Chapter 2998
Chapter 2998
Chapter 2998
"I have to remind Your Excellency that the loser has no right to bargain at the negotiating table."
Xiao Liang said unceremoniously: "Regardless of whether Spain approves the terms listed in the surrender document, our country will implement them accordingly. The reason why we asked you to sign this document is because we have kindness in our hearts and hope that through this form, Let Spain save a little face and avoid unnecessary war losses."
"Mercy? Did I hear you right?"
After listening to the translation, Vidal immediately revealed an angry look: "Your country invaded our territory without declaring war, robbed our wealth, and killed our people. Can this be called kindness?"
Xiao Liang sneered and said: "Don't put on a noble face. To the natives here, you Spaniards are also foreign invaders. How many native tribes you destroyed and killed in order to build Cebu City here? Native, you must know that period of history better than me."
"And how do you record this process? Use civilization to educate the ignorant natives, isn't that what you say? Sorry, now it's our turn to educate you natives with a higher civilization!"
"If you don't agree with our country taking over these areas in a benevolent way, well, I can also achieve my goal in the way you Spaniards are most familiar with. I don't mind repeating the battle in Cebu in Mindanao, and then leave the rest All the Spaniards were sent to the penal camps."
Vidal gasped when he heard that. Although Mindanao does not have a big city like Cebu, there are quite a lot of colonial settlements.In addition to the people who fled from various places during the war, there are still thousands of Spaniards living on Mindanao Island.
If the Haihan army continued to launch an offensive to the south and wiped out the Spanish immigrants on Mindanao, it would not only destroy the long-term business achievements of the colonial authorities, but also mean that it would almost completely lose hope of launching a counterattack to the north in the future.
Of course, what Vidal didn't expect was that although the Haihan army won a complete victory in this war, the Luzon region currently doesn't have enough funds and materials to continue the fight, so it has to stop the war for a period of time to recuperate.
As for Xiao Liang's request for Mindanao Island, it was a bit of a bluff.Even if the Haihan army wants to continue to fight south in the future, it will have to wait at least a year and a half.
Vidal can only infer whether Xiao Liang's threat will become a reality based on the known information. Almost [-]% of the armed forces under his jurisdiction are lost on Cebu Island. If the Haihan Army continues to attack Mindanao in the south, The local area must be powerless to resist, and defeat is almost inevitable.
Since the Haihan Army's offensive cannot be stopped, it is a wise choice to try to preserve one's own strength and minimize losses.
Although Vidal doesn't understand the principle of "if people lose their land, all people's land exists", he also knows that the safety of the thousands of Spanish immigrants in Mindanao is far more important than the local ruling power.As long as these men remain, Spain still has a chance to reclaim its dominance in the archipelago south of the Sulawesi Sea.
The so-called lesser of two evils, Vidal quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and then put forward new conditions to Xiao Liang: "I need a one-year buffer period to dismiss our people on Mindanao Island. Wait for our people After evacuating the local area, you will send people to the island to take over."
Xiao Liang was secretly amused, he just wanted to try his best to defraud Vidal when he was in chaos, but he didn't think it would really work.
However, although he was complacent, there was no expression on his face. After hearing Vidal's conditions, he just responded coldly: "Three months, I will give you three months to finish these things."
Vidal shook his head and said: "Three months is impossible... Even if our boats go back and forth between the north and south ends of the Sulawesi Sea, such a short time is not enough to move all the people to the south! At least nine moon!"
Xiao Liangdao: "If it wasn't for your willingness to sign the letter of surrender, I wouldn't even give you a day! Counting from tomorrow, half a year, no more, and those who can't leave by then, Then don't go!"
Although the negotiation process was not very smooth, the two finally reached a preliminary agreement.Half a year later, Haihan will officially take over Mindanao from Spain.The point is that there will be no more fighting between the two sides in this process, and Spain will hand over the jurisdiction of Mindanao in a decent way.
