Chapter 286: Barbed Wire
28 6-pounder guns were fired again, and at a distance of 400 meters, the power of the 6-pounder guns was demonstrated, and more than a dozen shield cars of the Eight Banners were knocked out. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Eleven stone throwers were also pushed out, and a raging fire broke out in front of the entire position.
"Sir." Zilharang was a little anxious, "Their artillery is too strong, why don't we open fire?" ”
"Don't worry, Lord Belle, it's not time yet." Tao Min dealt with Jierharang on his lips, and silently counted the number of times the Yulin army's artillery was fired in his heart.
"It's five rounds." Tao Min shouted, "Beat the drums, and the infantry will speed up." ”
With the earth-shattering sound of drums, the 1000 Eight Banners maniacs began to charge forward again.
"Reload shotshots." Zhao Qi shouted, "300 meters in front of the target." ”
Rows and rows of Eight Banner maniacs fell.
"Sir, we've suffered too many casualties." Zilharang was really anxious.
"It's seven rounds, it's time." Tao Min's tone was a little relaxed, "Order, target enemy artillery, artillery salvo, cavalry attack." ”
The 32 6-pounder guns of the Eight Banners fired again, but Zhao Qi's artillery could not return fire. More than 1,000 Eight Banner cavalry stepped on the billowing smoke and dust, howling and rushing towards Zhou Lei's defensive line.
"Tao Min is TM, and he has a lot of heart." Xu Lang touched his head, "He actually waited until our artillery couldn't be fired before firing." ”
"Herald." Jiang Beiming didn't care about Xu Lang, "Everyone retreated to the second line of defense. ”
"And what about our artillery, don't you want it?" Xu Lang didn't understand why Jiang Beiming ordered to retreat now.
"Don't make any noise." Jiang Beiming was also a little anxious, "I can't take care of it now, I'll grab it back later." ”
Zhou Lei's third regiment and Zhao Qi's artillery regiment threw down their positions and artillery, and quickly withdrew along the trenches to the second line of defense.
"Everybody's loaded and ready to shoot." More than a thousand flintlock muskets of the 2nd and 3rd regiments stretched out of the trenches, and behind them were loaders holding the second gun tightly. Fifty meters in front of the position, a row of snake-bellied barbed wire more than one meter high was tightly fastened to the ground.
"Lord Belle." Tao Min finally smiled, "The enemy's first line of defense has been breached, and it's time for our iron cavalry below." ”
"Sir's clever plan." Zilharang is not worried, anyway, the people who died just now were all unarmored infantry, not the elite of the Eight Banners.
"Beat the drums, cavalry charge!"
1,000 cavalry crossed the first line of trenches with their weapons raised, bypassed the artillery positions, and rushed straight towards Wang Qianxiang's second line of trenches.
"No shooting, no shooting." Yang Tao and Zheng Zhongjun kept shouting, "Don't shoot without an order, they can't rush." ”
Tao Min's smile suddenly froze on his face, and the cavalry in the first row rushed to a distance of 50 meters from the trench but suddenly stopped, and the horses kept wailing and raised their front hooves but refused to move forward. The cavalry behind couldn't slow down, and crashed into it one after another, and almost all the cavalry were huddled together.
"Fire!"
The flintlock pistols of the second and third regiments were fired again, and the cavalry of the Eight Banners didn't even have the heart to shoot arrows back, and all of them were almost repeating an action, constantly whipping their horses.
"What's going on, sir?" Zilharang was stunned by the sight in front of him, "Could it be that the enemy army has used demon magic?" ”
"Order, Mingjin withdraws the troops." Tao Min finally understood from the binoculars, and his heart felt a chill, "When did Yulin Bay get the barbed wire?" ”
"Order, the three regiments and the artillery regiment re-enter the first line of defense." Jiang Beiming finally relaxed, "Our cannon can't be without." ”
"What exactly are they using, sir?" In the big tent of the Chinese army in the Eight Banners, Zilharang asked anxiously, "Why can't our cavalry rush over?" ”
"That's a defensive measure of the Yulin Army, which is somewhat similar to the rejection of horses." Tao Min was confused, and said in a haphazard manner, "Don't worry, Lord Belle, although that thing is powerful, it is not impossible to crack." Belle give me some time, and I'll figure out how to crack it. ”
The traversers of the Independent Brigade gathered together with extraordinary excitement.
