Chapter 766 North America Pattern
On the Ming Dynasty, Pan Mengyuan was wiping Ma Changbao's butt and doing the aftermath. As for the French, after the negotiations were completed, Louis Alexander led the main force of the French coalition to turn around immediately and work tirelessly to put out the fire in the rear.
When the French coalition returned to the rear, more than half a month had passed since the British sent troops. During this half month, the British did not directly launch too strong attacks on several important French towns. The cunning British seemed to be trying to cut off the important roads in the north and south of New France, but in fact the British were taking advantage.
Some troops suppressed the French forces whose main force was absent, and then concentrated their forces to seize several lands near the British territory. At the same time, fortresses and fortifications were quickly built. Before Louis Alexander came back, the British army decisively withdrew their troops, then placed the troops on the territory that had been swallowed, waiting for the French.
Seeing this situation, Louis Alexander really made him feel arrogant and crooked. These shameless British people even sent someone to send him a letter after Louis Alexander arrived.
In this letter, British commander Nicholson wrote: Since the Ming Empire is an ally of Britain, the British side cannot sit idly by and watch the Ming Empire be attacked, but because of the restrictions on the Utrecht Treaty in Europe, the British side does not want to directly intervene in this war. The reason for sending troops was that the British side considered the dual reasons of allies and treaty restrictions, so they could not do it. As for the occupied areas, these are all unborder lands and are not in the clear terms of the Utrecht Treaty, or the original sentence belongs to the territory that both sides have not clearly determined.
Therefore, there was no legal problem with the British occupying these territories, nor did they violate the Treaty of Durtrecht. Now that France has already ceased war with the Ming Empire, the British hopes to maintain the current state of peace in North America, abide by the treaty, respect each other, and develop the colonies together.
Naturally, at the end of the letter, Nicholson also tactfully reminded Louis Alexander that the British army was ready to fight again. Once the French army attacked the British army, the British side would acknowledge that the French would tear up the treaty first.
As Her Majesty's loyal minister, Nicholson absolutely did not allow such a thing to happen. He would protect British territory with his noble status and glory, and use his blood and cannons to let the British soldiers feel the anger of the British soldiers.
This letter, which was almost inverted by black and white, made Louis Alexander curse so angry that he felt that he had never seen such a shameless person in his life. Such a person would be the commander of tens of thousands of elite troops, and even a nobleman with title.
"Robber! Thieves! Liar! Scoundrel!"
These four nouns are Louis Alexander's definition of Nicholson, but he can't do anything about this situation.
In fact, Nicholson explained something in his letter that it was indeed true. In fact, after the British sent troops, they mainly threatened and expelled them by force, and did not really start a real war against several important French towns. As for the few territories they occupy now, they also belong to the middle ground in the Utrecht Treaty. You should know that the North American colonies were too large, and when the treaty was negotiated, the war in North America was still continuing. Therefore, when the treaty was signed and took effect, the ownership of some areas was only a large-scale division. It was this way of division that made Nicholson find loopholes in it.
Although Louis Alexander was furious, he calmed down and did not order the military operation to continue, but chose the default result.
As the shameless Nicholson said, once Louis Alexander issued an order to attack, the French would really tear up the treaty. Although Louis Alexander had an extraordinary status, he could not bear the consequences of the treaty tearing down the two countries and continuing to go to war.
During the European War for more than a decade, the French Empire defeated almost all European countries alone, and finally won under the leadership of the great Louis XIV.
But as the illegitimate son of the Sun King, Louis Alexander, the Count of France, knew what this war brought to the French Empire.
The long-term war has greatly damaged the national strength of the powerful French Empire. Over the years, countless French soldiers have died in battle on the battlefield. In addition, France has had serious economic problems in the later period, which has caused the French Empire to begin to decline from its peak.
In addition, the current King of Dharma is the great-grandson of Louis XIV and the youngest son of the Duke of Burgundy, the first heir to the throne. After the Duke of Burgundy and his eldest son were summoned to heaven by illness, the young child became the first noble among the heirs of the throne.
More importantly, Louis XIV loved this great-grandson very much in his later years, and the child was very smart and admired Louis XIV very much, calling him "my dear king's father". Although this title is a bit strange, according to his seniority, Louis XIV should call Louis XIV "my dear king's great-grandfather or great-grandfather" or something. But Louis XIV likes to hear this child call him "dad" and love him very much.
After Louis XIV's death, the child who had just turned five years old became the current King of France, known as Louis XV. Because the king was too young, the regent was Philip of Orleans. The entire French Empire was now suffering from the trauma of war and was struggling to restore the domestic economic and livelihood. This is also the reason why France was finally willing to sign the Treaty of Utrecht to achieve nominal victory in this way.
Once the war continues, can the French Empire still bear the long-term war like before? This is obviously impossible. Facing the Ming Empire, which had just established a foothold in North America for a short time, Louis Alexander dared to make the decision to war, but he did not have the confidence to face his old opponent, the British. Because he knew that once the decision to war was made, his French army would not be able to win a full victory at all, and the war would continue again, thus continuing to make continuous bleeding scars on the weak France.
In the end, Louis Alexander could only pinch his nose and suffer this secret loss, and agreed to the result, but he swore in his heart that as long as he had the chance, he would definitely teach the shameless British a severe lesson.
After this sudden war broke out, the war ended inexplicably after experiencing fierce battles between the East and the West, and with the intervention of another Western country.
But after the war, the Ming Empire, the French Empire, the British Empire, and the Spanish Empire formed an indescribable subtle pattern in North America. The cause of this pattern was not something that either side wanted, but it had to be maintained for the time being. But everyone knows that maybe that day, this pattern will be broken again.
Chapter completed!