The corners of Sa Daoyi's mouth twitched slightly, obviously, Li Hongzhang pointed out their Achilles' heel to the point.

Although they could say whatever they wanted during the negotiations, even if the Qing court executed all the captured high-ranking officials of the headquarters.

But in reality? Who can act like a nobody?

Why are foreigners in such a hurry to negotiate? In the past, it was because they did not want to expand the war and wanted to reap greater benefits from the Qing court.

Therefore, while urging the Qing court to negotiate, he ordered the troops to continue to move south, exerting tremendous pressure on the Qing court.

And now in such a hurry to negotiate, their fundamental purpose has changed.

The huge pressure of public opinion in various countries, especially in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, has overwhelmed the government with anti-war public opinion.

If the British had not been bogged down in the Boer war, how could this be the case now?

If the Qing court really arbitrarily disposed of the captured high-ranking officials of the headquarters, then the pressure on them would be even greater.

It was because the headquarters was captured that they had to negotiate with the Qing court.

And the Qing court seems to have been waiting for this day for a long time, and it seems that it has calculated their lifeblood, and only when the foreigners are the weakest will they stand up and negotiate.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, but we Japanese have always admired the strong, and in the previous battles, your army did not leave us with a strong posture. On the contrary, the new army under the command of the king surprised us. Although we suffered some defeats under Commander Wang this time, we Japanese admit that the army under Commander Wang is the real strong, and we Japanese only negotiate with the strong. Komura Shoutaro said suddenly.

Komura Shoutaro's words stunned many people at the scene, especially Yixiao and Li Hongzhang. And Zhang Fuhua seemed to have eaten something, wanting to say something, but he was powerless to refute it.

"I think Your Excellency must not have woken up yet, but it doesn't matter, the old man doesn't mind reminding Your Excellency that the new army under the command of Wang Commander is only a part of the Qing army, he represents the Qing army, and the Qing army also represents him. I don't know if the old man can understand this explanation, can Mr. Komura understand? Li Hongzhang explained with a slight squint.

This question is quite tricky for them, and Li Hongzhang is also quite helpless in his heart, although he also intends to target Wang Sirui, but undoubtedly, his targeting of Wang Sirui is a little too obvious, so that the Japanese can see some trickiness.

And at the very beginning of the negotiations, the Japanese threw out their demands and negotiated only with the strong.

Obviously, the Japanese just saw that there was a contradiction between them, and the whole negotiator was not single-minded.

In doing so, the Japanese could not only make the Qing court's negotiators lose face, but also continue to divide the relationship between Yixuan and Wang Sirui, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

It's okay to play with some people in China, but compared with these old negotiators abroad, Yiliang is a little immature.

It wasn't until Li Hongzhang replied to Komura Shoutaro's words that Yixuan and the others reacted to the meaning of the Japanese, and they couldn't help but be angry in their hearts, but they didn't dare to vent their anger, because he knew very well that what the Japanese said was true, and at present, the entire Qing army was powerless except for the new army temporarily reorganized under Wang Sirui.

Therefore, Yixuan could only silently remember the anger in his heart to Wang Sirui temporarily. And the sad Wang Sirui could only helplessly lie down again.

"Yes, who doesn't worship the strong? We have already discussed before, and as a new army that has captured the headquarters of the coalition forces, we will only negotiate with the king. Sa Daoyi followed suit, but it seemed that in order not to make Yixuan and the others angry, he added: "Of course, you don't need to be careful, negotiating with the king is actually just to save our face, it's as simple as that." This is our first request. ”

Let Wang Sirui talk to them? Is this possible?

What kind of bullshit to save the face of the great powers, Wang Sirui is an official from the second rank, or a new official who has just been promoted, does Wang Sirui's identity and status conform to the identity of the great powers?

In other words, letting Wang Sirui talk about it was tantamount to the Qing court contempt for the foreign powers.

Asking an official from the second rank to negotiate such a militaristic matter with the representatives of the eleven countries would sound like the Qing court was contempting the foreign powers.

However, Sa Daoyi avoided this problem very well, and turned the spearhead of the problem to the Qing court, where a second-grade official below you can defeat us, but as a dignified court, no one can resist our pace.

In other words, it is not that the Qing court is despising foreigners, but that foreigners are despising the entire Qing court.

If they agree to their demands, I am afraid that the most humiliating thing is not the foreigners, but the Qing court.

"This is impossible, not to mention the fact that the rank of the king commander is not high, that is, the identity of the king commander, and he has no right to lead this negotiation, he is just a co-ordinator appointed by the imperial court, not a chincha." Yixuan responded very unhappily in his heart.

There are eleven people appointed by the imperial court, which correspond to the representatives of eleven countries, and among these eleven ministers, the two who really have the right to speak are Li Hongzhang and Yixuan, followed by Zhang Fuhua and Niu Menglei, but these two people are actually the pawns arranged for Li Hongzhang and Yixuan, and it is Li Hongzhang and Yixuan who can really make decisions.

