After Zhao Xin returned to Beihai Town, he held a meeting with Wang Zhong and others the next night. The participants not only included members of the negotiation team, but also relevant personnel from the General Staff Department, Civil Affairs and Surveying and Mapping Departments.

Negotiation with Li Chao is not only about winning or losing on the battlefield and on the negotiating table, but also involves many issues. The actual operation is extremely complicated and cannot be completed in two or three years.

Many travelers in the 29-member committee of Beihai Town thought that even if everything was decided after signing the border treaty, it was not. The treaty was always a piece of waste paper. The key was to survey boundaries, otherwise many things would be difficult to explain. Both sides had to send surveyors to recognize the calculated data, and then put the boundary markers on the map.

For example, how to divide the waterways of the Tumen River that belong to the two countries? It also requires measurement.

Also, what should the people of Li Chao do if they cross-border land reclamation? How to deal with crimes? From murder to setting fires, to fighting, details are required.

The committee had a previous resolution to redeem the Li Chao people who passed through the land reclamation in Hunchun, either forcibly repatriate them or send them to Siberia according to Zhao Xin's plan. Anyway, the north bank of the Tumen River must not be kept, otherwise one day they will say that this is theirs and that there is theirs. There is a lesson in history in another time and space. A toad will hit the foot and will not kill you and you will be disgusted to death.

In another time and space, the Li Dynasty encountered extremely serious natural disasters. A large number of refugees crossed the Tumen River and sneaked into the rich and empty Hunchun area in the north of the river to settle down, and gradually formed a settlement area in the north of the river.

In November of the seventh year of Guangxu (1881), the Qing Dynasty ordered the Li Dynasty to "repay" the people who illegally reclaimed their residences within one year, but most of the Li Dynasty reclaimers refused to return to their country. As a result, in the ninth year of Guangxu, the cross-border reclaimers of Zhongchengfu suddenly wrote to the envoy of Zhongchengfu, saying that the north bank of the Tumen River was not the territory of China, but the land of the Li Dynasty.

In the subsequent "Yiyou Border Negotiation", the envoy of the Li Dynasty played the word game again, saying that the dividing line between the two countries was the "Tumen" in the north, not the Tumen River.

In fact, even they themselves knew how absurd this statement was. Because after the border negotiations ended, the representative of the Li Dynasty, Li Chongxia, submitted his true understanding of the "Two Jiang Theory" in the form of "apart" to Emperor Gaozong. Due to Li Chongxia's explanation and the fact that he could never find strong evidence, the North Korean side had to give up the "Two Jiang Theory" on its own.

However, after 1897, the "Da South Korean Empire" created with the support of the Japanese ignored the results of the border negotiations between the two countries and once again threw out the "Tumen" Fei Tumen River, which triggered the so-called "Midou issue" and continued to make trouble until the 21st century.

Regarding the issue of boundary division between the future and the Li Dynasty, Zhao Xin's attitude was to adhere to the principle of unchanging the western section border and pushing the middle section and the eastern section to the south.

Simply put, the western section still uses the center line of the main stream of the Yalu River as the boundary; in the middle section, the source of the Tumen River and Yalu River is no longer used as the watershed between the two countries, but it is to push southward to Jianchuangou, the tributary of the Yalu River, and the south bank of the Hongdan River, the tributary of the Tumen River. This means that in the future, whether it is Changbai Mountain, Xiaobai Mountain, or even the Sanchi Source, it has nothing to do with the Li Dynasty; in the eastern section, all Maoshan areas are taken back, and in the north, the main peak of Luoduan Mountain is taken as the watershed, which will retract Yongdacheng, Wencheng, Meijianzhencheng and Xunzhencheng in the north.

In this way, the Tumen River was divided into several sections in the middle and lower reaches, and Maoshan and the four northern cities became enclaves of Beihai Town on the south bank of the Tumen River.

Wang Zhong, Liu Taigong and others raised their concerns. They felt that if they did this, Li Chao might be driven crazy, and the two sides would definitely continue to get friction on the border in the future. Even Chen Jingdan also suggested that doing this would inevitably affect the future border trade between the two sides.

