Panjin is the last barrier of Shanhaiguan, Panjin Shou General was originally under the management of the Shanhaiguan Military Preparation Provincial Administration, and now because the Shanhaiguan Military Preparation Provincial Government Office Daotai You Chengxi is under control, Panjin Guarding General has to ask General Sheng Jing for help, and General Sheng Jing is even more urgent to Beijing day after day. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Luo Guozhong wanted to recover Yingkou, but he didn't dare to divide too many troops, for fear that he would lose Benxi again, and he was in a dilemma, constantly dragging his feet.

"This battle is really a wreck, it has obviously been fought, and it is obviously dominant, what does the court want to do? I don't make it clear, the most hateful thing is this Ruilian, and Lao Tzu can't wait to kill him alive. Luo Guozhong said fiercely.

Luo Guoxiao persuaded: "Brother, it's useless to say this now, I think, let's divide the troops!" If I don't take Yingkou back, I'm worried that the court will condemn me. ”

Luo Guozhong frowned, "Don't worry, don't you see that cannons are fired here every day?" As soon as we walk on the front foot, this gang of bandits will immediately recapture Benxi, and Benxi can't afford to lose it! ”

Xuan Jianzhang took the second regiment and the cavalry battalion to gain a firm foothold at Yingkou, and Luo Guozhong received the Qing court's order to temporarily stop fighting and stick to the defense, and the war was temporarily suspended.

This made President Meng very happy, and this is exactly the effect President Meng hopes to achieve.

"Isn't it considered like we've won now?" Princess Katrina Kafu happily said to President Moe, "It's really good. ”

President Meng glanced at the happy Princess Katrina Kaf, and smiled slightly: "Don't be so happy, maybe we can't relax, the Qing army has the strength to attack again." ”

President Meng himself can't figure out what the Qing court is doing, although there is a Beijing station in Beijing, and news is constantly being sent, but the Bureau of Statistics has not entered the palace, and has entered the side of Prince Gong Yixun and Li Hongzhang.

Although President Meng knows what kind of virtue the Qing court is, he really can't figure it out, and he obviously has an absolute advantage, so he just doesn't fight?

This is all thanks to the fact that President Meng wore a foreigner's hat, and in the eyes of the Qing court, the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom was a colony, a Western country, and they wanted to solve it with money.

Chen Qin, the chief of the Tianjin Customs, served as the minister of negotiations and sent a request for negotiations to the Kingdom of Eastern Hawaii.

President Meng instructed Prince Richard Harris to accept Chen Qin's request for peace talks as foreign minister, and the meeting place was at Caohekou.

President Meng hid behind and listened to the conversation between the two, and he didn't show up, but President Meng had already set the conditions and tone for the negotiation.

Prince Richard Harris can already communicate with Chen Qin in Chinese.

"Dear Prince Richard Harris, our court of the Great Qing Kingdom feels that this incident is just a small misunderstanding, and we hope that the two sides can resolve the dispute on the basis of negotiations." Chen Qin was already a very experienced diplomat, otherwise Li Hongzhang would not have asked Chen Qin to represent him.

Prince Richard Harris smiled slightly, "Lord Chen, I'm glad that your country can have such an attitude, we don't want to go to war, it was you who started the war first, and we are very indignant at your previous undeclared war!" ”

This is a typical back-to-back rake, foreigners are doing this, obviously the Danzhou army undeclared war forcibly occupied Caohekou and Benxi, and then Luo Guozhong led a large group of men and horses to come, but also constantly issued a warning to Danzhou, requiring the Danzhou army to withdraw from Caohekou and Benxi, the Qing court is completely occupied.

Chen Qinbao smiled: "It may be a misunderstanding, the past things, don't mention it, since the prince is willing to withdraw from Benxi and Caohekou, as well as Yingkou, I think this matter will be easy to handle, everyone will communicate more in the future, and there will be no more misunderstandings like this." ”

Prince Richard Harris smiled: "Who said we were going to withdraw from Yingkou, Benxi?" If you really have sincerity in making peace talks, you must lease Yingkou, Benxi, and Tonghua to us including the northern part of the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom for a period of not less than twenty years. ”

Because the original lease of Danzhou is 20 years, so it is not valued by the consulates of various countries, this time, President Meng repeats the old tricks, President Meng just wants to be able to get it, and cares about the date!

President Meng felt that if he didn't have the strength to continue to occupy the leased land after 20 years, it would be wrongful to rent it for 10,000 years.

Chen Qin was shocked, he didn't expect the appetite of the East Hawaii Kingdom to be so big, this is to increase the leased land of the East Hawaii Kingdom by half, and he stretched out his hand to Jilin, and the more troublesome thing is Yingkou, the location of Yingkou in the northeast is very good, it is the closest port to Inner Mongolia, the Qing court realized that the geographical location of this place is important, so as a military town, and set up the Shanhaiguan Military Reserve Bureau.

"Your Royal Highness, this is absolutely not going to work! You must withdraw from Yingkou, Benxi and Caohekou, and we can make appropriate compensation for your losses. We, the court of the Great Qing Kingdom, are willing to compensate the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom with 100,000 taels of silver. Chen Qin also threw out the Qing court's negotiation conditions.

In the eyes of the Qing court, it was the East Hawaii Kingdom that made the first move, and Benxi and Caohekou did not have any economic foundation, so it was not worth grabbing, giving 100,000 taels of silver meaning, this matter should be able to be erased, who knew that the East Hawaii Kingdom would propose to lease Yingkou, Benxi and Tonghua? Because the mouth of the grass river is below this stream, it has been naturally taken as a possession by the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom.

"If not, then you can go." Prince Richard Harris didn't threaten Chen Qin, President Meng just asked Prince Richard Harris to send off the guests!

President Meng knows very well the virtue of the Qing court, the Qing court is used to being threatened, and the courage can be regarded as scared out, ordinary threats don't work at all, and now there is no strength to threaten by force anyway, but it is better to drive people away like this.

Chen Qin stood up awkwardly, and wanted to say that Prince Richard Harris had already left with his hands behind his back, and the entourage in the reception room also went out, leaving only Chen Qin and a group of Qing court councilors and officials stunned on the spot.

Chen Qin returned to Benxi and hurriedly reported the situation to the imperial court, was the way to negotiation blocked?

There is no blocking, President Meng's 20-year lease plan is simply invincible in this era, President Meng is considered to have caught the idea of the Qing court, twenty years, in the eyes of the Qing court, it will pass in a blink of an eye, and it won't mind at all, and after 20 years, you can still pick up a bunch of good buildings, even factories or something, and the Qing court still feels cost-effective!

The most important thing is that more than 1,000 people died in the Eastern Hawaii Kingdom, and they did not ask for war reparations, which was the first time in the Qing court, and Xuanzong was exposed, which became Xuanzonglu's credit. (To be continued.) )