"It's Guluge and Hanggao." Zhou Lei said, "Omubu didn't come, it was these two people who came." ”

"Omubu didn't come, can the two of them call the shots?" Han Wantao was a little uneasy, "What do you want to talk to them." ”

"That's what I intended." Zhou Lei replied, "You also know that we are most worried about Beijing now, so we can't delay here for too long." I'm going to go to the Mongols tomorrow first, and I don't need to be verbose, just ask them to surrender, just an ultimatum. ”

"But what if they don't surrender?"

"Easy to do." Zhou Lei said with a smile, "Let's go talk to Lu Xiangsheng and allocate an artillery regiment to help him defend the barracks." The remaining artillery regiment combined with the cavalry division and infantry division to fight the Mongols with all their might, your rifled guns and Zhao Qi's artillery can completely defeat the Mongols, if you don't surrender, you have to surrender. ”

"Then we'll go find Lu Xiangsheng now." Han Wantao stood up and said, "I can't delay here, defeat the Mongols and encircle Xi'an from the north." ”

After listening to Han Wantao and Zhou Lei's plan, Lu Xiangsheng did not answer directly, but asked Yang Tinglin: "Lord Yang, what do you think of the two generals' strategies?" ”

"Two generals are indeed a good idea." Yang Tinglin praised first, "But the two generals also know that there are less than 8,000 people under Lord Lu's command now, and there are as many as 50,000 Liukou. In case the two of them go out on the expedition and attack with all their might, the official is worried that something will go wrong. ”

"Lord Yang doesn't have to worry." Zhou Lei said, "It's not a boast of the lower officials, we have 72 artillery guns in one artillery regiment, and now the artillery position has been constructed." The two adults only need to sit in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the rogues can't rush in. ”

Lu Xiangsheng has also seen the power of the Yulin Army's artillery in the past few days, and he didn't object anymore when he heard Zhou Lei say this: "Then there are two generals Lao, if you win this battle, this commander will definitely ask the court for credit for your Yulin Army." ”

The next day, Han Wantao and Zhou Lei came to the Mongol camp with a battalion of cavalry waving white flags.

An interpreter stepped forward and shouted: "General Han Wantao, deputy general of the Second Rank of the Ming Dynasty, deputy commander of the First Army of the Yulin Army, and major general, ask your commander to answer." Who of you has the final say, please come out and talk to my general. ”

After a short time, a group of Mongolian cavalry also left the camp with white flags, led by two generals with bright armor.

Han Wantao looked at the two people in front of him, and saluted a Yulin military salute: "This will be Han Wantao, dare to ask the two of them, but are they Gu Luge and General Hang Gao?" ”

"Yes, that's what I'm waiting for." Hang Gao replied, "I don't know what General Han wants to talk about?" ”

Zhou Lei, who was behind Han Wantao, stepped forward: "Two generals, after a few years, I don't know if you can still recognize them?" ”

Gu Luge and Hang Gao looked at it carefully for a while, and recognized that the person in front of them was Zhou Lei, who had been stationed in Naturalization City back then.

Gu Luge arched his hand: "It turned out to be General Zhou, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

Zhou Lei said with a smile: "The general and the two generals are old friends, so the general came today with no other intention, but to advise the two generals, don't choose the wrong road and stand on the wrong team." ”

Hang Gao was a little puzzled: "I don't know what General Zhou means by this?" ”

"There is a way to know the times, and those who know the times are handsome." Zhou Lei said, "Your Mongolian numbers have rebelled, and I am afraid that you will not be completely trusted, whether it is in my Ming Dynasty or in the Manchu Emperor Taiji." You are also the descendants of Genghis Khan, but why are you so ignorant of current affairs? ”

Zhou Lei's words made Gu Luge a little angry: "General Zhou, we are on the orders of my lord, and the general has something to say, please speak directly." ”

Han Wantao took over: "Two generals, I don't know if you already know that General Wang Pu, the general of Datong, has recovered Yulin, and your retreat back to the Mongolian steppe has been blocked. Moreover, our emperor has already mobilized more than 100,000 troops to hold on to the Gyeonggi area, and it is impossible for the Manchurian Tatars to fight at all. ”

After Han Wantao finished speaking, he pointed to the barracks behind him: "We have also fought fiercely for several days, and the guns and artillery of my Yulin Army have also been seen." Don't hide it from the two of you, our purpose is not you, but Li Zicheng. But we can't solve Li Zicheng without solving you first, so there are two ways in front of you now, one is to lay down your arms and surrender to my Daming. ”

Han Wantao didn't say anything more, and Hang Gao asked, "What about the second way?" ”

"Article two?" Han Wantao's tone was much more serious, "I'll annihilate you here." The two generals thought about it, your 20,000 men might have withstood more than 100 artillery pieces and thousands of 100 guns of fire? ”

Hang Gao's eyes rolled: "General Han, in fact, we Mongolians don't want to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that this time my prince received the holy decree of Huang Taiji, and he had to do it as a last resort. If the general can let me wait for a way out, we will tell my prince when we go back, and my prince will also be grateful to the general. ”

Han Wantao laughed: "There is nothing so cheap in the world. Where do you think this is, is this your Mongolian steppe, come and go as you want. Ben will tell you once again that we can guarantee your safety by giving you a day to lay down your arms and accept the adaptation of the Ming Dynasty, but you must obey our Ming orders. By this time tomorrow, if there is no answer, we will fight to the death. ”

Gu Luge and Hang Gao's cold sweat was about to come down, and the other party directly gave an ultimatum. But if they didn't surrender, both of them knew that the 20,000 Mongols were no match for the Yulin army at all, not to mention the artillery, their guns couldn't deal with it, and the cavalry couldn't rush to the front.

"General Han." Gu Luge's tone softened, "Can we go back and discuss, it is a capital crime for us to surrender without the order of our prince." ”

"Please, two of you." Han Wantao said coldly, "But I hope to get an answer from the two of you tomorrow, and Ben Jiang doesn't want to kill too much." ”

Han Wantao and Zhou Lei turned around with the cavalry battalion and began to walk back, and after walking a little way, Han Wantao asked in a low voice: "Zhou Lei, why do I have a feeling that these two Mongols will come to rob the camp at night?" ”

"Chief Han, you won't be afraid, right?" Zhou Lei said with a smile, "Our artillery position has already been arranged, let Zhao Qi keep an eye on it tonight." Dare to come and rob the camp? We're going to let them die without knowing how. ”

Han Wantao also felt that he was a little too worried, and he was still afraid of cannons and rifled guns: "Zhou Lei, what if the 20,000 Mongols really surrender." That's 20,000 people, can we watch it? ”

"Chief Han, why are you confused again." Zhou Lei laughed again, "It would be better if they really surrendered." If you are worried that you can't stand it, send them to Luoyang, and hand them over to Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou, won't there be nothing to do with us? ”

"It's not going to work." Han Wantao vetoed, "If they make trouble with Yang Sichang, it will ruin the plan to destroy Li Zicheng." ”

"You're right." Zhou Lei tilted his head and thought for a while, "We can do this and scatter them." Send a part to Datong and Beijing, and then send a part to Luoyang, and we will keep some for ourselves, and let the rest of the wounded and the old and weak go back to Mongolia by themselves. These Mongols have suffered a lot of casualties these times, and there should be no accidents in these places. ”