Red Alert 1895 Chapter 228

Next, Yadian's Fifth Division and Li Xiaodong's Sixth Division continued to explore the west, eliminating many aborigines along the way. And many of these aborigines were wiped out in large numbers, because Ya Dian and Li Xiaodong often found excuses to deal with those aborigines, and they all had their own reasons anyway. There is nothing wrong with the so-called crime. They can have a reason to find a reason to deal with the natives. Through this method, they defeated hundreds of thousands of aborigines, but the real number of appendices was less than 20,000, and these less than 20,000 aborigines were all sent to the rear to do coolies, and those aborigines hardly had much human rights . In addition to ensuring that they will not be killed casually, they all have to endure high-intensity labor, and the meals are the worst, and the jobs they have to do are also the most dangerous jobs. As for those aboriginal women, they will also be married to those male aboriginals, and their descendants are also slaves. They are not even as good as Taiwan's fourth-class citizens.

And when they came to a tribe with about 20,000 people, all the members of this tribe came out. But Ya Dian and Li Xiaodong didn't pay much attention to all this, and they also started preparing for battle directly. But a messenger came from that tribe, and he came with a white flag.

"What. Do you want to surrender?" Li Xiaodong asked.

And the aborigine immediately said: "No, no, no, we are not going to surrender, we are going to negotiate with you. We have more than 160 you Chinese in our hands, and they are all in front of us. If you attack, then We're going to put them at the top."

"What? You take us Chinese as hostages?" Ya Dian asked in surprise.

Ya Dian and Li Xiaodong did not expect that someone would take a Chinese hostage. In the past hundreds of years, many Chinese have come to Kalimantan Island, which was called Borneo at that time. So now some Chinese are being taken hostage. This really made them feel difficult.

"What should I do?" Ya Dian asked Li Xiaodong.

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Li Xiaodong also said, grinding his teeth.

The two stopped just like that, and neither of them had anything to do. And they saw through the binoculars that the people walking in the front were all Chinese, and some of them were wearing Hanfu. Some are mandarin jackets from the Qing Dynasty. Obviously, their ancestors came to Nanyang at different times. Long ago, the Taiwan side also sent soldiers to pass orders to let those Chinese gather in Dongwanlu together to avoid being caught by the aborigines. But I didn't expect that there was still a fish that slipped through the net at this time. There are more than 160 Chinese who have been taken as hostages.

"What to do, once our soldiers open fire, we Chinese will be the first to die!" Ya Dian said helplessly.

"Our soldiers' marksmanship is not that good at all, and it is impossible to accurately avoid accidentally injuring Chinese. On the battlefield, bullets have no eyes. This is really difficult. Moreover, who knows what these natives will ask us request?" Li Xiaodong also said with a wry smile.

"However, let's talk!" Yadian said.

The two top commanders on the front line have nothing to do. After all, they both know that there are hostages in the opponent's hands, so they are all confident. And if I take the initiative to attack, I am afraid that I will be the first to accidentally injure my post. If these more than 20,000 aborigines could just shoot them with machine guns, it is impossible not to hurt the Chinese hostages in this process. And those hostages are in their hands. So the machine gun really can't be used. And if they charge on a large scale, they will also accidentally injure them, and even force the natives to kill the hostages. so. The only solution right now is to talk to them.

"What are you going to do to let these hostages go?" Ya Dian asked.

And the native person in charge of negotiating immediately said: "Our leader said, the first condition is that you must voluntarily retreat and leave your weapons behind. You can't take them away!"

"Joke, you might as well let us disarm and surrender!" Ya Dian snorted.

This aborigine has really lost his mind. The fifth and sixth divisions were actually asked to retreat and leave their weapons behind. In this way, the natives can use these weapons to arm a lot of firearms troops. Then it was used again to attack the Taiwan army. This is definitely impossible. Ya Dian and Li Xiaodong really felt that this native was out of his mind and proposed such an impossible condition, so they all knew that this condition was impossible. If these weapons are really left to them, the Taiwan army may suffer heavy casualties by then.

"We still have conditions!" said the native negotiator.

"What else? Okay, what else, you all have to finish talking at once, you're welcome, we all listen!" Li Xiaodong said.

