Chapter 111 Joint Meeting
Originally, the Western Qin people arranged for noon, Frank, Wolfgang and Bai Zhou, and even Joan of Arc to get together to contact him for "feelings". But what happened in the morning made Frank seem to be no longer interested in having dinner with Wolfgang. Wolfgang seemed to be having fun talking with Joan of Arc. He had no time to eat a big table with others, so Bai Zhou was happy to be idle. After checking the gunpowder reserves, he went with the generals of the Western Qin to eat what they should eat and discuss what they should discuss. Until afternoon, another general of the Swiss Germans, Fein, rode alone to Basel.
Because Frank brought about the 10,000 troops, he could not make the decision alone, so before Fern arrived, the joint military meeting could not be completed, or even if it was held, it could not be counted. After all, Fern's prudence was the character that all the Swiss aristocrats wanted. They did not ask for any great achievements, but only hoped that there would be no big mistakes.
In the living room arranged by Xi Qin, there were three people in the Western Qin side, including Bai Zhou, Wei Fu and Mengshan, and Frank and Fein on the German side; although Wolfgang does not represent the Holy Roman Empire, the five thousand soldiers he brought make him qualified to sit here; as for Joan of Arc, it can only be considered as attending the audience, without the right to speak or make a decision, but if she is famous, if she says something, it will be enough to attract the attention of others. At least, Wolfgang and Bai Zhou will attach great importance to it.
Since the battle against the Burgundians was nominally dominated by the Western Qin people, and the location of this meeting Basel was the territory of the Western Qin people, Bai Zhou naturally sat on the main seat and was responsible for presiding over the meeting.
However, what happened later was indeed beyond Bai Zhou's expectations. Bai Zhou asked himself that he was not a person who only knew how to talk but did not do practical things, but this meeting lasted for two hours. In the end, Bai Zhou found that no consensus was reached between the three parties.
Whether it was Wolfgang, Frank, or even Fein, Bo Zhou knew something, and knew that they were not some aristocrats who "loved" to argue, but in fact, this first joint meeting could be said to have ended completely in failure, and almost nothing that Bo Zhou hoped to reach an agreement was passed.
First of all, there is the issue of military rations. Frank and Fein are still rich, bringing enough troops of 20,000 to two months of supply. However, Xiqin has only less than a month of supply, so it is not in a hurry. But Wolfgang only carries a small amount of food, which is only enough for a few days to use. I hope Xiqin or Frank can provide the remaining food.
Logically speaking, the request made by Wolfgang is both reasonable and reasonable. After all, he can be regarded as "free" helping the Western Qin people, and he only symbolically charged a little mercenary fee. There is no reason to bring his own food and grass. What's more, even if his troops really only appear as mercenaries, according to the current mercenaries' rules, the employer will provide food and grass, or convert it into coins.
But the problem is that the food and grass on the Xiqin side are not enough, so it is impossible to distribute it to Wolfgang, and Frank's side is even more troublesome. Not to mention that their food is only "really rich". After all, if the war really enters a stalemate, the food and grass for two months will not be enough. Just say that this part of the food and grass is not just the decision of Frank and Fein. What's more, now the Swiss Germans can only be regarded as the Allied forces of the Xiqin people, and they also come to help the Western Qin for free. Bai Zhou himself was embarrassed to take away the food and grass from one of the Allied forces to supply another.
Now let the man go back? In comparison, Bai Zhou would rather send Belfort back to Grand Duke John. The land is dead and the man is alive. Only when the enemy is killed completely will the land not be able to escape.
Of course, Bai Zhou was just thinking about this in his heart. After all, if Frank is still here without looking at the monk's face, he cannot embarrass him.
The last issue discussed was that Bai Zhou was preparing to give up Belfort. Because Belfort is still a distance from Switzerland, the difficulty of logistics supply is on the one hand, and on the other hand, if Duke John bypasses Belfort and goes around to attack Switzerland in a big circle, then there will be a coalition fun.
However, not only Wolfgang and Fein, but even Frank and Joan of Arc expressed opposition. In their opinion, it was unacceptable to take the initiative to give up a large piece of land, or even a very defensive piece of land. Wolfgang and Joan of Arc's opposition was slightly weaker. After all, they either had no soldiers at all, or had little to do with him, because even if they finally defended Belfort, Wolfgang would not have been able to go there to collect fiefs.
However, Fein and Frank have personal interests. Fein even said that if Bo Zhou did not have the confidence to defend Belfort, then let them Germans take the lead.
This statement came from a general with a name for caution, which seemed to make Bai Zhou feel a little incredible, but the fact is that if he was really defended in the end, then Xi Qin would have no reason to go back to this place, that is, Belfort would be their Germans in the future. Moreover, in their eyes, Belfort is so conducive to defense, and it would be a pity if he didn't resist Burgundy's attack here.
As for logistics supply, wouldn’t it be enough to recruit more civilians and peasants? Will Duke John go around in circles? What a joke? The Burgundians have more than twice our troops. Is it necessary to make a bend with us again?
Bai Zhou looked at the sun gradually setting outside the window and sighed slightly. Two whole hours, four hours! It can be said that it was a complete waste. With this time, Bai Zhou was even sure that even if the Burgundians were used to rest, it would be more meaningful than doing this.
Finally, Bai Zhou suspended the meeting on the pretext that it was dark and prepared to continue tomorrow.
However, Bai Zhou was really suspicious. If he just drove like this, even if he had discussed ten tomorrows, there would not be a unified result. But now, Bai Zhou still had to do this until there was a result that was in line with the interests of three aspects. Otherwise, Bai Zhou could imagine that the scene of falling apart would not be far away. What was left to Grand Duke John of Burgundy was the fish on three chopping boards.
Bai Zhou could not accept this result, and Xi Qin could not accept this result!
I have to think of a solution myself.
Chapter completed!