Xue Boling listened to the Cossack next to him translate to the Buryati, and then the Briati translated to himself, and when he heard the word barbarian, he couldn't help laughing. It's really funny that these barbarians actually called the Ming army barbarians.

"We are facing the army of the Ming Dynasty, the largest country in the East, whose weapons are more advanced than ours, and their numbers are many times larger than ours. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was willing to provide protection to our Cossacks, and as long as we were willing to fight for them, he could exempt us from taxes and guarantee our freedom. ”

Menitz laughed and said: "We have submitted to His Majesty the Tsar, how can we be loyal to any Ming?" The weapons of the Ming are advanced, do they have our cannons? It's funny that you can't beat the captives yourself, and you want to drag us into the water together, so you can't hide your incompetence. ”

"Although they don't have cannons, they have muskets that are more advanced than ours, so what's the difference between allegiance to the Tsar and allegiance to the Ming Emperor?" "The artillery he wanted was of course a cannon weighing a thousand pounds, and he saw that there were small-caliber artillery in the Ming army, but of course he would not treat these as cannons.

Menitz said: "Of course there is a difference, the tsar will be victorious, of course we will follow the winner, so that we will also be the victors." ”

Alat said helplessly: "Okay then, let's speak with facts. The general of the Ming army said that the castle can be captured in half a day, and when the castle is captured, you will know whether what I said is right or not. ”

Menitz laughed: "Let them come, I will see if they can take this fortress with bows and arrows." ”

Alat came back dejected and said to Shebling: "I have no way to convince Menitz. ”

Xue Boling smiled: "I have a way to convince him." ”

The Guards removed the five cannons from their horses and placed them neatly in a corner where the Rakshasa cannons could not shoot. With a wave of the commander's hand, a solid bullet landed on the front of the wall. Menitz laughed and asked the soldiers to reorient the cannon at the head of the city, right at the Ming army.

The commander immediately directed the soldiers to retreat a mile away to avoid the muzzles of the Rakshasas. Menitz laughed even more proudly, and ordered the soldiers to slowly turn the cannon towards the artillery of the Ming army, people can move, but it is not so easy for the artillery to move.

At this time, the positioning of the Ming artillery has been completed, and a flowering bullet fell on the city wall, and a violent explosion sounded, killing several Rakshasa people on the city wall.

Menitz's face changed drastically, urging the soldiers to speed up the movement of the cannon, but the next shell of the Ming army exploded right next to the Rakshasa cannon, and the wave of air set off pushed several soldiers to the ground, and the cannon stayed alone on the top of the city, and the soldiers did not dare to approach at all.

At this time, the commander of the Ming army shouted: "Three elevations, aim at the target and launch yourself." ”

The five artillery pieces of the Ming army were fired together, and the explosions sounded one after another, and the Rakshasas on the city wall fled in all directions, but people were constantly killed and injured by the shells.

Xue Boling said: "Stop for the time being, let Alat go and persuade him to surrender again." ”

Alat's face was full of red light, and he walked to the city wall proudly and said: "Menitz, now you believe that the Ming army can capture the castle soon, and only by saving your life can you have a future, so you better surrender." ”

Menitz had just been grazed by a small piece of shrapnel and was bandaging the wound. Hearing the smug laughter of Arat under the city, he was ashamed and angry, but he knew that surrender was a wise choice. The Ming army only needed artillery, and it was easy to capture this small fortress.

He stood up and shouted, "Are you sure they can guarantee our freedom?" ”

"Yes, I believe they are credible," Arat said. ”

Menitz, of course, understood that if the Ming army wanted to subdue the Cossacks for their own use, at least those who surrendered themselves would be treated better. Now the situation in front of us is obvious, either surrender or die, and I don't want to die like this. He shouted: "We are willing to surrender, and we hope that the Ming army will keep its word." ”

There were more than 400 Cossacks in Karislya, Menitz opened the city gates, the soldiers came out dejectedly, Xue Boling let the Ming army control them one by one, and then sent troops into the castle to ensure that all were controlled, and then the large army entered the city.

Xue Boling called Menitz and Alat: "The biggest characteristic of my Ming people is that they are true to their word, I have heard about the customs of the Cossacks, I can provide you with the freedom you need, our army has extremely strong firepower, but the mobility is slightly insufficient, and your Cossack cavalry just makes up for our shortcomings, and we can be said to be a match made in heaven when we fight together." I am the division commander of the Daming Far North Military Region, and I can guarantee your freedom, as long as you are willing to fight for the Daming. ”

Menitz said: "We are now far away from my homeland, if we want to go to our homeland, there are at least three thousand kilometers left, can your emperor of the Ming Dynasty shelter our Cossacks?" ”

Xue Boling said with a smile: "My Emperor Ming said that the east of the Ural Mountains will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty, is your hometown included in it?" ”

"Our hometown is on the Don River, just west of the Urals. ”

Xue Boling said with a smile: "I, Emperor Ming, can send troops to ensure that you establish your own country, and only with your own country can you have real freedom, what do you think?" ”

Menitz smiled: "You think too simply, we have the Rakshasa country on one side and the Polish Empire on the other, and we don't expect to have our own country, as long as we can retain autonomy, we will be satisfied." ”

Xue Boling said: "My Ming population is 10,000, even if you draw one out of a hundred, you can also form a million army, with our army's equipment and our army's combat strength, do you think it is impossible for us to keep your autonomy?" ”

Menitz exclaimed: "Ten thousand people? How can there be so many people in one country? Don't lie to me, it's impossible. ”

Xue Boling smiled: "If you can go to Daming to take a look, you will believe it." Our Ming Guards now have more than 200,000 troops, and this is because we have to focus on domestic construction, and of course, the most important thing is that there are no enemies. As long as there is an enemy, we can pull out a million troops at any time, and it will not be difficult to sweep Poland and the Rakshasa country. ”

Menitz thought, you really showed a flaw, a mere 200,000 troops, oh, it's too much, but if you want to start a war with Poland and the Rakshasa country, you have to invest at least 100,000 troops, we have walked along the way, not to mention the difficult road, you can't solve the food problem.

But now that he has surrendered, what can he do, I hope that this Ming general will not brag too much, and he can follow his master, so as to make himself a winner.