Lin Chengting carefully looked at the Chinese army envoy in front of him, but while he was looking at the envoy, the Chinese army envoy opposite was also observing him with interest.

Song Lunjin, like most officials in the Chinese Empire, wore a full Chinese costume and black leather shoes, and had a small hair, which could be seen by outsiders at a glance that this person was an imperial official.

"I have made it very clear just now, if Lin Shuai is willing to do it anyway, then the empire will definitely not treat the big marshal badly!" Song Lunjin said: "Not only Lin Shuai, even the soldiers under Lin Shuai's command can also be treated well!" ”

"Oh, how to be kind?" Lin Chengting said.

"Before Song came to Jiujiang, he had already received an edict from my emperor, if Lin Shuai was willing to be loyal to our emperor, then he would be given the earl!" Song Lunjin said: "Over the years, many heroes from all over the world have submitted to my Great China, but none of them can get the title, but my emperor appreciates Lin Shuai, so he gave him the title of earl!" ”

"And the officers and soldiers under the command of Lin Shuai, according to the consistent policy of our Chinese army, middle and low-level officers and soldiers of the new army can directly join the Royal Army to serve, and senior generals are arranged separately according to their personal wishes!"

"Oh, then I don't know what position someone Lin can get?" Lin Chengting was not confused by the title of any nobleman, but asked directly: "Can you continue to lead the army?" ”

Faced with this, Song Lunjin smiled: "Lin Shuai is joking, if Song says that you can still lead the army in the future, I'm afraid you don't believe it yourself!" But it is not a problem to ensure that Lin Shuai's life is prosperous and rich! ”

Lin Chengting sighed in his heart at this time, he knew that his questions were the same whether he asked them or not, because he had heard of them somewhat. Since the rise of the Chinese army, although it is said that it is good to treat the enemy soldiers who surrender to sincerity. But this is limited to ordinary soldiers and middle and lower-level officers, and none of the senior generals can continue to lead the army. Those who were captured were basically placed under house arrest or simply killed, and most of those who voluntarily surrendered were superficially given an idle position.

But Lin Chengting is unwilling, can he be the same as everyone else? He is the commander of one force, and his status is much stronger than Du Xing'a and Li Hongzhang, but because of this, it is even more unlikely that he Lin Chengting will have the opportunity to continue to lead the army.

If you can't lead the army, although you won't be under house arrest or anything like that, you can only live a mediocre life with a low-level title?

He Lin Chengting is unwilling!

He added: "If I can't lead the army, I don't just want to be rich for a hundred years. I also want a thousand years of wealth and prosperity for my children and grandchildren to rest with the country! And it's not enough to be a mere uncle, I want a hereditary king."

Hearing this, Song Lunjin frowned, is the earl still good? Still want the throne? And is it hereditary?

What are you kidding, this is absolutely impossible, although the title of nobility of the empire has no actual political privileges, it is not something that can be taken out casually, in fact, the empire has been extremely strict in controlling the reward of the title in recent years, so far. Lin Zhe gave out no more than fifty noble titles, and half of them were one-time titles that could not be hereditary, and the remaining half were hereditary titles. And there is no hereditary replacement.

And the highest noble title is Shi Qingxuan, and he is just a marquis, and the other Lin Chengfei and Xu Yanqing are just earls. Most of the rest were viscounts and barons.

He Lin Chengting wants the king, and he is the kind of hereditary replacement?

What did he think of himself?

Shi Qingxuan led the army to the Northern Expedition. , a total of hundreds of thousands of enemies have been destroyed. Cleaning up the Manchu capital is just getting a marquis, that is, in other words, the entire Manchu dynasty is worth a marquis.

And you, Lin Chengting, only control the land of Jiangxi Projectile, and you dare to ask for a hereditary prince with only tens of thousands of troops?

What's more, according to the imperial title system, non-princes are not crowned kings! In other words, the highest title of the subject is the duke, and it is absolutely impossible for him Lin Chengting to obtain the royal title, this is a move to challenge the imperial title system, even if Lin Zhe, the emperor, agrees, Jiang Daoquan and a group of conservative civil officials and military generals will not agree.

Song Lunjin thinks so, but Lin Chengting is not so compared, he is an ambitious person, and if he wants to abandon this ambition, there is not enough price to do, if he can't dominate the world and become the lord of Kyushu, then at least he must seek a wealth for future generations.

Is it too much for a prince to have no practical political privileges?

Not too much!

The positions and concepts of the two sides are different, which makes it difficult for the two sides to reach any real agreement, and Song Lunjin has even denied Lin Chengting's conditions himself!

If you agree to Lin Chengting's conditions and give him a hereditary prince, how can you embarrass the Chinese soldiers who are fighting for the title, most of them cannot get the title when they are born and die, and those generals with outstanding merits are only one viscount and earl, and you, a defeated general who has been beaten and scurried, dares to ask for a prince?

You are dead when hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers!

It's a pity that although Lin Chengting knows a lot about the Chinese army, but in the end it is an outsider, in his opinion, a mere title is a fart, in the early years, he broke the Jiangnan camp, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made him a marquis, and later Yang Xiuqing was killed, when he led the army back to Nanjing, in order to calm Lin Chengting's anger, Hong Xiuquan even gave the conditions of the king, at that time, Lin Chengting did not have birds Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai, directly attacked Nanjing City.

