Xie Ming

Chapter 428 Abandoning the City and Losing Dezhou
The night of the 28th, half past the hour of Xu!
Dezhou was besieged by heavy enemy forces. After two days of continuous fighting, we were out of ammunition and food. The situation was extremely urgent!
Peizhong's deputy general Duan Hongcai dragged his injured body to the middle section of Beiguan at this time, intending to persuade the commander-in-chief to order a withdrawal and break out!

But when General Pei Zhong heard this, he rejected it sternly!
"General!"

"Hey General!"

"Listen to me and order the troops to withdraw!"

"If we don't retreat now, we'll all be wiped out!"

Hongcai valued the lives of all the soldiers in the army, but he was stubborn and dared to speak out against his superiors!

"shut up!"

"Shut up!"

Peizhong was displeased and turned his face away. He kicked Hongcai on the shoulder and knocked him to the ground!

I think he was so angry that he forgot about Hongcai's injury!

Hongcai was caught off guard by the kick and fell backwards. Blood spurted out from the blade on his waist and splashed onto the rubble in front of him!

Peizhong was standing by the fire, and when he saw what was happening, he felt unbearable. He wanted to reach out to help, but when he pulled his hand back halfway, he gritted his teeth and held back!

"General!" Hongcai was not disturbed by this. He staggered to steady himself, covered the wound again, and then knelt on one knee again, continuing to give advice!

"Oh!" Peizhong stamped his feet.

"You are such a fool!"

"Why won't you just leave?!"

"Right now, Dezhou City is surrounded on all sides, trapped and fighting alone!"

"Jiannu Tartar soldiers, learn from the last lesson!"

"As soon as he showed up this time, he just kept attacking us. In the past two days, he didn't even give us a break!"

"It's clear what I did!"

"We want to take advantage of our superior military strength to capture the city before our reinforcements arrive, so as to avoid any more troubles!"

"At this critical moment, all four passes are engaged in battle with the enemy!"

"In this situation, you want me to order the entire army to retreat?!"

"How do we withdraw?!"

"If they even think of retreating, abandoning the city defenses, and escaping, the army will surely be in chaos!"

"We have united all our forces now, and we will count every last one of us who can still fight. How many heads are left?!"

"Breakout?!"

"I'm afraid that if they abandon the city, the enemy will take advantage of the situation!"

"By then, I'm afraid we won't even be able to unite and charge out in front of the pass, and we'll all be consumed in the battle!"

"You are the deputy general, how could you not know this truth?!" Peizhong instructed.

"General!"

"But, but if we continue like this, what's the point of waiting to die?"

"There is still no news of reinforcements at this moment!"

"If you ask me, it's better to split it into two parts!"

"General, please go to the south gate!"

"I will lead my troops to hold on for another half a minute, then go through the East Gate. If we attack from both sides, we will definitely be able to get some people out!" Hongcai knew Peizhong's intention, so he said this now, indicating that he was willing to sacrifice himself to cover Peizhong's retreat!
"Fuck your mother's fart!"

"I am the commander of the entire army!"

"It's not your turn to be the last one to die!"

"Stop talking so much!"

"Go and break through quickly to report the news!"

"I think it's fine here!"

"Today, I, Sun Peizhong, plan to be buried here!"

"roll!"

"Get the hell out of here!"

"If you're a step late, I'll kill you first for disobeying my orders!"

Peizhong was resolute and would not give Hongcai any more chance to argue!
"kill--"

After saying this, he drew out the long sword that was stuck in the ground with one hand, roared loudly, and then bravely shouted and killed the Tartars who were rushing towards him with a new round of attack!

"General!"

"General——"

Hongcai roared in vain, but it was obvious that he could not persuade the commander Peizhong!
And at this moment, at such a critical juncture!
suddenly!

Thump thump thump.
When Beiguan Zhongwei was climbing up the road behind him, suddenly a soldier came up shouting!
"Report——"

"Report! Repay!"

"Reinforcements!"

"Reinforcements are arriving!"

"Reinforcements are arriving—"

As soon as I heard the shouting, the situation suddenly took a turn for the better!

Above the North Gate, the garrison soldiers shouted in unison after receiving the message!
The morale was instantly boosted!
at the same time!

Outside the southern gate of Dezhou, Xiao Jingchuan and his troops had indeed emerged from the darkness!
The force of thunder is unstoppable!

The Jiannu soldiers were caught off guard and fought in both fronts and backs in panic. In a short while, the original encirclement of the combined forces in front of the South Gate was torn open!

