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Section 59: Proposal (Part 2)

The negotiations were still used by Deng Ming's long table, and the members of the stolen goods who were concerned about the harvest were also allowed to listen. Deng Ming not only allowed representatives of various businesses to be present, but also left a chair for Yuan Xiang's envoy.

Almost while Deng Ming questioned, Yuan Zongdi slapped the table angrily and scolded: "You are already at the end of your journey, and you have a shameless face to say that you are a peace talk. You dare to propose so many clauses. Is it a bad thing to bully us?"

Last time, Wang Mingde came to negotiate peace when he was desperate. This time he acted like this again. Yuan Zongdi was not angry, and the enemy army that was about to die would dare to make requests. If Wang Mingde had dared to speak to him like this last time, the head would have been on the flagpole.

But the problem is that this time it was a peace talk with Deng Ming instead of Yuan Zongdi. When Wang Mingde saw Yuan Zongdi, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly added another one: "Admiral, there are still some people in Yuan Gong's hands. I hope to allow the coupons of the coupons of the coupons... No, release the coupons."

"I forgot if you don't say it. You used an expired coupon last time. What should I say?" Deng Ming didn't take it seriously if the coupon was expired. When Yuan Zongdi told him about this, Deng Ming laughed and regarded it as a joke. But now Wang Mingde dared to ask for a price everywhere. Deng Ming asked again about the old account: "And you haven't answered my question yet, why should I agree to your request?"

"Because the last general still has a 70,000 army." Wang Mingde replied calmly. Whether he used expired coupons last time was not the point. As long as he had so many chips in his hand, he would not worry about Deng Ming not writing off the previous account: "Since Admiral Deng said that, I can make up for the debt this time, right?"

When he mentioned that there were more than 60,000 auxiliary soldiers, Wang Mingde noticed that several "Ming Army officers" on the other side of the table could not help but show joy. Therefore, he is even more confident when negotiating. He has long since thrown away any uneasiness when he first entered the Ming Army camp.

"The army that will soon be out of food." Yuan Zongdi said disdainfully.

Deng Ming had just noticed that the boss of the spoils and dividing association who participated in the negotiation seemed to be a little dragged. Although these people had been in business for two years, they had never participated in such a large-scale business, and they had no chance to participate in military and national affairs so deeply, so it was reasonable that their reaction was not very good. However, Deng Ming knew that with the establishment of the Imperial Parliament, the members of the parliament would have to take on more responsibilities. Someone had to help Deng Ming share the matter in Chengdu. Moreover, what he established was not a traditional small government, and there were many idle things. If the parliamentarians and local officials could not grow up quickly, either Deng Ming was exhausted or the government's functions failed.

"Duke Jingguo said it well." Deng Ming tried his best to attract the attention of the other party to himself. He said coldly: "Just just now, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi has broken through. Now there is a panic in your camp, right? When the food is cut off, you will not even have the capital to negotiate peace, so you can only surrender."

"Maybe in three days, the 70,000 troops of the last general will no longer exist, but it is still a force that cannot be humiliated now." Wang Mingde discussed the negotiation strategy with Hu Wenke and others for a night last night, and was still completely unafraid after hearing Deng Ming's threat: "There are still five thousand elite soldiers waiting for the battle in the camp. They were full yesterday and today, as long as the last general gave an order..."

"So what, can you still break through?" Yuan Zongdi sneered, his face full of contempt.

"No, they will set fire to the camp with one order." Wang Mingde still looked confident.

"Do you burn your own camp?" Yuan Zongdi asked in surprise.

"Of course, otherwise, if the military camp of Jingguo Gong believed it was, will your army's camp be burned for us?" Hu Wenke continued on the side: "Armorless soldiers were locked in the camp by us. We locked the door and set fire. Not many people could escape. Even if we could take out the barracks, we could not escape the camp. The camp was full of our elite soldiers. After this fire, Admiral Deng felt that there were still a few people who could survive?"

Hu Wenke has been watching coldly since the negotiations began. He noticed that several Ming army representatives were nervous when they heard that the armorless soldiers might be in danger. Although Deng Ming still had a calm expression, his subordinates undoubtedly revealed Deng Ming's trump card. When he heard that Deng Ming was willing to use five auxiliary soldiers to combine a cow, Wang Mingde and others suspected that in Deng Ming's eyes, the value of auxiliary soldiers was not as low as that of the Qing army. Now Hu Wenke is more confident about this.

Although the person who spoke was Deng Ming, Hu Wenke kept staring at the faces of the Ming army representatives beside him, and saw their uneasy expressions.

"You actually want to slaughter your own people?" Deng Ming sneered: "Aren't you afraid of my revenge?"

"Why should the admiral take revenge on the last general?" Wang Mingde asked back: "These are all officers and soldiers. No, they are all Qing soldiers. The duo general burned more than 60,000 Qing troops to death. Admiral Deng is the admiral of the Yangtze River of the Ming Dynasty. The duo general should be considered to be a meritorious or not?"

