Chapter 1515 Common Interests

In fact, ever since Ding Mao's indiscriminate signing of a fraternal alliance between North Korea and Hou Jin, the level of mutual trust between Ming and North Korea has weakened a lot. The Ming Dynasty believed that North Korea's signing of a brotherly alliance with Hou Jin was undoubtedly a betrayal of the suzerainty, while North Korea believed that the Ming Dynasty

They did not provide military assistance in time, and watched helplessly as the Hou Jin army attacked Seoul and almost wiped out the country. There must be resentment and dissatisfaction in their hearts. In recent years, the relationship between the two countries has gradually cooled down from the warm relationship in the past.

The exchanges of envoys are far less frequent than before.

Of course, the two countries, which were originally closely related, would become like this. Of course, they each have their own difficulties. If they continue to develop according to the original historical trajectory, the Ming Dynasty will eventually 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 deadlock between Ming Dynasty and North Korea seems to have taken a turn for the better.

For these two countries, the root of the conflict actually lies in the powerful enemy Houjin. As long as this enemy is defeated, the peaceful environment in Northeast Asia will naturally be re-established, and the relationship between the two countries will gradually warm up. And in the sea

Before Han appeared, they obviously couldn't do this. But the problem is that Haihan's helper is too strong, so strong that he takes over the host. Neither North Korea nor Ming Dynasty can easily believe that this strong man can do this.

He kindly came to help him defend himself against foreign enemies. Once something unexpected happened, this Haihan army might be a more difficult enemy to deal with than Houjin. After all, compared to the Houjin army with primitive and backward equipment, the Haihan army's weapon performance and combat methods

It will be even more difficult to resist. When the time comes, it will be difficult to invite gods but not to send them away.

Regarding the same doubts, Mei Shengchuan and Jin Sangxian also had different attitudes. What Mei Shengchuan was worried about was that after the Haihan Army took control of the situation in Liaodong, it would reject tigers through the front door and let in wolves through the back door. After driving away Jin, he introduced more troops.

Haehan is difficult to deal with. What Kim Sang-hyun is worried about is that Haehan 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 be worse.

In addition to the hidden danger of Haihan, they are also worried 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. Ming and North Korea

They are also somewhat worried that Haihan, as a middleman, will favor one side - North Korea is worried that Haihan and Ming Dynasty are both Han people in power, and Ming Dynasty is also afraid that North Korea will no longer recognize Ming Dynasty as its suzerain country after embracing Haihan's thigh.

But in the eyes of senior Haihan officials such as Sha Xi and Wang Tom, the hesitation and hesitation of Ming and North Korea is simply because they have not yet 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.

Fundamental changes. This cannot be blamed on their short-sightedness. After all, in the current international environment, their vision and knowledge are limited by the times. They never expected that the barbarians in Liaodong would complete their great cause of taking over the world in a few years.

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Although the emergence of Haihan will greatly slow down the expansion of Hou Jin, after all, there is no way to rely on thousands of troops far away from the mainland to destroy Hou Jin in a short period of time, which has established a country in Liaodong and has a vast control area. If the Ming Dynasty

If North Korea and Korea do not participate, then Haihan will at most be able to push the front line of the Liaodong Peninsula further north in the next few years, but it will be difficult for him to have the spare capacity to carry out a fatal military attack on Houjin. In fact, the Ministry of National Defense

In the plan made, if there is no support from the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, Haihan will stick to the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line for a relatively long period of time and will not waste massive resources to continue fighting north. Even in the later stages of the war and after

After Jin negotiated peace, trade was also discussed at the executive committee meeting of Fort Victory, but this proposal was shot down due to strong opposition from militants.

Although the coercion and inducement methods used by Sha Xi had a certain effect, for the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, it was not the factor that prompted them to make up their minds. Because Haihan's force was too strong, Hou Jin seemed relatively weak in comparison.

, thus giving the envoys of the two countries less of a strong sense of crisis. This is actually a very contradictory paradox for Haihan, who wants to promote an alliance through a show of force.

