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The brutal fighting continues.

Xiping Fort has become a sea of fire, a sea of fire in the world, full of killings, fallen corpses everywhere, and thick smoke billowing out of it.

Liu Wenxiu, He Renlong and Di Huaixiang and others, led 45,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, all rushed into Xiping Fort, the tragic battle began, stationed in Xiping Fort of the Han Eight Banners of the Zhenghuang Flag, inlaid yellow flag and inlaid red flag, more than 60,000 people, stationed at the south gate to inlaid yellow flag, Shi Tingzhu direct command, but the heaviest loss is also inlaid yellow flag, three rounds of artillery attack, so that the yellow flag vitality is greatly injured, almost lost the ability to resist.

When the Ming army launched a charge, Shi Tingzhu had already felt that something was wrong, and urgently mobilized the soldiers stationed at the east gate, the west gate and the north gate, including the reserves, to fight with the Ming army, but unfortunately this transfer was too hasty, in the eyes of Shi Tingzhu and others, even if the Ming army wanted to attack Xiping Fort, it would have to pay huge casualties in front of the south gate, and it would take at least a few days to reach the city gate, but unfortunately half an hour later, the Ming army broke through the city gate and entered the city to fight.

Because I can't think of it, the preparation can't be so delicate, which is very fatal.

When the Ming army rushed into the city, the sergeants who came from other places to reinforce had not yet come to the south gate, and the situation became a one-sided massacre. But it didn't have much effect, until the Ming army completely occupied the south gate, but when it developed in depth, reinforcements from other directions arrived, and in the process, Shi Tingzhu almost became a prisoner.

It's a pity that reinforcements came. The effect is still not good, in the face of the brave Ming army, Ma Guangyuan and others are unable to change the situation of decline even if they do their best.

Two hours passed, and it was nearly noon.

The fighting in Xiping Fort continued, Shi Tingzhu, Ma Guangyuan, Bayan and others had already gathered in the house, and they had to face a reality, Xiping Fort could not hold it. Whether to organize the army to withdraw from Xiping Fort and rush to Guangning City to preserve part of its strength, or to stick to Xiping Fort and fight to the death with the Ming army.

The first to speak was Bayan, as a member of the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty, Bayan's attitude was very resolute.

"Dashuai, subordinates think. It is not possible to withdraw from the Xiping Fort, although our losses are heavy. But Lord Sonny has said that Prince Rui and Prince Zheng have already sent a large army to respond, as long as we can drag the Ming army at Xiping Fort, the battle situation can be fundamentally changed, and we will evacuate Xiping Fort at this time. We will be sinners of the Great Qing Kingdom. ”

Bayan's speech is very deterrent, although Shi Tingzhu is the boss, but in terms of identity, all the banner owners of the Han Eight Banners, the most noble identity is Bayan. After all, Bayan is a relative of the royal family, and from this aspect, Shi Tingzhu has to think of Bayan's identity.

After Bayan finished speaking, Ma Guangyuan quickly spoke.

"The subordinates do not agree with General Ba's suggestion, yes, the army does need to be stationed in Xiping Fort, but the Ming army's offensive is so fierce, half of Xiping Fort has fallen, and the casualties of the next fight will be greater, and the subordinates also remember very clearly, Lord Sony said that the army needs to stick to Xiping Fort, and strive to be able to encircle and annihilate the Ming army in Xiping Fort, but now the actual situation has changed, the artillery of the Ming army is too sharp, and it occupies half of Xiping Fort in half a day, so caught off guard, and the subordinates think that Prince Rui and Prince Zheng sent reinforcements, I'm afraid it will be difficult to arrive so quickly, if the army does not take advantage of this opportunity to withdraw from Xiping Fort, there will be no chance later. ”

As the banner owner of the Zhenghuang Banner, Ma Guangyuan thought more far-reaching, the army still has to preserve its strength, as for the loss of Xiping Fort, the loss must be huge, but the sergeants have been preserved, and there is a chance to make a comeback, if the sergeants are wiped out, it is useless to say anything. As the owner of the three banners in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, Ma Guangyuan dared to say such things.

Ma Guangyuan had just finished speaking, and Bayan Teng stood up.

"General Ma, I can't agree with what you say, the army sent by Prince Rui and Prince Zheng must be on the way to reinforcements, as long as we can continue to hold on and delay time, we will definitely be able to complete the strategic deployment, the marshal has already sent multiple scouts, out of Lu to report the news, the situation in Xipingbao will definitely be able to reach Haizhou and Quang Ninh at the fastest speed, since it is a fight, there will definitely be sacrifices, even if we are the red flag, the yellow flag and the yellow flag are all thrown in, as long as we can win the arrival of reinforcements, That is victory, the Ming army fought with us, the losses were as heavy, at such a critical moment, to be able to hold on, is the greatest victory. ”

Bayan's face was a little red, and there were some excessive words, obviously not yet spoken.

