Han’s Son is Not a Slave

On Xiaobei Mountain, Wu Mazi couldn't stand it anymore. The outermost defense line was filled by the Qing army and the people were forced to fill in. Several defense lines in the inner circle close to the top of the mountain were also broken by the Qing army's "sea of ​​people" tactics, because the medicine was exhausted. , the artillery and guns have become decorations, and there are no archers in the fourth town, which makes it impossible to remotely intercept the Qing troops. Now, we can only rely on big swords, spears and the Qing army to exchange our lives for our lives.

Those Qing soldiers who dared to die in double-layer armor had already rushed to the top of the mountain from several places. The artillery positions on the top of the mountain had been in chaos because of the intrusion of the Qing soldiers. The soldiers directly under the brigade at hand were thrown up to withstand the Qing soldiers, so as to ensure that the artillerymen could withdraw from the back of the mountain.

Niu Gensheng wanted to destroy the artillery on the mountain, but the Qing army was advancing too fast, so he had to order the soldiers to give up destroying the artillery and hurry back to the mountain. As for the consequences of those artillery pieces being captured by the Qing soldiers, he could no longer care about the consequences for the next Liuzhou offensive and defensive battle. At this moment, the safe withdrawal of the artillerymen who had been trained with great difficulty was the most important thing he should do as an artillery commander.

If the guns are gone, they can be captured again in the future; if the people are gone, there will be nothing left. Niu Gensheng, who was born in the Han army flag, knows too much how much it takes to cultivate a skilled gunner. Besides, in this simple life-for-life battle, the artillery can't play much role here. Instead of letting these gunners who have spent a lot of money and painstakingly cultivated die needlessly, it is better to evacuate them to the safety of Liuzhou. city. Even if the price paid for it was the loss of the Xiaobei Mountain position, Niu Gensheng believed that it was worthwhile.

Under the wave after wave of attacks by the Qing soldiers, the casualties of the Fourth Town A Brigade garrisoned at Xiaobei Mountain had already exceeded half of its casualties. Another reason why the soldiers insisted on not retreating was because the Taiping Army Laosi Towns implemented the method of sitting in a row. If one person retreats on the battlefield, one will be killed. Therefore, if a soldier is afraid of retreating, the first person to kill him is not Qing. Soldier, but a comrade-in-arms he gets along with day and night.

What's even worse is that in addition to sitting in the army, there is also a sharp sword hanging over the soldiers' heads, that is, if they flee without fighting or withdraw without order, then their families will pay a heavy price for their cowardice and cowardice. price. This price varies from light to heavy, ranging from difficult to strip the family of all the military benefits enjoyed by the family, as hard labor, and heavy to the death of the entire family. This is an extremely inhumane decree, so cruel that Song Xianggong and others repeatedly persuaded Zhou Shixiang to remove this decree. However, Zhou Shixiang, who came to the 21st century, has no values ​​and ideas of that era, and is obsessed with violence and torture.

One of the words he often puts on his lips is: "This is a troubled world, this is a troubled world where people's lives are as cheap as a dog, this is a troubled world where people cannibalize people, so in troubled times, heavy codes must be used. The enemy is like this, and it should be the same for one's own people. Obsessing on reasonable laws, in this troubled world, what is the difference between foolish people and idiots. Speak. In fact, their approach is very effective, so we have to learn from it. For the soldiers and the people, we can only do one thing now, and that is to ensure the victory of the battle and ensure that the people under our rule will not suffer from starvation. As long as this is satisfied Two points, even the harshest laws are reasonable. To exist is to be reasonable, and to be reasonable is to exist.”

The Taiping Army did not issue any punishment for the families of the soldiers who were captured or surrendered, but the Taiping soldiers on Xiaobei Mountain were thinking that they would not surrender even if they died in battle, because before that, the Qing army killed in Dushan Prefecture. After surrendering more than 3,000 soldiers and civilians, and massacred more than 4,000 prisoners and civilians in Nandan, it can be said that no soldiers, prisoners or civilians survived the Qing army's advance to Liuzhou.

Qing soldiers killed prisoners, brutally killing prisoners, and most of them were pit killings, which cut off the idea of ​​Taiping soldiers surrendering.

