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Its daybreak.

Xiping Fort was completely quiet, and the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion began to clean up the battlefield.

The brutal battle of one day and one night was really nothing to the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion who had experienced many battles. The battle against Xiping Fort was hearty and hearty, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers was greatly encouraged. In one night, more than 6 post-gold Tartars could be completely wiped out. This kind of huge victory has never been experienced by the soldiers.

After a sleepless night, Su Tiancheng was still in good spirits. From the battle against Xiping Fort, he saw the dawn of a complete victory. The Jiangning Battalion has already been able to use hot weapons proficiently. In the future battles, hot weapons will be used A huge role, an unexpected and decisive role.

The attack on Xiping Fort is a classic of winning with hot weapons. This is probably the first battle to win with hot weapons in thousands of years. Through the battle of Xiping Fort, Su Tiancheng has learned a lot of experience from it.

The bombardment of artillery can be said to have completely destroyed the sufficient preparations of the post-Gold Tartars. The trenches, moats, and city walls were useless under the bombardment of hundreds of artillery. As for the battle after entering the city, it was still Hot weapons played a major role, especially in the night-time attack. The bombardment of Fran machine guns and tiger squat guns made it impossible for the Hou Jin Tartars to resist. Afterwards, the general attack launched by He Renlong led the army, which can be regarded as sweeping the battlefield. up.

Most people would be moved by the cruel fighting. Countless corpses were piled up in Xiping Fort, but Su Tiancheng was not moved at all. He had seen too many such scenes.

Next, Su Tiancheng had to make a good deployment, leaving some soldiers to garrison Xiping Fort, while the rest of the army marched towards Ningyuan City.It is necessary to arrive at Guangning City as quickly as possible to prevent the post-gold tartars stationed in Guangning from escaping.

Surrounded by Qu Qingze, He Renlong and others, Su Tiancheng walked out of the house.

Ma Guangyuan, leader of Zhenghuang Banner, Shi Tingzhu of Xianghuang Banner, and Bayan of Xianghong Banner, who belonged to the Han Eight Banners, all died in the battle. They would rather die than surrender, and have no chance to surrender.

The bodies of the three.It was placed in an open space, separated from other corpses.

If the bodies of these three people were transported to the capital, it would be a great contribution. In any case, these three people are the banner owners of the Han Eight Banners, but Su Tiancheng did not expect these things. The two sides on the battlefield are rivals, and the battle is over. After that, soldiers should respect each other.Especially against opponents who would rather die than surrender.

Su Tiancheng gave an order to bury the corpses of Ma Guangyuan, Shi Tingzhu and Bayan, including the corpses of many post-gold Tartars who died in battle, so as not to let their corpses be left in the wilderness. The difference is also obvious. Ma Guangyuan and others were buried alone .The rest were buried together.

In the Battle of Xiping Fort, the Houjin Tartars suffered heavy losses.The Zhenghuang Banner, Xianghuang Banner, and Xianghong Banner to which the Han Eight Banners belonged all disappeared, including the Zhenglan Banner among the Han Eight Banners in the Battle of Gaizhou, all disappeared from the Houjin army. Next, Su Tiancheng And lead the army.If the Houjin Tatars stationed in Guangning can be besieged, if the Houjin Tatars who stick to Guangning City can be wiped out, I am afraid that Huang Taiji in Shenyang will completely change the combat deployment, and the Houjin Tartars may actually send envoys. .Entered the capital to negotiate.

In terms of the comparison of military strength, the four banners of the Han Eight Banners no longer exist. The heavy damage can't be compared with before. Houjin's combat effectiveness has already been discounted.

All this Su Tiancheng will not consider for the time being, his main task is to lead the army to fight in Guangning.

After taking down Xiping Fort, the Jiangning Camp captured more than 1 captives. These people were strictly screened. All officers were killed without reason. In the army, officers at all levels are responsible for educating these newly recruited sergeants, and must let most of the sergeants integrate into the large group of Jiangning Battalion in the shortest possible time.

In the battle to conquer Xiping Fort, the Jiangning Battalion suffered a lot of losses. The total number of people killed and injured was close to 5000. The terrain inside the fort is not very familiar, and I suffered a loss in the process of fighting, but what is consoling is that less than 2000 soldiers were actually killed in battle, and less than [-] were seriously injured, and the rest were mostly minor injuries. After conditioning and treatment, you can continue to fight. On the battlefield.

Compared with the Houjin Tartars, the ratio of casualties between the Jiangning Battalion and the Houjin Tartars was six to one. It is not easy to reach such a level. This is almost impossible in a close battle.

As a result, Su Tiancheng became more confident. Although a huge amount of silver was spent on the innovation and development of thermal weapons, the investment was worth it. The battle was victorious, and the casualties of soldiers were greatly reduced.

The captives were incorporated into the main army, and the number of Jiangning battalion able to participate in the decisive battle in Liaodong remained at around [-]. This was what Su Tiancheng hoped to achieve, that is, in the fight with the Houjin Tartars, the Jiangning battalion would be able to take part in the decisive battle. He couldn't be severely injured. If that happened, the time to wipe out the Empress Golden Tartars would be the beginning of Su Tiancheng's tragic experience.

