April 20.

After a few days of continuous cloudiness, the sky finally cleared and the sun was shining.

After a long pause on the banks of the Luan River, the Qing army finally moved again, and they advanced more than 100 miles, pushed to the north bank of the Chaohe River, and set up camp.

The next day, Duoduo ordered Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui to lead 10,000 Liao cavalry to cross the Chaohe River and go down to the village twenty miles from the base camp.

The scout strikers of the Qing army even reached the Great Wall Pass of Gubeikou directly, and they flaunted their might under the city, shouting and provoking.

Manchu and Chinese dialects rise and fall one after another, wave after wave, like singing a big opera.

On the gate of Gubeikou, the person in charge of guarding is Zhang Wannian, who is old and strong and has just rejuvenated the new year. Because of the last patrol with the strength of a company to annihilate the Qing army's hundred cavalry forward scouts, the results of the battle were directly conveyed to the heavens, and he was specially awarded the position of battalion commander and promoted to the left military academy. The number of soldiers under his command also reached more than 600.

The military uniform on Zhang Wannian's body was also changed into the battalion commander's new official uniform, and two silver tigers were sewn on his arms.

Stepping on high leather boots, wearing a brass head cowhide belt around his waist, and wearing a command knife given by the emperor himself, Zhang Wannian stood on the head of the city and looked down, sneering at those clown-like Qing prisoners.

The first company commander was having a meeting with several platoon commanders under his command at the head of the city, and when he saw the battalion commander coming, he hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Zhang Wannian returned the salute, "What are you talking about?" ”

"Report to the camp, we are in a meeting to discuss, if the Tartars dare to come any closer into range, give them a little color."

"What are you going to do?"

The first company replied in a loud voice, "Report to the barracks, our company has several sharpshooters, and they use the nine-headed bird five blocking rifles equipped in the company to kill the Tartars. ”

Nine-headed bird five-style, which is Jiangnan Ordnance Factory in the original nine-headed bird lifting gun on the basis of research and development and restructuring, after several improvements, today's nine-headed bird five-style, is a new type of firearm with a range far beyond the ordinary flintlock gun. This firearm has a range of more than 300 paces, and the lead bullets used are also special armor-piercing bullets.

This new type of firecracker, each weighing 30 pounds, also needs to be equipped with a tripod bracket when using, this kind of stunner gun is bulky and slow to load, and the chamber must be carefully cleaned after each shot.

For these reasons, this gun was not destined to be used to equip ordinary infantrymen. From the very beginning, this gun was intended for interdiction operations, and was only used by sharpshooters to stop enemy commanders in battle formations. Gunners, standard-bearers, etc.

Normally, only those elite soldiers will be equipped with snipers, equipped with this kind of sniper rifles, and each gun has two soldiers, a main shooter and an observer.

Zhang Wannian's battalion is a light infantry battalion, and it is now temporarily placed on the gate to assist in the defense.

Almost every company of their battalion had snigglers.

However, Zhang Wannian was not happy when he heard this report, but glared at the company commander.

"Have you forgotten the order given to you so quickly by the army a few days ago? How did I convey the order to you? Do not attack without permission. Do you forget that the first shot will not be fired, and as long as the Tartars have not crossed the ditch in front of the wall, not a single shot or arrow will be fired? ”

"But"

"No, but. Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, this is the creed of our Han Empire officials and soldiers, this is what His Majesty himself said, what do you not understand? ”

"But these Tartars are too arrogant and arrogant."

"So what? Your Majesty doesn't know the arrogance of the Tartars. Privy envoys, military secretaries, and chiefs of the General Staff, don't they know that the Tartars are very arrogant? But since they have given such an order, then you, as a qualified Imperial soldier, must obey the order absolutely. ”

"Yes!" The company commander raised his head with his chest straight. Loud voice back.

"Say it louder!"

