The sky on the front line of Jihuang Town has slowly brightened, and the soldiers on the forward positions of the Ming army have been fighting hard all night, repelling 6 waves of offensive by the Taiping army. The barbed wire array in front of the position has been broken through by the Taiping army's quilts and corpses, and the trench where the Ming army used to squat until the chest wall where the Ming army is now guarding is full of corpses, most of which are heavenly warriors with red heads.

After Yang Xiuqing broke through the most barbed wire fence with the quilt method, he ordered a full-line onslaught of 30,000 people, but was still repelled by the superior firepower of the Ming army - and the three barbed wire fences covered with ice and frozen quilts actually played a great role, and when the Taiping army crossed them, the advance speed slowed down significantly, and they could not organize platoon gun shooting, and as a result, they became a live target for the Ming army's crossfire, and were killed in pieces! Later, when the Taiping army rushed into the trench, the grenades of the Ming army rained down again......

Probably because last night's attack was too fierce and the casualties were too great, this morning's Taiping army was quiet without any signs of attacking. The corpses in front of the Ming army had already been dragged down, and only the frozen blood on the ground silently told people how fierce and bloody the bloody battle was last night.

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”

The Ming army's position sounded the sound of the mountain shouting long live, this is Zhu Jishi inspecting various positions. Last night's fierce battle was probably the fiercest and bloodiest battle that the Ming army had fought since its establishment, but it was a pity that the opponent was a former ally, but the Taiping army, which had made great contributions to the overthrow of the Manchus!

Circled around the position, and personally sealed dozens of nobles - not big nobles, the largest is the viscount. They were all heroes in last night's battle. Return to your own headquarters. Jérôme. Peel has already counted last night's results: "Your Majesty the Emperor. Last night we killed more than 8,200 Taiping officers and soldiers and captured more than 1,600 prisoners, most of whom were wounded. Our troops suffered a total of 266 killed and 85 wounded, most of which were caused by the shelling of the Taiping army. ”

Zhu Jishi did not have the slightest joy, the war with the Taiping Army was a tragedy for this nation after all, but it was just a matter of having to fight and decide who to belong to. He frowned: "More than 10,000 people were lost in one night. Yang Xiuqing should know that he can't do anything...... Send a signal to the cavalry to look for an opportunity to fight the cavalry of the Taipings. ”

The effect of releasing fireworks during the day is not too good, and the scout cavalry of the Guards Cavalry can't get too close to Jixiao Town, but there is a solution, that is, the four hot air balloons, the surface of the balloons are painted with the sun and moon and the flag, and the red background is golden, which is very eye-catching. It's winter again, and there are many northwest winds, so it's easy for the balloon to fly southeast after it lifts off. As long as it is a little farther away from the battlefield of Jiwei Town, it is not difficult to be discovered by the Ming army scouts. See the balloons. Daerlong, Mercer, Li Qiusheng and their three cavalry brigade commanders knew that the time had come for them to attack!

At this time, a Mongolian horse suddenly came in front of the position, and immediately a tall Taiping Army officer was holding a large flag with red borders on a white background in his hand, the flag was waving high in the wind, and on it was a blood-red word "make".

Seeing the knight rushing towards his position, a soldier raised his rifle and wanted to shoot, and Luo Jian hurriedly shouted: "Slow! See what the hell he's going to do? ”

The knight rushed to the barbed wire fence covered with a quilt before reining in the horse, and the horse neighed, and the tall man stood up, looking indeed strong, but it was still far behind the Western horses of the Ming army.

The knight shouted at his horse, "Who is the leader of the affairs here?" Luo Xuan glanced around, and a major of the Ming army jumped over the trench and also walked in front of the barbed wire: "If there is anything, just say it!" ”

"By the true holy decree of the Heavenly Father Emperor God, the East King wants to talk to your Emperor Zhu in front of the array!"

The major of the Ming Army was stunned, what is the true holy decree of the Heavenly Father Emperor God? What is the way of this Heavenly Father Emperor God?

But the knight said, "Go and tell Emperor Zhu quickly, I'll listen to the echo here." ”

"What? Yang Xiuqing wants to negotiate with me? ”

Zhu Jishi was also stunned when he heard the news, why did this Yang Xiuqing listen to the commentary of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms too much? How did you remember to answer before playing?

