Section 2017 Eastern Empire Peace Talks

It was already night when Li Cong returned home, and the candles at the door were already lit. As soon as he entered the door, he felt a gust of wind blowing over. Li Cong knew that someone was attacking him, and he could tell from the speed of the wind. Find out how capable this person who attacked him is. It seems that this guy is still a novice. It is simply impossible to attack him with this ability. Soon, Li Cong thought it was his son, and Li Cong tiptoed Jumped up and escaped the attack, it really is this son, now she has the strength of a seventh-level fighter, and her progress is still very fast, his pearls have played a big role, it's just your ability Just come to attack me, and I am not afraid that your father will hurt you as soon as he makes a move. Seeing that his father easily dodged his attack, Xiao Ao still had some disappointment on his face. m

"Your courage is really not small. If you have such a little ability to fight against a master like your father, that means you have met me. If you meet someone else, they may kill you in one fell swoop. Give me a hand in the future." Absolutely remember, before you reach that level of strength, don't provoke the masters. You must know that these masters have their own dignity, and some people even have a direct personality eccentricity. He may kill you and he will not Why, even if I am very powerful and can kill him afterwards to avenge you, but your name is gone, you should cherish your own life, understand?". Li Cong said, the last time he sneaked into the casino of the Eastern Empire, he was almost detained by that casino person, and he was still a little scared in his heart, and Xiao Ao also knew what happened last time. Father left a lot of psychological shadow. He nodded quickly to express that he would not do such a thing anymore. In fact, he just wanted Li Cong to praise him and let him see how much progress he has made.

"Father, it is said that pearls are really useful. The energy I absorb is the energy I need. After absorbing them, I feel that my current ability can reach the seventh-level fighter or above, even if I fight with ordinary eighth-level fighters. Get up and start fighting, if he doesn't have a good weapon in his hand, I will definitely not lose, how about my speed just now?" This guy is also elated when he said that he has just improved his strength, and he is right. In this world, as long as there are people with a little pursuit, who don't want to become stronger. Now this kid's strength is still very good. It should be said that he has developed very rapidly. Li Cong also has a lot of secrets about this kid. What is his inheritance memory? Li Congzhi knew that as long as he spoke. Surely he would tell himself this. But he is a person, he is a plant life. Although he calls himself father, there are many differences between the two of them, and even if he tells himself those things, he can't use them on himself.

"Just now I saw that your speed is indeed very fast, but there is still a shortcoming that is not accurate enough. The speed is there. If your accuracy can't keep up, such an attack is a waste of your own strength. , there is no harm to your enemy, if you continue to go on like this, it is useless, from now on you should abandon training your speed, it is time to practice your accuracy, these feelings are still in your eyes at this stage It can be used. If you improve it, it’s not a problem with your eyes. Look at the masters, they can feel where their enemies are even if they don’t turn around when they fight. This is how they treat their enemies when they make moves. Well, why is this? It is to simulate where that person is by feeling the airflow around him, and it is simulated in his own mind.

"At this time, Li also began to teach his son some practical skills by precept and deed. This kid has good strength, but he has no skills.

This so-called actual combat experience is even more lacking, and it is only necessary to compare with ordinary people or those whose strength is greatly different from him. Just like what he said, if you really meet eighth-level fighters, you will be tortured miserably. His strength has reached this level, but if some other things can't keep up, it's his own who suffers, Xiao Ao himself nodded, and she's beginning to understand now, what's different from before is that pride The older one was thrown away by him. He still remembers what happened to the Eastern Empire in the casino. If his father hadn't arrived quickly, he might have become someone else's now. I will never see the sun in the days to come, and I will never live such a life. From this point of view, my father gave me a second life. The person in front of me helped me so selflessly, and my heart I really don't know what to say. Although the father and son don't use these things, they are still touched!

Accuracy, this is what Xiao Ao is talking about now. He used to practice slowly by himself, but no one came to point him out. It was never convenient for Li to point him out. From the feeling that he is alone, Xiao Ao is a plant life. Although the two get along as father and son, they are different after all. Xiao Ao has his own inheritance memory, and Li Cong is also afraid that some of his own experience may be passed on to him. If there would be a conflict with his inheritance experience, that would be a big deal. What if it develops and he becomes a nondescript one? At that time, I was the one who regretted it, so it is better for me to talk less at this time. Xiao Ao now hears Li Cong reminding himself, it is like enlightenment. In the past, he did not find his own shortcomings, but now he has found his own shortcomings. The speed is already fast enough, what needs to be done now is to develop in the right direction.

