Chapter 1515
Chapter 1515
Chapter 1515
In fact, ever since Ding Mao rebelled against North Korea and signed an alliance with Houjin, the degree of mutual trust between Ming Dynasty and North Korea has weakened a lot.Da Ming believed that North Korea signed a brotherly alliance with Hou Jin, which was undoubtedly a betrayal of the suzerain country, while North Korea believed that Da Ming did not provide military assistance in time, and watched Hou Jin's army attack all the way to Seoul, and almost wiped out the country. There will be resentment and dissatisfaction.In the past few years, the relationship between the two countries has gradually cooled down from the past enthusiasm, and the exchanges of envoys are far less frequent than before.
The two countries that were originally closely related will become like this, of course, each has its own difficulties.If the original historical trajectory continues, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in a few years, and North Korea will naturally become a vassal state of the new master, the Qing Dynasty. This period of grievances and hatred between the two countries will also come to an end.But now with the intervention of Haihan, an extraterritorial armed force, the stalemate between Daming and North Korea seems to have turned a corner.
For the two countries, the root of the conflict actually lies in the powerful enemy Hou Jin. As long as this enemy is defeated, the peaceful environment in Northeast Asia can naturally be recreated, and the relationship between the two countries will gradually warm up.But before Haihan appeared, they obviously couldn't do this.But the problem is that Hai Han's helper is too strong, so strong that he can overwhelm the host. Neither North Korea nor Da Ming can easily believe that this strong man will be so kind to help him defend against foreign enemies.Once something unexpected happens, this Haihan may be a more difficult enemy to deal with than the Houjin army. After all, compared with the Houjin army with primitive and backward equipment, the weapon performance and combat methods of the Haihan army are more difficult to resist. When the time comes, please God If it is easy to send God away, it is difficult.
Regarding the same doubts, Mei Shengchuan and Kim Sangheon have different attitudes.What Mei Shengchuan was worried about was that after the Haihan army took control of the general situation in Liaodong, the front door refused the tiger and the back door entered the wolf. After driving away, Jin introduced the more difficult Haihan.What Kim Sang-heon is worried about is that Hai Han will use force to squeeze North Korea's economy and manpower in the future, just like what Hou Jin has done in the past few years, and it may even go beyond that.
In addition to the hidden danger of Haihan, they also worry that if the other party chooses to cooperate with Haihan or refuses to form an alliance, it will have a negative impact on their country.After all, the relationship between the three countries is very delicate now, and both Da Ming and North Korea are also a little worried that Hai Han will be more inclined to one side as a middleman-North Korea is worried that Hai Han and Ming are both in power, and Da Ming is also afraid that North Korea will embrace Hai Han After the thigh, he no longer recognizes Daming as the suzerain country.
But in the eyes of high-ranking Haihan officials such as Sha Xi and Wang Tom, the indecision of Ming Dynasty and North Korea, looking forward and backward, is entirely because they have not been pushed to the edge of the cliff, and they still stubbornly believe that the situation in Northeast Asia will not happen in recent years radical change.It can't be blamed for their short-sightedness. After all, in the current international environment, their vision is limited by the times, and they never expected that the barbarians in Liaodong would complete their great cause of conquering the world in a few years.
Although the appearance of Haihan will greatly slow down Houjin's expansion, after all, there is no way to rely on thousands of soldiers far away from the mainland to destroy Houjin who has established a country in Liaodong and has a vast control area in a short period of time.If Daming and North Korea did not participate, then Haihan would at most push the front of the Liaodong Peninsula further north in the next few years, but it would be difficult to carry out a fatal military strike against Houjin.In fact, in the plan made by the Ministry of National Defense, if there is no help from Ming Dynasty and North Korea, Haihan will stick to the defense line of Jinzhou Isthmus for a relatively long period of time, and will not spend a lot of resources to continue fighting north.Even at the end of the war, after the peace talks with Hou Jin, the trade was discussed at the executive committee meeting of Fort Victory, but this proposal was shot down under the strong opposition of the militants.
Although Shaxi's coercion and lure methods had some effect, for Ming and North Korea, they were not factors that could prompt them to make up their minds.Because Haihan's military power is too strong, Houjin appears relatively weak in comparison, so the impression given to the envoys of the two countries will not have such a strong sense of crisis. For Haihan, it is actually a very contradictory paradox.
