engineering Civil Association—did not send a single representative.

This made Dike furious.

He immediately ordered the arrest of the leaders of these factions.

But he encountered very powerful retaliation; when Nashadier left, he had left over thirty thousand troops here, the purpose of which was to protect Marina and his own subordinates.

Dike had not expected this result.

Their British troops were actually unable to defeat these soldiers who had suddenly appeared.

A series of defeats left Dike greatly shocked.

He had originally intended to find Jiang Xuan to argue, but immediately afterward, Dike thought of the gift he had prepared for Jiang Xuan.

He revealed a smug smile; those four mineral veins were all close to the French colonies.

Now, the Longyan and the French were on bad terms.

Having occupied their French port cities, those leaders of the French colonies would surely send troops to seize the mines once they learned that the four Longyan mineral veins were right next to them.

They would definitely send troops to occupy them.

At that time, the price you, Jiang Xuan, would have to pay would be even greater.

Thinking this, Dike was about to inspect the second port city they had captured, a port city that was said to have city walls that even the Longyan Siege Cannon could not shake.

Dike went to inspect it with a smile on his face, but as soon as he arrived, he saw that the supposedly impregnable city wall had been riddled with holes by the Longyan army's bombardment.

Dike was stunned; in his impression, when encountering an indestructible city wall, one could only resort to a direct assault and force their way up the walls, but he had not expected such a city to be destroyed by the Longyan army to this extent.

However, it did not matter; the most important thing about a port city was the port, and these things were not important.

But then, Dike received news that made him fly into a rage.

The port of this city had already been blown up.

……

At this moment, Marina had followed Nashadier to these four mineral veins.

Nashadier looked at the mineral veins in the distance.

The city built upon the mineral veins had already hoisted the French Flag.

Among the four mineral veins, only one had not been occupied because it was further away from the French colonies.

Seeing these occupied mining areas, Nashadier frowned slightly.

It seemed Jiang Xuan's judgment was accurate, but they shouldn't have been occupied by the French Army so quickly.

Someone must have leaked the news.

As soon as he thought about who might have leaked the news, a name instantly appeared in Nashadier's mind: Dike!

Except for Dike, no one would have leaked the news to the French.

This was a provocation against them!

Nashadier's face turned cold, but as soon as he thought of the contingency he had left in the port city, he immediately smiled again.

Dike would find himself unable to move an inch in the port city.

Thinking of this, Nashadier did not dwell on negative emotions.

To him, this was a mutual trap.

It was just that the trap he had left behind would be very difficult for Dike to handle.

Thinking of this, Nashadier felt much more at ease.

Marina, as Nashadier's Mistress, asked, "General, what are we going to do next?"

Nashadier looked at the city built near the mines in the distance and said, "Siege."

Meanwhile, another French colonial official who had received the news was Haren.

He had occupied the four mineral veins here.

The detestable Longyan had actually occupied the port city of Egypt.

The cowardly Sashaer could not even defend two cities.

Haren cursed bitterly in his heart.

When the Cavalry he had dispatched were intercepted by the British, he had already realized the strength of the troops.

He immediately sent more reinforcements.

It was precisely because of him that Nashadier had lost the war.

When Haren attacked the mineral veins here, those British had long since withdrawn.

Haren naturally understood why this was.

Dike was using him to confront Jiang Xuan, and he also understood that this was a trap.

They fought the Longyan army to the death while Dike sat back and reaped the benefits.

But even though it was a trap, Haren had no choice but to walk into it.

The temptation of the four mining areas was simply too great.

Furthermore, there are Saltpeter Mines and Coal Mines inside, both of which are extremely important and critical mineral veins.

Therefore, Haren had no choice but to occupy the three mineral veins here.

When he wanted to occupy the fourth mineral vein, he discovered that the Longyan side had already sent people to kill their way over.

They occupied that mineral vein one step ahead of them.

Haren could only secretly sigh in regret and abandon the plan to continue occupying them.

However, Haren was not afraid of the Longyan Army at all; as for the reason, their Geography was extremely advantageous.

Behind these three mineral veins is the sphere of influence of their French Army, and the transportation and logistics lines are very well established.

There is absolutely no possibility of being cut off by the Longyan Army, and these three mining areas look like a triangle on the map.

No matter which side Longyan attacks from, the other two sides have a Method to receive the news.

The Longyan Army would definitely suffer a severe blow.

It is precisely because of this that Haren had the confidence to incorporate these four mining areas into his own territory.

He established powerful defensive forces around the mining areas and was not worried at all about an attack from the Longyan Army.

But what he did not know was that Nashadier was already observing the geographical environment and location of this mineral vein from a nearby hill.

Nashadier looked at the mountains, his brows furrowed.

These three mines are not very far from each other, and what is even more fatal is that their Geography is completely unsuitable for an attack.

It is already extremely difficult to attack a mountain, and what is even more fatal is that the positions of these three mines actually form a pincer formation.

If one were to attack rashly, one would definitely encounter great danger.

Thinking of this, Nashadier sighed; it seemed he would have to plan carefully.

He needed to figure out the situation on the mountain first, otherwise, even if he attacked, Nashadier would have no Method to determine the route of attack.

Moreover, there is another critical problem that needs to be solved now.

Their grain and forage transportation line has been stretched too long.

It is very likely that the French Army will cut off their transportation line.

This problem is even more complicated than how to attack the mining areas.

Nashadier thought for a moment; no matter what, he should go back first and report to Jiang Xuan.

That guy has the most ideas; it is better to let him solve things that give people headaches.