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After the success of the Delhi Uprising, the rebels quickly established a military committee composed of 10 people. After unanimous discussion by the military committee, they decided to use the uncut telegraph in the Delhi area to convey the news of the successful uprising to surrounding areas in India.

Although this decision would expose the Delhi area to the sight of the British army, it would also accurately convey the message to other armies who wanted to revolt, letting the armies who wanted to revolt know that they were not alone.

You must know that there are 300,000 employed Indian troops in the entire India, while the British troops responsible for monitoring them are only 45,000.

Part of the British army has already set off for East Asia, and another part of the army is still fighting fiercely with the Kingdom of Qajar in Persia.

After excluding these two parts, the number of troops remaining in India is only about 20,000.

Relying on 20,000 troops to control 300,000 mercenaries is impossible no matter how you think about it.

Of course, the leaders of the rebel army also understood that the British who lost control of India would not give up. They would definitely summon a group of powerful troops from the mainland to suppress them.

Therefore, the rebels must expand their results in India as much as possible, only in this way can they absorb more soldiers to fight the British.

Of course, the rebels during this period did not know that their idea of ​​uniting to fight the British was just wishful thinking!

Once the telegram of the Delhi uprising was sent, many troops did follow them to rebel. However, the Punjab region near Delhi immediately suppressed the troops who attempted to revolt after receiving the telegram of the Delhi uprising.

The two regiments, consisting of nearly 4,000 people, were massacred by the Tubon Legions under British control.

Calcutta became the most important fortress against the Indian uprising. After the British Governor Canning got over the initial shock, he took quick action.

As the governor, he ordered soldiers from Calcutta and the Punjab region to go to Delhi to suppress the rebellion in Delhi. At the same time, he sent people to Persia (about 20,000 British soldiers had not returned from Persia) and Britain to seek assistance.

News of the aid departed from Calcutta, and after a month of wandering at sea, it finally arrived at the British Embassy in the Ottoman Empire.

It was already the end of June. When the British ambassador to the Ottomans received news of the rebellion in India, his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly asked the British officer responsible for asking for help about the current situation in India.

Following the instructions of Governor Canning, the British officer exaggerated the true situation in the Indian region and told the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, "Mr. Ambassador, according to estimates from the Governor's Palace in Calcutta, nearly 100,000 people participated in the rebellion, and another 60,000 to 70,000 people participated in the rebellion. The army is still waiting to see the rebellion, and they may join the rebellion at any time.

To make matters worse, rural areas in India have completely fallen into the hands of rebels.

The places we can control are Kolkata, North Delhi and Bengal! "

[The reason why Canning asked the officers to report like this was to urge the British cabinet to come up with a plan as soon as possible.

If they report true information to Britain, the British cabinet will think that India is not in serious trouble.

Then the British cabinet will debate the issue of how many troops to send, which will waste a lot of time. 】

The British ambassador to the Ottomans, who did not know much about the situation in India, frowned and responded to the officer after hearing the officer's response: "Can you write down all the news you learned so that I can pass it on to Britain!"

The British officer immediately handed the already written letter to the British Ambassador to the Ottomans, "Your Excellency, the specific situation in India is in this letter!"

The British ambassador to the Ottomans took the letter, nodded and responded: "I will send a telegram to Britain right away!"

After saying that, the British ambassador to the Ottomans settled the British officers in the living room on the first floor of the embassy, ​​and then went alone to the telegraph room on the second floor of the embassy to send the telegram.

There was a ticking sound in the telegraph room, and it stopped after ten minutes.

The telegraph operator who finished the launch told the British ambassador to the Ottomans that the telegram would be sent to Britain in forty minutes.

The British ambassador to the Ottomans patted the radio operator on the shoulder, then turned and left the radio room.

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Forty minutes later, the Foreign Office in London, thousands of miles away from Constantinople, received a message from the British Embassy in the Ottoman Empire.

After reading the contents of the telegram, the operator's expression immediately changed. He quickly found his superior and handed the telegram to his superior.

After reading the telegram, the superior's face also became ugly. He hurriedly told the telegraph operator to keep the contents of the telegram confidential.

[In fact, the British Foreign Office is the organization worst at keeping secrets. 】

Then he turned around and trotted towards the Foreign Secretary's office. When the Telegraph Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs arrived at the door of the office, the Foreign Secretary's secretary stopped him.

"Your Excellency, I have something very important and I want to see your Excellency the Minister!" the Director of the Telegraph Bureau said anxiously to the Secretary of the Foreign Secretary.

"Do you have an appointment?" the Secretary of the Foreign Secretary asked the Director of the Telegraph Bureau leisurely.

