"General, can you allow us to discuss it and give you an answer tomorrow?"
Fan Wencheng understood that what the Qing Dynasty needed most now was time. According to the other party's request, he could just excuse the lack of population and delay as much as possible. The longer the Ming army could be delayed, the more beneficial it would be to him.
"Okay, you can discuss it slowly! General, I'm not in a hurry!"
Zhu Youcong agreed to negotiate this time, in addition to getting back the people captured by the Tatars, there was another important reason; the consumption of the troops was too great, and he also needed time to prepare supplies. That's why he came up with such a way, neither allowing
The Tatars get enough rest and can lay the foundation for the next action.
The next day, the same place.
There was no change in the number of Tatars. Huang Taiji was not willing to come at first, but he thought of that little fat man from the Ming Dynasty and was afraid that something might happen to him, so he had to sit down at the negotiation table with a grimace and said nothing.
In addition to the three people from yesterday, the Ming Dynasty also had an additional imperial guard today. There was no way, Chongzhen, who had received the report yesterday, would follow him and join in the fun no matter what. Zhu Youcong threatened to resign and was acting playfully.
They had no choice but to agree to take him with him in disguise. Fortunately, the Tatars did not see Chongzhen's appearance clearly at first, and Hong Chengchou was not qualified to follow him, so no one paid attention to this thin-looking guy.
"How is it? Have you thought about it?" After yesterday's confrontation, Zhu Youcong didn't bother to tease others anymore and asked straight to the point.
"With the consent of our emperor, we promise to return all Ming people in our territory, 1.3 million!" Today, the representative of the Tatars is still Fan Wencheng. He does not want to continue to entangle anymore. He just wants to sign the agreement and go back to implement it as soon as possible.
own plan. "In addition, we will provide Ming Dynasty with 700,000 young and strong laborers within three years!"
"One million and three hundred thousand?" It seems that the Tatars have been struggling a lot over the years, and they actually have such a huge team of traitors?
"Yes, there are 260,000 Han Banners in our Qing Dynasty. Including their respective relatives, the total number is between 500,000!" Fan Wencheng explained patiently, and if he had anything to do with such an idiot, he would just say it.
It's better to be clearer.
"Okay! But I want you to ensure that these 1.3 million people are ordinary people of our Ming Dynasty. If there are any of your spies among them..."
"Guarantee, of course we can guarantee it!" Fan Wencheng nodded, but from the bottom of his heart he did not believe that the other party had the ability to identify one by one. Among the 1.3 million people, there must be at least tens of thousands of his own people.
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"I told you, don't be so anxious!" Of course Zhu Youcong knew that it was impossible to identify 1.3 million people, but this did not prevent him from threatening him. "If I discover a spy, this general will
Tear up the agreement immediately! As for the price, I made it very clear yesterday!"
"This..." Fan Wencheng was also in trouble. He didn't have to send spies, but who could guarantee that this shameless little fat man wouldn't randomly pull one out?
"Don't worry, this general will not frame you up randomly! If found, people from the same village must first identify him, and then be interrogated in detail before he is convicted! If you are willing, you can even send someone to participate in the entire interrogation process!" Zhu Youcong!
There is reason to believe that as long as these people live a good life, there will still be people who are willing to let them occasionally make guest appearances and cooperate.
"Okay!" Fan Wencheng was a bachelor, so he agreed immediately. Anyway, the purpose of the negotiation was to delay the negotiation, and the Ming Dynasty should not tear up the agreement before all the people were released.
"In addition, this time is too long!" Seeing that the other party had no objection, Zhu Youcong continued to make the second request. In three years, this will definitely not work. We don't have that much free time to play with you.
"That's what General means..." Of course Fan Wencheng knew that the Ming Dynasty would definitely not agree to delay for so long, but he said too little and had no room for maneuver...
"Three months!" Zhu Youcong stretched out his fat hand again. The Tatars looked at the three fat white fingers and wanted to take a bite.
"We can't do it!" Even Huang Taiji couldn't bear it this time. What can he do in three months? Not to mention developing any new firearms, it is not enough to restore the morale of his soldiers.
"General Mingjian!" Fan Wencheng explained quickly: "Although our Qing Dynasty has a small territory, the tribes are far apart. In three months, even our emperor's orders were not able to be conveyed to the most remote places."
"Then how long will it take you?" In fact, like the Tatars, Zhu Youcong was also testing the other party's bottom line. According to expectations, it would take more than half a year for him to prepare the supplies himself, plus resettle the newly returned people and clean up the behind.
Unstable factors may require more.
"Two years!" Negotiation, we have to negotiate! In Fan Wencheng's opinion, it only takes one year, and he can definitely come up with better weapons than the Ming army. You must know that we have talents on hand, you know
What do we call Xiyi people? Those are the foreign uncles who can walk sideways in future generations! With all their advanced technologies, are they still inferior to you, the backward Han people of the Ming Dynasty? We didn’t use them before. That’s not because we only rely on
The warriors of the Qing Dynasty have already overwhelmed you with their unparalleled cavalry and archery skills. Now with their help, surpassing you will not be a problem at all.
