Shoushan divided his soldiers into three parts, each corresponding to one side of the city gate. Troops who have not received other orders overnight, no matter how much you ask, will not be able to get more information, and the division of troops into three is the most conservative approach. As for the fact that the West Gate has not yet been lost, Shoushan believes that the troops here are still sufficient.

Naturally, the troops were managed by lower-level officers, and Shoushan, the division commander, went to the headquarters after giving an explanation. The last of the 10th Regiment to enter the city was not the combat troops, but several army gendarmes who temporarily acted as scouts, who accidentally captured a man by reconnaissance of the movements of the Russian army.

When the Fengtian headquarters came from Shoushan, he found that the headquarters was actually far away from the West Gate. It is only close to the Fengtian branch of the Daqing Bank on the west side of the city, and it is also the only building in Fengtian City with an all-reinforced concrete structure. There were no strong guards at the gate of a city defense headquarters, only a wounded man with a bandage and a gun sitting at the gate. The guards, who saw the general coming and wanted to struggle to get up and salute, tried twice but failed to stand up.

The gates of the headquarters can only be watched by the wounded who cannot move, has the battle situation reached the point of exhaustion? Shoushan patted him on the shoulder and told him to sit down, leaving the two soldiers behind and rushing headlong into the command room. In the command room, Zuo Guigui was looking at the map of Fengtian City. The bandages on his body were oozing blood, and Zuo Guigui was still directing the battle. Zuo Guigui is not commanding with his body, nor is he being supported by others, he and Ben are forcibly framed.

Shoushan's eyes turned red when he saw Zuo Guigui, and he said while saluting: "The Fourth Division of the Qing Imperial Army was ordered to come to reinforcements. General Zuo, leave Fengtian to me, although it is only a regiment that came first, I will definitely hold Fengtian. ”

Zuo Guigui glanced at Shoushan, and without saying a word, he fell down as soon as his head was crooked. Shoushan rushed forward and reached out to touch the neck of the left precious one who was being held by the guards. It's fine, and the heartbeat, just fainted. Shoushan hurriedly asked Zuo Guigui to be carried down for treatment: "Now the defense of Fengtian City is taken over by this seat. ”

The staff officer hurriedly introduced the situation in Fengtian City to Shoushan, and only then did Shoushan find out. The staff officers on the side were all wounded. Don't say you don't know, but be shocked when you say it. The entire Fengtian City has long been out of reserves. Now the people in the command are all on the front line.

The Russian army had arrived under the city three days earlier, and they were chasing after them in the fart clothes of the Qing army, and the Russian army immediately launched an attack without resting. The remnants of the soldiers who had just returned from Tieling had not had time to arrange and began the Fengtian defensive battle. All soldiers were on the defensive. Zuo Guigui collected all the stragglers, organized a death squad, and went around to reinforce him, and he was seriously injured, so he finally managed to hold Fengtian. Unexpectedly, only one night later, Iqtanga abandoned the east gate he was defending and ran away, and it didn't take long for the east gate to be lost. Song Qing, who had just gotten up from the hospital bed after learning that the East Gate was lost, went up with the last of his own soldiers, and now there is no news of Song Qing after most of the day. It is estimated that the situation is not good, because the Russian army once hit the square in the city, and the Russian army can be clearly seen standing on the top of the bank. Hurriedly dispatched troops from the other three gates to press the Russian army back to the east gate, but they failed to recapture the east gate. The Russian army is reinforcing more and more troops at the east gate, and the pressure on the Qing army at the east gate is also increasing, so more and more troops are being drawn from the other three gates. In the end, he failed to recapture the east gate, and also lost the north and south gates. As the West Gate, which was still in the hands of the Qing army, it was not because the Qing army stubbornly held it, but because the Russian army did not attack it. Now the defenders guarding the west gate are all temporarily composed of wounded from other places, and they can be taken with just one strong attack. The Russian army deliberately kept the west gate and did not attack it because it wanted to encircle Sanque Yi, but some Russian troops did not know that there was an iron rule in the Qing Royal Army: those who abandoned their positions without orders were beheaded. His name is engraved into the tomb of the martyr's cemetery and is trampled on by future generations.

