"What benefits can I gain by working with you?"

After more than ten minutes of silence, Fellner spoke first.

"When our army attacked the area of San Javier, your army did not need to do anything, and after the deed was done, our army retreated from the area of the estuary on the west bank of San Pedro to the control of the general's troops, and your army could gain control of a section of the port in central Uruguay and the honor of expanding the land without any effort, these things are not the benefits that we have given to you?"

"Humph! Why should I take such a big risk to agree to cooperate with you when I sit still and watch the front-line army be surrounded and gain control of only a piece of land that does not border, while Corrientes is at risk of breaking with the president. ”

"The general is really going to laugh, the front-line army is incompetent, and it was quickly annihilated by the enemy, and the president of your country can't blame the general.

There are also generals who are worried that they will be seized by the president of your country if they do not move, this is completely unnecessary, our army will surround San Javier in advance, destroy the telegraph lines in the city, and ensure that there will be no information for help.

Unable to receive a request for help, the general's worries were naturally relieved. ”

Ferner was a little moved, and with little effort, he could gain control of a piece of land on the banks of the Uruguayan River, and with the help of the Chinese army, he weakened the power of the Federal District in the province of Misiones, so that the nails left by Mitre at the gates of Corrientes were useless.

Ferner had an answer in his heart, and was just about to agree, when he heard Urkina's voice sound: "Your Excellency has made a wrong idea, we are Argentines and will not unite outsiders against our own army, you better go back, I can pretend that you have never come." ”

"Your Excellency?"

Sun Qisheng naturally knew Urkina's identity, but for the necessary cover-up, he still acted as if he didn't know.

"Urkina, you can find General Ferner, you won't know my name, will you?" Ulkina stared at Sun Qisheng and asked.

"It turned out to be His Excellency the President, who has admired his name for a long time." Sun Qisheng bowed his hand slightly, took two steps forward and said: "I don't understand the major events of national interests and political contests, but there is a truth that I understand, whether it is a country or an individual, the law of the jungle is an eternal truth, the country is weak, other countries will send troops to attack you, individuals will bear it and retreat, others will think that you are cowardly and cowardly, and you have to bully you inch by inch."

Lord Urkina, was the war of 1861 in the national interest? I think it's more about the conflict of interests between individuals and factions, and in this war, General Mitre won, so he ascended to the presidency and you stepped down. ”

Sun Qisheng pretended that he had done his homework in advance to learn about the deeds of Urkina, but the other party was unmoved, "The reinforcements sent by Mitre are heading towards the front line, and your purpose cannot be successful." ”

"How to occupy San Javier is a matter for our army, and Your Excellency need not worry about us."

Sun Qisheng easily countered Urquiza's threat, and went further: "Your Excellency should not worry about whether our army can occupy San Javier, you should think more about your own situation.

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A fierce light flashed in Urquisa's eyes, and his gaze at Sun Qisheng instantly sharpened, Sun Qisheng ignored Urquisa's reaction, and said to himself: "The murder incident against you more than a month ago, Your Excellency will not think that General Derki did it, right?"

You were assassinated in Antrerios, General Delki is the most suspected, but General Delky and you are old rivals for more than ten years, and you should know his methods of action, he did not do anything for six years, but chose to do it soon after the new president took office, and he also left himself with obvious suspicions, will General Delky do such a thing? ”

The contradiction between Delki and Urquiza is a well-known fact in Argentina, and if Delki wants to get rid of Urquisa, he can do it at any time, and he can't choose to start at the sensitive period at the moment.

"It is impossible for General Delki to send someone to assassinate you, and after ruling out the suspicion of General Delky, General Mitre and the current president are the two most suspects,

General Mitre was impeached and removed from power, he may have a grudge and sent someone to assassinate you in retaliation, and your country's President Sarmiento acted ruthlessly, purging a large number of opposition parties in two months after coming to power, and you, as the leader of the local provinces, and have the experience of being in power, are the greatest threat to him, sending someone to assassinate you can not only break up the alliance of the opposition forces, but also complete the layout against General Delqui, solve the Antrerios oligarchy, and get the most benefits with one stone. ”

After Sun Qisheng's words were finished, the point of assassinating Urquiza was self-evident.

After the assassination, he was suspicious of Delki at first, but after thinking about it calmly, he ruled out the possibility of Delji sending someone to assassinate him, as for who really sent someone to assassinate him, Mitre, Sarmi Ento and a few people that Sun Qisheng did not mention are possible.

