With the backing of the Royal Family, Palmerston hurriedly approached Prince Albert, confident in his ability to persuade both Houses to agree to the proposal to increase troops to India.
"That's good!" Prince Albert nodded slightly, responding with a calm expression, then continued with another question, "By the way, how many troops does the Cabinet plan to send to India to suppress the rebellion?"
"Well…" Palmerston hesitated for a moment, then replied, "The issue of military strength is still in the discussion stage and will require some time.
However, the Minister of War, the Duke of Newcastle, privately informed me!
To thoroughly quell the Indian rebellion, at least 100,000 troops are necessary!"
"100,000?" Prince Albert furrowed his brow slightly and responded to Palmerston, "Even if we combine all the domestic troops, we won't have 100,000!
Are we going to repeat what we did during the Crimean War?"