The surrender of Jilin and Changchun was an order of the General Staff Headquarters, because there was no plan for a decisive battle in Jilin and Changchun. Even the rout after the fall of Tuchang was at most only a dismissal. Yes, but Mukden is different, the General Staff Headquarters not only explicitly ordered not to give up, but also demanded that Mukden fall unless the whole army is annihilated. For people like Iktanga who have lost their defenses, there is no doubt that their names are engraved into the tombs of the martyrs' cemetery. Once caught, he may not have a choice of how to die.

The top priority now is to consolidate the defense of Mukden City, and since the Russian army at the West Gate does not attack, it will not be left alone. The south gate has been recovered, and the Russian army attack on the north gate is not strong, I believe that adding a battalion of reinforcements may not be able to recapture the north, but there is no problem in continuing to hold it. Only at the east gate, the strength of one battalion may not be enough.

Thinking of this, Shoushan immediately ordered: "All the companies directly under the division are reinforced to the east gate." It is imperative to drive the Russian army out of the eastern gate. After finding Admiral Song, he was sent back immediately. ”

The Russian troops at the east gate became more and more courageous, and now they saw the central square again. Yesterday I was driven back by the Qing army when I fought here, and I will definitely be able to take it here today. Because the resistance of the Qing army is getting weaker and weaker, the density and speed of ammunition have decreased significantly, and even the number of people is not so large. The Qing army, which had been fighting for more than two days, had no stamina. The capture of the central square will occupy the central point of the entire city, and it can be used as a base to blossom on all sides. Now what the Russian army has to do is to hold the counterattack of the Qing State first, and after the failure of the Qing counterattack, it will be the moment for the Russian army to attack. The Russian army believes that the number of counterattacks of the Qing army will not be too large, after all, the Qing army has not replenished the troops from the Tieling to the present, and it can also use this time to mobilize more troops from the rear, and after capturing the central square at one time, it can immediately start attacking.

Sure enough, the Qing army began to counterattack, and this group of Qing troops did not charge as soon as they came up like the previous Qing army, but set up an attack formation. It doesn't matter, the current Russian army has plenty of guns and ammunition.

Boom, boom, boom, a series of explosions sounded in the Russian positions, and all the Russian troops lowered their heads and hid behind sandbags or broken walls. This is the last attack of the Qing army, and the Russian soldiers all think so. But after a long period of shelling, some Russian troops felt that something was wrong. The first is the shells, although it is not known how large the caliber of these shells is, but listening to the sound is definitely small-caliber shells. The Qing army, which had been fighting for two days, had hardly fired since last night, unless there was a real urgency somewhere, and three or five shells would be fired, and they were all large-caliber shells, and small-caliber shells had long been stopped. Could it be that the Qing army hoarded small-caliber artillery shells for this counterattack? And why can these shells fall behind the sandbags without destroying them, and when will the shells of the Qing army start to turn around. And the shelling took a little longer, it should have been more than three minutes.

A Russian company commander quietly stuck his head out, and the smoke blurred the distant scene a little. But I can still distinguish the flame of the muzzle shot from my position, and it is estimated that it is only 2,000 meters away, how did this shell hit. Even if you want to shoot at the sky to make the shells fall again, you don't have such a cannon with an angle.

Five minutes later, the Qing army stopped shelling, and the Qing infantry began to charge. The Russian troops entered battle positions one after another, preparing to block the Qing army's attack. However, the Qing army threw out a large pile of round sticks. The Russian company commander had good skills and caught one by one. But when he saw the green smoke rising from the tail of the wooden handle attached to the back of an iron block, he was so frightened that before he could throw the round stick in his hand out, it exploded, and the company commander, who was missing half a head, fell in a pool of blood.

Moving mortar positions, fast-moving machine guns, and grenades in the sky. The Russian defense line was blown up. The Qing army poured into the Russian positions and began a white-knuckle battle with the few remaining Russian troops.

