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"Hand over your weapons, and we'll send someone to escort you to Guangzhou." After receiving an order from the brigade headquarters, the battalion commander of the 5th Battalion of the 2nd Brigade of the Xinhua Army personally rushed to the defensive line north of Nanxiong. The Qing army would send ministers to negotiate, which made the Xinhua army a little confused. However, Brigadier General Zhao Mingfu, commander of the 5th Brigade, still planned to hand over this matter to the high-level Xinhua State in Guangzhou, and he only needed to take charge of the defense of northern Guangdong. Soon, after the training of the recruits is completed, the Xinhua army will begin a counteroffensive. When the time comes, he will be responsible for the counteroffensive on the northern front.

"What? You want to collect our weapons? This official is the minister of the Qing Dynasty, not a prisoner! The Minister of Military Aircraft, Cézanne Abru, was furious. Originally, he spent a day in the wilderness, which made him very annoyed. Now the Xinhua army is still trying to confiscate their weapons, which is simply too much deception!

"Our brigade commander said that if you are not willing to hand over your weapons, then please go back." The commander of the 2nd Battalion said coldly. What about the ministers? Even if he is a big official on the Manchu side, can he still manage the Xinhua Army? The officers of the Xinhua Army will not take them seriously. After the Xinhua army reached the city of Beijing, the Manchurian emperor was pulled down from the dragon chair and the king of Xinhua became the emperor.

"Presumptuous! You are so presumptuous, I will definitely tell your generals about it. Sezanne said angrily. If he hadn't returned the same way before he arrived in Guangzhou, Emperor Daoguang would definitely be dissatisfied with him. Once there is no chance to win, he still wants to be a great official in the Manchu Dynasty. That's basically impossible. Among the ministers of military aircraft, Saishan'a originally had the least qualifications, and if this peace talks were unfavorable. Someone will definitely get the handle. Although, he also knew that this time the peace talks would not be so easy. However, he hoped that his efforts could be seen by Emperor Daoguang, and in this way, he could be regarded as having an explanation.

"Whatever you want!" The commander of the 2nd Battalion was unmoved by the threat of Seshana. He believes. The Xinhua Army would not punish the officers of the Xinhua Army for the sake of the face of a Manchu minister. Besides, he was carrying out the orders of Brigadier General Cho Myung-boo, commander of the 5th Brigade.

"You ......," Cezanne suddenly didn't know what to say. If it was placed in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was afraid that he would have ordered the unruly little officer in front of him to be pulled out and cut down. And there is no culpability. However, the other party is an officer of the Xinhua Army, which is different again. If he dares to act rashly, he knows it. Those Xinhua soldiers will definitely shoot him. The Xinhua army can be defeated even by foreigners. Naturally, they will not be taken into account by these high-ranking officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Saizanne didn't want to go back like this, and in the end, there was only compromise.

"Humph! Come, give them your weapons. Sezanne said coldly.

It was only after the Qing army surrendered all their weapons that they were allowed to clear the customs. After the group arrived in Shaoguan, Saishan'a originally wanted to visit the generals of the Xinhua Army in Shaoguan in the name of the minister, but he was politely refused. Brigadier General Cho Myung-fu, commander of the 5th Brigade. But he didn't have the heart to come to see them, but he sent a cavalry platoon of the cavalry company of the brigade headquarters. Escort Saishana and his party to Guangzhou. This made Cezanne very dissatisfied, nominally an escort, but in fact it was simply surveillance. He was the Minister of Military Aircraft of the Manchu Dynasty, and no one had ever dared to do this to him.

"These damn Han dogs, after the army of the imperial court destroys you, this official must let you survive and die!" Saishana secretly swore in his heart that he thought that his trip to Guangzhou was completely self-inflicted.

It was a full 200 kilometers from the burning to Guangzhou, and even at the very least, it took the group two days to arrive. After passing Shaoguan, Saishan'a didn't seem to be in a hurry, and stopped and stopped along the way, as if he wanted to spy on the reality of the Xinhua Army. When he saw that many of the houses were empty, a smile appeared on his face.

"It seems that these Xinhua troops are not popular, and those ordinary people have fled. When the army of the Qing Dynasty is together, the common people will definitely welcome it. When the time comes, it will be interesting to see if these Xinhua troops can be so arrogant. With this thought, Cézanne felt much more comfortable, as if the insults he had received along the way were insignificant.

On December 6, the Manchu Qing Minister, the Minister of Military Aircraft, Saishan'a, and his entourage arrived in Guangzhou. It's just that on the Xinhua side, only one minor official of the Guangdong Provincial Government in charge of foreign affairs greeted him at the city gate, which made Saishana very dissatisfied. Anyway, he is also a member of the first rank of the dynasty, the highest official of Xinhuaguo in Guangdong, so he should come to greet him. But now, only one petty official was sent to send him away, which deepened Saishan'a's dissatisfaction with Xinhuaguo.