Therefore, Sha Xi’s arrangements at the reception banquet held for the North Korean envoys on this day did not achieve the expected results. Although the envoys of the two countries also talked, the content was superficial and did not touch the essence of the relationship between the three countries. topic discussion.Although Sha Xi was unwilling to do so, he didn't want to use too much force at the moment, so he could only temporarily acquiesce to the status quo.
After sending the envoys of the two countries away, Wang Tom stayed and told Shaxi about the experience of the Northern Fleet in Korea.After hearing this, Sha Xi sighed: "It's going well on your side, but you get stuck when you get to me. I'll arrange them to visit the front line soon. If you still can't handle them, then you have to let them go." It would be too much trouble for Mr. Bai to come out and talk."
Wang Tom said: "I think there was a little deviation when we made the plan at the beginning. We shouldn't let them meet prematurely. We should negotiate the conditions first, and after signing the agreement, remove the middle layer of veil."
Sha Xi said: "But that may not work. If the North Koreans hadn't heard that Ming Dynasty would also form an alliance with us, they would be so obedient and send envoys to negotiate? You also said that the envoys sent earlier will go back Afterwards, I didn’t do much, and it only works if you seal the Han River, which means that these North Koreans don’t accept persuasion, so they just hit their heads with sticks. To make them obedient, I think we still have to use some tricks.”
Wang Tom said sternly: "Then don't do crooked ways. This is the establishment of diplomatic relations between countries and alliances, not intrigue in the business field. If a car overturns, it can't be saved by spending money."
Sha Xi sighed again: "If it's really a business, it's easy. I can spend money until the other party is convinced... You said that the envoys sent by the two sides are not easy to express their opinions. lead to the desired outcome?"
Wang Tom was much calmer than Sha Xi, and said word by word: "It's like we march to fight a war. Although we will use many tactics and strategies, the real factor that determines victory or defeat is military strength. We only need to keep a firm grip on the battlefield. If we have the upper hand, we can naturally turn it into the final victory. Although there are three big countries in Northeast Asia, we are the ones who control the rhythm now. Don't worry, the situation will definitely continue to develop in a direction that is beneficial to us .”
After hearing these words, Sha Xi seemed to understand something, nodded and said: "Tom, you are right, I was too impatient. Even if Daming and Joseon are delaying to form an alliance with us now, they will still ask for it later. They will be the ones who will be anxious at that time. But we have to report the situation here to Mr. Bai, so that he won't be overwhelmed when he goes back to meet with these two families. "
At this time, Beks has actually completed most of his missions to go north to Liaodong. The field tests of the new weapons have all been completed. All the data and use reports will be sent back to Sanya after being summarized, and the finalization will be finalized after the engineers study. The stereotype, the improvement of the improvement.In addition, two high-power radio stations in Liaodong area have also been installed and debugged in Lushun Fort and Jinzhou Isthmus respectively, and they can already establish a stable and direct connection with Shandong and Zhejiang, which is very important for the Liaodong garrison and subsequent development. significance.
As for Beks, there are only two things left unfinished at hand. One is that the military proposes to carry out a long-term harassment war in the coastal areas of the Liaodong Peninsula, in order to attack Hou Jin and seek opportunities to rescue the Han people in the Liaodong area.The second is to wait for the meeting with the envoys of Ming and North Korea to conduct final discussions on the alliance.
After the military's combat plan was put forward, Sanya's opposition was relatively loud, because in this way, the military operations that could have been gradually stopped in the north had to continue, and the military expenditure that would be consumed by this was quite huge, even if the military Fang claimed that this method of combat could effectively solve the population shortage problem in the Liaodong occupied area, but he still could not persuade the Executive Committee to unanimously pass this proposal.Because even recruiting immigrants from the provinces south of the Yangtze River to settle in Liaodong is likely to be much cheaper than military expenses for a long-term war.
Moreover, the military's proposal also has a drawback, that is, it is necessary to maintain a relatively large garrison in the Liaodong occupied area in order to realize such a combat method.And this means keeping the garrison strength in the southern coastal occupied areas at a lower level, which means sacrificing the defense security of these areas in disguise.However, the southern coast is an important source of Haihan's foreign trade income, and it is Haihan's fundamental interest to ensure the safety of these areas. If both Liaodong and the South are to be seized, then Haihan can only continue to expand its military rapidly, and this is not the executive committee. Would like to see the solution.
