Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 75 Decisive Battle: Epilogue ([-])

This negotiation is destined to be difficult to achieve overnight.Fortunately, due to the demise of the Spanish Army, the two sides are in fact in a state of truce, and many tasks have been carried out unaffected.

The infrastructure of 3 of the 15 production teams in the 11 brigades in the Dingyuanbao reclamation area was severely damaged and must be repaired as soon as possible.This is the only grain-producing area of ​​the East Coast Republic, and the matter is so important that no one dares to be careless.Since a formal peace treaty has not yet been concluded with the Spaniards, the executive committee has not been brain-dead enough to start rehabilitating military personnel to participate in the construction.Therefore, the more than 700 Spanish captives served as ready-made labor, and their "organizational relationship" was transferred to the Prison Administration Department of the Ministry of the Interior, and then began their labor reform career under the supervision of the police of the Ministry of the Interior.

The first step is to restore the production of lime kilns, cement kilns and brick and tile wheel kilns outside Dingyuan Fort.At the beginning, the Spaniards demolished these kilns in order to build fortification bunkers. Fortunately, the foundation is still there, and it is not too difficult to restore.Only when the production of these kilns was resumed could sufficient building materials be provided for post-war reconstruction.

The 2000 people crowded in Dingyuan Fort were also evacuated a lot.Some villagers whose houses were not seriously damaged have already returned to the village with their families. While they are working hard to restore the damage caused by the war, they are starting to rush to plant potatoes.These tough villagers looked at the Spanish captives with incomparable hatred, and then threw themselves into production without hesitation.

On July 7, two Spanish negotiators returned to the negotiating venue on the north bank of the Great Fish River.

Gao Mo and the others just nodded politely, without any expression on their faces.The other party was not polite, and entered the theme directly after entering the venue.

"Regarding the several terms you proposed on July 7, His Excellency the Commander of the Fleet, Diego Garcia, gave the following reply." After clearing his throat, Lieutenant Falcao was the first to speak: "First, the territory of your country is not limited. There should be unsuitable expansion, that is, your country’s territory can be appropriately expanded on the scope of our original claim on July 26, but the farthest westward must not cross the Great Kuchlia Mountains, and the farthest northward must not cross the North Lake of Milin Second, due to the monopoly trade laws of the Kingdom, we do not accept your request for mutual market transactions, and at the same time, please strictly restrain the smuggling merchants to avoid unpleasant incidents that will damage the relationship between the two countries. Third, Tierra del Fuego belongs to the Spanish royal family , and refuse to accept any form of capital injection, development, exploration, etc., unless it is authorized by the royal family. 7. Regarding the guardianship of the Charuyas and Guaranis proposed by you, we agree, but the scope It should be limited to the aborigines in your country's territory. 26. The Strait of Magellan, the Uruguay River, and the La Plata River refuse to sail by ships from any other country. [-]. The prisoners of war must be released immediately and unconditionally, and their weapons and horses are no longer mandatory Ask for it to be returned, but it should be returned to us intact after accepting a certain amount of monetary compensation from us.”

After Lieutenant Falcao finished speaking, he looked at the negotiators from the east coast sitting across from him, and said with a blank expression: "These few clauses are already within the scope of the Garcia Fleet Commander's authority. This is the biggest concession I have made, and I hope you will seriously consider it."

"Slap!" After listening to the translator's report, Gao Mo hadn't expressed his opinion yet, but Peng Zhicheng, who was sitting on his right hand, had already slapped the table hard.He stood up with an angry face, put on the military cap on the table, and said: "Which side lost the battle? Could it be that we failed?! This kind of clause without sincerity seems to me completely Just a bunch of shit, sorry gentlemen, I think it is necessary to continue this boring negotiation. I will rush back to the barracks now, the boys are full of enthusiasm, they are full of hatred for the Spaniards, I think they will be happy You went to Buenos Aires with me. Sergeant Henry, please translate directly, don’t miss a single word.” After speaking, Peng Zhicheng strode out of the venue.

Once outside the door, Peng Zhicheng's expression immediately eased, and he said to the oncoming army staff officers: "Go to Dingyuan Fort, let Chang Kaisheng quickly pull out his first post, and bring guns, cannons, and vehicles with you." Qi, go to the outside of the venue to form a team."

"Okay, I'll do it right away." The staff officer said comprehendingly, and then hesitantly said: "Are you really considering going around the city of Buenos Aires?"

Peng Zhicheng rolled his eyes at him, and said in a low voice, "I won't think about it for now. It would take hundreds of kilometers to cross mountains and cross mountains and rivers. It is not fortified. However, if the negotiations do not go well in the future, they may send someone to go there for a while, but they will definitely not be infantry. If they want to send, they will also send cavalry. Now a lot of Spanish army horses have been captured and assigned to the cavalry battalion. Three or five horses are more than enough, and with enough supplies and ammunition at that time, it is not impossible to wander around the Spaniard's territory. Well, forget about so many nosy things, and go to your business."