Seeing this situation, Shi Tingzhu knew that Ma Guangyuan and Bayan's views could not be unified, and he finally needed to make a decision. From the bottom of his heart, Shi Tingzhu thinks that what Ma Guangyuan said is correct, at this point, it is the most important thing to be able to preserve strength, and the Ming army has not yet captured the north gate, the army can withdraw from the north gate, according to the scout's reconnaissance, most of the Ming army has entered Xiping Fort to attack and fight, as long as the army can be evacuated from the north gate, the possibility of getting out of danger is very great.

But Shi Tingzhu did not dare to give the order to retreat.

The rules of the Great Qing Kingdom, he is clear, when he was ordered to become the commander of the Xiping Fort defensive campaign, Zilharang said, at all costs to keep Xiping Fort, Xiping Fort can not fall, the position of Xiping Fort is too special, it is like a flat pole, one end of Guangning, the other end of Haizhou, if it is lost, occupied by the Ming army, Guangning will fall into great danger, Haizhou direction reinforcements, it is difficult to bypass Xiping Fort.

The location of Xiping Fort is so important, how dare Shi Tingzhu evacuate easily, lose the responsibility of Xiping Fort, he can't bear it, even if he leads the army to withdraw and preserves his strength, but as long as Prince Zheng or Prince Rui speaks, he will be held accountable for the loss of Xiping Fort, and he will be equally guilty.

At this time, Shi Tingzhu had deep remorse in his heart, and he still didn't listen to Huang Taiji and Ji'er Harang's instructions, and despised Jiang Ningying ideologically, and he didn't expect Jiang Ningying to be so brave.

The shouting and killing outside the house became clearer and clearer, and even the screams could be heard, which showed that the Ming army had advanced over, and a decision must be made and could not be delayed.

Shi Tingzhu stood up.

"The army can not evacuate Xiping Fort, the location of Xiping Fort is special, the commander has decided, the army is stuck in Xiping Fort, with the north gate and the east gate as the focus of defense, the Ming army occupies half of Xiping Fort, then we will stick to the other half of Xiping Fort, and drag the Ming army here, General Ba is very right, the army sent by Prince Rui and Prince Zheng will arrive soon, as long as we can hold on, we will be able to get the support of reinforcements, we will be able to flank the Ming army inside and outside, and the war is supposed to die, Even if we all fight out, as long as we hold back the Ming army, inflict heavy casualties on the Ming army, and let the Ming army be surrounded by our reinforcements, we will still be victorious. ”

In just a few minutes and a few concise sentences, the fate of all the soldiers stationed in Xiping Fort was decided.

Su Tiancheng, who commanded the operation, never imagined that in the charge and fighting, the most courageous was actually the four thousand Han troops who had just joined the Jiangning battalion, these Han troops, who were not afraid of death, were the most resolute when charging and fighting, and they were also ruthless.

After entering Xiping Fort, He Renlong, Di Huaixiang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo and others were all more cautious, avoiding encountering the ambush of the Houjin Tartars, and the fighting was also carried out in an orderly manner, but after this part of the Han army in the rear of the charging team entered Xiping Fort, it immediately showed a different situation, they were not afraid of death at all, they desperately rushed to the front, and fought face to face with the Houjin Tartars, and these 4,000 people rushed to the front instead.

Di Huaixiang, who was in charge of commanding 4,000 people, was originally ready to reprimand, but He Renlong stopped him, he thought that these Han troops, who had just returned to the Ming Dynasty, must be trying to prove their ability, and at the same time, the Han army of Houjin was not in a good position, and they also suffered a lot of grievances, and at this time, it was the time to vent their grievances.

Because of the brave fighting of the Han army, the pace of the offensive was significantly accelerated.

Knowing this news, Su Tiancheng suddenly had an idea, among the Han Eight Banners, there are also a lot of Han troops, but the officers at all levels of the Han Eight Banners are all desperate, and the following sergeants are not necessarily, if they can make some of the Han Eight Banners surrender in the process of attacking Xiping Fort, and then part of them will be incorporated into the Jiangning Battalion, so as to make up for the dilemma of the Jiangning Battalion due to the reduction of fighting troops, and the surrender of the Houjin Tartars is also a huge blow to the rest of the Houjin Tartars who continue to resist in the city.

Su Tiancheng's order was quickly conveyed, and all Houjin Tartars who were willing to surrender could not be killed.

Su Tiancheng didn't expect that after this order went down, the internal situation in Xiping Fort had changed dramatically, after noon, there were sporadic Houjin Tartars surrendering, and after Shen Shi, there were more and more Houjin Tartars surrendering.

Because Xiping Fort is mainly a garrison place, there are almost no people, so when the Jiangning battalion attacked Xiping Fort, there was no mercy on his subordinates, the artillery bombardment mercilessly, the merciless killing of the soldiers, basically did not think about leaving any life, plus the idea of the army fighting, is to exterminate the vitality of the Houjin Tartars, so when rushing into the south gate, the fighting was very cruel, until Su Tiancheng's order was issued, the soldiers began not to kill the Houjin Tartars who put down their arms. (To be continued......)