This is true even for the envoys appointed by the imperial court, let alone a messenger for the envoys?

"The Great Qing Kingdom is a country of etiquette for 5,000 years, can't even this little request meet us?" Sa Daoyi smiled slightly and continued to ask.

When he saw Wang Sirui sitting aside without saying a word, Sa Daoyi had already recognized this matter, no matter what, he was going to negotiate with Wang Sirui today.

Even if the request is fruitless, it is irrelevant to Sadaoyi.

It's nothing more than a waste of a day's time, but for the Qing court, they will lose more than just a day, they will lose a fierce general, perhaps the only fierce general in the entire Qing court who can defeat the coalition army.

Yixuan and Li Hongzhang were a little trembling with anger, and Sa Daoyi pointed directly to the state of etiquette, first pushing the Qing court to a moral commanding height.

Although this is a traditional Chinese virtue, it has also become their Achilles' heel. It is precisely for this reason that they are unable to talk back on the big powers in the negotiation arena.

And Wang Sirui, who was sitting on the side, was bored watching the performances of these old men, but he didn't expect that suddenly, this soldier pointed directly at him.

And Wang Sirui, who has lived for two lifetimes, how can he not see the intentions of foreigners?

This is tantamount to creating a problem for Wang Sirui, if the Qing court appoints Wang Sirui to negotiate, then Wang Sirui will offend a large number of people whether he accepts it or not.

But if the Qing court does not appoint, the foreigners have a reason not to negotiate, anyway, the negotiation is not a matter of a while, anyway, their army has retreated to Tianjin, the supply of troops is no longer a problem, if necessary, they can attack the capital again, continue to put pressure on the Qing court.

But no matter what, Wang Sirui always has to offend some people, and this is extremely unfavorable for Wang Sirui.

Seeing that the two parties are arguing on this issue, Wang Sirui, as a party, seems to be a little inappropriate if he is silent.

"Since Your Excellency wants to negotiate with me by name, it is not impossible." Wang Sirui opened his mouth and said, this time he did not use English, Wang Sirui was afraid of the tree.

Listening to Wang Sirui's words, the expressions on the faces of Li Hongzhang, Yixuan and others suddenly stiffened, in addition to secretly scolding Wang Sirui for overstepping his authority, he still felt that Wang Sirui was ignorant, and even had some ill intentions.

"Since the king is willing to negotiate, it is more appropriate." Sa Daoyi smiled, his goal was achieved, and Wang Sirui was really stimulated by his agitation method.

"I have never been able to agree with several adults on the matter of negotiation, since Your Excellency is willing to negotiate with me, then you may as well listen to my bottom line before making a decision." Wang Sirui sneered in his heart.

Although he can't completely solve the impact of foreigners sowing discord, at least, he won't let foreigners live too comfortably.

Sa Daoyi made a gesture of please, with a smile on his face all the time. Maybe in his opinion, Wang Sirui is okay to fight, but in this kind of big scene like the negotiation field of the twelve countries, Wang Sirui is definitely not good.

Perhaps, as long as they are a little more careful, it is not impossible to directly force Wang Sirui to promise more benefits.

"First of all, the fuse of this war is you, you must admit this, and the battlefield is on the territory of our Great Qing Dynasty, and the war has caused great mental destruction and physical torture to my people of the Great Qing Dynasty, and I have 40,000 people in the Qing Dynasty, and you eleven countries must pay the price for this, and pay one tael of silver for each of our 40,000 people and one tael of physical compensation.

Secondly, as the defeated side, you should pay a greater price, and I think that only in this way can you be able to heartbreak and always remember the suffering caused by war.

Therefore, my second demand is that the treaties you signed with the Qing Dynasty must be completely annulled, and those who occupied our Qing land must be returned to us, and those who have taken our Qing money must be returned to us with interest, and you must compensate us for the losses caused to us by the Qing Dynasty.

This third condition is very simple, and it does not require you to pay us any silver taels. However, in order to ensure world peace, your countries must dismantle more than 90 percent of their navy and army, and all navy ships and equipment that have been dismantled must be handed over to the Qing Dynasty, and the army equipment must also be handed over to the Qing Dynasty for disposal. Wang Sirui clapped his hands shamelessly, do you really think Lao Tzu is easy to bully?

Since you all think that Lao Tzu can only fight and is a good bully in the negotiation field, then it is very good, Lao Tzu will give you an attitude of only fighting, and let you see that there is no way to negotiate with people who can only fight.

Wang Sirui had an expression of disbelief, and continued: "I only have these three requirements, if you agree, then let's talk about it, if you don't agree, you can talk to other people." (To be continued.) )