At noon on February 2, 134 New Calendar, the negotiators of Byronsburg and Tian Zeguo were seated. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Since the Byrensburg side had lost trust and patience with the Tian Zeguo side, the negotiations began directly without any warm-up dialogue. As the supreme leader of Byronsburg, Meyer did not have to speak in person, but chose Bolton as his spokesman. Bolton first condemned Tian Zeguo's repeated breaches of contract and sending troops to surround the Byrensburg camp.

Then Bolton said that the Byronsburg side had no intention of making any kind of transaction with Tian Zeguo, and hoped that the Tian Zeguo side would withdraw the troops surrounding the camp as soon as possible and let the Byronsburg side leave Tian Zeguo.

The spokesman for Tian Zeguo's side was the Goatee Prophet, who repeatedly stressed that Tian Zeguo's side had no ill will towards the Byronsburg side, and that all the actions of Tian Zeguo's side were only for the purpose of proselytizing. The Goatee Prophet said that there must be people in the ranks of the Bairensburg who wanted to convert to the belief in the living God, and hoped that the Bairensburg side would allow the prophet of Tian Zeguo to preach in the camp.

After both sides had expressed their views, Burton raised objections.

"Your statement is complete wishful thinking. Prior to the negotiations, we informed you of our affiliation and destination, and stated in writing the beliefs of our people. Most of our people believe in the god of light, and the rest are atheists, and not a single one of our people believed in the living gods until your great prophet, Lord Hanyi, came to our camp to preach. We have given you two days after you have expressed your desire to preach, and your great prophet, Lord Hanyi, has traveled through our camp for two days, and we have never stopped him in his missionary work. Now that you have taken all the people who are willing to convert, we have not detained a single person, so you should let us go. ”

"As far as I know, you did not specify the time of your mission before allowing our Great Prophet, Lord Hanyi, to enter the camp. As you can see, during the two days of the Great Prophet Han Yi's mission, a total of 53,624 Leytinites were willing to convert to the faith of my living God, which shows that your people are very eager for our belief in the living God. But after that, you did not allow our missionaries to enter the camp, which is clearly an obstacle to our mission. ”

In the initial stage of negotiation, there is usually "reason", which is also called "cultural discussion". If the problem can be solved in the process of reasoning, then everyone will be happy. If the problem cannot be solved by reasoning alone, the two sides will have to swing their horses and speak with their strength, and this stage is called "martial talks."

"We are preventing your personnel from entering the camp because you have repeatedly defaulted on transactions. Although you have compensated us materially, we cannot make up for the time lost by you. As long as you lift the siege and allow us to continue on our way, we can waive your responsibility in this regard. ”

"Allow me to correct your mistake, we have already stated at the beginning that it takes a long time to mobilize the materials, and the materials may not be delivered in time, so our delay in delivery is not a breach of contract."

"However, we have also made it clear at the beginning that if you are unable to deliver the supplies to our camp within the specified time, we will immediately suspend the transaction and leave the country. Therefore, no matter what difficulties you have, we have sufficient reasons to leave Tian Zeguo, and you have no right to stop it in any form. ”

In the initial encounter, the Byrensburg side clearly had the advantage of "reason". After entering the country, the Byrensburg side had made it clear that it had no intention of settling in Tian Zeguo, and Tian Zeguo knew this. Under the condition that the Byrensburg side did not violate any agreement, the Tian Zeguo side really could not prevent the Byrensburg side from leaving Tian Zeguo.

Han Yi saw that he had already lost the "Wen Tan", so he could only replace the goatee prophet and let the thin and tall prophet speak in his place. When the Bairensburg side saw that the other side had changed its spokesman, it knew that Tian Zeguo had given up reasoning. So Byronsburg also changed their spokesperson and let Larzi come on the field to deal with it.

Both the tall and thin prophet and Larzi have relatively strong personalities, and generally speaking, when the two sides of the negotiation choose the spokesperson for the "martial talks", they will choose people with this personality, because in the martial talks, the tough side is easy to gain an advantage.

Due to Tian Zeguo's loss of Wen Tan, the thin and tall prophet felt a lot of pressure after being replaced. He must try to shift the topic from literary talk to military talk, and he must not be too blunt, otherwise it will give people the feeling that Tian Zeguo is annoyed and angry because of the loss, and hurt the face of his country.

