The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 430

Hugel failed to break through, leaving Ximailui silent for a long time.After pondering for a long time, he let out a long sigh.

"Don't move for now, we'll talk about it after dawn."

Xi Mairui's plan is to wait until dawn to see the opponent's entire deployment situation, and then look for a breakthrough.

Chang'an saw that the other party was silent, and felt a little anxious again.

"Officer Min, what does Xi Mailui want to do? Why is there no movement?"

"If he can't do what he wants to do, he has to wait. However, the longer he waits, the worse it will be for him. It's better to take action as soon as possible, and maybe some people will run out."

"Yeah, the later we wait, the more passive he will be when our reinforcements arrive."

"Your Highness sees it very well."

Look, even Chief Min praised me.

Chang'an is not only a little proud.

No, anyone can see this point of view, and it seems that there is nothing brilliant about it.

The two sides confronted each other like this, and more than three hours passed quickly.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the situation on the battlefield could already be seen clearly.

There is nothing wrong with the Fubingtuan, it seems that everything is normal, not only normal, but also surprisingly normal.

The cooks set up the cauldrons and started cooking.The charcoal was brought together by the convoy, so there was no need to collect firewood everywhere.

When the two armies are facing each other, they openly start cooking. This behavior is undoubtedly a blatant contempt for the opponent.

"Boss, the Bukui people are too arrogant, they dare to despise us so much, I'm going to smash their pot."

Commander Solato blew his beard angrily.It's just because many of the beards have been frozen into icicles, and when they speak, they poke up and down, looking a little happy.

"Alright, you can take 800 people to try and see how much ammunition they still have."

Solatu took people there, and Hugel couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Alas, it's this time, and he's still plotting against Solato.

Try how much ammunition the opponent has?Is this a test?There are so many baggage vehicles of the Bukui people there, how about trying?Moreover. , If you want to try it, you don't have to take the lives of so many people to try it.

Although Solatu has offended you before, it is in crisis at this time. It should be united and united to the outside world, so how can they plot against each other?
Alas, maybe God really wants to punish the Sidwa people.

"Officer Min, the Tatars seem to be attacking again. How many of them are going to be killed this time?"

Jia Lian was a little confused about Jia Min's intentions, so he asked first.

"As long as you hold your ground, they have passed the minefield. If they still advance, they will be wiped out. If they retreat, ignore them and tell them to go back."

"understood."

Although he didn't know why Jia Min did this, Jia Lian was still ready to carry out the order.

Solatu's cavalry launched a charge, and the speed was relatively slow at the beginning. Seeing that there was no response from the government corps, they speeded up and quickly entered the minefield.A little twig on the Fubingtuan's side, strings of flames were ignited on the snow, and strings of blue smoke rose.

Soon, mines exploded one after another.Solatu's cavalry immediately lost their formation, and their horses ran around.

Seeing that the government troops on the opposite side seemed indifferent and did not intend to block it at all, Soletu suspected that there were still landmines ahead, so he hurriedly gathered the troops and withdrew back.

"Officer Min, our reinforcements are here, and they seem to be General He's men."

Jia Min stood up and looked to the south, and saw a long team walking towards the distance about two or three miles away.

According to this route, it should be He Shenjiang's team.

"There are people coming from behind, it seems to be Feng Zijing's second group."

At this point, Jia Min let out a sigh of relief.

"Second brother Lian, ask someone to contact Xi Mairui, I want to have a private conversation with him in the formation."

"This……?"

Jia Lian looked at Chang'an, and Chang'an also looked puzzled.

The Tatars were blocked here before, but now that a large army has come, they just encircled and wiped out the Tatars, so why are we still talking?
"Excuting an order."

"Yes."

Jia Lian agreed and arranged for Ni Er to deliver a message to the Tatars.

Ni Er got on his horse, picked up a piece of white cloth, and galloped towards the Tatars.After a while, a few people from the other party came out and said a few words to Ni Er in the formation, and Ni Er followed them.

Just when he was worried about Ni Er, Ni Er flew back from the Tatars.

"Officer Min, Xi Mairui agreed. He said that no one will bring any entourage, and you two will meet by yourself."

"it is good."

Jia Min got on the horse without saying a word.

"Officer Min, shall we go with you?"

Chang'an, Jia Lian and several battalion commanders are about to mount their horses.

"Xi Murui dared to come alone, why would I not dare? Our reinforcement team is here, and he can't see it, don't worry. It's okay."

As Jia Min said, he patted his horse and galloped towards the middle of the two armies.As soon as he left, he saw a rider coming out from the opposite side.Not long after, the two met in the middle, and both reined in their horses and stopped.

"Is Jia Guerrilla here?"

"That's right, the one who came is the head of Ximeirui?"

"Exactly. I don't know what Jia Guerrilla wants to say when he comes to me."

"I'm here to give your tribe a way out."

"Give my tribe a way out? Guerrilla Jia, your tone is too loud, right?"

"Head Xi Mairui, I have annihilated the two thousand-man teams in Qingshichuan, which were made by the first regiment behind me. The four thousand-man teams in Sanyanjing have also been wiped out. This is from the Beijing camp. General He Shen's record, they are over there now, and you have seen it."

