On Xiaobei Mountain, Wu Mazi couldn't stand it anymore. The outermost defense line was filled by the Qing army and the people were driven to the top of the mountain. Several defense lines near the top of the inner circle were also broken by the Qing soldiers' "sea of ​​people" tactics. Because the medicine was exhausted, artillery and guns became decorations, and there were no archers in the fourth town, which made it impossible to intercept the Qing soldiers from a long range. Now, they could only rely on big swords, spears and Qing army to exchange their lives for their lives.

The Qing soldiers who were wearing double armor had already rushed to the top of the mountain from several places. The artillery positions on the top of the mountain were in chaos because of the Qing soldiers' invasion. They were in a hurry everywhere. Wu Mazi had no troops to adjust and had to throw the troops directly under his brigade to resist the Qing soldiers, so as to ensure that the artillery soldiers could retreat from the back of the mountain.

Niu Gensheng wanted to destroy the artillery on the mountain, but the Qing army advanced too fast, so he had to order the soldiers to give up destroying artillery and seize the time to retreat to the back mountain. As for the consequences of those artillery if the Qing soldiers were taken away, he would no longer care about the consequences of the attack and defense battle in Liuzhou. At this moment, safely removing the gunners he had finally trained were what he, the artillery commander, should do the most.

If the artillery is gone, it can be seized again in the future; if the person is gone, nothing will be gone. Niu Gensheng, who is from the Han military flag, knows too much about how much it will cost to cultivate a skilled gunner. Besides, the artillery will not play a big role in staying here. For it, the gunners trained by a lot of money and hard work will die in vain. It is better to withdraw them to the safe Liuzhou City, even if the price paid for it is the loss of the Xiaobeishan position, Niu Gensheng believes that it is cost-effective.

Under the attacks of the Qing soldiers, the A Brigade of the Fourth Town, stationed in Xiaobeishan, had more than half of the casualties. If it weren't for the fortifications and terrain to support it, the A Brigade had collapsed. Another reason why the soldiers insisted on retrenching was that the old four towns of the Taiping Army implemented the method of co-location. On the battlefield, one person would be killed by one army. Therefore, if any soldier was afraid of retreating, the first person to take his life was not the Qing soldiers, but his comrades who lived day and night.

What's even more terrible is that in addition to the military's joint sergeant method, there is also a sharp sword hanging over the soldiers' heads, that is, if they flee without fighting or withdraw without orders, their families will pay a heavy price for their cowardice and timidity. This price can be light or heavy. At the least, it will be stripped of all the military treatments enjoyed by the family, and it will be used as hard labor. At the worst, the whole family and the whole family will be executed. This is an extremely inhumane decree, which is so cruel that Duke Xiang of Song and others repeatedly advised Zhou Shixiang to abolish this decree. However, Zhou Shixiang, who came from the 21st century, had no values ​​and ideas of that era, and was obsessed with violence and torture.

A sentence he often puts on his lips is: "This is a chaotic world, this is a chaotic world where a person's life is as low as a dog, this is a chaotic world where people can eat people, so the chaotic world must be used for serious punishment. No chaotic cannot be governed, and no chaotic cannot turn the tide without serious punishment! This is true for the enemy and the self-centered people. Obsessed with reasonable laws, what is the difference between this chaotic world and a fool's dream? The people of Manzhou do not rule, nor do they ask the reason for their love, let alone the chaotic world. They only speak with butcher knives. In fact, their approach is very effective, so we must learn. For soldiers and the people, what we can do now is one thing, that is, to ensure the victory of the battle and ensure that the people under our rule do not have to starve. As long as these two points are met, even the most severe laws are reasonable. Existence is reasonable, and reasonable is existence."

The Taiping Army did not issue any punishment for the families of captured or surrendered soldiers, but the Taiping Army soldiers on Xiaobei Mountain thought that they would not surrender even if they died in battle, because before that, the Qing army killed more than 3,000 surrendered soldiers and civilians in Dushan Prefecture, and collectively massacred more than 4,000 prisoners and civilians in Nandan. It can be said that the Qing army advanced to Liuzhou, no surrendered soldiers, prisoners and civilians could survive.

