After that, the Great Sun Kingdom started to invade another subordinate country of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom, the Bangzi Kingdom. In the year 1876, the Sun Kingdom used force to open the gates of the Bangzi Kingdom and forced the Bangzi Kingdom government to sign a series of agreements. They obtained a series of privileges such as consular jurisdiction. The first article of the agreement declared that the Bangzi Kingdom was an independent country and maintained equal authority with the Sun Kingdom, excluding the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom.
In the year 1882, a mutiny occurred in the Bangzi Kingdom. The Ancestral Dragon Kingdom and the Sun Nation sent troops to the Bangzi Kingdom at the same time. Although the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's army suppressed the Sun Nation's army in this incident, Japan still obtained the right to send troops and station troops in the Bangzi Kingdom through a series of agreements.
In the year 1884 of the People's Calendar, the Sun Nation helped the Civilizing Party of the Bangzi Nation to launch a coup in an attempt to remove the Zulong Nation's influence in the Bangzi Nation. Yuan Shiqian led the Zulong Nation's army to defeat the Sun Nation's army. Even so, the treaty between the Sun Nation and the Zulong Nation's imperial court stipulated that the Zulong Nation and the Sun Nation would withdraw their troops from the Bangzi Nation at the same time. When the two countries sent troops to the Bangzi Nation, they had to inform each other to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings and military conflicts. This treaty stipulated that the Sun Nation had obtained the right to send troops to the Bangzi Nation, including the embassy. The treaty was that the Ancestral Dragon Nation and the Sun Nation had the right to act at the same time in the Bangzi Nation. These two agreements were foreshadowing for future wars.
During the conflict between the two countries in the 1870s and 1880s, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom had always had an advantage. Ten years after the coup in the Bangzi Kingdom, changes occurred. During this period, the Sun Nation had been paying close attention to the court of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom. A large number of cabinet members, including important military figures in the Sun Nation, used 60% of the country's financial revenue to develop the navy and the army. From 1893, the Emperor of the Sun Nation decided to broadcast 300,000 yuan from his own public funds every year. Then, he took out 1.1 million yuan from the salaries of the civil and military officials to supplement the cost of shipbuilding. The morale of the entire country was high, and they had already surpassed the Zulong Kingdom as their goal. They were prepared to fight a war that gambled on the fate of the country. In the year 1890, the Zulong Kingdom's Northern Navy had seven warships of more than 2000 tons, with a total of more than 27,000 tons. The Sun Nation's navy only had five warships that weighed more than 2000 tons, with a total of 17000 tons. In 1892, the Sun Nation completed the ten-year military expansion plan ahead of schedule. From 1885 to the eve of the war between the two countries, the Sun Nation had established a standing army of 63000 and a reserve army of 230,000, including six field divisions and one guard division. Before the war, the Sun Nation had 32 warships and 24 torpedoes, with a total displacement of 72000 tons, surpassing the Northern Navy. The Sun Nation had also sent out Leshan Hall, Black Dragon Gang, and other spy organizations and personnel to infiltrate the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom to speed up the collection and infiltration of intelligence in all aspects of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom.
Before this, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom had seen initial results after decades of westernization. In the process of dealing with the western countries, they thought that the westerners did not want their land and people, but only wanted to take advantage of them in trade. Therefore, they relaxed their military awareness, but it was so childish.
In the year 1882, after the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's Northern Navy was officially established, they did not add any more warships. The fleet gradually aged, and a naval fleet without warships had weak firepower, slow firing speed, and slow sailing speed.
The Beiyang Navy had 25 warships and more than 4,000 sailors. Before the war between the two countries, the three bases of the Beiyang Navy, namely, Eldest Aunt, Weihai Guard, and Lukou, were built. However, during the military reform of the Zulong Kingdom, they were basically at the low-level stage of improving weapons and equipment. Although the total strength of the army and navy reached 810,000, they were backward, chaotic, and useless. Their combat effectiveness was low.
After the year 1891 of the Min Calendar, the Northern Navy of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom had even stopped purchasing firearms and ammunition. It had to be known that the current Ancestral Dragon Kingdom could not even produce firearms and ammunition on its own. It relied solely on purchasing them. No matter how many guns and ammunition you bought, it had been two years and you had almost used up all of them. As a result, in naval battles, each cannon only had an average of 20 shells, and at most, only 136 shells.? After three hours of battle, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's Northern Navy had no artillery shells to fire. This caused a series of naval officers to control their warships to crash into the Sun Nation's warships. There was no other way. If you didn't have artillery shells, how could you fight? You could only crash into the enemy and die together with them.
The problem of the Bangzi Nation was the breakthrough point for the Sun Nation to launch an invasion. In the year 1896, the Sun Nation had an economic crisis, and the demand for war was even more urgent. In the same year, the Sun Nation's Prime Minister had said in the first Imperial Conference that the Sun Nation's main focus was the Zulong Nation and the Bangzi Peninsula, which were the Sun Nation's interests. He said that the country's population was insufficient and that they had to defend it with force, so they increased their military strength and prepared for war.
In the year 1894 of the People's Calendar, an uprising broke out in the Bangzi Kingdom. The Bangzi Kingdom's government army was forced to retreat and was forced to seek help from the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom. The Sun Nation believed that it was time to start a war. He told the Imperial Court of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom that if your government didn't come forward and send troops, our government was willing to send troops. To lure the Zulong Kingdom to send troops, the imperial court of the Zulong Kingdom sent Ye Zhichao, the commander of Zhili, and Nie Cheng, the general town of Taiyuan, to lead more than 2,000 Huai troops. Wang Zhizhen led 500 people. Six days later, they were divided into two groups to land at North Korea's Yashan, preparing to quell the rebellion. At the same time, according to the 1885 treaty, he notified the Sun Nation. On June 17th, the Korean government and the rebel army reached a statewide peace treaty. The Zulong Kingdom army did not fight, and the uprising was quelled in an instant. On June 25th, the third batch of troops that was originally planned landed at Ya Shan. The number of troops stationed in Korea reached 3000. At that time, the Sun Nation's Prime Minister was facing the parliament's distrust and impeachment. On the issue of the Bangzi Nation, the Bangzi Nation also increased their assistance. At the same time, he ordered the Sun Nation's Legation to find out that the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's imperial court was going to send troops to the Bangzi Nation. This news was like a life-saving straw. He went all out to start a war.
On the 2nd of June, 1894, the Sun Nation decided to send troops to the Korean side. On the 5th, the Sun Nation immediately organized the headquarters of the Chief of Staff, the Deputy Chief of Staff, the Minister of Land Forces, the Minister of Military Orders, and the Minister of Navy to be the highest authority to command the war of aggression.
On June 9th, the Sun Nation sent an advance party of more than 400 people under the leadership of the envoy stationed in the Bangzi Nation. According to the treaty, the Sun Nation had the right to protect the embassy and the citizens. They entered the capital of the Bangzi Nation, Han City. At the same time, according to the treaty between the Ancestral Dragon Nation and the Sun Nation, they were sent to the Ancestral Dragon Nation. After that, on June 12th, 800 soldiers were dispatched. Before the Sun Nation's advance party set off, the Sun Nation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs instructed the envoy stationed in Korea to give appropriate military power and the right to act on the occasion to seek an excuse to launch an invasion war.
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