Zhao Xin explained to everyone present without caring: "Maoshan's iron ore reserves are extremely high and must be controlled in our hands. This is a goal that has been determined many years ago. As for the recovery of the four northern cities, we must teach them a lesson and at the same time make them have no time to covet the territory of the north bank. The Li Dynasty spent fifty years embezzling the southern bank of the lower reaches of the Tumen River, and we can also form a certain fact in twenty or thirty years.

Furthermore, when the Northern Navy advances to Shengjing, the road from the Li Dynasty to the inner gate will be controlled by us, and from then on, trade can only rely on us. Whether it is the border trade of the Yalu River or the border trade of the Tumen River, it is not even a little fingertip for us, but it is very important to them. As long as we control the output of weapons and steel products, they can't make any difference!"

It is now the end of 1793, and the entire Northeast land has once again entered a period of tranquility of thousands of miles. In sharp contrast to the verbal battles on the negotiating table, the war between the North Navy in South Asia and Borneo is in full swing.

First of all, in India, the war between the British siege of local governance, which began in June, was originally just the prelude to the Eastern battlefield of the "French Revolution War" in another time and space history. This war that affected the East lasted for nine years, and the warring parties fought in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the East Indies, and finally ended with the Treaty of Amiens.

The result was that the British gained Sri Lanka and lost the support of the French, Tipu Sultan also died in street fighting in the "Fourth Anglo-May War". As for Europe, everyone on earth knew that Napoleon became the first rule of the First Republic of France and took a big step towards the throne of the European hegemon.

However, due to the official end of Beihai Town in this time and space, the local governance war has not ended for four months, and the French have become a foil from the protagonist.

Ding Guofeng arrived in India in mid-August, and his arrival made Cornwallis, the governor of the British East India Company, nervous.

As a major general of the army, Cornwallis knew that the British Navy's strength in the Gulf of Bengal was very weak; in the fleet that was on the blockade, the USS Minerva frigate was the only active warship, and the other four were all merchant ships. It was no problem for him to bully the French and the Dutch, but when faced with the five aggressive ships of the North Navy, Cornwallis really had no courage to challenge.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fortunately, the previous maritime blockade was very successful. After the French supply ships were captured three, they no longer dared to come again. Now the only thing he was worried about was that the North Navy would provide support for local governance from land.

Cornwallis soon sent an envoy to Pazayalai. After meeting Ding Guofeng, the other party said that the British East India Company had no intention of becoming hostile to Beihai Town and hoped to maintain good relations. Even if they occupied local governance, they would respect and ensure the rights and interests of Beihai Town in Pazayalai, and even give away 100 square kilometers of land.

Ding Guofeng thought to himself, let's get out of your way, I'm going to make trouble for you guys! In fact, according to his personality and temper, if Zhao Xin hadn't given the final statement in advance, he would have dared to directly destroy the British fleet and then bombard the Kolkata Port.

When the French commander Colonel Prosperd Clement was overjoyed when he learned of the arrival of the Northern Navy fleet. He thought the fleet also brought ground troops and personally brought people to contact him. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Pazayalai, he found that 300 Northern Navy troops had only arrived, and he was disappointed.

Ding Guofeng's explanation for this is that the war between the North Navy in West Java is at a critical moment and will be announced in another month. At present, there is no way to send troops. I hope the French will persevere. This time I brought two thousand shells and six 12-pound cannons to help you thirty artillery soldiers. At night, you sent people to take them away. In addition, all the weapons and ammunition are half price this time, and they are only used as friendly support.

He finally said falsely, don’t worry, don’t worry, persistence is victory.

French commander Colonel Clement thought to himself that you are so light. You have less than 2,000 troops under your command, but there are 10,000 British troops outside the city!

What he didn't know was that Zhao Xin had already reached a secret agreement with Louis XVI's sister, Lady Elizabeth, and former Governor Leclerc. After local governance, he would be subordinate to Louis Cial and be loyal to him. This time, he would take advantage of the British's siege to make all the Republicans die.

The problem is that Pazayalai is not big. If thousands of people come, both the British and the French will definitely find it. Therefore, the thousands of servants taken by Ding Guofeng from Bacheng were all hidden in the dense forest outside Malacca. As long as he calls, he will immediately get on the ship and set off in less than a week.

Clement had no choice but to go back in disappointment. However, for him, it would be great to have weapons and ammunition support at the moment. Especially the 12-pound shells of the North Navy played a big role in the previous offensive and defensive battles, which made the British army outside the city suffer enough.

