Although he had long known that he had no trump card to play now, and that the United States was in urgent need of peace with China, he couldn't be angry at all, but when he really heard the extremely coughing condition from the mouth of the other party's commander-in-chief again, Pu Anchen still couldn't contain the anger and grievances in his heart.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief." Pu Anchen finally calmed down, and then said calmly, "I hope you understand that if you insist on this surprisingly harsh condition, it will not be a sincere peace treaty, even if we can agree to it now, sooner or later war will break out again because of this." In other words, if you insist on such conditions, it will not be peace, but the fuse of the next war, can you understand what I mean? ”

"Of course I understand that." Li Yongji smiled, "If we don't have the ability to hold those lands in the future, we deserve to be snatched back by you, but anyway, now, you either agree to my conditions, or continue to fight with us until we completely defeat you." At that time, when you are completely defeated, I think you will also agree to more harsh conditions, don't you say? ”

"It's better to take a step back." Pu Anchen said in a deep voice, "We agree to cede California to you, and we also agree to give you a million dollars in military compensation, and you must unconditionally release all our captured officers and soldiers and withdraw from this war."

To tell the truth, our original bottom line was only to agree to cede California to you, and there was no such thing as compensation for military spending, which I added privately, which can be regarded as an expression of my sincere sincerity.

However, the million dollars must be repaid over thirty years, and you must withdraw from the war at once and pledge not to give any form of support to the rebels in the South.

I mean, not only can you not supply the southern rebels with military supplies, nor can you provide them with armed support in the form of mercenaries. In short, you cannot continue to intervene in this war within us. ”

"The differences are too big." Li Yongji shook his head, "If you still insist like this, then I can only regret to announce that our negotiations ended in vain." ”

Speaking of this, Li Yongji sighed: "Mr. Pu Anchen, to be honest, you should be a very wise person, and you won't be unaware of negotiating this thing." It is to speak according to the strength and the current form. For the time being, our army has won consecutive battles, but we have no losses ourselves, and you have to face the Confederate countries at the same time......"

"It's the Southern Rebels!" Pu Anchen interrupted, "Without the Union State, we don't recognize this country at all!" ”

"Well, well, even if it's the Southern rebels. Although it seems to me that there is no difference. Li Yongji nodded, "In short, in addition to us, you also have to face the Southern Army in the south and the Anglo-French army in the north at the same time. Of course, if Canada is an independent country, then the Canadian Army is actually in the sequence of attacking you.

In other words, you are now at the most sinister time. There is no doubt that we will not agree to win all of our lives without terms that satisfy us. Signing an armistice with you alone.

As I said before, we can completely defeat you, and when we completely defeat you, then how to divide it is not up to us? ”

"So, are you determined to continue fighting us to the end?" Pu Anchen said with a blushing face.

Li Yongji smiled slightly: "No, no, no, if that's the case, I won't even talk to you, so why would I meet you now and say this?" ”

"So what do you mean by that?" Pu Anchen asked puzzled.

"To be honest, I don't want to fight." Li Yongji deliberately sighed again, "As you said, although the starting point is good, it is because you Americans discriminated against us and attacked us without authorization, and we are fighting for revenge and dignity.

But seriously, that's just a fuse, and I think you can see that even if there is no such incident, we will interfere in your war at home, which is probably arranged by the above.

Therefore, I, a small person, cannot decide the decisions of a big person, and the war must be fought, otherwise I will not be able to account for it at home.

However, judging from my personal feelings, I am quite sympathetic to you, and I really don't want to fight this war, after all, I still like you Americans. ”

"Do you like to bring us wars and disasters?" Pu Anchen said sarcastically.

"Perhaps." Li Yongji shrugged his shoulders, "But you have to understand that I didn't slaughter your captives, and if it were someone else, I wouldn't dare to guarantee that I would treat those captives so favorably."