Although Beks was more inclined to support the military's proposal after his inspection on the Golden State frontline during this period, his personal opinions could not influence the attitude of the executive committee.Moreover, he had to explain the reasons for this to the frontline generals, so that these generals who had been fighting abroad all year round would not be dissatisfied with the decision of Fort Victory.
"It's not that the country is not willing to invest in Liaodong. You have to look at the problem with a higher perspective." Bai Kesi was explaining the attitude of Shenglibao to Qian Tiandun, Harugong, Chen Yixin and others at the moment: "This place in Liaodong, It is of great strategic significance to our country, but it is only a strategic significance. Remember that our purpose is to contain Hou Jin, and use this to balance the situation in Northeast Asia, forcing Ming and North Korea to open their doors to us. We At this stage, we don’t have so much energy to eliminate Houjin and liberate Liaodong, and the south is where our fundamental interests lie.”
Haru Gong replied: "Tigers are a threat, I think Houjin must continue to fight until they are unable to go south."
"You are thinking in the way of a soldier, not a politician!" Beks had to "correct" Harukon's wrong remarks again: "If we really beat Hou Jin so hard that he can't hold his head up, there is no way to even go to the Threatening Daming and North Korea, let me ask, will they still need our military aid? I just received a telegram from Sha Xi from Lushun, and his negotiations with the envoys of Ming and North Korea are not going well. It went well, partly because the two countries believed that Houjin would not really have the intention of letting them destroy the country.”
Hearing this, Qian Tiandun answered: "If we hadn't come to Liaodong to hold back the wild boar skin, at the end of the year Huang Taiji would have personally led an army of [-] to conquer North Korea, and they would have reached Seoul in twelve days. fart!"
"But it won't happen after all." Bai Kesi spread his hands and said, "It's impossible for us to convince the North Koreans that this kind of thing didn't happen at all, even if Huang Taiji stood up to testify for us and admitted that he was already prepared Fuck North Korea once, the North Koreans will never believe that they will be defeated in just a dozen days."
Seeing that Qian Tiandun didn't refute himself, Bekes continued, "Both Da Ming and North Korea feel that they can still handle it. The greater our advantage over Hou Jin on the battlefield, the more they will think that Hou Jin is not enough to threaten them." national security."
Shaxi didn’t think much about it in Lushun, but Bai Kesi had already figured it out on the front line. He thought that the military’s previous practice of simply showing off its force to visitors was a bit one-sided. Although it won the respect of Haihan’s military strength from the outside world, But for the matter of promoting the Triple Alliance, such an approach may not have played the expected role.And this view seems to have been verified from the attitudes shown by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea after they came to Liaodong.
Qian Tiandun asked back: "Then let us put water on the battlefield, leaving room for wild boar skin to play?"
"That's definitely not possible. It's too dangerous to do so, and we can't afford too many casualties." Beks shook his head, denying Qian Tiandun's question.In fact, it is not only the number of casualties, but the title of ever victorious and undefeated does not allow the Haihan Army to make mistakes on the battlefield.
"Then how can we get the best of both worlds?" Qian Tiandun continued to ask.In terms of marching and fighting, there are indeed few people in the Haihan Army who can match him, but when it comes to these tricks in international politics, he is indeed inferior to an old fox like Bex.
Beks shook his head lightly and said: "It's very difficult to achieve the best of both worlds. The two benefits are the most important, and the two evils are the least important. To solve this problem, we must finally start from the perspective of interests. Let the envoys of the two countries Aware of the dangers and serious consequences of not allying with our country, instead of letting them re-understand how terrible the fighting power of the Golden Army is."
"Then we still have to threaten them with force!" Harugong muttered, "Didn't Wang Tom just come back from North Korea? Then do we have to make another trip?"
Bai Kesi explained: "Tom Wang went this trip to let the North Koreans know what kind of military strikes we can take. What we will do next is to let them understand that in addition to forming an alliance, we actually have There are many other options, but these options may not be very favorable for North Korea."