Li Cong told Xiao Ao for a while and then went to do his own thing. Although he is busy with the things here, the outside world is about to change. The first is the strong counterattack of the Eastern Empire on the northern battlefield. When Li Cong talked to the generals in the Northern Empire last time, they were able to suppress the arrogance of the Eastern Empire, but now the Eastern Empire has invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and the dozens of cities that have been accumulated first have all been destroyed. The preemption went back, because the insufficient number of troops was now forced to change to the defense. A tug-of-war has formed. Today I attack your cities and you will be arrested tomorrow. It can be said that everyone is not doing well now? It has completely turned into a full-fledged war of attrition, and the three empires are also suffering from a terrible headache. They can no longer afford blood transfusions.

For example, in a battle that took place in the northern battlefield a few days ago, tens of millions of people on both sides fought for nearly a day, and the casualties of the Eastern Empire were as high as 13 million. The loss was nearly 10 million people, and it can be said that there are really mountains of corpses, and it is also because of this war that neither side will immediately launch a larger-scale war within the next month. At this time, the high-level officials of the Eastern Empire are considering whether to pay such a high price for the Thunder Gate. According to the current loss, even if all the thunderbolts come back in a few years, they will have to clean up their blood here, and the Eastern Empire has a second battlefield and a third battlefield. This second battlefield is the battlefield established by Li Cong on the southern coast. Now nearly two hundred cities have fallen into Li Cong's hands. This is nothing to them.

The area of ​​the Eastern Empire is very large and they can still lose with 200 counties and cities, but the most terrible thing is the peasant uprising in the east. The peasant uprising has swept hundreds of cities in nearly 30 provinces. The appeal of these peasants is simply super long. The Eastern Empire court has been using coercive methods to suppress these peasants, but in reality, the rebound of these peasants is very strong, and they seem to use a very strange They don’t fight head-on with you, they will retreat when your army comes, and they will come again when your army retreats. This is a pain for some local rich businessmen and bureaucrats. They stay at home for a month I don’t know how many times they will be robbed by these peasants. It can be said that they have become peasants now. Anyway, they have nothing left, so they can directly deal with these people. Of course, there is another thing that happened, that is, these landlords class, began to organize their own armed forces.

At the beginning, the high-level officials of the Eastern Empire still strictly prohibited the landlords and wealthy merchants below from forming their own armies, and they kept trying to convince them that the imperial court would solve this matter. At the beginning, these wealthy merchants were also I believed in the imperial court, and I didn't do anything excessive, but when they were robbed several times in a month, they lost all confidence in the imperial court. Your imperial court always said to let us wait. But what are we waiting for? Didn’t wait for your army to wait for these peasants. After they came in, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes. Maybe they used to have too much fun with these landlords. After bullying others for so many years, don’t they allow them Send it over to bully yourself? This kind of reasoning is estimated to be unreasonable anywhere, so these landlords began to spend money and money to arm themselves, recruiting everyone around them to give them weapons.

In this way, a certain number of landlord regiment training organizations have been formed. In these regiment organizations, they usually work in their own homes, and there are also some quiet and honest people. Under the call of the peasant army, they unite to fight against these peasant armies. Compared with the peasants, their armaments and weapons are still very good, because most of the peasant armies are things at home and cannot be used on the battlefield at all. The things they use are all bought by the landlords, but their fighting will is far worse than that of the peasant army. The peasant army seems to understand that they are arguing for themselves now, and these people want to fight. The only thing they want is the salary given by the landlord’s family. On the real battlefield, what they want is to save their own lives. There is no need to work hard for less than a few taels of silver a month. Money has nothing to do with them, does it?