"Tao Min suffered a big loss today." Zhou Lei grinned, "This time, let's kill at least a few hundred of his cavalry." ”
"I really didn't expect that barbed wire would be so useful." Pham Thu Minh said, "Go back and suggest to the committee to increase production." ”
"Everyone, everyone." Xu Lang smiled at everyone, "Now it's time for us to talk to Tao Min." ”
"Talk to Tao Min? What to talk about, how to talk about it? Everyone looked at Xu Lang strangely.
"Don't even look at me." Xu Lang pointed at Jiang Beiming, "Let Beiming talk to you." ”
Jiang Beiming gave a brief introduction to Xu Lang's ideas with everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen." Xu Lang made a concluding speech, "Everyone knows the current situation, even if we can really rely on our own strength to defeat Tao Min this time, we can't do this, if so, Chongzhen will attack us." Therefore, it is necessary to negotiate with Tao Min, this issue cannot be decided by me and Beiming alone, let's vote by a show of hands. ”
Most of them raised their hands.
"Master." Tao Min was meditating in the barracks about a way to break the barbed wire, when a wrapper walked in, "Qi Qi master, someone from the enemy army came over with a white flag, saying that he wanted to negotiate with his master." ”
"Who's coming, is the name coming?" Tao Min was a little suspicious in his heart, "They have nothing to lose, how can they come to negotiate?" ”
"Back to the master." Bao Yi replied, "The people who came said that they were Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang. ”
"It's them again." Tao Min cursed in his heart, and then ordered, "Gather a team of fast guns, and I'll go out and have a look." ”
Tao Min led a fast gun team of 100 people to the outside of the barracks, and Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang were waiting for him with people.
"Tao Min, you're a good gunner." Xu Lang rode on his horse and said with a smile, "It's a comparison with the Yulin Army." ”
"Xu Lang, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." Tao Min shouted, "Hurry up and say something." ”
"Tao Min, we came to see you today because we have a few things I want to discuss with you." Jiang Beiming suddenly switched to Mandarin.
"What can you discuss with me?" Tao Min also switched to Mandarin.
"Talk about peace and strike the army." Xu Lang's third sentence in Mandarin came out.
"You want to make peace with me?" Tao Min laughed, "What conditions do you have to make peace with me?" ”
"Tao Min, don't be hard-mouthed." Jiang Beiming said, "You also know very well now that your 40,000 people can't destroy our 6,000 people. What's more, Lu Xiangsheng and Wu Sangui are already on the way, if the Ming Dynasty reinforcements arrive, you will have no chance. ”
"Tao Min, you have also been in Yulin Bay for 4 years, and you know the policies of Yulin Bay." Xu Lang said with a smile.
"Xu Lang, what do you mean?" Tao Min asked, "It is precisely because I know that Yulin Bay's policy is to destroy us, so I left you, and you forced it." ”
"Tao Min, that's not what Xu Lang said." Jiang Beiming said, "We don't want to explore anything about you and your brother, maybe there are some problems with Yulinwan." But what Xu Lang meant was Yulinwan's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty government, I think you should know. ”
"Yes." Xu Lang continued, "Yulin Bay wants to transform the Ming Dynasty, save the Chinese nation, and save the Han people. But the Han people are not the Ming Dynasty, let alone Chongzhen. If one day Chongzhen wants to destroy us, then we will definitely turn against the Ming Dynasty, you should know this. ”
Tao Min looked at Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang without speaking.