(End of this chapter)
In fact, ever since Ding Mao rebelled against North Korea and signed an alliance with Houjin, the degree of mutual trust between Ming Dynasty and North Korea has weakened a lot.Da Ming believed that North Korea signed a brotherly alliance with Hou Jin, which was undoubtedly a betrayal of the suzerain country, while North Korea believed that Da Ming did not provide military assistance in time, and watched Hou Jin's army attack all the way to Seoul, and almost wiped out the country. There will be resentment and dissatisfaction.In the past few years, the relationship between the two countries has gradually cooled down from the past enthusiasm, and the exchanges of envoys are far less frequent than before.
The two countries that were originally closely related will become like this, of course, each has its own difficulties.If the original historical trajectory continues, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in a few years, and North Korea will naturally become a vassal state of the new master, the Qing Dynasty. This period of grievances and hatred between the two countries will also come to an end.But now with the intervention of Haihan, an extraterritorial armed force, the stalemate between Daming and North Korea seems to have turned a corner.
For the two countries, the root of the conflict actually lies in the powerful enemy Hou Jin. As long as this enemy is defeated, the peaceful environment in Northeast Asia can naturally be recreated, and the relationship between the two countries will gradually warm up.But before Haihan appeared, they obviously couldn't do this.But the problem is that Hai Han's helper is too strong, so strong that he can overwhelm the host. Neither North Korea nor Da Ming can easily believe that this strong man will be so kind to help him defend against foreign enemies.Once something unexpected happens, this Haihan may be a more difficult enemy to deal with than the Houjin army. After all, compared with the Houjin army with primitive and backward equipment, the weapon performance and combat methods of the Haihan army are more difficult to resist. When the time comes, please God If it is easy to send God away, it is difficult.
Regarding the same doubts, Mei Shengchuan and Kim Sangheon have different attitudes.What Mei Shengchuan was worried about was that after the Haihan army took control of the general situation in Liaodong, the front door refused the tiger and the back door entered the wolf. After driving away, Jin introduced the more difficult Haihan.What Kim Sang-heon is worried about is that Hai Han will use force to squeeze North Korea's economy and manpower in the future, just like what Hou Jin has done in the past few years, and it may even go beyond that.
In addition to the hidden danger of Haihan, they also worry that if the other party chooses to cooperate with Haihan or refuses to form an alliance, it will have a negative impact on their country.After all, the relationship between the three countries is very delicate now, and both Da Ming and North Korea are also a little worried that Hai Han will be more inclined to one side as a middleman-North Korea is worried that Hai Han and Ming are both in power, and Da Ming is also afraid that North Korea will embrace Hai Han After the thigh, he no longer recognizes Daming as the suzerain country.
But in the eyes of high-ranking Haihan officials such as Sha Xi and Wang Tom, the indecision of Ming Dynasty and North Korea, looking forward and backward, is entirely because they have not been pushed to the edge of the cliff, and they still stubbornly believe that the situation in Northeast Asia will not happen in recent years radical change.It can't be blamed for their short-sightedness. After all, in the current international environment, their vision is limited by the times, and they never expected that the barbarians in Liaodong would complete their great cause of conquering the world in a few years.
Although the appearance of Haihan will greatly slow down Houjin's expansion, after all, there is no way to rely on thousands of soldiers far away from the mainland to destroy Houjin who has established a country in Liaodong and has a vast control area in a short period of time.If Daming and North Korea did not participate, then Haihan would at most push the front of the Liaodong Peninsula further north in the next few years, but it would be difficult to carry out a fatal military strike against Houjin.In fact, in the plan made by the Ministry of National Defense, if there is no help from Ming Dynasty and North Korea, Haihan will stick to the defense line of Jinzhou Isthmus for a relatively long period of time, and will not spend a lot of resources to continue fighting north.Even at the end of the war, after the peace talks with Hou Jin, the trade was discussed at the executive committee meeting of Fort Victory, but this proposal was shot down under the strong opposition of the militants.
Although Shaxi's coercion and lure methods had some effect, for Ming and North Korea, they were not factors that could prompt them to make up their minds.Because Haihan's military power is too strong, Houjin appears relatively weak in comparison, so the impression given to the envoys of the two countries will not have such a strong sense of crisis. For Haihan, it is actually a very contradictory paradox.
