Chapter 118: Verbal War
In this land war against the Japanese, the regular army of the empire did not touch the army at all, and naturally had no right to speak, so this negotiation will be dominated by the Chinese leader, assisted by the imperial navy, which is still because the imperial navy was attacked, and it can barely be regarded as an exhibitor.
Although Fang Xiaoyu was reluctant to let go of the Japanese state in this way, the situation forced him, and now he didn't want to give Xiahou Ying an impression that it was difficult to control, so he had to order the troops in Hanping to suspend the attack, surround the surrounded Japanese soldiers without fighting, and at the same time send troops to monitor the movements of the Japanese army in Busan.
The governments of the Wa State, the Saar Empire and the Nantes Empire were all relieved to see that the Chinese army had stopped advancing, although they were tough on the surface but still empty in their hearts, after all, the Wa State was vulnerable, and the Saar Empire and the Nantes Empire were too far away from the Eastern Continent.
After the armistice between the two sides, the representatives of the three countries arrived at Port Arthur by boat, but here they were told that the venue of the negotiations had been changed to Tongjiang Province. Fang Xiaoyu is holding back the fire in his belly and has nowhere to vent, since he has the emperor above him, he can't go too far, but the legs of these negotiators are also good.
Despite the objections to Fang Xiaoyu's arrogant attitude, the representatives of the three countries still got on the train to Tongjiangfu City with the representatives of the Imperial Navy. Seeing the train like a steel monster, like all people who see a train for the first time, the representatives of the Three Kingdoms were really shocked.
The big guy who made a snorting sound and rolled his eyes was indeed terrifying, and the delegates had never seen such a strange machine before, and they were all stunned when they learned that such a machine could travel three hundred miles a day and pull more than a thousand wagons.
The representative of the Saar Empire had a more active mind, and he immediately discovered the importance of the train to the development of industry, and after getting off the train, he began to contact the officials of the Chinese Territory in private, hoping to buy this technique, but the reception officials of the Chinese Empire were vague, saying that he could not call the shots and had to report it.
The next morning, the representatives of the three countries were invited to the conference hall of the Lord's Palace. The representative of the Chinese Leader of the Lanfang Empire was Fang Xiaoyu himself, and on the naval side was Xiahou Min's nephew, Rear Admiral Xiahou Qian, deputy chief of general staff of the Second Fleet.
Kazuo Asai, the leader of the Japanese delegation, wanted to scare Fang Xiaoyu when he saw that he was so young, but he jumped up at the beginning of the negotiation, slapped a draft of his own negotiation in front of Fang Xiaoyu and shouted: "Your attack on our navy and army for no reason has caused great losses to our country, and I ask you to immediately withdraw from the army surrounding Xinyili and compensate us for all our losses, otherwise our country will give you the necessary punishment." ”
Xiahou Qian on the side was filled with righteous indignation when he heard it, it was obvious that the Japanese State had not declared war, but they reversed black and white when they attacked the imperial navy. Xiahou Qian just wanted to say something about the case, but was stopped by Fang Xiaoyu with a wave of his hand.
Fang Xiaoyu listened to Kazuo Asai's words and stood up directly, threw the negotiation draft he slapped on the table directly into the other party's face and said: "My time is very precious, I don't have time to play with you, give you ten days to find a non-brainless person to negotiate with me, if you don't change people after ten days, the peace will be nullified." ”
After speaking, Fang Xiaoyu pushed away the chair and turned around and walked out the door. Xiahou Qian and the accompanying officials saw that the main negotiators had all gotten up and left, and they all packed up their things and went with them. Kazuo Asai threatened behind them: "Don't forget that there are powerful fleets of the three countries in the open sea, and you are responsible for your actions. ”
Fang Xiaoyu snorted and turned his head and said: "The guy who hates the fox and the tiger the most, don't think that you can show off your power with a few broken warships, don't say that those warships are not from your country, even if it is the young master, I have dozens of ways to sink them, and you want to threaten me?" Next life. After speaking, Fang Xiaoyu left without looking back.
Fang Xiaoyu had already seen through the weak nature of these people, and knew that they would not dare to fight a full-scale war with the Lanfang Empire at all. Therefore, although Fang Xiaoyu was also a little afraid of the fleets of the two countries in the outer sea, he dared to brag and scare each other like this, and these representatives of the two countries who were obviously weak-minded were also in vain, but they did not dare to let their own fleets verify the authenticity of Fang Xiaoyu's words.
Kazuo Asai was stunned and didn't know what to do, and the representative of the Saar Empire glanced at Kazuo Asai like a retarded and thought: "How can the empire support such a bad country, it is necessary for me to report these things to the country, so that the country can reconsider its policy towards the Eastern Continent." ”
Walking out of the conference hall, Xiahou Qian said with a respectful face: "Lord Fang is really bold, it is really pleasant to not give them face like this." Fang Xiaoyu said with a gloomy face: "General Xiahou is polite, any bloody person will do this, I think if I don't say so, General Xiahou will be the same." Xiahou Qian smiled, but did not affirm or deny.
