Chapter 130: Hypocritical Negotiations
Time spent in Wei Chendong's anxious waiting, although he was anxious, but Wei Chendong's face did not show it, he had already contacted Tilis a few days ago and asked her to communicate with her father, after all, her father was the governor of Hong Kong, and he should know some about the reaction of the British domestic high-level. Tilis is also very hard-working, knowing that her man is in trouble now, and she doesn't want her man to become mortal enemies of her motherland, so she rushed to Hong Kong from the United States in person, and after grinding with her father for a long time, she finally coaxed him back to the UK to find out the news, it can be seen that Tilis's father is also very precious to this daughter, but he has a lot of opinions about Wei Chendong, this guy not only kidnapped his daughter unknowingly, but now he actually beats the soldiers of the British Empire like this, and some of the troops are transferred from Hong Kong, how can he not have an opinion, he has to look at the face of the Buddha without looking at the monk's face, fortunately, this guy stayed in the end, otherwise, he would not go to China to help him find out any news, his daughter came all the way from the United States, and he didn't have to think about it to know that this guy was making trouble behind.
After another period of time, the British political axe still did not publicly say that it wanted to take revenge on the Yan Huang Army, and there was no sign of transferring troops, and the matter also cooled down a little, and Tilis's father also rushed back to Hong Kong from the United Kingdom and told the news to Tilis, Tilis did not dare to blatantly go to see Wei Chendong, so she had to secretly send the news to the spy sent to Hong Kong by Wei Chendong, and it took several twists and turns to reach Wei Chendong's hands, in order to reduce suspicion, Tilis simply did not return to the United States, and lived directly in Hong Kong, as for the affairs of the United States, she was one less, There shouldn't be any major problems, and besides, Hong Kong is also one of the relatively large transit points for the Yan and Huang Army's supplies, so staying here can still help a lot.
After receiving the news that Tilis's father had discovered, Wei Chendong's mood finally put down, thought about it for a while, and immediately held a press conference, publicly saying that this battle was meaningless, it was a pure misunderstanding, the Yan and Huang Army did not want to be an enemy of the British Empire at all, he Wei Chendong stole some Indian monuments, but there were not many, after all, he was not a god, how could he dig up India in just a few years, those are pure rumors, for the final result of this battle, Wei Chendong expressed regret, and at the same time expressed his willingness to bear all the losses of the British army, At the same time, he returned the cultural relics he had dug up from India, and apologized to the British political axe, hoping that the two sides would turn the conflict into a jade silk.
Wei Chendong's public statement caused an uproar around the world, and many people were happy, do you think that if you admit your mistake like this, the British Empire will make peace with you regardless of face?
A few days later, the British political axe made a move that surprised many people, expressing its willingness to accept the apology of the Yan and Huang Army, and hoping that the Yan and Huang Army would show sincerity, and the British political axe would send a special envoy to Gansu to discuss peace talks with the representatives of the Yan and Huang Army, hoping that the Yan and Huang Army would not forget what they had promised before.
Sure enough, representatives of the British political axe faction came to Gansu, and this time, Wei Chendong warmly received them, and many reporters were present, and this scene will naturally spread all over the world.
Of course, it was impossible for these reporters to get involved in the peace talks, and the two sides talked for three days, and after three days, the personnel of both sides came out to meet the reporters with smiles on their faces, ready to give the reporters a satisfactory answer.
"Mr. Special Envoy, are you still satisfied with the outcome of this peace talks?" A Times reporter asked.
"Well, I am very satisfied, the Yan and Huang troops are very sincere, their previous promises have all been fulfilled, and a large amount of compensation ...... has been paid," the British envoy smiled, looking very satisfied with the negotiation.
"Mr. Wei, the Yan and Huang Army won the battle, why did you come out first to apologize to the British political axe? Do you think that it was wrong for the Yan and Huang Army to fight the British army, or are you worried that the British political axe will retaliate? An Associated Press reporter asked a pointed question.
Wei Chendong smiled, cleared his throat and said: "Hehe, this beautiful reporter asked a good question, yes, I am afraid of the retaliation of the British political axe, in that case, our two sides will have a decisive battle, when the time comes, whether it is the winning side or the losing side, I think it will be considered a loss, because, after the battle, what can we both get, the final result is self-evident, the Yan and Huang Army will definitely be wiped out by the powerful British political axe, but what can the British political axe get?" Cultural relic? It's just a little bit, less than one-thousandth of the military spending, to occupy Gansu? Gansu is poor and poor, and the British occupation of this place will certainly cause a lot of discontent, and the British army will definitely have to spend a certain amount of casualties, which is completely inconsistent with the interests of the British Empire. And our Yan and Huang Army is the weak side, this matter itself is our first wrong, so we should apologize and admit our mistakes first, for the sake of friendship, the British political axe resolved the misunderstanding between the two sides, so as to reach this reconciliation ......"
…… Next, Chinese and foreign reporters asked some questions they wanted to know, and Wei Chendong and the British envoy answered seriously, these two guys seemed to be very kind and friendly, but in fact they were very hypocritical, and if these reporters saw their negotiations, they would probably be shocked.