"Xiaobeihe's two thousand-man teams have been captured by my Feng Zijing's department. They have come now, and you can see them too."

"The two thousand-man teams in Hongshilazi have also been captured by my Chen Yeqing team. They are currently on their way here and will arrive soon."

"Baoyinqiu's team of one thousand and three teams of one hundred have now been taken by Zhao Dahai."

"Beifengkou has been controlled by one of my battalions, and your road back to North Wendura has been blocked by me."

"Now you only have four thousand people left under your command, and you can't even get through the defense line of my first regiment. My reinforcements have arrived again, and you can't get through even more."

"Headman Xi Mairui, this is the current situation. Of course, if you retreat and escape, that is also a way, but, my 1 horsemen are chasing you, how far can you run?"

"When you are exhausted and you run out of food and grass, that is the time for your death. However, at that time, it is also the time when your Sidwa tribe is completely extinct."

"All the strong and strong of your Sidwa tribe are in South Wendura. The whole army is wiped out in this battle. The old, weak, women, children, mountains, forests, grasslands, and livestock servants of your tribe in North Wendura will be defeated by the Votels and Wali. How dare you say that your tribe will not perish if the people of the valley divide it up?"

Simrey fell silent.

Of course he is aware of the consequences.He would have done the same if he had been a Voltl or a Wali Valley.

"So, you can only save your tribe if you cooperate with me?"

"I don't believe you have such good intentions?"

What Similui wants to say is: How can I cooperate with you?

Unexpectedly, I said this sentence smoothly.

"Of course there are conditions."

"What conditions?"

"First, in the future the imperial court will set up prefectures and counties in North Wendura, and you must not object. There will be no leader in the future, but an official position can be arranged for you, subject to the restraint of the imperial court."

"I can agree, but the people of Votel and Wally Valley may not agree."

"You don't have to worry about this. When we fight them in the future, you, the Sidwa tribe, just don't participate in them. Of course, if you insist on participating, at worst, you will fight again together."

"Let me tell you, Xi Mairui, don't think you have any ability just because you defeated the imperial court's 15 troops. They are them, and I am me. Erdaojiang is only as big as I am, so I have defeated you?"

"This time, I only have 6000 people, so I dare to attack you with 4000? Do you think it's enough if you have more people? The big deal is that I spent the first half of the year training 1 troops, plus I have more than [-] people now. Votel and Wali Valley will be my opponents? You can settle this account yourself."

"Now, 6000 to [-] people under your command have become my captives. Including your people here, there are another [-] people. If these [-] people return to North Wendura, you can still keep your hope. Dewa tribe, if you resist to the end, it’s okay, I don’t mind annihilating another four thousand people. So many firearms and ammunition have been brought here, and I still think it’s troublesome to bring them back.”

"Jia Guerrilla, are you really willing to put my people back?"

"Of course it's not for nothing. You have to redeem it with money."

"The people here are not your prisoners."

Unknowingly, Xi Meirui began to negotiate terms.

"Row."

"I will redeem the others for ten taels of silver each."

"Ten taels of silver per person? Xi Mairui, how about you redeem the cattle? No, 50 taels per person."

"20 taels per person, I will give it to Jia Guerrilla in private, not to the court."

"I'm not short of money."

"25 taels, that's a lot."

"make a deal."

Next, the two quickly negotiated various conditions.

These people here in Ximeirui are not considered prisoners.Xi Meirui is not considered a surrender, but a settlement between the two parties, leaving a step for Xi Meirui to withdraw with dignity.

On this point, Jia Min readily agreed.

Saving face for Shimerui now will help maintain his prestige among the Sidwa people and the North Vendura grasslands, so that he can continue to control the Sidwa tribe.

If he suffers a crushing defeat this time and his reputation is discredited, someone from within Sidwa may come out to challenge his authority.

In case Xi Mairui was forced to step down, Jia Min would have to deal with a stranger.In terms of efficiency, it will be discounted, which is not cost-effective.

"Jia Guerrilla, we have reached an agreement, but I am afraid that my subordinates will not be convinced."

"It doesn't matter if you are not convinced, I can beat them to be convinced."

"That was not what I meant?"

"Then what do you mean?"

"I mean, let's have another fight."

"Okay, as long as you are not afraid of death."

"Let's not fight to the death."

"Oh? How do you want to fight?"

"You always bully people with firearms. It's not fair. No firearms this time, and no other weapons."

"Then how to fight?"

"Let's fight with bare hands, with [-] people on each side. Whether we win or lose, the conditions we just talked about will remain the same. If we win, it will be considered as a face for us and make our warriors feel better."

"Ximerui, what if you lose?"

"We can't lose."

"I don't want anything else from you if I lose, but you owe me a favor."

"it is good."

"Simrey, thirty against thirty, I don't think it's fair. Thirty against one is fair."

"Jia Guerrilla, you can't bully people like this."

"Thirty of you hit me one and said I bullied you?"

"You mean, you hit thirty of me by yourself? Jia Guerrilla, did I hear you right?"

"That's right, that's it."

"That's what you said, it's a deal."

"It's a word."

(End of this chapter)