"Yes!" The company commander shouted loudly, and Zhang Wannian nodded with satisfaction, "This kind of mistake can't be repeated, I don't want to see it happen a second time, otherwise, you just wait to be disarmed and return to the field." Go back and write me a check, no less than a thousand words! ”

"Yes!" The company commander shouted on his lips, but his heart was extremely bitter.

Zhang Wannian turned around and left, and continued to inspect the front, the company commander put down his hand, sighed, and sat on the ground bitterly.

Several platoon commanders in the company carefully comforted the company commander.

"You say, does Your Majesty really want to make peace with the Tartars?"

"These Tartars are too arrogant, if you want me to say, you should beat them back."

"That is, if you order a fight, Lao Tzu must kill three or five of his mother, and he will earn a military merit and get a medal when he goes back."

The company commander glared at a few subordinates, "Don't be noisy, there are above considerations, haven't you usually attended classes?" This is called overall planning, overall situation, don't just stare at this small piece in front of you, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, he stands at the highest place, and sees the situation of the whole world. What we have to do is not to make a fool of ourselves here, let's keep our own tasks, and when the above really orders us to send troops, then we will have to show our spirit and fuck the fucking Tartars fiercely. Don't think that medals are so difficult and military merits are so easy to earn, look at our battalion commander, he has been a veteran for more than 30 years. The last time I went out, I commanded a company to kill a hundred Tartar scout cavalry. ”

"That's not a hundred bandits, it's a hundred Tartar scout cavalry, and there are several leaders and bayalas in it."

The first captain smiled and said, "It's a pity that we didn't meet the Tartar scout cavalry that time, otherwise this credit might be ours, and the company commander may be the battalion commander." ”

"Be fucking serious, don't be hippie and smiley, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, you know? Your Majesty usually spends so much silver, gives us a good salary, excellent equipment, and sufficient training, it is normal for us to win the Tartars, and it is not normal if we can't win, the key is that we have to win beautifully, and we have to win beautifully like the battalion commander. The battalion commander led more than 200 men to annihilate a hundred Tatar cavalry, which sounded like a lot of fighting less, but the result was that all 100 Tartar cavalry were annihilated, and the battalion commander did not even die a single one, not even a single one was seriously injured or disabled, only a few were skin injuries. This is the most amazing place, don't usually disobey that one, you have to earn military merits and medals, and you have real skills. When you have the ability to be a battalion commander, you will also be able to get a medal at that time. ”

The company commander himself was angry with Zhang Wannian, so he vigorously criticized a group of subordinates, and finally balanced his heart.

"Okay, go back to each department, remember. As long as the Tartars don't cross that trench, they are not allowed to fight back, and we are not allowed to fire the first shot, understand? ”

"Yes, take a seat."

"Get out of here now."

At the passes and fortresses of the Yanbei Great Wall, officers at all levels of the Han Dynasty were reiterating the orders from above, not to attack without authorization, and not to fire the first shot.

Regardless of whether the soldiers understood it or not, the order was still well executed.

The Tartars provoked under the pass for three days in a row, but the Han army was unmoved.

The city is bustling every day. It's like setting up a stage to sing a big opera, but the city is quiet as if there is no one, only the occasional cold gaze after the battlement, this silent reaction makes the provocative Tartars below feel bored, feeling like a fool and a madman.

Another day was past noon, the sun was dazzling, and it was a little hot, and the Tartars were crying out under the city. His face was covered with sweat, but there was still no movement on the Great Wall.

In the Qing army camp on the other side of the Chaohe River in the rear, Duoduo, Hauge, and Azig sat together, and they were also a little breathless.

The weather looks hotter by the day. Summer is here, but their plans are not going well.

The envoys they sent to the pass were pulled out one after another, but they were simply like mud cattle entering the sea, and there was no news.