Then, something that made Cezanne even more dissatisfied happened again. Xinhuaguo just arranged them in an ordinary hostel. Although the house price is very clean, it has nothing to do with luxury at all, and Cezanne thinks that he has been despised by Xinhua Kingdom, which makes him feel very faceless, so he is even more angry.

"Wait a minute, who is your highest official here, let him come to me! I have come to negotiate with you on behalf of the Imperial Court. Sezanne stopped the official of Xinhuaguo, looking arrogant. Such a petty official was not looked at by him at all.

If this petty official had been an official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Guangdong in the past, I am afraid that he would have already been frightened. However, this petty official was transferred to Guangdong from Nanyang, so he didn't take Cezanne in his eyes at all.

"The highest official? At present, the highest administrative official in Guangdong is the provincial governor, and the highest military official is the chief of the general staff. The official of Xinhuaguo replied. With his qualifications, he didn't know that Long Yufei, the king of the new Chinese kingdom, and the foreign minister were both in Guangzhou.

"Then call me your provincial governor and the chief of the general staff, and I will talk to them properly!" Sezanne commanded.

"I'm sorry, I'll pass on your request to the provincial government. However, the Governor and the Chief of the General Staff are very busy, and I don't know if I have time to see you. The official of Xinhuaguo replied.

"What? I'm the minister, and I'm here to negotiate with you. Your highest officials didn't come to see me? It just doesn't make sense! Sezanne said angrily. This is completely unreasonable, even in the Opium War, when the Manchu ministers were negotiating with the British, they were never treated so rudely.

"My lord, as far as I know, our Xinhua Kingdom did not ask to negotiate with you, and you took the initiative to find everything yourself. So, let's wait until our chief has time to see you! The official of Xinhuaguo left the hostel directly after dropping this sentence, ignoring Saishan's dissatisfaction.

"Bastard, it's just too deceitful!" Sezanne said angrily. The Qing soldiers who came with him also glared angrily at the backs of the departing officials of the Xinhua Kingdom. If the eyes can kill, then it is estimated that the officials of Xinhua Kingdom have been broken into thousands of pieces by them.

However, when Saizanne calmed down and thought about it, what the officials of Xinhua said was also very correct. The so-called peace talks were nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of the Manchu government, and the Xinhua side did not express such demands. It is no wonder that Xinhua is not very enthusiastic about negotiations. This also made Cezana feel that the chances of success in this negotiation would be very low. As soon as he thought of this, Cezanne was very annoyed, for why this errand would be handed over to him, it was completely impossible to negotiate successfully. When I return to Beijing, I will definitely be punished.

It takes time for the Manchu government to mobilize a large army, and one of the functions of Saishan'a's negotiations this time is to confuse the Xinhua side and buy time for the Manchus to assemble a large army. lest the new state attack other provinces and cause the Manchus to suffer greater losses. What the Manchu government did not know was that the new China would also need time. The newly recruited soldiers of the 20 infantry brigades are undergoing intense training. It is not so easy to train a peasant who has just laid down his hoe to become a qualified soldier, and it will take at least three months in terms of time. And that's just to equip them with basic combat qualities. You have to go through the test of the battlefield before you can truly become an iron-blooded soldier.

"Your Majesty, the minister sent by the Manchu Qing has been placed in the hostel. However, looking at the other party's appearance, it seems that we have neglected them. Is it necessary for us to make peace with the Manchus? Foreign Minister Lin Zihao asked. As the high-ranking officials of the Xinhua Kingdom, they all knew that the next goal of the Xinhua Kingdom was to overthrow the Manchus. The peaceful coexistence of the new state and the Manchu Qing was basically impossible.

"Hmph, do those guys think that if we just give us a little sweetness, we will give up Guangdong? They are simply wishful thinking! Long Yufei said coldly. The Manchu government regarded Xinhua as Britain, thinking that if it gave a little compensation and then paid a certain benefit, Xinhua would be satisfied. However, Xinhua's ambition is not limited to this, and Xinhua will not rest until it overthrows the Manchus and replaces them as the rulers of China.

"Your Majesty, I see that the Manchu government is just trying to stall for time. According to the information we have received, the Manchus are mobilizing large armies to make it difficult to advance. In addition to the green battalions in several provinces around Guangdong, there were 200,000 troops in the south, and in addition to the 150,000 green battalions, there were also 30,000 Mongolian cavalry and 20,000 eight-banner iron cavalry. They sent the ministers just to paralyze us. Lieutenant General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, said. (To be continued......)