Chapter 2026: Doing Business

General Laixi led his main force and had already caught up to Frederick II.

The Cossack Cavalry within the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces played an important role, cutting off the retreat route of Frederick II's troops.

Facing the incoming troops led by General Laixi, the Prussian troops, having nowhere left to retreat, could only choose to fight.

"Break through!" Frederick II issued the order.

The panicked, retreating Prussian troops actually began to act in a very orderly fashion.

They actually used their formation to begin a counterattack.

The Cossack Cavalry did not even react before they were hit head-on by the Prussian troops.

The Cossack Cavalry continued their pursuit, but were hindered by the Marshland within the jungle.

Seeing this situation unfold on the battlefield, Frederick II laughed.

Everything now was within his expectations; the battle had fallen into a stalemate.

They had to buy time for another unit.

So that they would have enough time to finish off General Laixi's troops!

And just at this moment, the supply troops of the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces, which had lost the main force,

had already encountered an attack by French troops.

The powerful main force had been taken away entirely by General Laixi, and their supply troops lacked sufficient manpower to operate those heavy Cannon.

And those attacking them were the Puluosi Qibingdui, known for their speed.

They had no way at all to aim at these scurrying Puluosi Qibingdui.

And their other branches of service were also completely routed by the Prussian troops for similar reasons.

Regarding this battle, they had barely managed to resist before they had already lost everything!

Meanwhile, on the other end, General Laixi had not been able to intercept Frederick II's troops.

The unfamiliar terrain, combined with the Prussian troops' stubborn, "tough meat" style of fighting,

made General Laixi sense that something was slightly wrong.

They clearly possessed a sufficient advantage in manpower, yet they were never able to weaken the Prussian troops, who appeared to be fleeing in defeat.

They never gained the upper hand.

The Prussian troops seemed even more familiar with this terrain, and these chaotic fighting methods also revealed a hint of strangeness.

The two armies engaged for half an hour, and under the intentional or unintentional guidance of the Prussian troops,

this battle did not actually result in heavy casualties, and their own troops seemed to have been cursed by this jungle.

They were always getting stuck in the Marshland.

General Laixi sensed something was wrong; only then did he realize that the Prussian troops were handling their combat with ease.

They, however, had revealed too many loopholes—an unplanned encounter battle.

The Prussian troops' familiarity with the terrain gave them the ability to retreat at any time!

And their supply troops had not kept up with their pace.

They had not appeared on the battlefield.

General Laixi realized the severity of the problem at once; if the supplies for forty thousand soldiers were lost,

their troops would have to choose between continuing to attack the Prussian troops and searching for supplies.

But no matter which choice they made, their troops would face the crisis of having no supplies and becoming increasingly weak!

Thinking of the crisis his supply troops might be facing,

he immediately turned his troops around, abandoning the possibility of surrounding Frederick II, to immediately search for his supply troops.

But it was too late now; the supply troops had long since been successfully attacked by Frederick II's cavalry.

Their supply troops were now all prisoners of the Prussian troops.

After succeeding, the Puluosi Qibingdui immediately brought the captives to rendezvous.

General Laixi's supply unit had a total of 3,420 men, and now they had all become prisoners of war of the Puluosi Qibingdui.

But the cavalry unit did not have sufficient manpower to guard such a large group of prisoners.

After being captured by the Prussian troops, these troops instead had the opportunity to get close to the Prussian soldiers.

Along the way, they found opportunities to launch attacks on the Prussian troops.

The Puluosi Qibingdui did not react in time, and some of their War Horse were even snatched away by the other side.

The supply troops managed to escape, and even took away a portion of the supplies. (Biquge)

After reuniting, Frederick II learned of this matter and was slightly annoyed.

However, they had still intercepted a portion of the supplies, which could be considered a good thing.

And at this time, Longyan.

"Chief Councilor, the European theater is in a stalemate; I ask that you review the memorials!"

"Let the parliament discuss it; I have to look after the child."

"Chief Councilor, the French have been defeated in the American theater, and Qingyang Shuo wants to build a Railway."

"Approved, approved; let the parliament discuss it, I have to look after the child."

"Chief Councilor, a great victory in the Australian theater; Xie Fang, how do you think we should handle..."

"Let the parliament discuss it; I have to look after the child..."

Ever since little Liu Qian arrived, Liu Zheng had been immersed in the joy and pain of looking after a child; little Liu Qian could not walk yet and crawled back and forth, but his destructive power was not small.

For example, the teapot Liu Zheng had collected—a top-tier item—was now being used by little Liu Qian as a chamber pot.

At this moment, he was holding little Liu Qian, coaxing him to sleep.

Liu Dahao walked in hurriedly: "Zheng..."

"Let the council discuss it, I am busy with the child!"

Liu Zheng interrupted, speaking subconsciously.

Liu Dahao was stunned, and said in a muffled voice: "Is the child more important, or is your father more important?"

Hearing the incomparably familiar voice, Liu Zheng finally realized that the person who had come was his own father.

He turned his head to look, seeing his father with a long, sullen face, and Liu Zheng grinned: "Father, what is it that made you come here in person?"

Liu Dahao walked in, flicked his sleeves, and sat down; he first took a sip of tea, and Liu Zheng's expression changed abruptly.

"Don't drink it!"

Liu Dahao rolled his eyes at Liu Zheng and took a gulp anyway.

He felt the taste was wrong!

"Zheng, what kind of tea leaves are you drinking? Why does it have a stench of urine!"

Liu Zheng said, unable to laugh or cry: "That is because little Liu Qian peed in it; it would be strange if it didn't stink!"

Liu Dahao felt a churning in his stomach and almost vomited up his New Year's Eve dinner.

After Liu Zheng coaxed little Liu Qian to sleep, he looked at Liu Dahao, who was still retching, and said: "Father, what is the matter that required you to make this trip yourself?"

Liu Dahao waved his hand and said: "Nothing major, it's just that your father wants to do some business and take a trip to America; I was asking if you have time. I heard our Longyan has built a Canal in America."

"I have to go and take a look."

Liu Zheng slapped his forehead: "Oh, the Panama Canal, that matter..."

Liu Zheng thought for a moment and said: "I will see if it is suitable to go there right now."

Busy with taking care of the child all day, he had no time to care about or handle these matters.

Liu Dahao nodded: "Fine."

"When the time comes, our whole family will go to America for a vacation; I hear the construction over there is quite good."

Liu Zheng nodded; he also had not seen Qingyang and Qin Zhangfeng for a long time.

He did not know how their construction was going over there.

"Alright, once the matters in Europe are settled, we will go to America to take a look."

"The Indian culture over there is also very interesting."