Dong Liang basically does not need to worry about matters in Borneo. The First Fleet and the Nanyang Column can completely guarantee the stability there.

The incident of the Returning Regiment in Fuso is still fermenting, but the ones making the most noise are those who respect the king and repel the foreigners. In fact, these people have never calmed down.

Zhong Runyi has not stopped suppressing them. However, these people still have a place to survive. Unless the Chinese send a large army to destroy Fusang, these people may stop. In the short term, nothing will happen there.

Dong Liang also did not want Fusang to be completely stable. A chaotic but controllable Fusang would be most beneficial to the Chinese people.

The Return of Home Corps incident also brought huge benefits to the Chinese people. Those Fusang people who have taken refuge with the Chinese people now have a greater sense of belonging and loyalty to the Chinese people. They regard themselves as quasi-Chinese people and have a higher status than Fusang people.

people.

The Nanyang Column wanted to expand and needed more servant troops. Zhong Runyi recruited a sudden increase in manpower, which solved this problem.

The Annan people are relatively honest. After learning that Siam sent a mission to the Chinese and wanted to marry the princess to the Chinese, Zhang Denggui was extremely frightened. Ruan Zhifang, who was stationed in Nanqi, was also worried about the Siamese attack. On the surface,

Reconcile with Zhang Denggui.

While they sent envoys to the Chinese to declare themselves vassal and stabilize the Chinese army in the north, they strengthened their forces in the south and prepared to repel the Siamese attack.

In the hearts of the Annan people, I can be defeated by the Chinese and surrender, but I can never be defeated by the Siamese.

Because the Siamese are Annan's old enemies, and they have always been defeated by them.

The Annan people followed suit and planned to send a woman to the Chinese, and they had already started looking for a candidate. This was all for later.

Dong Liang planned to postpone the domestic Northern Expedition until August, so that the rainy season in the south would basically end, and the water in the Xiangjiang and Ganjiang rivers would be abundant and would not flood, making it easier for the Chinese army to attack from the sea.

On the North American side, after receiving support, the North American column was finally no longer a group of bandits. They had their own base and a fixed source of supplies.

The most important thing is that a group of local officers were recruited, which gradually strengthened Chu Yunliang's ability to control his team. After a period of rectification, he was finally able to let these people go out to perform tasks alone.

The white people killed all the Indians and occupied their land. Then Chu Yunliang used the same method, first killing all the white people on these lands, and then this land naturally became the land of the Chinese.

What he is looking forward to most now is that supplementary troops from the mainland will arrive early. Relatively speaking, he is still more willing to believe in the Chinese.

This depends on Warren. I don't know whether the labor transportation line he established will be successful.

Will the Brown family watch Warren take away their family business? On the surface, the wealthy people in California are happy to see Warren compete with the Brown family, and will not agree with them suppressing Warren on the outside.

But secretly, the Brown family owned a large slave-transporting fleet, and they also maintained a group of extremely vicious thugs.

This sea route in the Pacific will not be peaceful after all.

Dong Liang stood in front of the map in the study and sorted out the main problems currently facing the Chinese people.

When his eyes fall on a certain point on the map, the places these points refer to seem to magnify infinitely and turn into a vivid scene.

He seemed to be able to see the Chinese army fighting bloody battles with the local enemies.

There are also those diplomats and intelligence personnel who are involved in a series of intrigues and intrigues.

Finally, he cast his sights on the upper right corner of the map, where there was a boreal coniferous forest and boundless ice fields.

Mohe and Bohai in the Tang Dynasty, Nuergandusi in the Ming Dynasty, and the source of Sauron's troops in the Qing Dynasty.

Occupy the Far East and knock off the hands of Tsarist Russia in the Far East.

Taking advantage of the opportunity brought by the Crimean War in the past two years, it established a foothold in the Far East. Then it slowly competed with Tsarist Russia for Siberia, and finally drove Tsarist Russia from the land of Asia.

The map enlarged little by little in front of Dong Liang's eyes.

As his eyes moved, the picture finally fell on the Sakhalin Strait.

The privateer fleet encountered a tough situation this time.

On the Tsarist Russian battleship "St. Petersburg", the sailors were nervously loading ammunition, then shooting, and then continuing to load the ammunition, and so on.

In the Far East at the end of July, it has begun to get colder, and the ice and snow may return in another month.

After poor Nevelskoy escaped from Hakodate, he was constantly attacked by the natives of Ezo Island along the way.

When we finally arrived at the northern part of Ezo Island, there were only a dozen people left.

They cut down trees and built a large raft. They risked being overturned by the waves and arrived at Sakhalin Island opposite.

