Chapter 1072: The Decisive Battle in Liaodong (14)

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Zilharang sat down in his chair, he never imagined that in a day and a night, the more than 60,000 troops stationed at Xiping Fort would no longer exist, and he had previously discussed with many officers whether to send the Zhenglan Banner to launch a surprise attack and harass the rear of the Jiangning battalion, in anticipation of the situation of the Jiangning battalion that Sony had mentioned.

Sony's body was trembling slightly, after leaving Xipingbao, Sony did not return to Shenyang, and came directly to Guangning, he looked forward to discussing with Zilharang to see if it was possible to launch a front and rear attack on the Jiangning camp.

After a moment of silence, Sonny looked at the scout and spoke viciously.

"If you spread false news, I'll cut off your head."

"Lord Qiyu, his subordinates will never dare to pass on false news, Ma Guangyuan, the owner of the Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, Shi Tingzhu, the owner of the Yellow Flag Banner, and Bayan, the owner of the Red Flag Banner, were all killed, and the soldiers who escaped from Xiping Fort were less than 100 people, and the subordinates learned the accurate news from the mouths of these people."

Sonny looked at Zilharang, also speechless, this is terrifying news, but in one day and one night, how much ability Su Tiancheng has to be able to exterminate the army of 60,000 seems to be a myth.

After a few minutes, Zilharang slammed to his feet and walked quickly to the map that had been pounced on the table.

Sonny and many other officers followed Zilharang's side.

After looking at the map for a few minutes, Zilharang spoke, and his tone was very sad.

"Su Tiancheng grasped the key and took Xiping Fort, Guangning was in danger, south of the Liao River. Quang Ninh has become an isolated city, and if I come to deploy, I will leave a small number of sergeants to garrison Xiping Fort, and the army will rush to Quang Ninh, so that it will be. The Liaodong Border Army and the Jiangning Battalion converged, with a strength of at least 100,000 people, and the army stationed in Guangning, that is, more than 60,000 people, even if the Zhenglan Banner stationed on the north side of the Liao River came to help, it was only more than 80,000 people, and it may not be able to defeat the Ming army. ”

With that, Zilharan looked up at the crowd.

"Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning camp to be able to spend a day and a night. Taking Xiping Fort, this is an unimaginable thing, if I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I wouldn't have believed it, this can only show that the combat effectiveness of the Jiangning battalion has reached a terrifying level. ”

After saying this, Zilharan hurried up and down the house. And all the people looked at Zilharan, but no one spoke. They knew that Zilharang was probably going to have to make a big decision.

Soon, Zilharan spoke again.

"Sony, Li Guohan, and Wang Shixuan stayed, and the rest of them all went to command the army, make all preparations, and wait for orders at all times. There is no room for delay. ”

There were four people left in the room, and Zilharan thought for a long time before finally speaking.

"I thought about it, the army abandoned Quang Ninh City and began to break through tonight. Cross the Liao River and rendezvous with the Zhenglan Banner. ”

Zilharang said such words, no one objected, including Sonny was silent, these people are all experienced in a hundred battles, I know what kind of situation Lu Dao is facing, if the army continues to stay in Quang Ninh City, I am afraid it will be a dead end, even if it holds on for a long time, it will not escape the fate of destruction.

It is impossible for Haizhou's Dolgon to continue to send a large army to reinforcements, so Haizhou is also dangerous, and it is even more impossible for the Zhenghuang Banner and the Yellow Banner stationed in Shenyang and Liaoyang to send reinforcements, and it is not good, Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion to kill directly to Shenyang, then there will be a big problem.

"The artillery of the Jiangning battalion is so sharp, I didn't expect that with the defense of Guangning, those ditches and moats, there is no blocking effect, but this is also our opportunity, the Jiangning battalion wants to rush to Guangning, need to transport artillery, this will definitely delay time, we can take advantage of this gap in time, break through the encirclement, now the most important task is to preserve the vitality, if the army stationed in Guangning, also fall into the encirclement, it will be a fatal blow to my Qing country, We cannot afford to suffer such heavy losses. ”

Zilharang spoke very slowly, carefully considering the words, he had to think about it clearly, and there were some things that he had to say to Sonny alone, anyway, Sonny was an envoy sent by Huang Taiji.

"Sony, do you have any other comments?"

Sony quickly looked up and replied.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have no other opinions, and the withdrawal of the army from Guangning City is the best choice."

Zilharang nodded and spoke to Li Guohan and Wang Shixuan.

"Li Guohan, Wang Shixuan, you quickly go and get ready, convey this decision, our army is going to break through tonight, time is very tight, tell the soldiers, except for the items that must be carried, don't bring the rest."

Li Guohan hesitated slightly.

There are many residents of Quang Ninh City, although after the army occupied the city of Montenegro, many residents of Quang Ninh have moved away, but the vast majority of those remain, since the army wants to evacuate Quang Ninh, the residents in the city are not considered.

"Dashuai, many residents in the city ......"