Seeing this matter, the imperial court of the Eastern Empire had no way to manage it, so it recruited some landlords from all over the country and directly gave them some official positions. For example, if you are the landlord of this small town, you More than a thousand people have been recruited, so you are the eighth-rank official of the imperial court. Of course, the imperial court will only issue you a letter of appointment, and there will be no salary or official uniform. These will be taken back after the peasant army is flattened. Yes, you are responsible for these troops yourself. When the court has an order, you have to do it. When the court does not order, you will naturally take care of it. These landlord armed forces also need a title from the court. In short, this matter will come to the east The empire's ability to control various places can be said to have dropped a notch. In the past, there were no other people except the government and the army. Now that the armed forces of these landlords have grown up, it is absolutely impossible for them to listen to the imperial court in the future.

The landlord is a very greedy person. The reason why I do this is to keep my property and want to listen to the court often in the future? how can that be possible? Did the court buy him anything? When these peasants came in, he relied on his own life to protect the family's own property every day. The court had nothing, right? The imperial court just told them that the army is coming, but after waiting day after day, is there any army waiting for the imperial court? So the imperial court's order here is basically a piece of waste paper. This is what Li Cong saw and wanted to see. He also thought that the landlords in dozens of provinces had other ideas. In this case, it is possible to separate this area. Of course this is the eastern region of the Eastern Empire. Li Cong's hands are not that long for the time being, and it is impossible to develop here. The scope is not wide enough now. If they want to rebel, they will probably be wiped out by the Eastern Empire. It's better to wait slowly for yourself to grow stronger. When the Eastern Empire can't eat them, it's time for them to develop.

In view of the current situation in the Eastern Empire, the other three imperial royal families did not do nothing. They also have their own eyeliner in the Eastern Empire, and slowly input some weapons, food, grass and the like through their own eyes, and the defense area of ​​the Eastern Empire has already defended their fortress. It is absolutely not allowed to enter these things from the three empires. At this time, they thought of the fleet, but the fleet of the three empires is not very powerful at all? It is impossible to transport these peasant uprisings by sea to support these peasant uprisings, but Li Cong has this ability. He doesn't want to go to the three empires to intervene in this matter. He can support these peasant uprisings by himself. The money earned by the three empires is enough, and he can completely control this armed force in his own hands in the future. Why should he score with the three empires? He rejected Ting from the three empires and prepared to go it alone.

There is also a certain anxiety in the Thunder Gate headquarters. The Thunder Gate was originally an accessory created by the Eastern Empire. Now that the Eastern Empire is in danger, how can the Thunder Gate be able to sit safely? The Thunder Gate executives have held meetings for several times. Again, but the result was the same, nothing was discussed, and a group of activists among them were about to rush out of the frozen forest. Some were transferred to the front line, and there were very few troops blocking the frozen forest. If they could rush out at this time and get in touch with people from the Thunder Gate, they would be able to create huge troubles for the three empires in the rear. The Eastern Empire In fact, the high-level executives also want to sacrifice Thunder Gate to change the current situation, but both sides have not yet found a good break-in point.

Li Cong's losses during this period of time are also very huge. Just like the last war, Li Cong lost nearly three million people on his side. Strong, but it is very embarrassing for Li Cong to throw in tens of billions of shadows every day. It is okay to throw in these money if there is a prospect. The main reason is that if there is no prospect, I can’t continue like this, so Li Cong Since choosing to retreat in the northern battlefield, the armies of the three empires have also gone up in person. They also know that the army of Cao's firm alone is now unable to resist the army of the Eastern Empire. The gap between the numbers of the two sides is very large. It was Cao's firm's army that had advanced weapons such as artillery, and it was not able to withstand the army of the Eastern Empire. Li Cong just unloaded part of the artillery from the warship and handed it over to the army.

The effect is still very good, but there are too many people who can't stand the opponent. Hundreds of thousands of people rush up in one charge. You only have dozens of artillery here, even if these dozens of artillery keep firing One shot in a second can't resist all these people. Those people from the Eastern Empire rushed forward as if they were dying. The people in front of them were blown to pieces, and the people behind stepped on the people in front. This also surprised Li Cong very much. I really didn't expect that these people could die to such an extent. The war still had to continue. Li Cong had no other choice but to continue to support the front line. Now things It has begun to develop towards the aspect that Li Cong can't control, which is the worst ending that Li Cong said at the beginning. At present, even the royal families of several great empires have no way to grasp the direction of this war.

