"This time, we'll be relying entirely on Mr. Utsunomiya."
Guangying personally saw the haughty Utsunomiya Taro to the door. Only after watching him leave did the amiable expression on his face turn gloomy again.
Now, he was beginning to believe the intelligence reports sent back earlier.
Japan had most likely helped Beiyang strike back at the Qing Court during the previous mission!
Was it to maintain a balance of power?
Damn it. His original plan had been to first use the foreign powers to deal with Beiyang, then let Mao Xiong and Japan tear each other apart in the north while he reaped the benefits.
But now, it seemed Japan had been guarding against them just as closely!
They must have felt that Beiyang was about to receive its fatal blow, so they had turned around and stabbed them in the back.
Still, one reassuring point was that Japan's intended Legion Formation battle against Beiyang had not changed.
In other words, on the grand scale, they were still on his side. It was merely that, with victory close at hand, they had begun playing tricks in preparation for dividing the spoils afterward.
They were pulling all sorts of little stunts to weaken them.
Prince Su and Ande Hai were both pillars of the Qing Court. This loss was not nearly as insignificant as he had made it seem!
Damn it!
They had suffered far too many losses in their previous clashes with Beiyang. Now, they had to endure!
Even if Japan had attacked them during the previous mission, they had to swallow it!
Looking at it this way, France was almost certainly on Beiyang's side. Damn it, he had no idea where they had lost!
Was it all because of Xu Yue's tactical maneuvers? Was that why his intelligence had