Nearly two hours have passed, it is close to the hour, Zierharang's face is not only iron blue, but also pale, two hours of strong attack, there is no effect, in vain increased some casualties, the Jiangning battalion sergeant who blocked the attack is solid, there is no hope of rushing out of the gang.

For two consecutive hours, Zilharang asked the soldiers to launch countless charges, which was a real charge, without any meaning of preserving strength, that is, in these two hours, Zilharang led the sharp artillery of the Ming army, and the artillery caused heavy casualties to the soldiers with the blue flag.

Because of the flanking attack in the front and back, Zilharang had to divide part of his troops to deal with the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion who pursued him from Xuanzhou City. At this time, Jierharang finally understood completely, and Huang Taiji repeatedly emphasized that the Jiangning camp was the biggest enemy of the Great Qing State, and it was the most important force to shake the foundation of the Great Qing State.

Zierharang knows more clearly that after such a long time, the danger he faces is increasing, at this time, it is not only a matter of reinforcing Dai Shan, but also a more important problem is the problem of how to retreat from the army led by Dai Shan, if the army led by Dai Shan is defeated, more Jiangning battalion sergeants will surround him, and the army led by himself is likely to be completely surrounded, and even face the danger of being annihilated.

In the makeshift Chinese army tent, Zilharang lost his usual calm, like a trapped beast, turning around, he was faced with a painful choice, whether to continue to reinforce Daishan, cooperate with Daishan's army, or evacuate immediately, at this time. The problem is not very big, and most of the soldiers can be saved.

Such a choice is not so easy to make.

Fan Wencheng has always seemed relatively quiet, and several times, Ji'er Harang was ready to ask Fan Wencheng, after all, Fan Wencheng was personally sent by Huang Taiji. At such a critical moment, Fan Wencheng's opinion is very important.

Zilharang forced himself to calm down.

It's getting dark, after dark, there is a foundation for the evacuation of the army, the soldiers led by themselves are still relatively familiar with the surrounding terrain, and there are not many Jiangning battalion sergeants who block in front and attack in the back, and take advantage of this time to break through, and the army can quickly evacuate Xuanzhou. Retreat in the direction of Xiuyan.

After much thought, Zilharan finally spoke.

"Lord Fan, the current situation of the army is very delicate, and I won't say much about many reasons, what advice do you have?"

Zilharang's question is very big, and if Fan Wencheng wants to answer it, he must also analyze it clearly. In fact, Fan Wencheng had been waiting for Zilharang to speak, and he had been thinking about it for a long time.

"Lord Wang. The minions thought that the current situation of the army was somewhat dangerous. ”

Zilharang looked at Fan Wencheng and didn't speak, obviously agreeing with what Fan Wencheng said.

The slave thought that Su Tiancheng's arrangement might have changed a lot. That is, before the army attacked Xuanzhou, Su Tiancheng had already made targeted arrangements, Prince Li's red flag and the prince's blue flag to attack Xuanzhou's 20,000 Jiangning battalion sergeants should be a sure victory, and the emperor's main attack direction is also here. But the actual situation is not like this, until now, the slave can make a judgment, Su Tiancheng's meaning is mainly aimed at Prince Li's red flag, the slave admires Su Tiancheng's arrangement, there should be a large army, that is, the main force of the Jiangning battalion's attack, responsible for dealing with Prince Li's red flag, separating the two armies of our Great Qing Kingdom, and eating one of them, this is what Su Tiancheng really meant. ”

"Lord Fan, I also thought of this aspect, Su Tiancheng's key purpose must be aimed at Prince Li, the Jiangning camp prevented us from rescuing Prince Li, which has also been arranged a long time ago, it can be said that all our arrangements have been used by Su Tiancheng, and in terms of tactical arrangement, we have made a major mistake."

When Zilharang said these words, Fan Wencheng lowered his head, needless to say, the mistake of tactical arrangement, he has a lot to do with it, it is precisely because a lot of information has not been figured out, so the current situation has appeared, as for what to do with it after going back, that is another matter to consider.

"Lord Fan, the current focus is on whether the army will continue to attack and reinforce Prince Li, or decisively withdraw its troops and retreat from Xiuyan to preserve its strength."

Zilharang said very directly, such a choice, must be made in the fastest time, if you wait until dawn, the situation has changed, I am afraid that it will be very difficult to retreat. It is not a simple matter to make such a decision, on the one hand, Prince Li is waiting for rescue, and on the other hand, the army led by himself is encountering difficulties, if he can't make a decisive decision, it is possible that both armies will be planted in.

The evacuation of this place indicates that Daishan's Zhenghong Banner is more auspicious and less auspicious, and it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out.

Thinking of this, Zilharang couldn't help but tremble, once upon a time, the warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom were invincible in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and they would not consider the problem of annihilation at all, how many years have passed, and the Jiangning Battalion, which was born out of nowhere, actually caused such a huge shock and trouble to the Great Qing Kingdom.