In fact, all empires and all forces have their own opinions, but the Eastern Empire can be said to be the most troubled among them. The emperor of the Eastern Empire can say that there are strong men who have broken their wrists. He must solve this matter first. He has already found People asked Li Cong to go to the Eastern Empire to negotiate. The first thing to solve was the southern coastal matter. He knew that the northern battlefield was not so easy to solve. It was impossible for Li Cong to promise him a truce in the north. If the army retreats in the north, it is impossible to stop in the northern battlefield. Because the northern battlefield has now joined the armies of the three empires. No matter how powerful the Cao Family Firm is, it can only drag out its own army. If the armies of the three empires do not withdraw, the northern battlefield will continue, but Li Cong can completely solve the southern sea battlefield by himself. Well, the emperor of the Eastern Empire is also very clear about this. So what he talked to Li Cong should be about southern issues.

At present, from the perspective of the army, Li has never had the essence of going head-to-head with the Eastern Empire Army. Mainly because the strength gap between the two sides is too big. But it is completely different in the navy. Li Cong's navy can be said to be the most powerful in the entire continent, but now the cooperation between the navy and the marines has reached its limit. Some areas along the southern coast of the Eastern Empire have all been beaten down by the navy. If they continue to go deeper into the interior, they will need to send a large number of troops. They don't have that kind of army to land from here, nor do they have the energy to continue to the interior. Development, so they have to personally take some actions in the south, but these things are unknown to the royal family of the Eastern Empire. Li Cong found someone to spread the news that the southern coastal areas are now accumulating strength and preparing for a large-scale battle. , The royal family of the Eastern Empire also believed the news, otherwise they would not have negotiated with Li Cong so quickly.

Before the negotiation started, Li Cong had already figured out what kind of treaty he should sign with them. First of all, it would be impossible to spit it out if he occupied these places. You can assign management funds to manage them, but you absolutely cannot garrison troops. , all taxes and other expenses are still yours, but I want a certain percentage, which will allow Li Cong to slowly erode the empire. Of course, if you don’t want to, we won’t negotiate, so keep the current one That's the situation, unless you can gather a large number of troops to attack us in a short period of time, we will return to the sea. If you can't gather a large number of troops yourself, you can only turn your southern region into the Cao family The territory of the commercial firm, if it is given to them after decades or hundreds of years, it will really be the territory of the Cao family firm, and it has nothing to do with your Eastern Empire. Of course, the empire cannot afford to sacrifice, but these The territory is nothing, the most important thing is the good luck overseas. Without good luck, their economic and trade will be terminated.

Most of the transportation of the Eastern Empire is supported by sea transportation. If Li Congxiang blocked the South China Sea area, it would be impossible for them to carry out the material transformation of the entire empire. This is a very terrible disaster for the Eastern Empire. Take the present as an example, the peasant uprising army in the east is becoming more and more fierce. They can only send soldiers on land and there is no solution. They have to send a large number of soldiers by sea. It's a pity. It's not painful to go back to this channel. Don't kill me by the fleet of Cao's House. It's not that simple to get there. It is only after passing this stage, but the Eastern Empire has already introduced this problem one after another, so Li Cong set foot on the airship to the Eastern Empire that night.

It can be said that the three empires were very dissatisfied with Li Conggen's private negotiations with the Eastern Empire. They immediately reported this matter to the Cao's House of Commerce, hoping that the Cao's House of Trade could treat this matter with caution. But as agreed, neither party can negotiate conditions with the people of the Eastern Empire alone, but Li Cong also has his own difficulties. If this matter can be fixed in the form of a treaty at this time, the Eastern Empire wants to To take these areas back, you have to use force to snatch them. At that time, I don’t have much fear, and I am justified, because you signed a contract to give me this area, and you want to fight over it. You are aggression. Moreover, Li Cong is absolutely capable of developing this area into a paradise. At that time, those people may wish to run to the south, and no one wants to go to the territory of the Eastern Empire.

The accusation against the three empires. Li Cong basically adopts a strategy of not dealing with them. Some irrelevant people deal with them, but most of them are still negotiating with the Eastern Empire. The loophole is based on the conditions that are most beneficial to you. For the Eastern Empire, they also want Li Cong to almost withdraw from this area just to get a little benefit. For example, they can compensate you, and then give you Just a few ports and the like are fine, don't talk about the rest. Of course Li Cong won't give this place to you so easily. Although occupying these places by yourself is not a big waste of energy and financial resources, but these places are of great importance to your Eastern Empire. How could they be handed over to you so easily. Don't forget that we're all still at war right now. The loss of tens of millions of soldiers every day in the north is no joke. Our hatred is not so simple to untie.