Everyone is afraid of death, but if it is absolutely necessary, choose a better way of dying, one that will bring honor and benefits to the family.

The Taiping soldiers who are still fighting **** Xiaobei Mountain are not unarmed people, they have knives in their hands. Therefore, they would rather die than surrender.

Wu Mazi has already sent people to move reinforcements to Liuzhou. As long as he can persist for half an hour, reinforcements will arrive.

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"Lord Admiral, there is a Ming army out of the city from Liuzhou, which seems to be coming from Xiaobei Mountain!"

The Qing army camp at the foot of the mountain, who was always monitoring the movements of the Ming army in Liuzhou, immediately reported the information that the Taiping army in the city had left the city to rescue Xiaobei Mountain to Xian Guoan.

"How many Ming soldiers are out of the city?"

"About three thousand!"

"Three thousand?"

Hearing this number, the whole festival burst into laughter, "To send so many troops to rescue Xiao Beishan, will Ming general be insane?"

"General Ming is not crazy, he just doesn't know how much money Ben Du has made for this attack."

Xian Guoan shook his head with a smile, and ordered Wang Sheng, the capital of the Han army, to lead a horse team to intercept the reinforcements of the Ming army who had left the city, so that they would not get close to Xiaobei Mountain. Wang Sheng's horse team consisted of more than 2,000 cavalry, which was more than enough to deal with the reinforcements of the Ming army with only 3,000 people.

In the previous attacks, the Ming army in Liuzhou also went out of the city to reinforce Xiaobeishan, but Xian Guoan never sent troops to intercept it, because as long as Xiaobeishan was there, he could not stop the Ming army in Liuzhou, not only could not stop it, but also To withstand the artillery fire on the mountain. Now that the artillery of the Ming army has been muted, he can confidently send troops to intercept the Liuzhou Ming army.

"It's too late for the Ming army to come to the rescue at this time. Maybe half an hour earlier, it might be able to be saved. Now, hum." The whole section sneered.

Xian Guoan picked up the telescopic mirror and looked at it for a while, and found that although the soldiers and horses who had attacked the top of the mountain were driven down by the Ming army, they quickly rushed up again. "

Quanjie said: "Xu Tianyou has no news."

"No news is good news. The Taiping army in the north is a threat. When I was in Nandan, I wanted to eat this Taiping army, but it's a pity that the Taiping army ran too fast and ran ahead of time."

Thinking of this, Xian Guoan felt a little pity and regret. If he sent cavalry to take Qingyuan earlier and cut off the way for the Taiping army to flee north, the credit would be added, and now there is no need to worry about the north. .

Quanji said: "The Taiping army in the north is only a few thousand people, and they were driven all the way by us. They didn't even dare to go to Liuzhou, which shows how scared they are of us. So the Admiral don't have to worry about the north. , I am afraid that most of the leaders in the north have the idea of ​​​​preserving their strength and watching.

After listening to the whole section, Xian Guoan chuckled~www.NovelMTL.com~ I agree with it, but I am still a little worried, and ordered the commander: "You go and tell Xu Zongbing, he will give it to me no matter what. Block the northern line, even if the sky falls, he will have to pin it there. If the Taiping army from the north rushes over, you tell him, just say what I said, and let him wipe his neck himself, so that I don't have to do it. "

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The messenger left in response, and the whole section laughed and said, "Xu Tianyou may turn blue after hearing what the Admiral said."

"Be careful sailing the ship for ten thousand years. Today's battle I have planned for so long against the pressure of King Xin's urging troops. I will succeed in one fell swoop. If I fail, the false will become true."

The whole section pouted, but did not speak. If they still can't win Xiaobei Mountain today, they really can't stay in Liuzhou any longer. The best outcome is to withdraw their troops and return to Qingyuan to breathe. The biggest possibility is to return to Guizhou all the way. After all, they returned thousands of miles from Yunnan, and they carried too much military supplies. If Chen Weixin, the governor of Guangxi in Duyun, provided a batch of food and grass, they would not have been delayed in Liuzhou for so long.

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Bones will move tomorrow morning, if there is something at noon, the update may be very late. (To be continued.)