Chapter 784: The Alliance Under the City
Negotiations are hard. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info because the people of the Ming Kingdom seem to be really not very enthusiastic about this matter. Since the first day of meeting, Ma Chao has never seen Qin Feng's shadow again, and the one who negotiated directly with him became the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Quan Yun.
In Ma Chao's image, it seems that only this Ming Shoufu is very interested in the peaceful settlement of the current dispute, and the generals who occasionally appear to report to Shoufu all show their fanaticism for war and indifference to themselves.
They knew they were here to end the war.
War is a breeding ground for generals to rise to prominence and make a fortune, and it is even more of a stimulus for generals who have just won a battle, and they are eager for more victories to make them more famous.
Ma Chao understands this very well.
In particular, Chen Zhihua and Chen Jinhua's brothers made no secret of their hatred for the Qin State. This is also what Ma Chao is most worried about, now Chen Zhihua can't look at him as an ordinary general, he is the commander of this army. His judgment, his decision-making, undoubtedly had a huge influence on Qin Feng and Quan Yun.
Chen Zhihua's family has been fighting against Qin for many years, and the hatred between the two sides is extremely deep, if you say who wants to insert the Qin State again, this person is undoubtedly in the first place, or has nothing to do with national interests, it is simply the hatred between the two sides over the years.
Qin Feng was a maverick emperor. After spending a few days in Zhongping County, Ma Chao came to this conclusion. It is said that Qin Feng was an emperor immediately, but although he was in Zhongping County, he did not directly intervene in the army, but handed over the control of the army to Chen Zhihua, and left other government affairs to Quan Yun. It seems that talking to these people is more important than military and political affairs.
Qin Feng did this, which directly reduced the time for Quan Yun to negotiate with him. Sometimes there are talks and talks, and suddenly there are some urgent matters that need to be handled by Quan Yun, and the negotiations between the two parties have to come to an abrupt end.
Quan Yun looked very polite, and did not give color to Ma Chao because of the hostile attitude of the two sides, on the contrary, when the two sides were negotiating, Quan Yun appeared quite gentle. But this is only a matter of personal politeness, and when it comes to practical interests, the smiling prime minister is quite powerful, and it is difficult to get him to make concessions in some aspects.
And what made Ma Chao more and more worried was everything he saw in Zhongping County. The Ming army has been preparing for battle, and every day logistics materials are transported to Zhongping County, and the warehouses in the city seem to be unable to accommodate so much grain and baggage, and the Ming army began to build some simple warehouses outside the city. Not only that, more and more young people from all over the country gathered here to sign up for the army. Unlike the Qin State, in the Ming Dynasty, it was not particularly easy to become a soldier, and those who had to go through a series of assessments and pass all the conditions would be selected.
Ma Chao knew that the salaries of the soldiers of the Ming army were so high that they ranked first among all countries, and in Qin Feng's words, he wanted an army of lions rather than a flock of sheep. It is precisely because of this high military salary that countless young people have been attracted to join the army, but in the end, only about 30% of them are at most. The elimination rate is quite high.
Through this war, Ma Chao saw the power of the Ming policy, the Ming army was in the three battlefields, the strength was at an absolute disadvantage, but in the end it was they who won, the soldiers came more and better, this sentence in the book of war seems to be very ordinary, in the Ming army has been fully reflected.
If there are not many troops, they can be paid very highly, and if they are not many, they can be equipped with the best weapons, the best armor, and, of course, the best training. The Ming army is indeed a lion.
In comparison, the army of the Qin State seems to be more, but compared with the Ming army, it can only be regarded as a wild dog, and the Qin people joined the army, most of them because they couldn't survive, and in the army, at least they would not starve to death. But in the Ming Kingdom, soldiers who joined the army could support their families and even get rich, which is the biggest difference.
It's a pity that even if everyone knows the policies of the Ming army, they can't learn it, they can't learn it well, and they don't even dare to learn it.
The Ming army is now assembled on the border line, including three infantry battalions of Hongshui, Jumu and Baoqing, as well as one cavalry battalion of Yu Chao and two cavalry battalions of the Agni Death Battalion of the horse monkey, with a total strength of 20,000 people. It doesn't seem like much, but the combat effectiveness is quite terrifying. What's more, there are only 50,000 Qin troops in Qingzhou County now, of which there are at most 20,000 elites.
Let's not talk about the huge contrast in the morale of the two sides, let's just say that these Qin generals led by Lu must not dare to guarantee how much will to resist.
Qin Feng is right, how much loyalty does this army that Deng Hong has led for many years have to the imperial court? Are they more loyal to the imperial court or more loyal to Deng Hong?