People from the three empires saw that Li Cong was already in the Eastern Empire, and they also understood that there might be a problem with this matter, and they couldn't feel Li Cong's every move. The people from the three empires also had a tacit agreement to return to the country immediately. After they returned, they needed to discuss what to do in the future? It is impossible to continue to rely on Li Cong to resist the Eastern Empire, and the three major empires suddenly thought of something at this time. In fact, if the major empires unite, it would be good to unite with the Eastern Empire to fight against the Cao Family Firm Yes, of course they immediately discarded this. It would be great if they could directly kill Cao’s House at this time, but their idea is just to think about it. Now their biggest enemy is not Cao’s House, but Dong Empire, if the flowers that kill the Cao's firm will end up losing money, they will be the ones.

Although it is said that the Eastern Empire is not as good as before, the lean camels are bigger than horses, and they are very capable now. Once Li Cong talks to them about the end of the war on both sides of the river, Dongli International will do its best to extinguish them. The peasant uprising in their own country, at that time, they will be able to organize a large number of troops. Whether the three empires can survive the counterattack at that time is another matter. The combined forces of the three empires have reached a tie, and maybe they can catch up. The three empires also don't trust each other. Thunderbolt and the Eastern Empire have no worries in this regard. They need to go back and discuss urgently. What should we do about this matter? They came to persuade Li Cong personally, but they couldn't control him. They had to go back to discuss with the highest level in their country, that is, talents at the emperor's level. After all, this was a matter related to the entire continent.

Naturally, the Eastern Empire will not care about the reaction of the three empires, because what they want to see most now is that the three empires of Cao's firm are making trouble at home. It's not as stupid as they thought, but the high-level officials of the Eastern Empire knew that the representatives of the three empires went back directly instead of making a scene at Li Cong's place. , even if they have some differences with Li Cong, they will not turn against Li Cong at this time. At that time, Cao's House of Commerce may unite with themselves, but it is impossible for the Eastern Empire to achieve its goal, so it is better to transfer Turn around and think carefully about what you should do in the future, especially now that you are going to negotiate with the people of Cao's House, you must take the best interests into your own hands, these people just focus on the negotiating table Things in the Internet are completely different from Li Zhengeng, and Li Engeng no longer believes in this.

That is, what cannot be obtained through negotiations must be achieved through war. Now that the negotiations have not started, Li Cong must give them an unforgettable record. Only in this way will they put their own on the negotiating table, so Li Cong has formulated A very crazy attack plan. The navy took out hundreds of ships, all of which were the fastest ships. They didn’t need to land to launch an attack on the eastern coast of the Eastern Empire. Most of the cities that Li Cong occupied were on the southern coast. It can be said that the materials and supplies needed for this long-distance raid on the eastern coast are definitely not a small amount, and the eastern part of the Eastern Empire also has a large number of islands. If they are really surrounded by them, they want to escape. It's not that easy, but everything is risky, and high risk means high reward. As long as this raid can be successful, the Eastern Empire will definitely make a lot of concessions at the negotiating table.

Li Cong's flowers are also very simple. Each of the fifteen fleets has its own specific tasks. It is to quickly go to the eastern coastal area of ​​the Eastern Empire and bombard their cities. In the eastern area, a certain amount of social panic is caused. Now the entire Eastern Empire is most afraid of social panic. I don't know when they can live, they are all afraid that the war will hit them, and Li Cong woke them up with the sound of cannons. It is possible that they will join the ranks of peasant uprisings, at least not Will go to the battlefield. Because they saw the war that means the person will be afraid. A scared person has no ability on the battlefield, and may be a disservice to him. This is definitely the idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone, and the conditions on the corresponding negotiating table will be much simpler.