"Tao Min." Jiang Beiming's tone softened, "We are all people after 400 years, and from a certain point of view, we are a family." You are for your people, we are for our people, and no one is wrong. However, the nation does not necessarily represent the emperor, let alone Chongzhen or Huang Taiji. ”
"Tao Min, I'll ask you directly." Xu Lang didn't give Tao Min a chance to speak, "We dare to turn our faces with the Ming Dynasty." If one day, Huang Taiji wants to get rid of you and your brother, do you dare to turn your face with him? Even if you do whatever it takes to defeat us, what good can you do. You consume tens of thousands of Eight Banners here, do you think Huang Taiji will spare you? ”
"Don't talk about it." Tao Min roared, "Jiang Beiming, Xu Lang, how do you want to make peace." ”
"It's simple, let's stop fighting." Jiang Beiming knew that it was time to show his hole cards, "We are not having a good time with you now, Chongzhen doesn't trust us, and Huang Taiji doesn't trust you very much." Let's stop fighting for one to two years, and we will rest and recuperate. You can go to North Korea if you want, we will give you North Korea. Don't you still want to go to Japan, we can also give you some of it. When we can all control our own destiny, let's talk about what happens between us. ”
Tao Min's heart was shocked, it seemed that Yulinwan already knew his plan to go to Japan. But Tao Min didn't have any expression on his face: "I agreed to a two-year truce, but what about this situation now?" Zilharan came with me. ”
"Hahahaha." Xu Lang smiled, "Tao Min, is there no way for a person as smart as you?" ”
Tao Min didn't refute Xu Lang, but sighed: "I really can't think of a way." ”
"And can you control your quick-gun team now?" Jiang Beiming asked, "I mean absolute control. ”
"Yes, I trained it."
"Okay, let's do it then." Jiang Beiming said, "You use your fast gun team to attack again, we will resist a little, and then we will withdraw from Yulin Fort, you can occupy Yulin Fort, but you are not allowed to destroy it." We will say to the Ming Dynasty government that we lost 3,000 people, and you can also say the same to Huang Taiji. Didn't we annihilate nearly a thousand of you in the past two days, we cut off hundreds of your heads, and the rest was left in Yulin Castle for you, and you burned him, so that you and I have a saying for Chongzhen and Huang Taiji. ”
"But there's a point." Xu Lang added, "You must choose to do this one or two days before Lu Xiangsheng arrives, and as soon as Lu Xiangsheng arrives, you will retreat." It's early or late, and it's going to smash the show. ”
"But how can I trust you?" Tao Min asked, "After all, you played tricks on me." ”
"We can't guarantee that." Xu Lang said slowly, "Tao Min, you and I were both thrown into this era by God. For this day and age, we are all outsiders. No matter what our ultimate goal is, protecting ourselves is the most important thing. If in 400 years, maybe I will be friends with you. ”
"Again, I'm not sure I'll agree with your plan, though it sounds plausible." Tao Min thought for a moment, "But I can guarantee that if you see my QuickGun team attacking, it means that I agree." ”
"Okay, let's decide." Jiang Beiming said, "Remember the time. ”
Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang returned to Yulinbao with people.
"Xu Lang, I want to ask you a question."
"You don't have to ask, I know what you want to ask, I'll tell you." Xu Lang looked at Jiang Beiming, "My proposition is a constitutional monarchy and inter-provincial autonomy. If Tao Min really has the ability to transform the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then the Northeast can join the big family of the Chinese nation as an autonomous region, so that there will be a lot less killing and sacrifice. ”
"But." Xu Lang raised his fingers again, "This is a personal grudge." In this life and this life, I will kill both of them, Deng Zhaohui and Li Xiao are watching me from the sky. ”
Jiang Beiming knew that it was useless to say anything else, so he had to smile bitterly: "Let's have a meeting first and inform everyone of the results of the negotiation with Tao Min." ”