In early February, part of the 7th Army of the Tang Empire landed in the southern part of Shu and captured a small fishing village only 11 kilometers away from Qingluan Port.
The situation in Shu has become very critical. The Qin army has been retreating steadily. Some people have even begun to consider the option of abandoning Shu and withdrawing troops to consolidate the border.
The state of Qin was in mourning all over the country, everyone's faces were full of sorrow, and the atmosphere of the meeting became strange. Almost everyone sighed, and few people raised any opinions.
There is indeed no good solution. The Qin State has tried all its efforts, and now all that is left is to wait.
Ying Duo sat on his chair and looked at Prime Minister Ying Ke in the office. Both of them saw the embarrassment on each other's faces.
"Tell me, what are the conditions offered by the Tang Empire?" Ying Duo also knew that the Tang Empire would not let Qin go easily. He just wanted to know an answer.
Prime Minister Ying Ke spoke with some anxiety, because he knew that His Majesty the Emperor would be furious with Tang's conditions. However, he still had to answer Ying Duo's question, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "The conditions given by the Tang people are very harsh.
It can even be said to be completely insincere.”
"There is nothing sincere or insincere. Tang Mo is indeed sure of victory. There is no need to be sincere. Just say it directly."
"Unconditionally surrender, punish the generals and ministers who started the war... execute Liu Zhian, Your Majesty... go to Chang'an." Ying Ke replied truthfully.
The first unconditional surrender was equivalent to letting the Qin State merge into the Tang Dynasty. But this clause already made Yingduo furious.
After hearing the following conditions and asking Ying Duo to go to Chang'an, His Majesty the Emperor of Qin instantly cursed: "He's a bastard! Tang Mo is a bastard! He's still my son-in-law! Son-in-law! When the two countries get married, this is how he treats his in-laws."
Of? Huh?"
"..." Ying Ke didn't dare to speak. He could only lower his head and wait for Qin Emperor Ying Duo to scold him non-stop. He waited until Ying Duo had scolded enough before he raised his head slightly.
Ying Duo was panting, holding the cup in his hand that he was reluctant to break. His actions were quite funny, but Ying Ke didn't dare to laugh.
In recent weeks, Tang State has been continuously launching missiles to attack Wuyang, the capital of Qin State. Yingduo has moved to an underground bunker outside the city, where he can feel safe.
Those damn missiles blew up Wuyang City beyond recognition. Many buildings have collapsed, many people have lost their homes and residences, and even some public facilities have been damaged.
However, the Qin State had no way to repair these damages during the war because they lacked enough parts and materials and equipment.
All those precious reinforced concrete were sent to the front line to build defense facilities, and there was not much left to repair the damaged city.
The solution given by the Great Qin Empire is to wait, everything will get better after the war is over, and when the Great Qin Empire wins, everything will return to normal.
But no one knows when this war will end, nor does anyone know what kind of victory the so-called Great Qin Empire achieved.
In fact, no matter how you look at it, the Qin Empire has lost this war: millions of troops have been lost, and millions of square kilometers of land have been occupied by the Tang Empire.
Continuing the war will only lead to more losses, but Qin has lost the ability to end the war: peace negotiation, or a decent peace negotiation, can only be established when the combat power of both sides is equal.
The current situation is that the Tang Empire is advancing rapidly and the Qin State is almost destined to fall. Under such circumstances, only an idiot would agree to Qin's peace negotiation.
"What Emperor Tang means is that if His Majesty can accept the conditions, he owes you a personal favor." Ying Ke said a slightly naive condition.
Sure enough, Ying Duo asked angrily: "What do you mean he owes me a favor? His favor is worth an empire? He asked me to surrender, and then gave me a prince, saying he owes me a favor? Hahahaha! Thank you for what he said.
exit!"
Before the war started, Ying Ke would have thought this statement was a joke, but now that the war has reached its current state, Ying Ke felt that Emperor Tang's ability to say this was indeed a step forward for Emperor Qin Ying Duo.
It is a pity that Yingduo will not want this step. Based on Yingke's understanding of Yingduo, unless the Tang army surrounded Wuyang City, Yingduo would not choose to surrender.
Of course, even if the Tang army surrounded Wuyang, it was hard to say whether Ying Duo would surrender. According to Ying Ke's understanding of Ying Duo, there was a high probability that the Qin Emperor would choose to die.
"Is Liu Zhian leaving?" After scolding the Tang Empire for several minutes, Ying Duo finally calmed down and asked.
Ying Ke answered truthfully: "He hasn't figured it out yet, but I have arranged for someone to convince him, so there should be no problem. He knows the general situation, and naturally he will not embarrass you, Your Majesty."
"If everyone is as loyal to the country as General Liu Zhi'an, we should win this war!" Ying Duo has already begun to idealize.
In his opinion, if Qin's generals were not afraid of death and their soldiers did not flinch, Qin would have invaded the Tang Empire at this moment.
Ying Ke didn't dare to speak because this was Ying Duo's fantasy time. He could just speak again when Ying Duo returned to reality.
Finally, Ying Duo returned to the topic: "If there is a problem with Qingluan Port, then we will almost lose contact with Dorne. Rare metals, as well as engineering and technical personnel... there will be no way to replenish it."
"Yes, Your Majesty... In a short period of time, we can only rely on ourselves. However, Dorn still helped a lot, sending us more than 200 skilled workers, some equipment, and a division of
force……"
He did not mention that Dorne also supported Qin with hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, and also sent submarines to fight near the Qin coastline.
Although such help could not change the situation of the war, Dorn was indeed trying every means to support Qin. However, their capabilities were limited, and the help they provided did not have much effect.
"Sigh... I will give the Tang people the conditions we can accept and say that I am willing to become a vassal and pay tribute... I hope the Tang Empire can be more generous and allow me to have the honor to meet my ancestors." Ying Duo finally said
Still chose to give in and took another step back.
In his opinion, since he had already given in, the Tang Empire would eventually give him some face, give in, and come up with a contract condition that was more acceptable to Qin.
Ying Ke glanced at Qin Emperor Ying Duo, sighed in his heart, and shook his head secretly: No matter how Qin gives in, this time... it won't be of any use.
