Chapter 1531 Don't play cards according to the routine
At the Datong Independent Battalion Headquarters, the reconnaissance platoon leader rushed in with excitement: "Regiment Commander, Battalion Commander, when we were clearing mines, the Jinsui Army came out of the city to find us, saying that they wanted to negotiate with us, let them leave Hunyuan City, and evacuate us.
Base area."
"Captain, it's done!" Huang Sheng's face lit up with joy when he heard this.
I have been fighting wits and courage with the Jinsui Army for so long, just for this scene.
He quickly asked for instructions: "Captain, would you like me to go over and test their ideas first, and then decide whether to talk or not."
"Anyway, they have been trapped to death by us in Hunyuan City, unable to move. The worst we can do is leave them alone for two more days, which will make them hungry."
Li Hao shook his head: "That's not necessary."
"Judging from the time, the food delivered to Hunyuan City last time should have been almost eaten."
"The vigor of the Jinsui army in the city has been almost wiped out by us. We can't find a way to break the situation, so we can only negotiate with us."
"Old Huang, you go to the front line now and bring the Shanxi-Sui Army negotiators here. I want to negotiate with them personally."
"In addition, count the number of Jinsui troops we captured during this period. How many ordinary soldiers, how many cavalry, how many artillery, and what their military ranks are. List them all and send them to Xiao Yuan. The more detailed the better."
"In addition, the Jinsui Army who agreed to join our Eighth Route Army should not be included in the statistics. They are already our own."
An hour later, a colonel and two lieutenant colonels were brought to the battalion headquarters conference room by Huang Sheng.
The other party was obviously very anxious. When he saw Li Hao, he went straight to the point: "Captain Li, I am the chief of staff of the division. I represent our division commander in negotiating with your army."
"As long as your army clears a passage outside the city and provides us with 20,000 kilograms of grain, we will withdraw from Hunyuan County tomorrow, evacuate your army's base area, and return to Datong."
In the past, the Jinsui Army had always been aloof and arrogant when facing the Eighth Route Army, as if they did not take the Eighth Route Army seriously.
Including the last negotiation to determine the ownership of Datong City, they had this attitude at the beginning.
It was not until the Eighth Route Army demonstrated its strong strength through demonstrations that their negotiating momentum was slowly suppressed by the Eighth Route Army.
At the beginning of today's negotiations, they stated their negotiation goals in a begging manner, which was definitely the first time in history.
It also further confirmed everyone's previous judgment: the Jinsui Army in the city really reached a critical moment of life and death.
But Li Hao was not satisfied with the result.
The soldiers and civilians in the base area paid such a heavy price for today's victory. If they get nothing, and they are allowed to leave so easily, who will pay for the house they burned down a few days ago?
He refused without hesitation: "Did our Eighth Route Army invite your army to Hunyuan City?"
"Now that we are leaving, you still ask us to deliver food. Do you think we, the Eighth Route Army, are easy to bully?"
"If I remember correctly, your army burned a total of 26 villages during the time they entered our base area, with a total of 5,186 civilian houses. These houses are the only homes of the villagers. Now that they have been burned by you, the villagers must be given a
Please explain, otherwise don’t even think about leaving our base easily.”
"As for the 20,000 kilograms of grain, I can give it to you, but the grain of our Eighth Route Army was stolen from the Japanese. Every grain contains the blood of the soldiers and is very precious."
"You can do it, but you must pay for it."
Hearing Li Hao say that he still needed to buy 20,000 kilograms of grain, the chief of staff's pent-up anger immediately surged into his heart.
He lost all face and asked directly: "Captain Li, if I remember correctly, we delivered food to Hunyuan City three times. All the food left on the road should have been taken away by your army, which adds up to at least 25,000 yuan."
Thousands of catties.”
"You took away 250,000 jins of grain from us, and we only asked you to give back 20,000 jins. Is this too much?"
Not to be outdone, Li Hao asked: "Chief of Staff Zhang, who told you that the grain was taken away by our Eighth Route Army?"
"Let me tell you, in order to avoid a conflict between the two armies, our Eighth Route Army has been retreating as far as possible from your army. Without direct contact with you, how can we possibly find the food left by your army on the road?"
"It should have been taken away by Japanese and puppet agents. After Datong was captured by our army, a large number of Japanese and puppet agents entered our base area."
"Especially Hunyuan, because it is close to Datong, has become the first choice for spies. During this period, our garrison alone arrested more than a hundred people, and three arsenals were attacked, and thousands of landmines were dropped."
"The landmines that were suddenly buried outside Guandao and Hunyuan City in the past few days were all their work."
"They must have stolen all your food."
The chief of staff knew that Li Hao was making nonsense, but he couldn't say a word to refute.
Although I knew in my heart that all this was directed and performed by the Eighth Route Army, I had no evidence in hand.
No matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to admit it. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Okay, let's buy it. We will buy 20,000 kilograms of grain at a time and pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other."
"Then I will ask the troops to prepare 10,000 kilograms of grain for your army now. Ten kilograms of grain will cost you an ocean, a total of one thousand yuan!" Li Hao replied with a smile.
The chief of staff's eyes widened again, and anger surged up: "One ocean only buys ten kilograms of grain, why don't you go and grab it?"
Li Hao's expression was calm, and he answered in the face of the angry gaze of the chief of staff: "I just said that every grain of food in our Eighth Route Army was snatched back from the Japanese and puppet troops with blood by the soldiers, and it is worth this price.
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"If you want to buy it, just buy it. If you don't want to buy it, forget it. We won't force your army to buy food from us."
The chief of staff knew that the Eighth Route Army was looking for an opportunity to kill him, but he had no choice.
People under the eaves had to lower their heads and answered bravely: "Just buy it at this price, and we will pay and deliver it outside the city."
Li Hao nodded and continued to ask: "What about the more than 5,000 houses burned down by you outside the city?"
"This!" the chief of staff was embarrassed.
I thought that this negotiation would go smoothly. The Eighth Route Army knew that everyone was going to retreat, so they would definitely applaud and agree immediately.
Unexpectedly, Li Hao didn't play according to the routine at all.
Although he wanted to let the Jinsui Army leave the base area as soon as possible, he refused to let go.
He also used a negotiating attitude to bargain with himself for compensation, which was so unexpected.
So they didn't even consider the matter of houses being burned down.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he decided to test Li Hao's tone first: "How much compensation does your army want?"
"A private house costs 30 yuan, and if there are more than 5,000 private houses, just give us 150,000 yuan as compensation."
Li Hao has found the essence of negotiation: first the lion speaks loudly, and then he can bargain.
The actual number of houses burned down in the base area was less than 3,000. Li Haoduo called for 2,000 yuan and increased the compensation from 20 yuan to 30 yuan per house, just to make a profit and leave some money for the other party to bargain with.
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