It can be said that the Eastern Empire had no defense against their eastern coast. It is more relaxed than the southern coast. At this time, the southern coastal area has gathered a large number of warships and suicide ships of the Eastern Empire. But the eastern coastal area can be said to be an undefended area. Even if there is a seaside area, the navy has been transferred to the south. They are like a naked girl. You can do whatever you want? This matter does not need to be considered at all. Li Cong's fifteen fleets had already started when Li Cong's airship took off, and all fifteen fleets quickly moved towards their goals under the cover of night. When Li Cong received this report, he also smiled. Yes, I hope these fleets will give me a satisfactory answer tomorrow morning. At that time, I should have reached the Eastern Empire. He is afraid that it has not started yet, but the upper echelons of the Eastern Empire will definitely know the news quickly, and they will be surprised. of.

The high-level officials of the Eastern Empire don’t know what’s going on there at the moment, and they are still fully preparing for another negotiation. This time, the lineup sent by the Eastern Empire can be said to be very strong. They talked about the leader of the group being the prime minister, but in fact it was Doctor Yushi, Minister of the Household Department, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and some more senior officials, they are usually eloquent people, and they all hope that they can help the Eastern Empire get back more things at the negotiating table Come on, it is impossible to bring all the trump cards here. The emperor of the Eastern Empire also thinks that this negotiation is a tactic to slow down the war. I will bring it back to you if you are happy. When the northern war is over, We will unite with Raiden Gate to regain the entire face. At that time, no matter how powerful you are, you will not be able to serve as the army of the entire empire. His calculation is indeed good, but it is impossible.

But Li Cong is not a fool. He still has his own plan. I want you to pay a lot but not too much. I want your territory to be not too much. People can only look at whether a place is important or not. There is no such comprehensive analysis yet, and Li Congyi has used the most advanced analysis technology on earth. Although what he wants in this city is not much, it is ten. That's all, but as long as these ten cities can be well controlled and coupled with some quick-reaction troops, a large area of ​​territory in the southern part of the Eastern Empire will be under the control of the Cao Family Firm, even if the army cannot be controlled. If it poses a certain threat to you, Li Cong clearly knows that if the army he sent over will arrange at least five soldiers in the Eastern Empire to look at his own soldier, they will have five times as many troops to look at him, no Only let yourself cause trouble, otherwise the Eastern Empire will suffer in the end.

There is also the issue of opening ports. Li Cong’s large amount of goods in the Cao’s House of Commerce has no way to enter the Eastern Empire, and some goods from the Eastern Empire are not traded with the other three empires. Smuggling, but the smuggling transaction is something that cannot be put on the table. There is a very important clause in Li Cong's treaty that requires them to open up a treaty port and set up an embassy area. This kind of condition is absolutely unacceptable on earth, but in this era How many of them don't know much? If you don't give it to me, open your door with a cannon, and remember what a senior said at that time. This sentence was completely recorded by Li Cong. Now he is doing the same thing, and he won't open the customs. He just didn't want to open it to do business with the other three empires, so Li Cong wanted to open this sea gate and dump his various goods.

The Eastern Empire also had its own maritime trade fleet, but their speed was not at the same level as that of Li Cong's fleet. If they really opened their own customs, think about it Competing with Li Cong Yao's team, they may lose even their own pants. No matter what you think, anyway, I just want to exchange goods between the four empires. This trading company itself is right? No matter how you all come, this huge trading company is going to be realized, and now Li Cong feels that he already has his own territory from the Eastern Empire to the south. Cao's House of Merchant also has great benefits. At that time, as long as he is at home and occupies a few large islands outside, he will be able to establish a fifth empire.

It can be said that what is on the table now is that the compensation plan proposed by the Eastern Empire is too far from what Li Cong thought in his heart. This is something to be discussed after the first few people from the two sides meet. The task Li Cong gave them is to increase it to 70%, and the Eastern Empire has passed down that it is to increase it to 40%. Except for the 40%, they have one point The money is not given out, and they don't want to spend their own money to buy their own things. This is a great shame to the empire, and even if the negotiation is successful, they will try their best to balance the books. Especially this year's emperor, he was really overjoyed, how could he let himself bear such a bad name at the last moment, that would be so sorry for himself, no one knew about the good things he did, but the whole empire knew about the bad things.

The negotiation between the two parties started under such circumstances. Li Cong didn't want to start so early, but it's okay to take it slowly. Anyway, no matter what you say, we just don't agree to you. We are also very reasonable Those who refuse you, when you know that there are pirate flowers in your eastern region, I guess you will have to catch up and let yourself agree to your condition, and 70% may be less. (to be continued...)