"You do have the right to leave Tian Zeguo, but you just said that we sent troops to surround your camp, which is a bit of a strong argument. Proselytizing is our freedom, and where our troops are, we are also free. Our troops are operating on our own soil, and do they have to say hello to foreigners? ”

"But it is an indisputable fact that your army has surrounded our camp. If you do not want to force us to stay, please withdraw your troops and let us leave the country of Tazawa. ”

"You may not know it. Our country is a mobilized army, and even if the unmobilized people are armed with weapons, they are not considered our army. Just last night, we lifted the mobilization order, so only a small fraction of those around your camp are our troops. If you need to, we can transfer all these troops. The rest of the people, though heavily armed, are indeed civilians, and we have no right to interfere with their freedom. ”

Since he had already passed the stage of reasoning, the tall and thin prophet immediately began to argue with strong words. Regarding Tian Zeguo's actions, in addition to scolding shamelessly, the Byrensburg side has only one way to choose, that is, to confront the other party.

"Do you mean that if the Tian Ze people on the outskirts of our camp do not withdraw, we can dispose of them ourselves?"

"Since you have already called them 'Tian Zeren', you should know that it is impossible for us to hand over our own people to other countries for disposal."

"In that case, we will respect your wishes and not dispose of your civilians. However, in the event of a conflict between our civilians and your civilians, we will resolutely protect the lives and property of our civilians. ”

The tall and thin prophet forcibly described the "Mingji army" as the "Mingji people", and Larqi also treated his own fighters as civilians. In this way, once the two sides go to war, the war becomes a "brawl between civilians", and as long as the two sides do not pierce this layer of window paper, the two sides will still not go to war at the official level.

Larzi's remarks were naturally not to avoid a conflict with Tian Zeguo at the official level, but to tell Tian Zeguo that he had the intention of going to war. Tian Zeguo's purpose was to collect people rather than to fight, so in the first confrontation of the martial talks, Tian Zeguo's side lost again.

In order to salvage the situation, the tall and thin prophet could only stubbornly put on a look that he was not afraid of war.

"Don't forget that you are now on our soil. If one of your civilians injures one of our civilians, we will not only protect the lives and property of our civilians, but also hold them accountable. ”

"As I said earlier, we will resolutely protect the lives and property of our civilians. If you insist on punishing our civilians, then war will be inevitable. Your lord Mel? Byrons, is it the great Gerry? Son of Byrons. Lord Myr's two fiancées are the princesses of the Xiaohu family and the Kingdom of Egus, respectively. If you go to war with us, we will use all our power to destroy those who want to harm our people. ”

Since you want to fight, you naturally have to have a fight to fight. War does not have to be between two forces, and the allies of both forces will join in. Larzi though only mentions Gray? Byrons's name, as well as the identities of Meier's two fiancées, are enough to prove that the Byronsburg side was able to pull out a large number of allies to besiege Tian Zeguo after the start of the war.

Grace? Byron was the "father of modern Ilibi", and as his son, Meier also had some influence among the Ilibians. Although the Ilibi League is now at war with the Yongshan Kingdom, and the Ilibi Alliance is in an absolute advantage in the war, it is estimated that before the 135th year of the new calendar, the Yongshan Kingdom will abandon the Mogar region and make peace with the Zarles, so now the Ilibi Alliance is fully capable of helping Mair fight.

Of course, the Ilibians didn't help Mel in the war, not just because they admired Gray. The Ilibians were already keen on expansion, and as long as they could find a pretext for war and win the war, they would declare war. There is an Ilibi force around Tian Zeguo, and once the situation expands, Tian Zeguo will have to face the situation of being attacked on his back.

The territory of the Xiaohu family and the Egus Kingdom was far away from Tian Zeguo, and it was impossible for them to directly send troops to participate in the war. But don't forget, the Xiaohu family also has allies. As the saying goes, the wall is down and everyone pushes it, as long as the allies of the Xiaohu family are idle, after the Ilibi people enter the war, they will take the opportunity to attack Tian Zeguo. In the same way, the allies of the Kingdom of Egus will also intervene after the Ilibians enter the war to steal the benefits.

Compared with Byronsburg, which has many allies, Tian Zeguo is too pitiful. Although Tian Zeguo can manage to drag the forces of the same clan into the water, Tian Zeguo is surrounded by foreign forces, and far water cannot quench the thirst of the near. If the warring forces deliberately expand the war into an all-out war between the races, the war will become a war between the Ilibians, the Tairong people, and the Dugu people against the Mingji people, and other races will join in for the sake of competing interests, and finally it will evolve into a war in which other races in the New World divide up the land of the Mingji people.