However, one of his two sons was seriously injured and the other was slightly injured in the assassination, and the situation at that time did not allow him to carefully search for clues and correct the mastermind behind the scenes, so he had to leave Antlerios first and go to a safe place to treat his son's injuries.

Arriving in Corrientes, the conflict broke out in Misiones, and the province of Corrientes, which was close to the front line, became a point of attention for all forces, and Urquiza was busy helping Ferner stabilize the situation and prevent the Federalist forces from infiltrating the province of Corrientes through the conflict, and the investigation of the mastermind of the assassination was also postponed.

The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, following Sun Qisheng's statement, thinking of when Sarmiento was in charge of the province of Córdoba, in order to grasp the power of the Argentine state, he did not hesitate to betray the anti-federal alliance, accept Mitre's conditions, and vigorously attack the anti-federal forces in the province, in exchange for Mitri's recognition, a person who will do anything for power is likely to make the choice of assassinating political opponents.

Urquiza's idea was close to the truth, and two years later, he and his family were killed in their home by a group of Assassins without the slightest threat, which became a major event in Argentina at the time and caused a considerable conflict.

Perhaps it was the change in the outcome of the Paraguayan war that led to Sarmiento's action against Urquiza two years ahead of schedule.

Assassinating political opponents and putting other people's families to death, there has never been a similar incident since Argentina's independence, after Sun Qisheng reminded him, Ferner also felt the seriousness of the problem, and he questioned Sarmiento's cronies in public at the meeting, so that Sarmiento could not step down, will he deal with himself like he did with Urquisa, recalling Sarmiento's cold eyes at that time and the sudden order to transfer Corrientes' 2,000 troops, the more Ferner thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Urquiza is very prestigious, and Sarmiento still dares to make a move, and if he is himself, isn't he even more unscrupulous?

A sense of crisis welled up in his mind, and Fellner quickly made a choice.

"General, Sarmiento broke through the tacit agreement formed in Argentina for decades and sent someone to assassinate you, if you don't succeed once, there will definitely be a next, you can't be silent anymore!"

"General Fellner is right, Sarmiento chooses to do something to you, he will cut off the possibility of reconciliation, if you don't take countermeasures, he will definitely continue to persecute you and support your subordinates, even if you don't think about your own safety, you should consider following your subordinates for more than ten years, can you bear to watch your subordinates persecuted to death one by one?"

Sun Qisheng felt that the timing was about the same, and opened his mouth to agitate.

After six years of forbearance, the forces that supported him dissipated one by one, and the most hardcore supporter Fellner became more and more dissatisfied with himself, and endured it again, even if he waited for the opportunity to fight back, the people who supported him would all abandon themselves, Urkina decided not to bear anymore, and said directly: "I promise to cooperate with you, but I need to see your true sincerity,

Three thousand rifles, ten guns with a caliber of more than 100 mm.

As soon as we agree, we will sign a cooperation agreement. ”

"Your Excellency's asking price is too high, 1,000 rifles, 12 small 65mm mountain guns, if you agree, I will persuade the prince to agree to your request."

Sun Qisheng saw that Urkisa was silent and did not speak, and said: "Our army's weapons and equipment are not abundant, a thousand rifles and twelve 65mm guns have already shown the sincerity of the army, if your Excellency wants more weapons, you can only exchange it for metal ore." ”

"Corrientes has a lot of mineral resources, and I agree to exchange them with you."

Afraid that things would be messed up, Fellner spoke one step ahead.

Corrientes is Ferner's territory, and Urquiza asked for a big price because he didn't want the Chinese to achieve his goal so easily, but after Ferner opened his mouth, he no longer objected, agreed to the cooperation between the two sides in principle, and then discussed some cooperation conditions in detail.

Sun Qisheng's meeting with Ferner and Urquiza was a success.

The two men pledged not to interfere with the occupation of San Javier by the Chinese forces, but the occupation by the Chinese forces was limited to San Javier and were not to attack other areas.

Second, the Chinese troops ceded about 300 square kilometers of land west of the San Pedro River to Fernner's troops.

Thirdly, when Urquiza and Sarmiento go to war in the future, the Chinese troops need to send troops to support.

Three major agreements were reached, Sun Qisheng left Ferner's residence, and Urquiza unleashed his hidden forces in Antilerios to retake his base.