Chapter 168: Negotiation and the Recovery of Stay Bay
Liening is now very excited, the revolution in the country is in good shape, more and more people are joining the revolution, as long as they are given a little more time to conquer St. Petersburg, the Romanov dynasty will soon be over. But he was soon struck by the fact that the rotten government was the first to sue Huaxia for peace, and Huaxia agreed to negotiate.
"Don't worry, chief, it's just an armistice negotiation, it will take a long time, enough for us to break through St. Petersburg and overthrow the rotten Romanov autocracy, then we will be the masters of the country, and the negotiations will naturally stop!"
"You don't understand, that madman can do anything, let alone say that some cold and barren land is more important or the regime is important, I'm afraid that the negotiations will not last long. Huaxia's move should also be a warning to us, after all, we did not inform Huaxia in advance of the revolution, and even more did not use Huaxia's weapons early as agreed upon, I hope Huaxia will not turn against us because of these two! Lie Ning thought that this was Huaxia putting pressure and warning on them.
"Chief, we have now obtained part of the arsenal, we can produce weapons and ammunition by ourselves, and we no longer need the support of Huaxia's weapons, and isn't there still Germany supporting us?"
"The weapons we produce ourselves are much more backward than those of the Chinese people, and many of the weapons need to be imported, such as artillery and that kind of tank. In addition, we have not been recognized by any country now, and Huaxia is our breakthrough. As for Germany, which could not be trusted more than China, a country that was no less aggressive than that madman, would one day attack our country in a big way, unless we withdrew from the Entente. ”
Liening sent people to contact the Huaxia government, hoping to repair the relationship, and also readjusted the country again, excluding more troops from attacking St. Petersburg.
In the imperial capital of China, the Russian ambassador to Japan, Ku Pengdaqi, arrived in the imperial capital, and he first went to visit the ambassadors of the two countries to China, and then led the ambassadors to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China non-stop.
Wu Yanfang, Tang Shaoyi and others did not greet the Tsarist Russian ambassador, but went straight to the point, and several documents were quickly put in front of the Tsarist Russian ambassador.
"My country's requirements are all in it, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask questions on the spot, and we will answer them one by one!"
Tsarist Russia first proposed armistice negotiations, and China has always been on the dominant side, of course, it is qualified to put forward its own request for an armistice, as for whether Tsarist Russia accepts it, then another matter.
The Russian ambassador Kupendazi and the British ambassadors were both carefully looking at the requirements given by the Chinese government, and the more they looked at them, the more frowning they became, and Kupendazi's face was full of anger.
"Dear Minister Wu, these conditions are too harsh, my country has not surrendered, how can we admit to surrender to Huaxia? These wars were all provoked by you in China at the beginning, why were we the first to start the war? It is absolutely impossible to cede the whole of Asia to you! Kupendazi was also furious, these conditions were too harsh.
Wu Yanfang shook his head and said, "Hmph, if you hadn't interfered in our country's internal struggle and sent the army into Outer Mongolia, we would have sent troops?" Is there any difference between you and defeat now, and are you still capable of sending troops to the Far East? When the Manchus were forced to sign those unequal treaties and invaded more than 1.5 million yuan of China's territory, why didn't they say harsh? Even if you don't admit it, we will soon occupy these places, and even cross Asia to attack your hinterland on a large scale! ”
"Hey, Minister Wu, that's land equivalent to the total area of your country, in other words, you won't cede as much land as Fusang to Fusang, don't you, everyone negotiate well!" The British ambassador said suddenly.
Wu Yanfang stood up solemnly and said: "Please don't insult my country, my country is not the current Tsarist Russia, and Fusang is not qualified to let my country cede territory, please correct your words!" ”
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, it's just an example, and I don't mean to insult your country!" The British ambassador hastened to apologize.
Kupundazi put aside the question of territory for a while and continued to ask: "I even want our country to compensate for the war losses and return the unequal funds delivered by the Manchus before, and to recognize that the entire Sakhalin Island belongs to your country!" This ......"
"When the empire was founded, it had publicly announced that it would abolish all the unequal treaties signed by the Manchus, and the United States even indirectly invested all the money from the Manchu reparations into the students sent by the empire, and the same was true for Germany!"
After reading all the requirements, even the ambassadors of the two countries felt that these conditions were too ridiculous, but they were also very helpless, and now it was Tsarist Russia asking for a truce in China, not China asking for Tsarist Russia, of course, it was opened by the lion.
Since it was a negotiation, then there was room for negotiation, and the two sides engaged in a war of words over these conditions, and it was obvious that Huaxia, which occupied the home field and various advantages, overwhelmed the representatives of Tsarist Russia.
In the end, although China made concessions, it was unacceptable to the representatives of Tsarist Russia, who demanded a moratorium, and they needed to send these conditions back home.