"What is Liu Jiye thinking? Does he really want to drag us down? Isn't he afraid of the Central Plains rebellion? Not afraid of a backyard fire? ”

Haoge glanced at Duoduo and said coldly, "Maybe you overestimated those descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang. Although there are seventy or eighty thousand descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Central Plains, these people are obviously useless guys, and I haven't heard of any clan rising up against Liu Jiye. ”

"Moreover, you also underestimated Liu Jiye, this person has never been able to judge with common sense. Liu Jiye dragged it out, but we couldn't drag it out. There is only half a month left in the army, and we must make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Duoduo glared at Hauge angrily, "What's the point of an afterthought at this time, if you have any good way, just say it." ”

Hauge glanced at Duoduo with disdain, and then said, "Actually, according to my intentions, we would have had two choices, either we would have accepted it as soon as we saw it, send someone to meet Liu Jun to express our willingness to renew the attitude of peace, and then immediately withdraw to Liaohe." Or, we will directly send troops to attack the Great Wall Pass. ”

"The Great Wall is impregnable, like an iron wall, Liu Jun is standing there smiling and waiting for us to attack, attack, that is, to die. I thought you had a good plan, but it turned out to be such a stupid plan. ”

"It's not my plan that's stupid, it's you. When we attack the Great Wall, we don't really want to attack, what we have to do is to show our attitude, let Liu Jun know the resoluteness of our will, and force him to make peace with us, which is to promote peace. But you, relying on the support of Dolgon, did not take me, the general of the Western Expedition, into account, and made assertions everywhere, and now you have missed a great opportunity, so that you have lost the ground for advancing and retreating, and you are in the embarrassing situation you are in now. ”

"Do you really think that will work? Aren't we just marching under the Great Wall now, and we have all reached the Great Wall, but have you seen Liu Jiye come to negotiate peace? ”

Haoge did not show weakness, "That's because you missed a great opportunity, if you fight at the beginning, of course Liu Jiye will be afraid." But you've dragged it out until now, and you've only sent a few people to shout and curse at the gate, which is called showing your determination to attack? Are you stupid when Liu Jiye is stupid, or do you think you are smart? ”

"Haoge, I've put up with you for a long time!" Duoduo shouted angrily.

Hauge also shouted, "Duoduo, you have no longevity, in terms of seniority, I am your brother, in terms of official position, I am the general of the Western Expedition." Lao Tzu is also one of the four auxiliary kings, you give Lao Tzu more respect. ”

Seeing that he was about to do it, Azig had to come out to dissuade him, at this time, if he just helped his brother Duoduo to do Hauge together, I was afraid that this Western Expedition army would be finished.

"Don't make any noise, let's talk about what to do now, Liu Jiye shrunk his head like a turtle, he can't scold, and he doesn't pay attention to the negotiations, if it drags on like this, we will be finished, whether to fight or withdraw, you can have an idea."

Haoge glared at Duoduo, who was panting like a cow's eyes were red, and straightened his shirt, "I propose to retreat, our plan has been seen through by Liu Jiye, and if it drags on, we will be very dangerous." ”

"You can't just retreat." To Hauge's surprise, Duoduo still insisted on refusing to withdraw.

"What do you want to wait for? Wait until we run out of food and grass, and wait until Liu Jiye sends troops to cut us off? ”

"When the Central Plains is in turmoil, Liu Jiye will have to retreat when the time comes, and if we retreat now, we will give up all our efforts." Duoduo shouted.

"You just believe that the Central Plains will be chaotic, and you believe that Liu Jiye will back down? What if the Central Plains is not chaotic, if the Central Plains is too small, and if Liu Jiye refuses to back down? Hauge asked.

"I bet with him, betting that Liu Jiye will back down." Dodor.

"Do you take militaristic affairs as child's play? You're not a gambler, and you're not gambling with your chips. Hauge couldn't bear it anymore, "No matter what you plan, anyway, I will order the withdrawal of the army tomorrow, and I want to keep you, and Lao Tzu will not accompany you to go crazy." (To be continued.) )