Therefore, Sha Xi’s arrangements at the reception banquet held for the North Korean envoys on this day did not achieve the expected results. Although the envoys of the two countries also talked, the content was superficial and did not touch the essence of the relationship between the three countries. topic discussion.Although Sha Xi was unwilling to do so, he didn't want to use too much force at the moment, so he could only temporarily acquiesce to the status quo.
After sending the envoys of the two countries away, Wang Tom stayed and told Shaxi about the experience of the Northern Fleet in Korea.After hearing this, Sha Xi sighed: "It's going well on your side, but you get stuck when you get to me. I'll arrange them to visit the front line soon. If you still can't handle them, then you have to let them go." It would be too much trouble for Mr. Bai to come out and talk."
Wang Tom said: "I think there was a little deviation when we made the plan at the beginning. We shouldn't let them meet prematurely. We should negotiate the conditions first, and after signing the agreement, remove the middle layer of veil."
Sha Xi said: "But that may not work. If the North Koreans hadn't heard that Ming Dynasty would also form an alliance with us, they would be so obedient and send envoys to negotiate? You also said that the envoys sent earlier will go back Afterwards, I didn’t do much, and it only works if you seal the Han River, which means that these North Koreans don’t accept persuasion, so they just hit their heads with sticks. To make them obedient, I think we still have to use some tricks.”
Wang Tom said sternly: "Then don't do crooked ways. This is the establishment of diplomatic relations between countries and alliances, not intrigue in the business field. If a car overturns, it can't be saved by spending money."
Sha Xi sighed again: "If it's really a business, it's easy. I can spend money until the other party is convinced... You said that the envoys sent by the two sides are not easy to express their opinions. lead to the desired outcome?"
Wang Tom was much calmer than Sha Xi, and said word by word: "It's like we march to fight a war. Although we will use many tactics and strategies, the real factor that determines victory or defeat is military strength. We only need to keep a firm grip on the battlefield. If we have the upper hand, we can naturally turn it into the final victory. Although there are three big countries in Northeast Asia, we are the ones who control the rhythm now. Don't worry, the situation will definitely continue to develop in a direction that is beneficial to us .”
After hearing these words, Sha Xi seemed to understand something, nodded and said: "Tom, you are right, I was too impatient. Even if Daming and Joseon are delaying to form an alliance with us now, they will still ask for it later. They will be the ones who will be anxious at that time. But we have to report the situation here to Mr. Bai, so that he won't be overwhelmed when he goes back to meet with these two families. "
At this time, Beks has actually completed most of his missions to go north to Liaodong. The field tests of the new weapons have all been completed. All the data and use reports will be sent back to Sanya after being summarized, and the finalization will be finalized after the engineers study. The stereotype, the improvement of the improvement.In addition, two high-power radio stations in Liaodong area have also been installed and debugged in Lushun Fort and Jinzhou Isthmus respectively, and they can already establish a stable and direct connection with Shandong and Zhejiang, which is very important for the Liaodong garrison and subsequent development. significance.
As for Beks, there are only two things left unfinished at hand. One is that the military proposes to carry out a long-term harassment war in the coastal areas of the Liaodong Peninsula, in order to attack Hou Jin and seek opportunities to rescue the Han people in the Liaodong area.The second is to wait for the meeting with the envoys of Ming and North Korea to conduct final discussions on the alliance.
After the military's combat plan was put forward, Sanya's opposition was relatively loud, because in this way, the military operations that could have been gradually stopped in the north had to continue, and the military expenditure that would be consumed by this was quite huge, even if the military Fang claimed that this method of combat could effectively solve the population shortage problem in the Liaodong occupied area, but he still could not persuade the Executive Committee to unanimously pass this proposal.Because even recruiting immigrants from the provinces south of the Yangtze River to settle in Liaodong is likely to be much cheaper than military expenses for a long-term war.
Moreover, the military's proposal also has a drawback, that is, it is necessary to maintain a relatively large garrison in the Liaodong occupied area in order to realize such a combat method.And this means keeping the garrison strength in the southern coastal occupied areas at a lower level, which means sacrificing the defense security of these areas in disguise.However, the southern coast is an important source of Haihan's foreign trade income, and it is Haihan's fundamental interest to ensure the safety of these areas. If both Liaodong and the South are to be seized, then Haihan can only continue to expand its military rapidly, and this is not the executive committee. Would like to see the solution.
