Gao Fuer said it a little exaggeratedly, which is also a common problem for almost everyone. He always wants his words to attract others' attention. This practice has caused a phenomenon: rumor! Sometimes, things are spreading, and after a few more mouths, a child may be said to be raising a mountain of Tai...

However, although the matter was not as excessive as Gao Fuer said, the fact that Nian Gengyao appeared again was true.

At the beginning, half of the troops under Nian Gengyao were eliminated by the coalition fleet. He was dissatisfied with the reminder of the Chinese army. He immediately realized that something was wrong... Since the Westerners dispatched a large number of warships to ambush the Xihai Navy, he could definitely infer that the Europeans' goal must be very small. Therefore, he immediately understood the situation he was facing... If the Westerners want to fight with the Qing Dynasty, their first goal must be his Xihai Navy.

Although Nian Gengyao was ruthless and greedy for merit, he was not interested in doing something that was invincible. Therefore, while he robbed all the Western merchant ships on Ceylon Island, almost all the members were killed, and the rest of the Chinese merchant ships were sent to Dagon. On the other hand, he sent people to inform the Temasek defenders on the fast ships. However, he himself led the remaining forces of the West Sea Navy to interspersed from the junction of the coalition fleet, and bypassed the Maldives and advanced to the west.

Originally, he didn't know that the coalition forces were passing through the Suez Canal and crossing the Red Sea from the Mediterranean Sea, and he thought that the other party was bypassing from the southern end of Africa as before. Therefore, at the beginning of the battle between the coalition forces and the Qing army, he did not achieve any great results. Instead, because no trace of the coalition fleet was found in the waters near the southern end of Africa, he even led his subordinates to bypass the Cape of Good Hope and enter the Atlantic Ocean.

However, later, he still knew about the Suez Canal. So he quickly led his subordinates back to the Indian Ocean and headed north along the east coast of Africa. On the way, he did not forget to make some extra money. Not only did he rob merchant ships and coalition transport ships along the way, but he also conquered several pirates, including Westerners and Arabs. Of course, since most of the pirates with greater power were "invited" from the upper level of the coalition, most of the pirates he subdued were weak. It was precisely because of the "joining" of these pirates that he was able to defeat the defenders of the Suez Canal by surprise, and then blocked them with ships, stones, sand and other objects, which annoyed the coalition. After doing this, in order to prevent the interception of the huge fleet of the coalition in the Indian Ocean, he also made the illusion that he had led his troops to the Mediterranean.

Blocking the Suez Canal is a big deal. However, Nian Yao's appetite is not just that. After successfully blocking the Suez Canal, he led his team south again, found a place to hide on the east coast of Africa, and prepared to wait until the coalition forces' vigilance relaxed before attacking.

However, before long, he waited for the news that the Qing court and the Europeans had already ceased. This made Nian Yiyao feel very unhappy. However, although he was unhappy, the news of the ceased did not hinder Nian Yiyao. On the contrary, Nian Yiyao believed that this was another chance given to him by God. Because, since the ceased war was already ceased, the alertness of the Europeans would inevitably be greatly reduced, which would greatly benefit his activities behind enemy lines.

Cape Town is a supply station established by the Dutch in Table Bay in the Atlantic for more than 60 years. Before the opening of the Suez Canal, it was located on a major maritime transportation route and developed very rapidly. Nian Gengyao had been there before, but he did not attack in order not to attract the attention of Europeans. This time, Nian Gengyao chose this place and decided to make a fuss on this important port of the Atlantic Ocean and have a big game.

First, Nian Gengyao asked some of his subordinates to abandon the ship and landed, and sent some pirates who were subdued by him to pretend to be slave merchants, and used the previously robbed goods to buy a large number of black slaves, and handed them over to their subordinates who came ashore for simple training in secret places. Then, he sent people to inquire about the movements of the coalition fleet at any time... Because the Suez Canal has not been opened, after the ceasefire with the Qing army, the coalition fleet that wanted to return to China would definitely take the southern end of Africa. Cape Town is the southernmost Africa.

At the important port at the end, the coalition fleet will definitely rest and replenish supplies here... Nian Gengyao's plan is that he has entered the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives here, so after arriving here, the vigilance of the coalition forces should have been reduced to extremely low. And when the coalition fleet arrives at Cape Town, he will pretend to be slave merchant ships and send the purchased black slaves and some of his subordinates to the Cape Town port... When the sky is dark, he will pretend to be a black slave riot to attract the attention of the coalition forces. When the port is in chaos, it will be a mess.

