Siheyuan: Happy life of the son-in-law of a founding general

Seeing that Daxia refused to negotiate with them, the Mosa Kingdom made continuous complaints to the international community.

Finally, Daxia’s diplomats made a public response, expressing their willingness to negotiate with Mosa, but they needed to see Mosa’s sincerity.

The so-called sincerity is the ransom for the captives.

The Mosa Kingdom hesitated for a long time before saying to the representative from the Great Xia Kingdom, "What do you think is appropriate?"

The negotiating representative of Daxia said, "It depends on how you determine the value of your soldiers."

This is Tai Chi.

Afterwards, the Mosa Kingdom continued negotiations with Daxia.

Daxia was not in a hurry at all, but Mosa was extremely anxious.

At the same time, after the heavy weapons were transported to Mosa Kingdom through the mountain road with difficulty, after the logistics were guaranteed, and after 5,000 more soldiers were added, Wang Zhiyong ordered the army besieging Deli to separate one-third, a total of 11,000 people, and head to another city, Delan, 100 kilometers away.

The defenders of DeLand were terrified.

Deli was no match for them, and with only 30,000 men, they were definitely no match. So they quickly asked the Mosaic government for help.

The Mosa Kingdom had no choice but to fight. Otherwise, they would not have been unable to defend their original capital, Deli, and would have had to move the capital.

At this time, the Daxia army besieging Delan had only deployed its troops three kilometers outside the city gate but did not attack immediately.

Obviously, he felt that Delan had no way to resist. Then, he could continue to put enough pressure on the opponent.

Military strength is the extension of political strength and the basis of diplomacy. Just like the Eagle Sauce launched a showdown operation in order to take the initiative at the negotiation table, and fought a bloody battle with the Zhite Army in Shangling. In the end, they returned in a miserable defeat.

Afterwards, a temporary ceasefire agreement had to be signed immediately.

At this time, the envoy of Mosa Kingdom sat at the negotiation table with an anxious look on his face. His eyes occasionally swept across the calm face of the negotiating representative of Daxia opposite him, and his heart was like a surging ocean.

And the curse of ten thousand mombies.

The negotiators from the Mosaic Kingdom understood that if they were any slower, it might affect the fate of tens of thousands of soldiers and the dignity of the country. So they said, "What do you want? You can tell me yourself."

"Sincerity, of course, cannot be measured by numbers." Daxia's negotiating representative answered lightly, with a calmness in his voice, as if everything was under his control.

Of course there is also a hint of subtle irony.

The representative of Mosa licked his dry lips, weighing every word carefully: "So, what is the value of Daxia's release of every soldier from Mosa?"

"Value determination?" The Daxia representative smiled and tapped the table with his fingers, making a crisp and rhythmic sound. "We prefer to talk about the 'price of peace'. If the Mosaic Kingdom sincerely hopes to end this unnecessary conflict and maintain long-term peace between our two neighboring countries, it will naturally give a number that both sides can accept."

The atmosphere in the negotiation room was solemn, and only the negotiating representative from Mosaic had a rapid heartbeat.

Now it has become the price of peace. Returning neighboring countries and long-term peace is just a lie.

However, the representatives of Mosa also knew that everything was instigated by Mosa. Now they are suffering the consequences of their own actions.

Meanwhile, in Deran, the garrison commander Gaspard stood on the city wall, anxiously looking into the distance. Ever since he received the news that Deli was under siege, he knew that his city might also become the next target.

Unexpectedly, this really happened.

The wind blew through the city walls, bringing waves of uneasiness.

"General, we have new intelligence." An adjutant came running over, looking pale. "It is said that Daxia will demand the return of the land we have seized before withdrawing our troops. Otherwise, they will immediately attack Deli and Delan."

"What? We want to take back the land we once occupied, those useless mountains?"

"Yes."

"Then let's get those idiots in the government to agree to it." Gaspar was devastated. If these idiots hadn't taken the initiative to attack Daxia and deliberately stir up trouble, how could such a thing happen?

It's too fucked up. You have no ability, no strength, and yet you still provoke. You must be dumbfounded now.

However, after contacting the top leaders of the Mosaic government, the other party was obviously still hesitant and unwilling.

Gaspard clenched his hands, his nails digging into his palms, leaving faint white marks. "Call all officers above the regimental level and hold an emergency meeting immediately."

In the meeting room of Delan City, the officers had different expressions, some were solemn, some were frightened.

Gaspard stood up, looked around at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "The threat from Daxia is imminent, and we must prepare for the worst. Strengthen the defense of the city walls and count the supplies, but in fact, we all know that we can't defend it."

All the officers were stunned. You admitted defeat before the battle even started, which shook the morale of the army. Are you still the supreme commander?

As soon as Gaspard finished speaking, the air in the conference room seemed to freeze. It was so quiet that only the faint heartbeats of the officers could be heard.

Everyone looked at each other, confusion, anger, and even a hint of disbelief flashing in their eyes.

A colonel in his forties broke the silence, his voice trembling with excitement, "General, what do you mean by this? If we surrender before we even fight, how can we face the expectations of the people and how can we be worthy of those soldiers who are ready to fight bloody battles?"

Gaspard's eyes revealed fatigue and helplessness. He took a deep breath and said, "Colonel Sora, do you think I don't know how heavy this decision is? But please think calmly about what kind of opponent we are facing - the elite army of Daxia. The old capital Deli sent an elite army before, but they were either wiped out or captured."

This made everyone speechless because it was the truth.

"In fact, we were the ones who provoked first. How can we expect to get away with it when there is such a huge disparity in strength? Everything I did was to minimize unnecessary sacrifices," Gaspar added.

"You can surrender..." Another colonel hesitated, with a complicated expression on his face.

"Yes, surrender." Gaspar repeated firmly, but his eyes revealed a hint of bitterness. "Before this, I had actually contacted the Mosaic government, and they rejected my suggestion."

Afterwards, Gaspar mentioned that the condition offered by Daxia was to take back some useless land that had been occupied by the Mosaic Kingdom.

"On one side is useless land, and on the other side are the lives of one million of us and your lives. What will you choose?"

All the officers present were stunned. It seemed that what Gaspard said made sense.

So, finally, everyone agreed.

Then, Delan City surrendered. The commander of the Daxia naval port, who received the news, was stunned when he saw the other side walk out of the city gate and express their willingness to surrender. Obviously, he did not expect such a quick and complete surrender.

Speechless.