Chapter 1689: Traditional Skill

The other end of America.

Longyan City.

After the British and the French suffered a defeat, they exercised their traditional skill.

Seek help from Longyan!

Although Britain is called the Empire on which the sun never sets, Longyan does not yet have much territory in America.

It is even more impossible to send troops to assist Britain.

However, Britain is still a little bit behind Longyan in terms of both technology and military.

Although Britain is on par with Longyan in many inventions, ever since Britain began trading with Longyan.

Especially with the help of Longyan, they won several confrontations against the French.

Although this battlefield was not the more complex mountain warfare, but on the plains.

According to the British understanding, in this kind of plain warfare, one could achieve victory as long as one had enough troops, but in these two battles against the French and the Indians, they discovered that was not the case.

This time, although the Weaponry and Equipment of Longyan did not exert much power, the vastness of the plain formation meant that some of the Cannon and Musket Team did not exert much power.

Instead, the close-quarters combat of cold weapon units like Infantry and Cavalry accounted for a greater proportion.

The two defeated British generals both made a fatal mistake on the battlefield by using traditional European tactics to fight this war, but they were easily countered by the Indians.

And that was on this kind of boundless plain battlefield.

This was a humiliation for Britain, but they also realized the shortcomings of their troops; the army simply did not know how to fight a war well.

Kelinxi flew into a rage over this, and finally, a countermeasure was discussed, deciding to seek aid from Longyan.

Longyan is the country that had defeated the strongest army in Europe, the Tsarist Russia army.

In the eyes of the British, the Longyan army must be proficient in all kinds of battlefield environments, otherwise, how could they have defeated the troops from Tsarist Russia.

Kelinxi was full of confidence about seeking help from the Longyan army and asking them to send someone to guide the troops in battle; they felt they could offer conditions that Longyan City would not refuse.

But the people in the British Military Department did not think so; they held a pessimistic view regarding the matter of Longyan sending support.

If Longyan did not send people to command the British army in battle, it might even be that Longyan sent them to cause trouble.

Then what would the British troops do at that time?

Wouldn't the situation of the British troops be in an even more dangerous state at that time? Thinking of this, the bigwigs of the British Military Department slammed the table and thought of another plan: it is better to rely on oneself than to rely on others; they could not just rely on the assistance of the Longyan army.

They also had to find those talents who could be of help.

Thinking of this, these Military Department bigwigs thought of Qiaozhi and Gelin, the two generals who had once fought against the French and the Indians.

At that time, their troop strength was not superior, and one could even say they were in a state of complete disadvantage, but Gelin and Qiaozhi were able to beat the French troops to a pulp in the much more complex mountain warfare.

Although in the end, it was a draw between the French and the British, that was also due to troop numbers.

On one hand, the Military Department bigwigs sent people on the journey to invite Gelin and Qiaozhi to return to the barracks.

While Kelinxi sent people to Longyan City to request the help of Longyan.

At this time, in the City Lord Mansion of Longyan City, Qingyang Shuo sat in the seat of honor, looking at the big-nosed foreigner in the lower seat.

It was precisely the Envoy from Britain.

Such matters were previously handled by Qiaozhi and Gelin visiting Longyan City, but now that they had left the British army, this errand naturally changed to someone else.

The person Britain sent this time was named Xiewei'er, who was a very important Minister of Foreign Affairs for Britain.

Xiewei'er's status was very important, which also showed the degree of importance Britain placed on this matter.

Xiewei'er looked at the elderly man sitting in the seat of honor; he had never been to Longyan City, but he had learned from Qiaozhi and Gelin

that this man was the City Lord of Longyan City, Qingyang Shuo.

Xiewei'er stood up and bowed, saying: "Respected Mr. Qingyang Shuo, City Lord of Longyan City, ally of the British Colonial Area, I represent the great ruler of the British Colonial Area, His Excellency Kelinxi, to greet you."

Qingyang Shuo smiled and nodded, saying: "No need for formalities, please sit."

Xiewei'er nodded slightly and sat back down in the chair; this was not a formal occasion, so there were no heavy rituals.

He looked at Qingyang Shuo and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Qingyang Shuo, actually I have come this time because there is a very important matter that I need to discuss with you."

Qingyang Shuo nodded; he had long anticipated that Britain would send someone to negotiate with him.

Xiewei'er looked around and said again: "But sir, please find a more suitable place; it is a bit casual here."

Qingyang Shuo sipped his tea and said: "It is quite good here; I already know the general idea of the matter you speak of, you do not need to hide anything."

Seeing Qingyang Shuo insist, Xiewei'er had no choice but to say helplessly: "Since you already know, then I will get straight to the point."

Xiewei'er did not feel the slightest surprise as to why Qingyang Shuo knew; this matter had long been widely publicized by the French.

Even if Qingyang Shuo wanted not to know, it would be difficult.

Xiewei'er said straight to the point: "Mr. Qingyang Shuo, in view of the alliance between Longyan City and our British Colonial Area, you should dispatch a military advisor to us."

"To guide our British troops and teach our British generals how to fight against the enemy on the plains."

Although Qingyang Shuo had roughly guessed the purpose of Britain's visit to them in Longyan this time, hearing Xiewei'er say it himself now, he found it incomparably ridiculous.

He looked at Xiewei'er and smiled: "Respected Mr. Envoy, I think you should know that our Longyan City has declared permanent neutrality."

"If we provide extra military advisor support to you British, then shouldn't we also provide the same service to the French?"

"If not, would you feel that our Longyan City is no longer neutral, but has chosen to help you British? This would break the rules we established before."

"Clearly, doing so does not conform to the rules."

After Qingyang Shuo finished speaking in a deep voice, he looked at Xiewei'er; he believed he had already made himself very clear.

After hearing this, Xiewei'er's face looked very ugly.

"Sir, Longyan City and we British are allies; we should help each other."

Qingyang Shuo smiled: "We are indeed allies, but our relationship is not built on military security; our Longyan City has already declared neutrality."

"Although we have trade in Weaponry and Equipment, that is because we have a contract between us, but regarding this matter of a military advisor, forgive me for being blunt, it is absolutely impossible."

"This would make the French think that our Longyan army has entered the war."

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