Taking advantage of the situation, Peizhong hastily ordered the four passes to retreat south urgently and gather at Nanguan!

The city walls of Dezhou are now in ruins both inside and outside, and there is no possibility of defending it!

When the reinforcements arrive, you must leave the army quickly!
If we are any later and miss this opportunity, by the time the enemy reacts, it will be too late to issue the retreat order!

So it is, so it is!
With the support of the commander-in-chief Xiao Jingchuan who personally led the army northward, Sun Peizhong and his remaining troops finally broke out successfully after two days of fierce fighting!

Afterwards, when they had completely shaken off the enemy's pursuit, statistics showed that there were only about 500 soldiers left!

The next day!

Xiao Jingchuan's subsequent plan was not to temporarily avoid the enemy's attack. The city walls of Pingyuan County were small and difficult to defend, so he led his troops to retreat south again and return to Yucheng in the southeast!

However, contrary to expectations, the Shi Tingzhu and Bahana tribes of Nakzhan Dezhou did not take a break and planned to expand their victory!

So they rested for only one night, and on the morning of the 29th, Shi Tingzhu hastily dispatched a detachment of troops to attack Wucheng in a mighty and mighty force, heading southwest and rushing towards Gao Jie's defense line!

Gao Jie held out for less than a day before Wucheng was captured one after another!
Gao Yaozi, the general of Fengyang Town, was shot in the stomach by arrows during the retreat. He was seriously injured and broke through the siege with only a dozen riders left. They all fled to Yucheng!

[Shi Tingzhu and Bahana led the army and rushed south again. In the battle of Dezhou, the statistics of the casualties of both sides were recorded! ]

(Sun Peizhong's troops in Dezhou fought for two days + Xiao Jingchuan personally led the rear army to support and join the battle)
[Statistics of Xiao Jingchuan's troops joining forces on the north bank of the Yellow River:]

[Li Huchen's troops: 3300 (original cavalry + newly recruited rural troops) - 300 (loss of support at Dezhou South Pass) = 3000 (remaining troops)]

[Ma Minglu stayed in the Military Supply Department: 400 (Logistics soldiers, did not participate in this battle!)]

[Xu Jizu's troops: 1040 (original troops) - 230 (loss of support from Dezhou Nanguan) = 810 (remaining troops)]

[Zhao Yingyuan's troops: 4700 (Qingzhou soldiers) - 2000 (recruited on the 300nd to reinforce Dezhou city defense) - 2400 (loss of support at Dezhou South Gate) = (surplus)]

[Sun Peizhong's troops: 1000 (original troops) + 2000 (supplementary troops transferred from Zhao Yingyuan's troops) - 2500 (losses from the two-day battle in Dezhou) = 500 (remaining troops)]

[Li Hongsheng: 700 (original troops) + 600 (newly recruited villagers) = 1300 (temporarily stationed in Deping; waiting for the opportunity to send troops to fight!)]

[Gao Jie's troops: 2000 <Jiangbei Fengyang soldiers> (guarding Wucheng; the troops have not moved!)]

[Hu Maozhen: 1500 <Jiangbei Fengyang soldiers> (guarding Linyi; the dispatch was delayed without reason!)]

[Gao Jinku: 750 <Jiangbei Fengyang Soldiers> (survivors after the ambush in Pingyuanbei; continue to defend Gaotang!)]

[Total remaining troops: 12660 soldiers]

[Total casualties in the two-day battle in Texas: 3330 soldiers]

[Total number of enemies annihilated in the fierce battle in Texas: 15600 soldiers]

[Enemy: Shi Tingzhu and Bahana's army statistics:]

[Full Army Flag of Shi Tingzhu’s Unit (Mainly Attacking the North and East Gates): 12000 (Cavalry + Infantry) - 2300 (Dezhou Battle) = 9700 (Remainder)]

[Han troops under Shi Tingzhu (mainly attacking the north and east gates): 27000 (mainly infantry) - 6400 (fighting in Dezhou) = 20600 (remaining)]

[Bahana’s Manchu army flag (focusing on attacking the western and southern passes): 8000 (cavalry + infantry) - 1200 (fierce battle in Dezhou) = 6800 (remaining)]

[Han troops under Bahana (mainly attacking the west and south gates): 23000 (mainly infantry) - 5700 (fierce battle in Dezhou) = 17300 (remaining)]

(End of this chapter)