"Also, all of you Chinese must withdraw from our Kalimantan Island, and then compensate our tribe with 10 million taels of silver."

"Crazy, you are really crazy!" Ya Dian said.

These aborigines really had their brains flooded to the point of hopelessness, and Ya Dian really wanted to pry their heads open to see how flooded their heads were. They are absolutely insane to be able to raise such harsh conditions. Let Taiwan withdraw from Kalimantan Island, this is not even the Dutch can do at present, the French and the British also have not many good ways to hold Taiwan. But these aboriginals actually want to rely on some so-called hostages to force Taiwan to give up its expansion plan. Isn't this a bit naive?

Moreover, it is simply absurd to pay a ransom of 10 million taels of silver for these more than 160 people. Ya Dian really doubts whether this native understands that ten million taels of silver is such a huge sum of money in China! One must know that the purchasing power of one tael of silver will be hundreds of dollars in future generations, and if ten million taels of silver is shared equally among each hostage, that is probably more than 60,000 taels of silver, which will be a ransom of tens of millions of dollars in future generations. . I'm afraid that with such a high ransom, even the son of the world's richest man may not exceed this value. So Ya Dian and Li Xiaodong, who had lived in China since they were young, of course knew what absurd price 60,000 taels of silver would be for each of them.

"This ransom is too much!" Li Xiaodong said.

"No, our leader said that you can't miss a copper coin, so you should prepare as soon as possible, and then retreat and leave Kalimantan Island. And, leave your weapons and give them to us, and then you can get out of here!"

Ya Dian suppressed the idea of ​​directly pulling this guy to be shot, and then said coldly: "This condition is too high, I'm going to ask our Lord Wang for instructions!"

"Okay, as soon as possible, you must reply within three days, if you don't agree to our conditions, then we..." The native negotiator showed a ferocious look.

"If you dare, if you dare to kill one of us Chinese, then I will kill a hundred of you!" Li Xiaodong said.

"Hmph, whether you can kill or not is still a question!"

The native negotiator went back to report on the incident, and the native leader immediately laughed.

"Hahahaha, with these hostages in our hands, we are not afraid that they will not agree to our conditions." The indigenous leader said.

And an elder next to him immediately said cautiously: "Boss, I think our conditions are too high, why not lower them? I'm afraid the Chinese will not agree to these conditions!"

But the native leader said: "If they don't agree, then we will kill these Chinese hostages. Anyway, there is no less than a copper coin. With this money, we can expand our population several times. Even let them stay. With those weapons, we, Dou E, can take the opportunity to conquer our Kalimantan Island, and then become the overlord of Kalimantan Island. At that time, I will become the emperor of a great empire!"

"But, aren't these a little whimsical? I'm afraid the Chinese won't agree!" said the elder.

"What? You say I'm whimsical? You are really too timid. You have to let go of such an opportunity for us to become the overlord of Kalimantan Island? As long as we blackmail the Chinese severely, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com In this way, they have to compromise. We have hostages in our hands, if they don't agree, won't they be afraid of us tearing up the ticket? At that time, I'm afraid they will all be held accountable!” said Ling, an aborigine.

And this native elder also shook his head helplessly, this leader is already crazy, how dare he blackmail the Chinese like this. Doesn't he know that the Chinese may not care about these overseas Chinese? The Chinese have 400 million people. Will they give up the opportunity to attack Kalimantan Island for the sake of the lives of more than a hundred people? More than a hundred people, even the vast majority of tribes on Kalimantan Island, would not care. Will the Chinese, a country with a population of 400 million, give up the whole plan just for the sake of more than a hundred people? What's more, the conditions of this indigenous leader are really ridiculous. This is no longer a lion opening its mouth, it is simply eating the sky with its mouth, and I am afraid it will choke to death instead. The indigenous elders are very unfavorable to the idea and plan of this indigenous leader.

As for the conditions of the aboriginal people, Ya Dian and Li Xiaodong sent them to the headquarters of the Nanyang Military Region of Dongwanlu on a fast horse. The result immediately shocked everyone.

"What, there are more than a hundred Chinese hostages in the hands of the aborigines!" Wang Guorui exclaimed.

If there are hostages in the hands of the natives, it is really difficult to solve this matter. We must discuss it together before we can resolve it. (to be continued)

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