Chapter 17: Changes and rises (three)

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The negotiations mainly revolve around two issues, one is the issue of the area occupied by the guards this time, and the other is the issue of the return of prisoners.

Before coming, Li Shuchun had also learned about the situation of the occupied area of ​​the Guards through the surrounding garrisons and the local governments of several counties. He thought that the Guards only occupied the place west of Chengguanshe, Fei County. The southeast end of the Guards' defense line was still the Gegou area, and the southwest was still the Gongli area. However, the southern defense line in the middle moved from Mengshan to Nishan, and the Guards also increased the control area of ​​Fei County. However, when the Guards marked the end of the combat operation on the map and the actual control line of the Guards, Li Shuchun realized that the actual control line of the Guards's army was very different from what they learned, and the matter was a bit big.

Before this battle, the eastern end of the southern line controlled by the Guards was the Gegou area about 40 kilometers away from Linyi, and then connected to Mengshan to the west and extended to Gongli area west of Xintai. But now, the Nishan line on the south side of Fei County, including Baodugu, which Han Fuju and others had sent troops to clear out not long ago, has been controlled by the Guards. The Guards moved the Mengshan defense line south to the Nishan area, which caused changes in the connection between the southern line and the eastern line and the western line.

In fact, the escort army not only controlled most of Fei County north of Nishan and west of Chengguanshe, but also included Tanyi, Bancheng, Mazhuang and Xinzhuang in the eastern part of Fei County, forming a new defense line from Gegou to Xinzhuang in the northeast - southwest direction. On this line of defense, Tanyi, which is located between Fei County and Linyi, is about 27 kilometers from Linyi, while the half distance is only 18 kilometers! This distance has seriously threatened the safety of Linyi, and the cavalry of the escort army can advance in less than an hour! Li Shuchun really doesn't know what Chen Yaohan's troops stationed in Linyi are doing. Although one of his brigades was almost wiped out and the troops were insufficient, the escort army was almost under their noses, and they even claimed that the other party was in Gegou!

Compared with Linyi, the changes in the southwest defense line of the Guards made Li Shuchun feel even more angry and uneasy.

The western end of the southern defense line of the Guards was originally located in Gongli area between Xintai and Dawenkou. Now, because the Guards pushed the Mengshan defense line south to Nishan, in order to make up for the gap between Gongli and Nishan, the Guards defeated Ma Hongkui's troops on the western front and pushed the control area southwest, forming a new defense line from Gongli to Peiwei Mountain in the northwest and southeast direction from Gongli to Nishan. This defense line not only occupies a considerable area of ​​Sishui County, but also connects the original defense line from Gongli to Fanzhen, and also covers half of the Guards. Not far from the west side of the Guards is the Jinpu Line that runs through the north and south. The closest distance between the two is only about 10 kilometers! With such a close distance, the Guards only have a little movement and occupy all the Guards, and establish artillery positions on the mountain, and can directly bombard the Jinpu Railway and block the north and south connections!

In such an important situation, Ma Hongkui's troops stationed in Tai'an and Sishui areas were seriously insufficient after the defeat, and were busy plundering the people and expanding their strength all day long without notice!

Ma Quanliang, who followed Li Shuchun to participate in the negotiations, and Li Yanling and the others saw the actual control line marked on the map, the cold sweat on the brain came down. The other party had already reached his own nose, but he had no idea. If the other party launched an attack, with the strong combat power of the guards, the result could be imagined...

After watching the control line displayed by the escort army, Li Shuchun, who had an ugly face, glared at Ma Quanliang fiercely. After Li Yanling glanced at him, he no longer wanted to pay attention to the two of them.

After taking a deep breath and eased his emotions, Li Shuchun said, "We did have done some wrong things in some places in the previous battle between us and you, and I regret it. However, this cannot constitute a reason for you to push the control line to such a level, especially the settings of the control line in the southeast and southwest areas are obviously inappropriate. I hope you can correct it."