The Russian companies that followed up had not yet arrived at the frontline positions, and they never thought that the Qing army would break through the frontline positions with a single charge, and they didn't even think that the Qing army could break through the frontline positions. The queue of Russian troops collided head-on with the Qing army, and the Russian army in panic was blown up by the shells thrown by the Qing army before they could find a place to hide. The commandless and disorganized Russian company was quickly overwhelmed by the outnumbered Qing army, and the Russian soldiers who were lucky enough to escape reported to the commander a sensational news: the Qing army had a kind of artillery shell that could turn and hit the back of the sandbag. There is also a kind of cannonball that can be thrown by hand, which is very powerful.

"Fart, this is to shirk responsibility for defeat." Qing is a stupid country, where can such a strange weapon, the great Tsarist Russia did not have. The commander of the Russian army was so angry that he was able to drag the soldier out and kill him in the name of lying about the military situation. Then three companies that had just entered the city were mobilized to continue the attack.

While the news of the defeat of the front line came again and again, and when these two strange weapons were mentioned again and again, the commander of the Russian army had to pay attention to it. At the same time, another accurate piece of information made him turn the offensive into a defense: the attacking Qing army was neatly dressed, with sufficient weapons and ammunition, and it was definitely not the Qing army after a long battle. He remembered the report that came from the south gate not long ago: outside the south gate was raided by the Qing army.

The closest Qing army to Fengtian was Liaoyang, seventy kilometers away in a straight line. Yesterday morning, the Qing Emperor ordered reinforcements to be sent sooner and wait until tomorrow. It seems to be true that I thought it was an excuse for defeat. He had to find out the truth immediately, so a small group of soldiers was ordered to go to the south gate to investigate. But this group of soldiers was still lazy, they just saw from a distance that their army was still attacking the south gate, and they didn't even save asking someone to ask for a word, and then walked back. What they reported to the regiment commander was: the Qing army occupied the south gate, the Russian army was still attacking, and there were no Qing troops outside the gate.

The commander of the Russian army was relieved, perhaps the Qing army that repelled his own troops was the officers and soldiers left behind in the headquarters. It must be so. After all, once the Russian army occupies the central square, the Qing army will have to completely collapse, and it is certain that the last force will be concentrated to counterattack, and the last strength of the Qing army can only be the commander's guard. The regiment commander was complacent that he had received the most accurate information from the Qing army, and ordered the front-line troops to withstand this attack of the Qing army, and mobilized troops to prepare for a counter-charge when the Qing army's counterattack was exhausted. Take the downtown square all at once. After all, it will be tomorrow, and the reinforcements of the Qing army may arrive.

Shoushan originally switched to a full-scale defense just because the troops were not enough to attack, and the decision to wait for reinforcements to arrive once again inexplicably fooled the arrogant Russian army, which Shoushan may not have thought of. In fact, the reinforcements from the east and north gates were advancing smoothly. Although the east gate will advance a little slower. Another good news is that Song Qing has found it, and he is the only one alive in the ruins.

Shoushan believed that Song Qing must have been seriously injured, and he must have stepped forward again before the injury was completely healed, and this time the injury was estimated to take a long time. Shoushan, who had arranged the battle, was waiting for his subordinates to carry the seriously injured Song Qing back, but he didn't expect that it was not Song Qing who was carrying him who came back first, but Yi Ketanga who was tied up.

Iktanga was frightened by the attack of the Russian army, it was a fact that the troops of Mukden City were not enough, and he didn't want to die in Mukden like this. So he ran away, but only after running out of the city did he remember the iron laws of the army. He wasn't sure that he would be able to escape this time, for a lifetime, and his family probably wouldn't be able to do it. So he didn't run far, and hid not far from Mukden with the last few of his own soldiers, looking forward to taking the lead in attacking Mukden again when the emperor's reinforcements arrived. I hope to make another contribution in exchange for my life, as for the official position, he understands that he will no longer have a chance with him after this war. Even if he dies on the way to the charge, it is worth the life of his family. Reinforcements arrived, but only one regiment was left, and he thought that this regiment was not enough to reoccupy it, so he continued to hide. Unexpectedly, it was still discovered, and it was still a gendarme, four gendarmes.