Ma Chao didn't dare to bet. If the bet is lost, the Qin army will march straight forward, and if Qingzhou County is not good, it will fall into his hands, and he is afraid that the wheel of war will never stop at that time.
As Qin Feng said, if Qingzhou County is lost again, then the weakness of the Qin State will fall into the eyes of the other two countries without concealment.
After staying in Zhongping County until the fifth day, when Ma Chao watched Qin Feng brazenly recruit another army of five thousand people, he finally couldn't sit still.
Qin Feng does not restrict Ma Chao's freedom of movement in Zhongping County, no matter where Ma Chao goes, as long as he is accompanied by officials of the Ming Kingdom, Ma Chao understands that this is also a manifestation of Qin Feng's pressure on him, Qin Feng wants him to understand that the Ming Kingdom said that he will continue to fight, not to intimidate him but to make real preparations. And everything he saw, food, ordnance, new recruits, all indicated that the possibility of war going on was increasing.
"I want to see Your Majesty." Ma Chao finally couldn't stand it anymore, looking at Quan Yun, he made a request.
Quan Yun, who had been laughing at Mimi, smiled even more happily at this time, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Qin State, who was very wise, was finally about to give in. His Majesty's strategic blackmail was a great success.
Qingzhou County is not for the time being, because the intelligence gathered from all sides shows that the civil strife in Qin State will further escalate, if Qingzhou County is forced, it may be a great favor to Ma Chao, so it is better to get a little practical first, and then when Qin's civil strife breaks out, then try to plot against Qingzhou County.
Qin Feng, who had disappeared in front of Ma Chao for several days, appeared in front of him with a smile that seemed extremely hateful and treacherous in Ma Chao's eyes. The peace agreement spread out on the big case between the two sides, each of the above articles is like a knife poking his heart in Ma Chao's eyes.
The war reparations were 10,000,000 taels of silver. Of these, five million taels were to be paid immediately, and the other five million taels were to be deducted with war horses. In the first year, 20,000 war horses had to be provided to the Ming Kingdom.
This article alone will make most of the treasury of the Qin State empty. Li Zhi exhausted half of his life to store the silver for the Qin State, and in this way it flowed to the treasury of the Ming State in vain.
And the war horse will make the Ming soldiers strong and strong. The Ming people have always wanted Qingzhou County to do something, and they have not taken a fancy to the wasteland horses in Qingzhou County, although Qin is not the only place that produces wasteland horses, but this is the only place adjacent to the Ming Kingdom.
Ma Chao understood that after he signed this treaty, with the financial resources of the Ming State, he would soon have a cavalry strong enough to make the Qin State panic.
But he couldn't do anything, his eyebrows burned, and he could only look at the present. But when Qiu Ming gets these benefits, he will turn his attention to the Qi or Chu countries on the other side. With the current development speed of the Ming Kingdom, it will be like sitting on pins and needles to come to the Qi Kingdom, will the Qi Kingdom that has suffered a loss this time give up? Definitely not. If the two of them can be clashed, then the Qin State will gain valuable time.
If it is possible, to promote the situation of the Three Kingdoms to resist Qi again, it will be the best outcome for the current Qin State.
If this article is the naked exploitation of the Qin State by the Ming State, then another important clause is more hidden, or ordinary people will not understand the stakes, but Ma Chao knows his fate.
The Ming were allowed to set up their so-called banks in various parts of the Qin State, and the money of the Ming State was allowed to circulate freely within the territory of the Qin State. After this war, not to mention the huge losses, coupled with the war reparations, the national economy must have worsened, and the inflation surge is inevitable. In this way, the purchasing power of the copper coins and other circulating currencies issued by the Qin State will definitely decline, and the Ming State, as the victorious country, will invade their currency strongly, and I am afraid that it will not take long for them to successfully have a place in the Qin State, and the profits in this will take away the wealth that the Qin people have worked so hard to create. What's even more terrifying is that the vast majority of people don't understand the truth. They will only know that with the money of the Ming Kingdom, they can buy more things with the same amount.
Compared with the above two articles, the clauses that allow the two parties to trade freely are simply nothing.
The alliance under the city, a covenant of shame, but Ma Chao had to sign it.
With trembling hands, he picked up his pen and signed his name with difficulty.
Qin Feng smiled proudly, grabbed the pen, and signed his name like a dragon flying and a phoenix, and Quan Yun on the side immediately took the seal of the Ming Kingdom and covered it heavily.
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as long as the indemnity and the first batch of war horses arrive, my army will retreat." Qin Feng said with a smile: "Of course, from the time you sign your name, the war between our two sides will almost be over." I await your good news. ”
Ma Chao stood up silently, bowed slightly, turned around and walked out gloomily.