Or to put it this way, even if I agree to negotiate with you, if there is too much difference of opinion with the big guy behind me, then the terms I negotiated with you will be nullified, and they can replace me, send someone to continue to fight with you, and maybe even continue to increase the army!

You must know that my army is still just a mercenary army, not the real elite army of my motherland, and if I withdraw my army without authorization when the shape is good, then don't talk about the big guy behind me, my subordinates will not agree, don't you say? ”

"You're saying you can't make the final decision?" Pu Anchen frowned.

"Yes." Li Yongji nodded, "I'm just a general, only responsible for fighting, as for diplomacy, although I also have some authority, I can only implement the established policy, and I can't change it a bit." Well, of course, if you want more benefits, you can, for example, change the original conditions to a little more stringent, from the original land demand, to directly the Mississippi River as the boundary, claiming all the territory of the west. Hehe, if I can do this, I guess the country will only reward me, not punish me. ”

"After talking for a long time, you still have to fight us to the end, right?" Pu Anchen said, "Your previous conditions were too harsh, we will never accept it!" ”

"Why don't you understand?" Li Yongji said, "If you are tough to the end, when the weather is warm, we will definitely continue to fight, and I can't change this, and in order to ensure the safety of my soldiers, I can only continue to win, find a way to take down your Pittsburgh, or annihilate a few more of your main legions, is that really good for you?" ”

"Hmph, keep fighting. It is not certain who will kill the deer. Pu Anchen sneered, "If you continue to go deeper east, you will enter our hinterland, not only will your supply lines be greatly strengthened, but you will also be surrounded by us, even if you can fight again, you will not be able to defeat our million-strong army." ”

"Hmm." Li Yongji squinted, tapped his fingers on the table, and finally put away his smile, "I've already said this." Are you sure you want to continue to say no? Do you want to fight us to the end and stop thinking about it?

You know, you yourself can do it for the sake of dignity, but for your toughness, there may be a large number of American soldiers who will be caught in the flames of war, torn to pieces again by our powerful firepower, or captured by us...... Is this really what you want to see? ”

Anson Pu: "......"

Seeing that Pu Anchen began to be silent, Li Yongji nodded: "Very good." It seems that you still have some sanity and are not carried away by anger. ”

Immediately afterwards, Li Yongji continued: "Just like the country gave me a death order, your president must have given you a condition in advance. It is precisely because of the differences in the conditions between you and me that we need to negotiate and negotiate.

But what I need to say is that it is true that the negotiations can take a step back, but it must be equal in strength. Or if the battle is equal.

Nowadays, our army has won consecutive battles and its morale is flourishing. In such a situation, if you were me, would you give up the good situation and agree to the so-called concession treaty that you proposed?

In this world, if you are backward, you will be beaten, and a big fist is the truth. In the past, when China was weak and backward, we were bullied by you Westerners, and at that time, our government could only swallow its anger and pretend to be its grandson, and swallow all kinds of land reparations, and then in exchange for today's rise.

It's the same with you, you're clearly on the verge of extinction now, and now that I'm your leader, it's only right to think about how to win the war instead of continuing to dwell on the unexplored territories.

As I said before, don't take the territory too seriously, when you are strong and others are weak, you can naturally continue to expand, but if you are weak and can't keep your land, you will naturally have to give it up obediently. Otherwise, for the sake of a little land, someone will completely overturn it, and it will be more than worth the loss.

When it comes to the current negotiations, our conditions cannot be compromised, if you insist on fighting us, then you must lose in the end, and at that time, we can unite with other forces to defeat you completely, and then share the cake peacefully, and directly divide the territory west of the Mississippi River, the same is true.

