Wang Yan and Wu Peifu are sitting on the sofa drinking tea in an office in the Shenyang Government Affairs Center Building, which is Wang Yan's office in the Government Affairs Center Building.

Wu Peifu picked up the teacup on the coffee table and took a sip gently, then put the teacup on the coffee table again, hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Wang, our principal's illness is fine, right?" ”

Wang Yan shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal, it just needs to be recuperated, and there will be nothing to do after a while." Of course, Wang Yan couldn't reveal that Lin Daxin ran to another time and space, so he could only continue to say that Lin Daxin was sick and needed to recuperate according to the agreement with Ding Xueshan's four daughters.

Wu Peifu didn't ask any more, but he felt a little strange in his heart, even if he was seriously ill, he could be visited, and he didn't know why everyone was blocked by the 4 ladies, and now there were some rumors in Shenyang City, but they were immediately controlled by the people of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Secret Bureau.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the office, and Wang Yan raised his voice slightly and said, "Come in!" ”

Wang Yan's secretary walked in and said, "Sir, the French minister to the Qing Dynasty, Bi Sheng, has asked to see you. ”

When Wang Yan and Wu Peifu heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and the two of them had smiles on their faces, it seems that the effect of the armistice agreement signed by Germany, Italy and Austria has come out, and the remaining countries are in a hurry.

Sure enough, when the French minister to the Qing Dynasty, Bi Sheng, met Wang Yan and Wu Peifu, the first thing he said was: "In addition to our French willingness to return the French Concession in Shanghai to you, our French Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia can also give you, but in terms of the amount of war reparations, we hope to get concessions from you." ”

Bi Sheng was also in a very unhappy mood. A telegram had been sent from France, agreeing to cede all the colonies in Asia. In exchange for France's withdrawal from the quagmire of this war, in which France really lost too much.

The smiles on Wang Yan and Wu Peifu's faces were even better. Even the French can't stand it, and now the Dingbei Army has not completely occupied Vietnam and Laos, and Cambodia has not yet been attacked by the Dingbei Army, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the three colonies of the French are no longer playful, and with the offensive of the Dingbei Army and the situation of the French colonial army, it is already a sure thing to be occupied.

Immediately afterwards, the U.S. Minister to the Qing Dynasty, Fednar, also hurriedly came to Wang Yan to negotiate separately and sign an armistice agreement.

Soon Wang Yan: They reached an agreement with France and the United States. France's French concession in Shanghai will be owned by Lin Daxin, and at the same time, France ceded Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to Lin Daxin, and France will compensate 8 million pounds in compensation. Money doesn't matter, after all, he's not bad for money.

Wang Yan's armistice agreement with the United States was even more lenient, not only did they not have territorial claims, but the amount of compensation was directly reduced to 500,000 pounds. If it weren't for Lin Daxin's large number of industries in the United States, the armistice agreement signed with the United States would never have been so lenient.

In the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Arthur? Belfort found the British War Secretary Henry Wiley, the Admiral Fisher, and the Foreign Minister Marquess Lansdowne.

Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour said with a bitter face: "Our British minister to the Qing Dynasty, Ogna, has a telegram. Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary had already signed an armistice with Lin Daxin alone, followed by France and the United States. ”

The other 3 people looked at each other. I couldn't help but sigh, and the powerful eight-nation alliance fell apart. It seems that Britain will not be able to hold on either.

Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour said: "I am going to ask Ogener to also consult with Lin Daxin's negotiators, if it is not too much, and we in England are also ready to withdraw from this war, alas--what do you think?" ”

It's all like this, what else can you say? Hurry up and sign it, it's a terrible war.

Soon after, even the British minister to the Qing Dynasty, Ogna, came to Wang Yan and them with a gloomy face, and began to negotiate the terms of the British armistice, and finally according to Lin Daxin's bottom line, the concessions of Hong Kong and Shanghai, Malaysia, Singapore, Penang and Malacca, these areas were given to Lin Daxin, and the British compensated 10 million pounds, which allowed the British to finally get out of the quagmire of this war, and they did not have to worry about their India being attacked by the Dingbei Army.

After the armistice agreement was signed, the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army would do their best to release the captured warships, and the three countries would not have to think about it, and they would not return the money to them.

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II received that six of the countries of the Eight-Power Alliance had signed an armistice. ”

Tsar Nicholas II gritted his teeth and said: "These countries do not have a good thing, they are betraying Russia, without the support of these countries, how can we Russia resist the attack of the Dingbei Army?" Ally? Bullshit allies! ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty the Tsar, what should we do now?" If we persist, the Dingbei Army will definitely continue to attack this area west of the Ob River and east of the Ural Mountains, although we have gathered 1.5 million troops in this area, but in the face of the planes of the Dingbei Army, we are really not sure to hold this area, if this place is lost again, the Dingbei Army can cross the Ural Mountains and attack our Russian European region, then our Russian trouble will be big, so Your Majesty the Tsar, do we also let our negotiators work hard, I'd rather give Lin Daxin all the land I'm losing now than get out of this war. ”

Tsar Nicholas II was speechless for a long time after hearing this, and then sighed and said: "That's nearly 10 million square kilometers of land!" Just gave Lin Daxin like this, almost half of our Russian territory. ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte listened to Nicholas II's tone a little relieved, so he said: "The land that has been lost is vast in size. But they are all poor areas, vast and sparsely populated. Even if we lose it, we will not shake the foundation of our Russia, and the European region of our Russia is where our essence lies. As long as we keep the European region, we in Russia will always have a day to turn the foundation. ”

Tsar Nicholas II smiled bitterly and said: "Then send a telegram to the Russian Minister in the Qing Dynasty, Melkoshakin!" ”

Melkoshakin soon received a telegram from Russia, and after reading it, his face was gloomy, and even His Majesty the Tsar could not stand it, this time Russia had suffered a great loss.