Fan Wencheng only thought for more than a minute before he spoke.

"Lord Wang, the slave thinks that it is better for the army to evacuate Xuanzhou at night and retreat in the direction of Xiuyan, and the slave also suggests that the army led by Prince Yu should also withdraw from Fuzhou as soon as possible to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the Jiangning battalion."

This answer was expected by Zilharang, but he wanted to see what the reason for Fan Wencheng's explanation was.

"The slave thinks that Su Tiancheng has long been prepared, my Qing Kingdom is divided into three armies, Su Tiancheng is also a three-way army, and his focus is more clear, the sergeants stationed in Fuzhou and Xuanzhou are responsible for dragging the two armies, and the other army is the main force of the attack, the focus is on Prince Li, since Su Tiancheng has made such an arrangement, all matters will be considered very clearly, and all arrangements will be made, and the prince cannot expect Su Tiancheng to make mistakes."

"Since it is aimed at Prince Li, then the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who participated in the attack are far more than 20,000 people, and the strength must be superior, the slaves do not believe that Su Tiancheng can completely defeat the Zhenghong Banner and defeat Prince Li, but judging from the current situation, after Prince Li retreats from the valley, he must be in the direction of Pyongyang or Zhenjiang, and will not continue to come towards Xuanzhou, and when Prince Li withdraws, Su Tiancheng will definitely order the army to besiege the prince in turn, if that happens, It's really dangerous. ”

Fan Wencheng's explanation is basically credible, but there are two problems that have been plaguing Zilharang.

"Lord Fan, there are two questions, first, if Prince Li encounters the danger of annihilation, the army cannot go to the rescue, what should be done, and second, Duoduo, who attacked Fuzhou, can he lead the army to come to reinforcements, after all, Duoduo Shuai Liang has an army of 60,000, once he comes to reinforce, all the problems can be solved."

Fan Wencheng shook his head.

"Lord, the slave said before, Su Tiancheng must have made all the arrangements, from the point of view of Su Tiancheng's attack on Lushun, he has made all the arrangements, occupied Fuzhou and Xuanzhou, and did not rush to attack, the slave said so, it is not to grow the morale of others, to destroy his own prestige, the slave is on the matter, the prince is ready to reinforce Prince Li, encountered such resistance, two hours of attack, the army has not been able to move forward, if Prince Yu comes to reinforce, what problems will be encountered along the way, no one can say, What's more, Fuzhou is still some distance away from Xuanzhou, if there is a major change in the war situation within this time, it will be too late to regret it. ”

Fan Wencheng avoided the topic that Daishan might be wiped out, which Jierharang was a little dissatisfied with, he looked at Fan Wencheng and did not speak, hoping to get further explanations from Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng sighed, knowing that he couldn't avoid this sensitive issue.

"Prince, Prince Li's Zhenghong Banner has encountered great danger, this is a deployment made by Su Tiancheng, not that the prince does not do his best, the prince launched a continuous attack, but he was unable to break through the resistance of the sergeant of the Jiangning battalion, and he also encountered a situation of flanking from the front and back, this situation is very dangerous, if it is a long time, there will definitely be an accident. At this time, Prince Li had to break through the ambush designed by Su Tiancheng, relying on his own strength, the prince was no longer able to return to the sky. The slave believes that if the emperor is decided, he will do the same. ”

Zilharang breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most worried about was the problem of not being able to save him, and in the current situation, he was faced with a painful decision, a decision that he had to make.

At that time, the army began to prepare for retreat.

Everything is secretly arranged, the army can only retreat in the direction of Tieshan, that is, the road by the sea, you can bypass Xuanzhou, push from Tieshan to Xiuyan or Zhenjiang, there is no need to stay in Zhenjiang, the army must be pushed to Haizhou immediately, and then report the situation here to the emperor, to put it mildly, there is a huge danger in the Qing Kingdom.

The retreat was carried out in secrecy, but movement was impossible to avoid.

The scout reported the news that Jierharang was preparing to retreat, Ma Xianglin did not adjust the deployment, and he received a direct order from Su Tiancheng, if Jierharang was ready to lead the army to retreat, don't be too entangled, let Jierharang retreat, the current focus of the Jiangning battalion is still to completely destroy the positive red flag of Daishan.

Zilharang's retreat was relatively smooth, without encountering any twists and turns, and even without much fighting, he quickly withdrew from the seaside road to the area of the Iron Mountain, although the road was difficult, but for the safety of the army, Zilharang still decided to retreat from this road.

After dawn, Jierharang, who arrived at the Iron Mountain, looked up to the sky and sighed, he knew that this time the duel between Huang Taiji and Su Tiancheng had come out, and Su Tiancheng won again. (To be continued......)