Another part of his men would take advantage of the empty defense in the port to attack the city, capture the coalition generals who would definitely go ashore to rest, and then take these people to retreat away from the shore... Doing so will attract the attention of the coalition forces for the second time. In order to regain their own generals, the coalition forces will definitely leave the ship to ashore. By then, the West Sea Navy, who had already ambushed, can take the opportunity to send all the coalition warships in Cape Town to the sea to see the Dragon King!

Nian Gengyao was actually very satisfied with his plan. Although there was some risky meaning in it, and there were many places that needed to use troops, which was suspected of dividing troops. However, guarding the black slaves and leading the black slave riots, these operations did not require a lot of people. Moreover, there were some pirates he conquered, which did not consume the troops of the headquarters. As for capturing enemy generals, the number of people needed a little more, but in order not to attract the attention of the coalition forces, the number of people could not be too large. Moreover, there are many independent towns around Cape Town, and almost all European countries have certain forces here, and the situation is very complicated. Even if his subordinates cannot complete the task and the coalition generals are attacked, the coalition forces' attention will inevitably be led to the shore, and they will wander between the small towns... The remaining ones are more than 2,000 people, which is enough.

However, Nian Gengyao did not expect that before he took action, he would actually meet a fellow villager!

That guy was met in a small town when he sent his troops to Cape Town to investigate the situation. He looked like an authentic oriental person. This was nothing. Many years ago, Chinese people went to the West to seek life. In recent years, as commercial exchanges between the East and the West became more frequent, the more oriental people appeared in the West. However, when he followed his subordinates to investigate the situation, there was a pirate who was subdued by him. The boy knew English and actually talked to the Westerners from the Easterners to the conversation, and heard those Westerners calling the Easterners "Earl".

You should know that those who can be sent to an environment where enemies are almost everywhere are generally not simple characters. The spy sent by Nian Gengyao was the same. So, it was normal that the oriental man was captured by the spy and came to Nian Gengyao's eyes... Next, Nian Gengyao's plan went even smoother.

The unlucky Easterner was Jia Wu. You know, although the coalition and the Qing army had a preliminary agreement to cease war, there were still many things to do after the war. The Europeans originally thought to seize India, and then rely on the military advantage they gained after the capture of India, forced China to agree to continue trade with them. However, they were unable to seize the rich land in the end, and in order to allow the army led by Marlborough and others to withdraw safely, they had to withdraw Temasek in exchange. This series of land affairs caused them to lose the ability to threaten China... However, trade with the Chinese was obviously a huge temptation, even if they knew that they were in a deficit position, European countries had to continue this behavior under the promotion of some forces. Moreover, the two countries, Britain and Turkey, were occupying the

According to the Suez Canal, even if they have a deficit in their trade with China, they cannot sit idly by the fact that Suez, the huge source of interests, is useless. It can imagine that the Suez Canal, which connects the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, will be a golden waterway that is no less than the Strait of Malacca in the future. It can not only bring huge profits to both countries, but also make the two countries that hold this waterway far ahead in trade with the East...Dumping Eastern goods to other European countries. This can not only peacefully plunder the wealth of other countries, weaken the strength of other European countries, but also quickly restore and enhance their own strength. Such a good thing, the leaders of the two countries are not fools, so they have to do it no matter what. Therefore, maritime trade with the East must not stop from this because of such a damn war.

Therefore, Jia Wu once again became an adviser sent by the British to the Maldives. His task was to assist Richard and others in negotiating with the Chinese again... Although, because this time the Europeans offended the Qing court and the Chinese, this negotiation would definitely be countless times more difficult than the previous few times. However, I don’t know if the Europeans were not lucky, Jia Wu actually met Nian Yiuyao unexpectedly!

What Jia Wu has always wanted to seize was the land in the southernmost part of Africa. Originally, this guy planned to persuade the British government to launch an attack on the current owner of South Africa, the Boers descended from the Dutch, to seize this land as a springboard for Britain to develop its power to the inland African countries. Moreover, due to unremitting efforts, his proposal has been agreed by many British MPs. However, with the opening of the Suez Canal, the British's enthusiasm for this place began to decline again. He felt like "shotting his own foot" and regretted his proposal to open the Suez Canal. However, this was also helpless.

