The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 931 The Great Eastern Expedition

In March 1776, just before Emperor Liu Xuan of Qi was about to launch his "Nirvana Operation," King George V of Great Britain, thousands of miles away, began to lobby Parliament repeatedly, hoping that the gentlemen of the House of Commons would agree to the king sending troops to punish the tyrant of the Eastern world.

The moment that will determine the fate of billions of people has arrived.

On June 1, the British House of Commons held a heated debate to decide whether to send an expeditionary force to the Far East.

King George's confidant, Member of Parliament Old Staunton, drew everyone's attention with his speech in Parliament.

When he spoke, the entire room fell silent. Old Staunton, with his goatee, addressed the others in an unquestionable tone, saying that based on his understanding of the character of the Qi people, he judged that war was inevitable.

Twenty years ago, Old Stone served as an assistant to the British mission to the State of Qi and lived in Tianxin City for ten years.

"Gentlemen, as far as I can see, (the Qi people) are a nation that is both insecure and arrogant. They consider everything outside of Qi to be barbaric, and they foolishly believe that if we don't export tea and cotton to Europe, we will die from constipation and frostbite... Of course, this is just a joke. They are arrogant and conceited; their emperor plans to conquer the whole world and insists that this is a shortcut to democracy. So we need to make them bleed. Of course, before we start bleeding, we can suggest that Tianxin City negotiate and change the Qi emperor's policy of foreign expansion. But I know the character of this nation very well, and I am certain that if we want to achieve some result, we must use force to show off while negotiating."

Despite nearly half of the members of parliament explicitly opposing the war against Qi, the pro-war faction ultimately gained the majority.

Moreover, the king himself is a representative of the hawks, and since his ascension to the throne, he has advocated a tough policy towards Qi.

"I thought it was long ago that Tianxin City and those scoundrels in the Eastern World should have been punished militarily. If you hold them by the neck, they'll immediately beg for mercy; if you let go, they'll keep cursing. Tyrant Liu Xuan said that only by killing a hundred million people, sweeping across Europe, and carpet-bombing the capitals of various countries can true democracy and freedom be achieved..."

We must eliminate that madman!

"Gentlemen, military punishment of Qi is necessary."

"If we let these clowns run rampant and daydream, the end of the world will come! God!"

Prolonged applause filled the hall.

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Old Staunton's speech was crucial in influencing the members' choices.

On that day, in the parliamentary vote, the pro-war faction received 271 votes, while the anti-war faction received 262 votes, a difference of 9 votes, which determined the resolution to send troops to the State of Qi and intervene in Far Eastern affairs.

King George advocated conducting necessary reconnaissance of Qi to find out how much unknown technology Tianxin City had stored up over the past thirty years; no one knew the details.

However, the Prime Minister rejected the plan, judging that Qi did not have much war potential and that fire reconnaissance would be a complete waste of time.

However, the British still decided to use a brute-force approach, deploying the strongest military force they could muster.

Army troop deployment: 12000 in total.

The number of personnel included 5000 British Army soldiers, 5000 Indian soldiers, and 2000 Sri Lankan soldiers, excluding the Royal Marines.

两个皇家炮兵炮组第18步兵团第26步兵团第49步兵团第55步兵团（1776年增派）第98步兵团（1776年增派）第2马德里斯步兵团（1776年增派）第6马德里斯步兵团（1776年增派）第14马德里斯步兵团（1776年增派）第36马德里斯步兵团（1776年增派）第37马德里斯步兵团第39马德里斯步兵团（1776年增派）第41马德里斯步兵团（1776年增派）孟加拉志愿步兵团的两个营·····
Compared to the army, the Royal Navy's deployment was even more noteworthy: a total of 15 ships, 436 naval guns, and 3064 seamen.

2艘三级战列舰（各载72门炮，共144门炮）2艘五级战列舰（各载43门炮，共86门炮） 4艘六级战列舰（各载26-27门炮，共106门炮）5艘单桅帆船（共88门炮）1艘横帆双桅船（10门炮）1艘运兵船（2门炮）

1776: 17 ships, 412 cannons, 2962 sailors

2艘三级战列舰（各载72门炮，共144门炮）2艘五级战列舰（各载43门炮，共86门炮）2艘六级战列舰（各载27门炮，共54门炮）5艘单桅帆船（共86门炮）3艘横帆双桅船（共30门炮）2艘测量船（共10门炮）1艘运兵船（2门炮）

1777: 37 ships, 784 cannons, 7069 sailors

2艘三级战列舰（各载72门炮，共144门炮）1艘四级战列舰（载炮50门）4艘五级战列舰（各载41门炮，共164门炮）4艘六级战列舰（各载22-23门炮，共90门炮）2艘蒸汽船（各载4门炮，共8门炮）14艘单桅帆船（共242门炮）3艘横帆双桅船（共30门炮）1艘测量船（共2门炮）1艘医用船（载炮20门）5艘运兵船（共44门炮）

On July 6, 1776, the Kingdom of Great Britain sent a note to the Kingdom of France, requesting that the French join them in sending troops to save "the precarious Free Union in the East."

King George wrote: As the saying goes, only by staying true to our original aspirations can we forge ahead. We must never forget our original aspirations of democracy and freedom.

After reading the personal letter from the King of England, King Louis XV of France readily agreed to the plan to send troops to the Far East.

Over the next three months, the French assembled an army of more than 5,000 men and a navy of the same size, setting sail from ports in India, the Philippines, and other regions, and marching in a mighty force toward the French "Far East Freedom Alliance".

At the same time, European countries such as the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Ukraine also sent their own troops.

Pope Giovanni Angelo Braschi returned to France in the summer of 1773.

The Pope spent years lobbying churches across Europe to launch a new 18th-century Crusade.

In early May 1776, the Pope convened a religious council in Clermont, in southern France.

Tens of thousands of unemployed workers and veterans, believers, fourteen archbishops, two hundred bishops, more than four hundred abbots, and countless ordinary people flocked here.

Hundreds of thousands of people crowded together, so much so that the small town was packed with people and there was no place to stand.

Those who arrived later had no choice but to set up camp on the outskirts of Clerman.

Pope Brass stood before a row of white tents emblazoned with crosses, amidst swirling dust and the fresh stench of horse manure, loudly calling upon his followers to travel east, fight against the infidels, and overthrow the tyrannical rule.

"The tyrant (referring to Emperor Liu Xuan of Qi) is wreaking havoc in the Kingdom of God, and all people of every class must 'rise up quickly' and wipe this evil race off our brothers' land!"

The Pope called on the attendees to “set out on the journey to the Holy Sepulchre” and made a vow: “If any of those who set out on this journey lose their lives on the way—by land or sea—or in the war against the pagans, their sins will be forgiven in that instant!”
In the name of the Father, God will bless his people, brave European warriors, to defeat the evil Tartars (referring to the Qi people), Amen!