"Luo Qing, can you ensure safety?" Zhu Jishi asked Luo Outline, who came to report.

"Yes." Luo Xuan said, "Just clean up the trench, and squat in the trench to talk to Yang Xiuqing." ”

Zhu Jishi nodded: "Then arrange it...... Find more Hakka people with loud voices, and shout out what I and Yang Xiuqing said. ”

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Yang Xiuqing's arrangement was similar, "God" was as timid as the emperor, he didn't dare to show his head to attract bullets, and he was also squatting in the trench guarded by the stragglers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and there was a small horse under his buttocks, and there were more than a dozen sturdy and sturdy guards holding six-shot Colt pistols in their hands, looking around vigilantly.

"His Royal Highness the East King, the Zhu Demon Head has also arrived." Li Kaifang jumped into the trench and arched his hand towards the East King, "But the distance is a little far, the East King, you have to be louder." ”

Yang Xiuqing nodded, and said at the top of his throat: "Brother Zhu has always been good?" I'm Yang Xiuqing! ”

This is the first time Zhu Jishi has heard Yang Xiuqing speak with his own ears, Yang Dongwang speaks the Hakka dialect, Zhu Jishi is half a Hakka, or a native of Meizhou, Guangdong, and can also speak fluent Hakka. So he said loudly in Hakka: "Brother Yang, I am Zhu Jishi, do you have anything to say?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Taiping generals around Yang Xiuqing were in a commotion, they didn't expect Zhu Jishi's Hakka words to be so authentic, if they didn't know the identity of Zhu Jishi, they really wanted to think that he was a Hakka.

"My Taiping army fought in front of the city, fought in the county, broke Beijing, killed 300,000 Qing Tartars, and avenged Er Daming.

Zhu Jishi smiled when he heard this: "The soldiers of the Taiping Army have indeed contributed to the Ming Dynasty and the Han people in the world, and I will never forget your merits as the son of the Great Tomorrow. ”

This is not just talking, the Qing Dynasty was defeated by Yang Xiuqing in the strict sense, this historical achievement cannot be forgotten, and it is natural to pay the prince for merit - not for the Ming Dynasty, but for the Han people in the world. Yang Xiuqing died in battle, and Zhu Jishi also wanted to posthumously seal a prince to him.

Yang Xiuqing snorted and replied: "The soldiers of my Taiping Army fought bloodily to have today's several provinces, but they reaped the benefits of fishermen and did most of the world, especially not satisfied, and came to swallow my borders, and said that they were not ungrateful?" ”

"The world is the world of the people of the world, not my private property. I raised troops to oppose the Qing Dynasty for the people of the world, and I raised troops for the Northern Expedition for the people of the world. Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has the merit of destroying the Manchu Dynasty, but there is no ability to govern the country, the people of several northern provinces are miserable, especially when the Manchu Qing Dynasty is victorious, I raise troops to the north, where is not the pot pulp, in order to welcome the king? The aspirations of the people are clear at a glance. In yesterday's battle, the Taiping army was killed and wounded, and there was no doubt about who was strong and who was weak. Today, I am very clear and win the hearts of the people, support strong soldiers, and dominate the world. ”

Yang Xiuqing was silent for a long time before he said: "I will lead the troops to the west and build a heavenly kingdom in the northwest, how about it be commensurate with the Er Daming brothers?" ”

Knowing that you can't win the battle and want to retreat?

Zhu Jishi squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, before he sighed: "Yang Xiuqing, I Feng'er is the king of Taiping, and the land of Gansu and the Western Regions is the Taiping Kingdom, and I will give another million silver dollars every year, and then invite Hong Xiuquan to Yingtian, how about treating him as a prince?" ”

Yang Xiuqing's face slid with a hesitant color, and just when he didn't know what to say, a huge noise suddenly came from the battlefield.

"East ...... Your Royal Highness the East King, look there! Li Kaifang, who was guarding Yang Xiuqing's side, suddenly shouted, his arm pointing forward in the air.

Yang Xiuqing looked in the direction of his finger and saw several huge spherical objects floating in the air, and the surface of these spherical UFOs was the mark of the Great Bright Sun and Moon Tonghui Flag! (To be continued......)