The director of the telegraph office shook his head and said to the secretary of the foreign secretary, "Your Excellency, I have no appointment!"

"It's a pity! I can't let you in!" The Secretary of the Foreign Secretary opened the schedule on the table and said to the director of the Telegraph Office: "Your Excellency the Minister's schedule is already full, and there is no time to meet with you at all!"

"Your Excellency, please take a look at this!" The director of the Telegraph Bureau simply handed the message in his hand to the secretary of the University of Foreign Affairs.

After receiving the telegram, the Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (also called the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs) lowered his head and read the contents of the telegram.

After a while, the secretary's calm expression also changed. After reading the telegram, he raised his head and said to the director of the telegraph bureau: "I will hand the telegram to the minister now. You can leave first!"

The director of the telegraph office had no choice but to obey his secretary's instructions and turned around and left.

The secretary also turned to the door of the Foreign Secretary's office and knocked gently on the office door.

A few seconds later, the voice of the Earl of Clarendon, the Foreign Secretary, came from the office: "Please come in!"

The secretary opened the door and entered the room. At this time, the Earl of Clarendon was processing the documents at hand. The arrival of the secretary did not stop the Earl of Clarendon from working.

"What's wrong?" Earl Clarendon asked indifferently.

"Your Excellency, please take a look at this!" The secretary came to the Earl of Clarendon and handed the telegram to the Earl of Clarendon's desk.

The Earl of Clarendon stopped writing and looked up, then picked up the telegram and checked it.

After a while, the Earl of Clarendon's expression became solemn. After reading the telegram, he quickly stood up and ordered to his secretary: "Immediately postpone or postpone all the rest of your trip. I am going to No. 10 Downing Street now." Meet Prime Minister Palmerston!"

"Yes!" the secretary responded without delay, and then asked further: "Your Excellency, do you need me to prepare a carriage for you?"

"Need!" Earl Clarendon responded immediately: "Move quickly!"

The secretary trotted out of the minister's office. Only the Earl of Clarendon was left in the office. He first sorted and classified the documents on the table, waited for his return to the office, continued processing, and then took the telegram in his hand and left the office.

When the Earl of Clarendon arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a carriage stopped at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Earl of Clarendon opened the door and entered the carriage.

The carriage carried the Earl of Clarendon all the way, and it took less than 5 minutes to arrive at No. 10 Downing Street.

The Earl of Clarendon got off the carriage and arrived directly at the gate of the Prime Minister's Office. The Cabinet Secretary and the Prime Minister's Secretary had surprised expressions on their faces after seeing the Earl of Clarendon's arrival.

The Prime Minister's Secretary also took a special look at the Prime Minister's itinerary. In Prime Minister Palmerston's itinerary, there was no arrangement to meet the Earl of Clarendon.

The Cabinet Secretary immediately understood that the Earl of Clarendon must have something important to discuss with the Prime Minister.

Sure enough, after the Earl of Clarendon arrived in front of the Cabinet Secretary-General, he immediately said to them: "I have something important to report to the Prime Minister!"

"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister is currently working with..." the Prime Minister's Secretary said to the Earl of Clarendon.

Before the secretary of the Prime Minister could finish speaking, the Earl of Clarendon spoke again: "I must see the Prime Minister now!"

"I'll open the door for you!" Without any hesitation, the Cabinet Secretary quickly opened the door to the Prime Minister's Office.

At this moment, Prime Minister Palmerston in the room was communicating with the Home Secretary about security issues in London. The office was suddenly opened, causing the conversation between Prime Minister Palmerston and the Home Secretary to come to an abrupt end.

Just when Palmerston and the Home Secretary were confused, the Earl of Clarendon entered the office and said, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, please allow me to interrupt your communication!

I have a very urgent matter here, and I want to ask you to make a decision! "

"What's the matter?" Prime Minister Palmerston asked the Earl of Clarendon.

The Earl of Clarendon came to Palmerston's desk and handed the telegram to Prime Minister Palmerston.

Prime Minister Palmerston picked up the telegram and checked the contents. Upon seeing this, the Home Secretary sitting aside wanted to say goodbye to Palmerston.

"You don't have to leave now!" Palmerston said with a frown.

The Home Secretary showed a puzzled expression and turned his gaze to the Earl of Clarendon.

The Earl of Clarendon also shook his head slightly, indicating that the Home Secretary did not need to leave so quickly.

Because the Prime Minister will soon hold a cabinet meeting to discuss this fatal matter.

After reading the telegram, Palmerston raised his head and handed the telegram to the Home Secretary, "You should also take a look! Anyway, we will discuss it later!"

The Home Secretary took the telegram from Palmerston's hand and looked at it. After a while, the Home Secretary became exactly like Palmerston.