Chapter Thirty-Five: In the Alliance Under the City
At the request of the Russian side, the negotiation location was set up in an open space two miles downstream of the Guanning Army Camp. The Guanning Army was responsible for setting up two camps for the negotiators. Each side brought 300 soldiers. They were not allowed to carry muskets or bows and arrows. Only
Swords and other self-defense weapons are allowed.【】
Goluo's request reminded Zhao Qiang of the historical records of the Qing Dynasty's negotiations with Nerchinsk. At that time, "The Qing Imperial Envoy Suo'etu was wearing a formal dress, riding a horse, supporting a canopy, with forty entourages and two hundred
Sixty guards slowly came to the negotiation location. Russia's chief representative, Golo, was led by a military band playing a battle march, and with the same number of attaches and guards, arrived at the same time as the Russian representatives at the agreed time. Negotiations
The location was five miles away from the camps of both sides. Two large tents were erected closely together. In the distance, both sides also arranged 500 fully armed soldiers to guard. Representatives from both sides entered the tents.
From now on, sit down at the same time.
The Qing representative's side only had an ordinary table and a wide bench, and the bench was covered with a cushion. The decoration was very simple. The Russian delegate's side was covered with a precious Turkish carpet, and the table was covered with a Persian rug, and there were various clocks on it.
and a gold inkwell, which looked both luxurious and a bit ostentatious. After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, they began to discuss how to divide the national borders."
Out of "respect" and irony for history, when Zhao Qiang asked Liu De to arrange the venue, he only arranged a table, a wide bench, and a cushion for the Russian representatives. Guan Ningjun's side would be provided by Russians
The captured Turkish carpets were spread on the ground, and various gold artifacts captured from various Russian military strongholds were placed on top.
The entrance ceremony on Goluo's side was just like negotiating with the Qing envoy. He actually entered the big tent as the main venue with great power under the playing of a fifty-person military band. But as soon as he entered the venue, Goluo had a face.
I couldn't help but feel embarrassed and chattered endlessly.
"Please sit down!" Zhao Qiang chuckled, motioning for Goluo and his entourage to sit on the wide bench, then coughed dryly and gave Liu De a wink.
"In view of the fact that Russia has invaded and occupied the land of our Guanning Army, my army and your country are here to conduct land demarcation negotiations with a view to peacefully resolving the dispute between the two parties and restoring stability to both parties. If the treaty is concluded, we will become allies and will never infringe."
"No, no, please wait!"
Before the translation was completely finished, Goro impatiently interrupted Liu Duan and said dissatisfiedly: "I once again declare that this land has always been occupied by Russia, and it has nothing to do with your Guan Ning Army."
"Really?" Zhao Qiang was not annoyed at all and asked the translator to tell Goluo: "But this seems to be the old land of the Mongolian Maoming'an people. How did it become your Russians?"
Goluo said: "Even so, we can only negotiate with the Qing Dynasty on the ownership of this land. You have no right to make any demands on this land."
"Your Excellency, being sent by your country as a plenipotentiary envoy to the East, must know the East very well. As far as I know, the Qing army is gathering in Heilongjiang, and their target is obviously your Yaksa in Heilongjiang. Please forgive me.
If you don’t listen, your country’s military strength in the east seems to be unable to resist the Qing’s Northern Expedition. And our Guan Ning Army has always been against the Qing, so to a certain extent, the Qing is a powerful force for us and your country.
A common enemy. Therefore, I hope that you will not get entangled in some minutiae, but should consider how to cooperate with us to jointly deal with the Qing army. This is in the best interest of both you and me." Zhao Qiang does not want to fight with Ge.
Luo dwells on unimportant things. He must let Goluo understand how important this meeting is to the dilemma they face.
After listening to the translator, Goluo stared at Zhao Qiang in confusion: "Are you Qing rebels?"
"You can say yes, you can say no." Zhao Qiang gently picked up an exquisite gold object on the table and played with it while saying: "You only need to know that the Qing people are our enemies, and there is no need to ask more questions.
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"In this case, I am happy to negotiate with you, but I hope you can show sincerity." Goluo quickly weighed it in his mind and quickly made a wise decision, that is, if these indigenous people really and
The Qing Dynasty is the enemy, so it would be perfect for Russia. You must know that borrowing strength, dividing and drawing together are his best tricks. These methods were used to deal with the Mongols in the Lake Baiga area, and the actual results were
It shows that using the enemy's enemy is the most beneficial way for Russia.
"However, we must know that the terms you sent earlier are absolutely impossible for us in Russia." Goluo looked at Zhao Qiang calmly. He wanted to know what the sturdy Eastern native in front of him wanted.
He kept standing at the table belonging to the Russian side and did not sit down. It was concluded that he was very dissatisfied with Zhao Qiang's arrangements.
"Of course, negotiations are coming and going, it's just bargaining. Of course we won't cling to those terms. Now, we can negotiate these terms openly and honestly." Zhao Qiang smiled and motioned to Liu De on the side to draw up the new terms.