In the process of cleaning up the battlefield, Qu Qingze made a suggestion. The ten thousand soldiers led by Sun Chuanting are still blocking the reinforcements of the Houjin Tatars. Should we send [-] soldiers to reinforce Sun Chuanting and completely defeat the reinforcements of the Houjin Tartars? , and strive to wipe out the living forces of the Golden Tartars to a greater extent.

After Su Tiancheng pondered for a while, he shook his head. He believed that Sun Chuanting's task of blocking the attack had been completed. It is estimated that the post-gold tartars who have reinforced them may have gotten the information and will retreat as quickly as possible. Sending a large army at this time can only Forming a pursuit battle may not be able to wipe out the Golden Tatars to a large extent. All soldiers should be prepared to clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible, and immediately move to Guangning.

Su Tiancheng's prediction was completely accurate.

Just after the hour, Sun Chuanting came back with the army.

Sun Chuanting reported that the reinforcements came from the Houjin Tartars of the Zhengbai Banner belonging to the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. The banner owner was Liu Zhiyuan, with a number of about 2 people. He was still unable to break through the defense line, and just after Mao Shi, Liu Zhiyuan led the army to retreat rapidly, walking very fast, and it was not yet daylight at that time.

Sun Chuanting also received the news from the messengers just after Maoshi that the battle at Xiping Fort had ended and all the more than [-] post-Gold Tartars stationed at Xiping Fort had been wiped out.

Hearing this news, Sun Chuanting was a little dazed, and finally understood why the Houjin Tartars on the opposite side left in such a hurry, so fast and clean, that they didn't even have time to pick up the remains of the fallen soldiers.

In one day and one night, more than [-] people of the Houjin Tartars were wiped out. This seems unimaginable, even if it kills pigs and sheep, [-] pigs and sheep, I don’t know how long it will take.

Sun Chuanting, who came to his senses, hurriedly asked if the commander-in-chief had a military order to pursue the Houjin Tartars for reinforcements. Unfortunately, the orderer made it very clear that the commander-in-chief did not issue this order.

Sun Chuanting restrained his desires and led the army to clean up the battlefield, because Su Tiancheng had ordered that no matter it was the Houjin Tartars or the soldiers of the Jiangning camp, they should take care of the corpses.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Sun Chuanting led the army back.

At this time, most of the soldiers in the Jiangning Camp were still resting. They were very tired from fighting all day and night. Except for a small number of soldiers, they were still cleaning up the battlefield.

The many soldiers who came back didn't say anything, and immediately helped clean up the battlefield. They were very happy in their hearts, and everyone believed that after this battle, the prestige of the Jiangning Battalion reached its peak. Who would dare to have such confidence? The [-] soldiers attacked the [-] post-Gold Tartars, but within a day and one night, they completely wiped out the [-] post-Gold Tartars stationed at Xiping Fort.

Su Tiancheng had no time to rest.

Liu Tiehan took the scouts and went out to investigate the news a long time ago. It should be back by now. There has been no news from Lu Xiangsheng, which made Su Tiancheng a little uneasy. He didn't know what was going on in the direction of Guangning, but there was One thing that Su Tiancheng didn't expect was that the Jiangning Battalion's attack was too violent, like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, which caught people off guard. The main task of the Liaodong Frontier Army led by Lu Xiangsheng was to confront the Houjin Tartars in Guangning City. Offensive, no news is also a normal thing.

Many officers came to Su Tiancheng's side.

Su Tiancheng looked at Sun Chuanting, and then at Ma Xianglin. The two were covered in dust and smelled of gunpowder smoke. It seemed that they fought in person.So far, except for Su Tiancheng, all the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion are going directly to the battlefield, even Hong Chengchou is no exception. Sometimes, Su Tiancheng also wants to fight, but unfortunately his fight is not for the soldiers. What they bring is a burden. Thousands of people surround him for fear of accidents. Wu Rong and the others are already the little leaders of the personal army battalion. They must be commanding the personal soldiers to protect Su Tiancheng's safety. As for the situation of the battle, it is not their consideration. matter.

Su Tiancheng began to assign tasks again.

"Di Huaixiang, you led 150 soldiers to guard Xiping Fort to prevent the post-gold tartars from Haizhou. I left [-] cannons behind. You are already very familiar with how to make the most of the cannons. You Remember, don’t take the initiative to attack, just defend Xiping Fort.”

Su Tiancheng had just finished making arrangements, and saw the expressions of relief on the faces of Sun Chuanting and Ma Xianglin. Of course he knew what they were thinking, and he was afraid to stay in Xiping Fort to garrison.

Arranging Di Huaixiang to stay at Xiping Fort was a decision made by Su Tiancheng after deliberation. The reason is very simple. The defense of the city must rely on firearms. Di Huaixiang was originally the commander of the Shenji Battalion. Gradually understand how to attack and defend. (To be continued..)