From July 28, the British East India Company's army arrived at the periphery of the city and established positions on the Red Mountains overlooking the entire city. After the demand for surrender was rejected, the British detachment formed by the 71st and 74th Infantry Regiments launched a feint and occupied the position south of the town on July 30.

The plan of the British commander Colonel Bracewayt was to use the weaker defense and dryer northeast corner as the main attack direction. The first thing he had to do was to build a battery in the west and north of the city, but the weather was not as good as he wished, and a heavy rain hindered his plan. During this period, the French used their 24-pound cannons and the 12-pound cannons provided by the town of North Sea to bombard the British, causing heavy losses to British construction workers.

On August 12, Colonel Clement concentrated all the twelve 12-pound cannons sold to them in Beihai Town to the north of the city, and carried out continuous strikes on the British fortifications and trenches. Even Lieutenant Colonel George More, the chief engineer of the British army, died under the artillery fire.

In this year, the artillery shells used by artillery soldiers in various European countries were similar, mainly solid bullets, grape bullets, canned shotguns, and various sub-projections. As for the "flowering bullets" that later generations talked about, since the black gunpowder in this year did not have high explosive power, its effect was only shock rather than fragmentation effect, and its range was only a few hundred meters.

The shell used by the 12-pound gun in Beihai Town is unique. The round shell of the entire shell is made of steel. The purpose of this is to make the wall of the shell thinner and carry more shotguns and explosive gunpowder. It is equipped with a manually adjusted time fuse on the top, and the load of the explosive is located at the bottom of the shell. The time fuse located at the top of the shell is triggered when it is fired, and the explosive is then transmitted to the bottom of the fuze. After detonation, it breaks the steel shell and releases the shotgun.

To put it bluntly, this thing is actually a "shrops" modified by the British in 1852 in another time and space. The early model of the shell was invented by a royal artillery lieutenant named "Shrapnel" nine years ago, and in history, the British army was not officially used until 1804 in the Suriname War.

On the other hand, although the British army suffered heavy losses, the commander Colonel Resweet was mentally prepared. The fort was to be built no matter what. Anyway, the lives of Indian mercenaries were not worth the money. On August 21, a large number of indigenous mercenaries finally successfully built the main fort known as the "Royal Fort". The next morning, the British army's 24-pound long cannon fired at the French army.

In the history of another time and space, the British army showed its power at two forts outside the city, and the French could not stand it that day and simply surrendered the next day. In this time and space, with two thousand Beihai Town shells being transported into local management, the British army's tragic situation was far from over.

In the next ten days, eighteen artillery groups composed of French and Northern Navy artillery were exerted, and they bombarded the two British artillery batteries, and at the same time carried out intensive artillery bombardment on the British peripheral positions, which expanded the number of casualties of the British army from more than 400 to more than 1,000.

British commander Colonel Bracewayt was already in a difficult situation. He was ambitious before departure. It would be too embarrassing to go back in shame, so he could only grit his teeth and ask Madras to support more artillery.

While always paying attention to the progress of local governance, Ding Guofeng sent a message to Tipu Sultan through Prince Ali who could communicate in Mandarin. He planned to send troops to the other party in a month.

Tipu Sultan was reluctant to ask for it. He should know that the "Third Anglo-Mi War" ended last year made him feel very humiliated and indignant. When he learned from his son that the North Navy would launch a large number of troops to attack the British, he immediately began a general mobilization, among which the 3,000 new-style army trained for Mysore in Beihai Town would be his main force in dealing with the British.

He intended to take back all four areas of Malabar, Salem, Bellari and Anantapur, which were ceded to the British through this battle.

On the other hand, after learning about the movements of Tip Sultan in the northwest of the Kingdom of Mysore, the Governor General of Mumbai immediately sent a ship to inform Madras, and then contacted the Marathas in the north to prepare for troops; and after learning about the situation a few days later, the Governor General of Madras also sent an envoy to contact Hyderabad and requested the other party to send troops.

Cornwallis, in Kolkata, was shocked after hearing the news. He keenly realized that Mysore was ready to move, which must have nothing to do with Beihai Town. The long-term failure of local governance was also an important reason. He immediately took a boat to Madras to supervise the battle, and ordered Colonel Bracewayt to take down local governance before the end of September.
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