When the Qing army was surging down from the outer city wall, Li Dingguo finally led all the crossbowmen to withdraw into the inner city, and then pulled up the drawbridge and blocked the city gate.

At this point, this extremely bloody and cruel battle for the defense of the outer city of Vladivostok has finally come to an end.

The snow was still falling, but the incessant slashing and shouting had disappeared without a trace. Between heaven and earth, it seems that a white expanse has fallen, and it is really clean.

At this time, seeing that the outer city of Vladivostok Fort had been taken by his own officers and soldiers, Huang Taiji, who had received the news, could no longer hold back his joy, and immediately left the Chinese army's big tent under the protection of a group of white soldiers, entered the city from the east gate, and personally came to the outer city of Vladivostok Fort to inspect the battle situation.

He looked around, and could see that in the twilight, snowy weather, on the city wall of the West Gate, the corpses of the Tang and Qing dynasties were mixed with each other, and the flowing blood hung upside down from under the city wall, like a frightening and freehand abstract painting, and now in the cold weather, the blood has long been frozen into a dark red solidified shape, and only the endless heavy snow will gradually cover all this.

A sharp tingling sensation deeply stimulated Huang Taiji's mind.

He gasped, then let out a long sigh.

The mountains and rivers are depressed and the extreme frontier soil, and the wilderness and lonely cities are bitter.

Soon, Dolgon came down with a gloomy face to report that after the siege, the total casualties of the side had reached more than 10,000, which was twice as many as the defenders at the head of the city.

Hearing this number, Huang Taiji didn't feel a sharp stabbing pain in his heart.

More than 10,000 casualties, plus more than 5,000 casualties of Abatai, the Qing army paid the price of more than 15,000 casualties in order to capture the outer city of Vladivostok, which is simply appalling!

The combat effectiveness of the Tang army is so strong, their own battle-hardened Eight Banner warriors have not been able to bargain for them, anyway, the number of battle losses is nearly three times that of them, such a tragic victory, if it comes a few more times, maybe the Qing Dynasty should be in a slump.

Alas, if the armies of the Ming Dynasty can be as brave as the Tang Army, how can the Qing Dynasty conquer this 10,000-mile territory, and how can it enter the customs several times as if entering a no-man's land, more extremely, if the Ming Army is really as powerful as the current Tang Army, even if it is only half or even a fraction of its combat power, then it may be doomed to a defeat when the old Khan launched an attack on the Ming Dynasty after the Seven Great Hatreds of the Heavens.

This little Vladivostok is so difficult to overcome, thinking that Li Xiao still has more than 100,000 tigers, leopards and bears in his hands, and occupies the entire land of Nanyang, it can be described as strong and swallows thousands of miles. And he still has to fight hard with this powerful invisible empire of tomorrow, and Huang Taiji's heart is tense for a while.

In his future, can he really defeat Li Xiao completely?

The more Huang Taiji asked himself, the less confident he became, and the more confused he became.

Huang Taiji's face was very ugly and silent for a while, and then he sighed lightly, then turned his head and said slowly to Dolgon: "Take advantage of the fact that the sky is not dark, hurry up and clean up the corpses of our army's dead soldiers, treat the wounded, rest and camp in the outer city today, fix the siege equipment, and then attack the inner city after dawn tomorrow." “

"Yes, my brother obeys." Dolgon hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do with the corpses of the Tang Army who died in battle?" ”

Huang Taiji shook his head: "Alas, these Tang Army soldiers also died of loyalty, their courage is respectable, their feelings are pitiful, and they are also packed up and dragged outside the city to be collectively burned." ”

"Yes, my brother obeys."

When he saw the Qing army in the outer city, dragging a cart of corpses, slowly leaving Vladivostok Fort, and then lighting a raging fire outside the city to incinerate the corpses of the Tang soldiers killed in battle, the grief on Li Dingguo's face was incomprehensible, and his whole face showed an inexplicable distortion.

What a hate!

These Tang Army warriors who were loyal to the country fought desperately and died loyally, but they didn't even have a solemn and formal funeral, so they could only be captured by the Qing army, and they were collectively burned and then thrown into the wilderness, and their fate was really too miserable.

This is all caused by the incompetence of his own leading general.

Li Dingguo's heart is like a knife, but he keeps being ruthless, hum, you Tartars, don't be proud, in the future, my Tang Army will have to take revenge one day! These brothers who died in battle for their devotion to the country will surely be able to rest in peace in the future.

