Nikan quickly made the decision to shrink the line, but this decision was not immediately communicated to the teams fighting in front of him. In this era, in addition to the simple charge and retreat, which can rely on the golden drum, the transmission of military orders must rely on the herald. It takes time for the heralds to pass these orders to the front.

However, the Qing army did not have time at this time. Or rather, they don't have the time to do so when faced with an army like the Model Army. Unlike the Qing Army, the Model Army was a force with a large number of low-ranking officers with a certain amount of education. In the combat units of the model army, non-commissioned officers at the squad and platoon level must receive basic literacy training and be able to understand some of the most basic military orders, while commanders at the company level generally have the experience of studying in model military schools and have the ability to read maps, understand relatively complex battle plans, and carry them out according to the actual situation.

This enabled the model army to have the ability to fight according to complex battle plans, which the vast majority of troops at that time did not have. Before attacking Jinzhou, based on the information provided by the Guanning Army, the staff department of the Model Army drew up a relatively detailed map of Jinzhou and drew up several sets of offensive plans. These offensive plans were broken down and distributed to the various grassroots companies. Every company commander knows what his unit is going to do next. Moreover, the use of flag language also made the speed of transmission of instructions from superiors far exceed that of the Qing army. Therefore, when the model army reached breakthroughs in several key positions according to the plan, the next step of the model army's response speed was naturally far greater than that of the Qing army. Therefore, before the Qing army received the order to shrink, the assault force of the Model Army had already begun to quickly divide them.

Therefore, in the end, the Qing army (including the garrison subordinate to Nikan and Kong Youde's Tianyou Army) who retreated to the vicinity of the south gate was only more than 1,000 people, and among these people, less than half of them were real soldiers. More Qing troops were divided and surrounded in other areas.

Nikan knew that the current situation could be said to be extremely unfavorable for him, and he must act immediately to change this situation and open up contact with the other troops. Otherwise, I'm afraid that before sunset, the whole city will fall.

"Gather all the white armor together." Nikan said, he turned his head to look at Kong Youde and said, "Respect the king, please also concentrate the elite in your hands." We took them back for a while and picked up the brothers over there. Otherwise, we will not be able to defend this city no matter what. When the time comes, the emperor will investigate it, and none of us will have a good result. ”

Kong Youde nodded and said, "What Nikan Beizi said is that this king will go to mobilize people. ”

After saying this, Kong Youde turned around and walked downstairs in the city. Nikan said: "Upstairs in this city, you still need the prince to take charge of the overall situation, and just send someone to pass on the order." ”

Kong Youde stopped, turned to look at Nikan, and said after a while: "Nikan Beizi, at this moment, this king stays on the city tower, and it won't play a role." This king thinks that it is useless for you to stay here, Beizi. Now, Nikan Beizi, do you really think we can defend until the emperor sends reinforcements? There is no way out for this king, although there is no banner on the other side, but the people who are fighting with us are all Han Chinese. Hehe, this king has a matter of Dengzhou, can he surrender again? This king hasn't cut people by himself for many years, and although he has been practicing every day, he doesn't know if he is still there. Nikan Beizi is also a brave general, needless to say that he has the kung fu to kill the enemy. Now it's better to go down, bring your own people and horses, and fight to the death with those guys on the other side! ”

After saying this, Kong Youde didn't wait for Nikan to react, turned around and went downstairs directly. Nikan was stunned for a while, and it wasn't until Kong Youde went downstairs that he reacted, hurriedly called his personal guards, and followed him down the tower.

When he arrived at the bottom of the city tower, he saw that Kong Youde was already wearing armor. Kong Youde was in his forties at this time, but his body was still well maintained, and he could still fight with armor. Nikan hurriedly asked his men to help him put on his armor. By the time Nikan put on his armor, Kong Youde had already put on his armor, and his family members were ready.

"Lord Wang." Nikan stepped forward and arched his hand, "I don't know how the prince plans to fight?" ”

Kong Youde laughed miserably and said, "What else can I think about now?" Look over there, Nikambezi, we have to rush through those two streets to get in touch with our brother over there. Now if there is anything to think about, just kill it. ”

Nikan frowned and said: "Lord Wang, there is no shelter on this street, the enemy's muskets are sharp, and there are few of us, so we rush up directly, I'm afraid that the loss will be too great." I think the enemy can make a hole in the house, and we can do the same. ”

Kong Youde nodded, shook his head again, and said, "If it is usual, it can naturally be like this." It's just that if you do this now, it will take a lot of time, and when the time comes, the enemy will be more prepared. Besides, this trick was played by them, where would they be defenseless? So, I guess it took a lot of work to dig it slowly, and by the time we got it, they would have been ready for it. When the time comes, most of them will still be beaten back, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the people are not fully ready, and hit it headlong, whether it is life or death, it all depends on this hammer! ”

Nikan lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "The prince is still reasonable." How to fight now, I listen to the prince. ”

Kong Youde pointed to that side and said, "Nikan Beizi, look over there, there are two streets going that way." If we all rush from one street, the street is too narrow to be opened. (In ancient times, most of the streets were very narrow by today's standards, and the width of the general street was about three meters) It is better for you to bring people from the left, and this king with people from the right. What do you think? ”

Nikan turned around and looked over there, nodded and said, "It depends on the prince's will." Then he turned back to his guard, and with a few words, some of the soldiers went to the gate of the city with their swords, and another ran up the wall.

Nikan shouted: "Listen to me, all the kings, today's battle, there is no advance or retreat!" If there is a cowardly retreat, there will be no forgiveness! Until this battle is won, no one, including me and the King of Gongshun, is allowed to approach the gates, and those who violate the order will be killed! ”

Kong Youde looked at Nikan expressionlessly, then turned to his family and said, "Whether you are dead or alive, it depends on this." Don't play with the idea of playing tricks, follow Lao Tzu and fight with those thieves! All the families also responded with a bang.

"Let's go!" Kong Youde said loudly.

Following Kong Youde, Nikan also set off with the rest of his men.

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