Tensions between Japan and Russia began to ease, and Tsar Nicholas II was the first to speak out that he loved peace and did not want the war in the Far East to continue. The Japanese emperor was quick to respond, saying that war would only bring disaster, and that continued war between Japan and Russia would cause even more harm.

Both Japan and Russia have the intention of negotiating peace, but the two sides will not be able to reach a negotiation agreement for a while and a half, after all, there is a great conflict of interests. The Russian Pacific Fleet was almost completely annihilated, and it also lost hundreds of thousands of troops in the Far East, invested a lot of money, and of course was unwilling to give up the occupied northern part of Korea, so it secretly proposed to the Japanese side to take the areas currently occupied by the two sides as the demarcation line.

The Japanese launched the war in order to compete for the interests of Northeast China, and after five years of fighting, they dragged down the domestic economy, not only failed to gain benefits in Northeast China, but also lost half of the Korean Peninsula under complete control. If we agree with the Russians, not only will it be impossible for the Japanese to steal chickens and rice, but they will no longer be able to touch the northeast, and the Korean Peninsula will not be able to hold on.

The interests of the two countries are too different, but both are ready to send delegations to negotiate peace, and Chen Hao's hope that the two countries will continue to fight is disappointed. After Chen Hao, who was stationed in Incheon, got the news, he decided to go to the Russian camp in Seoul to meet Kulopatkin and ask the Russians to immediately annihilate the Japanese Seventh Army stationed in Seoul.

Chen Hao was very jealous of the Japanese, and even if Japan and Russia negotiated peace, he hoped that Japan would suffer more heavy losses. After finding Kulopatkin, he said straight to the point: "Your Excellency Kulopatkin, your army has completed the outflanking of the Japanese Seventh Army, why hasn't it launched a general offensive yet?" ”

Kulopatkin said regretfully: "Commander Chen, His Majesty the Tsar of our country has sent someone to negotiate with the Japanese, and the Japanese have asked for a temporary truce in our country, and His Majesty has agreed to the request of the Japanese. ”

Kulopatkin is really sorry, he performed extremely poorly in the war in the northeast, and lost the battle again and again. After waving the division into North Korea. He failed to gain the upper hand with superior forces, and did not command even a classic battle. This time, he finally seized the opportunity to surround a Japanese army, and with the cooperation of Cam Ranh Bay, he completely cut off the Japanese retreat, but the tsar ordered him not to fight at this time.

The so-called one handsome man covers a hundred ugliness, if he can completely annihilate one Japanese army, Kulopatkin will become a hero. After the tsar ordered a postponement of the offensive. Kulopatkin was unwilling but helpless, he took the time to meet Chen Hao to see if there would be a turnaround.

Chen Hao was silent for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, I am very disappointed in your country, and now that I am negotiating peace with Japan, I cannot guarantee the interests of your country. The Japanese were very cunning, attacking Arthur before declaring war on your country at the beginning of the war, and now they are proposing peace probably to save the encircled Seventh Army. ”

"So the peace talks of the Japanese may be fake, they delay for a while, and once my Cam Ranh Bay fleet leaves, they will rely on naval superiority to go to war again. I know a certain amount about the Japanese nation. This is a nation that bullies the weak and fears the hard, and if your country can promote peace by fighting and annihilating the Japanese Seventh Army first, it will have an advantage at the negotiating table. ”

Kulopatkin's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he believed that he could impress the tsar with this statement, so that at least he could save some face for the tsar. The Russian commander quickly thought of what to do, and he smiled and said, "Commander Chen, I will send a telegram to His Majesty the Tsar to make suggestions." But I need your cooperation. ”

Chen Hao nodded dryly and said, "No problem!" I will send a telegram to the Tsar of your country and tell him that if your army does not go into action. I will announce the end of the cooperative relationship with your country and lead the fleet back to Cam Ranh Bay. ”

If Chen Hao led the Cam Ranh Bay fleet and left and no longer cooperated with the Russians, Japan would definitely not negotiate again. Without the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet to stop it, the Japanese navy had a great advantage over Russia, and the army could also gain the upper hand after it had supplies. At that time, the Japanese could have driven the Russians out of the Korean Peninsula. and even took over the interests of the Russians in Northeast China.

After receiving the telegrams from Kulopatkin and Chen Hao, the tsar agreed to Kulopatkin's request for an attack, taking into account the possible outcome of the departure of the Cam Ranh Bay fleet. At the same time, the tsar ordered the negotiators to take a tougher position, and it was better to suspend negotiations with the Japanese for the time being until the end of the battle of Seoul.

Five armies of the Tsarist Far Eastern Army moved towards Seoul at the same time. The Third Army from the north concentrated more than 200 artillery pieces and launched a fierce assault on Seoul. The rear route of the Japanese Seventh Army had been completely cut off, and the Seventh Army under the command of Nogi Noshinori put up a stubborn resistance relying on the city walls. Following the decisive battle at sea, the Japanese and Russian armies also began to fight, which was destined to be another lose-lose battle.

The Battle of Seoul lasted ten days, and the Japanese Seventh Army was completely annihilated, and the commander Nogi Noshinori committed suicide by disembowelment. The strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army made Kulopatkin feel uneasy, and the Russian side also paid a heavy price for the annihilation of the Seventh Army, and the casualties of the main attack of the Third Army were more than 40%.

Chen Hao said that it is not nonsense that the Japanese are bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and after Tsarist Russia annihilated the Japanese Seventh Army, the attitude of the Japanese negotiating delegation softened. After 20 days of negotiations, Japan and Russia finally reached an agreement, under which Japan recognized Russia's interests in Northeast China and was willing to cooperate with the Russians in Northern Korea, but the Russians were not allowed to interfere in Japan's commercial dealings in Northeast China.

The agreement seems to have suffered a great loss for the Japanese, recognizing some of Russia's interests in the North Korea, but in fact it is the Russians who should be worried. Although Japan could not replace Russia's interests in Tohoku, Japan had the opportunity to extend its tentacles into Tohoku, and if Russia went to war in Europe, the Japanese would again be at war with Russia in Tohoku.

Japan's domestic elite judged that such a deal would be reached in the event of a major war in Europe in the next few years. History has inertia in the game, and according to the original history, Japan and Russia signed the second "Russo-Japanese Agreement" in 1910, and joined forces to encroach on the interests of Northeast China. Chen Hao worked hard for a long time to change the history of the Russo-Japanese War, but in the end the two sides reached an agreement to jointly plunder the Northeast.

The Russo-Japanese War officially ended, and Chen Hao's planning for a long time was not in vain, and the five-year war greatly weakened the comprehensive national strength of Japan and Russia. Militarily, the Russian Pacific Fleet was finished, the Japanese Navy was almost wiped out in the first naval battle, and again suffered heavy losses after replenishing advanced warships. Nowadays, the naval strength of the Japanese is not as good as Cam Ranh Bay, and it is impossible to bully China with the navy.

The biggest problem for both countries is the economy, which has been exacerbated by the five-year war, the revolution in Russia continues, and Japan's economy would have collapsed long ago if it had not been for the massive wealth injected by players. In less than five or six years, Japan and Russia will not hope to recover, and in another year the Xinhai Revolution will break out, and then a relatively relaxed environment for development will be won. (To be continued......)