Li Dingguo recovered from his sorrow, and immediately began to think that the current situation had reached a very dangerous point, and how to deal with it and how to defend the city was a very troublesome big problem.

Now I have only 6,000 crossbowmen and more than 700 auxiliaries guarding the inner city, these are all long-range troops, and the troops that can be used for close combat have all been lost in the guards of the outer city, and the next inner city defense battle will be very difficult.

Next, how to defend the city has become Li Dingguo's most urgent and difficult arrangement now.

Now that there is a lack of armament inside and no rescue outside, it is not easy to defend the inner city of Vladivostok Fort, which has been surrounded by the Qing army, with this long-range force of less than 7,000.

Even if there is a naval division to support the seaside, but now that the Qing army has entered the inner city, there is a city wall to block it, and the artillery of the naval division cannot cross the city wall to attack the city.

It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that the Tang army is now stuck in a lonely death.

Although Li Dingguo's face was forcibly calm, a sad emotion surged in his heart.

Could it be that this heroic army that swept through Southeast Asia and pacified the entire South Seas is about to come to the end of its own life in this cold land in the extreme north?

Then, if this heroic army of the southern and northern wars is destroyed, then his own life will also be in this Vladivostok Fort, finally fixed.

Li Dingguo stood silently like a statue, letting the wind blow away his cloak and beard, but at this moment, all his past events appeared in his mind like an animation.

He clearly remembered that in the great famine that swept through northern Shaanxi, his relatives were starved to death, and his young self was forced to starve, almost to the point of picking up dung and eating.

This bandit who passed by from the entrance of his own village was Zhang Xianzhong's department.

Since then, he has become a member of Zhang Xianzhong's bandits, in the next battle with the Ming army, because of his own heroic and good fighting, repeatedly meritorious service, gradually emerged in Zhang Xianzhong's department, and won Zhang Xianzhong's trust, so that he was able to become Zhang Xianzhong's fourth son.

And then, his performance among the thieves became more prominent and outstanding, fighting for Zhang Xianzhong everywhere, allowing him to gain the reputation of "Little Captain Chi", and also making Zhang Xianzhong pay more attention to himself, and even had the idea of establishing himself as his heir, so that he was deeply hated by Sun Kewang, the head of the four righteous sons.

It's just that no one thought that in the battle to attack Luzhou, he would be defeated by Li Xiao's army led by thousands of miles away, and became a prisoner of Li Xiao.

However, although he became Li Xiao's captive, he was still unconvinced and refused to surrender, until he witnessed Li Xiao defeat his father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong who came to rescue him with an iron dragon city.

Next, he followed Li Xiao to fight in Shandong and Henan, made great achievements for him, won Li Xiao's firm trust, and was finally appointed as the chief general of Taiwan's colonization army.

From this moment on, it seemed that he had entered an excellent period of fully blooming his military talents and happily crisscrossing the world.

In this Nanyang area, he first conquered the local natives of Taiwan, and then swept away the Dutch entrenched in Tainan.

Then he went east to aid the Ryukyus, helped the Ryukyus get out of the state of being bullied by Japan, and then went north to fight, eliminating the Shimazu family in Japan and occupying the Satsuma area located in the transportation area.

Then, he followed Li Xiao's order and marched into Luzon to drive the Spanish colonists away.

then conquered Mindanao, New Guinea, Micronesia, Australia, New Zealand and other places, laying an unprecedentedly broad territory for Li Xiao, and also providing a fast track for himself to be promoted to the rank of knight, so that he finally reached an unprecedented height, and was promoted to the mayor of Pingnan Town and the commander of the first battalion.

After pacifying Australia, together with the A Battalion of Pingnan Town, he was transferred north by Li Xiao, first stationed on Jeju Island, and then built a fort in the Vladivostok area, but he did not expect that on this day, he suddenly encountered such a tragic battle.

It should be said that in this battle, although the Tang army lost the outer city under the heavy pressure of the Qing army, in fact, the Tang army fought quite well.

After all, the Tang army was completely caught off guard in this battle, and responded in a hurry, without heavy firepower, and was completely suppressed by the Qing army's bows and arrows, under such difficult conditions, it was able to replace the Qing army's 15,000 soldiers and horses with the loss of 5,000 soldiers, which is quite a 1:3 battle loss ratio, which can be said to be a very amazing record.

It stands to reason that the Qing army should have retreated after suffering such heavy losses, but I didn't expect that this time the Qing army, as if it had eaten a scale, was determined to take the entire Vladivostok Fort, and refused to give itself the slightest time and opportunity to breathe.

