Today's negotiations were still conducted at Deng Ming's long table, and the members of the spoils distribution committee who were concerned about the harvest were also allowed to observe, and Deng Ming not only allowed the representatives of the various commercial houses to be present, but also reserved a chair for Yuan Xiang's envoy.

At about the same time as Deng Ming questioned, Yuan Zongdi also slapped the table angrily and scolded: "You are already at the end of your rope, and you are shy and claim that you are negotiating peace, and you still dare to put forward so many terms, isn't it unpleasant to deceive us?" ”

Last time, Wang Mingde came to negotiate peace when he was cornered, and this time he acted like this, so Yuan Zongdi couldn't help but be angry, and the enemy army who was dying dared to make a request, if Wang Mingde dared to talk to him like this last time, the head would have been picked on the flagpole.

But the problem is that this time it was to negotiate peace with Deng Ming instead of with Yuan Zongdi, and when he saw Yuan Zongdi, Wang Mingde suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly added another article: "Admiral, there are still some people in the hands of Yuan Gong in the last general, and I hope to allow the use of the last general's coupon...... No, release the coupon out. ”

"Don't you say I forgot about it, you used an expired coupon last time, what should you say?" Originally, whether the coupon had expired or not, Deng Ming didn't pay too much attention to it, when Yuan Zongdi talked to him about it, Deng Ming laughed and listened to it as a joke, but now Wang Mingde dared to ask for a price, Deng Ming re-mentioned the old account: "And you haven't answered my question yet, why should I agree to your request?" ”

"Because the last general still has 70,000 troops in his hands." Wang Mingde replied calmly, whether he used expired coupons last time is not the point, as long as he has so many chips in his hand, he will not worry about Deng Ming not writing off the previous account: "Since Admiral Deng said it, then I can make up the arrears this time, right?" ”

When he mentioned just now that there were more than 60,000 auxiliary soldiers, Wang Mingde noticed that several "Ming army officers" on the other side of the table couldn't help but show joy, so now he was even more fearless in negotiating, and any uneasiness when he first entered the Ming army camp had already been left on Java Island.

"An army of 70,000 that will soon run out of food." Yuan Zongdi said disdainfully.

Just now, Deng Ming had noticed that the bosses of the spoils sharing committee who participated in the negotiations seemed to be a little delayed, although these people had been in business for two years, they had never participated in such a large business, and they had not had the opportunity to participate in military affairs so deeply, so it was reasonable that their reaction was not very good. However, Deng Ming knew that with the establishment of the Imperial Parliament, the parliamentarians were bound to take on more responsibilities, and someone had to help Deng Ming share this mess of things, and he was not a traditional small government, and there were many idle things, if the parliamentarians and magistrates could not grow up quickly, either Deng Ming would be exhausted to death or the government functions would fail.

"Yasukuni Gong is right." Deng Ming tried his best to attract the other party's attention to himself, and he said coldly: "Just now you all said that the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi has broken through, and now there are already people in your camp who are panicking, right?" When the food is cut off again, you will not even have the capital to negotiate peace, so you can only surrender. ”

"Maybe in three days, the 70,000 army of the last general will no longer exist, but now it is still a force that cannot be humiliated." Wang Mingde discussed the negotiation strategy with Hu Wenke and them for a night last night, and after hearing Deng Ming's threat, he was still fearless: "Now there are still 5,000 elite soldiers in the camp, they are well fed yesterday and today, as long as the general gives an order......

"What's the matter, can you still break through?" Yuan Zongdi sneered, his face full of contempt.

"No, at the first order, they will set fire to the camp." Wang Mingde still looks confident.

"Burn your own battalion?" Yuan Zongdi asked in surprise.

"Of course, otherwise, whose military camp does Yasukuni think it is, will your army's military camp be burned for us?" Hu Wenke said on the side: "The unarmored soldiers are all locked up in the camp by us, we lock the door and set it on fire, few people can escape, even if they can get out of the barracks, they can't escape the camp, and the camp is full of our elite soldiers." After this fire, how many people do you think will survive? “

Hu Wenke has been watching from the sidelines since the beginning of the negotiations, and he noticed that several representatives of the Ming army were full of nervousness when they heard that the unarmored soldiers might be in danger, although Deng Ming still had a calm expression, but his subordinates undoubtedly exposed Deng Ming's hole cards. When they heard that Deng Mingken used five auxiliaries to fold into a cow, Wang Mingde and the others suspected that in Deng Ming's eyes, the value of auxiliaries was not as low as in the eyes of the Qing army, and now Hu Wenke was more sure of this.

Although the object of the speech was Deng Ming, Hu Wenke kept staring at the faces of the representatives of the Ming army on the side, taking in their uneasy expressions.

"You want to slaughter all your own people?" Deng Ming sneered: "Aren't you afraid of my revenge?" ”

"Why should the Admiral take revenge on the last general?" Wang Mingde asked rhetorically: "These are all officers and soldiers, no, they are all Qing troops, the last general burned more than 60,000 Qing troops, and Admiral Deng is the Yangtze River Admiral of the Ming Dynasty, and the last general should be regarded as merit and innocence, right?" ”

Deng Ming snorted softly, of course, he and Wang Mingde both understood that if the Qing army general really dared to do this, then it would mean tearing his face.

