Chapter 58: An ultimatum

After being fatally hit by a shotgun, the charge of the Eight Banners cavalry finally stopped, and although the artillery position of the Ming army was close at hand, the Aleha Chaoha soldiers had exhausted all their fighting spirit and could not advance a single step.

After the shelling, more than 200 Aliha Chaoha soldiers were knocked down more than 100 people, most of them did not die immediately, but were seriously injured, but their injuries were so severe that many of them were hit by the shrapnel with honeycomb wounds, even if the Qing army won this battle magically, it would not save these mortal seriously wounded, but directly mended the knife to alleviate their pain.

There are more than a hundred Aliha Chaoha soldiers who can stand up, most of them are wounded, their war horse target is too big, so the injury is even more serious, after losing the war horse, these arrogant Eight Banner cavalry suddenly lost their courage, and looked for the general flag helplessly, looking for their commander Aliha Chaohazhangjing.

The flag has fallen, and Alihachao Hazhangjing has been killed.

The Ming army pressed up from all directions, Ti Zhaorong finally received the order to attack at full speed, and the Xiliang cavalry, which had been accumulating strength for a long time, rushed out like arrows, and rushed straight to the front of the artillery position.

Encircle, kill, annihilate!

None of the 500 Aliha Chaoha soldiers escaped the net!

Seeing that the Eight Banners cavalry was about to be destroyed, the green battalion soldiers who went out of the city immediately turned around and ran, trying to escape back to Xianning City, the Puqi battalion and the Ji'an battalion intercepted and pursued separately, killing more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers who lost their armor and fled in all directions, only three or four hundred people barely escaped to the moat.

After the Aliha Chaoha soldiers left the city, the Qing army in the city pulled up the drawbridge, and the more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers who went out of the city were blocked outside the moat. Instead, he did not hesitate to order the archers to fire their arrows and drive the defeated Green Battalion soldiers away from the city gate.

Xianning City has been like a dangerous egg, not only the city gate was damaged by cannons, the moat was also filled in two sections, this moat in front of the city gate is the last barrier, if the heart is soft to let the defeated soldiers stay near the city gate, the Ming army took the opportunity to rush up to fill this moat, the entire city defense will collapse immediately.

These hundreds of green battalion soldiers were abandoned by their own people, and they immediately lost their fighting spirit, and they all knelt down and asked the Ming army to surrender. According to the previous rules of the Chu army, once the war started, they would not accept surrender, so Lu Renqing and Gu Zongfu briefly discussed a few words, and they were ready to order all these green battalion soldiers to be killed.

At this moment, a rapid drum beat was heard from the direction of the lower slope. The rhythm of three rings and one stop means that Wang Kefan has an urgent order to communicate.

Lu Renqing and Gu Zongfu turned around. Raised the binoculars and looked at the Chinese army. The herald's banner was clear, and it was forbidden to kill prisoners.

"Isn't this nonsense?" Gu Zongfu shouted: "The regulations are clear, there is no surrender on the battlefield, how can you lead troops when the order is changed?" ”

"Execute the order!" Lu Renqing said: "All the regulations were set by Wang Junmen, and since the military gate let the dogs who left these fake tartars live, there is naturally a reason. ”

“…… Well. All right. "The combat effectiveness of the Ji'an battalion is much worse than that of the Puqi battalion, and Gu Zongfu can't stand straight in front of Lu Renqing.

Those green battalion soldiers were already waiting to die, but they unexpectedly picked up their lives, and they honestly did not dare to resist. Escorted by the soldiers of the Chu army and left the battlefield, hundreds of Qing soldiers silently watched the whole process at the head of Xianning City.

The Green Battalion soldiers were taken to a clearing not far from the city wall, where the Chu army's auxiliaries came to distribute water and food, and then ordered them to sit down and rest. Obviously, these green battalion soldiers will not be executed for the time being, and if the Ming army wants to kill prisoners, there is no need to waste this food.

"Whoosh!"

A sound arrow shot at the head of Xianning City, and the green battalion soldiers on the head of the city hurriedly picked it up and handed it to the general manager who led the soldiers, who took it and looked at it, turned around and trotted all the way down the city wall and came to Xu Bin.

"General Qiyu, the Ming army entered the city with a loud arrow and a book."

After today's battle, the invincible Eight Banners soldiers in the world were completely annihilated, which caused a great shock to this general, and subconsciously changed his name, no longer calling the Ming army "Nanban" and "Ming dog" or something.

Xu Bin kept a straight face but didn't say anything, took the arrow, removed the silk book tied to it, and opened it to take a closer look.

As expected, this is a letter of persuasion, or an ultimatum of the Ming army, if the Huangzhou Green Battalion surrenders the city, it will be treated leniently by the Chu Army to ensure the safety of all officers and soldiers, if the Huangzhou Green Battalion resists stubbornly, they will all be killed after the city is broken, and the more than 300 Green Battalion soldiers who have just surrendered will also be executed together.

After Xu Bin finished reading it, he handed the letter of persuasion to several confidant generals, and then frowned silently and was dumbfounded.

After the Aliha Chaoha soldiers were eliminated, he kept dispatching troops and urging his subordinates to strengthen the city defense, and set up a second line ......of defense behind the city gate, but this qiē was an instinctive reflex of the general, Xu Bin actually knew very well in his heart that the morale in Xianning City was low, and as long as the Ming army launched an attack, it would definitely not be able to hold it.

Since it can't be held, it can only consider retreating, but if you abandon the city and flee now, you will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of the Ming army, so you have to hold on until the night, and then disperse and break through after dark.

However, even if he managed to escape, it would be difficult for him to explain to the Qing court.

Five hundred Aliha Chaoha soldiers were wiped out, and one Aliha Chaohacha Zhangjing was killed, no one dared to hide this big defeat, and they couldn't hide it, Wuchang would report directly to Beijing, and even alarmed Dolgon to ask, in order to shirk responsibility, Kong Youde and Luck Dehun must find a substitute for the dead ghost, and Xu Bin thought about it again and again, and felt that he was the best candidate for this dead ghost.

At the beginning, Wang Kefan set up an ambush in Linxiang, and Boerhui's 1,000 Eight Banner soldiers were completely annihilated, which caused the Qing court to be furious and severely dealt with several Green Battalion generals, one of whom was forced to commit suicide, but I didn't expect that just a year later, this kind of unfortunate thing would be Xu Bin's turn.

Whether you can escape from Xianning or not, it is a dead end.

Perhaps, surrender is the only way out.

However, Xu Bin's family is all in Huangzhou Mansion, and the eldest brother Xu Yong is still the chief soldier of Huangzhou, if he surrenders to the Ming army, it will bring great trouble to the whole family, and his wife and children will be thrown into prison.

"Can't surrender!" Xu Bin secretly made up his mind, but he suddenly found that there was something wrong with the atmosphere around him, and when he looked up, the expressions of several generals under him were very strange. (To be continued......)