In the past two years, Zeng Guofan has not won him over, saying that as long as Lin Chengting returns to the Manchu Dynasty, he is at least a first-class duke, and it is easy to fight for the Beizi that only a clan has, and the Chinese army has launched a large-scale northern expedition in the early months, and the situation on the Manchu side is quite tense.

In troubled times, titles are worthless.

However, he didn't know that although the titles in the Chinese army did not have any political privileges, Lin Zhe knew that scarcity was precious, and he controlled the number and rank of the titles. This created a scarcity of titles within the empire, which in turn inflated the political value of titles.

Lin Chengting did not refuse or agree to Song Lunjin's conditions at the first time. Instead, I thought about it for a whole day!

A day later, Song Lunjin looked at Lin Chengting with a smile on his face. He was waiting for Lin Chengting to make a decision, and he was confident in Lin Chengting's answer.

Now that the entire Jiujiang is about to be destroyed, unless tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals fall from the sky, otherwise it will be impossible for him Lin Chengting to save the entire defeat, even if Lin Chengting is unable to escape, let alone whether he can escape, even if he escapes, what if he escapes? The Zhenhu army did not have many troops left in Nanchang and other parts of Jiangxi, and it was impossible to block the attack of the Chinese army in the future.

When he is completely defeated, what will he Lin Chengting have left but to die?

In the face of defeat and death and glory and wealth. He believes that Lin Chengting will make the right choice.

It's a pity that Lin Chengting's answer caught him off guard!

"Your envoy can go back!" Lin Chengting said.

"Then Lin Shuai's answer is?" Song Lunjin felt a not-so-good feeling in his heart.

"I, Lin someone, have never surrendered in my life, not before, not now, and not in the future!" Lin Chengting said this loudly in front of many generals present.

"Swear to live and die together in Jiujiang!" When Lin Chengting said this, he was full of determination, which made the group of generals below excited, this is the Lin Chengting in their hearts, their commander, they followed Lin Chengting all the way. After countless wars, even most of their families were killed by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Nanjing, but they still followed Lin Chengting.

Why did they keep following Lin Chengting, even if they failed again and again, they were still fighting?

Because Lin Chengting will never give in!

looked at the generals under his command and showed fanaticism. Lin Chengting sent Song Lunjin out of the city!

After Song Lunjin was sent out of the city, Lin Chengting convened many generals under his command to discuss military strategies, and at the beginning those excited generals talked about how to defend Jiujiang. and then co-exist and die with Jiujiang and the like, but Lin Chengting's face changed: "Guard a fart." We'll leave tonight! ”

And at this moment, Song Lunjin looked at Jiujiang City behind him, and couldn't help but lose his mind. This Lin Chengting is really not difficult to win over, think of him Song Lunjin as the first secretary of the secretariat, in charge of attracting enemy generals and officials, over the years after his surrender of Manchu officials and generals not a hundred but eighty, although there are occasional failures, but most of them can successfully complete the task.

It's not that he has good eloquence, but because behind him stands one of the most powerful troops in the country today: the Chinese Army!

No one could withstand the fire of the Chinese army, so few people could refuse his proposal!

But now, Lin Chengting refused, and he also made it clear that if he wanted to defend Jiujiang to the death, he must transmit the news back to the military, so that the Fourth Army and other troops could prepare for a strong attack.

When Shi Langyi heard from Song Lunjin's mouth that Lin Chengting would rather die than surrender, he also frowned, this Lin Chengting is a hard bone, and he still doesn't surrender under such a disadvantage.

Hmph, since you're going to die yourself, then I'll give you a ride!

Immediately ordered the troops, the whole army rested and prepared, and launched a final general attack on Jiujiang City tomorrow, be sure to break the city or capture Lin Chengting!

However, on the evening of this day, Lin Chengting looked at Jiujiang City for the last time, and then sighed: "Let's start!" ”

With Lin Chengting's order issued, then a large number of Zhenhu soldiers took the initiative to go out of the city with a large number of torches, and then rushed out of the city!

They're going to break through!

When the Zhenhu army went out of the city, countless Chinese soldiers knew what the Zhenhu army in the city was going to do, and immediately the soldiers in the camp quickly got up, and then brought their guns and hurriedly lined up, and at the same time, the troops on duty at night had already urgently entered the predetermined position and began to intercept these Zhenhu troops who were trying to break through, and for a time the sound of guns and artillery sounded across the night sky of the entire Jiujiang.

Just when a large number of Zhenhu troops broke through to the southwest outside the city, on the other side, that is, to the east of Jiujiang City, on the shore of Panyang Lake.

A large number of Zhenhu soldiers wearing gray New Army uniforms were silently boarding various boats on the shore, without lighting too many torches during the whole process, and the whole scene was pitch black, and it was impossible to see how many people were boarding.

On one of the big boats, Lin Chengting looked at Jiujiang City, there was a large amount of fire from there, and there was a sound of gunfire that had sounded since half an hour ago, but it had never stopped.

Lin Chengting grabbed the railing in his hand at this moment, and muttered in a voice that only he could hear: "I, Lin Chengting, will come back!" (To be continued.) )