open sea

Chapter 1038 Negotiations
Chen Jiujing failed to see Bourbon Henry at the first time, he had two things to do.

The night before, his scouts had fought Billund's scouts in the woods on the right bank of Bordeaux. A lightly armed force of 200 men tried to move from the south around the trenches to the coast, but was defeated by Kanguru's Jurchen cavalry camped outside. .

Early in the morning, Biron sent a rider holding an iron-eating beast to negotiate the return of the captives and tried to persuade Chen Jiujing to quit Bordeaux and leave France.

First of all, he had to meet the envoys of Billon first; secondly, five ships from the Protestants of Cherollar in the north of Bordeaux came to the mouth of the river north of the city, saying that they would provide some support from England to the King of Navarre.

The iron-eater flag in Billund's hand was sent by a knight from Bordeaux sent by Chen Jiujing. It was easier for them to communicate, and they clearly expressed the meaning of this flag to Billund: surrender, truce and peace.

But Billon's envoy did not come to see him. At this moment, Marshal Billon of France still thought that Chen Jiujing of the Ming Empire was no different from Toledo in Spain. Both were mercenaries recruited by Queen Margot. The key is still in the hands of Margot.

The place where the two sides met was an empty private house in Bordeaux. The reason was that Chen Jiujing neither wanted to follow other people's rules to personally meet Billund in the middle of the battlefield, nor let Marguerite go to a dangerous place. Otherwise, a viscount who knew Marguerite had to be sent into Bordeaux with his proposal.

The envoy's road was strictly regulated and designed. Chen Jiujing deliberately let him pass through the streets inhabited by Huguenots, and withdrew the Baishan Battalion and the Restoration Army from the city, and replaced them with Bourbon Henry's simple equipment. Wounded rebels stood on the ramparts.

He hoped that the envoy could provide Billund with some information after returning to lure him to attack the city again.

When Chen Jiujing arranged all this, he said to Margaret: "If you defeat them again, you will have no power to fight again."

In fact, it is gone now. Billund still has less than [-] soldiers who can fight at full strength. They only broke into the first line of defense in a fight, and they are obviously facing the dilemma of insufficient troops.

"Queen, I didn't expect to see your beautiful face when I left the Louvre." On the second floor of this small, barren room, the envoys sent by Billon could easily spot Marguerite. After saluting to everyone, he said: "I bring Marshal Billund's negotiations on the war."

Although Chen Jiujing was sitting in the middle, the messenger's words were addressed to Margaret.

After all, in their eyes, Queen Marguerite of Navarre is the protagonist.

Margaret looked at Chen Jiujing. The young general was concentrating on fiddling with his pipe. A soldier from Xiyong Camp who was proficient in both Western and French languages ​​was interpreting beside him. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Old acquaintance?"

"maybe."

The queen was ambiguous, turned her head and said to the messenger: "Thank you for your compliment, but... who is your Excellency, and where have we met?"

Such words will undoubtedly cause embarrassment, at least Chen Jiujing frowned when he heard it, but the viscount seemed to take it for granted, still maintaining that reserved smile, slightly lowered his head and said: "In Paris, the king's ball superior."

"Which ball... Forget it, it doesn't matter." Margaret rubbed her forehead, she couldn't hold herself together anymore, and asked directly: "The marshal sent you here to talk about something, he is ready to surrender gone?"

"I'm afraid not yet. We still have many soldiers. The Kingdom's three-way marshal, Dauphiné has been surrounded by Marshal Mayenne, and Picardy's rebels are also besieged in the city. Come Bordeaux."

When the messenger said this, he deliberately paused, and then smiled at Queen Margot: "The marshal believes that at this moment, the queen leads the army loyal to you to leave Bordeaux and withdraw from this rebellion, and get the most decent treatment. "

"you're right."

Margaret agreed very much in words, but her expression was not the same. Ling Kong raised her finger and waved it lightly, paused twice, and said: "It sounds like Marshal Mayenne and Marshal Matthion who besieged Picardy are both here. There is a siege, it's dangerous."

"But is their siege the siege I understand, or is it the siege that Marshal Billund left thousands of corpses and retreated to a place where I can't see it?"

"You have wisdom commensurate with your beauty." The envoy still had a smile on his face and said, "Of course it's the kind of siege you're thinking of. Raphael is surrounded by the king's army, the army is well supplied, the weather is good, and the siege is very easy."

"Despite King Navarre's popularity among the rebels, people do not believe in his command. Many places have not rebelled as promised. There is no hope for this war. The queen withdraws at this time. As long as you stay Marshal Biron is willing to negotiate a truce and set aside a month for the queen to retreat calmly."

Margaret kept listening and nodding, as if she was persuaded, but at the end she said very seriously: "Thank you for your sincerity, this means that among the three marshals, only His Excellency Billon is not good enough. , he should be very anxious."

"You said that you will get a large number of reinforcements soon, which means that at this moment, you don't have any reinforcements coming; the marshal is willing to agree to a truce, which shows that he has no confidence in defeating us in a short time."

"You see, just listen to the same words in reverse. The advantages you mentioned are all flowers in the mirror and the moon reflected in the water. They are meaningless."

After speaking, Margaret turned to Chen Jiujing and cast a small look waiting for praise, then turned to the messenger and said, "However, I am willing to sign an armistice agreement, as long as the royal army stays far away from Bordeaux, and don't cross Dole again." On the south bank of the Dorne, we shall not attack the Marshal, who may do as he pleases."

The envoy opened and closed his mouth helplessly. How should he describe to Queen Navarre that what Marshal Billon wanted to do most was to send troops into the city of Bordeaux?

Chen Jiujing, who was about to break his pipe, stopped this embarrassing negotiation, and he sat up straight and said, "Okay, you've been beaten up, so don't pretend you still have strength, and don't scare me with Marshal Sanlu If you have the ability, let the soldiers and horses of the three groups come here, and Chen will wait here, not half a step away from Bordeaux, until the battle is over."

"When will Billund surrender and when will this battle end? Go back and tell Billund that the pasta iron beast flag is for you to surrender. I don't need to negotiate. If you don't surrender, go back and prepare for the war."

"Tell the marshal again that whenever he intends to surrender, I will allow him to leave the artillery, muskets, ammunition and armor, and lead the army to leave calmly."

(End of this chapter)