Deng Ming snorted softly. Of course, he and Wang Mingde both understood that if the Qing generals really dared to do this, it would mean a breakup.

"Deputy General Wang said that he still has many release coupons that the admiral just gave. The reason why the admiral's piece is useful is that Admiral Deng always has a word of everything," Wang Mingde analyzed calmly: "The general did not kill the soldiers of the noble army. Even if he burned tens of thousands of Qing troops to death, the admiral would not break his promise for them and would not let Deputy General Wang use the release coupon to redeem us, right?"

"General Wang, you are a general at least, after all," Deng Ming noticed that the members of the spoils and dividing club who were attending the auditor began to twist their bodies slightly uneasy. He understood how frustrated Zhou Peigong was when he brought Zhang Changgeng's two confidants to negotiate with him. He had to slow down: "How to use such a gangster method?"

"What is a gangster?" Wang Mingde asked in confusion.

"Well, I'm speechless." Deng Ming then realized that the other party had probably not heard of this word. This was a social scoundrel in the late Qing Dynasty in Tianjin. When he could not defeat others, he often relied on self-harm to deter opponents, cut off his own ears, or the extreme, even took off one arm to put the oil pan under the oil pan.

"I did promise General Wang Xincheng that five auxiliary soldiers would arrive at a cow, but the situation was urgent at that time, and I was eager to reach an agreement, which was incomparable to the current situation. Besides, I did not count all the prisoners, only half of them were six thousand people."

"But at that time, Deputy General Wang had no chance to surround the armorless troops and set fire. He could catch 6,000 without helping Admiral Deng. The situation here is different now. We can definitely burn 60,000 Qing troops with one fire." After Wang Mingde pointed out this, he also decided to retreat a little: "If Admiral Deng feels that our plan is inappropriate, then I wonder what Admiral Deng's plan is?"

Deng Ming pondered for a moment: "I won't capture you. I will admit that you broke through on your own in the future. Your armor and weapons can be taken away. I will return the personal soldiers captured by Duke Jingguo. In addition, I will give you two thousand life-effective release coupons, and in the future I will lend you ships that are enough to transport armor. We will not attack each other within fifteen days of breaking up. This is all I am willing to take out - if you disagree, I will send you back to the camp to set fire, but the work that the 60,000 Qing army will only be done by you in the future."

Wang Mingde, Hu Wenke and the Manchu governor exchanged glances, and finally Wang Mingde slapped his thigh: "The deal is settled!"

"Let's go, there is another thing. I need you to stay in Zhong County for a month, and then grab the boat and break back," Deng Ming suddenly realized that if these Qing soldiers were sent back in a hurry, it would be an obstacle for him to loot the military camps around Chongqing, at least increasing the risk of the Ming army's operations: "I can provide the food for this month, so I can ensure that I can eat enough, but I don't think about how good I eat; if you want to add vegetables, we can settle it with silver or my release coupon."

Seeing that Wang Mingde was still hesitant, Deng Ming added: "The governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi led his troops to break through. You cut off the rear. It is not appropriate for you to go back earlier than the governor?"

"Can the Admiral let us discuss it?" The Manchu governor who had not spoken suddenly spoke.

"Of course." Deng Ming ordered the three peace representatives to be taken to another tent for them to discuss, and also asked the guards they brought to stay guard outside to prove that the Ming army had no intention of eavesdropping.

"The Governor is in danger." As soon as he entered the door, the Manchu governor shouted: "Chongqing is in danger!"

Deng Ming did not allow them to leave immediately, which only means that Deng Ming had the intention to continue attacking Chongqing. Li Guoying threw away his armor and ran into the mountain, while Wang Mingde's five thousand armor and Li Guoying's equipment were all thrown here. Maybe when the Ming army arrived at the city of Chongqing by boat, Li Guoying had not yet returned, and even if he went back, he would not have used armor.

"Yes, Master Duke is very insightful." Wang Mingde's brow frowned into the character Sichuan. Deng Ming's intentions were fully exposed, and Chongqing could be regarded as at risk.

"Fortunately, we realized Admiral Deng's intentions and still have time to remedy it." Hu Wenke knew very well what Wang Mingde and the Manchu governor were worried about, so he immediately came up with a plan he had a sudden idea.

...

"Admiral, we requested an additional clause, that is, whether you have captured Chongqing within this month, we must let us break through. If you have taken Chongqing, you have to send a boat to send us back to Baoning, and we must not attack us before we enter the safe area. Even if it exceeds fifteen days, we must not violate the river water..." Hu Wenke's plan was unanimously agreed by two accomplices. If Li Guoying was eliminated by Deng Ming and Chongqing was taken by Deng Ming, then they certainly need more non-aggression time: "If you even took Baoning, you have to send us to Hanzhong; the time was extended to one and a half months..."
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