The Qing army's will to fight was so resolute, which was really much beyond Li Dingguo's expectations.

So, with the remaining long-range guards of less than 7,000 men in the inner city, how far can they defend it, and how many more days can they defend it?

The current inner city wall, because the city wall was built much earlier than the outer city, has been built and solidified, and its solidity is much more solid than that of the outer city. But although this inner city is strong, it is very lacking in soldiers and city defense equipment, how long can such an inner city be defended, Li Dingguo's heart, in fact, there is no bottom.

Perhaps, at this point in the war, what will happen in the future is more appropriate to say that it is more appropriate to resign yourself to fate.

Li Dingguo did not sleep all night, and he roamed the city walls like a lion guarding his territory, waiting for the battle after dawn.

After a night that seemed like a century, it was finally dawn.

By this time, the heavy snow had stopped, and the entire Vladivostok fort was covered with a layer of snowflakes like a thick quilt. The clouds in the sky have also dispersed, and as far as the eye can see, the sky is vast and high, and the earth is covered in silver.

At this time, Li Dingguo, whose eyes were swollen and blood-red, suddenly saw that from the Qing army, under the escort of a large group of white-toothed soldiers, an extremely fat fat man, dressed in a Ming and yellow dragon robe, covered with a fur coat, wearing a Buddhist card bead warm hat, sitting on a black horse, walking slowly towards the city.

Li Xiao saw this person's outfit, and he didn't feel a pang in his heart, okay, isn't the person who came was the Qing Dynasty Emperor Huang Taiji coming?

He saw that this group of people stood still an arrow away, and then there was a person who looked like a Han man who was a generalist, and shouted to the head of the city: "Listen to the Tang army in the city, I, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, have come here in person, and have some heartfelt words to tell you, please ask the Tang general Li Dingguo to answer at the head of the city." ”

Hearing this person's shout, Deputy General Zu Kuan came over and asked Li Dingguo in a deep voice: "Mayor Li, this person is so noisy, do you want to order the crossbowmen to shoot them with crossbow arrows?" ”

Li Dingguo shook his head and said slowly: "Killing such a Han person who is not as good as a pig and dog is a great deal. That Huang Taiji has heavy guards and many shields to protect him, and our army's crossbow arrows want to sneak attack him, but it is also very difficult. Let's listen to him, and if you want to talk to our army, it's not too late to make a decision. ”

After listening to Li Dingguo's words, Zu Kuan stepped aside, and then Li Dingguo took a few steps forward, held the pheasant in his hand, and shouted loudly towards Huang Taiji: "Huang Taiji, you Tartar Emperor, what nonsense do you have, just say it quickly." ”

Hearing Li Dingguo's disparity, the white swing teeth and elite soldiers beside Huang Taiji all had angry faces, and some even wanted to shoot arrows at the head of the city with bows and arrows, but they were all drunk by Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji cleared his throat, tried to squeeze out a smile on his face, and replied loudly towards the city: "It turns out that you are General Li Dingguo, what I want to tell you is that you fought well in the garrison of the outer city yesterday!" Although in this battle, you killed and wounded many of my soldiers, but you played the blood and dignity of soldiers, although you and I are enemies, I also have deep admiration for your ability to fight and the general's command. ”

Hearing Huang Taiji's words spoken directly in Chinese, the Tang army at the head of the city was stunned, and the Han people next to Huang Taiji were also suspicious.

What's going on?

How could this Emperor Chongde of the Qing Dynasty praise his opponent so loudly as soon as he came here, wouldn't this destroy his own prestige and increase the morale of the enemy's army?

Hearing Huang Taiji say these words with a smile, Li Dingguo's face suddenly frowned, and it was uncertain.

Why did this Qing Dynasty emperor, who has always been known for his scheming and power, say such words, and what kind of medicine is sold in his gourd.

However, Li Dingguo didn't have time to think about it, so he sneered and replied: "Huang Taiji, it's hard for you to praise you against your will. Although our army lost the outer city of Vladivostok and lost 5,000 troops, it also thwarted your many attacks, killing and wounding more than 15,000 Tartars, which is enough. However, Ben will be thinking, you guys are here to praise our army against your will, right? ”

Huang Taiji laughed and said: "Well, yes, General Li is a smart person, and he can see it through at a glance." I also told the truth, I came this time, and I did have some heartfelt words to tell me, and I hope the general will listen carefully. ”