But this place has been occupied by the escort army.

They were discovered by the escort stationed in the bay.

The escort immediately attacked them.

Nevelsko relied on the desperate cover of his men and escaped into the woods again.

Without a stronghold, they could only continue to flee north on the island.

As an explorer, he knew the topography of the Sakhalin Strait very well. He knew that there was another place in the north of the Tatar Strait, which was very close to the mouth of the Amur River.

Maybe he could meet his patrol boat there.

He believed that Nikolayevsk (Temple Street) must still be in the hands of their own people.

Because there is a fleet there, and it should not be something that this Chinese fleet can deal with.

I have to say that Nevelskoy's bad luck has finally come to an end.

He headed north along the coastline of Sakhalin Island and finally saw a small Russian patrol boat.

At this time, there was only one subordinate left beside him.

And Nevelskoy also became like a savage.

After returning to Temple Street, Nevelskoy unexpectedly met Governor Muravyov.

It turns out that His Excellency the Governor set out from the upper reaches of the Amur River in May, formed a huge fleet of seventy-five warships, and arrived at Temple Street with great force.

He sent troops this time to threaten the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia to redraw the border.

The Manchu and Qing Heilongjiang general Yi Ge was so frightened that he fled to Qiqihar.

The news reached Emperor Xianfeng. Xianfeng could only order Yi Ge to monitor closely.

This is equivalent to the fact that a robber has come to your home, and you just hide in the closet and monitor them closely, doing nothing and letting them wander around your home.

Dong Liang knew long ago that there was no point in expecting the Manchus to protect these remote territories.

In the eyes of these people, the nation and the country are not as important as their own position.

Nevelskoy reported the news of the Chinese army's invasion of the Far East to his idol Muravyov.

When the other party heard that the other party dared to attack the Tsar's army, he immediately became furious.

It's just that the fleet he brought was all small boats built by himself on the Amur River, and they were not suitable for naval battles.

However, there is still a fleet stationed in Temple Street, that is, the Tsarist Russian Far East Fleet.

There are two old battleships here, as well as some light frigates.

The Tsarist Russians seemed to have great confidence in these two battleships.

Nevelskoy told Muravyov that the largest warship in the fleet that attacked them was only a frigate.

To Muravyov, who is familiar with naval battles, battleships against frigates look like dimensionality-reducing strikes. Even if the opponent's number is larger, it cannot offset the gap in strength.

Although they only have two old battleships.

So Muravyov personally commanded the two battleships to leave Nikolayevsk and sail towards the Tatar Strait.

The two battleships were followed by many light frigates and troop carriers. They wanted to go to Sakhalin Island first to take back the stronghold occupied by the Chinese.

Then he went back to Hakodate to take revenge. This time Muravyov was ready to do something big.

He not only wanted the Qing Dynasty to surrender, but also wanted Fuso to cede Ezo Island.

During the time when Nevelskoy was on the run, Zhuo Yiqing led the fleet south to Tianjin to rescue Lin Fengxiang, then went north to fight in Busan, and then went north to Hakodate.

At this time, Zhuo Yiqing's privateer fleet was resting in Hakodate.

Even a landlord's donkey cannot work non-stop.

But no matter where Zhuo Yiqing went, she always lived on the boat.

The command cabin of the "Wrathful Sea" still maintains the same furnishings as when Dong Liang first lived in it.

This frigate, which was transformed from a piggy ship, has undergone several modifications, reinforced key parts, and replaced the artillery.

As a sailing battleship, it can still only use muzzle-loading guns, but the Chinese muzzle-loading guns are no longer what they used to be.

This command cabin is a suite with a command room, study room, and bedroom.

There are bookshelves and recliners in the command room, giving people a warm and comfortable feeling.

The bed in the bedroom was replaced by a Chinese-style wooden bed with one side opening. The bedding inside is made of brocade fabric, which is elegant and comfortable.

Because Dong Liang lived here before, Zhuo Yiqing seemed to be able to feel Dong Liang's aura here.

There was a sound of brisk footsteps on the wooden floor outside the room.

Zhuo Yiqing, who was sitting on the recliner and dozing off, his beautiful eyes trembled slightly, then opened them.

She knew it was Lu Yi who was coming. Listening to the rapid footsteps, she could tell that Lu Yi had something urgent to do.

"Commander, it's not good. Our stronghold on Sakhalin Island was attacked by the Russians. A gunboat discovered the opponent's fleet and sent back the news."

"What, the Russians still have a fleet?" Zhuo Yiqing's eyes widened, obviously in disbelief.
To be continued...