1958: surrender
Gaisen is the only person who can freely communicate between Shiyanshan defense line and the military camp of the Tiger Dynasty. He is responsible for communicating the negotiation conditions between the two sides. After each negotiation, Shuangwen will revise his negotiation conditions based on the results of the last negotiation. On some things or can compromise, but on other things, he does not want to make concessions. Both sides express their attitudes, and then in the next negotiation, it will be quite targeted to speed up the pace of negotiations as much as possible.
But this work was an extremely tormenting thing for Gaisen, because the Grand Duke of Venetian had retreated again and again from the first line of principle that he insisted on, but it was still far from the demands of the Ming people.
The Mingren's attitude became increasingly tougher, and Geisen could clearly feel this, and the most important thing was that the Venetian Grand Duke, who had been obscured with all sources of intelligence, had no idea what the external situation was at the moment, and could only judge the current form based on the Mingren's attitude.
Even if you guess, you can guess the situation outside is becoming more and more beneficial to the Ming people. On the contrary, for them, it is becoming more and more serious.
When Gaisen stepped into the main fort of Shiyanshan defense line again, his translator Miss Fan waited at the city gate as usual. Seeing the smile on Miss Fan's face, Gaisen couldn't help but tentatively tentatively.
"Ms. Fan is so happy today. Is there any happy event?"
Miss Fan looked at him with a smile, "It's good news for us, but it's bad news for you."
Gaisen's heart sank, "What's wrong?"
"Major event." Miss Fan looked at him and said with some gloating pleasure: "The news from Manila has come. Your Majesty the King of the Tiger Dynasty has passed away due to illness. The remaining king's personal army trapped in Ancheng, Manila, has surrendered to our Ming Dynasty under the leadership of General Thompson."
Just like the top of the five thunder, Gaisen's face suddenly turned pale. He might have thought that the king in Manila would encounter a failure, but this failure may be like the dilemma that the Grand Duke of Venice is suffering now. Although he has lost all the rules of progress and retreat, he still has a try. As long as he makes up his mind, he can still fight the enemy to the death.
The reason why the Grand Duke of Venice gritted his teeth and did not let go was that he knew that the Ming people were unwilling to fight a war of attrition with them, which was both defeated and both sides? The Ming people were already victorious and were naturally unwilling to pay a heavy price. For the army of the Tiger Dynasty, it was only worse, and there was no worst. If they were forced into a hurry, they would scatter. They were already in a way out and had no way to enter the earth.
But Gaisen really did not expect that the king's personal army in Mani** land would encounter such a painful failure, and even His Majesty the King was not spared.
The complete failure of Manila means that the confidence of the Grand Duke of Venice's negotiations has weakened several points.
After seeing Lei Wei, Gaisen asked straight to the point: "Sir, is our King, really gone?"
Lei Wei looked at Miss Fan beside Gaisen with a smile. Miss Fan immediately lowered her head and her face turned red.
"No," Lei Wei nodded and said, "You should have seen those airships this morning, right? They are from Manila, the war in Manila has ended, His Majesty Dansi died of illness, and all the Tiger Dynasty troops in Manila have surrendered to us. Mr. Gaisen, our Emperor, is now rushing to Pattaya from Yangang."
Gaisen nodded first, and suddenly realized: "Why did His Majesty the Emperor of Your Country come from Yangang?"
Lei Wei smiled: "Because Grand Duke Mattus's negotiations with us were very smooth. He had signed a peace agreement with us and was received by our Majesty. The war in Yangang has been completely over. Now, there is only Pattaya left. Mr. Gaisen, let me tell you that our navy, air force, and army are all meeting in Pattaya. There is not much time left for you."
"Mateus has signed the peace agreement?" Gaisen murmured.
"It's not just a peace agreement. I think at this time, Grand Duke Mattus's army has already set sail and returned to China?" Lei Wei smiled treacherously, "The only ones who went back with him were not only his 30,000 troops, more than fifty warships, but also our huge caravan of the Ming Dynasty."
Gaisen fought a cold war with excitement, said nothing, turned around and walked out.
"Mr. Gaisen, you have not left the documents for our negotiations tomorrow!" behind him, Lei Wei shouted.
"We need to re-examine and propose new negotiation conditions." Gaisen flew toward the outside, shouting loudly as he ran.
Lei Wei looked at Miss Fan with great joy: "Fan Tongyi, I'll send the guests to me."