"We are breaking through the siege, not out of the city to conquer, the residents in the city will not care, the news of the army's breakthrough must not be leaked out of the city, if someone leaks it, the military law will be engaged."

Li Guohan and Wang Shixuan no longer hesitated, turned around and left.

After the two of them left, Zilharang's face turned serious, and Sonny was left in the room.

"Sony, you are the envoy sent by the emperor, you represent the emperor in your words and deeds, why did you ask Shi Tingzhu to withdraw quickly under unfavorable circumstances when he was in Xiping Fort, to preserve his strength, and to fight day and night, I don't believe it, Shi Tingzhu has no chance to withdraw."

This is a very severe questioning, Sony is also worried about this matter, when he talked to Shi Tingzhu and others, he talked about the majestic plan, I have to say, this plan, greatly bewitched Shi Tingzhu, made Shi Tingzhu hesitate, even at the critical moment, he did not dare to withdraw from Xiping Fort easily.

Although he is an envoy sent by the emperor, in front of Zilharang, Sony is an out-and-out subordinate, Zilharang is the prince of the Great Qing Kingdom, and he is the banner owner of the blue flag, which is the top existence of the Great Qing Kingdom.

Sonny's body trembled again, and he fell to his knees in front of Zilharang.

"Lord Wang, it's all the negligence of his subordinates, his subordinates really didn't expect that the Ming army would take Xiping Fort in one day and one night, and his subordinates couldn't imagine that the 60,000 army would not exist in one day and one night."

"Sony, that plan of yours, don't mention it to anyone, if the emperor knows, I will be difficult to protect you, in a word, the loss is so heavy, my 60,000 soldiers of the Qing Dynasty have been wiped out like this, I really don't know how Su Tiancheng has the ability to defy the sky, 30,000 soldiers in Gaizhou, 60,000 soldiers in Xipingbao, Duoduo, Jin Li, Ma Guangyuan, Shi Tingzhu, Bayan, are the mainstays of my Qing Dynasty, all of them died in the hands of Su Tiancheng, it seems that the emperor's previous thinking is correct, We really have to change our strategy, the most dangerous enemy of my Great Qing Kingdom is Su Tiancheng, not the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Sonny knelt in front of Zilharang, not daring to speak, his so-called majestic plan, is just an idea of Huang Taiji, when the opportunity is not ripe, it is impossible to put it into practice, in Xiping Fort said this plan, resulting in 60,000 troops desperately resisting, unwilling to evacuate, such a thing is really known to Huang Taiji, although he Sonny is a member of the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that he will not escape the fate of beheading.

Sony is not afraid of death, but it is a great humiliation to die like this.

Zilharang looked at Sonny on his knees and spoke again.

"Sony, get up, this matter is over, only you and I know, Shi Tingzhu has donated his body, I don't want to say more, I am also responsible, I didn't expect Shi Tingzhu to be so stubborn, very momentary, must be able to decide, not stick to the rules, if Shi Tingzhu knows a little bit of flexibility, it will not cause such a huge loss."

Zilharang said this, and Sony looked up.

"The subordinates thank the prince for taking care of him, the prince led the army to evacuate Guangning, and the subordinates are willing to lead an army to cover the withdrawal of the army."

Zilharang looked at Sonny and shook his head.

"Sony, how can you stay to cover, you are the emperor's envoy, the matter of Guangning and Xipingbao, you still need to report to the emperor, okay, you also go and prepare, assist me in commanding the evacuation of the army, I didn't say the time of evacuation just now, I was afraid that time would leak out, the news of the defeat of Xipingbao could not be kept secret for a long time, maybe before we evacuated, it was possible to leak out, which would bring huge trouble to our evacuation."

"Garrisoned outside the city of Guangning, is the Liaodong border army, their combat effectiveness, can not be compared with the Jiangning battalion, so our chance is still very good, I carefully considered, the time to start the action, before the time, the army must all evacuate Guangning, overnight rush to the Liao River, for the dawn, and the blue banner."

"Lord Wang, my subordinates thought of a question, since Su Tiancheng is preparing to besiege Guangning City, he will definitely send someone to inform the Liaodong border army stationed outside the city to prevent our army from withdrawing from Guangning City, my subordinates think that this time the evacuation, I am afraid that they will face a fierce battle, so there must be a special force to cover the retreat of the army."

"Well, I have thought of this a long time ago, Li Guohan once led the army and fought with the Jiangning battalion, and has a certain amount of experience, so the main task of the blue flag is to cover the retreat of the army, so the blue flag will have a certain loss, I will make it clear to Li Guohan, okay, you quickly rush to the garrison and command the army to prepare for evacuation."

Li Guohan hurriedly entered the house.

Half an hour later, Li Guohan left with a heavy face, accepted the task of covering the withdrawal of the army, Li Guohan felt the pressure, 20,000 people to cover the evacuation of 40,000 troops, this task is not easy, not to mention the Liaodong border army outside the city, I am afraid that it has been prepared for a long time, and Prince Zheng also emphasized that the yellow flag covering the evacuation must also be evacuated, and the loss cannot be too great. (To be continued......)