"What did you say? These Qing people want to negotiate?"

Hu Qiang was having a meal when he suddenly heard the report from the commander of the forward team, Captain Ma, and he couldn't believe his ears.

Since His Royal Highness’s Northern Expedition to the present, although the Qing people have been failing on the battlefield, they have never heard of anyone coming out for negotiations.

What's going on now? I've known that they're setting sun, but I don't have to play like this, right?

"This is a true matter. We were digging trenches last night, but suddenly several torches were lit on the city tower, and then the people shouted and then shot a letter from the city wall."

Captain Ma took out the letter from his arms. Because there was no letter written on it, he and his subordinates opened it. After seeing the seal on it, he quickly sent it to him.

It was indeed the jade seal stamped by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and this was not a trivial matter.

"What do you think of these people? Could it be that they really don't want to fight?"

Judging from this letter, it is all about causing trouble to the people, and the war has brought huge losses to society. Therefore, based on the principle of considering the people, they are preparing to engage in a ceasefire negotiation with the Ming Dynasty.

"I don't think it's possible. I've heard these two days that the Qing people carried out robberies in the city again and again, and they were all the troops they retreated from outside the city. If it was really for the sake of the people, they would ban their actions first. This is what they should do. The reason why they gave this letter to us is probably some tricks."

Captain Ma said disdainfully.

Because his men are all closest to the capital, they know a little about the news inside. Although the city gate is closed now, there are always some people who can know the situation in the city.

"Bizhi thinks Captain Ma is right. We cannot relax now. We must encircle the entire capital."

Zhao Fangzheng, the head of the Ministry of War who just arrived to transport food and grass, also had the same idea.

"Then let's divide it into two forms. Lord Zhao is more familiar with the literal Zhang Cheng negotiations than us, so he entrusted it to Lord Zhao. This general is in charge of the central army's tent, and you surround the capital as quickly as possible."

Hu Qiang is also a clean and neat person. Hu Qiang didn't believe this letter from the Qing people at all.

But I also want to see what the Qing people were doing. As long as the entire capital was blocked, no matter what the Qing people had, they had nothing to be afraid of here.

If you want to break through, you have to see if your steel knife is powerful enough.

Now the west and south sides of the capital have been surrounded by groups, and the east side is about to be encircled. Only the north side of the capital is not easy to defend.

After all, there are mountains in the north of the capital. If you want to block the Qing people, you have to block more than a dozen passages into the mountains. Therefore, this is also an extremely difficult task for the Allies.

When he besieged the capital, Hu Qiang knew that the Yanshan Mountains north of the capital were extremely defensive. Although the roads were not very spacious, there were many roads entering the mountain.

So it is not easy to block the north of the capital, but Hu Qiang believes that it is okay to block them with the strong combat power of our army, but the effort it took was a little more.

"The officials are willing to take responsibility, but I hope the general can give a charter for this negotiation."

All the troops are big and rude. If they charge forward, they can do it.

But if we talk about the reform of writing, none of the people present is suitable. Fortunately, a literati came, otherwise he would have to wait to send someone from the rear.

"What's there to say about this? No matter what conditions they put forward, we only have these conditions here. One is to let them hand over those traitors, such as Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, and the other is to let them put down their weapons and surrender out of the city. We can ensure their personal safety, and there is nothing else."

Hu Qiang said disdainfully, how could a defeated general have a chance to negotiate? On the battlefield, we have beaten you so hard that you can't raise your head. Could it be that after you reach the negotiating table, you have the chance to raise your head?

According to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the truth is always within the range of the cannon, and our cannons have been set up.

If you are not afraid of damaging the capital, whoever has the ability to negotiate with you here may have to launch a siege tomorrow.

"The subordinates understand, but if these people continue to delay, maybe they are trying to win time for retreat. For example, now they are not ready and just talk nonsense to us during negotiations every day. What should we do if we do this?"

This guy Zhao Fangzheng has a mysterious mind and soon thought of this.

Although he has been working in the Ministry of War for a long time, then again, as the negotiator on the front line, he said that he had to consider more things, after all, this was related to the army of more than 100,000!

Moreover, there were tens of thousands of troops rushing here behind. In order to be able to take down the capital, the court could be said to have put in a lot of effort.

"This is indeed a difficult question. Do you have any ideas? Didn't our prince say that? The three cobblers can beat Zhuge Liang. Although we don't have Zhuge Liang here, the cobblers have such a tent."

Hu Qiang's words made everyone laugh. If the other party really did this, it would be very difficult. The negotiation process must be promoted jointly by both parties.

If someone keeps delaying, can we still hold the knife around their necks?

"There is a way for the humble post. Now that they are surrounded, the food and water sources in the city will definitely become less and less. If we can't hold on for long, we can also put pressure on them on the other hand. For example, if we find that they are procrastinating, we can threaten by force and tell them that we must pay the expenses of our army every day, otherwise we will not have the time to negotiate with them. As for how much money it is, it is the general's business."

Commander Ma is a good-looking guy. He used to be a small vendor in the countryside. Later, he couldn't make it anymore, so he joined the army. He worked in Ma Shiying's army first, and later he was incorporated by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His mind is really very lively...
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