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

Everyone is afraid of death, but if you have to die, then choose a better way of death that can bring honor and benefits to your family.

The Taiping soldiers who were still fighting hard on Xiaobei Mountain were not unarmed people, they had swords in their hands. Therefore, they would rather die in battle than surrender.

Wu Mazi has sent someone to bring reinforcements to Liuzhou. As long as he can hold on for half an hour, reinforcements will arrive.

"Report to the Admiral, there is a Ming army leaving the city from Liuzhou, as if they are coming to Xiaobei Mountain!"

At the foot of the mountain, the Qing army camp, who always explored the movements of the Ming army in Liuzhou, the Qing army probed immediately reported the information of the Taiping army leaving the city to rescue Xiaobeishan to Xing Guoan.

"How many Ming soldiers are there?"

"About three thousand!"

"Three thousand?"

After hearing this number, the whole festival laughed out loud, "Is the Ming general crazy about gains and losses to save Xiaobeishan?"

"Ming General is not crazy about gaining and losing his mind. He just doesn't know how much capital this governor has put in this attack."

Shi Guoan shook his head with a smile and ordered the Han army commander Wang Sheng to lead the horse team to intercept the Ming army reinforcements that had left the city, so as not to get them one step closer to Xiaobei Mountain. Wang Sheng's horse team had more than two thousand cavalry, and it was more than enough to deal with the Ming army reinforcements with only three thousand people.

In several previous attacks, the Ming army in Liuzhou also went out of the city to reinforce Xiaobeishan, but Guoan had never sent troops to intercept him, because as long as Xiaobeishan was there, he could not stop the Ming army in Liuzhou. Not only could he not stop him, but he also had to withstand the artillery fire on the mountain. Now, the artillery of the Ming army has been hoarse, and he can send troops to intercept the Ming army in Liuzhou with confidence.

"It's too late for the Ming army to come to rescue this time. It might be able to save it half an hour later. Now, hum." Quan Jie sneered.

Xing Guoan picked up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and looked for a while. He found that although the soldiers who were attacking the top of the mountain were driven down by the Ming army, they rushed up again soon. He nodded slightly and asked the whole festival: "Is there any movement in the north?"

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 before, I wanted to eat this Taiping Army, but unfortunately the Taiping Army ran too fast and ran ahead of schedule."

Thinking of this, Xing Guoan was a little regretful and regretful. If he had sent cavalry to capture Qingyuan earlier and cut off the Taiping Army's escape north, he would have made more contributions. Now he would not have to worry about the north.

Quanjie said: "The Taiping Army in the north is only a few thousand people, and we drove them all the way. They didn't even dare to go to Liuzhou, which shows how afraid they are. So the Admiral doesn't have to worry about the north. Judging from the last thing, most of the leaders in the north have the idea of ​​preserving their strength and waiting.

After hearing the words of the whole story, Xian Guoan chuckled, agreeing in his heart, but he was still a little worried, and ordered the commander to say, "Go and tell General Xu that he will block the northern line for me no matter what. Even if the sky falls here, he will nail it to me. If the Taiping Army in the north rushed over, you tell him, just say what I said, let him wipe his neck by himself, so that I can do it."

"twitter!"

The messenger left, and Quanjie laughed and said, "Xu Tianyou's face will turn blue after hearing what the Admiral said."

"Be careful to sail the ten thousand years of ship. I have planned for so long in today's battle under the pressure of King Xin's urging troops. I will definitely succeed in one fell swoop. If it fails, the fake will come true."

Quanjie curled his lips and didn't say anything. If they still couldn't take Xiaobei Mountain today, they would really not be able to stay in Liuzhou anymore. The best outcome was to withdraw their troops and return to Qingyuan to breathe, and the biggest possibility was to return to Guizhou all the way. After all, they had returned from Yunnan for thousands of miles and carried too much military rations. If it weren't for the Guangxi Governor Chen Weixin in Duyun, they wouldn't have been delayed in Liuzhou for so long.
Chapter completed!