Gaisen almost panicked and crashed into the tent of Venice's Grand Duke Stenson. At this time, Wang Lingbo was carefully tying a silver needle for Stenson. Stenson, who was naked, was like a hedgehog. Seeing Gaisen breaking in, Wang Lingbo frowned.
"Grand Duke, we don't have much time left." Before Stenson could scold him, Gaisen blurted out his words.
"What does it mean?" Stenson asked coldly.
"Grand Duke." Gaisen swallowed and said with some difficulty: "I just got the news that Mattus had reached an agreement with the Ming people and signed a peace agreement. He, he had led his army back for several days. Those who returned with him were his 30,000 troops and more than fifty warships."
Stenson's face lost all blood in an instant, and the silver needles pierced on his body were ejaculated one by one with the sound of the bolus, making Wang Lingbo busy and confused.
"You're dead!" he shouted loudly.
Stenson didn't seem to hear Wang Lingbo roaring in annoyance, and reached out to grab Gaisen in front of him, "Is this the exact news, or is it a fake news that the other party used to trick us into cheating?"
Gaisen blushed: "Grand Duke, their emperor is coming here soon. Moreover, His Majesty Dancy has passed away due to illness after being trapped in Ancheng, Manila. Grand Duke Thompson has surrendered to the Ming people with the remaining troops. The airship we saw this morning came from Manila."
Stensen's body leaned back softly, and blood was oozing out of the places where the needle was inserted. Wang Lingbo opened his medical box and took out the same medicine from the inside. Sometimes he poured some into Stensen's mouth, and sometimes applied some ointment-like things on Stensen's body.
"You really want to die." Wang Lingbo said angrily: "It's not a big deal if you die, don't ruin my reputation."
Looking at Wang Lingbo with an anxious look on his face, Stenson sighed: "I will not die if I am done. If I die, not only will my subordinates be disappointed, but your emperor will be disappointed too. Gaisen, go and ask everyone to come to the tent. As you said, there is not much time left for us."
In the next two days, the negotiations between the two sides did not continue, and the generals under the Grand Duke of Venice were already panicked. Although the news was still tightly covered and not allowed to be known to ordinary officers and soldiers, the news will sooner or later be leaked. In order to oppress them, the Ming people would inevitably use various means to announce the news.
Dancy's death basically means that the sword hanging on the heads of the Tiger Dynasty's enfeoffment officials were gone, and Mattus's return added a scoop of water to the already boiling oil pan. Everyone had basically seen a falling apart Tiger Dynasty.
Over the years, in order to unify the Western Continent, the Tiger Dynasty has killed countless people, destroyed many city-states, and killed many nobles, but has the resistance power been killed completely? Once it is known that Danxi will be killed, the entire royal army will be destroyed, and I am afraid that all the places will immediately rebel.
If so, Stenson was not worried that the troops left in his territory were enough to deal with the resistance of those who had suffered heavy blows, but Mattus would be different.
Stenson was almost certain that the first landing point of Mattus' return this time would not be within his territory, but in Venice.
Apart from fearing Dance, the only one that could make him afraid was Stenson. After he went back first, he would not cause trouble in Stenson's territory. It would be really strange. When he thought that the relatives who remained in the territory were very likely to be poisoned by Matteus, Stenson could no longer sit still.
"Your Majesty, now as you wish, your request has been met." On the basis of the agreement, he signed his name heavily, and Stenson looked at the young emperor of the Ming Empire whom he met for the first time.
"From the beginning of your decision to fight the Eastern Expedition, today's ending was already destined." Qin Feng smiled and put his name on the contract, stamped with the seal of the Ming Dynasty. "There is a proverb in the east that when friends come, there will be fine wine, and when enemies come, there will be hunting rifles. If you plant the cause of today, you will surely get the fruit of tomorrow."
Stenson sighed, "Your Majesty, what kind of Western Continent do you want to see?"
"The Ming Dynasty believed that a Western Continent with many city-states and different countries was the most in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty." Qin Feng said: "We can get along with the Principality of Munich, the Principality of Venice, and any other Principality, but we can't get along with a unified Tiger Dynasty. Dagong, I think you understand what I mean."
"Did Your Majesty want to command your warships and troops to set foot on the Western Continent after you have solved your biggest enemy?" Stenson asked in pain.
"In this case, Mattus also asked, and my answer was, no. Instead of sending troops to fight you for life and death, I would rather send merchant ships to do business with you." Qin Feng replied with a smile: "So, although Grand Duke Stenson is relieved, we have no plans to conquer the Western Continent, and there is no now, and there will be no future."
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Chapter completed!