So, if you can't keep those territories, why do you continue to struggle with me about ownership here? You can't keep it anyway! ”

"I see." Anchen sighed, "But, allow me to think about it again. ”

"It's okay, you can keep thinking about it." Li Yongji said with a smile, "But I want to remind you that once you think about it for a long time, when the freeze on the Ohio River is completely lifted and the ships can pass, I will continue to lead the troops eastward, and at that time, the conditions I am talking about now will be nullified, you have to think about it carefully!" ”

"I know." Pu Anchen nodded, "But, please give me a night to think about it, it's always okay, right?" Believe me, tomorrow morning, I will definitely give you a definite answer. ”

"Very well, I look forward to your reply." Li Yongji smiled and nodded, and then snapped his fingers, "Come on, send Mr. Special Envoy to the guest room to rest, and treat him well!" ”

When Pu Anchen and his party were guided by the ladies to the guest room to rest, Su Ho, who had been accompanying him before, but had never said a word, suddenly said in Chinese: "Your Majesty, why do you have to oppress him so much?" As you said, wouldn't it be better not to talk to them, continue to fight, and wait until the United States is completely defeated, and then talk about the conditions?

For example, the condition that the land west of the Mississippi River is ours is not bad, and it is much better than your previous condition, so why not insist on this condition with the Mississippi River as the boundary? ”

"You don't understand." Li Yongji smiled and shook his head, "The conditions I mentioned before, although there are many territories, they are actually all newly acquired land by the United States and have not been developed much. In other words, those lands were grabbed by the United States from Mexico, but they were only nominally owned, but in fact not many people occupied and developed them, and there were even many local Indians to deal with.

Because of this, the United States looks angry on the surface, but in fact it is not unacceptable to cede it, but if you take the Mississippi River as the boundary, it is different.

The Mississippi River Basin, the United States has developed quite well, there are a large number of Americans, if we ask for the west of the Mississippi River, directly bordering them, they will definitely react fiercely, and they will definitely not agree lightly.

Moreover, with our current colonial ability, we can't swallow so much land at once, and even if we can forcibly get the land west of the Mississippi River, we will not have an advantage by nature, and there will be a lot of troubles in the future.

In that case, why don't I eat the edible land first, and then slowly settle, while building the railway, I will find a way to develop the Panama Canal, and when the conditions are met, it will not be too late to continue to erode the land eastward. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yongji paused, and then continued: "Another point, if we continue to fight, the United States will indeed lose, but what about the result of failure? Have you thought about it? ”

"The United States has failed?" Soho thought for a moment, "It should be divided between us, right?" ”

"No, no, no, absolutely not." Li Yongji waved his hand, "If the United States is completely defeated, we will have to face the combined pressure of the British, the French, and the Confederate countries that swallowed up the United States. When the time comes, they will definitely not agree to us occupying so much land, and they will definitely come up with all kinds of reasons to refuse.

Moreover, once the United States collapses, it will be equivalent to the Southern Union States swallowing the North, and the United States is still a great power that straddles the North and the South, and it has not been divided, and in time, it will be a great threat.

On the contrary, if we reap the benefits at this time and withdraw our troops alone, then the United States will continue to fight against the Anglo-French forces and the Allied Powers, and without our involvement, it is difficult to say that with the current strength of the United States, it will be impossible to say that it will be completely defeated, but it will be relatively easy to maintain a balance between the North and the South and build a North and South America.

As long as the United States is divided into two countries, its strength will be greatly weakened, and after this war, they will inevitably become enemies, and they will have to guard against each other and maintain a strong army, which will consume each other's strength, and they will no longer have much energy to continue to engage in westward colonization.

In this way, in the days to come, the north and the south will continue to engage in confrontation, and I will slowly engage in immigration, and when the number of my immigrants reaches a certain scale and the construction of infrastructure reaches a certain level, it will be time to continue to encroach eastward, and such a encroachment policy is the safest way.

You have to eat the rice one bite at a time, and you can't be too greedy, if you want too much and too ruthlessly, it will not only cause others to be jealous, but also cause indigestion.

Besides, we have fought enough of this civil war so far, and it is not in our interests to continue to fight and completely destroy the United States of the North, and to obtain the greatest benefits. (To be continued......)