The staff member hurried away.After a while, a burst of orderly footsteps sounded outside the venue, occasionally mixed with the officers' copper whistle and password. This is the first whistle 82 officers and soldiers came to gather.After a while, Peng Zhicheng began to give lectures to the soldiers of the first, third, fifth and sixth posts who were still stationed here.During the lecture, the soldiers were in high spirits, shouting "Wan Victory!" and "Victory belongs to the Army!" from time to time.

Gao Mo stood up, closed the wooden window of the hut, then shrugged slightly apologetically to the two Spanish negotiators, and said: "Sorry, let you see a joke. Many times, the generals They always have their own unique understanding. They often bypass our government and carry out some actions independently, and the people always support their behavior, which makes our government often seem very passive, and the generals The binding force is also relatively limited. Rest assured, I will submit a report to the highest authority in our country, the Central Executive Committee, and ask the Executive Committee to persuade these impulsive generals to calm down and try to avoid doing things that damage the relationship between the two countries. But it's hard to say if it's going to work, you know, the military have a lot of temper tantrums, and they're going to do a lot of crazy things if they get a little provocative. Someone close to the military told me in a casual chat yesterday I, these days the army has been asking the material department for some supplies that are several times higher than what is needed for training, but has not given a proper reason. He guessed that maybe these generals want to go west, west and west, across the continent Cuccilia, over the Santa Lucia, over the Uruguay, into the Buenos Aires region. Ha, how absurd! How fantastic!"

Gao Mo smiled exaggeratedly, while paying attention to the faces of the two Spaniards opposite, and then suddenly asked: "Lieutenant Falcao, are you okay? Why is your face so bad? God, is this sick? I think You need to rest!"

"No, thank you. I'm fine, and I don't need to rest for the time being." Lieutenant Falcao recovered and explained politely, "Maybe I was too tired a while ago. Alright, Gao, let's continue now. Maybe you still have a different understanding of the terms we proposed, then I think we can continue to discuss, although this is very troublesome, but I will try my best to fight for it from the commander of the Garcia fleet. Compared with the resumption of war between the two countries Tragic incident, I think it's better for us to sit down and be honest. Our soldiers need to return home safely, and your people need more supplies. After all, they have been locked down for five months. No ?"

Gamo looked at the young Spanish lieutenant in front of him who was counterattacking calmly, and suddenly smiled, and said, "That's right, Lieutenant Falcao. The war between the East Coast Republic of China and the Kingdom of Spain was originally wrong. This is a total tragedy. Now is the time for us to put it right, so where do we start?"

Next, there was endless wrangling between the two parties.It was not until the evening that the hungry parties reached an agreement on most of the terms.The first article, the Spaniards made a new division of the northern territory of the East Coast Republic, allowing people from the East Coast to cross Lake Mirin and enter the area around Lake Patus, but the farthest is not to go beyond the Gerard Mountains; as for the East Coast Republic On the western border, the Spaniards insisted not to cross the Gran Cucilia Mountains.In this regard, Gao Mo agreed after a little protest.After all, the territory controlled by the crossing crowd is still very limited, and there is not so much energy to explore and colonize the western inland area for the time being.As for the full-fledged future, then just re-negotiate with the Spaniards.What?disagree?Call again if you disagree!This era is so naked, everything is based on strength!

The second article, with regard to trade, the Spaniards also made appropriate concessions. They allowed the East Coast Republic to sell no more than 500 tons of goods to the La Plata region every year.As for the location of the transaction, it was decided by the two parties after mutual discussion that it would be near the later city of Colonia at the mouth of the La Plata River.The two sides established a market town here, and the town was jointly managed by the two parties.

Articles [-] and [-] have no objection after negotiation.As for Article [-], the La Plata River and the Uruguay River are prohibited from sailing by ships on the east coast, and the Strait of Magellan allows ships from the Republic of the East Coast to sail, but they must report to the city of Buenos Aires before sailing, and after obtaining permission Only then can it pass.

As for Article [-], Gao Mo and others insisted that the prisoners of war could only be released after the two sides concluded a formal peace treaty. As for weapons and horses, the Spaniards did not mention it again.

Generally speaking, this is a fairly fair agreement, and the various clauses in the agreement basically reflect the situation on the battlefield and the strength comparison between the two sides.After the talk, the Spaniards did not stay and rode back to Rocha Port overnight. They still needed to report to their superiors, and their superiors also needed to report to the Peruvian side.

(End of this chapter)