"Either you kill us all, or if you run one, your whole family will be doomed." Faced with the muzzle of the gun, the gendarmes put away their guns again: "The soldiers are only doing what they are told, and there is only one crime of abandoning the land." We're all going to catch him, and it's your own business whether you keep running or go into the city with us, and we don't care. At that time, I will explain to the military judge. ”

The soldiers dispersed without resistance, and Iktanga was tied up and brought into the city. Shoushan stared at Iktanga, who was already mixed with hair, and asked viciously: "You can run for a lifetime if you can run for a while." Since they are all dead, why don't you choose to die in battle, if you are a major general and division commander, you may not die in battle. But he had to choose such a path to death. Now I need your head to be martialized. ”

"Brother Shoushan, although my brother and I are unforgivable, today I ask my brother to let my brother live and escort me to the emperor. It's okay for my brother and me to beg for my family's life in front of the emperor. With that, Iktanga was already on his knees.

Either die standing and never live on your knees. Soldiers don't kneel, it's the emperor who said. But today, without his family kneeling, Shoushan does not think it is a shame. Without waiting for Shoushan to help Yi Ketang, the soldiers carrying Song Qing in the distance ran over.

But when Shoushan saw Song Qing on the stretcher, the seven-foot man burst into tears. Song Qing was blind in one eye and still wrapped in bandages, missing an arm, and the leg twisted in a strange posture had already been broken, and the wounds on his body had long been bloodless. Shoushan was not the first batch of officers to form a new army by the emperor. He had asked the white-haired general when he was forming the Second Division and the emperor was intending to absorb the elite elements of the old-style army, and he was the one who raised himself. Although the old general had difficulty understanding the tactics of the new army, he also gave him a lot of pertinent advice on the management and logistics of the army when he was stationed in Mukden. Now this white-haired general like a master is wandering between life and death at the moment, how to make Shoushan unmoved.

Shoushan rushed to Song Qing's stretcher and cried, but Song Qing, who saw Iktanga, was full of anger, mustered the last strength to raise his remaining arm and pointed at Iktanga, trembling uncontrollably.

"Kill." Song Qing, who said this word, seemed to have exhausted his strength, and his arm hung down heavily. Song Qing was the commander-in-chief of the three eastern provinces and held the rank of commander. He has the right to give this order.

Shoushan drew his sword and walked towards Iktanga, who begged to move back. Shoushan pretended to tidy up the last appearance for Yiketang'a, leaned in his ear and whispered: "I really sent you to see the emperor, your family can't keep it." If you die here first, your family may have a chance to live. ”

With the knife in his hand, Shoushan carried the head of Yiketanga and presented it to Song Qing: "The first evil of the adult has been beheaded." Adult, please check it. ”

Song Qing said weakly: "Fengtian is the key to this battle, you have to defend Fengtian and wait for the emperor's reinforcements." The emperor must not go to the front line in person. At this time, the soldiers are strong and strong, and they will be able to break the enemy and win just waiting for reinforcements to arrive. In the first year of the first year, the emperor was trapped between the enemy of Tianzhuang and Taiwan, which was caused by the incompetence of his courtiers. The king humiliates the death of the minister, and it is not a pity for the minister to die, you must remember to ask the emperor not to come in person. Don't forget to ......"

No one interrupted when Song Qing spoke, and the long words used up the last essence of Song Qingren, and the words passed away suddenly. There are no sensational dialogues here, no sensational memories here. The sound of gunfire not far away signaled that the battle was still raging. Shoushan just knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, roared "Lord Song", and when he turned back to the command room, he didn't forget to signal to carry Song Qing's body down: "Find the severed arm of Lord Admiral, and kill all the Russian hairs." ”