Fan Wencheng paid attention this time. The soldiers in black who were on guard around him were holding flintlock muskets. Although he didn't know whether it was reasonable or not, this kind of weapon only needs to be equipped with a fixed charge bag and Mini bullets.
, can create that kind of shooting effect. But what he didn't expect was that he would be fooled by Zhu Youcong again. Those guards were all pretending to be Guan Ningjun. The reason for doing this was to prevent the possible Tatars.
Traveler.
"No!" Zhu Youcong didn't care about the family's actual difficulties at all, and continued to pester him: "You must send the person back to the Ming Dynasty within half a year!"
"One year and eight months!"
"One year!"
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After a lot of war of words, the deadline for the Tatars to return all the people of the Ming Dynasty was finally set in May of the third year of Chongzhen. It was exactly one year and four months ago. It was also the first time in history that the Tatar army entered the fortress.
I've had enough time to return to Liaodong.
"In addition, we have another request!" After settling the issue of delaying time, Fan Wencheng still had one main goal that he failed to achieve.
"You Tatars have a lot of things to do, what else do you want?" Zhu Youcong was not prepared to implement the agreement anyway. As long as he deceived people back, all the provisions would be a piece of waste paper.
"We want to draw a military buffer zone with your country!" How can we develop with peace of mind if we don't put this rule to death? Although the military has promised not to engage in military operations, the things we are about to invent cannot be let go so easily.
They found out.
"Military buffer zone? What do you mean?" Zhu Youcong really pretended to be confused this time. He became more and more interested in the legendary number one traitor in the late Ming Dynasty in front of him. He could actually make this person confuse the future generations.
Something that only exists.
"That is, we and your country each set aside an area and guarantee not to station any troops there!" Fan Wencheng was afraid that the scoundrel in front of him would continue to interrupt, so he quickly continued: "In this way, there will be no threat behind us, and we can do better.
We will fulfill the agreement!" Everyone understands the meaning of this. You have to let us live in peace from behind first, so that we can fight tooth and nail for you in front to capture the slaves!
"Where is the location?" Zhu Youcong suddenly felt that this traitor was quite capable, and once he was reminded of the point, he was tempted. There was a military buffer zone, and many actions on his side were more convenient.
"With the small and large Ling River as the boundary, no soldiers from both sides are allowed to be stationed in its territory!" It seems that this little fat guy really has nothing to do with him other than cheating. "At the same time, in order to show our sincerity, Jinzhou City belongs to your Ming Dynasty.
All; Jin County and Yi County belong to our Qing Dynasty. Both sides can send military observers into these three cities to supervise each other!”….
"Do you think this is possible?" This time without Zhu Youcong's nonsense, Lu Xiangsheng jumped out on his own. Does this person really think that we are all idiots? Although you are asked to come up with this new set of things, it does not mean that it is
You can deceive people at will! "What if we ask for this military buffer zone to be located between the Taizi River and the Hun River, and then pretend to be generous and allow you to send a few people to stay in Liaoyang?" The battle has been defeated?
They have not forgotten to annex our territory of the Ming Dynasty. These Tatars are really ambitious!
"This..." Seeing that the main negotiating opponent has no objections, it shows that there is hope for this matter. They are only entangled in the choice of region, rather than refusing to establish this buffer zone. "What do you mean, sir?"
"Here!" Lu Xiangsheng drew a line on the map with his finger: "Take the Sancha River as the boundary, and follow the river for ten miles!"
"No!" Fan Wencheng is a highly educated elite of later generations. He knows what is in Anshan, so when he decided to develop new weapons, he had already discussed with Huang Taiji to locate the workshop there. The current area is too close to there.
, just these twenty miles of land plus that small river ditch, judging from the performance of this evil Ming army during this period, can't they rush over in the blink of an eye? Without timely warning, there is no way.
If corresponding countermeasures are taken, what is the purpose of setting this buffer?
"Then tell me, don't talk nonsense this time!" In fact, the conditions offered by the Tatars just now were very generous, enough for Zhu Youcong to achieve part of his strategic goals without spending a single soldier. But this little fat man
But he never knows how to give up when things are good. He is still thinking about getting more benefits.
Nonsense? Who is talking nonsense? No matter how good-tempered Fan Wencheng is, he can't bear it anymore. We must finish the conversation quickly; otherwise we will be so angry that we vomit blood and die. Now let these Ming soldiers who don't know the heights of the sky be proud for a while.
, when my Qing Dynasty regains its strength, we must personally catch this little fat man, and then think of ways to torture him!
After struggling from early morning until it was getting dark, the military buffer zone was finally demarcated. After compromise between the two sides, it was decided to demarcate the area between Shuangtaizi River and Daliao River. The Ming Dynasty could send no more than fifty troops.
The people's team received the returning people at Xining Fort; in exchange, the Tatars stationed thirty military observers at Shalingyi to prevent the Ming army from sneak attacks.
ps: The Ming Dynasty flintlock gun was invented by the firearms researcher Bi Maokang in 1635, which is slightly ahead of schedule. He mainly improved the firing device, and did not make major adjustments in structure and performance. It is different from the previous birds.