In St. Petersburg, Russia, Nicholas II was silent after receiving the telegram from Kupendazi, no matter which request was very important to them, even if Huaxia had already given in as long as it ceded the place east of the first line of Somsk. As for asking Tsarist Russia to admit its mistakes, it is okay, but surrender is impossible, after all, they have not yet been truly defeated, and only in view of the domestic situation they have to propose an armistice.
"Let's continue talking, Huaxia will have to pay a price if they want to get these places, demand that they not be allowed to support the Red Party, make a statement against the Red Party, and sign a non-aggression pact between the two sides for 20 years. Remember that the bottom line this time is to temporarily recognize the actual occupation of the area east of Somsk by the Chinese, the war reparations are impossible, and the Manchu reparations are impossible to return, and the Sakhalin and Vladivostok are to be returned to them, and let them go and rob the Fuso. ”
Nicholas II's voice was very hoarse, Huaxia took advantage of the fire to rob him a long time ago, but he didn't expect it to be such a big appetite, even if he was willing to give the entire Asian territory Huaxia, Yingfa and other countries would not agree, it can be said that most European countries except Germany would not agree.
The ministers at the bottom were also unwilling to exchange the territory of the Far East for a temporary truce in the name of cession, which was a loss of power and humiliation of the country, and the Manchu government in China was so close to it, so when Nicholas II said that he temporarily recognized the actual control of China there, he obtained a unanimous understanding.
It is also true that as Nicholas II said, the ambassadors of Britain and Germany have always asked China to lower their conditions in negotiations, and this is the case that once China's territory borders Europe, China can throw troops into Europe on a large scale, which will be a huge blow to the Entente Lai said.
The next day, the Chinese Imperial Daily published the news that China and Tsarist Russia had entered the armistice negotiation stage, and the specific content was not detailed, but it still hinted that the territory of the empire would increase a lot, and the empire was expected to become the largest country in the world by then.
After all, no one would have imagined that Huaxia, which everyone was not optimistic about at the beginning, would become the final winner, and fools know that Tsarist Russia will definitely pay a huge price this time, and it depends on the result.
There was no representative of Germany in this negotiation, and everyone thought that China had a disagreement on this matter, and the Entente was even more energetic to pull China into the water.
When the Russian ambassador negotiated with Huaxia, the Chinese army in Duwan spent a few days clearing most of the mines, the warships entered the inner harbor and attacked frantically, the Fusang army lacking ammunition was overwhelmed and could not raise its head, and the Chinese army in the south also sang all the way, and the central and southern parts of Duwan were all occupied.
Just when the Fusang army was about to carry it to the end, Sun Cannon's motley army began to move, first suddenly turning against the Fusang army that was resisting the attack of the central Chinese army, and the Fusang army was quickly defeated by the Chinese army. In the end, in the battle of the port, he turned against and captured a large number of high-ranking members of the Fuso army, and even the governor was almost captured by Sun Cannon's army.
Because of Sun Cannon's defection, the Fusang army was defeated, and the Chinese army broke through the blockade of the port and entered the port to start logging, and then quickly converged with Sun Cannon to take the north in one fell swoop. Less than 5,000 of the Fuso army fled into the eastern mountains, including the governor and other high-ranking Fuso officials stationed in the bay.
Sakuma Zuo Matthew and others led people into the eastern mountains and forests were also helpless, he didn't expect that Sun Dacang and others, who had a deep blood feud with the Huaxia government, would actually help the Huaxia army and caught him off guard. In fact, he also knew that even without Sun Cannon's defection, his army would not be able to hold out for long under the condition that he lacked anything.
After escaping into the mountains and forests, Sakuma Zuomathei and others soon couldn't hold on, nearly 5,000 people couldn't even meet food and clothing, and people kept starving to death and cold death, just a week they couldn't stand it and ran out and surrendered.
With the surrender of the last army of the Fusang army, Duwan was completely recovered, and Duwan, which had been ruled by Fusang for nine years, finally returned to the embrace of China.
There is still an important matter to deal with after the recovery of Duwan, that is, the problem of Sun Dacang and others. In the end, under the joint decision of the cabinet and Qin Yu, Sun Dapao and others were pardoned for the establishment of a government in Duwan and allowed them to live freely in the empire as ordinary people, but they were still deprived of their right to participate in imperial politics.
There was no dissatisfaction with the decisions of the empire, and those who were once in the revolutionary government, which is now the Minguo Party, praised the tolerance of the imperial government, and Qin Yu also took the opportunity to consolidate his power.
"Good news! The Fuso army surrendered, and the empire recovered Duwan! ”
"Good news! Good news! The Empire has regained Stay Bay! ”
The news of the recovery of Duwan was also published in the Imperial Daily for the first time, and for a time the attention of Duwan was higher than the negotiation with Tsarist Russia, because the cession of Duwan to Fusang was a scar in the hearts of the Chinese people.