This is undoubtedly a major diplomatic victory for Haihan. If he can seize control of Mindanao without bloodshed, it will mean that the Luzon region will save at least millions of dollars in military expenditure.
For Spain, it is not entirely a bad thing, at least it can minimize the loss of personnel and property.After all, after they move to the south of the Sulawesi Sea, they will have to face other competitors and try to preserve their strength before they can fight.
The tentacles of the Dutch and the Portuguese had already reached that area. When the Spaniards shifted their positions from the Philippine Islands, they would definitely form a brutal competition with these two old rivals.
Although the military strength of these two is not as good as Haihan, they are definitely not easy characters to deal with.Especially at the moment when Spain's national strength is declining, everyone is eager to step on it. Of course, these two families will not sit back and watch Spain enter the distance of face-to-face, and they will inevitably react to this.
Fearing that the night would be long and dreamy, Xiao Liang held the signing ceremony the next day.
The place where the ceremony was held was located at the municipal square in front of the Governor's Mansion, so that it was convenient for people from all walks of life to come and watch and witness the farewell scene of the Kingdom of Spain in the Philippine Islands.
Under Haihan's deliberate organization, thousands of people surrounded the municipal square, and even the surrounding roofs and trees were covered with people.
It is said that Cebu Governor Vidal has reached an armistice agreement with Haihan, and the two sides will sign a formal written peace treaty here on behalf of their respective countries.
Although there are still some people who are lucky and think that after signing the contract, the Haihan Army will withdraw from Cebu Island as before, and the two sides will return to the past mode of getting along.But more people have faintly felt that the situation has changed. From now on, this place will probably no longer be decided by the Spanish governor.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, Governor Vidal, whom they are familiar with, appeared on the square.It's just that this time, he didn't see the high spirits of the past at all on his face, instead he looked a little haggard.
Vidal with a pale face did not wave to the people, but sat silently at the table, picked up a pen and signed the document quickly.
After the signing ceremony was quickly completed, the personnel arranged by Haihan read out the content of the peace agreement on the spot in two languages, Spanish and Chinese.
(End of this chapter)
"I have to remind Your Excellency that the loser has no right to bargain at the negotiating table."
Xiao Liang said unceremoniously: "Regardless of whether Spain approves the terms listed in the surrender document, our country will implement them accordingly. The reason why we asked you to sign this document is because we have kindness in our hearts and hope that through this form, Let Spain save a little face and avoid unnecessary war losses."
"Mercy? Did I hear you right?"
After listening to the translation, Vidal immediately revealed an angry look: "Your country invaded our territory without declaring war, robbed our wealth, and killed our people. Can this be called kindness?"
Xiao Liang sneered and said: "Don't put on a noble face. To the natives here, you Spaniards are also foreign invaders. How many native tribes you destroyed and killed in order to build Cebu City here? Native, you must know that period of history better than me."
"And how do you record this process? Use civilization to educate the ignorant natives, isn't that what you say? Sorry, now it's our turn to educate you natives with a higher civilization!"
"If you don't agree with our country taking over these areas in a benevolent way, well, I can also achieve my goal in the way you Spaniards are most familiar with. I don't mind repeating the battle in Cebu in Mindanao, and then leave the rest All the Spaniards were sent to the penal camps."
Vidal gasped when he heard that. Although Mindanao does not have a big city like Cebu, there are quite a lot of colonial settlements.In addition to the people who fled from various places during the war, there are still thousands of Spaniards living on Mindanao Island.
If the Haihan army continued to launch an offensive to the south and wiped out the Spanish immigrants on Mindanao, it would not only destroy the long-term business achievements of the colonial authorities, but also mean that it would almost completely lose hope of launching a counterattack to the north in the future.
Of course, what Vidal didn't expect was that although the Haihan army won a complete victory in this war, the Luzon region currently doesn't have enough funds and materials to continue the fight, so it has to stop the war for a period of time to recuperate.
As for Xiao Liang's request for Mindanao Island, it was a bit of a bluff.Even if the Haihan army wants to continue to fight south in the future, it will have to wait at least a year and a half.