Love. His original plan was to encourage the British to conquer the southern end of Africa before the opening of the Suez River. After the opening of the canal, South Africa's geographical advantages were greatly reduced, so he could easily obtain permission from the British government and get the position of governor of the colony. However, the development of the situation was beyond his expectations. Due to the delay of the damn parliamentary system, coupled with the British's concern that one of his country could not afford China, out of insurance, he finally joined forces with five other countries, including the Netherlands... In the end, as an outsider, he could not perform too much, so the plan could only be a child.

However, Jia Wu did not intend to give up. In his opinion, the war between the Europeans would be another opportunity. He planned to take advantage of this time when he was ordered by the British cabinet to be a negotiating consultant. He wanted to go to Jiangning to discuss with Mad to see if he could use the other party's strength to achieve his wishes through the power of the Qing court. After all, he had previously spread rumors in Europe that were not conducive to the unity of the coalition forces, and even through private messages, he kept mentioning that France's national strength is weak now. The British government is worrying about the coalition forces, and Poland and other countries have just lost a large amount of land... For various reasons, he encouraged the Silesian region, which had long been desperate to seize the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Further develop and strengthen its own strength, and with him, the Prussian king Frederick launched a military strike against the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

These can all be regarded as favors, right? Moreover, in his opinion, since Suez has been opened, the geographical advantage of the southern end of Africa will inevitably shrink. Europeans' attention to this place will decrease a lot. And China won the war, and it is natural for Europeans to ask the Europeans to compensate a "enclave" in exchange for the right to trade. Although the Chinese navy stationed in South Africa would make Europeans feel that it is too threatening. However, if the Governor of this land was a person like him who had a deep relationship with both sides, wouldn't everything be said? The last time he went to Jiangning, he could see that Made and Luo Xin were planning a lot. Since everyone was ambitious, and with the influence of these two people on the Qing court, as long as they could convince the other party to help him, everything would be a foregone conclusion.

However, Jia Wu's idea changed after meeting Nian Gengyao. Jia Wu was knowledgeable and knew countless people in his life. Nian Gengyao was not the kind of person who knew how to restrain himself. Therefore, in a short period of time, Jia Wu roughly understood the character of the Qing army general who captured him. For this reason, Jia Wu thought he had got another opportunity... Nian Gengyao was the admiral of the Xihai Navy of the Qing court, and had not officially received the order of the Qing court's ceasefire. It was very appropriate for him to come forward to capture Cape Town. If any "misunderstanding" occurred during this period, even if the Europeans were dissatisfied, as long as the Qing court's dialect could be transmitted in time, in the end, those foreigners might also be

There is no way. South Africa is too far from China, which is not conducive to the direct rule of the Qing court. Although Nian Gengyao was the admiral of the West Sea, he was fierce and greedy and unlikely to give up the territory he had obtained. He, Jia, is a person who can speak both sides... Adding up these factors, at that time, without waiting for Ma De and others to help him speak, he can also use various situations to get what he has always thought of. Although it is a bit dangerous to do this, it is better to convince Ma Delai's safety, but Nian Gengyao knew at a glance that he was not a good person. It would be better to help him by being thrown into the sea and feeding fish because he couldn't help?

Therefore, there is no need for reconnaissance or adventure... Perhaps, Nian Gengyao's plan may sound good at first glance, but in the eyes of Jia Wu, the Earl of Tigerblu, Nian's plan can only be described as "reliable" by the five words "reliable". Although there are many small towns in Cape Town, each forming a system, how many soldiers are there? Moreover, since it is located in a rush, there are forces from all countries and pirates rarely come here, so Nian Gengyao's troops do not need to be so careful. As for dealing with the coalition forces... Cape Town is already in the Atlantic Ocean. After those coalition soldiers who have fought for almost a year have already entered their doorsteps, what kind of vigilance can they have? Therefore, Nian Gengyao's plan is too complicated, not only is it difficult to achieve the expected results, but it may also backfire.

Although Nian Gengyao was stubborn, he asked Chu for the situation on the battlefield very much, so he "received" Jia Wu's "help".