Taking two steps, Fang Xiaoyu said in a low voice: "This matter is not over yet, if you want to bully me, you have to pay enough price." After speaking, Fang Xiaoyu said to Elena: "Go and tell Feng Shichang to send a speedboat to Lin Chunyang to summon him, let him destroy the Japanese army in Xinyi within ten days, and let Xiao Jun's artillery division take a boat to reinforce them, the shells can be used casually, remember that it doesn't matter if the place is broken, but the Japanese army must be destroyed in ten days, and I don't want to see too many casualties." ”
After listening to Fang Xiaoyu's words, Xiahou Qian was a spirit, and secretly warned himself in his heart not to be an enemy of Fang Xiaoyu in the future, this kid was simply a madman, and he dared to start a war without authorization during the armistice negotiation.
Seeing that Fang Xiaoyu didn't seem to be joking, Xiahou Qian still reminded kindly: "Lord Fang, it's a truce now, it's not good to do this." ”
Fang Xiaoyu rolled his eyes and said, "I was entrusted by the king of Hanping to suppress bandits in the territory of Hanping, and I have a relationship with the Japanese and Mao. Xiahou Qian was directly speechless, if this person was too shameless, he would be invincible.
Ten days later, after mediation between the two countries and the Japanese government, Kazuo Asai was directly dismissed from his post, and the delegation was presided over by Deputy Head of the delegation Shigeasa Okuma's position as acting head of the delegation. When they sat down in the conference hall again, the arrogance of the Japanese delegation had diminished considerably.
Okuma Shigeasa first saluted Fang Xiaoyu and said: "This military operation is completely decided by some people in the military, our government did not know in advance, the war between the two sides is completely misunderstood, I hope your country will forgive me." "This time, Okuma Shigechao actually said that it was a misunderstanding as soon as he came up, and it would be an insult to everyone's IQ, but what countries want is face, and no one at the general war negotiation table will debunk it.
Fang Xiaoyu has never participated in diplomatic activities, and has always been dismissive of the face of these negotiating tables. The corners of his mouth twitched, and his eyes stared at the opposite Okuma Shigechao and he was about to sneer at him. After the last negotiation, Okuma Shigemasa already knew that Fang Xiaoyu was a bold person, and he dared to smash the other party's documents in the face of others at the negotiation table.
Seeing that Fang Xiaoyu was about to speak, he knew that things were going to be bad, and the scheming Okuma Shigechao hurriedly spoke up again: "Although our king and government did not know in advance, our country is willing to admit that the sneak attack on the Lanfang Empire was the first, we hope to resolve this incident peacefully, and in order to show our sincerity, we will compensate the Imperial Navy with 10 million Lanfang coins." I also hope that your country will end the military confrontation in Hanpyeong and allow our troops in Sinuiri to withdraw to the port of Busan. ”
Seeing that Okuma Shigechao had the intention of admitting his mistakes, Fang Xiaoyu didn't care about those small things, but he waved his hand behind him and said: "No need, our army has conquered Xinyili two days ago, and Youpeng in Shan County has surrendered to our army on behalf of the Japanese army in Xinyili, and we will treat them as prisoners of war." ”
Okuma Shigeasa was shocked and said, "How can you take military action without authorization during the armistice, this is an act of breaking the treaty. Fang Xiaoyu looked at Okuma Shigechao with a smile and said: "How can this be called a breach of contract, my Lanfang Empire is the suzerainty of the Hanping Kingdom, and I have the obligation to help the Hanping Kingdom maintain domestic stability." This time, we were only entrusted by His Royal Highness Li Xi, the king of Hanping, to clean up the bandits in his country, how can we say that we have taken military action without authorization? ”
Seeing Okuma's vigorous and somewhat trembling body, Fang Xiaoyu leaned back in his chair for a long time and continued: "Besides, have you ever declared war on the Lanfang Empire?" Has war ever been declared against the Han Ping Kingdom? Since there is no declaration of war, how can there be a truce. I'm already polite to treat them as prisoners of war, and if you want me to treat them like bandits. ”
Okuma Shigemasa was stunned, and there was a reason why the Wa Kingdom had not declared war on the Lanfang Empire. The first is that the two countries are not in a state of war if they do not declare war on the Lanfang Empire because of the suddenness and concealment of the navy's sneak attack, and the other reason is that if they do not declare war on the Lanfang Empire, the two countries will not be in a state of war.
If you are not in a state of war, if your country is defeated, you don't have to pay too much, you just need to find a substitute for the dead ghost, but I didn't expect this to be caught by Fang Xiaoyu. Indeed, there was no hostilities without a declaration of war, and in Hanping, the government could identify the bandits at will, and they deserved to be exterminated.
Okuma Shigeasa Zhilu said that his side was not reasonable, and he could not please him if he continued to speak, so he could only put aside the surrender of the troops in Xinyi and said: "In this case, we will not pursue it anymore, I just hope that you can return to China with our troops in Busan Port." ”
Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "It's not busy, we still lack a negotiator." Okuma Shigeasa was stunned: "What negotiator? Fang Xiaoyu slapped his palms twice, and walked in by himself. Fang Xiaoyu introduced: "This is Jin Chengyong, the new field marshal of Han Pingguo, and he will participate in this negotiation on behalf of Han Pingguo. ”
Seeing Jin Chengyong coming in, the representative of the Saar Empire immediately knew that things were going to be bad, and if Han Pingguo was also added, the price paid by the Wa State would be even more severe, and he immediately stood up and protested: "This is an armistice negotiation between the Lanfang Empire and the Wa State, and he is not qualified to participate." ”
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