The tall and thin prophet didn't know the weight of the Xiaohu family and the Egus Kingdom, but he knew very well that Gray? The weight of Byrons. Even if only the Ilibi people participated in the war, it would be enough for Tian Zeguo to drink a pot. Tian Zeguo was at a loss first, but his strength was not comparable to the other party, so the thin and tall prophet immediately lost the confidence to speak.

This Mel? Is Byron actually Gray? Son of Byrons?!

Han Yi was also frightened by the news. What if he knew that Mel was Gray? The son of Byrons, he certainly did not dare to fight the ideas of these Letines.

In fact, there are many clues about Myr, for example, he is a Leiting man surnamed Byrons, the name of the territory is Byronsburg, and there are a large number of Leitinians who believe in the god of light. With a little reasoning, someone with a heart can guess Meier's identity.

However, Han Yi only cared about the idea of beating these Letings, so he didn't guess Meier's identity. Now he wants to admit it very much, but at the negotiating table, it is not easy to admit it.

Han Yi knew that he had kicked the stone, so even if Maier took the opportunity to sit on the ground and ask for a price, he could only accept his fate. He was not afraid of Maier sitting on the ground and asking for a price, because he knew that Maier would extort some cash and materials from him at most, and these things were all external to the Mingji people, as long as Meier didn't do too much. What he is afraid of now is the Tian Ze people, who are highly missionary enthusiasts, and if he confesses now, he will definitely be drowned alive by the saliva of the Tian Ze people.

If that's all it takes, Han Yi can also accept his fate. But in case the Tazawa people lose control of their emotions and clash with the Leting people, then even if Tazawa avoids war at the negotiating table, war will still break out. If you lose, you must lose decently, you must lose reasonably, lose generously, and give people a feeling of glory despite defeat. Because only in this way can Tian Zeguo stabilize.

"What do you mean is that you want to start a war with my Tian Zeguo?"

As soon as Han Yi spoke, everyone on the side of Byronsburg breathed a sigh of relief. What he said seemed to be asking about the intention of the Byronsburg side to declare war, but in fact he used a question sentence to express his own attitude: As long as you don't say that we will fight, we will not fight.

In fact, the Byronsburg side did not dare to guarantee that a large number of allies would participate in the war after the war, and they were just deceiving Tian Zeguo. However, Meier's identity is there, and it is easy to prove it, and the people on the side of Byronsburg feel that Tian Zeguo should not dare to take risks, so they use this trick.

But in fact, Tian Zeguo's side did not fight because they did not dare to take risks, but because they did not want to fight from the beginning. They mobilized troops to surround the camp of the Byrensburg side, and it was only to deceive the other party and make them stay.

The Byrensburg side didn't want to fight, and if they clashed with Tian Zeguo, even if they won, the journey would be extremely difficult. Other forces will be wary of the Byrensburg side because of this war.

Since neither side wants to fight, the next thing becomes simpler.

Both sides said that they attached great importance to the lives of their people and did not want to suffer from the loss of life, and then began to negotiate conditions. Han Yi was afraid that Lion Mel would open his mouth, so he took the initiative to say that Tian Zeguo could give a large amount of money and materials to the Byronsburg side as compensation for the precious time delayed by the Byronsburg side.

However, Maier had no intention of extorting money, but since Tian Zeguo had already said that he would send money and supplies, he could only accept it gladly. In return, Maier said that he would allow the missionaries from Tian Zeguo's side to come to the camp for another day as long as the funds and supplies were delivered. The two sides signed a written treaty under which Tian Zeguo had to send the compensation funds and materials to the camp of the Bairensburg side by February 10, 134 New Era, after which the Tian Zeguo side could send a certain number of missionaries to the camp for one day, after which the Bairensburg side would depart from the country.

The outcome of such a negotiation is what both sides want, and both sides feel that they have taken advantage of it, and both sides are happy.

On February 7, 134 New Calendar, Tian Zeguo delivered all the funds and materials for compensation to the camp. The next day, Tian Zeguo's missionaries came to the camp to preach and took away more than 600 Leiting people who were willing to settle in Tian Zeguo before dark. On 9 February, Maier's party restarted and left the country on 15 February.