The British demanded that Wei Chendong take out all the artifacts he had stolen from India, or give an equal amount. Wei Chendong didn't bird him directly, nor did he admit it, he casually took out some cultural relics that had already been identified as garbage by the magic mobile phone and sent them away, saying that they were dug up from India, and even generously asked the British envoy to search for it at his house. The British envoy was furious and asked Wei Chendong for the loss of the British army, and Wei Chendong generously gave 10,000 pounds, without arrears. Of course, the British envoy was not happy, and even stomped his feet and slapped the table, threatening that if he did not agree to the conditions of the British political axe, there would be only war.
Wei Chendong sneered in his heart, and said casually, it's just a big deal to use the 400,000 of the Yan and Huang Army to fight out the hundreds of thousands of the British army, he Wei Chendong rolled up and got out, and went to a hidden place to be an upstart, a landlord and a capitalist or something.
Seeing Wei Chendong's appearance that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, the British envoy finally had nothing to do, because the order he got was to fight for the greatest interests without falling out with the Yan and Huang Army. The British envoy felt that he had done his best, but he didn't know if it was in the best interest, and he didn't know if someone else would be able to get more chicken feathers from Wei Chendong's iron rooster.
The final result was that the British envoy basically agreed to Wei Chendong's request, but Wei Chendong didn't want to go too far, he just wanted to lose less money, as for another public apology or other verbal things, he generously agreed to the British, anyway, he is a warlord, and he doesn't have to care about this.
The reason why Wei Chendong dared to talk to the British like this was thanks to the information obtained by Father Yu Tilis, and the main meaning of the information was that the British did not want to fight with the Yan and Huang Army anymore.
This is also easy to understand, the British political axe calculated an account, from the strength of the Yan and Huang Army and the position of the position, the British army to completely eat the Yan and Huang Army, at least more than 300,000 soldiers, in terms of casualties alone, the British political axe is estimated at more than 150,000, and then in terms of military spending, the consumption of 300,000 troops does not need to be counted to know that it is a huge number, and the subsequent casualties of medical treatment and pensions, etc., is also a huge number, in the current economic crisis, this elimination will definitely make the British political axe very painful. Even if Gansu is defeated and the Yan and Huang armies are eliminated, will the British really be able to get those cultural relics? Wei Chendong had a hundred ways to ensure that the British could not even see a single hair of those cultural relics.
What if the British conquered Gansu and occupied this place? Will the army stay? If you are too lazy to go, will the Chinese political axe agree? Will I say yes? He said that he had long regarded China as a big piece of the cake in front of him, and whoever wanted to get a piece of it here would definitely not agree.
He has always regarded himself as on the same level as the Western powers, and which of the Western powers does not have a few colonies, but what about this? There is nothing but North Korea and Taiwan, which naturally makes them feel very unbalanced, and it is impossible for them to agree to anyone who wants to fight with them for this place in China, and the-for-tat confrontation between himself and the British in Shanghai is an example.
At this point, the British naturally thought of it, at this moment in front of them, they don't want to have too much conflict with Yue himself, it's not worth it, but if the Yan and Huang army are wiped out, they will pat their butts and leave, this is too child's play, who wants to do this kind of loss-making business.
All of the above are the costs and consequences that the British political axe needs to pay. But what can the British political axe get, except for the strength and military might of the British Empire, it seems that there is no substantial benefit, at most counting Gansu, and no one knows what the consequences will be if they get Gansu.
To sum up, the British political axe felt that it was completely meaningless to fight this war, and the income and pay were completely disproportionate, in fact, at the beginning, the British political axe did not plan to fight with the Yan and Huang Army, and the reason why it sent 100,000 troops was to scare Wei Chendong, or to underestimate the Yan and Huang Army, and to underestimate Wei Chendong's guts, if it was an ordinary warlord, he would definitely hand over the cultural relics, and the British Empire would definitely get a batch of priceless treasures without much effort, and this kind of trade must be very cost-effective, But who knew that Wei Chendong didn't play cards according to the routine at all, not only dared to fight with 100,000 British troops, but also dared to strike first, and even beat 100,000 British troops to lose their armor, which no one expected. If you extort some more things from Yan Huangjun, the result of the matter will not be satisfactory, but it should be unsatisfactory.
So when Wei Chendong asked for peace talks, the British political axe deliberately pretended to be forced, and then immediately sent people over to negotiate.
Anyway, Wei Chendong is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, and he figured out the attitude of the British political axe, so he was presumptuous and abnormal, and pressed the price to the lowest, the British bamboo pole naturally did not succeed, but he couldn't say it publicly, so he had to pretend to be smiling, and he had to praise Wei Chendong, saying how generous he was, how he was trustworthy, in fact, it was just a turn to put gold on the face of the British political axe, as long as people turned their minds slightly, they would think that Wei Chendong was still afraid of the British Empire, so he was so soft, No one will suspect that all this is fake.
(To be continued)