Therefore, at the reception banquet held for the North Korean envoys on this day, Sha Xi's arrangement failed to achieve the expected results. Although the envoys of the two countries also talked, the content was superficial and did not involve much about the essence of the relationship between the three countries.

Discussion on the topic. Although Sha Xi was unwilling to do so, it was not easy to exert too much force at the moment, so he could only temporarily acquiesce to the status quo.

After sending the envoys from the two countries away, Wang Tom stayed and told Sha Xi about the Northern Fleet's experience in North Korea. After hearing this, Sha Xi sighed: "It went smoothly on your side, but it got stuck when it came to me.

We will arrange for them to visit the front line soon. If we still can’t get them by then, it will be too troublesome to ask Mr. Bai to come out for interviews later.”

Wang Tom said: "I think there was a slight deviation when we made the plan. They should not have let them meet prematurely. They should have negotiated the terms first, signed the agreement, and then removed the veil in the middle."

Sha Xi said: "But that may not be possible. If the Koreans hadn't heard that the Ming Dynasty also wanted to form an alliance with us, would they have been so obedient and sent envoys over for talks? You also said that the envoys sent earlier would go back.

After that, we couldn't do much, so you went to seal the Han River. This shows that these North Koreans refused to accept persuasion and just hit them on the head with sticks. If you want them to obey, I think you have to use some means."

Tom Wang said sternly: "Then don't do evil things. This is the establishment of diplomatic relations and alliances between countries, not intrigues in the business field. If something goes wrong, you can't save it by spending money."

Sha Xi sighed again: "If it were really a business, it would be easy. I could throw money at the other party until he is convinced... You said that the envoys sent by the two sides are people who do not express their opinions easily. How can this be done as quickly as possible?

Promote the results we want?”

Wang Tom was much calmer than Sha Xi and said word by word: "It's like we are marching to fight. Although we will use many tactics and strategies, the real factor that determines victory or defeat is military strength. As long as we keep a firm grasp of the battlefield

If we have the advantage, we can naturally turn it into the final victory. Although there are three big countries in Northeast Asia, we are the ones controlling the rhythm now. Don’t worry, the situation will definitely continue to develop in our favor.

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After hearing these words, Sha Xi seemed to have some understanding, nodded and said: "Tom, you are right, I am too impatient. Even if Ming and North Korea delay in forming an alliance with us now, they will still come to us later.

They will be the ones who are anxious at that time. However, we have to report the situation here to Mr. Bai, lest he get upset when he meets with these two families later."

At this time, Bai Kesi has actually completed most of his mission to go north to Liaodong. The field tests of new weapons have been completed. All data and usage reports will be sent back to Sanya after being summarized, and will be finalized after being studied by engineers.

In addition, two high-power radio stations in Liaodong have been installed and debugged respectively in Lushun Fort and Jinzhou Isthmus. They have been able to establish stable direct connections with Shandong and Zhejiang, which is important for the Liaodong garrison and the reception area.

The subsequent developments are of great significance.

There are only two things left unfinished by Bai Kesi. One is that the military proposes to conduct a long-term harassment war in the coastal areas of the Liaodong Peninsula to attack the Hou Jin Dynasty and look for opportunities to rescue the Han people in the Liaodong area. The other is to wait for peace with the Ming Dynasty.

North Korean envoys met to discuss the alliance.

After the military's combat plan was put forward, Sanya's opposition was relatively loud, because the military operations that could have been gradually stopped in the north had to continue, and the military expenditures that would be consumed were quite huge, even for military operations.

The Party claimed that this method of combat could effectively solve the population shortage problem in the Liaodong occupied area, but it still could not convince the Executive Committee to unanimously pass this proposal. Because even if immigrants were recruited from the provinces south of the Yangtze River to settle in Liaodong, the cost would probably be

Much cheaper than the military expenditure for a long-term war.