Although Beks was more inclined to support the military's proposal after his inspection on the Golden State frontline during this period, his personal opinions could not influence the attitude of the executive committee.Moreover, he had to explain the reasons for this to the frontline generals, so that these generals who had been fighting abroad all year round would not be dissatisfied with the decision of Fort Victory.
"It's not that the country is not willing to invest in Liaodong. You have to look at the problem with a higher perspective." Bai Kesi was explaining the attitude of Shenglibao to Qian Tiandun, Harugong, Chen Yixin and others at the moment: "This place in Liaodong, It is of great strategic significance to our country, but it is only a strategic significance. Remember that our purpose is to contain Hou Jin, and use this to balance the situation in Northeast Asia, forcing Ming and North Korea to open their doors to us. We At this stage, we don’t have so much energy to eliminate Houjin and liberate Liaodong, and the south is where our fundamental interests lie.”
Haru Gong replied: "Tigers are a threat, I think Houjin must continue to fight until they are unable to go south."
"You are thinking in the way of a soldier, not a politician!" Beks had to "correct" Harukon's wrong remarks again: "If we really beat Hou Jin so hard that he can't hold his head up, there is no way to even go to the Threatening Daming and North Korea, let me ask, will they still need our military aid? I just received a telegram from Sha Xi from Lushun, and his negotiations with the envoys of Ming and North Korea are not going well. It went well, partly because the two countries believed that Houjin would not really have the intention of letting them destroy the country.”
Hearing this, Qian Tiandun answered: "If we hadn't come to Liaodong to hold back the wild boar skin, at the end of the year Huang Taiji would have personally led an army of [-] to conquer North Korea, and they would have reached Seoul in twelve days. fart!"
"But it won't happen after all." Bai Kesi spread his hands and said, "It's impossible for us to convince the North Koreans that this kind of thing didn't happen at all, even if Huang Taiji stood up to testify for us and admitted that he was already prepared Fuck North Korea once, the North Koreans will never believe that they will be defeated in just a dozen days."
Seeing that Qian Tiandun didn't refute himself, Bekes continued, "Both Da Ming and North Korea feel that they can still handle it. The greater our advantage over Hou Jin on the battlefield, the more they will think that Hou Jin is not enough to threaten them." national security."
Shaxi didn’t think much about it in Lushun, but Bai Kesi had already figured it out on the front line. He thought that the military’s previous practice of simply showing off its force to visitors was a bit one-sided. Although it won the respect of Haihan’s military strength from the outside world, But for the matter of promoting the Triple Alliance, such an approach may not have played the expected role.And this view seems to have been verified from the attitudes shown by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea after they came to Liaodong.
Qian Tiandun asked back: "Then let us put water on the battlefield, leaving room for wild boar skin to play?"
"That's definitely not possible. It's too dangerous to do so, and we can't afford too many casualties." Beks shook his head, denying Qian Tiandun's question.In fact, it is not only the number of casualties, but the title of ever victorious and undefeated does not allow the Haihan Army to make mistakes on the battlefield.
"Then how can we get the best of both worlds?" Qian Tiandun continued to ask.In terms of marching and fighting, there are indeed few people in the Haihan Army who can match him, but when it comes to these tricks in international politics, he is indeed inferior to an old fox like Bex.
Beks shook his head lightly and said: "It's very difficult to achieve the best of both worlds. The two benefits are the most important, and the two evils are the least important. To solve this problem, we must finally start from the perspective of interests. Let the envoys of the two countries Aware of the dangers and serious consequences of not allying with our country, instead of letting them re-understand how terrible the fighting power of the Golden Army is."
"Then we still have to threaten them with force!" Harugong muttered, "Didn't Wang Tom just come back from North Korea? Then do we have to make another trip?"
Bai Kesi explained: "Tom Wang went this trip to let the North Koreans know what kind of military strikes we can take. What we will do next is to let them understand that in addition to forming an alliance, we actually have There are many other options, but these options may not be very favorable for North Korea."
(End of this chapter)