After reaching a consensus on the negotiating terms with Adolfo, Frias returned to his residence.
"Has General Adolfo agreed to our terms?"
Balivian said eagerly.
"No, Adolfo is very dissatisfied with the conditions you proposed." Frias handed the hat to the servant and said with an unhappy expression.
"Balivian, you must be aware of your current situation. You and your brother's troops have been surrounded by General Adolfo's army and the Chinese Independence Army.
For the sake of all of us being Bolivians and not wanting the Bolivian army to kill each other, I conveyed your request for peace talks to General Adolfo, but you have disappointed me so much. General Adolfo heard your peace talks conditions.
I am very angry and think that you have no sincerity in peace talks at all. If I hadn’t been there to persuade General Adolfo, you would now be facing front and rear attacks by the government troops and the Chinese Independence Army.”
Frias threatened.
The Chinese Independence Army is still some distance away from Melgarejo's troops, and the Sucre defenders have not made contact with the Chinese Independence Army to jointly attack the troops outside the city. However, Balivian does not know this information and is in a disadvantageous situation.
Balivian, who was facing front and back attacks from Adolfo and the Chinese Independence Army at any time, was only thinking about reaching peace talks with Adolfo and did not calm down to discover the flaw in Frias' words.
"No, this is a misunderstanding. We are definitely asking for peace talks sincerely."
"Then show your sincerity, otherwise I won't be able to speak for you." Frias said lightly.
The five thousand troops outside the city are in a dangerous situation, and the longer it takes, the worse it will be for the Melgarejo brothers.
"All the land in Sucre can be handed over to Adolfo, and we can hand over the five thousand troops, but the army must be handed over to General Medellin."
Balivian lowered the terms of the peace talks, but Frias was not satisfied.
"All the land and the army must be handed over to the state for disposal, and half of the property can be retained, but you and your brother are not allowed to stay in Bolivia."
"Lord Frias, your conditions are too harsh and I cannot agree to them."
"Balivian, you must think carefully. These conditions are the bottom line proposed by Adolfo himself. Either accept the peace negotiation conditions or continue the war. There is no third way for you to choose."
Frias ignored Balivian's angry expression and said calmly.
"Frias, don't push people too hard. My brother still has five thousand elite soldiers. At worst, everyone will die and no one will benefit."
The conditions proposed by Frias went beyond the bottom line of Balivian and Melgarejo. Melgarejo could accept losing the presidential throne, but if even the last army fell into Adolfo's hands,
That was unacceptable, which is why Balivian was so excited.
"The fish is dead and the net is broken? Haha, Balivian, haven't you seen the situation clearly?
You have not been able to shake the walls of Sucre even during the entire day of today's attack. It would be too naive of you to threaten us now with a tired army."
Frias said sarcastically: "Balivian, I will give you one last chance. Agree to General Adolfo's conditions and hand over your army to surrender. This way you will be rich and prosperous for the rest of your life."
Frias was aggressive, but Balivian's momentum disappeared little by little under his blows.
The situation is pressing. If the negotiations fail, the death of the Melgarejo brothers is certain. Adolfo and his group will at most lose part of their army, but there is still a long way to go before they suffer heavy losses.
Frias grabbed Balivian's sore leg, forcing him to submit.
"I agree with General Adolfo's conditions, but the officers in the army must remain in their posts, otherwise we will not compromise even if we risk our lives."
"Don't worry, as long as they obey General Adolfo's leadership, we will never transfer them from the army without reason."
Frias said with a smile.
Balivian agreed to the conditions proposed by Adolf, and Frias also successfully completed his mission. Therefore, he did not want to get entangled with Balivian on the issue of officers, so he graciously agreed to his request.
The two sides reached a principled consensus, and the next few details were naturally completed successfully without much effort. Then Balivian went back to report the results of the negotiations to Melgarejo, and Adolfo's side also rushed to spread the news of the peace talks.
Notified to the Chinese Independence Army.
It was a bit unethical to notify the Chinese Independence Army after Adolfo and Balivian reached the terms of the peace talks, but it was perfectly normal for Adolfo to side with him.
The dispute between Melgarejo and Adolfo is Bolivia's internal affair. At first, Adolfo was too weak and had no choice but to cooperate with the Chinese Independence Army. Now that Melgarejo is about to be destroyed, Adolfo naturally wants to get rid of the Chinese independence army.
The army acted alone.
It was already early the next morning when Li Mingyuan received the news of the peace talks between Melgarejo and Adolfo. By this time, the Chinese Independence Army had begun to approach Melgarejo's army.
In the large tent of the military camp, the senior generals of the Chinese Independence Army cursed Adolfo for not being interesting enough and negotiating peace with the enemy behind the back of the Chinese Independence Army.
"Your Majesty, since they refuse to do anything, don't blame us for being unjust. We might as well lead a large army to occupy the city of Sucre and kill both groups together."
"General Li is right, we might as well occupy Bolivia and make the prince the king."
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The generals in the military tent talked more and more enthusiastically, and the topic changed from condemning Adolfo for negotiating peace with Melgarejo behind the back of the Chinese Independence Army, to how to occupy Bolivia and dominate.
"Be quiet and listen to me." Li Mingyuan stopped everyone's discussion and said: "It is indeed unreasonable for Adolfo to negotiate peace with Melgarejo behind our backs, but we cannot turn against them because of this."
Li Mingyuan set the tone and then explained: "Brothers have followed me and traveled thousands of miles. I have endured hardships and wanted to find a stable place to settle down. I can understand, but moving to southern Brazil is a major event related to the future development of the Chinese people.
, we cannot be delayed by things in Bolivia.”
"Your Majesty, what should we do about the Bolivian people's betrayal?"
"You don't need to worry about this. I have long expected that Bolivians are unreliable and will ask for our help when they are in trouble. Once they get through the difficulties, they will definitely have a different attitude toward us.
Therefore, I supported the Indians to establish autonomous regions some time ago to prevent what happened today. Now that the Indian armed forces sent out have almost occupied the northern part of La Paz Province, we can use the Indian autonomous region to bargain with the Bolivians.