Negotiation has been a hard job since ancient times. Human beings are born to be creatures with difficult unified thoughts. In addition, conflicts of interests make it even more difficult to coordinate.
The Kirigakure kid thought that he had made all the truth clear and conveyed enough information that the Chinese would win, but what he got in return was the other party's shaking head.
Sister Wu is really impatient now. Time is life, and every minute and every second is precious. God knows whether she can block another 30,000 Cossack reinforcements that are coming. Maybe the next second of delay here will be the enemy's attack. The moment of crossing the border.
"Enough, enough! We can't waste any more time! I really can't understand why you are so stubborn! Isn't it natural to follow the winning side? Look into my eyes..." Sister Wu shouted.
"Our brothers and sisters have died every day in the Far East for the past nine years, and those Rakshasa ghosts are killing them all the time! Our pastures, forests, gold mines, farmland... have all become the enemy's possession! Have you forgotten the tragedy at the Qingdao Gold Mine?"
"You keep saying that you love the people as your own children, have you forgotten the people who were abandoned on the other side of the Ussuri River? You said that your conscience is still intact, you said that you still have a human heart, now tell me where is your human heart?"
Sister Wu finally angered Hunchun with a series of rhetorical questions, "That's enough! It doesn't mean that if you win, I will lose all my wealth and life!"
"Let me make my words clear! Even if your volunteer army wins in the end, I will not stop those 30,000 Cossacks... Don't treat us as cannon fodder!"
Hunchun said painfully, "The result is no longer important. As long as we go out, the process is destined to be miserable! Thirty thousand Cossacks may not be able to eat you, but they will definitely pour their anger on us... Do you want How many of us died? They are all my brothers, why should I die for you..."
The Kirigakure kid yelled angrily, "What does it mean to die for us? Emperor Tongzhi is on the sea. Haven't you received His Majesty's secret orders before? Are you fighting for us? You are loyal to you." His Majesty the Emperor fights!"
"Then bring the imperial edict!" Hunchun roared, tears welling up in his eyes. "It's okay if you want us to die! Get your majesty's imperial edict. As long as your majesty orders us to attack, what's the problem if a hundred thousand brothers in the White Mountains and Black Waters spill their blood here?" There are still some people like us in the Qing Dynasty who are not afraid of death!"
"Without Your Majesty's will, if others ask us to die... we will never!" Hunchun suddenly opened the door, and the dazzling sunlight from outside shone in. The guards in the courtyard were filled with tears in their eyes.
Hunchun pointed at them and burst into tears, "Master Kirigakure! They are not a string of numbers on your intelligence! They are not chess pieces on a chessboard that you can move at will! They are not cannon fodder that can be sacrificed at will!"
"Everyone here is born and raised by their parents! They have their own home, wife and children, and their own path for the rest of their lives! Living people, why would you take away their lives with just a word! They are my brother……"
"He is one of the few men in the Qing Dynasty who is loyal to the emperor and serves the country!"
"General..." The soldiers outside choked with sobs. They all heard the quarrel just now, and the veterans who had followed Hunchun for many years were moved to tears.
"Follow the general to the death! We will not listen to anyone except the general's orders!"
"Yes! Don't listen to anyone, just listen to the general..."
People roared crazily. It is not easy to meet a commander who loves his soldiers as much as his sons. People's hearts change with passion!
The Kirigakure kid looked at everything in front of him and sighed softly, "No wonder the Prime Minister has said it more than once before... China in the future will definitely be an era of warlords! Sometimes the reason why warlords become warlords is not necessarily all because of ambition. !”
Hunchun didn't hear clearly what the Kirigakure kid was saying. He was just venting his emotions. "Now I think of us! What did we do earlier... If you had sent us Mauser rifles before, the field steel cannons would still be there." There are all kinds of military supplies, and with this winter’s training, we are already a strong army!”
"You have good guns in your hands, brothers have military pay in their pockets, and some warm military rations in their bellies... If we can really achieve anything, why don't we sacrifice our lives for you once? At least we can still face the Cossacks at that time. Even if we can withstand it for a while, there won’t be such a disparity in strength!”
"But you didn't. Now you want us to use swords, spears, shotguns and firecrackers to fight against the Rakshasa ghosts? We are not fools. We will not die! If you want us to die, then bring out His Majesty's imperial edict. I, Hunchun, will be the first one. Die on the way to charge! Nothing else needs to be discussed..."
This closed the door to negotiations. Sister Wu frowned and said, "You have a beautiful idea. How many arms and weapons should we get from your army of 100,000 people?" By then it won’t be in vain that Manchu Qing will be so cheap!
As for Zaichun's imperial edict, it is not difficult, but there is no time! This Hunchun is destined to be eaten and we don’t have time!
After a fierce ideological struggle, the Kirigakure brat suddenly smiled, "The general is really angry. Sit down and talk slowly! I haven't drank any water for the past half day. I have to give him some hot tea, right?"
The atmosphere relaxed a little and Hunchun nodded to the guards. Naturally, someone went to bring hot tea. The three of them returned to the room and sat on chairs to catch their breath.
The Kirigakure kid organized his speech, "Sir General! You seem to have misunderstood me. When did I tell you to fight the Rakshasa ghost? There are many ways to deal with the enemy! Can I borrow your map?"
Hunchun and Lao Lin looked at each other and didn't know what kind of medicine this woman was selling in her gourd. They could only nod towards the map on the west wall.
The Kirigakure kid strode over, "General! Of course I know that the Cossacks are fierce and difficult to deal with, and fighting them head-on will naturally cause huge casualties! But I'm not asking you to fight the Cossacks. The target I want you to deal with is here..."
After speaking, he waved his hand and pointed directly at a city on the map, Qiqihar, the capital of Heilongjiang.
Hunchun and Lao Lin immediately jumped up from their chairs. "What do you mean?"
Sister Wu's eyes flashed and she gritted her molar teeth and said fiercely, "What do you mean? The meaning is obvious! Let's lead the troops north and surprise Qiqihar, which is where Te Pushin is stationed. We will seize Te Pushin and force him to order the closure of the Heilongjiang River. !”
"There are not many ferries that the Cossacks can choose. When the time comes, we will use explosives to break the ice, or simply lay cinders to destroy all the ferries that can be crossed by the enemy cavalry..."
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