Chapter 1381: 1382 is of no use
Chapter 13811382 is of no use
In early February, part of the 7th Army of the Tang Empire landed in the southern part of Shu and captured a small fishing village only 11 kilometers away from Qingluan Port.
The situation in Shu is already very critical. The Qin army is retreating steadily. Some people have even begun to consider the option of abandoning Shu and withdrawing troops to consolidate the border.
The state of Qin was plagued by mourning, everyone's faces were full of sorrow, and the atmosphere of the meeting became strange. Almost everyone sighed, and few people raised any opinions.
There is indeed no good solution. Qin has tried all its efforts, and now all that is left is to wait.
Yingduo sat in his chair and looked at the Prime Minister Yingke in the office. Both of them saw the embarrassment on each other's faces.
"Tell me, what are the conditions offered by the Tang State?" Ying Duo also knew that the Tang Empire would not let Qin go easily. He just wanted to know an answer.
Prime Minister Ying Ke spoke with some anxiety, because he knew that His Majesty the Emperor would be furious with Tang's conditions. But he still had to answer Ying Duo's question, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "The conditions given by the Tang people are very harsh, and can even be said to be without sincerity."
"There is nothing sincere or insincere. Tang Mo is indeed sure of victory, so there is no need to be sincere. Just say it directly."
"Unconditional surrender, punish the generals and ministers who provoked the war... execute Liu Zhian, Your Majesty... go to Chang'an." Ying Ke replied truthfully.
The first unconditional surrender is equivalent to letting the Qin State merge into the Tang Dynasty. But this one item already made Yingduo furious.
After hearing the following conditions and asking Ying Duo to go to Chang'an, His Majesty the Qin Emperor instantly cursed: "He's a bastard! Tang Mo is a bastard! He's still my son-in-law! Son-in-law! This is how he treats his in-laws when the two countries get married. Yes?"
"..." Ying Ke didn't dare to speak. He could only lower his head and wait for Qin Emperor Ying Duo to scold him non-stop. He waited until Ying Duo had scolded him enough, then he raised his head slightly.
Ying Duo was panting, holding a cup that he was reluctant to break in his hand. His movements were quite funny, but Ying Ke didn't dare to laugh.
In recent weeks, Tang State has been continuously launching missiles to attack Wuyang, the capital of Qin State. Ying Duo has moved to an underground bunker outside the city, where he can feel safe.
Those **** missiles blew up Wuyang City beyond recognition. Many buildings have collapsed, many people have lost their homes and residences, and even some public facilities have been damaged.
Qin State had no way to repair these damages in a state of war because they lacked enough parts and materials and equipment.
Those precious reinforced concrete have been sent to the front line to build defense facilities, and there is not much left to repair the damaged city.
The solution given by the Great Qin Empire is to wait. Everything will be fine after the war is over. When the Great Qin Empire wins, everything will return to normal.
But no one knows when this war will end, nor does they know what kind of victory the so-called Great Qin Empire will achieve.
In fact, no matter how you look at it, the Qin Empire has lost this war: millions of troops have been lost, and millions of square kilometers of land have been occupied by the Tang Empire.
Continuing the war will only lead to more losses, but Qin has lost the ability to end the war: peace, or a decent peace, can only be established when the combat power of both sides is equal. The current situation is that the Tang Empire is advancing rapidly and the Qin State is almost doomed to fall. In this case, only an idiot would agree to Qin's peace negotiation.
"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty means that if His Majesty can accept the conditions, he owes you a personal favor." Ying Ke said a slightly naive condition.
Sure enough, Ying Duo asked angrily: "What does it mean to owe me a favor? His favor is worth an empire? He asked me to surrender, and then gave me a prince, saying he owed me a favor? Hahahaha! Thank you for what he said. exit!"
If before the war started, Ying Ke would have thought this statement was a joke, but the war had already reached its current state. Ying Ke felt that Emperor Tang's ability to say this was indeed a step forward for Emperor Qin Yingduo.
It is a pity that Yingduo will not want this step. Based on Yingke's understanding of Yingduo, unless the Tang army surrounded Wuyang City, Yingduo would not choose to surrender.
Of course, even if the Tang army surrounded Wuyang, it was hard to say whether Yingduo would surrender. According to what Ying Ke knew about Ying Duo, there was a high probability that the Qin Emperor would choose to die.
"Is Liu Zhian leaving?" After scolding the Tang Empire for several minutes, Ying Duo finally calmed down and asked.
Ying Ke answered truthfully: "He hasn't figured it out yet, but I have arranged for someone to convince him. There should be no problem. He knows the general situation, and naturally he will not embarrass you, Your Majesty."
"If everyone is as loyal to the country as General Liu Zhi'an, we should win this war!" Ying Duo has already begun to be idealistic.
In his opinion, if Qin’s generals were not afraid of death and their soldiers did not flinch, Qin would have invaded the Tang Empire at this moment.
Ying Ke didn’t dare to speak because this was Ying Duo’s fantasy time. He could just speak again when Ying Duo returned to reality.
Finally, Yingduo returned to the topic: "If there is a problem with Qingluan Port, then we will almost lose contact with Dorne, and there will be no way to replenish the rare metals and engineering and technical personnel."
"Yes, Your Majesty... In a short period of time, we can only rely on ourselves. However, Dorn still helped a lot, sending us more than 200 skilled workers, some equipment, and a division of troops. …”
He did not say that Dorne also supported Qin with hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, and also sent submarines to fight near the Qin coastline.
Although this kind of help cannot change the situation of the war, Dorne is indeed trying to find ways to support Qin. However, their capabilities are limited, and the help they provide really has no effect.
"Sigh... I'll give the Tang people the conditions we can accept, and say that I'm willing to become a vassal and pay tribute... I hope the Tang Empire can be more generous and allow me to have the honor to meet my ancestors." Ying Duo finally chose Giving in, he took another step back.
From his point of view, he has already given in, and the Tang Empire will eventually give him some face, give in, and come up with a contract condition that is more acceptable to Qin.
Ying Ke glanced at Qin Emperor Ying Duo, sighed in his heart, and shook his head secretly: No matter how Qin gives in, this time... it will be useless.
(End of this chapter)