So, he just sent some elite subordinates to easily achieve his first combat purpose. The coalition generals who were "kindly invited" by Jia Wu to enjoy the fun were arrested. As for the coalition soldiers led by these people... because they had many national forces in Cape Town, most of the soldiers also went ashore to receive rewards from their own people under Jia Wu's "calling". Of course, the soldiers who stayed to guard the warships were not "forgotten" and then they were full of wine and meals... In this state, even if they could have early warnings, it was an unknown whether the soldiers could react within a limited time.

Since the coalition fleet evacuated from the Maldives in batches, and mainly evacuated the army, a large number of main forces in the Navy were still preventing the possible attack of the Qing navy in the Maldives... Therefore, Nian Gengyao only burned more than 30 warships and eighty transport ships this time. In terms of combat effectiveness, it was actually not many times stronger than the fleet led by Nian Gengyao... After drinking and eating, because there were not so many rooms in Cape Town, and the autumn season in the southern hemisphere was already in autumn, it was not suitable to live outdoors and Jia Wu falsely passed orders, and so on, he had to return to the ship to rest.

The number of soldiers reached an astonishingly more than 40,000! Therefore, after Nian Gengyao quietly approached and set fire to these warships, those who were burned to death in their dreams due to drunkenness, those who jumped into the water in panic and drowned... In the end, Nian Gengyao captured more than 17,000 people. Because he was worried that the coalition generals who were arrested early in the morning would encourage the coalition soldiers who had exceeded their own number to resist, Nian Gengyao did not hesitate to send the coalition generals who strongly protested his unethical "post-war raid" behavior to meet God.

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Nian Yao's deeds were soon spread to the leaders of the coalition forces who were still confronting Shi Shibu in the Maldives, and then to the ears of Shi Shibu and Yu Zhong and others.

From Marlborough and Prince Eugen to the soldiers, all expressed extreme indignation at Nian Yao's behavior and sent people to raise serious protests to Shi Shibu and Yuzhong, two of the highest-ranking generals at the front of the Qing court. However, the protests were protesting, and the Europeans could only express helplessness to the person who stabbed him after the war, because Nian Yao still had a large number of coalition soldiers as prisoners. The warships were burned and could be rebuilt. However, among these soldiers, there were navy and army, and most of them were elites from various countries, and they had experienced many events.

The soldiers who were trained after finally getting started in the war could not be lost any more. Therefore, when they were afraid of being attacked, the leaders of the coalition forces pointed their finger at the Qing court, accusing the Qing court of being untrustworthy, and demanded that the Qing court immediately order the release of Nian Gengyao, and that Nian must leave Africa immediately and return it to Cape Town. At the same time, the Qing court should also punish Nian Gengyao for the crime of going to war without authorization and killing "friendly" soldiers, so that he could bear the due punishment for the "Cape Town attack". Of course, if the Qing court agreed, it would be best to hand over the Nian person to the Europeans for trial.

However, Europeans were anxious, but the people of the Qing court were not anxious at all. Just when Europeans were worried about the safety of their own country's soldiers, the Qing court was arguing about Nian Gengyao's merits and demerits. Some people believed that Nian Gengyao had underestimated the enemy's carelessness and ignored the warnings of the Central Army, which almost wiped out the entire army. Later, he "fled" in the name of leading his army to disrupt the enemy's backbone, which was simply ignoring military law. Therefore, the court should punish him; some people believed that although Nian Gengyao had a major mistake, he first blocked the Suez Canal to cut off the logistics route of the Western Countries, and then occupied Cape Town, burned coalition warships, and captured coalition soldiers. This was another great achievement. Moreover, his merit was greater than his faults, and he deserved to be rewarded by the court; some third parties believed that Nian Gengyao had

However, the West Sea Navy suffered huge losses because of underestimating the enemy's carelessness. However, the South Sea Navy was also attacked by the enemy because of carelessness, and the losses were huge. In contrast, since the South Sea Navy Admiral Lan Tingzhen was not punished, Nian Gengyao should not be punished. As for occupying Cape Town and burning ships and capturing soldiers, this was already a matter of post-war affairs and was useless to the state. On the contrary, his killing of prisoners may also anger the Westerners again. Therefore, this is not a merit, but a merit. However, Nian Gengyao has been away from the battlefield and is confused about military situations. He does this for the sake of the country, and it seems that it is not a big mistake... So, in the end, Nian someone should have had more trouble than merit, just thinking of his wholeheartedness for the country. These mistakes should be negligible!
Chapter completed!