"Mr. Li, we all know the reason for this battle. There is no need to argue about who is right and who is wrong here." Jiang Yishan smiled and said slowly, "The attitude of our guards is simple and clear: First, we will not make concessions in the areas we have actually controlled; second, we can only release the prisoners with conditions."

When Li Shuchun heard the other party's words "not giving in" and felt a slump in his heart. After Jiang Yishan finished speaking, he said, "Since the guards are willing to ease their hostility through negotiations, it would be too insince Mr. Jiang said this, right?"

"Why should Mr. Li do something? You, the current control area between our two sides is just the result of our unwillingness to continue to expand the situation and stop advancing after the end of this war." Jiang Yishan didn't care about Li Shuchun's accusation and continued, "I think Mr. Li also knows the combat power of our side. If we continue to advance, Mr. Li, can you stop it with your existing troops?"

Li Shuchun was speechless for a moment. After a while, Li Shuchun said softly and hard: "Your side's combat power is indeed good, but Mr. Jiang should also know that if both of us continue to fight, although we may not be able to do anything to you for the time being, we have the support of Shandong Provincial Government and even Nanjing National Civil Affairs. We use the power of a province or even the national strength to fight a corner of your side. The final result will definitely be unfavorable to you. We are sitting here now, hoping that both of us can show some sincerity to avoid the continued expansion of disputes in the future."

Zhao Zhenzhong had previously explained the domestic and international situation to the guards and his staff. Jiang Yishan was very well aware of the current situation in Shandong and even the domestic situation. He did not take Li Shuchun's words seriously. He smiled and said, "Mr. Li doesn't have to intimidate with big talk. We also have a general understanding of the situation between several troops and horses in Shandong. Mr. Li thought that the troops of several troops can really cooperate sincerely? It is said that Chairman Han of Jiaodong had ordered Liu Zhennian's troops to participate in the previous attack on Fei County, but he did not send out a single army or a soldier."

"Along with the Nanjing government, Chiang Kai-shek was busy encircling Jiangxi's forces, and he was busy dealing with the sons who were provoked by putting Hu Hanmin under house arrest. In addition, Yan, Feng and others who stepped down after the war last year may not be really accused of being in power. If our guards really want to attack this, we can continue to expand the dispute. At that time, Shandong government and even Nanjing government may not be able to come over our guards."

After a pause, Jiang Yishan added: "Mr. Li said sincerity. Our guards limit the control line to the present and do not continue to expand, it is the greatest sincerity."

Although he had expected that this negotiation would not easily achieve the result he wanted, Li Shuchun still did not expect it to be so difficult at the beginning. Seeing that the other party had such a understanding of the situation in Shandong and even the whole country, Li Shuchun was secretly shocked and asked to make it clear: "We might as well open the skylight and speak out. Your side occupies half of the north of Linyi in the east and the Kolai Mountain, about 20 miles from the Jinpu Line in the west, has seriously threatened the safety of Linyi and Jinpu Lines, especially on the Jinpu Line. If you do not make concessions, it will be difficult for us to continue the negotiations."

"Mr. Li is worried about Linyi and Jinpu lines, and I understand this. But I think this kind of worry is completely unnecessary." Jiang Yishan also said straightforwardly, "I might as well tell Mr. Li the truth. If our guards were willing, we would have cut off the Jiaoji line and threatened the Jinpu line. However, our guards have always abide by the autonomy statement and are unwilling to raise troops on their own."

"Besides, even if we give up half the distance this time, the two places in the north of Lai Mountain, so what? If we really want to attack, Mr. Li thinks how many troops you need to place on the Linyi and Jinpu lines to stop us? Whether our possession or not is only a difference of fifty steps and a hundred steps. We will not give up these two places. We must also establish our own defense line and protect our controlled area. What I can guarantee to Mr. Li and you is that as long as you no longer attack our controlled area in the future, we will never continue to expand the scope of the controlled area. Last year, you have the opportunity to fight with the Jinsui Army in Shandong, and we have given up because of adhering to the autonomy statement and will not expand out at will in the future. Of course, there is another premise here, which is to ask you not to kill the people near our controlled area arbitrarily. Otherwise, there may be a situation like Fei County in the future."