Vidal can only infer whether Xiao Liang's threat will become a reality based on the known information. Almost [-]% of the armed forces under his jurisdiction are lost on Cebu Island. If the Haihan Army continues to attack Mindanao in the south, The local area must be powerless to resist, and defeat is almost inevitable.
Since the Haihan Army's offensive cannot be stopped, it is a wise choice to try to preserve one's own strength and minimize losses.
Although Vidal doesn't understand the principle of "if people lose their land, all people's land exists", he also knows that the safety of the thousands of Spanish immigrants in Mindanao is far more important than the local ruling power.As long as these men remain, Spain still has a chance to reclaim its dominance in the archipelago south of the Sulawesi Sea.
The so-called lesser of two evils, Vidal quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and then put forward new conditions to Xiao Liang: "I need a one-year buffer period to dismiss our people on Mindanao Island. Wait for our people After evacuating the local area, you will send people to the island to take over."
Xiao Liang was secretly amused, he just wanted to try his best to defraud Vidal when he was in chaos, but he didn't think it would really work.
However, although he was complacent, there was no expression on his face. After hearing Vidal's conditions, he just responded coldly: "Three months, I will give you three months to finish these things."
Vidal shook his head and said: "Three months is impossible... Even if our boats go back and forth between the north and south ends of the Sulawesi Sea, such a short time is not enough to move all the people to the south! At least nine moon!"
Xiao Liangdao: "If it wasn't for your willingness to sign the letter of surrender, I wouldn't even give you a day! Counting from tomorrow, half a year, no more, and those who can't leave by then, Then don't go!"
Although the negotiation process was not very smooth, the two finally reached a preliminary agreement.Half a year later, Haihan will officially take over Mindanao from Spain.The point is that there will be no more fighting between the two sides in this process, and Spain will hand over the jurisdiction of Mindanao in a decent way.
This is undoubtedly a major diplomatic victory for Haihan. If he can seize control of Mindanao without bloodshed, it will mean that the Luzon region will save at least millions of dollars in military expenditure.
For Spain, it is not entirely a bad thing, at least it can minimize the loss of personnel and property.After all, after they move to the south of the Sulawesi Sea, they will have to face other competitors and try to preserve their strength before they can fight.
The tentacles of the Dutch and the Portuguese had already reached that area. When the Spaniards shifted their positions from the Philippine Islands, they would definitely form a brutal competition with these two old rivals.
Although the military strength of these two is not as good as Haihan, they are definitely not easy characters to deal with.Especially at the moment when Spain's national strength is declining, everyone is eager to step on it. Of course, these two families will not sit back and watch Spain enter the distance of face-to-face, and they will inevitably react to this.
Fearing that the night would be long and dreamy, Xiao Liang held the signing ceremony the next day.
The place where the ceremony was held was located at the municipal square in front of the Governor's Mansion, so that it was convenient for people from all walks of life to come and watch and witness the farewell scene of the Kingdom of Spain in the Philippine Islands.
Under Haihan's deliberate organization, thousands of people surrounded the municipal square, and even the surrounding roofs and trees were covered with people.
It is said that Cebu Governor Vidal has reached an armistice agreement with Haihan, and the two sides will sign a formal written peace treaty here on behalf of their respective countries.
Although there are still some people who are lucky and think that after signing the contract, the Haihan Army will withdraw from Cebu Island as before, and the two sides will return to the past mode of getting along.But more people have faintly felt that the situation has changed. From now on, this place will probably no longer be decided by the Spanish governor.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, Governor Vidal, whom they are familiar with, appeared on the square.It's just that this time, he didn't see the high spirits of the past at all on his face, instead he looked a little haggard.
Vidal with a pale face did not wave to the people, but sat silently at the table, picked up a pen and signed the document quickly.
After the signing ceremony was quickly completed, the personnel arranged by Haihan read out the content of the peace agreement on the spot in two languages, Spanish and Chinese.
(End of this chapter)