"Vice Admiral Wang said that he still has a lot of release coupons just given by the Admiral in his hand, and the reason why the Admiral's piece of paper is useful is because Admiral Deng has always been true to his word," Wang Mingde calmly analyzed: "The last general did not kill the soldiers of your army, even if tens of thousands of Qing troops were burned, the Admiral would not break his promise for them, and would not let Vice Admiral Wang use the release coupons to buy us, right?" ”

"Mr. Wang, you are also a general," Deng Ming noticed that the members of the spoils sharing committee who were listening began to twist their bodies uneasily, and he understood how aggrieved Zhou Peigong was when he brought Zhang Changgeng's two henchmen to negotiate with him, and he had to slow down: "How to use this kind of gangster method?" ”

"What's a gangster?" Wang Mingde asked puzzled.

"Well, I lost my words." Deng Ming realized that the other party probably hadn't heard of this word, this was a kind of social scoundrel in the late Qing Dynasty in Tianjin, who often relied on self-harm to deter opponents when he couldn't beat others, cut off his own ears or something, and even removed an arm from the oil pot.

"I did promise General Wang Xincheng that five auxiliaries would be worth a cow, but at that time the situation was urgent, and I was anxious to reach an agreement, which was not the same as the current situation, and besides, I didn't count all the prisoners, only half of them were six thousand."

"But at that time, Vice General Wang didn't have the opportunity to encircle the unarmored soldiers and set them on fire, he could catch 6,000 without helping Admiral Deng, and the situation on our side is different now, we can definitely burn 60,000 Qing troops to death with one fire." After Wang Mingde pointed out this, he also decided to retreat slightly: "If Admiral Deng thinks that our plan is inappropriate, then I don't know what Admiral Deng has planned?" ”

Deng Ming pondered for a moment: "I won't capture you, and in the future, I will admit that you broke through on your own, and your armor and weapons can also be taken away, and I will return to you the personal soldiers captured by the Yasukuni Duke; In addition, I will give you two thousand release coupons valid for life, and in the future I will lend you ships sufficient to transport armor, and we will not attack each other for fifteen days of parting. That's all I'm willing to give -- if you don't agree, I'll send you back to the camp and set fire, but you'll have to do the work of the 60,000 Qing troops for me in the future. ”

Wang Mingde, Hu Wenke and Manchuria all exchanged glances, and finally Wang Mingde slapped his thigh: "The deal, it's decided!" ”

"Wait, there is another one, I need you to stay in Zhongxian for a month, and then grab a boat to break through and go back," Deng Ming suddenly realized that if these Qing soldiers were hastily released back, it would be an obstacle for him to sack the military camps around Chongqing, at least increasing the risk of the Ming army's actions: "I can provide food for this month, and I can ensure that I am full, but don't think about how good it is; If you want to add food, we can settle it with silver or my release voucher. ”

Seeing that Wang Mingde was still hesitant, Deng Ming added: "The governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi has led his troops to break through, and after you break off, it is not appropriate for you to go back earlier than the governor, right?" ”

"Can the Admiral, please let us consult?" The Manchurian capital, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly spoke up.

"Absolutely." Deng Ming ordered the three council deputies to be brought to another tent for them to discuss with, and also asked the guards they brought to stand guard outside to prove that the Ming army had no intention of eavesdropping.

"Your Excellency the Governor is in danger." As soon as he entered the door, the Manchurian capital shouted: "Chongqing is in danger!" ”

Deng Ming did not allow them to leave immediately, which can only show that Deng Ming had the intention of continuing to attack Chongqing, Li Guoying threw away his armor and ran into the mountains, and Wang Mingde's five thousand armor and Li Guoying's equipment were thrown here, maybe Li Guoying had not returned when the Ming army arrived at Chongqing by boat, and even if he went back, he would not use his armor.

"Yes, Lord Totong is in high opinion." Wang Mingde's brows were twisted into a Sichuan character, Deng Ming's intentions have been exposed, and Chongqing can be called in danger.

"Fortunately, we have detected Admiral Deng's intentions, and we still have time to remedy it." Hu Wenke knew very well what Wang Mingde and Manchuria were worried about, and he immediately came up with a plan that he had come up with on a whim.

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"Your Excellency Admiral, we ask for an additional clause, that is, no matter whether you take Chongqing within this month, you must let us break through, and if you take Chongqing, then you must send a boat to take us back to Baoning, and you must not attack us until we enter a safe area, even if it exceeds fifteen days, the well water will not interfere with the river water......" Hu Wenke's plan was unanimously approved by the two accomplices, if Li Guoying was eliminated by Deng Ming, and Chongqing was taken by Deng Ming, then of course they needed more time for mutual non-aggression:" If you even take Boryeong, you'll have to send us to Hanzhong; The time was extended to a month and a half......"

"No problem." Deng Ming nodded, and the two sides reached an agreement on this, and soon the Ming army would send troops to accept the camp of the Qing army, and the Ganshan Green Battalion would move to another camp after handing over the defense to the Ming army, and the Ming army would not approach for no reason except to send grain and grass.