Chapter 1835: Belonging

"You can try it."

Shawn looked at Nashadier's wicked smile and did not dare to continue questioning.

Even now, he could not forget the scene where this guy would draw his blade at the slightest disagreement.

After Nashadier finished making the last landmine, he looked at Shawn and said, "Find a few good men and set an ambush on the road the French will pass."

"These landmines will be enough to give those French a taste of trouble."

Shawn still harbored doubts about this matter, but he had just seen Nashadier add a considerable amount of Black Powder into these things called 'landmines'.

Even if this thing didn't explode, it should still possess a certain degree of power, right?

Should it?

Shawn thought, feeling uncertain in his heart.

At this moment, he heard Nashadier say, "Remember to tell them absolutely not to shake them, otherwise it will trigger a disaster; you must remember what I said."

Shawn nodded, and looking at Nashadier, he said, "Rest assured, no problem, I will tell them all the things they need to pay attention to."

After Shawn finished speaking, he turned to leave, but felt something was wrong; he hadn't come to find Nashadier just for these matters.

He had more important things to tell Nashadier.

"Nashadier, we are all part of the Insurgent Army, but in future battles, whose command should we follow?"

Shawn stared at Nashadier and said in a deep voice.

Currently, Shawn led the forces around the Sugela Tribe.

These people followed Shawn's command; although Nashadier was famous, they only respected him and would not take orders from him.

As for the troops Nashadier led, they were Warriors from the Wahala Tribe.

These people believed in the strong, and Nashadier had won their respect, which was why they took orders from him.

For the same reason, Shawn had no way to mobilize or command these people.

Although the two units had reached a consensus on the goal when attacking the granary.

And were currently uniting to resist the French.

But in the end, it was only cooperation between the two units.

Yet such a cooperative relationship was not secure; if there were conflicts or rifts between the commanders, it would be very difficult to heal.

Once the two units separated, they would no longer possess the ability to resist the French.

It was precisely to solve this problem that Shawn had come to find Nashadier.

Nashadier pondered for a moment; the tribal infighting in Egypt had been going on for a long time, and the original boundaries of Egypt had become blurred.

To completely defeat the French, the tribes had to stop such internal fighting.

If Egypt wanted to be truly strong, it also had to be united.

This was what Nashadier had learned from Jiang Xuan.

"We can first form an alliance, with the Longyan participating in supervision, but do not grant them too much power; we will elect an Alliance Leader to command the battle lines."

"This can guarantee the interests of the tribes, and we can also reach cooperation with the Longyan in advance, so that the Longyan people won't refuse to return our Egyptian land after they take it later."

"The Alliance Leader will serve a four-year term; this is the most effective solution I can think of right now."

Nashadier said after pondering for a moment.

Although he had received much help from the Longyan and was even a general appointed by the Longyan, he was still a man of the Arab tribes.

Shawn nodded; this was a good Method.

"Will the Longyan side agree?"

"After all, our country still relies on the Longyan people to help us restore the nation."

Nashadier thought for a while and said, "The Longyan will obtain special rights in some of our regions; the Suez Canal is already under the control of the Longyan. We can reach cooperation with the Longyan in this place, but the price will depend on how much of a result we achieve in the war."

Shawn nodded and said, "This is all we can do for now."

Shawn also understood that the great situation they had now relied on the Longyan, and even Nashadier was on the Longyan side.

Now, when negotiating terms with the Longyan, they didn't even have any bargaining chips in their hands.

……

At this time, on the other side of Egypt.

After the Britain army led by Dike saw the French troops retreat.

He did not pursue the victory; according to the agreement, he had already taken back the three mineral veins the Longyan had lost.

That was enough.

If they continued to pursue the victory, they would instead suffer more losses than gains.

Dike had also obtained the port he had dreamed of.

But at the thought of the price they, Britain, had paid in this war, he felt a sharp pain.

The Cavalry had lost nearly a thousand men, and the Cannonball expenditure was countless.

Moreover, this war was fought on behalf of the Longyan, which made him somewhat unable to accept it.

But it was all in the past now.

They had already obtained the port, and that was enough.

However, after Dike led his troops back, the scouts under his command reported information he absolutely did not want to hear.

Taking advantage of their attack on the French troops, the Longyan army went south along the Nile River.

They attacked the French Colonial Area directly; according to news from half a month ago, they had already gone to five cities in those French Colonial Areas.

Now they were still pushing deeper, and according to reliable information, an uprising had broken out inside the French Colonial Area.

The French Colonial Area was now in complete chaos!

Upon receiving these two pieces of information, Dike's chest heaved violently; he never expected that Jiang Xuan would play this game with him.

This time, their Britain troops not only fought a war for the Longyan for free.

They also helped them pin down military forces, allowing the Longyan to gain huge benefits in the French Colonial Zone, and it is even very likely that the Longyan will take this opportunity to annex the French Colonial Zone.

Thinking of this, Dike felt as if his heart were being cut by a knife.

"Dark, this is damn dark!"

Dike glared at the scout and said in a deep voice: "Why are you only telling me such important intelligence now?"

The scout replied: "The French blocked the news; we only just found out as well."

Dike sneered and sat down wearily; the French were afraid that they would also launch an attack.

No wonder they retreated so quickly this time when fighting the French.

It turned out that there was a problem within the Colonial Area.

Dike sighed; if their Britain troops could have continued the attack, they might have been able to take a bite of the cake that was the French Colonial Zone.

But now, everything is too late.

The troops have withdrawn, and it will not be so easy to send out troops again.

The more Dike thought about it, the less he could swallow this anger; he looked at the map, at that territory of the Longyan.

"The Longyan are fighting the French!"

"Then we shall take this opportunity to enter Cairo and regain control of the Suez Canal!"

Dike said viciously.

They are currently in an alliance with the Longyan; if they really did this, it would be inciting a battle between allies.

"Leader, I am afraid that would not be very good, would it?"

A minister stood up and said.

Dike snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "What is not good about it? Cairo was originally our territory; we only lent it to the Longyan temporarily. Do not forget how Jiang Xuan promised us back then!"