The ancestor frowned: "Beiyang Fleet? It sounds like a navy fleet or something. Could it be that this is a warship with the technology of Western powers?"

Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, the Western powers defeated China by relying on strong ships and powerful cannons. They came from the sea and could have super large fleets of tens of thousands of troops. Each fleet can carry hundreds to thousands of people, and are equipped with many powerful things like powerful crossbows of our era. A ship of warships has as many as two or three hundred gates. The damage caused by a volley cannon can be enough to hit the walls of a strong city like Ping Shixing."

The ancestor gritted his teeth and shook his head and said, "With such a powerful warship, no wonder the Qing army could not resist it. It seems that in your later era, or at this time of the Qing Dynasty, such powerful weapons could already appear. Even the city walls could not stop their attacks, let alone in field battles, such power was enough to destroy thousands of elite troops. After all, no matter how powerful the flesh and blood body was, it could not be compared with the city walls of a strong city."

Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, so after the war failed, the leaders of the regiments who quelled the rebellion and the ministers of the court learned from their mistakes and began to want to directly purchase their warships and warships from Western countries, and then let these emerging Western military factories in China imitate or even invent these warships."

"The Western powers at that time also reached a new era. War broke out between them. In order to fight for control of the entire world's colonies, the powerful countries such as England, France, Germany, and Russia also fought large-scale wars on the Western Regions thousands of miles away. For the East and China, they were unable to dispatch large-scale troops to fight like they did back then. Moreover, after the Westernization Movement and suppression of the rebellious Qing army, their regiments trained new troops to be more combative than before, and even defeated France. Although the army of great powers such as Russia was only a small-scale battle with thousands of people, it was enough to make these powerful people stare at them with admiration."

"So, Britain, the most powerful among the great powers, showed goodwill to the Qing Dynasty and was willing to sell them some of the latest warships. These warships performed better than the navy of warships that invaded China decades ago, and could even be used as warships made of steel and could also be driven on the water. Such technology would be incredible even by Western technicians at that time."

The ancestor widened his eyes and touched his beard: "The iron-armored warship can actually drive on the water? How is this possible? Well, no, it seems that even the eight giant ships of Tianshidao have built enough watertight cabins and brought more than two thousand people to the sea. The technology of this iron-armored warship in the West is probably similar to this. Uh, let's not talk about this for now, and you continue to say that Liu Yu, these regiment landlords and Western Ministers have brought these iron-armored warships. Wouldn't they be invincible in the East and restore their former glory?"

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "The Qing monarchs and ministers, Manchu and Han nobles at that time thought so. They also sent some officers to the UK to learn the technology of manipulating these warships. As a result, when these officers arrived in the UK, they were very surprised to find that in this Royal Naval Academy, there were a group of orientals with yellow skin and yellow eyes, who were also here to go with their classmates."

The ancestor patted his thigh and blurted out: "Is this the Japanese you mentioned before? Why did they have something to do with the UK and go to study in the UK? Did they also engage in the Westernization Movement and buy naval warships?"

Liu Yu sighed and said, "It's a long story. The first connection between the Japanese country was during the Three Kingdoms. During the reign of Cao Pi, a queen of this Japanese country sent envoys to pay tribute. At that time, Japan was like the Central Plains during the Zhou Dynasty. There were many princes or tribes. There were hundreds of countries with large and large battles. The man was extremely fierce and warlike, but because he was on four large islands, he was alone and was hanging overseas. He was about thousands of miles away from China's seaport.

It was far away, so it was not easy for them to come, and it was even more difficult for us to go there. Starting from Cao Wei, for hundreds of years, Japan would come every few years or decades. It was not until hundreds of years later that Japan had basically completed the unification. There was a person similar to the Qin Shihuang style of the Central Plains who basically took over the four major islands under his own rule, and also learned from the Central Plains dynasty to establish a dynasty. However, their dynasty has survived to this day, and its supreme ruler claims to be the emperor."

The ancestor sneered: "The little island barbarian has a big tone, and he is the emperor. If it were the Great Shang Dynasty, if he had heard of such a madman, he would have sent troops to attack him long ago. But then again, isn't this Japan from Korea and the Goryeo Peninsula very close? After unifying the island country, it did not expand outward?"

Liu Yu said seriously: "After the expansion, they have been trying to land from the south of the peninsula, then occupy the entire peninsula, and then march towards Sushen and Liaodong. Their ambitions are very great, and they have always been there since ancient times. However, when they expanded, when the Central Plains King was staggering, there was a dynasty that raised troops from Taiyuan, Bingzhou to seize the world, and took the name of the ancient dynasty Tang Dynasty. This Tang Dynasty was very powerful and destroyed Goguryeo, which had been entrenched on the Korean Peninsula since the Western Han Dynasty. The key battle was to defeat the Japanese army that came to aid the Baekje country at the southern end of the peninsula."

"This battle is called the Battle of Baijiangkou. The main force of the entire Japanese army was almost wiped out. In front of the tall Tang army naval warships, the small boats of the Japanese army were vulnerable. Therefore, the Japanese king was shocked and no longer dared to assist the Korean Peninsula and become enemies with the Tang Dynasty. Instead, he sent aristocratic missions to continuously pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, sent overseas students, and sent Tang envoys to the Tang Dynasty to enter the Imperial College, Imperial College and other departments to learn the culture and technology of the Tang Dynasty, including the military merits and shogunate system of the Tang Dynasty."
Chapter completed!