Russia, the only two remaining members of the Eight-Nation Alliance, which did not sign an armistice, also signed the armistice, west of the Ob River and east of the Ural Mountains. After all, the Dingbei Army has occupied nearly 10 million square kilometers of land in Russia, and some of them are busy digesting these territories, which is also the lowest bottom line set by Lin Daxin at the beginning.

Moreover, in this area west of the Ob River and east of the Ural Mountains, because the railway bridge over the Ob River was blown up, the Dingbei Army had to attack from the direction of Kazakhstan if it wanted to attack. However, there is no railway in Kazakhstan, and the transportation of materials is very difficult, so it can only be transported by airship, so that until now, the Dingbei Army is only on the border between Kazakhstan and the above-mentioned regions. Hoarded forces and did not attack.

Now that the Russians have relented, they are willing to formally cede the occupied nearly 10 million square kilometers of land to Lin Daxin. That just allowed the Dingbei Army to draw troops to solve an old enemy.

So the Russian armistice agreement stipulated. The entire Siberian region east of the Ob River, as well as the entire Kazakhstan region east of the Urals. Including Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, these regions, with a total area of about 9.89 million square kilometers, were all given to Lin Daxin, and Russia paid 5 million pounds in war reparations, and the Russian captured officers and soldiers of the sea and land will be released one after another after the agreement is signed.

Shotaro Komura, the last remaining Japanese minister to the Qing Dynasty in the Eight-Nation Alliance, sent telegrams to Japan one after another, asking what Japan should do. One by one, the other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance have signed armistice agreements, and Japan is up to itself.

In the imperial palace in Tokyo, Japan, Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang said to Emperor Meiji with a gloomy face: "Your Majesty the Emperor, our Japanese Minister to the Qing Dynasty sent a telegram from Komura Shoutaro, and the Russians also relented and signed an armistice agreement, and now the other seven countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance have signed an armistice agreement, what should we do in Japan?" ”

yes, what should Japan do? Emperor Meiji looked entangled, in fact, he had ordered Komura Shoutaro to negotiate with Lin Daxin's negotiators alone, but the result was very frustrating, the negotiation originally proposed that Japan cede Hokkaido Island, Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island, compensation of 100 million pounds for war reparations, Japan must also control the size of its army and the displacement of naval warships, Wang Yan and Wu Peifu They have not changed, compared to the armistice agreements of the other 7 countries, it is obvious that they are just going to clean up Japan.

Emperor Meiji was not surprised, after all, the grievances between the two sides were too deep, and he knew that Lin Daxin would not let go of the Japanese Empire lightly this time.

If the negotiation conditions are not changed, they are all arranged by Lin Daxin, Wang Yan and Wu Peifu and they cannot change it, Japan's provocation of Lin Daxin is really repeated again and again, even people with a good temper can't stand it, not to mention that Lin Daxin is not a good temper in the first place, this time he is ready to let Japan enjoy it, and he takes special care of Japan as a country.

At this time, there were also Japanese Minister of War Katsura Taro and the commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Togo Heihachiro, in the imperial palace, and the expressions of the two people were also very gloomy.

Emperor Meiji's voice was a little hoarse, this was on fire, "Ahem, what do you say we should do?" Do you really want to agree to Lin Daxin's request? I will never agree to this, with the signing of such an armistice treaty, our Great Japanese Empire will never be able to turn over, what do you think? ”

Japanese Minister of War Katsura Taro gritted his teeth at this time and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, now there is no choice, only a desperate battle, now our army's new 30 divisions have been formed, of which 10 divisions are only equipped with single-shot rifles, although the newly formed divisions are less combative, but they are also 600,000 troops, plus our original 37 standing divisions, as well as more than 1 million self-defense forces that have been armed, we are not without a chance to resist the attack of the Dingbei Army, In addition, the Self-Defense Forces are still expanding, and we will expand more in the near future, and the minister does not agree to sign such an armistice treaty. ”

The commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Heihachiro Togo, also said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, there is no other way for us in the Great Japanese Empire than to fight to the end!" At present, the relocation of factories and citizens in coastal cities is very smooth, even if the Northeast Navy bombards our coastal cities, our losses will be minimized. ”

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang sighed and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, it seems that there is no choice but to make up your mind, and the 50 million subjects of our Great Japanese Empire will definitely stand with His Majesty and tide over this difficulty." ”

Emperor Meiji coughed, and said with a gloomy face: "Then let Komura Shotaro leave Shenyang and return to Beijing City!" Whether our Great Japanese Empire survives or destroys it next depends on the monarchs. ”

At the Shenyang Government Affairs Center building, Wang Yan said to Wu Peifu: "Now that the seven countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance have signed an armistice agreement, only small Japan remains, and now that the Japanese minister to the Qing Dynasty, Komura Shotaro, has left Shenyang, Japan will not agree to our request." ”

Wu Peifu sneered and said: "This time we must not let go of Little Japan, since the Japanese do not agree, then we will take it ourselves, a part of the Dingbei Army in Russia is retreating, and we will start to prepare to land on the Japanese mainland in the next step." ”

Wang Yan nodded and said: "The marshal said that this time we must ruthlessly clean up Little Japan, and you must formulate a detailed battle plan for the General Staff of the Northern Army, leaving an unforgettable memory for our old enemy." ”

Not only has the Dingbei Army begun to mobilize troops to prepare for landing on the Japanese mainland, but even the Northeast Navy has begun to mobilize warships to prepare to cooperate with the Dingbei Army and carry out artillery bombardments on Japan's coastal cities. (To be continued......)