Moreover, the military's suggestion also has a drawback, that is, a larger garrison must be maintained in the Liaodong occupied area to achieve such a combat method. This means that the garrison strength in the southern coastal occupied area will continue to be maintained at a low level.

level, which means sacrificing the defense and security of these areas in disguise. However, the southern coast is an important source of Haihan's foreign trade income, and ensuring the security of these areas is also Haihan's fundamental interest. If both Liaodong and the south are to be captured, then Haihan will

The only solution is to continue to rapidly expand the military, and this is not the solution the Executive Committee wants to see.

After this period of inspection on the Jinzhou front line, Bai Kesi was more inclined to support the military's proposal, but his personal opinions could not influence the attitude of the executive committee. Moreover, he had to explain this clearly to the front line generals.

The reason is to prevent these generals who have been fighting abroad all year round from being dissatisfied with the decision of Fort Victory.

"This is not because the country is reluctant to invest in Liaodong. You should look at the problem from a higher perspective." Bai Kesi was explaining the attitude of Fort Victory to Qian Tiandun, Harugong, Chen Yixin and others at this moment: "Liaodong is a place where

It is of important strategic significance to our country, but it is only of 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 the post-Jin Dynasty and liberate Liaodong, and the south is where our fundamental interests lie."

Haru responded respectfully: "Raising tigers is a danger. I think Houjin must continue to fight until they are unable to go south."

"This is the way a soldier thinks about problems, not the way a politician thinks!" Bai Kesi had to "correct" Harugong's wrong remarks again: "If we really beat Hou Jin so hard that he can't hold his head up, we won't even be able to go back.

Threatening the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, let me ask, will they still need our military assistance? I just received a telegram from Sha Xi from Lushun. His negotiations with the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea are not going well.

Part of the reason for the success is that the two countries believed that Hou Jin had no real intention of letting them destroy the country."

When Qian Tiandun heard this, he added: "If we hadn't come to Liaodong to hold back the wild boar skin, Huang Taiji would have personally led an army of 100,000 to conquer North Korea at the end of the year. They would have reached Seoul in twelve days, and they could still have jumped

fart!"

"But it won't happen after all." Bai Kesi spread his hands and said: "It's impossible for us to make the North Koreans believe that this kind of thing didn't happen at all. Even if Huang Taiji stood up to testify for us, he admitted that he had long been prepared to be cruel.

If you hit North Korea hard once, the North Koreans will never believe that they will be defeated in just ten days."

Seeing that Qian Tiandun did not refute him, Bai Kesi continued: "Both the Ming Dynasty and North Korea feel that they can still withstand 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.”

Sha Xi didn't think too clearly about things in Lushun, but Bai Kesi had already figured it out on the front line. He believed that the military's previous approach of simply showing off its force to visitors was a bit one-sided. Although it won the respect of the outside world for Haihan's military strength,

But for promoting the Three Kingdoms Alliance, this approach may not have the expected effect. This view seems to have been verified by the attitudes displayed by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea after they came to Liaodong.

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Qian Tiandun asked: "Then let us release water on the battlefield and leave room for the wild boar skin to perform?"

"That's definitely not possible. It's too dangerous. We can't afford too many casualties." Bai Kesi shook his head and denied Qian Tiandun's doubts. In fact, not only the number of casualties, but also the title of victorious and undefeated does not allow the Haihan Army to

There were losses on the battlefield.

"Then what can we do to get the best of both worlds?" Qian Tiandun continued to ask. When it comes to marching and fighting, there are indeed few people in the navy who can match him, but when it comes to these tricks in international politics, he is indeed not as good as Bai Kesi.

Plant old fox.

Bai Kesi shook his head slightly and said: "It is difficult to achieve the best of both worlds. Choose the greater of the two benefits and the lesser of the two evils. To solve this problem, we must ultimately proceed from the perspective of interests. Let the envoys of the two countries

Realize the harm and serious consequences of not forming an alliance with our country, instead of letting them re-understand how terrible the combat effectiveness of the Jin 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's trip is to let the North Koreans know what kind of military strikes we can take. And what we have to do next is to let them understand that in addition to forming an alliance, we actually have

There are many other options, but they may not be beneficial to North Korea."
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