"In addition, let me remind you that on the other side of Mount Kolai, we only occupied the northern mountainous areas, and the southern mountainous areas close to the Jinpu Line are still your area."

Li Shuchun carefully considered what Jiang Yishan said, thinking that if the Guards rely on their strong combat power, they could indeed launch attacks on Jiaoji Line, Jinpu Line, Linyi and other places at any time, and their side was really unable to resist, so they felt helpless for a moment. Thinking of what Han Fuju had to stabilize the Guards in the existing control area before, Li Shuchun had to believe in the Guards' promise and no longer bothered about the issues in the actual control area of ​​the Guards.

"I cannot agree to what Mr. Jiang said for the time being. After I go back, I will report all the situation of this negotiation to Chairman Han, and it will be decided by Chairman Han and Nanjing." Li Shuchun relaxed and said, "Let's talk about the conditions for your release of our captive personnel."

Seeing that Li Shuchun was no longer entangled in the issue of the actual control line of the Guards, Jiang Yishan also offered the conditions for the Guards to release prisoners from various units: for the officers and soldiers of the prisoners at the battalions or above, the cost of each person ranged from 40 war horses to 100 war horses according to their positions; if there were no war horses, they could be replaced by good plowing oxen, and one war horse would be used to pay 3 plowing oxen;

For officers and soldiers below the battalion, the exchange price for each person ranges from 8 war horses to 35 war horses; if there are no war horses, they can also be discounted by plowing ox;

For officers and soldiers who do not pay the replacement price for each department, the guards will make them work for 5 to 10 years in the controlled area; after the expiration of the term, the persons who are unwilling to stay will be handled by Shandong government;

The guards can return the bodies of the officers and soldiers who died in the war for free, and each department will claim them...

As soon as Jiang Yishan showed this condition, Li Shuchun was fine, Ma Quanliang, Li Wenbin, and Li Yanling couldn't sit still. Just kidding, even soldiers had to exchange 8 horses for jiāo, and such a high price was definitely not something that each department could afford.

"Mr. Jiang, I think your party is asking for a price all the time!" Ma Quanliang, the representative of Ma Hongkui's army who was captured the most by the other party, couldn't calm down and said first, "How can you even need 8 horses to change soldiers?"

"To be honest, we are already very kind." Du Yishan, who has been listening to the words of Jiang Yishan and Li Shuchun, said, "As far as I want you to change it, I want you to change it. We are just needing a large amount of labor to carry out construction in Fei County and other controlled areas of our side. If these prisoners are there, they don't have to pay wages. They can work continuously as long as they manage food every day, which is really worth it."

Ma Quanliang looked at Du Yishan's malicious smile, and then thought about his two captured brothers, Ma Yingcai. Ma Baolin was forced to engage in various heavy work by the guards every day, but she couldn't say anything she could change.

"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Du, can't we exchange money for it?" Li Shuchun asked.

"Our guards are nestled in the mountains and basically have no contact with the outside world. You just give me gold and silver. Where can I find to spend it?" Du Yishan said naturally, "It's better to trade cattle and horse for realism. You can work and give birth to babies, and you can still eat rou at that time."

Li Shuchun was speechless for a moment. However, the Han and Li tribes retreated to the mountains in time last time, and they were not captured by the guards. In addition, they were all militia groups pretending to be regular troops, so Li Shuchun could calm down.

After a while, seeing that the guards insisted that the conditions would not change, Li Shuchun and others had no choice but to go back and negotiate with their respective leaders for the time being.

After hearing the conditions proposed by the escort army that Li Shuchun said, Han Fuju was happy: "The people who were captured here are some militia groups, so they will follow the arrangements of the escort army. That guy Ma Hongkui was captured more than 10,000 people, and he probably vomited blood this time."
Chapter completed!