The terms were placed in front of Golo, and then he said: "As long as we believe that the benefits of cooperation outweigh the disadvantages to both parties, I believe that we can get along well with each other."
Golo did not read the terms because he did not know the words of the Easterners. From the urgency of the other party's repeated requests for negotiations, Golo knew without thinking that the other party wanted to stabilize the Russian land now under their control, and also wanted to start from
Get more land with your own hands. However, these natives seem to have overestimated themselves.
"Our country proposes to use Heilongjiang as the boundary. The north bank of the river belongs to the Russian Empire, and the south bank belongs to the Guanning Army." Golo put forward his demarcation request first without hesitation.
"Your Excellency is really good at joking. The south bank of Heilongjiang is the territory of the Qing people. You want our Guan Ning army to give up our current land and compete with the Qing people. This plan is too much."
Zhao Qiang really admired Goluo. This guy was really not that thick-skinned. He didn't even mention the various places in Siberia that he occupied. Instead, he opened his mouth and made a clause with Heilongjiang as the boundary. Do you want to give it to this guy?
Take a look at the color, and he doesn't know what he should put aside.
Glancing at Goro coldly, he said calmly: "Different from your demarcation requirements, I think your country should give up Nerchinsk and retreat to the west of Lake Baiga.
The land in the east is all owned by our Guan Ning Army. Of course, we respect your country's land in the Heilongjiang River Basin and can redeem these lands in the form of ransom when necessary. As for the Qing people, you don't have to worry about anything.
, we will deal with them ourselves."
"This is impossible!" Goluo pointed angrily at Zhao Qiang and said, "You have no sincerity in this negotiation at all!"
Zhao Qiang asked tit for tat: "Are you sincere again?" He knew that Golo, the so-called "Eastern Killer", would never agree to the request to retreat to the west of Lake Baiga, and he did not really want the Russian army to retreat.
If Nerchinsk and Yaksa were given up, Zhao Qiang would not be able to digest it. He would not have so many soldiers on hand to implement effective occupation, and he would not be able to cope with the Qing army's heavy attack. This is just a reference to Goluo's thick
It's just a shameless retaliation. At least let him know that Goluo is not a shameless person in this world...
"oh"
Zhao Qiang's words made Goluo startled, and then he laughed out loud: "You Orientals are so funny." He changed the subject and said coldly: "Since we can both sit here, it shows that our sincerity is the same.
, please now put forward the demarcation requirements that you think are the most reasonable."
"Liu De!"
Zhao Qiang did not hesitate and called Liu De. Liu De hurriedly read out the first clause of the clause in his hand: "We ask your country to recognize that our Guan Ning Army has control over the Jingqili River and the Ergun River Basin.
Occupy it and ask your country to abandon Nerchinsk and retreat to the area west of the Seleng River." The Seleng River is more than a hundred miles northwest of Nerchinsk and flows downstream into Lake Baikal. This area was formerly the territory of the Khalkha tribe in Mobei.
Pasture, but now it has been occupied by the Russians. With the Seleng River as the boundary, it is obvious that the Russians will definitely withdraw from Nerchinsk.
Goro smiled instead of being angry, and said to Zhao Qiang with a grateful tone: "Our country should really thank you Guan Ningjun for this, and gave our country this disputed place of the Great Russian Empire. I will also sincerely thank you."
Allow me to spend the night in Nerchinsk tonight."
Goluo's tone disgusted the generals of the Guan Ning Army. Zhao Qiang said with a stern face: In addition to Nerchinsk, our Guan Ning Army will never accept other borders."
"In this case, there is no need for us to talk any more." Goro snorted coldly. When he turned around and left the tent, he did not forget to bow his hands to Zhao Qiang with Eastern etiquette and said: "Farewell!" A group of Russian entourage followed closely.
He left the camp angrily.
"Commander, do you really want to force the Rakshasa people to withdraw from Nerchinsk?" After the Russians left, Liu De asked in confusion, because the commander told him to leave Nerchinsk for the Russians.
"Do you think they are willing?"
"Definitely not."
"That's enough." Zhao Qiang smiled slightly and told Deqiu on the side: "Go and order Ma Long to lead his men to sweep along the ten miles outside Nerchinsk City and stop all the Rakshasa caravans.
Order the First Regiment of the Guards Division to drive around the city of Nerchinsk and remember to pull those small cannons over, I will make Goro unable to sleep tonight!"
"Aren't you afraid that the Rakshasa people will jump over the wall and start a fight with us?"
"If the Rakshasa people really fight with us, Goluo doesn't deserve to be called the Oriental Killer." Zhao Qiang said confidently: "For things like negotiation, you can force if you can, and give in if you can. Now I will change my posture.
If we show it to you, the Rakshasa people will definitely be anxious. Once they become anxious, they will definitely go back and demand renegotiation. At that time, if we make concessions, the Rakshasa people will not find it so difficult to accept."